How To Win The World Cup

Matt Forde is joined by comedian Lloyd Griffith and football journalist Henry Winter to discuss the role of the media around a World Cup. Henry recounts his nine World Cup campaigns and what he has learned from his time covering them, he also explains what has changed across his 36 years of covering the game's showpiece event, and why England fans are sometimes given a bad reputation when followin...

Matt Forde is joined by comedian Tim Vine to discuss all things America ahead of the World Cup this summer Former USA goalkeeper Brad Friedel, who played in three World Cups for the America joins the guys to give his insight into what the feeling is amongst the American public ahead of this summer's finals. He expresses his concern over the scorching conditions which proved to be problematic in th...

Matt Forde and Alex Brooker speak to former England captain Stuart Pearce all about the importance of leadership in a winning football team. He details his journey from non league football to leading England out at Wembley and why captaining his country meant more to him than anything else in football. He also explains why his 'Psycho' nickname couldn't be further from who he is in real life. And...

Matt Forde is joined by Jacob Hawley and former USA goalkeeper Brad Fridel in the latest episode of How to win the World Cup This week, we are taking a look at the role of a goalkeeper and how crucial a role they play for any side looking to lift the greatest prize in football Friedel tells us why being the backup goalkeeper is the worst job in football but being third choice keeper is arguably&nb...

Matt Forde is joined by Alex Brooker and 1998 World Cup winner Emmanuel Petit in the latest episode of How to win the World Cup This week, we are discussing how important mentality is if you want to go all the way and lift the most coveted prize in football Emmanuel tells us what the mentality was of his World Cup winning side in 1998 who were written off as 'losers' before a ball was kicked,...

Matt Forde is joined by Alex Brooker and 1998 World Cup winner Emmanuel Petit in the latest episode of How to win the World Cup This week, we are discussing mavericks, and if the presence of a mercurial talent can win you the World Cup, and also potentially cost you one Emmanuel tells us all about the heroics of Zidane who inspired the French to victory in 1998 and also how he...

Matt Forde is joined by comedian Paul McCaffrey and 2002 World Cup winner Kleberson in the latest episode of How to win the World Cup! This week we're talking managing expectations and dealing with the pressure of playing for an elite nation at the World Cup Kleberson tells us what the expectation was on the squad in 2002 heading into the tournament after losing the final four years previous...

Matt Forde is joined by comedian Elliot Steel and 2002 World Cup winner Kleberson in the latest episode of How to win the World Cup! This week we're talking all things goalscorers and how important it is to have an elite striker if you want to win the competition, Kleberson fills us in on what it was like playing alongside the great Brazilian Ronaldo, who won the Golden Boot in 2002 He a...

Merry Christmas! Join Matt Forde for a Christmas special edition of How to win the World Cup He speaks to England and Nottingham Forest legend Stuart Pearce about what life as a Premier League footballer and manager is like during the festive period He also tells us about his obsession with Christmas and what he plans to do once he is at the World Cup with talkSPORT this Summer and which England p...

Join Matt Forde, World Cup winner Emmanuel Petit and everyone's favourite German Comedian Henning Wehn for another installment of How To Win The World Cup.  This week we are gathered together to ask the question; does home advantage really make a difference? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Matt Forde brings you your weekly dose of 'How To Win The World Cup.'  Join us as we dive head first into the podcast that will hopefully give us all the answers, as we learn what it really takes to win the World Cup.  Who better to tell us the secrets to succeed than former World Cup winner Emmanuel Petit, and alongside him a man that personally takes credit for all of Germany's fo...

Join Comedian Matt Forde as he puts the heartache of being a lifelong Nottingham Forest fan behind him. His new goal in life is simple: discover what it takes to win the greatest footballing competition on earth. Now a manager is nothing without his team and similarly to Tuchel, Matt needs to form his own World Cup podcast squad. So in this very first episode he is ringing around the houses and ca...

Matt Forde is putting the heartache of being a lifelong Nottingham Forest fan behind him. His new goal in life is simple: telling Thomas Tuchel and Team England everything they need to know to WIN FIFA World Cup 26. Join Matt as he goes around the houses to compile an encyclopaedic guide to inevitable footballing glory. The mental game? We're winning it. World media? Consider it managed. Individua...