My Best Eleven

This weeks guest is an ex Australia international and a man who is loved wherever he went. He started his career at West Ham in the youth set up and then moved to Dundee. From there, he moved to Luton Town where he had 2 promotions during Joe Kinnear and then Mike Newell's reign. He finished his career at Perth Glory after some fun times at Colchester United but he explains his reasons for leaving...

This week Matthew Spring (ex Luton, Watford, Leeds, Leyton Orient, Sheff Utd, Charlton and Wycombe) talks through his long career. He has a huge depth of talent to pick from and selects players from a wide range of clubs to make his best 11. He talks about the highs of promotions and playing in the Premier League as well as the lows of injuries. Matthew talks openly also about how he moved away fr...

Paul Buckle speaks about his time as a player at Brentford, Exeter, Torquay, Colchester, Aldershot and Weymouth. He talks about the great memories and stories from his time in the west country especially He also talks through his managerial career including his time Torquay, his move to Bristol Rovers and subsequent spell at Luton Town Paul talks openly and honestly all things football and sport i...

Ex Chelsea and Leicester City fan favourite picks the best 11 players he has played with. Frank has played for many clubs throughout his career and tries to pick players from a range of teams in his Best 11.  He talks through his time working under Glenn Hoddle, playing in the 1994 FA Cup Final and representing Jamaica at World Cup 1998. He speaks fondly about his playing days and also how he enjo...

Wayne Turner, ex Luton, Coventry, Barnet, Lincoln and Brentford midfielder joins us this week. He talks through the best eleven players he played with at all of these clubs including playing with some legends of the game in the 80's He imparts the experience he has gained over years of coaching and managing across the country and gives his opinion on youth team players as well as how best to bring...

Ex Luton, Brighton, Portsmouth, Aston Villa and Oxford centre back Steve Foster joins us to talk through his best eleven players he has played with. He recounts leading Luton to 1988 League Cup Final, getting his England caps as well as some brilliant stories along the way from his time at all clubs Steve talks through all of these players are Marv and Andrew (really badly this week), guess the pl...

This week we have Nathan Jones (Current Luton Town manager) to talk through his playing career at teams such as Merthyr Tydfil, Luton Town, Numancia, Southend, Brighton and Yeovil He talks through playing in Spain, working under different types of managers including David Pleat to Micky Adams. He also talks through some goings on at Luton at the moment, pre season, the obsession with management an...

We have a one off special before England's first Euro 2020 game against Croatia where Andrew and Marv present the team that YOU, the fans, have voted for on Social Media We come up with our teams and opinions based on the same formation and set of players you had to chose from Have a listen and give us some more feedback Contact Us: Website:  https://mybesteleven.podbean.com Email:  mybestelevenpo...

This week we have Enoch on talking about his career, his rise from having trials galore and ending up at Luton Town under Mike Newell.  He talks through his call up for Nigeria as well as how he gradually changed from being a ball playing midfielder/attacker to ending his career as a target man Sponsored: We are now taking applications for sponsorship. We have a range of packages which include one...

This week we are joined by Warren Feeney (current Pirin Blagoevgrad- Bulgaria manager). Warren has played for clubs across England and Wales most notably Leeds, Luton, Bournemouth, Plymouth and Cardiff as well as playing 46 times for Northern Ireland   Warren recounts stories in the Leeds team with the likes of Kewell, Milner, Ferdinand and Gary Kelly as well as having to clean the boots of Jimmy...

This episode Vinny Samways talks through his best 11 players he played with. He gives a real mixture of Spanish and English players throughout his time playing. Vinny retells his love of Spurs and how he has ended up living and settling in Spain. Sponsored: We are now taking applications for sponsorship. We have a range of packages which include one off podcasts, numerous podcasts and sponsoring t...

This week we have the myth and fan favourite from the 80's at Luton Town. Emeka was a Nigerian international during the 1980's working his way up from being a youngster in Non League in London Emeka tells lots of stories and passes on a lot of wisdom about how youngsters and young pros should play and appreciate football in its modern form Sponsored: Sponsored: https://www.etsy.com/shop/AKUIJN?ref...

Ex Charlton, Middlesbrough, Bradford, Luton, Grimsby and Cardiff manager joins us to name his best 11 players he has ever MANAGED. This weeks episode is different with not team mates but those who he picked and did not pick....plus why! He goes through some great tales including why he left Bradford, how he managed Charlton through clever investment and the truth about whether he felt Luton were p...

Alec is nothing short of a Watford legend. He played for 10 years for the club and won numerous titles with them. He also won trophies at Sunderland and Everton (Charity Shield and Premier League promotion).  Alec talks about his time at Luton, Watford and Colchester as well as being the reserve keeper for Chelsea and Liverpool.  He recounts his memories and also how he feels the Luton v Watford d...

Chris talks to Marv and Andrew about the Best Eleven players he played with whilst at clubs such as Nottingham Forest, Sheffield Wednesday, Leyton Orient and Charlton Athletic. He talks about his experiences coming through at Orient and why young players would be better off working their way up through the football pyramid than playing academy football all the time Chris also talks about his Under...

Stuart is an ex Luton and Boston Utd (among others) striker who was known for his pace and overall happy, relaxed personality He shares the battles he had coming through in the 90's, his reason for leaving Luton under Joe Kinnear (he does not hold back!) and how he has studied consistently since then to now be physiotherapist at AFC Bournemouth Sponsored: This week we are advertising the campaign...

The former Mansfield, Luton, Lincoln, Grimsby, Newport and Middlesbrough defender chats to Marv and Andrew about football in the 80's and his times at Luton especially. He tells of his time at Luton, playing with others who he believes to be some of the best of the generation as well as the reason for his move to Middlesbrough  Mike also tells of how his dad was star struck when he signed for Luto...

This week, we have the ex Luton Town and Leicester City full back Rob Johnson He recounts his memories from the Littlewoods Cup run in 1988 as well as following David Pleat to Leicester City too Rob is currently working as a Physio and also speaks about what he is up to these days post playing Sponsored: We are now taking applications for sponsorship. We have a range of packages which include one...

The former Luton, West Ham and QPR defender talks about the best players he has played with He recounts the Littlewoods Cup Final with Luton, the emergence of the Golden Generation at West Ham (Lampard, Ferdinand, Cole, Carrick, Defoe) and seeing out his career at QPR. He retells some great youth team stories with Marv and his opinion on football in general with youth team players and how to scout...

Kelvin is a goalkeeping expert and spent his playing career in the Premier League, Championship and League One. He enjoyed success at clubs such as Luton Town, Wimbledon, Ipswich, Sunderland and over 10 years at Southampton. Kelvin talks through his favourite players, memories and funny dressing rooms stories. He offers his opinions on young players today and how/why Southampton keep churning out...

Kevin is a QPR legend who sits as their 6th highest joint goal scorer ever over 2 stints as well as spending time at clubs such as MK Dons, Huddersfield and Luton Town. He retells his playing career at these clubs, what made him come back to QPR as well as his honest opinions about playing under a number of managers.  Sponsored: We are now taking applications for sponsorship. We have a range of pa...

Ricky Hill was one of the best players of his generation. He spent the majority of his time at Luton Town during the 70's and 80's as well as playing at Leicester and Le Havre too. This is as well as being capped by Bobby Robson for England He talks about his time as a player, growing up as an apprentice at Luton all the way to his time managing the club (and beyond). He opens up on the frustratio...

Ian is our guest on this weeks My Best Eleven. He has played at a number of clubs across the world including Club Bruges, Luton Town, West Ham, New England Revolution and LA Salsa. He has also coached at LA Galaxy during their glory years with Landon Donovan, Robbie Keane and David Beckham. He talks about his time leaving the USA to make it as a player and moving to Belgium. The differences betwee...

This week we have a player who can name West Brom, Norwich, Cardiff, Wigan, Coventry and Luton as his former clubs.  Leon talks about playing with some huge (current) stars as they made there was up or back down the football pyramid including Harry Maguire and Craig Bellamy.  He also opens up (last 15 minutes of the podcast) about his career ending heart issue which happened whilst on the pitch du...

This week, Mark Pembridge names his best ever 11 players he played with. He recounts his time at teams such as Sheffield Wednesday, Everton, Fulham and Benfica as well as the Welsh national team.  Mark tells the story of the crazy dressing room and owner style at Benfica under Graeme Souness, and stories coming through at Luton Town under David Pleat. Mark shows his passion for youth team players...