My Best Eleven

Curtis Davies joins us for this weeks podcast. Curtis has played for Luton, West Brom, Aston Villa, Leicester City, Birmingham, Hull and currently Derby County. Curtis talks through the best players he has ever played with, tells some stories of the managers and coaches he has been under including great stories from his youth days He also talks about his love of the game, opinions on youth team fo...

This week our guest is Sean Dyche. This is a massive ex player and current manager of Burnley in the Premier League. There are some hilarious stories from his time playing and also some from his management time at both Watford and Burnley. We speak to Sean about his playing days and his career progression whilst at clubs such as Chesterfield, Bristol City, Luton, Millwall, Watford and Northampton....

This week, we are lucky enough to have Matthew Taylor who played at clubs such as Luton, Portsmouth, West Ham, Bolton, Burnley and Northampton Town Matthew talks about and remembers his days coming through under the guidance of Lennie Lawrence, working with managers such as Harry Redknapp and how he has learnt from them all to now be Under 18 coach at Tottenham He also goes into depth about his be...

Nick Owen is most famous for his time on television hosting TV-am and Midlands Today, as well as his tenure as Luton Town Chairman for the takeover by Luton Town Football Club 2020.  Nick talks through how he came to love the club after growing up in Berkhamsted, his memories of the highs and lows of watching Luton. The depth of Nick's player knowledge and match by match description is astounding...

Tony Thorpe is this week talking about the best 11 players he has ever been on a pitch with whilst at a number of clubs but predominantly Luton Town, QPR, Fulham and Bristol City He talks about his time playing in the 'Championship', the constant love and fondness he has for Luton Town as well as being honest about the extreme chanting he is on the end of due to misunderstanding about his more to...

Natasha Dowie, current AC Milan striker who has played for clubs including Liverpool, Charlton, Melbourne Victory, Boston Breakers as well as been capped 14 times by England Womens talks through her best eleven players she has ever played with.  She talks through her time growing up and making a name for herself in the time when womens football started to increase in popularity> She explains how s...

Kevin Foley, the ex Ireland international who played with Luton Town, Wolves, Charlton, Blackpool and Billericay Town talks about his time playing in the Premier League and Championship.  He talks about his times growing up in the youth team along with players such as Curtis Davies and Leon Barnett. He then goes onto tell fond stories about his time at Wolves under numerous managers such as Mick M...

David is our guest on this weeks My Best Eleven. He has played at a number of clubs including Leicester, Luton, Man City, Stoke and Peterborough He talks with Marv about youth team days, breaking through to the team surrounded by Mick Harford and Brian Stein. His move to the big clubs including Man City as well as where he felt his best position on the pitch was For Leicester City fans, he recount...

The man who is currently manager of Scottish Premiership side Motherwell, Steve talks us through the best players he ever walked onto a pitch with. He picks through from clubs such as youth team at Tottenham, Bournemouth under Harry Redknapp and Luton Town, as well as internationally with Northern Ireland Steve talks through his career as a player and also how now he is enjoying his coaching and m...

This week we are joined by the host of NBC USA Football/Soccer coverage. She has worked on BBC Football Focus after working her way up through journalism. Rebecca has also had a love of Crystal Palace and in this podcast, she goes through her favourite Eagles players since she first went to Selhurst Park Some great stories, especially as she now gets to meet some of these players including the tim...

This week we have former Everton, Luton and Blackburn striker Mike Newell. Mike played throughout the 80's and 90's culminating in him winning the Premier League in 1995 with Blackburn Mike has also managed a number of teams and he talks openly about the John Gurney takeover and Manager Idol in 2003....Luton fans, you have to hear this!! Mike also speaks about ex players and his love of football s...

This week we have one of the biggest and amazing personalities yet on My Best Eleven in Ian Marshall. Ian is the has played for a number of clubs but is best known for his time at Oldham, Leicester, Ipswich and Bolton as a striker and centre back. Ian recalls his times at these clubs, our co-host Marv making his debut against Ian, his time working under Martin O'Neill  as well as playing with some...

Luton Town Captain for 2 promotions and winner of the Johnstone's Paint Trophy.  Kevin talks about the best 11 players and manager who he has played under/with. He also talks about his fondness of all things football and his love of still being involved in the game today There are a lot of stories, lots of fireworks ( and stories about these)...especially towards the latter part of the podcast and...

This week we have Andy Kiwomya talking about his Best 11 players he ever went onto a pitch with.  He talks about his days at Bradford, Dundee Utd, Scunthorpe and his time at Sheff Weds amongst other clubs. He opens up on his career nearly being cut short by a horrific back injury whilst at Sheff Weds.  Andy tells stories of his time at England, the first time he met Chris Waddle during a penalty w...

This week, we have the man voted by many as Luton Town's greatest ever player. He has played for Luton in 2 separate stints as well as spending time at Lincoln City, Derby County, Chelsea and Sunderland Mick has also been Luton Town manager twice and worked as Assistant to numerous managers such as Joe Kinnear and Geraint Williams Mick picks the greatest 11 players who he has ever played with and...

Part 2 - Graham Alexander  Graham Alexander talks about his midfielders and strikers that he picked for his 4-3-3 formation in his Best Eleven. He also works out whether David Moyes shouting or Lennie Lawrence wheeling and dealing management style suited him best He talks through his time at Scunthorpe, Luton, Preston (x2) and Burnley as well as winning international caps with Scotland and playing...

Part 1 - Graham Alexander  Graham Alexander talks about his Best Eleven players he has ever played with as well as manager who he played under. He recounts stories from Luton, Preston and Burnley as a player. He also goes through his time in management and opens up (as much as he is allowed to) on his exit from Salford City 2 weeks ago Sponsored: We are running out of slots for our upcoming Podcas...

Matthew Upson, the former Luton, Arsenal, Birmingham, West Ham, Stoke, Brighton and Leicester player. He also played for England full international team including at the 2010 World Cup, scoring the England's goal in the England v Germany knockout game. Matthew has a catch up with Marv and Andrew whilst talking about his Best 11 team and manager he ever played with/for.  Matthew talks at length abo...

The Northern Irish International Kingsley Black is our guest this week naming the best 11 players he ever played with as well as the manager who he loved playing for the most. Kingsley is a player who has played at Luton Town, was signed by Brian Blough at Nottingham Forest and then went onto play for Grimsby Town and Lincoln City. He gained over 30 caps for Northern Ireland and won the Man of the...

Emmerson Boyce (Boycey) is our guest this week naming the best 11 players he ever played with as well as the manager who he loved playing for the most. Emmerson has had a great career at both club and international level with clubs including Wigan, Luton, Crystal Palace, Blackpool and now Ashton Utd. He has won the FA Cup as captain and played hundreds of games in the Premier League. Emmerson also...

John Hartson (ex Luton, Arsenal, West Ham, Wimbledon, Coventry Celtic, West Brom and Norwich player) is our guest this week. John talks through his Best 11 team and manager he ever played with/for.  With Andrew and Marv chatting through the players, John tells us stories about breaking rules as a trainee, the big transfer to Arsenal and how Martin O'Neill took a gamble on him at Celtic. John also...

Steve Davis (Played for Southampton, Burnley (x2), Luton, Blackpool and York. He managed Burnley twice in 2007 and 2010) Steve talks through his Best 11 team he ever played for and with.  Andrew and Marv talk through this team with Steve, the times at Burnley with some 'old fashioned defenders', Steve realises lots of players swap between Burmley and Luton and explains how, incredibly, he and Marv...

Scott Oakes (ex England U21, Leicester, Luton and Sheff Wed player) Scott talks through his best eleven team he ever played for and with.  Andrew and Marv talk through this team, Scott talks about his time with the England U21 team, his time at Luton during the 1994 cup run as well as his time at Sheff Wed with characters such as Paulo Di-Canio and Ron Atkinson Sponsored: This podcast is sponsored...

Carl Emberson is a goalkeeper who played for Millwall, Colchester, Walsall, Luton, Southend, Grays Athletic and Sutton Utd. Carl goes through his ultra defensive (as expected with a goalkeeper) formation, best 11 players, best manager and his favourite Luton game ever. Andrew and Marv talk through this team, hear some stories from the dressing room, changing room and other places too. Carl also gi...

Steve Howard (ex Hartlepool, Northampton, Luton, Derby, Leicester and Sheff Wed striker), names the Best Eleven he has ever played with. Steve talks through the formation, best 11 players, best manager and his favourite game ever. Steve won our public vote to be our first ever/ launch episode and it is worth a listen. We have decided to upload the whole interview as cutting it would mean deleting...