Platini Played For Kuwait

Sports EN ↓ 54 episodes

The trivial football podcast, exploring the niche to cliche of every corner of football. Hosted by brothers Matt and Marc Harrison, each week we pick a different football topic and each pick 3 interesting things about that topic to discuss, whether that be a goal, game, player, shirt, whatever. Along the way, we'll be joined by guests specialising each topic.

Be sure to visit the podcast's website and support the creator: www.buzzsprout.com

Author

Platini Played For Kuwait

Episodes

Dual Nationality Footballers 10.03.2022 1:25:55

We were joined by Marco Negeri to talk about those multi-cultured footballers who have represented not one, but two different national teams. In our chat we covered over 98 years of footballers representing more than one nation at international level (or those who are perhaps about to do so). Plus, we finally discuss the name of the podcast and the time that Platini played for Kuwait. You can find...

Chelsea in the Abramovich Era 02.03.2022 1:24:43

We were joined by football writer Gary Thacker to talk all things Chelsea in the Abramovich era ahead of Gary's latest book release - Out of the Blue: Chelsea's Unlikely Champions League Triumph. We discussed some of the events which led to Chelsea's 2012 Champions League victory, as well as our love for Michael Ballack, how Jesper Gronkjaer instigated Chelsea's success in the...

Intercontinental Cup and Club World Cup 18.02.2022 1:20:46

This past week, Chelsea lifted the 2022 Club World Cup in Abu Dhabi, so we decided to explore a competition that is still unheralded and unloved by many (particularly in Europe). Our choices this week go right back to the first decade of the competition in the 1960s to the new tournament format created in the 21st century, as we discuss the Intercontinental Cup/Club World Cup via a great performan...

Welsh Footallers Abroad (AKA Lost Boyos) 10.02.2022 1:31:52

Welcome to the first ever episode of Platini Played For Kuwait - the trivial football podcast (and not really a podcast about Michel Platini or Kuwait). Each week Marc and Matt come up with a football-related theme, which they then have to discuss centred around six 'artefacts' of their choosing - players, games, clubs, shirts, goals moments etc. In this first episode, they discuss a to...