Stadio: A Football Podcast

The round of 16 games are underway and delivering! Musa and Ryan chat about England’s 3-2 against Mexico at the Azteca (02.50) which saw weather delays, penalties and a red card, but ultimately, two Jude Bellingham goals and a Harry Kane penalty rewarding Thomas Tuchel’s side with a place in the quarter-finals. Norway await England, following their 2-1 win against Brazil and another two goals for...

The round of 32 is underway, so Musa and Ryan begin with a quick chat about Canada’s win over South Africa in Los Angeles, to be the first side to progress to the round of 16 this year. They then chat a bit about a few more of the final group games, before moving onto some thoughts on England, the performances and the discourse around the side, despite Thomas Tuchel’s side finishing top of the gro...

Musa and Ryan begin with Spain’s 4-0 win over Saudi Arabia, which saw three goals in the first half and the ability to rest some key players for the second (02:10). They chat about Spain’s depth and whether that can be the thing that is the key advantage over other World Cup favourites. There’s also chat about another Cape Verde draw (10:06) and their first World Cup goals, as they held Uruguay to...

After chatting about Mexico’s opener on Friday’s Patreon show, Musa and Ryan share some of their highlights and shoutouts from the first weekend of the World Cup. There’s praise for Germany, Australia and many others, while also talking about some incredible moments, such as Curaçao’s first World Cup goal, Japan’s late equaliser, Ivory Coast’s last minute winner and the USA’s 4-1 win over Paraguay...

In this final show before the World Cup, Musa and Ryan take a quick look back on the season and have a chat about a few of their favourite moments, including some players who stepped up, incredible finals and more. They then have a quick chat about Florentino Pérez’s election victory, which has cleared the path for José Mourinho to return to Real Madrid after leaving in 2013 (31:36), before briefl...

For everyone on the free feed, we have two sections taken from recent Patreon podcasts for you to check out! Up first, Jon Mackenzie from Tifo and the Athletic joins for a more tactical chat about this season and his forthcoming book, ‘The Spectre of Pep: How Guardiola Haunts Modern Football Tactics’. Recorded a week or so before Andoni Iraola was announced as Liverpool manager, the full episode c...

Musa and Ryan begin with a quick mention of Arne Slot’s Liverpool departure, which will take the focus on Thursday’s show before getting onto the men’s Champions League final (04:04), which saw PSG retain the trophy after their penalty shootout win in Budapest. There’s chat about Arsenal’s impressive start, how PSG struggled to create too many clear looks and the narrow margins that played out for...

There is so much to get to today, with finals taking place, trophies being lifted and goodbyes taking place all around the world of football this weekend. Musa and Ryan begin with Barcelona Femení winning their fourth Champions League in six seasons (02:55), with a 4-0 win over Lyonnes on Saturday. They then head to the Premier League (07:30), where Spurs survived, West Ham went down, Bournemouth...

The wait is finally over for Arsenal, as they win the Premier League for the first time in 22 years! Musa and Ryan chat all about the Gunners’ title victory, following Manchester City’s draw away at Bournemouth on Tuesday night. There’s also chat about the grind of the season, how good this team really is and much more! London listeners, come see us at the Southbank Centre on July 23rd, with speci...

It felt like a weekend of broken hearts all around football, but Musa and Ryan begin with Manchester City’s win over Chelsea in the FA Cup final (02:12), to secure a domestic cup double and Pep Guardiola’s 20th trophy as City boss. Chelsea were quick to counter the disappointment, as it was announced that Xabi Alonso will take over as manager in the summer (12:39) and that’s where the bulk of toda...

Here's a clip from yesterday's Patreon episode, where Musa and Ryan discussed Florentino Pérez's wild press conference earlier this week, where he basically said that he wasn’t f***ing leaving. He then declared himself the best president of all time, went on the attack about named and unnamed enemies, dished out insults, sexism and a whole lot of paranoia. To listen to the full episode, along with...

A fairly quiet Sunday then, with nothing too eventful happening in the Premier League. Musa and Ryan begin with a quick chat about Arsenal’s 1-0 win over West Ham (03:52) at the London Stadium, which had a big impact at the top and bottom of the table. Yes, they also chat about that decision, but probably less than it’s been discussed elsewhere. They then head onto the main topic, which is Barcelo...

Here's a clip from today's Patreon episode, where Musa and Ryan chat about Arsenal getting through to their first men's Champions League final since 2006, the second in their history. To listen to this, and every other episode of Stadio, ad-free and in full, you can sign up as a podcast of Social Club member at patreon.com/stadio . For more podcasts, ad-free and in full, plus access to the Stadio...

It was a blur of a weekend, with seismic results all over Europe!  Musa and Ryan begin with Barcelona and Lyonnes getting past Bayern and Arsenal to make it to the UWCL final in Oslo (03:09), moving onto Inter securing their 21st Scudetto (11:37), Venezia making it back to Serie A and more, before heading to the Premier League. Manchester United secured Champions League football for next seas...

Musa said this weekend felt like it featured three match days in one, and he wasn’t wrong.  He and Ryan do a bit of a whirlwind trip through Europe, where there were dramatic promotions, FA Cup semi finals (07:31), UWCL semi final first legs (12:16), more high stakes Premier League games at the top and bottom of the table (15:56), plus big results elsewhere too.  After all that, they tak...

Ryan desperately wanted to do three hours on the Copa del Rey final, which he was at, so there will be a Patreon show on Wednesday all about Real Sociedad’s first trophy in front of fans since 1987. However, Manchester City beat Arsenal 2-1 at the Etihad on Sunday, so he and Musa focus their attention there for much of today’s show. There’s chat about what was a wonderful game, where both sides co...

Hey everyone! We’ve put together this Patreon sampler episode, featuring three parts from three episodes that went up on over the last month or so. Up first, from April 9th, is Musa and Ryan talking about the Artemis II mission, space and how it inspired a much needed sense of wonder (02:19). Then, it’s onto a section from our special Johan Cruyff episode (14:47), which aired March 26th, the week...

Musa and Ryan begin with Union Berlin appointing Marie-Louise Eta as interim head coach of their men’s team until the end of the season (02:46). Eta becomes the first woman to take charge of a men’s team in Europe’s top five leagues, but is no stranger to the Union dugout, having already been a trailblazer for many years already. So, they chat about why the appointment makes so much sense and how...

This weekend’s FA Cup featured some very special moments and Musa and Ryan are joined by Aniefiok Ekpoudom to focus on Southampton reaching Wembley for the semifinal (02:29), following their win over Arsenal at St. Mary’s. Aniefiok is a Southampton fan and was there on Saturday to witness one of the highlights of an interesting season for Saints, in which they are also celebrating 50 years since t...

Spurs and Igor Tudor parted ways this weekend, by mutual consent, so Musa and Ryan discuss the position the club now finds itself in. With the threat of relegation now very real for Spurs, while also being set to hire their third manager of the season, they chat about what they do next and whether this is fixable in the short term. There’s also a quick round-up of some weekend results, where Union...

It feels like we say this almost every week, but it was another big weekend, so Musa and Ryan begin by shouting out Japan’s win in the Women’s Asian Cup final, before heading to Wembley. Pep Guardiola became the most successful manager in League Cup history, thanks to Manchester City’s 2-0 win over Arsenal on Sunday (04:57). There’s chat about Guardiola getting it right and what impact it will hav...

With huge results up and down the table, as well as a record broken in dramatic fashion, it felt like the biggest weekend in the Premier League season so far. Musa and Ryan chat about Arsenal’s win over Everton, where Max Dowman came on, changed the game and became the Premier League’s youngest ever goalscorer, in a late 2-0 win. It was made even more important due to West Ham and Manchester City’...

Musa’s on his travels, so there’s a bit of chat up top about him leaning into a Stadio bit. Then he and Ryan chat about this weekend’s FA Cup fifth round (07:17), which saw another amazing result for Port Vale, who knocked out Sunderland. Southampton also caused an upset, with a late win at Fulham, while Arsenal got past an impressive Mansfield side.  They round up the rest of the results, wh...

After some chat up top, Musa and Ryan begin with Bayern’s 3-2 win at Dortmund (06:02) to open up an eleven point gap at the top of the Bundesliga. They then round up some other results around Europe, before heading to the Premier League (19:24). There’s chat about Arsenal’s win over Chelsea, where all three goals were set pieces, Manchester United going third, as well as some of the other results,...

There’s some important admin up top, but once that’s all out of the way, Musa and Ryan turn their attention to the Premier League title race once more after what felt like a very important few days. They begin with Arsenal’s 4-1 win at Spurs in the North London derby (03:53), which saw them maintain a five point lead at the top of the Premier League. There’s chat about braces for Eberechi Eze and...