Stadio: A Football Podcast

Here’s a clip of today’s episode, where Musa and Ryan chat about Sir Jim Ratcliffe saying Ruben Amorim will need three years to prove himself at Manchester United (02:14). Head over to Patreon for the full episode, which also includes a round-up a few games from Wednesday’s UWCL games and one or two World Cup qualifiers. Then, after a question from a listener, they chat about some fun rule changes...

Here's a clip of today's episode, where Musa and Ryan chat about Barcelona's 7-1 win over Bayern (02:16), Arsenal’s home defeat to Lyonnes and the rest of Tuesday's UWCL games. Sign up to on Patreon to hear the full episode, where they get onto the news that UEFA has given the go ahead to La Liga and Serie A to play the Villarreal v Barcelona and Milan v Como league games in Miami and Perth respec...

It’s early days, but following on from last weekend, it felt like the balance shifted in the Premier League this match day. Narratives were flipped and results seemed more crucial, heading into the men’s international break. Musa and Ryan begin at Stamford Bridge, where Chelsea’s win over Liverpool highlighted a few issues that Arne Slot has trying to figure out all season (04:26). Arsenal’s win a...

Here's a clip from today's episode, where Seb Stafford-Bloor returns to chat to Ryan about why Liverpool fans don’t need to to worry about Florian Wirtz (04:27). In the full version (available on our Patreon ) Karim Adeyemi’s great form, Spurs’ season so far under Thomas Frank and a few other bits from the Champions League match day two. Then, Mayowa Quadri joins to chat about José Mourinho’s retu...

On Friday night, against Werder Bremen, Harry Kane scored a brace to reach 100 goals for Bayern in a record 104 games. Here's a clip from today's episode, where Musa and Ryan are joined by The Athletic’s German Football correspondent, Seb Stafford-Bloor, to chat about Kane’s incredible achievement (01:50), his development at Bayern, where a rumoured Premier League return would be wise and muc...

It felt like a significant weekend in the Premier League, so Musa and Ryan begin with Crystal Palace’s 2-1 win over Liverpool, to inflict a first defeat of the season on Arne Slot’s side, while Oliver Glasner remains the only unbeaten manager in the league this season (02:25). They then move on to Arsenal’s late win over Newcastle United, to close the gap at the top (13:13) and round-up the rest o...

Here's a clip of the first part of Friday's Stadio, where Musa and Ryan chat about some midweek fixtures, including Europa League, Hugo Ekitike living Musa's dream, Kylian Mbappé's panenka and more. Head here to listen to the full episode, which. after a question on the Social Club Discord, features a discussion about whether we have gone past the concept of 'peak' manager. Also, another reminder...

Here's a preview of our latest episode, the first in a regular series where we focus on a specific club and welcome someone who covers them day-to-day. Kicking off, from The Anfield Wrap, we welcome the one and only Neil Atkinson to talk all about Liverpool. Here, there's some chat about the general vibe around the club after the summer and building the squad for the post Mo Salah era. Head to our...

It was a weekend where two high profile Premier League games played out in very different ways. Musa and Ryan begin with a quick round-up, including Liverpool extending their lead at the top, thanks to their 2-1 win over Everton in the Merseyside derby (03:04). It was chaos at Old Trafford on a rain-soaked Saturday evening (07:44), but Manchester United did enough to get a much needed win against...

Here's a section from today's episode, where Musa and Ryan begin with some chat about José Mourinho's return to Benfica, before moving on to Marcus Rashford's first two competitive goals for Barcelona, in their 2-1 win away in the Champions League. For more on that, plus a full round-up of Wednesday and Thursday's Champions League games, sign up via the link below to get the full episode. Also, do...

Well, it’s definitely back! Champions League opening night kicked out with six games, 23 goals, some great kits and loads of chaos. Here's a clip of today's episode, where Musa and Ryan begin with Qarabag’s incredible come from behind win in Lisbon against Benfica (02:33), which cost Bruno Lage his job. They also chat about Union Saint-Gilloise’s 3-1 win in Eindhoven, chaos in Turin between Juvent...

Ruben Amorim lost his first Manchester derby on the weekend, to Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City, and there were more questions for the United manager, who has had an underwhelming start to the season. Musa and Ryan chat about the game (04:04), plus whether Amorim is giving himself enough of a chance to get United into a position to implement his system properly, before a quick round-up of the rest...

Here's a clip of today's episode, with news about tickets for the London live shows at the Southbank Centre, which are now on general sale here . There's a quick round-up of a couple of bits of news, before Musa and Ryan discuss UEFA delaying the decision whether to approve the Serie A and La Liga games to be played in Australia and the USA (05:43) and a quick look ahead to some weekend fixtures....

Today, we have a Champions League winner on the show… Arsenal and England’s Lotte Wubben-Moy, and we're making it available on the free feed! Before that, there’s a quick round-up of some news, with Nuno out and Ange in at Forest (03:13), plus England’s win over Serbia and a couple of other bits. Then, it’s onto the chat where Musa and Ryan went to London Colney and sat down with Lotte ahead of Ar...

This weekend saw the returns of the Frauen Bundesliga and the WSL (04:50), so Musa and Ryan round-up some results from both, including Olivia Smith’s brilliant debut goal, Chelsea winning the season’s first blockbuster fixture and late drama in Union’s Bundesliga debut. Meanwhile, London City Lionesses head coach, Jocelyn Prêcheur, was interviewed in-game, adding to a trend of new media features r...

Here's a clip from today's Stadio, where Musa and Ryan discuss the news that Daniel Levy has stood down from his role as Tottenham Hotspur chairman, after 24 years (01:53). They chat about what it says about Spurs’ new direction, Levy’s legacy and more, before shouting out for a couple of football bits, including the return of the WSL and Union’s first Frauen Bundesliga season opener, and more! Fo...

Here's a clip of today's Stadio! The Premier League broke its own transfer record this summer and there was plenty of drama on the final day before the deadline. Musa and Ryan chat about Isak’s arrival, Marc Guéhi remaining at Crystal Palace and Spurs’ underrated window. There’s also some thoughts on Manchester United and Aston Villa, Donnarumma’s arrival at Manchester City (25:34) and some though...

As men’s football heads into its first international break of the season, Musa and Ryan chat about Liverpool’s 1-0 win over Arsenal at Anfield, thanks to an unbelievable Dominik Szoboszlai free-kick (04:57). With Alexander Isak and Marc Guéhi set to be announced as new signings too, it was a very super Sunday for Arne Slot and his team. They wrap up the rest of the Premier League, including wins f...

Here’s a clip of today’s episode, where Musa and Ryan chat all about Grimsby's incredible win on penalties, that knocked Manchester United out of the Carabao Cup. They discuss the great performance from the Mariners, the fall out for United and Ruben Amorim and much more. To listen to this episode in full, ad free, plus access to more shows, the Stadio Social Club Discord and more, you can join as...

Here’s a clip of today’s bonus episode, where Musa and Ryan chat all about Liverpool’s late win at St. James’ Park, as well as getting into some emails about Thomas Müller’s move to Vancouver and some dream football jobs. To listen to this episode in full, ad free, plus access to more shows, the Stadio Social Club Discord and more, you can join as a Stadio member at Patreon . For more podcasts, ad...

After a difficult few days for Spurs fans, there was much for them to celebrate on the weekend! Following a very quick round-up of the Bundesliga and Serie A—both of which returned this weekend—Musa and Ryan chat all about Spurs’ 2-0 win over Manchester City, recording their second league win in a row at the Eithad (11:42). There’s a quick shout for Arsenal’s 5-0 win against Leeds (22:37), which s...

We're still getting back into the groove of the new season, but this week saw some transfer drama! Musa and Ryan begin with Arsenal’s surprise move for Eberechi Eze, who looked like he was on his way to Spurs (02:26) and touch on the latest in the Alexander Isak saga (10:43). They round up some games, including Real Madrid’s 1-0 win over Osasuna in their league opener (19:07), a 1-0 win for Leeds,...

Not only is the Premier League back, so are we! Musa and Ryan begin by introducing the new Stadio memberships and some info on the future (00:20), before getting into the football. As it’s the first day back, they stay focused on the Premier League, beginning with Liverpool’s win over Bournemouth (10:44) on Friday night. There’s relief, belief and more takeaways from Arsenal’s win in the Stadio De...

Ryan drops in with a very quick update, as well as some news on something we'd love you to get involved with. In case you missed the address to send in to, it's hello@stadio.football. We hope everyone's enjoying the summer, the football, or both and we'll be back properly very soon! For more podcasts, ad-free and in full, plus access to the Stadio Social Club and much more, you can become a Stadio...

Surprise! We thought we’d drop in your podcast feeds to check in, check everything is working alright and have a bit of a catch up. Musa and Ryan give a little update (00:30), read out some awesome suggestions for the role of hypothetical sporting directors (08:08), following on from the question on our last episode. Then, there's a bit of chat a bit about Florian Wirtz joining Liverpool (18:37),...