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Jarrod Kimber and Jon Norman are helped along the way by a former professional cricketer turned priest, a university lecturer and a gambling expert. The American sport of cornhole also gets a mention.   Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week Sam Matterface brings you a former Liverpool striker, who scored a huge club record of 346 goals in 660 appearances, join us as we go Up front With…Ian Rush.  We hear what it was like playing under Kenny Dalglish, his move to Italy, how the former Leeds manager George Graham did everything he could do to try and force the striker out of the club and much more. Hosted on Ac...

Promoter Frank Warren tells the Jim White show why the fight between Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury may not happen due to the reluctance from AJ & Matchroom, former NFL star Jason Bell praises the actions of former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick and the sacrifices he’s made and Hugh Woozencroft, Darren Lewis and former Aston Villa striker Gabby Agbonlahor discuss the reasons w...

Aston Villa’s Jack Grealish opens up about his ‘regrettable’ Covid-19 party and also reveals why manager Dean Smith is a ‘father figure’ to him, on the Jim White show Clinton Morrison tells us how we can all unite to defeat racism in this country, former England striker Darren Bent admits he is worried about the potential abuse his children may receive when they grow up and the WBO super-middlewei...

Leicester manager Brendan Rodgers talks about overcoming the coronavirus and heaps praise on the football authorities in aiming to secure player safety, The Mirror’s Darren Lewis applauds the Premier League after it was decided that no action would be taken against players who decide to ‘take a knee’ once the season resumes and Hugh Woozencroft speaks to an emotional caller on Kick-Off who believe...

QPR manager Mark Warburton slams the EFL after hearing the news that football will return on June 20th, on the Jim White show Danny Murphy doesn’t agree and insists a professional footballer should be ready to play in three weeks, Laura Woods makes a statement on how sports stars can use their position to help make a difference, agent Kia Joorabchian clears up the confusion over David Luiz’s futur...

Liverpool Captain Jordan Henderson joined the talkSPORT this weekend to discuss the restart of the premier league and take part in the talkSPORT quiz. Trevor nelson also joined Jonny Owen to talk about his love of Chelsea, Dillian Whyte Joins Adam Catterall and Gareth A Davies to discuss his up coming fight and the latest on project restart from the Weekend Sports Breakfast talking to Portsmouth C...

A man who has to date scored 111 goals in 271 games for Brighton, and went from working on a building site to becoming a Premier League striker, in this edition we go Up Front with… Glenn Murray.  Sam Matterface goes under the skin of this top-flight goal scorer, we hear about growing up working in a factory, his apprenticeship in the USA, which then led to an unsuccessful trial at Sunde...

Footballs coming home! The great and the good of talkSPORT and beyond discuss the news that football will be returning on the 17th of June including Darren Bent, Henry Winter and Lars Siversten. Also Harry Redknapp drops in on breakfast to discuss a job offer, Spencer Oliver talks to Natalie Sawyer about what Eddie Hearn has planned in his back garden. Iain Morris & Damon Beesley drop in on H&...

Former England International Darren Bent takes a look back on talkSPORT Breakfast at his endless first day at Spurs. He also has a kind word or two for Gareth Bale. Alphonso Davies' speed on Bayern's left flank is making the headlines in the reopening of the Bundesliga, where every club is having fun at the expense of the home sides. Meanwhile, Teddy Sheringham expresses his view on Manchester Uni...

Teddy Sheringham and Denis Irwin look back at Manchester United’s famous treble victory on the anniversary of the dramatic late comeback against Bayern Munich at the Nou Camp, former Rangers player Gareth McAuley stands by his comments over Celtic’s recent SPL title being ‘hollow’, Simon Jordan once again demands a salary cap in football, Barry Hearn exclusively reveals on the Sports Bar why the W...

Freddie Flintoff & Ally McCoist launch a twitter campaign on talkSPORT Breakfast to get Newcastle United fans to support manager Steve Bruce as rumours circulate over his future as the Magpies boss, Southampton’s Danny Ings admits he ‘feels safe’ returning to training as Project Restart continues, Huddersfield owner Phil Hodgkinson pleads for English football’s governing bodies to get together...

Former England forward Dean Ashton slams Tom Cleverley after the Watford midfielder suggested that it’s ‘safe’ for football to return, on the Final Word Simon Jordan criticises the Premier League for not looking after the EFL in helping out with funding for Covid-19 testing, Mani from the Stones Roses takes aim at the Gallagher brothers on Jonny Owen & Friends, Bob Arum tells Fight Night that...

 A brand new show for you now, The Dive! Jarrod Kimber and Jon Norman will seek to answer one big sporting question each week. This week they are asking 'Does Sport Really Matter' and to help them they've called upon a priest, a psychologist, a university lecturer as well as a couple of familiar super fans in Danny Kelly and Andy Jacobs.   Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy...

On this edition of Up front With... We have Manchester City striker and England's top goal scorer during the 2019 World Cup, Ellen White! Our own Sam Matterface joins Ellen as they chat about her early days at Arsenal, representing Team GB at the Olympics, the experience of the 2019 World Cup, why the Round of 16 tie with Cameroon was the 'craziest' game of her career and how the fo...

Adrian Durham slams the EFL for ‘sticking a dagger through football’s heart’ as Tranmere Rovers looks set to be relegated to League Two, former Manchester United midfielder Darren Fletcher takes us behind the scenes to the Champions League Final in 2008 and a rousing Sir Alex Ferguson speech, Jamie O’Hara tells the talkSPORT Breakfast show that Premier League footballers should return to training...

Darren Bent & Clinton Morrison both offer their support of Troy Deeney after the Watford skipper didn’t attend training due to fears the Coronavirus may affect the health of his family, meanwhile the QPR Chief Executive Lee Hoos tells Jim White & Natalie Sawyer that his medical team believe it’s ‘safe’ for football to return, Freddie Flintoff reveals all on Breakfast about the week he spen...

Ally McCoist leaps to the defence of Watford’s Troy Deeney on the Breakfast show after the Hornets’ captain refused to train due to his fears over the Coronavirus and the wellbeing of his family, meanwhile the former Crystal Palace owner Simon Jordan tells Jim White & Natalie Sawyer that Deeney must now take a pay cut if he’s unwilling to train, Lee Hendrie opens up about his own depression wh...

England & Spurs captain Harry Kane admits that he’s ‘benefited’ from the Coronavirus break and he’ll be fully fit when football returns, Crystal Palace’s Andros Townsend tells Jim White & Natalie Sawyer that the game must restart to save the sport, on talkRADIO Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden expects the Premier League to return by mid-June and with Mental Health Awareness Week underway, t...

Simon Jordan demands more from leading figures in the world of football during the pandemic on the Final Word, Former Ireland striker Tony Cascarino reveals which former club of his has shown a brilliant caring gesture to him during Lockdown, European football expert Andy Brassell looks back at the weekend’s action in the Bundesliga as football returned to Germany with action live on the talkSPORT...

On this episode of Up Front With... Sam Matterface brings you the former Newcastle, QPR, Spurs and England striker Sir Les Ferdinand. We take a look at this striker's outstanding career with 215 goals, a winner of the Turkish Cup, Football League Cup, scorer of the 10,000th goal in the Premier League and member of the Premier League 100 club. Les opens up about giving the number nin...

Sam Matterface brings you another Up Front With... This week we hear from the Watford Captain Troy Deeney!  We get under the skin of Watford's leading Premier League goal scorer and learn about the many sacrifices he and his family have had to make. From the early years, how he got his chance in professional football, the ups and downs of Watford FC, the impact Gianfranco Zola had on his...

On the Breakfast show Alan Brazil suggests that footballers should get back to work but his co-host Jamie O’Hara argues that Premier League stars must only return when it’s ‘100% safe’, super-agent Kia Joorabchian blasts Gary Neville after the pundit’s comments about Carlos Tevez, Middlesbrough’s Adam Clayton heaps praise on the NHS after his father left hospital having spent 51-days in intensive...

On Breakfast Darren Bent backs Danny Rose for being outspoken over Project Restart, Rock legend Noel Gallagher relives the incredible final day of the Premier League season in 2012 when Manchester City’s Sergio Aguero scored that goal against QPR, The Times’ Matthew Syed tells Jim White why it’s ‘fair for footballers to risk their lives’ for the game to return in England and Shaun Wright-Phillips...

Ally McCoist tells the Breakfast show why Danny Rose was wrong to say he ‘doesn’t give a f***’ about the nation's morale, Freddie Flintoff compared the situation Rose and other footballers find themselves in right now to a time when he felt pressured to play in Zimbabwe during the Robert Mugabe reign, Australian captain Tim Paine gives his side of the story after his admission over a mishap on the...