The Big Man Up Top

Pffft, who needs 11 men on the pitch anyway? Big Dan Burns makes up for it just fine! As you can imagine, Ed and Joe are chomping at the bit to talk about Sunday's early morning England Victory against Mexico at the Azteca Stadium! And in this bumper episode, we do just that, and more as FIFA are up to their old tricks again! What does Larry Henry Jr, Our man in America, make of it?

We weren't worried! Not for moment (Whew.) England make it past the first chaotic round of knock outs and Ed and Joe are raring to talk about it! Producer Tom is back, and so is Philly Larry brining us some reporting ahead of America's 250th anniversary match! All this and so much more on this weeks episode of the Big Man Up Top!

The Knockouts are here! And Ed and Joe can't wait, but how did the lads find the group stages? And how did England fair in their match against Panama? We could hardly keep up with all the games on TV, so how did Gianni Infantino seemingly make it in person to two matches at once? Can he teleport? Not joining the boys in the studio is Producer Tom, due to a couple of sniffles, but luckily Larry Hen...

This week Ed and Joe have fallen down a conspiracy Rabbit hole! Witchdoctors cursing Harry Kane and UFO's interrupting Scotland v Brazil?! This World cup has gotten proper weird... and we cant get enough! Joining the lads this week is UCB1's Helen Lea, who shares her experience working for FIFA TV at the 2014 Brazilian World Cup! And of course we get the scoop on the US from our man in America, La...

This week on the Big Man Up Top, Ed and Joe are the weekend of football and drama in the World Cup! Including comments made on Jeremy Doku and his departure from the world cup to welcome his first born child! The shocking broken leg in Canada V Qatar, and a message left behind from the Iranian team after their shocking draw with Belgium! And of course we are joined by Philly Larry! (Larry Henry Jr...

Will England win it all? Should Ronaldo Give it up? and are we getting way ahead of ourselves? Almost definitely, as Ed and Joe are on an England high, following the Three Lions Victory over Croatia, England look like they could take it all! But how do they see it in the States? Larry Henry Jr, our man in Philadelphia can tell us more on this weeks episode of The Big Man Up Top! P.s. ITS COMING HO...

What an Incredible week of football! Ed and Joe can't wait to cover it all! Especially after dramatic matches like Brazil V Morocco, Spain V Cape Verde and Germany V Curacao, a match which saw one of our pre-World Cup predictions come to fruition. With German, Felix Nmecha, doing the 'Crowns Down' celebration, he is the first player to give glory to God after scoring in the World Cup! We just cant...

The World Cup is finally here! Ed and Joe react to the opening ceremony and a dramatic start to the tournament as the first two games set the tone for what’s to come in the FIFA World Cup. They unpack the key moments from the opening matches, the early storylines emerging on the pitch, and what they reveal about the shape of the competition ahead. Plus, they head over to the United States, where a...

Its The Big Man Up Top World Cup Special! With the World Cup mere days away, Ed and Joe are excited to discuss the exciting Highs, the despairing Lows and the unfortunate Truths surrounding past and present World Cups! Joining the boys this week are two familiar faces on The Big Man Up Top... Tobi Sho-Silva, a Professional English Footballer and head of F3 Football. And Robin Peake, a Northern Iri...

Here it comes! The world cup is almost upon us so The Big Man Up Top is doubling its output! In this episode we are making our important official predictions for the world cup! Who will win? Who will lose? And what other madness will happen? You can catch a new episode every Tuesday and Friday including out World Cup Studio Special coming out on the 09th of June! Be sure to check it out, on our Yo...

Well with PSG's Victory over Arsenal in the Champions League final, the Club football season comes to an end... and we couldn't be more excited! In this episode Ed and Joe look at the Final Stories of the season, including the Champions League Final, the fan reactions, and Arne Slots departure, before making the anticipated pivot to International Football. Ed is Joined by  Director of Evangelism f...

This week, Ed and Joe are trying to cope without Producer Tom who was given a much needed week off. They chat about Arsenal winning the league and the Spygate scandal which has rocked the Championship. And with mere weeks left until the World Cup, the boys discuss Thomas Tuchel's England squad... all this and much more on the Big Man Up Top! Want to get in touch? Send us an email at podcasts@ucb.c...

Ed, Joe and Producer Tom find themselves in the vicinity of the Emirates Stadium the night that Arsenal win the Premier League. Joe decided to go out for dinner, whilst Ed and Tom went to see what was going on.

This week, Ed and Joe are pretty unsurprised by last weekends FA cup final, with the deciding match of the Scottish Prem Between Celtic and Hearts taking the main stage. And as we come to the end of the season, the boys take a look at some of the player departures, such as Liverpool's Mohamed Salah who took to X last week, in a somewhat controversial post. With weeks left until the world cup, the...

This week Ed and Joe are joined by the Football Freestyling Evangelist... Al Johnson who as come all the way down to UCB to share with us his incredible passion for football. Al joins Joe and Ed to discuss the highlights from last weeks EFL matches. He also brings some of his collectables, such as match attacks and Panini sticker albums, which sparks up conversations of what makes us fall so in lo...

This week Ed and Joe are discussing the whole EFL as this season crumbles away. With Arsenal looking like they will take the premier league title, and Spurs edging out of relegation, Ed and Joe turn their focus to some of the sneaky rule breakers in last weeks matches, including those in the Man UTD Vs Liverpool game, which Joe was thrilled to Re-live. And they pay some serious attention to some o...

On this week's episode of The Big Man Up Top, Ed and Joe discuss all the drama from the Premier League title race, the FA Cup Semi Finals and elsewhere across the footballing world. They chat about the absolute scenes at Rochdale vs York City, and discuss the Robert Sanchez injury controversy; was it gamesmanship? or downright cheating? Want to get in touch? Send us an email at podcasts@ucb.co.uk...

This week Ed and Joe are asking questions like... Who will win the Premier League, Manchester City or Arsenal? How can we pray for pro footballers in this time of great stress? And is it okay to eat Chicken Nuggets after 10:30? All this and so much more on this weeks bumper episode of The Big Man Up Top! Want to get in touch? Send us an email at podcasts@ucb.co.uk or leave a comment on YouTube and...

This week on the Big Man Up Top, Ed got so excited by last weekends golf tournament he had to take the day off! But don't worry we made sure to call him up so he and Joe could discuss the topics of last weeks premier league action! Including the pressure on Arsenal to stay on top and the equal pressure on Tottenham Hotspur to avoid relegation. And what do we think of Spurs' new manager Roberto De...

In order to celebrate Jesus' 1-0 win over death, we have taken a short Easter break! So unfortunately we couldn't record your weekly installment of football faith and banter... Instead we thought we would share something even better! A fantastic interview with Solihull Moors FC player TOBI SHO-SILVA. Ed chatted with Tobi about his journey with God as a professional footballer, and his awesome char...

This week on The Big Man Up Top, Joe and Ed are looking back at the recent International break and the mourning the loss of our remaining home nation teams in the World Cup Qualifiers. And we take a look at the England squads sudden absences due to injury, and what it means to play for your country. And why did UEFA fine Slovenian club, FK Crvena Zvezda, for displaying a tifo with a Christian mess...

This week on the Big Man Up Top, Ed and Joe are talking a look at the Carabao Cup and pestering UCB's own Arsenal fan Lizzie, for her opinion on Manchester City's EFL Cup Victory. The chaps also receive and EFL stat from Stat Matt, sporting his lovely new theme music. And Joe and Ed review the Thomas Tuchel's England 35 man England squad for the upcoming international as we ask the question what a...

This week Ed and Joe are taking a look at last weeks wild premier league events and whether Arsenal's Premier league hopes are now un-bottle-able! As well as other shocking stories such as Antonin Kinsky being replaced in the 17th minute of Tottenham's Champions league game agains Atletico Madrid and how British Pundits reacted to it, and why was a ref in the middle of Chelsea's Team huddle? All t...

This week Joe and Ed are looking back at the FA cup 5th round. They are briefly joined by UCB2 presenter and Port Vale Super fan... Samuel Ball who was at the Vale last weekend. And a winner has been decided in the Stat Matt Jingle contest with Stat Matt back to tell us his favorite and a stat of the week! Want to get in touch? Send us an email at podcasts@ucb.co.uk or leave a comment on YouTube a...