The England Pod

Fresh from speaking to Thomas Tuchel at Wembley, Ali and Dave react to the latest England squad for the games against Wales and Latvia. The big headline is no return for Bellingham, Foden or Grealish as Tuchel looks to stick with the players who played so well last time out in Serbia. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ali Maxwell breaks down the results and key personnel from England's youth teams in the September international break: - 9W 1D 1L across five teams - New look U21s win in Kazakhstan - U19s packed with stars playing well above age group (Dowman, Ngumoha) - U18s prepare for the U17 World Cup in November - U17s win 7-5 vs Germany, starring Ryan Kavuma-McQueen! 👀 Subscribe on YouTube: ‪‪‪@England_Pod...

With just under nine months to go until the 2026 World Cup, Ali, George and Dave attempt to look into the future and second-guess the decisions Thomas Tuchel will make when picking his final 23 (or maybe 26) man squad Should the likes of Trent Alexander-Arnold, Morgan Rogers and Marcus Rashford be worried? Will Jordan Henderson really get a seat on the plane? Will Phil Foden remind everyone this s...

Ali, George and Dave react to England's 5-0 win over Serbia in Belgrade, with positives everywhere you look and by far the most convincing performance of the Tuchel era so far. Come on England! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ali and George reflect on England's 2-0 win over Andorra at Villa Park, it was an all-too-familiar display but there was a big positive in the performance from debutant Elliot Anderson. The lads also look ahead to what should be England's toughest game of the qualifiers away to Serbia on Tuesday. We're watching the Serbia game at The Volley in Old Street - join us! Learn more about your ad choices...

Fresh from speaking to Thomas Tuchel at Wembley, Ali and Dave react to the squad announcement for the upcoming games against Andorra and Serbia First call ups for Elliot Anderson and Djed Spence, a return for Adam Wharton, while the likes of Trent Alexander-Arnold, Jack Grealish , Kyle Walker and Curtis Jones miss out... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ali, George, and Dave sit down for the first England pod of the 2025/26 season and have a look at the transfers involving Eberechi Eze, Marcus Rashford, James Trafford, Jack Grealish, Marc Guehi, Noni Madueke, and many more besides that could all have significant impact on Thomas Tuchel's plans as he builds towards the World Cup next summer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.c...

BBC commentator Robyn Cowen, the Telegraph's Kathryn Batte and David Walker convene for one last time this summer now that we've had time to process the remarkable events at the Euros and the celebrations that followed We have an early look ahead to the World Cup in two years time, how many of the current squad will be there? And are there any players waiting to burst through in the next few seaso...

The England Pod's David Walker and Ali Maxwell are joined by the Telegraph's Kathryn Batte to reflect and rejoice in the Lionesses winning the Euros in dramatic fashion, beating world champions Spain on penalties. Chloe Kelly, Hannah Hampton, Lucy Bronze and her fractured tibia, Russo, Agyemang, Jess Carter, and Dame Sarina Wiegman, so many amazing individual stories to talk about from this triump...

BBC commentator Robyn Cowen, the Telegraph's Kathryn Batte, and David Walker gather for one last preview pod ahead of the Euro 2025 final between England and Spain. What can Sarina Wiegman do to combat the threat of world champions Spain? Will the subs be the difference again? Download the Fotmob app here: ⁠https://click.fotmob.com/974672417/TheEnglandPod⁠⁠⁠⁠ Join the England Pod's Fotmob Predicto...

BBC commentator Robyn Cowen, the Telegraph's Kathryn Batte, and David Walker gather the morning after the night before which saw the Lionesses once again save themselves right at the death thanks to goals from Michelle Agyemang and a 119th minute penalty from Chloe Kelly. England are in the final of the Euros! One more! Download the Fotmob app here: https://click.fotmob.com/974672417/TheEnglandPod...

BBC commentator Robyn Cowen, the Telegraph's Kathryn Batte, and David Walker look ahead to England's semi-final with Italy that will take place on Tuesday night. The expectation is with England but what sort of condition will they be in after that bruising encounter with Sweden? Will we see Sarina make any changes or stick to an unchanged line-up for the fourth game in a row? Download the Fotmob a...

BBC commentator Robyn Cowen, the Telegraph's Kathryn Batte, and David Walker react to England's incredible comeback triumph over Sweden in an absolutely remarkable quarter-final. Bruised and battered, seemingly beaten multiple times, it was truly one for the ages, but the Lionesses and the England Pod march on to the semi-final. Download the Fotmob app here: https://click.fotmob.com/974672417/TheE...

BBC commentator Robyn Cowen, the Telegraph's Kathryn Batte and David Walker preview England's quarter-final with Sweden. Alessia Russo's backheel in Euro 2022 is still fresh in the minds of the Swedes but do they have it in them to get past Sarina Wiegman's side this time? Will this be a game where England's new look defence is really put to the test? Will our quality going forward be too much for...

BBC commentator Robyn Cowen, the Telegraph's Kathryn Batte, and David Walker reflect on England's 6-1 victory over Wales on Sunday night. A result which saw them finish 2nd in Group D and set up a quarter-final with Sweden. Six different goalscorers, impressive performances from Toone, Stanway, Walsh, Russo and well, everyone really, including impact from the bench in Mead and Beever-Jones. Is it...

BBC commentator Robyn Cowen, the Telegraph's Kathryn Batte and David Walker look ahead to England's final group game as they face Wales on Sunday in St Gallen Will Sarina keep the same team that put the Netherlands to the sword? Will she take the opportunity to freshen things up if England pull clear with time to spare? And just how tricky a challenge will this be against a motivated Wales side wi...

BBC commentator Robyn Cowen, the Telegraph's Kathryn Batte and David Walker reflect and rejoice over England's brilliant performance and win against the Netherlands. Two goals from Lauren James, and one each from Georgia Stanway and Ella Toone eased the pressure on the Lionesses. We look at the crucial role Hannah Hampton played, the tactical switch in the back four, the performances of James, Hem...

BBC commentator Robyn Cowen, the Telegraph's Kathryn Batte and David Walker look ahead to England's crunch game against the Netherlands on Wednesday. A defeat would almost certainly see us exit the tournament, a draw would leave it out of our hands, so what will Wiegman to do ensure we put in a better performance than we saw against France? Will we see a change at left back? Could Lauren James be...

BBC commentator Robyn Cowen, the Telegraph's Kathryn Batte and David Walker convene the morning after the night before to look at England's defeat to France in Zurich. A bad result and an even worse performance, what went wrong and where do England go from here? Download the Fotmob app here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://click.fotmob.com/974672417/TheEnglandPod⁠⁠⁠ Join the England Pod's Fotmob Predictor League here...

BBC Commentator Robyn Cowen, the Telegraph's Kathryn Batte and David Walker look ahead to England's opening game of Euro 2025 against France Will we see an unchanged line-up from the Jamaica warm-up friendly or will Wiegman risk Lauren James from the start? How concerned should we be about France given their record of disappointing in major tournaments? And how much of England's chances rest on Le...

Download the Fotmob app here: ⁠⁠https://click.fotmob.com/974672417/TheEnglandPod⁠ Join the England Pod's Fotmob Predictor League here: https://predict.fotmob.com/1000080/join/BPKMKFMU Robyn Cowen, David Walker and the Telegraph's Kathryn Batte preview Euro 2025 on the eve of the tournament kicking off in Switzerland Sarina Weigman's England will be looking to repeat their success from three years...

George Elek and Ali Maxwell hit record straight after full time to celebrate England Under 21s winning the Euros for the second time in a row with a 3-2 win in a remarkable, topsy-turvy final vs Germany. What a wonderful group of players, an absolute joy to watch, with a fantastic Head Coach. We discuss the game, the key moments, Lee Carsley's quality and future, the star players and more. Learn m...

Lee Carsley's England Under 21s have reached the Euros final for the second tournament running after a brilliant performance and 2-1 win over the Netherlands Ali was there in Bratislava to witness it all and he caught up with Dave shortly after the final whistle to revel in the glory and the sensational performances from Harvey Elliott, Elliot Anderson, Alex Scott, Omari Hutchinson, and the rest o...

Dave and George revel in a glorious result and performance from Lee Carsley's England U21s as they comfortably beat Spain 3-1 to secure a place in the Euros semi-final We'll face the Netherlands in the semi and that has got Ali Maxwell's mouth watering, he joins us briefly from poolside to speculate about a possible last minute trip out to Bratislava for the game on Wednesday Business Savings Acco...

Dave and George catch up the morning after Lee Carsley's England Under 21s suffered a 2-1 defeat at the hands of Germany in their final group game A couple of early goals from the Germans saw Carsley ring the changes at half-time and saw a much improved second-half showing, with England Pod favourite Alex Scott getting on the scoresheet We reflect on the performance, the group stage as a whole, an...