The Football Drop

Episode 4 is here. The group stages for England are done, we're officially through to the knock out stages of euro 2024, but it's not been convincing, with England crawling across with a bore draw against Slovenia. The boys have split opinions on the performance... PLUS we tease some new things coming to the pod for next season, including a focussed approach to both our physical and mental health....

Episode 3 is here, with a pretty harsh treatment of England by Ben. We were all left very disappointed by the performance, but Southgates comments after were arguably worse. Germany and Spain continue to look very strong in the early stages, whilst Scotland gave themselves a fighting chance to proceed through to the knock out stages. Follow us on socials!  Watch us on YouTube https://www.youtube.c...

Your FDP special this week is someone we've wanted on for a while, somebody with a different perspective on the sport from a retail and partnership perspective. We have Paul Sherratt join us this week, Founder & CEO of gloveglu. Paul has over 30 years' experience within Sports Goods, working alongside global brands and Premier League goalkeepers to name a few, growing the brand from an idea in his...

Episode 2 is here! England have played their first game against Serbia, whilst Scotland took on hosts Germany in the competition opener. Plenty of talking points and reactions with differing results from the home nation teams. Elsewhere solid starts for the traditional European powerhouses like Italy and Spain. Follow us on socials!  Watch us on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC22eNRQWnU-...

Welcome to the first episode of our Euro 2024 series! We'll have bitesize episodes after each England game giving our "expert" opinions and thoughts on the game and the other games across the tournament. This week we evaluate who we think will win, who the dark horses are, and some surprise packages like Belgium or Portugal. But, we still live in the hope England will win! Follow us on socials!  W...

Our Summer Specials kick off with a legend in the broadcasting world Richard Graves! A talented broadcaster with a successful track record across television, radio and live events, Richard Graves provides a range of freelance services. With more than 28 years experience in the sports broadcast industry, working in the UK and across the globe, Richard is an accomplished reporter and in-front of cam...

It's the FDP Annual Awards episode, with coverage for the FA Cup final too between Manchester City & Manchester United. We have 10 awards for this season, including Player & Young Player of the season awards, Shithouse Award and the Scott Parker Best Dressed Manager Award to name a few. It's been a belter this season, and we want to say a huge thank you to every single one of you who have listened...

The season is finally over, and for a change it went down to the final game with City & Arsenal battling it out to be crowned champions. Meanwhile the night before we had Tyson Fury and Usyk battle it out for another crown, the undisputed heavyweight champion of the world. Great fight, for us a big shock! Ben had an eventful trip to Ikea, he just loves going there doesn't he?! We discuss briefly p...

It's a special special today! We had the honour to attend the Man V Fat Biggest Losers match held at The New Den, home of Millwall FC! Richard Crick, Head of Football at Man V Fat invited Will & Ben to attend the 2 games, interview some players and coaches, and meet two absolute legends of English football in Paul Parker & Terry Butcher! Sound quality not the best, but a fantastic day and experien...

The penultimate round of the Premier League has concluded, the title race is down to the final game, with Arsenal hoping Spurs do them a huge favour against their title rivals Manchester City, knowing a draw will be enough to put the title race in their hands going into the final game against Everton. The bottom 3 are all but confirmed, with Luton mathematically still in with a chance of survival...

Will returns after a headache forced him out of action last week, and you can tell he's a little rusty... no camera? No problem! We talk Moyes after it's announced he will depart West Ham at the end of the season, just how bad are Manchester United, and are Chelsea showing signs of improvement? Some of the European leagues have already crowned their champions, such as PSV & Inter Milan. Follow us...

Different format to usual this week, as Will has fallen ill and has called in sick for the podcast, so we had to call an emergency guest host, and of course Ali Campbell couldn't resist coming back on the show, this time to partner Ben. It's Will's birthday today, and we're sure you'll NEVER guess how old he is! Listen to Ben & Ali this week talk about more PSR rulings, VAR surprise rants, Ali waf...

The magic of the FA Cup - one of the sports most entertaining football competitions, especially in England. The crazy decision to scrap replays has been hugely divisive across football, with the boys very vocal on their thoughts on this. Plus, the 2 semi-finals certainly delivered, with most Manchester clubs whimpering through to the final to set up another Manchester derby for the season. Plus in...

Will is not happy with the weekends' results as Arsenal stutter to a dominant Aston Villa and fail to capitalise on Liverpool stumbling against Crystal Palace. For Manchester City it's just business as usual as they obliterated Luton 5-1 with some spectacular goals. Bayer Leverkusen have confirmed their first ever Bundesliga title with a 5-0 thrashing of Werder Bremen - can they go on to finish un...

FDP Special incoming! Ever wondered what life is like as a football agent? What do football agents actually do? Tony Sharkey has been an agent for over 20 years, and represented players from the Premier League, Championship all the way down to non-league, plus deals abroad too. He built upon this experience further by setting up Football Transfer Forum, a network designed to connect agents to buil...

This week, Ben starts the Episode by sticking the boot into Will and his collection of shirts. We had a huge double game week in the Premier League, there are ALOT of talking points with controversial penalty calls & late late drama to name a few, however there has been some crazy happenings across football too. The Turkish Super Cup final has had even more controversy with Galatasaray & Fenerbahc...

This weeks' show is a bit special from a personal stand point, because Ben found out last week that he is going to be a Dad for the first time! Nervous, excited, overwhelmed, stressed, Ben's experiencing it all and then some! A big weekend of football with some entertaining happenings from the Scottish Premier League between Rangers & Hibernian, plus some terrible sportsmanship and plain corruptio...

It's international break again, and it feels like it has been a long while since the last round which is nice. This week we talk the rugby vs football debate, an in-depth chat around Ben White's decision to not be considered for England. Why does Will say "Commando" in an American accent. Leicester got a points deduction too from the Premier League, plus Mike Ashley sulks with Newcastle because th...

This week the boys talk about Ben's trip to Vienna, the customer service and the people of Austria. Back to football Will gives an apology for an inaccurate fact on Zidane, gives an almost accurate fact on Watford. They discuss the points deduction of Nottingham Forest, The England team announcement, a cold Mbappe is an unhappy Mbappe, EFL funding, Jesse Lingard being sh*t and of course the Premie...

The Premier League title race is now down to just 10 games left, and it is hotting up! Arsenal claim top spot for the week having beat Brentford by the tightest of margins thanks to King Kai, whilst Manchester City and Liverpool played out an entertaining 1-1 draw. big penalty shouts dominate the weekend headlines too, with various dubious decisions taking place. Don't forget to subscribe and rate...

Another FDP special this week; we have the incredible Ben Pearce joining the show this week! Ben currently heads up KMFM's The Hitlist show which airs Monday-Thursday 7pm-10pm. He shares some incredible stories, firstly how he got into the world of radio, but secondly just how nerve racking it can be meeting some childhood heroes, remember Big Brovaz?! Ben gives some tips on how to be successful w...

Will's been away over the weekend and decided to try the local delicacy, by visiting McDonald's in Spain! His mind was absolutely truly blown by the fact they served beer, and energy drinks there, why can't the UK McDonald's do this!? We talk goalkeeping heroics with Will's son Jack almost single handedly winning a football tournament for his team with not 1 but 2 penalty saves, but sadly came at...

Back as the double act you know best, no not Ant & Dec but Will & Ben! The boys have a little euro update this week, with the likes of Stade Brestois, Girona and Bayer Leverkusen still performing admirably. The Carabao Cup final was on Sunday, and an in-depth look at the performance of both Chelsea & Liverpool. Entertaining game for the neutral, heartbreak for the blues, and joy for the reds. Gary...

Ben has finally returned to join Will & ali this week, and Will welcomes his back in the way he knows best, by taking the p*ss! We've had a few changes in managers over the last few days, with potentially more to follow, with Roy Hodgson leaving Crystal Palace and being replaced immediately by Oliver Glasner. Thomas Tuchel's Bayern Munich have lost their last 3 games in all competitions, most rece...

Ben is still absent but on the mend. Ali stands in again providing a very rare well done to Arsenal. You can actually hear the pain in his voice. This week we discuss that Savio deal, the implications it could cause globally, but mostly in Spain, France and England. The shockwaves could be huge. We also discuss the AFCON and Asian Cup finals. The game between Bayern and (champions in wait) Leverku...