The Friday Fixture

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Your weekly football podcast every Friday previewing the big matches this weekend. Whether you’re on the commute home from work, prepping yourself for the weekend or just want to hear a bit of footy chat, we have The Friday Fixture!

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#23 - PSG WIN BACK TO BACK CHAMPIONS LEAGUES....IS THE ARSENAL 'HATE' REAL?!, CITY WOMEN SEAL THE DOUBLE WITH FA CUP WIN, SLOT OUT IRAOLA IN FOR THE REDS, NAZ's ENGLAND WORLD CUP QUIZ + MUCH MORE! 05.06.2026 1:02:18

Hello and welcome back to Episode 23 of The Friday Fixture - your Friday warm up… getting you ready for the big football weekend! It's a big weekend of football and boy, do we have a banger for you! This week Robin & Naz are here as always! We discuss: • PSG sealing the Champions League for the SECOND time in a row + Gabriels penalty miss (oops)! • Is the Arsenal 'hate' real or has...

#22 - NEW PREM CHAMPIONS, ENGLAND SQUAD MANIA, SPYGATE, AND END OF SEASON AWARDS! 22.05.2026 1:10:12

Hello and welcome back to Episode 22 of The Friday Fixture - your Friday warm up… getting you ready for the big football weekend! It's a big football weekend and boy, do we have a banger for you! This week Naz and Robin are joined by James and Oli! We discuss:• Arsenal getting the title over the line!• Some notable omissions from the England World Cup squad• Southampton and Spygate!• Relegation ba...

#21 - ARSENAL CRUISE TO THE TITLE?! RELEGATION SCRAP, NO MORE COLD PALMER + BIG WEEKEND OF DERBIES! 08.05.2026 1:24:06

Hello and welcome back to Episode 21 of The Friday Fixture - your Friday warm up… getting you ready for the big football weekend! It's a big football weekend and boy, do we have a banger for you! This week Robin is joined by Larry Mills! We discuss: • Arsenal being helped out by Everton in the title race • Relegation scrap heats up • Cole Palmer NOT to go to the World Cup?! • Big BIG weekend o...

#20 - QUAD? WHAT QUAD? SUPER SOUTHAMPTON, & ROY HODGSON THE GOAT? 10.04.2026 1:18:42

Hello and welcome back to Episode 20 of The Friday Fixture - your Friday warm up… getting you ready for the big football weekend! It's a big football weekend and boy, do we have a banger for you! This week it's Robin and Naz in for an Easter break special. We discuss:• Arsenal getting SHOCKED by Southampton in the FA Cup• Liverpool's season coming to a miserable end• Southampton on a f...

#19 - ITALY WORLD CUP QUALIFYING HEARTBREAK AGAIN!, WORLD CUP RISING COSTS, CHAMPIONSHIP EASTER WEEKEND DRAMA + MUCH MORE! 03.04.2026 52:00

Hello and welcome back to Episode 19 of The Friday Fixture - your Friday warm up… getting you ready for the big football weekend! It's a big football weekend and boy, do we have a banger for you! This week we have a super show to celebrate the Easter Weekend, with regular stars Matt Wolfe and Joe Dainty! We have a great ep for you where we discuss: • World Cup Qualifying Heartache for Italy…...

#18 - SO LONG, SALAH, QUAD QUEST OVER, INTERNATIONAL BREAK BONANZA AND REFEREES... OR RANDOM BLOKES? 27.03.2026 1:17:57

Hello and welcome back to Episode 18 of The Friday Fixture - your Friday warm up… getting you ready for the big football weekend! It's a big football weekend and boy, do we have a banger for you! This week we have a super show to celebrate the end of the uni semester, with regular stars Oli Ortega, Joe Dainty and of course the ever-brilliant Ludovica Cerci. We have a great ep for you where we...

#17 - AFCON U-TURN FINAL FARCE, LEAGUE CUP PREVIEW, UCL REVIEW, CHELSEA CHAOS ON & OFF THE PITCH AND MUCH MORE! 20.03.2026 1:10:29

Hello and welcome back to Episode 17 of The Friday Fixture - your Friday warm up… getting you ready for the big football weekend! It's a big football weekend and boy, do we have a banger for you! This week we have a super show with Ciaran Hallbery and Seth Maile (our legendary producer) making his presenter debut on the show! We have a great ep for you where we discuss:• AFCON DRAMA- Morocco g...

#16 - STREAKERS, SHOCKING PUNS AND SIDETRACKED STORIES! 13.03.2026 54:29

Hello and welcome back to Episode 15 of The Friday Fixture - your Friday warm up… getting you ready for the big football weekend! It's a big football weekend and boy, do we have a banger for you! This week we have a super show with Adam Robinson, Maeve Gallagher and Matthew Hayhurst as guests. In one of the most chaotic and throughly edited episodes yet (thanks Matt) we discuss:- FA Cup round up a...

#15 - LA LIGA, SERIE A, FA CUP PREVIEW, SPURS TO GET RELEGATED + MUCH MORE! 06.03.2026 1:11:36

Hello and welcome back to Episode 15 of The Friday Fixture - your Friday warm up… getting you ready for the big football weekend! It's a big football weekend and boy, do we have a banger for you! This week we have a packed show with guests Ludovica Cerci, Chris Urresti with Oli Ortega producing. We discuss: • Premier League Round Up following some crazy results• Spurs to actually get relegated...

#14 - MAN UTD REVIVAL, CHAMPIONS LEAGUE RACE, HOMETOWN TEAMS + LOTS MORE! 27.02.2026 58:13

Hello and welcome back to Episode 14 of The Friday Fixture - your Friday warm up… getting you ready for the big football weekend! It's a big football weekend and boy, do we have a banger for you! This week we have a packed show with new guests Hannah Bragman and Liv Nimmo, with Maeve Gallagher producing. We discuss: • Hannah's experience working in sports presenting and event hosting, with...

#13 - NORTH LONDON DERBY PREVIEW, UCL Chat, Championship Intrigue, Women's FA Cup and much more! 20.02.2026 1:14:28

Hello and welcome back to Episode 13 of The Friday Fixture - your Friday warm up… getting you ready for the big football weekend! It's a big football weekend and boy, do we have a banger for you! This week we have a busy show with the return of Will and Ciaran with Seth as guest producer! We discuss: • Levelling up between the football leagues after Mansfield Town knocked out Burnley in the FA...

#12 - Thomas Frank OUT! Derby D'Italia and Serie A Preview + VAR sticking its beak in again - or is it justified? 13.02.2026 59:54

Hello and welcome back to Episode 12 of The Friday Fixture - your Friday warm up… getting you ready for the big football weekend! It's a big football weekend and boy, do we have a banger for you! This week we have a busy show with the return of Ludo as guest with Maeve as producer! We discuss: • Thomas Frank's dismissal from Spurs• Man United failing to beat West Ham to get that elusive fifth win...

#11 - Deadline Day Damp Squid, FIFA Women's Champions Cup Final, Prem Preview + Sheffield Wednesday Ownership reminder for the football pyramid...! 06.02.2026 1:06:26

Hello and welcome back to Episode 11 of The Friday Fixture - your Friday warm up… getting you ready for the big football weekend! It's a big football weekend and boy, do we have a banger for you! This week we have a packed show with Harriet, Issy and James as guests! We discuss: • Deadline Day Damp Squib??• ⁠FIFA Women's Champions Cup Final Review (Naz was there irl)!• ⁠Review of some mass...

#10 Friday or... Wednesday Fixture? Coventry not the sky-high sky blues anymore, Arsenal beginning to crumble, Forest to escape relegation? Previews of: Forest vs Palace, Bristol City vs Derby County! 30.01.2026 54:55

Hello and welcome back to Episode 9 of The Friday Fixture - your Friday warm up… getting you ready for the big football weekend! It's a big football weekend and boy, do we have a banger for you! This week we have a show full of mania with guests Matthew, Joe and Matt W popping in and out! We discuss: • Arsenal... beginning to crumble?• ⁠Coventry City about to implode, Wrexham doing the unthink...

#9 New Year Same Old Drama: A review of a crazy AFCON Final, Chaos at some big Prem teams, previews of: Chelsea vs Arsenal in WSL, Palace vs Chelsea + Arsenal vs Man Utd in the Prem! 23.01.2026 1:08:39

Hello and welcome back to Episode 9 of The Friday Fixture - your Friday warm up… getting you ready for the big football weekend! It's a big football weekend and boy, do we have a banger for you! This week we have a packed show with guests Alice and Oli on the pod! We discuss: • THE craziest AFCON Final • ⁠Chaos for Man Utd, Spurs and Chelsea! • ⁠Situation at Palace with Glasner, Guehi and M...

#8 - PRE CHRISTMAS SPECIAL (2/2): A future with or without Mo Salah for Liverpool, AFCON Preview, Hannah Hampton SPOTY nomination, our 2025 football reflections + OTD from Italy?! 19.12.2025 54:45

Hello and welcome back to Episode 8 of The Friday Fixture - your (festive-ish) Friday warm up… getting you ready for the big football weekend! It's a big football weekend and boy, do we have a banger for you! This week we have a packed show with Robin and Naz recording from home for a change! We discuss: • Liverpool vs Brighton- Salah-less Liverpool?! • ⁠ Forest win vs Spurs- Vicario howler....

#7 - PRE CHRISTMAS SPECIAL (kind of): A look back/ forward for the Premier League & Championship, Tuchel vs Southgate and a very predictable Christmas related OTD...! 05.12.2025 47:30

Hello and welcome back to Episode 7 of The Friday Fixture - your (festive-ish) Friday night warm up… getting you ready for the big football weekend! It's a big football weekend and boy, do we have a banger for you! This week we have a packed show with 3 guests Rob and the 2 Matt's! We discuss: • Chelsea vs Arsenal • ⁠Championship chat from Matt and Matt • ⁠World Cup chat- including the i...

#6 - Chelsea vs Arsenal: An Early Title Clash, Louza or Scienza?! and An Historic On The Day 28.11.2025 36:01

Hello and welcome back to Episode 6 of The Friday Fixture - your Friday night warm up… getting you ready for the big football weekend! It's a big football weekend and boy, do we have a banger for you! This week we have a packed show with 3 guests Adam, Will and Ciaran. We discuss: • Chelsea vs Arsenal as an early title decider? • ⁠Championship chat from Will and Adam • ⁠A very old but gold...

#5 - The Best International Break Ever?! An Elliott Anderson obsession, Italy in Crisis and Some Crazy Predictions? 21.11.2025 45:49

Hello and welcome back to Episode 5 of The Friday Fixture - your Friday night warm-up… getting you ready for the big football weekend! This week we have the return of Joe and Ludo. We discuss: • A brilliant international break for the home nations • The prem is BACK! • Ludo sneaking into the home support in Turin… We hope you enjoy & see you next week!

#4 - International Break is here! - England to win the World Cup, THAT Beckham Free Kick & Richarlison to emulate R9?! 14.11.2025 34:41

Hello and welcome back to Episode 4 of The Friday Fixture - your Friday night warm-up... getting you ready for the big football weekend! This week we have Megan and James on the show. We discuss: - Rob Edwards in at Wolves from Boro?! - Liverpool’s demise… + the International break preview! We hope you enjoy & see you next week!

#3 - Halloween Special- Matts of the Day, Horror Tackles and The Worst Prem Team Ever 31.10.2025 52:34

Welcome back to Episode 3 of The Friday Fixture - Your Friday night warmup getting you ready for the big football weekend! This week we have two Matts and Joe on the show. We discuss: Coventry and Derby Is the Championship a better league than the Premier League? Ange and his Nottingham Forest meltdown And some horror tackles! We hope you enjoy & see you next week!

#2 - Going Abroad - El Clásico, Maradona & Lamine Yamal: Too Party Animal To Be World Class? 24.10.2025 38:37

Welcome back to Episode 2 of The Friday Fixture - Your Friday night warmup getting you ready for the big football weekend! This week we’ve got some special European guests. Chris and Ludo join Naz and Robin as we talk all things El Clásico, La Liga, Serie A, and the infamous Pizzagate! We hope you enjoy & see you next week!

#1 - The Introduction - Preview of The Northwest Derby, Ange in Trouble & Is Valencia a real country? 20.10.2025 30:31

Hello and welcome to The Friday Fixture! Your Friday night warm-up getting you ready for the big football weekend. This week, meet your two hosts, Naz and Robin, as they talk Harry Kane, Sheffield United, and introduce us to the "On this Day" segment. Tune in to Robin, Naz & the rest of the gang every Friday as we talk fixtures, fun facts, and footy nostalgia.