The Half & Half Scarf Football Podcast With Nick & Dom

Welcome to Episode 55 of The Half & Half Scarf Football Podcast with Nick & Dom. As the World Cup continues, we have just completed the Round of 16 and as two match going football fans, we share our observations on all eight games. Some crackers and a couple of absolute snooze-fests, but we both agree that we are now at the business end of the tournament and the jeopardy is real. Before ge...

Welcome to Episode 54 of The Half & Half Scarf Football Podcast with Nick & Dom....... Continuing our bang up to date World Cup 2026 review episodes, this is our review of the WC 2026 Round of 32, which concluded in the early hours of this morning. As we say, this is "not quite the business end of the tournament - YET!" 16 games - some decent, some better than that, the odd magic moment, q...

Welcome to Episode 53 of The Half & Half Scarf Football Podcast with Nick & Dom. Following the release of Episode 52 yesterday, in which we discussed the logistics, merits and otherwise of the 48 team structure, 72 games to get rid of 16 teams, (12 or 13 of whom were very predictable before a ball was kicked) and everything around the format of the group stages, including letting 8 teams w...

Welcome to Episode 52 of The Half & Half Scarf Football Podcast with Nick & Dom. Two match-going fans, two teams, never on the same scarf – and as we have the World Cup in full swing, we have a special treat for our listeners & viewers.  Not one episode this week, but TWO EPISODES – RELEASED BACK-TO-BACK…… Episode 52 released today looks at the whole World Cup Group Stage – 72 games to...

Welcome to Episode 51 of the Half & Half Scarf Football Podcast with Nick & Dom. It's still early summer, the World Cup has just kicked off but the early summer Managerial Merry-Go-Round has already started revolving - and it will only get quicker as the summer evolves and we approach the start of the new season across the Premier League, The Championship, League One & League Two, and...

Welcome to Episode 50 of The Half & Half Scarf Football Podcast with Nick & Dom. As we said last time, we don't do awards, we don't do tactical reviews of games and we don't do banal chat - there are plenty of other podcasts for that, but..... As it is season end, we have however, created a Plaudits & Barbs list for the Premier League and the Championship on Episode 49 and on this epis...

Welcome to Episode 49 of The Half & Half Scarf Football Podcast with Nick & Dom. We don't do awards, we don't do tactical reviews of games and we don't do banal chat - there are plenty of other podcasts for that, but..... As it is season end, we have however, created a Plaudits & Barbs list for the Premier League and the Championship - other leagues to follow in Episode 50 next time. W...

Welcome to Episode 48 of "The Half & Half Scarf Football Podcast with Nick & Dom". After last week covering "Annoying Football Stuff", this week we go with things in football we need to respect and a few WTF things thrown in too. A real mixed bag of recent observations and discussion points that we think you will enjoy, including references to: Bradford City Bolton Wanderers Brighouse FC U...

Welcome to an Early Release Episode 47 of The Half & Half Scarf Football Podcast with Nick & Dom. This has been released early as we have covered "Annoying Football Stuff" and two of the topics are like moving targets in terms of keeping on top of them as stories evolve.  So we wanted to release this episode NOW to showcase our thoughts at this stage in the discussions and not be behind th...

Welcome to Episode 46 of The Half & Half Scarf Football Podcast with Nick & Dom. A little over a month out from kick off of the 2026 FIFA World Cup, it's fair to say that as Podcast Hosts, we are currently displaying a mix of underwhelmed and annoyed - probably in equal measure. Why is that? What is the problem (or problems - as they seem to be multiple)? A 48 Team Tournament 104 Matches O...

Welcome to Episode 45 of The Half & Half Scarf Football Podcast with Nick & Dom. After a few weeks of lots of football action around the globe, we have another episode in which we aimed to discuss recent observations and research on: Things We Have Loved Things We Have Hated, and..... Other Stuff Such was the amount of stuff we loved and hated, that the other "stuff" will have to wait a we...

Welcome to Episode 44 of The Half & Half Scarf Football Podcast with Nick & Dom. A serious one this week folks and a MUST for any fans of Championship, recent Championship, League One and even other clubs in the pyramid....... Sadly inspired by the demise of Leicester City and the very real possibility that they may well go to the wall, (which no fan of any other club wants to see), we hav...

Today on Episode 43 of "The Half & Half Scarf Football Podcast with Nick & Dom", we have a very special guest with us to discuss not only his football career, but also..... "Is Football What It Used To Be?" With over 50 years in professional football as a top player at Middlesbrough, Liverpool, Sunderland and many other clubs including a number overseas including in Japan, as a Manager wit...

Welcome to Episode 42 of The Half & Half Scarf Football Podcast with Nick & Dom. At the end of the last (thank God) international break of the season, as we enter the business end and run-in, we take the opportunity to discuss “Club v Country?” The age-old argument and discussion about what is the priority for players, clubs and fans - and does it differ between these groups? We cover a lo...

Welcome to Episode 41 of The Half & Half Scarf Football Podcast with Nick & Dom. As it is the last international break before the end of the season and the World Cup, despite us not really being a predictions and tactical analysis type podcast, we discuss "Can or Will England Win the World Cup"? Spoiler alert, Nick thinks we can, but neither of us think we will - and we are not sure Dom ev...

Welcome to Episode 40 of The Half & Half Scarf Football Podcast with Nick & Dom. On this week's episode we discuss more recent observations on the football landscape that as match-going fans have the potential to annoy and upset us all, but also we share a few stories worth celebrating too - so it's not all a rant..... Including; Why Pep Has Broken the Premier League Has He Broken Football...

Welcome to Episode 39 of The Half & Half Scarf Football Podcast. On this week's episode we discuss the bizarre phenomenon of Football Superstitions - whether those are Fans, Players, Coaches, Owners or even Clubs.... Nick will readily admit that he has a few matchday rituals or superstitions and whilst Dom claims at the outset of the episode that his daughter Mia has a lot, he felt that he did...

Welcome to an EXTRA Episode This Week - Episode 38 of The Half & Half Scarf Football Podcast - Our Bucket List German Footy Weekend. By the time this episode is released, Nick, Dom & Nick's son, Rob will be at Manchester Airport awaiting a plane to Dusseldorf for what is now an annual German Footy Weekend. As Borussia Dortmund fans we are looking forward to Nick & Rob's seventh & D...

After an Exceptionally Bonkers Few Weeks of Clubs at Various Levels Making Stupid, Knee-Jerk Decisions, We Recorded Episode 37 of The Half & Half Scarf Football Podcast With Nick & Dom and Entitled It: "The Pressure for Success - Why Clubs Are Making Desperate Decisions & The Impact of Them" We consider why when Brian Clough lasted 44 days at Leeds in the 1970's, it made headline news...

Welcome to a very special Episode 36 of The Half & Half Scarf Football Podcast with Nick & Dom. This week, we launch our new relationship with a brilliant organisation, huddleUp who are targeting predominantly Championship, EFL & National League Clubs to offer a brilliant resource, supporting the wellness, wellbeing and mental health of football fans up, down and around the country. Wi...

Welcome to Episode 35 of The Half & Half Scarf Football Podcast with Nick & Dom. This week, as a result of a lot of recent media discussions on whether people are, or have fallen out of love with football (particularly at Premier League level apparently), we discuss a number of issues that lead us to ask whether the lack of genuine "world class" players is one aspect that could be devaluin...

Welcome to Episode 34 of The Half & Half Scarf Football Podcast with Nick & Dom..... We have recently recorded 2 back-to-back episodes on some recent observations on the season to date after a busy January and like last week, we had so much we still had on our "to discuss" list that we have extended the subject with some different observations into this episode too. Whilst these episodes a...

Welcome to Episode 33 of The Half & Half Scarf Football Podcast with Nick & Dom..... We did an Episode last week on some recent observations on the season to date after a busy January and we had so much we still had on our "to discuss" list that we have extended the subject with some different observations into this episode too. These episodes are amongst our most popular and are the DNA o...

Welcome to Episode 32 of The Half & Half Scarf Football Podcast with Nick & Dom.... After a hectic post-Christmas run of fixtures, back-to-back games coming thick and fast including a variety of midweek fixtures, the conclusion of AFCON and the return of European Club Football in the shape of the Champion's League, the Europa League & Europa Conference we have a lot to discuss. So, we...

Welcome to the latest Managerial Merry-Go-Round on this new Episode 31 of The Half & Half Scarf Football Podcast with Nick & Dom. As we recorded this in mid-season, early January, and the transfer window is open, we are also in another managerial silly season. Recent events at Man Utd and Celtic in particular mean we have no option but to give this our attention - the Managerial Merry-Go-R...