The Half & Half Scarf Football Podcast With Nick & Dom

Welcome to Episode 30 of The Half & Half Scarf Football Podcast with Nick & Dom. We recorded this on the Friday morning of a (ridiculous) 4 day FA Cup 3rd Round Weekend, before the giant killing heroics of Macclesfield, Mansfield & Wigan and great games at Wrexham, Newcastle & Grimsby to name but a few…… But in the spirit of the podcast DNA it would seem natural for us to discuss "...

Welcome to Part 2 of our DOUBLE Episode Special of "The Half & Half Scarf Football Podcast with Nick & Dom". Released simultaneously, covering; “The Good, The Bad & The Ugly” in our review of football in 2025.  This DOUBLE Episode Special is a wide ranging review of the wider football landscape and neither Boro or Everton heavy or a concentration on the usual Premier League suspects. S...

Happy New Year from Nick & Dom at “The Half & Half Scarf Football Podcast with Nick & Dom”. We hope that 2026 will bring you health, happiness and some football joy (or at least not football heartache). And do we have a New Year treat for you to kick off 2026…… Welcome to Part 1 of a DOUBLE Episode Special released simultaneously, covering; “The Good, The Bad & The Ugly” in our rev...

Welcome to Episode 27 of the Half & Half Scarf Football Podcast with Nick & Dom. Have we got a pre-Christmas treat for you, and it might just be our best episode to date - let us know what you think. We have called this episode "Back to the Future" because football seems to have re-discovered: The Long Throw The Set Piece Giant Centre Halves at Corners 442 Even at the top level of the Prem...

Welcome to Episode 26 of the Half & Half Scarf Football Podcast with Nick & Dom. As match going football fans, we like to consider some of the more interesting subjects around world football and hope that they engage and entertain our audience - as well as creating discussion and debate. There are plenty of podcasts that analyse games (some endlessly) - but we like to think we "observe" th...

Despite us hanging FIFA out to dry with our take on the disgraceful ticketing and other issues around the World Cup in 2026 on our recent Episode 16, here we are, 9 episodes later and we cannot ignore another scandal and another blatant attempt to take the piss out of fans in favour of a desire to MAKE EVEN MORE MONEY. And this was recorded BEFORE Donald Trump "won" the completely fictitious "FIFA...

Inspired by a few recent and a couple of upcoming games - on Episode 24 of The Half & Half Scarf Football Podcast with Nick & Dom, we ask whether a game is a genuine derby match or just a rivalry (often bitter, but not technically a derby game). We consider what we think constitutes a derby, who has one, and who doesn't and why we think that you can have ONLY ONE! What does this mean for L...

Ignore the episode number reference at the start of the recording- this is definitely Episode 23 of The Half & Half Scarf Football Podcast with Nick & Dom - after we slipped the extra Episode 20 Rob Edwards Special in - having already recorded this one prior to publishing....... This is a very special GLOBAL Episode 23 as we have our first ever INTERNATIONAL Guest - Welcome Tommy Walker. T...

As we look to finish the last of the 3 Autumn International Breaks (thank goodness) - seeing England qualify with maximum points from a pretty easy group, but with Scotland's fate still unknown at the time of recording & release, we take this opportunity to offer our THIRD "Reflection of the Season So Far" musings on Episode 22 of The Half & Half Scarf Football Podcast with Nick & Dom....

As a counter-balance to the nostalgic trip we took on Episode 19, Nick & Dom discuss some of the things they love about the modern game - and watching a lot of football as we do, it was a little easier than we might have imagined...... Welcome to Episode 21 of The Half & Half Scarf Football Podcast with Nick & Dom. Football has changed a lot in the years we have been watching, and whil...

Welcome to a Special Rob Edwards Episode of the Half & Half Scarf Football Podcast with Nick & Dom Parental Control needed for the odd sweary bit…….. As two card-carrying, match-going, long-term Middlesbrough fans this week has been up there with one of the strangest and most annoying in our memory – all because of the actions of one man – Robert Owen Edwards, also known as Rob Edwards or...

Are you a fan of a certain age, maybe a match-going fan, maybe an armchair fan, but a fan nonetheless? On Episode 19 of The Half & Half Scarf Football Podcast with Nick & Dom, we take you on a trip down memory lane - hankering after some of the things that you just don't see anymore at and around the game. Thanks also to Author, Daniel Gray who has a number of excellent books published by...

On Episode 18 of The Half & Half Scarf Football Podcast we have a FIRST. We have a GUEST, and a very special one at that.  A man so recognisable at Boro and around the whole Championship scene that like Madonna & Pele, he only goes by a single name - welcome to the podcast YUSUF. This is not a podcast about BORO, it's about a genuine fan evolution to being a season card holder and an activ...

As we record this Episode 17 of the Half & Half Scarf Football Podcast With Nick & Dom in the second international break of the season, we have taken another opportunity to share some of our observations, good, bad and hopefully a little funny on the season to date. Not the BIG clubs, but focusing on a lot of clubs and fans who might not get the airtime elsewhere..... Some examples include...

How Bad Do You Have To Be When You Compare Unfavourably to Sepp Blatter? On this week’s Episode 16 of the Half & Half Scarf Football Podcast with Nick & Dom, we discuss the 2026 FIFA World Cup. Not from a footballing perspective - plenty of time for that, but…… The disgrace of the ticket pricing Ticket category bulls**t FIFA sticky fingers on re-seller sites Why 3 locations - if not just -...

On this Episode 15 of the Half & Half Scarf Football Podcast with Nick & Dom, we discuss TWO issues that are currently being discussed at length. 1. The Proposed Changes to the Championship Playoffs 2. The Saturday 3.00pm TV Blackout In terms of the proposed Championship Playoff changes, why wouldn't Championship Chairmen vote for an increase in places down to 7th & 8th - but why is th...

On this Episode 14 of the Half & Half Scarf Football Podcast with Nick & Dom, we might just be hankering back for a better footballing time. Discussing a subject suggested by regular listeners, Simon & Michelle Jennison, we look at whether Football Was Better 10-15 Years Ago? Has the 2008 - 2010 Pep Tikka Taka Revolution Gone Far Too Far? Are Man City Boring to Watch? Playing Not To Lo...

On this Episode 13 of the Half & Half Scarf Football Podcast with Nick & Dom, we look at what we describe as the "Murky" World of Multi-Club Ownership.  This was a subject suggested by regular listener, Steve Atkinson - Thanks Steve. This is a subject that vexes and annoys many regular football fans, and whilst we are not experts, we do have our own views on what this means for football, h...

On this Episode 12 of the Half & Half Scarf Football Podcast with Nick & Dom, we look at the impact of Stadiums on fans, clubs and areas such as attracting players, investment and future growth. We look at the recent opening of the Hill Dickinson at Everton - how is the fan experience, where does it leave the old Goodison superstitions, match day routines and rituals, and how long does it...

On this Episode 11 of the Half & Half Scarf Football Podcast with Nick & Dom, we take the first (interminable) international break as the opportunity for us to reflect on what we have seen or experienced in the short season to date - much of which has annoyed us. No spoilers, but fair to say we don't both agree on everything.... A slightly longer episode than most as we have plenty to get...

As we are in the midst of the first international break of the new season, we have recorded and released a special Friday, pre-weekend Episode 10 of the Half & Half Scarf Football Podcast celebrating all things non-league football. We want to encourage match-going fans in particular who cannot watch their usual Premier League, Championship or even League 1 or 2 game this weekend - to find and...

On this Episode 9 of the Half & Half Scarf Football Podcast with Nick & Dom, we we have another single BIG subject - certainly for match-going and all regular football fans like ourselves. It will already be resonating with some - even this early in the season. We have gone early and we discuss "The Managerial Merry-Go-Round". Frank De Boer was sacked after just 3 Premier League games at C...

On this Episode 8 of the Half & Half Scarf Football Podcast with Nick & Dom, we have a single BIG subject - certainly for match-going and all regular football fans like ourselves. We discuss "Fixture Scandals". This has been initiated by the recent announcement from the Spanish Football Federation that they have sanctioned a LEAGUE match between Villareal & Barcelona in Miami in Decemb...

On Episode 7 of the Half & Half Scarf Football Podcast with Nick & Dom, as the season kicks in to near full swing, we ask..... "What Are We Looking Forward To From The New Season"?  Some fun, some ambitious, some having no chance of coming to fruition and much in between.  We might upset or offend a few supporters of a few clubs, but it is only a bit of fun, and it is only a matter of opin...

On Episode 6 of the Half & Half Scarf Football Podcast with Nick & Dom, we were going to discuss two very different, but hopefully interesting subjects for regular football fans, like we ourselves are.... We were going to discuss "What Represents Success to Fans & Clubs - and Is There a Difference? We were then going to discuss "The Fixture List & Sky Fixture Timings", but in the i...