The Kickabout Podcast

Ole survives El-Sackico but Nuno does not as the Spurs manager is relieved of his duties after just 10 games. Elsewhere, Chelsea deliver the first blow in the title race, West Ham just can't stop winning whilst at the other end, things look bleak for Norwich and Newcastle. Round 12 of Football with Fran, with Chris and Dan duking it out in a very tense battle to avoid a forefit later in the year....

Chelsea hit sorry Norwich for 7 and Liverpool embaress Man United on their own patch as the vultures are circling around Olé. Elsewhere, Arsenal's resurgence continues, Watford produce an incredible last 10 minutes to thump Everton and West Ham creep into the champions league places with a derby day win. Round 11 of Football with Fran, with Chris and Dan duking it out in a very tense battle to avo...

Trouble brewing at Man United as Ole suffers defeat at Leicester and Mo Salah continues to set the world alight at Watford! We have Shearer on the show to talk about Newcastle where there was also a sobering moment where football held its collective breathe, hoping for a positive outcome for a Newcastle fan, who suffered a cardiac arrest in the stadium. Round 10 of Football with Fran, with Chris a...

England march on in the World Cup Qualifiers and Newcastle fans troubles are over, as huge investment comes into the club, promising big things! Elsewhere the Nations league and the Scotland match brought some VAR controversy into the equation. Round 8 of Football with Fran, with Chris and Dan duking it out in a very tense battle to avoid a forefit later in the year. Let us know your thoughts on t...

Man City & Liverpool play out an absolute cracker at Anfield as the spoils are shared. Brentford continue to impress and Andros Townsend upstages Ronaldo....sort of. Elsewhere Wolves are finding their feet and there is drama in the courtoom, as details come out about the proposed takeover of Newcastle United. Round 8 of Football with Fran, with Chris and Dan duking it out in a very tense battle to...

Arsenal turn in a performance and pile the problems onto Spurs while Brentford and Liverpool put on a show under the lights. Man City and Chelsea clash in the battle of the giants, but the game didn't live up to the hype. Round 7 of Football with Fran, with Chris and Dan duking it out in a very tense battle to avoid a forefit later in the year. Let us know your thoughts on the podcast & follow us...

Chelsea lay down a serious marker in this years title fight, Lingard returns to haunt the hammers and there is some VAR controversy for the first time this season. Fran returns to the show a week earlier than expected, to host the 6th round of Football with Fran, with Chris and Dan duking it out in a very tense battle to avoid a forefit later in the year. Let us know your thoughts on the podcast &...

Ronaldo has the perfect homecoming with a brace against Newcastle and Palace find their groove with a brilliant home win against Spurs. With no Fran this week or next, guest from last series Josh returns to add his voice to the debates and also steps into the chair and hosts round 5 of Football with Fran Let us know your thoughts on the podcast & follow us on social media. Twitter - @KickaboutPod...

England rise above the hate and continue to be a beacon of light for positivity, despite the vile scenes in Hungary and we take a look at the Premier League team's respective transfer windows. We have a guest with us this week. Will from Rugby Blindside joins us to offer a different perspective on Football and what lessons Football could learn from Rugby. Football with Fran serves up round 4 with...

A sensational return to Old Trafford for Cristiano Ronaldo is almost done as Arsenal's nightmare start to the season continues. There is also entertaining games at the London Stadium and drama at Anfield as Liverpool took on Chelsea Football with Fran serves up round 3 with things all square between Chris and Dan. Remember that the loser will suffer a forfeit later in the year in the usual first t...

Romelu Lukaku has a dream start to life back at Stamdford Bridge, Brighton win again and things looking sticky already for Norwich. Trouble brewing at Arsenal as another lacklustre display raises yet more questions on Mikel Arteta's future. Football with Fran serves up round 2 as Chris takes on Dan with the loser suffering a forfeit later in the year with the usual first to 10 race. Let us know yo...

The Premier League returns and it served up a weekend full of action and talking points. Liverpool, Chelsea and United off to impressive starts whilst City were pegged back by a Kane-less Spurs. Elsewhere there are Wins for West Ham, Brentford and there is yet more negativity at Arsenal where the outlook is very bleak indeed. Please to say that Football with Fran returns as Chris takes on Dan with...

We are back! The first episode of the new season and its all about the transfers. We talk about the Grealish transfer, the saga with Harry Kane and the frankly unbelievable situation at Barcelona. With Fran not around this week. Chris & Dan also touch on a few of the other clubs in the league and look ahead to this weekends games. Let us know your thoughts on the podcast & follow us on social medi...

In our final episode of this season, there is heartbreak for England who come up just short in their first final in 55 years in a penalty shootout loss to Italy. A time to reflect on what has been a fantastic tournament for this country. Unfortunately, there were also some horrible and vile news stories that followed this game which means that this tournament run has been tainted yet again. We als...

What a time to be alive. England beat Germany in a knockout game for the first time since 1966 and then follow that up with a demolition of Ukraine. England fans are daring to dream of the potential of a Euro win and it is Denmark who stand in our way with a date with destiny Elsewhere France threw their toys out of the pram again as they were dumped out by Switzerland and its another missed oppor...

We take a look back and ahead with England. A better performance against the Czech Republic and we look forward with hope and excitement as they prepare to take on Germany for a place in the quarter final. The first big shock of the Euros as Netherlands crash out, Wales also are sent packing by the rampant Danes and the defending champions are out after a heavyweight clash with Belgium. Let us kno...

England revert to type with a poor performance against Scotland. Southgate's decisions and tactics are under the spotlight with a lot of questions that need answers. We also talk some of the other teams in the Euro's as Italy, Belgium and Holland continue to impress . Let us know your thoughts on the podcast & follow us on social media. Twitter - @KickaboutPod Facebook- @KickaboutPod Instagram- @K...

England make a winning start at the Euro's for the first time and there was a very worrying and distressing moment as Christian Eriksen suffered a near fatal collapse. We also talk some of the other teams in the Euro's as Italy, Belgium and Holland all get off to winning starts. Let us know your thoughts on the podcast & follow us on social media. Twitter - @KickaboutPod Facebook- @KickaboutPod In...

As the Euros are just a few days away, we assess England's build up, their squad and their chances of progression at this summers tournament. We also talk about the recent booing of the taking the knee at those games, discuss the next steps for the movement and talk about some of the transfer stories doing the rounds in the Premier League. Let us know your thoughts on the podcast & follow us on so...

Tuchel still has Peps number as Chelsea complete the hat trick over Man City to capture the Champions League & De Gea now hasn't saved a penalty since 1954 as Man United fail at the final hurdle. Elsewhere, we talk about Brentford's promotion to the Premier League, the provisional England squad and take a closer look at some of the Premier League teams that we haven't talked about too much in rece...

On the final day of the season, there was still a lot left to decide. Top 4 up for grabs with Leicester, Liverpool and Chelsea going after it. Spurs and West Ham going after 6th spot and who will get that golden boot ? We also got our predictions out that we did at the start of the season to test our mystic meg skills, we talk about the biggest flops and best signings of the season and we bring th...

Leicester make history at Wembley, the battle for the top 6 is heating up with results making things very interesting this weekend and we do our teams of the season! In this episode we also have Pete on the show, to talk about the Championship clubs coming up to the premier league and the ones that may come up via the playoffs. Let us know your thoughts on the podcast & follow us on social media....

Thomas Tuchel gets another one over on Pep with their date in the Champions League drawing ever nearer and the man who has never been relegated, got relegated as Sam Allardyce's long standing record finally fell with West Brom's relegation confirmed. Elsewhere its business as usual in a up and down season for Spurs and Newcastle inflict a potentially damaging result on Leicester as they try and cl...

Chelsea continue their great run of form, Everton continue their quest to avoid Thursday nights next year and Fulham are on the brink of returning to the Championship. We welcome back Josh AKA Shearer to the show to talk about the postponed game at old trafford with the protests and demonstrations coming to a head. He also takes on Dan, looking to do the double over the Kickabout hosts. Let us kno...

The ESL disappeared almost as quick as it appeared, we talk about some of the fallout from it. In particular the stuff from Florentino Perez and his great plan to save football. In other news, the first trophy of the season has been settled with Ryan Mason's second game in charge being a cup final against ol' Pep. Nick joins the show to talk all things Southampton in what has been a tale of two ha...