The Square Ball: Leeds United Podcast

Is Michael Tonge about to release one of the all time great soul albums? The pod attempts to answer this and other pressing questions. What are Watford good at? Do GFH love us anymore? What is David Haigh up to on his gap year? What's Ken's favourite sandwich? Does he have a lovely tan? Will the podcast continue its sickening racist behaviour? Mowatt, Subway, Pugh, Blackburn, Wigan & Watford. It's...

Six goals! Six points! The joy of six! It's all round to Howard's for Beef Wellington to celebrate! Ross McCormack is on fire and the Brown/Pugh axis of evil triumphed at a sodden Valley. The pod talks about stand-ins and Middlesbrough are coming with their new fancy dan manager - better known as Jose's mate. But will he have recovered from the time he met Jacob Burns in the Champions League?

After Michael dismissed Matt Smith's early form for the Whites, he promptly popped up with three goals, so this time the pod celebrates those occasions when Leeds fans called it wrong: Vinnie, Chapman, Pearson, Beckford, Warnock, Morison; the list is a long one. There's a look back at the hammering of Lee Clark's Brum - just don't mention systems - and we gaze forlornly at our runners up medals fr...

Leeds United never win 4-0 anymore do they? With that in mind the pod sets about dismantling what's up with the club. From the petty to the ridiculous, it's all here in one great bit outpouring. There's also stuff on Kevin Blackwell's promotional vid, the usual gripes about his old boss Warnock and the worst screwdriver joke ever told. Feast your ears! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for mo...

The team is back in the losing habit, but it's a time for reflection on the job at hand, rather than for panicking - just yet. There's no sign of a striker, but the rumours won't go away. The lads look back at the Burnley match and the roadworks on the A1. Plus they look ahead to Bournemouth's arrival and the tidy up that will no doubt follow. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more inform...

TSB has a chat with Brian McDermott (no, really) about the return of the wave, and looks at whether the resurrection of the Revie traditions is to be encouraged. The pod looks back on the Shepherd's Bush Globetrotters match, and looks forward to clashes against Sean Dyche's Burnley, amongst others. Also, the lads chat to boxer and United fan, Josh Warrington, about scrapping at Elland Road.

Phil Hay, chief football writer of the YEP, joins the pod for a round up ahead of the transfer deadline. With Scott Wootton signed up, is there a fifth signing likely and is Brian McDermott happy with his business during the window? Still unbeaten and with more forward steps at Elland Road, the lads are almost buoyant. It's good to be a Leeds fan, even if we're not allowed to drink at Elland Road...

With four points from the opening two games, things are looking up on the good ship LUFC. There's a new captain at the helm and the pod celebrates Rodolph Austin and those who have gone before him - some good, some Nicholls. Wednesday, Ipswich and the Paynter derby are all sailing on the horizon, and the KBVOTF coins a new phrase: the Clemnock. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more infor...

The podcast returns for the new season, and everything's here: the departures, the closures, the kit, the new signings, the plane, the predictions, preseason, the ticket sales, the terrible impressions, the KBVOTF, and movie star Luke Varney. There's genuine positivity on the eve of the big kick off and - whisper it quietly - it may just feel good! What could possibly go wrong? Hosted on Acast. Se...

Part 2 of 2. After the retrospective in part 1, this half of the podcast looks forward to next season. The team mulls over: Brian McDermott, GFH, season tickets and memberships, the new kit and its "retro" stripes. And there's plenty more Warnock too. Plus the lads name their villain of the season and look ahead with envious eyes at those making the trip to see United play TBC in Slovenia.

Part 1 of 2. The first half of this end of season podcast is a retrospective of the 2012-13 season: where it went wrong - and where it went even wronger. Colin's departure and Brian's arrival fall under the microscope and the lads revisit their shoddy preseason predictions. Plus there's the released list and the latest instalment of Neil Warnock: Daffodil Cop. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privac...

This time the pod consumes all things equine - including the occasional donkey. Colin features heavily too, whether he's being self-serving, sexist or merely sarcastic. There's also idle chat about club legend Morison, cottage cheese, painting it white, Ryan Hall the draught excluder, Phil Collins and United Commercial Director Paul Bell's Twitter meltdown. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy f...

The pod speaks to Andy Pye about the casuals exhibition and book 'Wish You Were Here'. There's joy at the Spurs victory and the encouraging signs against Cardiff, but there's frustration at another hero departing for East Anglia and a fairly mediocre transfer window. And remember: you're not my REAL mum! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's the second installment of the two-part girthcast and the lads predict doom against Spurs and Cardiff. The general state of things at LUFC is given the once over, as once again it's left to blind hope that things will get better. Finally, the KBVOTF goes to a very deserving winner. Happy days! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

After a winter break the pod returns with a mammoth two-parter. New sound! New voiceover! Same old story at Leeds! Recorded just before that whole awkward Becchio thing, the lads look back across the last 12 games, highlights include Barnsley! Chelsea! Hull! They wonder where it's all gone wrong, if Colin's time is up and what on earth should be done with Michael Brown. Hosted on Acast. See acast....

With the takeover finally nearing its end, GHFC are taking control and the team is winning again. We've even loaned some players! A wave of optimism has swept through ER, but has it arrived in the pod yet? Can we muster up some joy with Ken still loitering? Of course January will be the acid test, but first in December we have the Dog Botherers and a dull child to contend with. Hosted on Acast. Se...

Take note - recorded just before the takeover! There's dodgy money being passed around, while the ball flies over everyone's head in a pointless period for the Whites. It's hard to see where a win is going to come from and in tribute to the season, the pod remembers other things that have started well and turned out badly for United. But what's that on the horizon...? Hosted on Acast. See acast.co...

With United hammered in the media, the pod examines the events at Sheffield Wednesday; songs, assaults, a bit of football - the lot. There's positive news too as Leeds take apart Southampton's reserves, but the rest has been pretty abject. Fear not though, because Sean Dyche and Eddie Howe return to say hello! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The international break is upon us, so it's time for the boys to take stock of the season so far. It's a general thumbs up as United's unbeaten streak continues. It's not so rosy for GFH Capital, who appear to have turned on the Supporters Trust - or have they? None of that really matters, though. As long as Portsmouth exist then we'll have an endless supply of new players. Hosted on Acast. See ac...

From bad to worse - United have endured some refs across the ages and paranoia rules the pod as the team recalls famous officiating crimes. The YEP's Phil Hay explains what's going on with the takeover, but there are still more questions than answers. But at least things are looking up on the field as Warnock's Whites handsomely turn over Forest and Everton. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy...

Thanks to the international break there's only the Blackburn match to discuss. In. Excrutiating. Detail. TSB writer Amitai Winehouse runs the rule over Rodolph Austin's international performance and the team recalls United's other flirtations with the international scene. There are four games to look forward to, but is there a takeover too? Never mind, we've always got emergency loans! Hosted on A...

With El-Hadji Diouf putting pen to paper at ER, the team fondly remembers other loveable characters, such as Carlton Palmer, Jody Morris and Mark Aizlewood. As well as a takeover update from the YEP's Phil Hay, there's half-baked analysis of the promising start to the season and the all important question is posed: does it have a spaniel in the back? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more...

The pod returns after its summer break and everything is different. We've bought the whole of Portsmouth, there are Arabs knocking at the door while Ken is loitering on the fringes of the party. The team runs the rule over the summer's ins and outs and makes stupid, bold predictions for the season ahead. It's good to be back! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Finally the season is over, but there's plenty still to discuss. With the transfer window now open and with Colin's Clearout well underway, the team gets the lowdown on Adam Clayton from the YEP's Phil Hay and mulls over all the potential ins and outs this summer. After skimming over the final batch of games, the pod also calls a few fans to have a chat about the forgettable season just gone.

In this extended podcast, the team pick over the rotten corpse of Leeds United's season - three games, three red cards, three defeats, four angry podcasters. Because the football has been so poor the discussion ventures instead into cultural imperialism and the delights of Lancastrian electricity. There's also a run through the club's accounts and predictions about who will inevitably get sent off...