These Football Times

The Beautifully Designed Game host, Marcus Marritt, sits down with the incredibly multi-talented filmmaker and digital artist, Yoni Weisberg. From his life as a film and TV director to establishing himself as one of football's most influential artists, Yoni gives an insight into working behind the camera, why he loves the beautiful game, and that BBC Euro 2020 title sequence.

To coincide with the launch of the Ronaldo magazine, the podcast team sat down to discuss the career of O Fenómeno, one of the most devastatingly brilliant footballers of all. From his rise as a teen prodigy to his injury troubles, pressure, rebirth and legacy, the Brazilian takes centre stage once more.

The South America Files are open. Join us as we draw a sharp focus on a number of cities around the continent, and discuss the clubs within them. Guided by Dr Pete Watson, our resident South American football expert, as well as looking at their formation, history, culture, glories and gaffes, we'll examine local rivalries and consider how the location, politics and unique nature of each city has i...

In this special edition of the podcast, the team talk to Kevin Toms, creator of the original Football Manager game - which was so popular in the 1980s - about what inspired it, how it was created and how it gained popularity. We talk strategy, realism and the sheer addictive nature of a game that launched a genre. We also discuss Kevin's upcoming book, The Origin of Football Manager , and the Andr...

The South America Files are open again. Join us as we draw a sharp focus on a number of cities around the continent and discuss the clubs within them. Guided by Dr Pete Watson, our resident South American football expert, as well as looking at their formation, history, culture, glories and troubles, we'll examine rivalries and consider how the location, politics and unique nature of each city has...

The Beautifully Designed Game host, Marcus Marritt, sits down with three of the most influential artists practising in the sporting creative field, talking all things portraiture with Phil Galloway, Dave Flanagan and Karl Thyer. From their unique approach to portraiture, to developing an art direction and all things football, Phil, Dave and Karl give us an insight into the discipline of portraitur...

Destined for defeat at half-time, three goals down to the might of AC Milan, Liverpool conjured up an epic second-half recovery to win the 2005 Champions League final on penalties. Reds fan and senior writer Jon Townsend joins us to recount the events of the Miracle of Istanbul, one of European football's greatest nights. 

The Beautifully Designed Game host, Marcus Marritt, sits down with copywriter, author and the creative mind behind the two beautiful books World At Your Feet and Europe At Your Feet , Rob Parker. From the process of the author working with illustrator Lawerta, to his love of the beautiful game and his favourite layouts across the books, Rob gives an insight to life as a writer. Olus learn all abou...

In this podcast we re-enter the Centre Circle with another of These Football Times' authors, discussing Gary Thacker's new book, A Whole New Ball Game , the sequel to The Games People Play , one of the very best fictional football releases in recent times.

On 30 May 2015, Inverness Caledonian Thistle won the Scottish Cup for the only time, one of the great cup runs in the competition's history. The game swung this way and that with a red card, a late equaliser and even a later winner settling the issue, In this episode, Inverness fan Lewis Henderson recalls the drama of the occasion and talks us through the game.

As Tottenham move confidently into the Antonio Conte era, the podcast team talk to broadcaster and Spurs fan Abbi Summers about how the club have ended up in this position and where it all might go from here.

The podcast team chat to Chris Lee about his book Origin Stories , in which he charts the growth of the game in each major football country. We discuss the great stories in this fascinating book, exploring tales both familiar and less known from across the globe. 

Brazil's biggest football club, times are good at Flamengo as they make good on the promise of a star-studded squad. But they've been here before, of course, most notably in 1981 when greats like Zico and Júnior led them to world domination. From the highs to the lows - featuring Leônidas, Petković, Adriano, Romário, Ronaldinho and so much more - this is the story of Flamengo. 

The podcast team are joined for an exclusive chat with Gabriel Clarke, who talks about his wonderful new documentary charting Arsène Wenger's managerial career at Arsenal, discussing the concept and production of the film, along with anecdotes and an insight into what it was like to work with Wenger and a number of players from the Invincibles.

Perhaps the greatest World Cup final display of all time, the great Brazilian team of Pelé and his fellow magicians dazzled in the scorching Mexican sun. In this episode, we wax lyrical about the first World Cup final in colour with senior writer Aidan Williams and wallow in Canarinho memories.

We're often asked what writers and artists need to do if they want to become part of the team. There's no easy answer to the question, unfortunately. It's a matter of submitting work and having it being accepted and approved. In this episode of The Lob, we talk to Alex Roberts, one of TFT's newest and youngest team members, about his journey from being an aspiring writer to having his work up on o...

Forza Italia. Join us as we talk to commentator Adam Summerton about his long-term love of Serie A and his role as the voice of BT Sport's Sunday night coverage as part of James Richardson's excellent show, Golazzo.

Often described as one of the competition's most brutal and bruising encounters, the 1970 FA Cup final replay between Chelsea and Leeds has gone down in the annals of football history as part of an ongoing feud between the two clubs. A young Paul Mc Parlan travelled from his Liverpool home to Manchester to watch the game and joins us to discuss the legendary encounter.

The 1974 FA Cup final saw Liverpool lift the trophy as they comprehensively outplayed Newcastle. Along with lifelong Reds fan and all-round LFC doyen, Jeff Goulding, we discuss how Liverpool managed to give Bill Shankly a fitting send-off in his last game in charge of the Reds.

For the third fixture of the second season, The Beautifully Designed Game host, Marcus Marritt, sits down with the super-talented sports illustrator, creative head behind Goalstar and all-round great guy, Karl Thyer. From his unique journey to being an established professional illustrator to working with the club he loves, Karl gives an insight into his love of training kits, expanding your portfo...

In this episode of The Final Word, our series exploring the most memorable cup finals of all, we revisit the 1998 World Cup. We’re joined by Tom Scholes to try and unravel the mystery over Ronaldo’s appearance, the majesty of Zidane, and how France managed to lift the trophy for the first time in front of an expectant nation.

With the completion of the sale of Newcastle United, the podcast team discuss a number of issues raised by the takeover: the endless lust for money, the state of the Premier League and the impact on fans caught up in it all, and wrestling with morality and love for a club.

We are joined in the Centre Circle by our very own Steven Scragg, as he talks to us about the final part of his incredible European club competition book trilogy. The Undisputed Champions of Europe examines the glory days and the various periods of dominance of the greatest club competition in the world - when the European Cup truly gave us the best club in Europe.

The Final Word is These Football Times' new podcast series. In each episode, we invite a guest along to talk about their favourite final - from domestic football to the biggest international competitions. To kick off, writer Matthew Gibbs takes us back to the 2006 World Cup final to talk about Zidane, head-butts, Panenkas and more.

To celebrate the launch of the Bayern Munich magazine, the podcast team got together to discuss all things Bayern, from their remarkable rise in the 1970s - powered by all those immortal club heroes - to domestic dominance in the 1980s, Trapattoni, Hitzfeld and co in the 1990s and a modern rebirth under Heynckes and Guardiola.