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Thomas Tuchel took a swing at England’s fans last night for not creating a good atmosphere at Wembley. Has he got a point? We speak to England regular James Welham.  And how on earth did Scotland beat Greece? JJ Bull is here to, well, be just as confused as everyone else. And we’ve got another round of Heavy Metal Football Statistics. And you’ll never believe who the dirtiest team in the Premier L...

Manchester United co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe has said that Ruben Amorim needs three years at Old Trafford, but is that plausible? Or even desirable? Does time guarantee success? Plus, we talk to Seb Stafford Bloor about Germany, who seem to be sleep walking into a very dangerous situation.  And we’ve got more heavy metal football statistics. But don’t worry. This time, we’ve plugged the guitar in…...

Things are looking really bleak at Sheffield Wednesday. We speak to Joe Crann from The Sheffield Star to see if there’s any chance that the situation will improve.  The situation has certainly improved at Aston Villa. After six games without a win, they’ve won four on the spin. What changed? We asked Sam Tighe from ESPN.  And we’ve got more Heavy Metal Football Statistics for you, largely focused...

Harry Kane has said that he’s no longer so keen on a return to the Premier League, but why? We ask Seb Stafford Bloor why he might be staying at Bayern for a while longer yet.  And how has Nick Waltemade settled into life at Newcastle? Pretty well, according to George Caulkin,  Plus, Watford sack another manager and we’ve got a great big pile of heavy metal football statistics for you.  Presenter:...

Liverpool lost again, but is it really as bad as some people are making out? We don’t think so and we got Tony Evans, host of Walk On, to give his verdict. Barcelona had a bad week too, beaten by PSG and thrashed by Sevilla, what’s happened there is precisely the question we asked The Athletic’s Dermot Corrigan.  Plus, we say farewell to Steve Bruce, sacked by Blackpool at the weekend and probably...

This was shaping up to be a tough week for Chelsea, but has it become a much tougher week, and fixture, for Liverpool? Neil Atkinson gives his view. What will happen first… Ange Postcegolou wins a game at Nottingham Forest or Evangelos Marinakis wielding his axe for the second time this season? Matt Davies-Adams discusses that one. Can Borussia Dortmund keep their unbeaten start to the season goin...

Mikel Arteta’s defence-first strategy has received a lot of flak this season. Rather than being a problem, is it actually a unique strength no one else has? We ask Tim Stillman. Frank Lampard is proving Coventry’s great form last season was no fluke. Adrian Clarke joins us to discuss whether Lampard has now fully restored his reputation? We ask which of the recently departed Man Utd players had th...

How much change is too much change? Maybe this much for Liverpool. We ask Jon Mackenzie to discuss the Reds’ tactical problems. Will Still was without a win at Southampton since opening day until last night when they beat Sheffield United. We ask George Rhys-Julian whether Saints can now kick on. In today’s Rock and Roll Statistics, we take a look at Santiago Mourino, Villarreal’s free signing who...

Ahead of a crucial Champions League clash for Chelsea, we look ahead to what could be a definitive week for Enzo Maresca. We speak to Benji Lanyado after Nuno Espirito Santo comes in and immediately improves West Ham. Rock and roll statistics returns and we cast our eye over some of the lesser spotted occurrences this season including one player in the form of his life in Serie A. And we’ll point...

Arsenal were given an extremely tricky start to the Premier League with games against Liverpool, Manchester City and Newcastle. But they’ve come out of it just two points off the top. Scarlet Katz Roberts is impressed.  And what on earth happened in Madrid at the weekend? Dermot Corrigan is here to evaluate Julian Alavarez.  Plus, we’ve got all the rest of the scores and news ahead of another big...

After failing their first two big tests this season, Arsenal really need to pass their third. The only problem is it’s away to Newcastle. George Caulkin previews the game. It’s 17-games-unbeaten Crystal Palace versus seven-wins-in-a-row Liverpool this Saturday. Something’s got to give, and Jim Daly offers his insight on what that might be. We bring you up to speed with last night’s European result...

Ahead of this weekend’s Madrid Derby, we speak to Dermot Corrigan about the impressive start Xabi Alonso has made at Real, and about whether Julian Alvarez’s midweek hat-trick can inspire Atletico to improve against their rivals. We also get Matt Davies-Adams’ perspective on Ange Postecoglou’s start at Nottingham Forest and the emergence of Igor Jesus. We recap the action from last night’s Europa...

An enthralling night of Carabao Cup action left some teams dejected, others depleted, and the lucky ones delighted. We bring you up to speed with exactly which ones are which. We take a closer look at Aberdeen - top of the table this time last year, rock bottom now as JJ Bull joins us to add his insight. We discuss potential plans to expand the World Cup *again* and the Championship play-offs, and...

Why does everyone get so obsessed with the Ballon d’Or? It’s an individual award in a team sport, it’s not logical to afford it so much importance. It’s like taking the BBC’s Sports Personality of the Year seriously. You’re all mad.  And what’s going on at Aston Villa? They look absolutely awful this season. Jacob Tanswell is on to explain more.  Presenter: Iain Macintosh Audio Producer: Helena Fr...

West Ham really are in trouble now. They’ve lost four of their first five games and the fans are mutinous. Is it all Graham Potter’s fault? Probably not, but it’s hard to see how he can survive now.  Vitor Pereira should be fine. The Wolves manager signed a new three year contract shortly before losing 3-1 at home to Leeds. That’s five defeats from five for them now.  We’ve got a full round up of...

It’s Friday, you know what that means - we preview the pick of the weekend’s action, and this is one hell of a weekend to preview.  Adrian Clarke is with us again to discuss the biggest game of the weekend, Arsenal vs Man City. We take a look at Ruben Amorim’s future in light of the mysterious Indy Kaila’s latest revelations. And we’ll both bring you up to speed with the final night of this week’s...

Liverpool have done it again. For the fifth time in a row, they’ve beaten an opponent with an extremely late goal. How are they doing this? What does it mean for Everton, who face them on Saturday? Neil Atkinson from The Anfield Wrap is here to assess the situation.  What else happened in Europe last night? What else is happening tonight? And why are Wolves giving Vitor Pereira a new deal when he’...

It looks like Jose Mourinho is going to be back in European football before anyone expected. He’s reported to be in advanced talks with Benfica. The Athletic’s Nick Miller is here to discuss further.  We’ve got a full rundown of all of last night’s football, we’ve got a full preview of all of tonight’s football, what we haven’t got is any faff whatsoever. Listen now.   Presenter: Iain Macintosh Au...

The Champions League is back! And so we ask Tom Williams to give us his expert opinion on whether or not any team can prize the trophy out of PSG’s grasp? With Spurs starting strongly under Thomas Frank, Jack Pitt Brooke joins to give an assessment of whether the new man will be able to balance domestic and European football better than the old one. We’ll whizz you through the rest of tonight’s ac...

Ruben Amorim responded to Manchester United’s 3-0 defeat to Manchester City by insisting that his side are getting better. Has he got a point? We ask football analyst Ted Knutson what he thinks.  Rangers definitely aren’t getting better, they’re down in tenth. We speak to Chris Jack from the Rangers Review to ask if there’s anything Russell Martin can do to turn this around.  And we’ve got the ful...

Club football is back with a bang as underperforming Man City host underperforming Man Utd on Sunday. We check the mood in the camp by chatting to Andy Mitten. Hamburg’s return to the Bundesliga has been a mixed bag so far. Ahead of their daunting trip to the Allianz to face Bayern, we get Seb Stafford-Bloor’s take. We’ll point you in the direction of all the weekend’s best fixtures across the con...

The international break was actually quite good this time but we’re naturally pleased it’s over, so we can get back to proper football. Adrian Clarke is with us again to run the rule over Arsenal who face Ange Postecoglou’s Nottingham Forest in the early kick-off. And George Rees-Julian offers his take on the first South Coast derby in the league since 2012 as Southampton host Portsmouth. We’ll br...

We said that England would find it tough in Serbia. We were wrong. Adrian Clarke drops in to tell us how good they were and what this means for Thomas Tuchel. England scored five, Norway scored ELEVEN and they are very close to booking their place at next summer’s World Cup. Norwegian sportscaster Kasper Wikestad tells us how they got so good, so quickly.  We’ve got all the results, all the standi...

It’s Nuno Espirito Santo out, and Ange Postecoglou in at Nottingham Forest. Matt Davies-Adams tells us what he makes of it all. After a seventh consecutive defeat against a top 30 nation for the USMNT, we ask Mike Zimmerman what Mauricio Pochettino is getting wrong. We’ll discuss an agreement between Man City and the Premier League, Bayer Leverkusen’s post-Eric ten Hag plan, a La Liga player who h...

Welcome to Route One where we are thoroughly leaning into all aspect of the international break as long as we don’t have to watch England. We’ve got all the scores and updates you need to make sense of this chaos.  But not before we speak to The Athletic’s Carl Anka about Andre Onana’s departure on loan to Trabzonspor. This was a (nearly) £50m goalkeeper, what went so wrong?   Presenter: Iain Maci...