Finding a Football Club

This week on Finding a Football Club, the lads tackle the fourth instalment of their ‘Best Players of the Last 20 Years’ series, with wingers and wide forwards in their crosshairs. With Jay missing, Luke, Will and Roberto are forced to actually agree with each other, resulting in an alarmingly uniform Top 10 list. So, the lads tackle bigger questions. Was Arjen Robben more unstoppable than his mal...

This week on Finding a Football Club, the lads search for loyalty in the modern game as they pay tribute to the unglamorous, long-serving squad players who basically came free with the stadium. However, professionalism is at an all-time low. Will dials in from his phone having lost all his prep work, and Jay is missing in action after having a baby (congratulations to a man who refuses to listen t...

This time on Finding a Football Club, Luke, Will, and Roberto trawl through the atlas to build a starting XI of players from the world’s most niche footballing nations. Expect discussion on the finest exports from Curaçao, Uzbekistan, and the Seychelles. Though, if we're being honest, it's mostly just an excuse to list former Wigan Athletic players. The lads assemble a team that features a Filipin...

This week on Finding a Football Club, the irony meter explodes as Jay misses the recording of the Injury Prone XI due to… illness. Left to their own devices, Luke, Will and Roberto scrape together a team of Greek Tragedies, ranging from Dean Ashton’s shattered ankle to Kim Källström’s broken back. But let’s be honest, football is barely a suggestion. The lads discuss the sexual politics of Neymar’...

This week on Finding a Football Club, the lads realise they technically own the RSS feed and can do whatever they want. So, football is out, and sitcoms are in. With Will taking over hosting duties, the gang tries to agree on the Top 10 sitcoms of all time. The quartet discuss the criminal record of The Thick of It’s cast, verify if Tiger Woods ever actually appeared in a certain sitcom, and Jay d...

This week on Finding a Football Club, Luke is joined by resident Wolves fan Roberto and the artist formerly known as Will, who has undergone a disturbing rebrand to Sniggleberry. The lads head to the Black Country to assemble the ultimate Wolverhampton Wanderers XI; choosing between Mick McCarthy’s ‘meat and potatoes’ era and the Jorge Mendes monopoly. But, let’s be honest, the football is merely...

Luke returns to the quizmaster’s chair, blazer freshly dusted, for the second edition of the FAFC Pub Quiz; welcoming back reigning champion Roberto, alongside challengers Will and Jay. Because it’s the sequel, it’s longer, harder and darker. Can you keep up? You’ll need to recall which way birds face on football crests, name Real Madrid’s 2014 Champions League-winning XI, remember the most expens...

This week on Finding a Football Club, squad depth becomes an issue as Luke and Roberto are left alone to name the best England XI of the 21st century. With Will out sick and Jay ruled ineligible on account of being Scottish, the conversation immediately drifts into Stoke City’s Pulis-era war criminals, Andy ‘Fat Maradona’ Reid’s stag do antics, and an unprovoked drive-by on Karen Brady. On the pit...

Finding a Football Club continues its five-part descent into footballing civil war as Luke, Will, Roberto and the elusive Jay Alexander-Ali attempt to rank the Top 10 Midfielders of the last 20 years. With all the lads present, order collapses. Luka Modrić is branded a crack addict, Luke suffers a meltdown over Toni Kroos’ placement, and Will attempts to sneak Mesut Özil into the top 10. Along the...

This week on Finding a Football Club, Luke Oddie and Will Herron put Jay Alexander-Ali on trial for crimes against footballing reality. His misdemeanour? A claim so insane it suggests a carbon monoxide leak in his house: that Celtic are a top 10 biggest club in the world. Luke and Will come armed with cold hard stats, UEFA coefficients, and a list of clubs ranging from Chelsea to Borussia Dortmund...

Finding a Football Club returns with another instalment in the quest to name the best players of the last 20 years. This week, the lads turn their attention to the backline. With Jay still in witness protection, it falls on Luke, Roberto and Will to rattle off the deserving (and not so deserving) names. Along the way, they ask the big questions: Was Piqué actually that good? Why did Jay vote for a...

This week on Finding a Football Club, we kick off a brand-new four-part series celebrating the very best players of the past 20 years. And where else to start but between the sticks? With Jay and Will cowardly refusing to appear, it’s left up to Luke Oddie and Roberto Boni to put their reputations on the line and unveil FAFC’s definitive Top 10 goalkeepers since 2005. Who will take the crown? Who...

This week on Finding a Football Club, Luke and Will go full North vs South as Huddersfield Town face Exeter City in the most lopsided class battle since Jamie Oliver discovered turkey twizzlers. Will unveils his new game, ‘Exeter player or posh toff I went to boarding school with’, Luke flexes too much knowledge about a team he isn’t even pitching, and FAFC’s official Huddersfield correspondent, L...

This week on Finding a Football Club, Will and Roberto go head-to-head in the ultimate test of football trivia: the inaugural FAFC Pub Quiz. It’s a messy battle of wits featuring Nicklas Bendtner’s literary career, forgettable Udinese strikers, and one man’s fight against focaccia. Along the way, the lads tackle UEFA’s longest away day, the highest rated players on FIFA and the best ever matchday...

This time on Finding a Football Club, Luke, Will and Jay lock horns over Bolton Wanderers, Burton Albion, and Cardiff City; three football clubs you’d be embarrassed to bring home to your parents. Getting distracted, the lads guess how many celebrities Aaron Ramsey has accidentally sent to the pearly gates, discover Wigan Kebabs, attempt to link beer brands to football clubs, drool over Burton’s n...

This week, Finding a Football Club goes full football hipster as Luke Oddie and returning guest Roberto Boni (yes, the one who would give his life for Ruben Neves) pick their Most Underrated Premier League XI (since 2005). The unsung heroes. The B-sides. The ‘he was actually class if you watched him properly’. Consider it a tribute to all those players who were never the poster boys, but absolutel...

This week on Finding a Football Club, tragedy strikes. With Jay sadly (and definitely not temporarily) deceased, Luke and Will bravely soldier on, honouring his memory the only way they know how: mocking lower league football clubs. As Barnsley vs Blackpool square off, the lads discuss Will’s love of plus-sized women, cover Luke ‘Fabrizio Romano’ Oddie’s insider gossip, play Jay’s fight-themed foo...

This week on Finding a Football Club, it’s a reunion: Luke, Jay, and the long-lost Will; who’s back from his European odyssey. The gang are misty-eyed as they tackle the final three teams in League Two: Oldham Athletic, Tranmere Rovers and Walsall. But, before League One beckons, the lads squeeze in some essential nonsense.  They discuss Oldham’s first test tube baby, Tranmere’s connection to the...

This week on Finding a Football Club, Luke Oddie is joined by the podcast’s resident Italian stallion, Roberto Boni; making his ‘official’ debut after his previous booze-fuelled recording on Luke’s wedding night will never see the light of day. Today, it’s all about building the Most Overrated Premier League XI. Not bad players, not forgotten flops. These are players who have accolades, cult statu...

This week on Finding a Football Club, Luke Oddie is joined by Jay Alexander-Ali, fresh from a romantic trip to Pisa. Mamma Mia! Under the microscope this time are Port Vale: the only club named after a canal; Salford City: the Class of ’92’s vanity project; and Swindon Town: David Brent’s worst nightmare.   Plus, along the way the lads visit the two closest stadiums in the UK, question if Jay’s ne...

This week on Finding a Football Club, the original co-host, Dan, returns from exile. No Jay. No Will. Just Luke and the guy who was axed for knowing nothing about football.  On the chopping block this week, Barnet: the only club named after a haircut; Notts County: where the world’s first tarmac road was laid; and Newport County: home to one of the Village People. Getting distracted, the lads deba...

Things get feisty this week on Finding a Football Club as Luke and Jay down tools on the lower leagues for a chaotic deep dive into Manchester City’s best and worst XIs. Jay, seemingly fresh off day release, fires off a string of argument-inducing takes: Celtic are a global superclub, David Silva is world-class, and Man City are a bigger club than Barcelona and Bayern Munich (yes, really). Also in...

Back to the bread and butter on Finding a Football Club as Luke and Jay weigh up Harrogate Town and MK Dons in their hunt for a team to love. One’s a quaint Yorkshire spa town with a football club nobody remembers exists. The other’s a loathed plastic franchise that’s football’s answer to identity theft. It's artisan chutney and National Trust memberships vs relocation, relocation, relocation. Plu...

This week on Finding a Football Club, it’s just Luke and Will. No Jay, no distractions, and no legal team present. Before Will swans off around Europe, the lads go full fanboy and name their all-time best XIs. Will picks Arsenal. Luke picks Chelsea. Then, like true football snobs, they argue over who actually qualifies as world-class. Then things turn toxic as Luke digs up Arsenal’s most embarrass...

This week on Finding a Football Club, Luke, Jay and Will throw three more teams into a ring and see which bloodied victor staggers out.   In the firing line are the teenage pregnancy Holy Trinity: Fleetwood Town, Gillingham and Grimsby Town.  Getting distracted, the lads question if Jamie Carragher was actually any good, guess some One Cap Wonders, unpack Jay’s unsettling obsession with Titus Bram...