The Totally Football Show with James Richardson

Jimbo welcomes Charlie Eccleshare, Natalie Gedra and Liam Tharme into The Athletic studios ahead of the second weekend of Premier League action.Arsenal travel to Villa Park to face a team that scuppered their title hopes by winning both meetings last season. Can Unai Emery get one over on his old club again?Fabian Hürzeler has his first home game as Brighton boss with Man United visiting the Amex. And a lot has happened at Man City and Ipswich since they last met in the top flight.Plus bullish Ange, Evanilson down south and what is going on at Chelsea?Produced by Charlie Jones. RUNNING ORDER: • PART 1: Tennis needs VAR (02.00)• PART 2a: Aston Villa v Arsenal preview (05.00)• PART 2b: Man City v Ipswich preview (15.00)• PART 3a: Leicester 1-1 Tottenham & Spurs v Everton preview (20.00)• PART 3b: Brighton v Man United preview (30.00)• PART 4: The rest of the Premier League weekend (38.00) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jimbo, James Horncastle and Julien Laurens are with you to round up a busy first weekend of domestic action across the continent.Laterkusen strike again as Xabi Alonso's side needed an 88th-minute equaliser to force a penalty shootout before going on to win the German Super Cup against Stuttgart. Seb Stafford Bloor brings us the story plus the latest from across Germany.Kylian Mbappé’s start to life in La Liga didn’t quite go to plan as they were held to a 1-1 draw by Mallorca while Barcelona got off to winning ways under Hansi Flick. Pol Ballus joins us from Spain.Meanwhile, Antonio Conte made a nightmare start to his time at Napoli in a 3-0 humbling by Verona - and Inter became the first Serie A champions to fail to win on the opening day of the next season since 2015 after conceding an injury-time equaliser to draw 2-2 with Genoa.Plus, Roberto De Zerbi’s Marseille well and truly announced themselves with a 5-1 battering of Brest. They heard our calls for a proper title race last week…Produced by Lucy Oliva.RUNNING ORDER: • PART 1: Hello and moments of the week (00.45)• PART 2: German Super Cup review - plus a look ahead to the opening weekend of Bundesliga action (06.15)• PART 3: Serie A review - Conte's Napoli stunned as Juve start brightly (15.45)• PART 4: Ligue 1 review - Big wins for PSG and Marseille (27.55)• PART 5: La Liga review - Barcelona off to winning ways while Real and Atléti drop points (38.25) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jimbo is joined by Daniel Storey, Matt Davies-Adams and Sasha Goryunov after the opening weekend of the new Premier League season.The champions ease to victory at Stamford Bridge to make it a losing start at Chelsea for Enzo Maresca. But the decision to leave out Raheem Sterling, and to make Enzo Fernandez captain, is what dominates discussion.Brighton sit top of the table after a 3-0 victory at Everton in Fabian Hurzeler’s first game in charge. Brian Owen from The Argus tells us why we shouldn’t be surprised.Arne Slot’s Liverpool overcome Ipswich in his first match in charge while Villa show their squad depth in their victory at West Ham. And Brentford's Ivan Toney looks set for Saudi Arabia.Plus Henry or Salah, a golden era of goalkeeping and bridge transfers.Produced by Charlie Jones. RUNNING ORDER: • PART 1: An opening weekend of few surprises (01.00)• PART 2a: Chelsea 0-2 Man City (04.30)• PART 2b: Brentford 2-1 Palace with Jay Harris (15.00)• PART 3a: Ipswich 0-2 Liverpool (25.00)• PART 3b: Arsenal 2-0 Wolves and great goalkeepers (33.00)• PART 4: Everton 0-3 Brighton with Brian Owen (40.00)• PART 5: The rest of the Premier League weekend (49.00) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jimbo, James Horncastle and Julien Laurens are back and they’ve got some new friends as the season kicks off across the continent.Kylian Mbappe helped Real Madrid to the Super Cup on his debut. Will he help Real retain the La Liga title? Pol Ballus joins us from Spain.Leverkusen shocked Europe last season. Now it’s Vincent Kompany’s Bayern that are looking to catch them. Seb Stafford-Bloor has more from Germany.Inter dominated Serie A last season but there’s been plenty of change at their rivals with Thiago Motta now at Juventus and Antonio Conte taking charge at Napoli.And Roberto De Zerbi is the biggest arrival in France. Can he inspire Marseille and will we have an actual title race in Ligue 1 this season?Produced by Charlie Jones. RUNNING ORDER: • PART 1: Some changes and some Super Cup reaction (01.00)• PART 2: La Liga preview - can anyone stop Kylian’s Real? (07.00)• PART 3: Ligue 1 preview - could De Zerbi’s Marseille challenge? (24.00)• PART 4: Serie A preview - will Conte’s Napoli lead the chase? (37.00)• PART 5: Bundesliga preview - will Kompany’s Bayern bounce back? (56.00) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jimbo’s back! And so are Duncan Alexander, Tom Williams and Adrian Clarke as the 2024/25 Premier League season dawns upon us.Man City are aiming for a fifth title in a row - can Arsenal stop them after two second place finishes? Or will it be Liverpool in Arne Slot’s first season in charge?Are Maresca and ten Hag the managers under most pressure after the events of last season and this summer? And will the three promoted clubs go straight back down again?Plus a big Fulham prediction, the Ipswich player who could be the answer to England’s problems and why there are so many southern teams in the Premier League this season.Produced by Charlie Jones. RUNNING ORDER: • PART 1a: How’s the weather? (01.00)• PART 1b: The title race - is it Arsenal’s year? (07.00)• PART 2a: Breakthrough players and teams in 24/25 (23.00)• PART 2b: Who will finish in the top 4? (40.00)• PART 3: Who’s going down? (57.00) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jimbo is joined by Rory Smith, Duncan Alexander, Tom Williams and many, many more after Spain deservedly win Euro 2024.It’s a 4th European title for the Spanish, with a late winner from Mikel Oyarzabal breaking England hearts in Berlin. Plenty to discuss regarding the Kane conundrum, Southgate’s style of football and whether he and England can go again.Plus our panelists from across the tournament relive their highlights of these Euros. From the fans to the kids.Produced by Charlie Jones.Theme music by JJ Bull. RUNNING ORDER: • PART 1: Spain 2-1 England (02.30)• PART 2: A look back at Euro 2024 (28.00)SIGN UP TO THE ATHLETIC TODAY FOR £1 A MONTH FOR 12 MONTHS• theathletic.com/totally Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Joining Jimbo are Daniel Storey, Pol Ballus, Dom Fifield, Jay Harris and Liam Tharme ahead of the highly anticipated conclusion of the Euros.England take on Spain. The English contingent on our panel are feeling more relaxed and more trusting in this Three Lions team than ever before. Tactically how can they overcome La Roja who have won 6 out of 6 at this tournament?Plus who do the Spanish fear in Gareth Southgate’s side? And will Lamine Yamal be having a very happy 17th birthday celebration?Produced by Charlie Jones.Theme music by JJ Bull.SIGN UP TO THE ATHLETIC TODAY FOR £1 A MONTH FOR 12 MONTHS• theathletic.com/totally Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jimbo is joined by Carl Anka, Tim Spiers and Raphael Honigstein after a glorious night for Gareth Southgate’s England.The Three Lions are through to a second successive Euros final after a last-gasp victory over Netherlands. Ollie Watkins comes on for Harry Kane and scores the winner. Time to start giving Gareth some credit? Or did the officials offer a helping hand?Did the team show that they might have what it takes to beat the best team in the tournament? Spain await on Sunday in Berlin as we look ahead to the final. Produced by Charlie Jones.Theme music by JJ Bull. RUNNING ORDER: • PART 1: England 2-1 Netherlands with Seb Stafford-Bloor (01.00)• PART 2: A look ahead to the final and a look back (24.00)SIGN UP TO THE ATHLETIC TODAY FOR £1 A MONTH FOR 12 MONTHS• theathletic.com/totally Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jimbo welcomes Tom Williams and Adrian Clarke into the studio after Spain overcome the French to book their place in the final in Berlin on Sunday.16-year-old Lamine Yamal steals the show as La Roja reach their first major tournament final in 12 years. Will the best team at the Euros win the whole thing? And what are the factors that led to Kylian Mbappe being one of the flops of the tournament?England and Netherlands face off on Wednesday night to determine who will take on Spain. Hear why it may or may not be Jude Bellingham’s night, plus Sjoerd Mossou tells us about the Dutch expectations ahead of a special match in Dortmund.Produced by Charlie Jones.Theme music by JJ Bull. RUNNING ORDER: • PART 1: Spain 2-1 France with Pol Ballus (04.00)• PART 2a: The first Euro final and Bellamy to Wales (24.00)• PART 2b: England v Netherlands preview with Sjoerd Mossou (28.00)SIGN UP TO THE ATHLETIC TODAY FOR £1 A MONTH FOR 12 MONTHS• theathletic.com/totally Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jimbo is joined by Tim Spiers, Mark Carey, Daniel Storey and more as the semi-final line-up for Euro 2024 is completed.England labour once again but emerge victorious against Switzerland. Why were the penalties so good? Why did England stop playing for so long? How have England made it to yet another semi under Southgate?It will be the Netherlands on Wednesday after they come from behind to beat Turkey in Berlin. Will we see a more open England game with Koeman’s side in opposition?Plus we look ahead to the other semi-final between Spain and France - the unstoppable force and the immovable object.Produced by Charlie Jones.Theme music by JJ Bull. RUNNING ORDER: • PART 1: England beat Switzerland on penalties (03.45)• PART 2: Netherlands 2-1 Turkey with James Horncastle (21.00)• PART 3: Spain v France preview with Pol Ballus (33.00)SIGN UP TO THE ATHLETIC TODAY FOR £1 A MONTH FOR 12 MONTHS• theathletic.com/totally Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.