The Totally Football Show with James Richardson

Jimbo, Duncan Alexander, Tom Williams and a down under Daniel Storey feast their eyes upon a mouthwatering football weekend.Newcastle have never won a league game at the Etihad but this might be their best chance for some time as the red-hot Magpies take on a De Bruyne-less Manchester City. The Athletic's George Caulkin explains more.Chelsea add two more expensive central midfielders to their ranks. Hear why they need Caicedo and Lavia to hit the ground running now. And it’s been a busy week for Man United on and off the pitch.England take on Spain in the final of the Women’s World Cup final in Sydney on Sunday, with Sarina’s side seemingly untouchable as they grasp immortality.Plus Everton’s signings system and the best ways to throw a stropProduced by Charlie Jones. RUNNING ORDER: • PART 1: Man City v Newcastle preview with George Caulkin (03.45)• PART 2a: West Ham v Chelsea preview (22.00)• PART 2b: Liverpool v Bournemouth preview (30.00)• PART 3: A busy week at Man United (35.00)• PART 4a: The rest of the Premier League weekend (48.00)• PART 4b: Women’s World Cup final preview (53.00)SIGN UP TO THE ATHLETIC TODAY FOR £1.99 A MONTH FOR 12 MONTHS• theathletic.com/totally Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It’s the return of the Euro pod with Jimbo, James Horncastle, Raphael Honigstein, Alvaro Romeo and Julien Laurens serving up the continental football chat.Kylian Mbappe appears to be staying at PSG for the next couple of years after all. Luis Enrique’s new team will be looking for him to finish one of the thousand passes they’re putting together.Harry Kane debuts for Bayern Munich but Thomas Tuchel and many others are worried about just how fragile the team appear to be after a Super Cup humbling by Leipzig.It’s a scoring debut for Jude Bellingham in La Liga as the physicality of Real Madrid comes to the fore. Atletico are looking good but Barcelona take part in the dullest Spanish game ever.And while Luciano Spalletti looks set to replace Roberto Mancini as Italy manager, we look ahead to the new Serie A season with a title race that’s too close to call.Produced by Charlie Jones. RUNNING ORDER: • PART 1: Moment of the weekend (03.00)• PART 2: Kane’s Bayern lose to Leipzig (07.00)• PART 3: Bellingham brilliant, Barca boring (20.00)• PART 4: Neymar goes and Mbappe stays at PSG (33.00)• PART 5a: Mancini resigns as Italy manager (45.00)• PART 5b: Serie A season preview (41.00)SIGN UP TO THE ATHLETIC TODAY FOR £1.99 A MONTH FOR 12 MONTHS• theathletic.com/totally Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jimbo, Jay Harris, Sasha Goryunov and Matt Davies-Adams gather in the studio to cast an eye over the opening weekend of the Premier League season.Chelsea and Liverpool contest yet another draw but it’s a more encouraging afternoon for Mauricio Pochettino in his first game as Blues boss.It’s a point for Tottenham too in their first game of the post-Kane era with Bissouma in particular like a new signing at Brentford.Newcastle are the big winners of the weekend, hammering and exposing Villa. What could they achieve with a full season of Isak at their disposal?Plus Roy gets rough and Brighton take the Pervis.Produced by Charlie Jones. RUNNING ORDER: • PART 1: Chelsea 1-1 Liverpool (04.00)• PART 2a: Burnley 0-3 Man City (13.00)• PART 2b: Newcastle 5-1 Aston Villa (17.00)• PART 2c: Arsenal 2-1 Nottingham Forest (23.00)• PART 3a: Aussie shoot-out rules (30.00)• PART 3b: Spurs begin life after Kane with a draw at Brentford (33.00)• PART 3c: The rest of the Premier League weekend (41.00)SIGN UP TO THE ATHLETIC TODAY FOR £1.99 A MONTH FOR 12 MONTHS• theathletic.com/totally Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Premier League opening day is upon us and Jimbo, Duncan Alexander, Tim Spiers and Adrian Clarke are in The Athletic studio with their preview faces on.Spurs are about to enter another campaign but is Harry Kane about to exit Spurs as the club accepts the latest offer from Bayern Munich?What can we expect this season from the promoted trio of Burnley, Sheffield United and Luton?Why are West Ham the hardest team to predict and what on Earth is happening at Wolves who replace Julen Lopetegui with Gary O’Neil less than a week before their opening fixture?Plus San Siro, snakes and the team most likely to go through 3 managers in the next 12 months.Produced by Charlie Jones. RUNNING ORDER: • PART 1a: Tottenham accept Bayern’s bid for Kane (01.30)• PART 1b: Happy new Premier League season (06.00)• PART 2: A look at Luton, Burnley and Villa (12.00)• PART 3a: West Ham - the hardest team to predict? (25.30)• PART 3b: What is going on at Wolves? (32.00)• PART 4a: Your tweets (39.00)• PART 4b: The rest of the weekend’s fixtures (47.00)• PART 4c: Predicting the top 4 and bottom 3 (51.00)SIGN UP TO THE ATHLETIC TODAY FOR £1.99 A MONTH FOR 12 MONTHS• theathletic.com/totally***• Go to indochino.com and use code TOTALLY to get 10% off any purchase of $399 or more.• Sign up for a one-dollar-per-month trial period at shopify.com/totally. Go to shopify.com/totally to take your business to the next level today Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It’s Jimbo, Raphael Honigstein, Jay Harris and Adrian Clarke with the latest Totally Football Show as the domestic season officially gets underway.Arsenal win the Community Shield on penalties to gain some measure of payback on Manchester City. Plenty to debate regarding the performances of Kai Havertz and Declan Rice. But could David Raya be a destabilising signing?England are certainly destabilised by Lauren James’s crazy red card against Nigeria but although the Lionesses are looking leggy, they still progress to the World Cup quarter-finals on spot-kicks.The Athletic’s James Pearce tells us what shape Liverpool are in and whether they can make any additions so that their phenomenal firepower isn’t undone by defensive weakness.Plus the EFL’s opening weekend brings goals, rain and induction songs.Produced by Charlie Jones. RUNNING ORDER: • PART 1: England progress past Nigeria on penalties (01.20)• PART 2: Arsenal win the Community Shield (14.00)• PART 3: James Pearce on Liverpool’s prospects (36.30)• PART 4: The EFL returns (47.00)SIGN UP TO THE ATHLETIC TODAY FOR £1.99 A MONTH FOR 12 MONTHS• theathletic.com/totally***• Go to indochino.com and use code TOTALLY to get 10% off any purchase of $399 or more.• Sign up for a one-dollar-per-month trial period at shopify.com/totally. Go to shopify.com/totally to take your business to the next level today Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It’s Totally time with Jimbo, Jack Lang, Matt Davies-Adams, Raphael Honigstein and Michael Cox in attendance.The Community Shield is upon us as Man City take on Arsenal at Wembley. Will we see Rice v Lewis in midfield? Will we find anything to get excited about?Plenty of excitement surrounds Chelsea and their summer business. Is Christopher Nkunku the real deal or another Timo Werner? And Rapha tells us why Bayern are feeling so optimistic about signing Harry Kane.Michael is in New Zealand to discuss what he’s looking forward to, ahead of some mouthwatering last 16 ties at the Women’s World Cup.The Football League returns, which includes new-look Leicester, new-look Leeds and Tom Brady at Birmingham.Plus there’s time for some warm reminiscing about the now retired Gianluigi Buffon.Produced by Charlie Jones. RUNNING ORDER: • PART 1: Community Shield preview (02.45)• PART 2a: How are Chelsea shaping up this summer? (12.00)• PART 2b: Raphael Honigstein on Nkunku and Kane (20.00)• PART 2c: Gigi Buffon calls time on his career (28.00)• PART 3: The EFL returns (35.00)• PART 4: Michael Cox’s Women’s World Cup adventure (42.00)SIGN UP TO THE ATHLETIC TODAY FOR £1.99 A MONTH FOR 12 MONTHS• theathletic.com/totally Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Totally Football Show is back! It’s Jimbo, James Horncastle, Carl Anka and Charlie Eccleshare in the studio as the domestic season appears on the horizon.What did we miss? Apart from Nani’s move to Adana Demirspor? A whole host of players heading to the Saudi Pro League, that's what. Wael Jabir joins us from Riyadh to discuss how this influx is being discussed in the kingdom.The panel are feeling a bit sceptical about the signings of Hojlund, Havertz and Tonali but very optimistic about Onana at Man United.Plus we talk Charlie’s summer with Harry Kane and Ange Postecoglou. And Allan Saint-Maximin’s card game.Produced by Charlie Jones. RUNNING ORDER: • PART 1: What did we miss? (01.00)• PART 2: Saudi cash splash with Wael Jabir (15.00)• PART 3: Charlie on tour with Tottenham (35.00)• PART 4: Man United making moves in the market (46.00)• PART 5: More of your “posts” (55.00)SIGN UP TO THE ATHLETIC TODAY FOR £1.99 A MONTH FOR 12 MONTHS• theathletic.com/totally Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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In the second part from our Golazzo archive, Jimbo, James Horncastle and Gab Marcotti discuss Berlusconi's move into politics. Wherever he went, sex and scandal usually followed - did he take his eye off the ball at the San Siro?Produced by Charlie JonesRUNNING ORDER:• PART 1: Berlusconi forms Forza Italia (01m 00s)• PART 2: Berlusconi’s results for Milan and politically (10m 00s)• PART 3a: The formation of Ancelotti’s Milan (16m 00s)• PART 3b: The Milan structure begins to disintegrate (18m 00s)• PART 4a: Berlusconi’s bunga bunga parties (21m 00s)• PART 4b: Berlusconi’s links to organised crime (26m 00s)• PART 5: What Berlusconi’s up to now with Monza (30m 00s) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Silvio Berlusconi died this week at the age of 86, so we're republishing this Golazzo two-parter from 2020 profiling the man who helped make Milan such a formidable force in the 80s, 90s and 00s. In this first episode, Jimbo, James Horncastle and Gab Marcotti looks at how Berlusconi brought an elite level set-up on and off the pitch, making his three-time Champions League winners AC Milan the benchmark in European football.Produced by: Charlie JonesRUNNING ORDER:• PART 1: The powerful man will fix things (01m 00s)• PART 2: Berlusconi’s beginnings, forming Italy’s first national commercial TV network (06m 00s)• PART 3a: Berlusconi moves into football with AC Milan (15m 30s)• PART 3b: Silvio secures Sacchi and makes some big signings (28m 00s)• PART 3c: Success comes for Milan in Serie A and in Europe (32m 30s)• PART 4a: Capello’s Milan take things further (38m 00s)• PART 4b: Milan 4-0 Barcelona in the 94 Champions League final (44m 00s) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.