

The Totally Football Show with James Richardson
The Athletic
James Richardson and Team Totally are here four times a week throughout the season with all the football news and chat you need - and plenty that you don’t. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Jan 30, 2023 • 55min
Brighton best Liverpool again and Dyche rocks up at Everton
Jimbo is joined by Tim Spiers, Daniel Storey and Liam Tharme after a captivating FA Cup 4th round weekend and ahead of the transfer window slamming shut.Non-league Wrexham entertain us all with a 3-3 draw against Sheffield United, but Brighton are the big winners on Sunday, getting the better of Liverpool again. We rave about Mitoma and why the Big Six keep flocking to the Seagulls for players.Elsewhere, Man City edge past Arsenal with their big man little man strike partnership, Spurs are eyeing silverware even with moaning Danjuma, and agricultural Walsall catch Tim’s eyes.Plus Gordon, Caicedo, Semenyo and that Ronaldo free-kick against Portsmouth.Produced by Charlie Jones.RUNNING ORDER: • PART 1: It’s Sean Dyche at Everton (02.00)• PART 2a: Wrexham 3-3 Sheffield Utd (08.00)• PART 2b: Brighton 2-1 Liverpool (14.00) • PART 3a: Man City 1-0 Arsenal (28.00) • PART 3b: Preston 0-3 Tottenham (33.00)• PART 3c: Fulham 1-1 Sunderland (37.00)• PART 4a: Happy transfer deadline day (40.00)• PART 4b: The rest of the FA Cup weekend (44.00)SIGN UP TO THE ATHLETIC TODAY FOR £1.99 A MONTH FOR 12 MONTHS• theathletic.com/totally• Get 20% Off and FREE shipping with the code EPL23 at manscaped.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jan 29, 2023 • 8min
Pure Clichés: The Language of Football
Not heard Adam Hurrey's equal parts hilarious and ridiculous Football Clichés podcast yet? Well here's a little taster for you to carry you over the FA Cup weekend. And if you like it, make sure to check out their extensive back catalogue of episodes, featuring interviews with Jamie Carragher, Keir Starmer and none other than James Richardson himself.Jimbo and the gang will be back as usual on Monday to discuss all the big weekend talking points. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jan 26, 2023 • 57min
Wrexham in the spotlight, Guardiola versus Arteta and are Man United & Newcastle Wembley-bound?
Jimbo reconvenes with Duncan Alexander, Nancy Frostick and Adrian Clarke ahead of FA Cup 4th round weekend.Man City and Arsenal go head to head at the Etihad on Friday night. Will Pep and Mikel throw down the gauntlet or try to throw each other off the scent ahead of their Premier League meetings?All eyes on Wrexham this Sunday as the National League side host Sheffield United. Elsewhere can Accrington upset Leeds and are Brighton the competition’s dark horses?It’s advantage Man United and Newcastle in the Carabao Cup semi-final first legs, which has Duncan explaining the finer details of the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup.Plus Danjuma’s change of mind and Bristol City’s penalty conspiracy.Produced by Charlie Jones.RUNNING ORDER: • PART 1: Everton’s exciting week (02.00)• PART 2a: Accrington v Leeds preview (11.30)• PART 2b: Wrexham v Sheffield Utd preview (16.00) • PART 3a: Man City v Arsenal preview (24.00) • PART 3b: Fancying Sheffield Wednesday and Walsall to progress (33.00)• PART 3c: Southampton 0-1 Newcastle (36.00)• PART 4a: Forest 0-3 Man Utd (41.00)• PART 4b: The rest of the FA Cup weekend (46.00)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.

Jan 24, 2023 • 47min
Juventus deducted 15 points and the Bundesliga’s back with a bang
Jimbo and the distinguished panel of James Horncastle, Raphael Honigstein, Julien Laurens and Alvaro Romeo take in a dramatic weekend across the continent.Juventus are deducted 15 points following an investigation into their past transfer dealings. With Inter losing on Monday as well, it’s all looking very rosy for Napoli.The Bundesliga is back with the highest scoring matchday of the season, and the return of Sebastian Haller after his cancer diagnosis last year.Antoine Griezmann stars for Atletico but is solo artist Memphis Depay doomed under Simeone?Plus Mbappe scores 5 for PSG in the Coupe De France, Ajax can’t stop drawing and Harry Winks might not be able to save Sampdoria.Produced by Charlie Jones.RUNNING ORDER: • PART 1: Moment of the weekend (01.45)• PART 2: Juventus deducted 15 points (08.00)• PART 3: The Bundesliga’s back (17.00) • PART 4: Juve 3-3 Atalanta & Sampdoria’s struggles (25.00) • PART 5: Mbappe scores 5 in the Coupe De France (34.00)• PART 6: Griezmann shines for Atletico (37.00)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.

Jan 23, 2023 • 58min
Another big test passed by Arsenal but Man City are stirring
Jimbo, Daniel Storey, Jon Mackenzie and Jay Harris cast their eyes over an intriguing and potentially pivotal Premier League weekend.Arsenal overcome Man United in dramatic fashion with Nketiah proving a brilliant alternative to Jesus and the inverted Zinchenko proving hugely influential.Man City are back in the goals though with universal acclaim for Erling Haaland and Rico Lewis. Can they chase the Gunners down in the title race?Some drab 0-0s across the matchday, including at Anfield but Mykhailo Mudryk’s exciting cameo for Chelsea shows why they might not need a striker.Plus Mitoma, Gnonto and why Sean Dyche would keep Everton up.Produced by Charlie Jones.RUNNING ORDER: • PART 1a: Arsenal 3-2 Man United (03.00)• PART 1b: Man City 3-0 Wolves (17.00)• PART 2a: West Ham 2-0 Everton (27.00) • PART 2b: Bournemouth 1-1 Forest & Southampton 0-1 Aston Villa (35.00) • PART 3a: Juve’s points deduction (38.00)• PART 3b: Liverpool 0-0 Chelsea (41.00)• PART 3c: The rest of the Premier League weekend (48.00)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.

Jan 19, 2023 • 1h 8min
Arsenal v Man Utd is big again, plus Klopp’s landmark date with Chelsea
Jimbo welcomes Michael Cox, Duncan Alexander and Matt Davies-Adams onto the latest Totally Football Show, ahead of another eye-catching Premier League weekend.Leaders Arsenal host Man United in a throwback to what the fixture used to be. The Gunners are celebrating the absence of the suspended Casemiro. Will De Gea be the key man at the Emirates?Jurgen Klopp takes charge of his 1000th game in management (or does he?) against a Chelsea side who one of our panel thinks are about to take the Premier League by storm.It’s been another turbulent week at Everton with the fans and the board at odds over how things have been reported. The Athletic’s Greg O’Keeffe explains more.All that plus an FA Cup midweek headlined by Gnonto’s wonder goal and Neil Etheridge’s triple save.Also Trossard is Arsenal-bound, Olise is an enigma and Ward-Prowse is saving us from the aliens.Produced by Jesse Howard and Charlie Jones.RUNNING ORDER: • PART 1: Leeds and Liverpool through to the FA Cup 4th round (04.00)• PART 2: Arsenal v Man United preview (13.09)• PART 3: Liverpool v Chelsea preview (28.40) • PART 4a: West Ham v Everton with Greg O’Keeffe (36.00) • PART 4b: Southampton v Aston Villa - JWP saves humanity (45.00)• PART 5a: The John Yems mess and the Haaland conundrum (51.15)• PART 5b: The rest of the Premier League weekend (54.20)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.

Jan 17, 2023 • 60min
Napoli race clear but could we see title races in France & Germany?
Jimbo, James Horncastle, Raphael Honigstein, Alvaro Romeo and Julien Laurens are back to review all the Euro action.PSG are beaten for the second away game in a row by their bogey team Rennes, allowing Lens to close the gap on the leaders to just 3 points.Napoli are 9 points clear after thrashing Juventus 5-1 as a first Serie A title for Spalletti surely beckons. Plus are Gasperini’s Atalanta back after putting 8 past Salernitana?Xavi secures silverware with the Spanish Super Cup, while Real Sociedad win the Basque derby, with Imanol Alguacil proving to be another great Basque manager.The Bundesliga returns on Friday with Leipzig looking to upset a Neuer-less Bayern.Plus Shakira versus Pique, Sampaoli’s Sevilla could go down and why Lyon players are the goats.Produced by Charlie Jones.RUNNING ORDER: • PART 1: Moment of the weekend (02.30)• PART 2: PSG lose again to Rennes (07.00)• PART 3: Napoli hammer Juve, Atalanta spank Salernitana (19.00) • PART 4: Shakira, the Super Copa and the Basque Derby (33.00) • PART 5: The Bundesliga returns on Friday (47.00)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.

Jan 16, 2023 • 1h 4min
Arsenal swagger past Spurs - is the Man City Liverpool era coming to an end?
Jimbo welcomes Natalie Gedra, Sasha Goryunov and Daniel Storey into the pod after a monumental Premier League derby weekend.Arsenal go 8 points clear and become title favourites for the very first time with a comfortable victory at Tottenham. So what exactly is the point of Antonio Conte at Spurs?Man City slip up again due to some refereeing controversy and an incredibly well organised Man United slide under Erik ten Hag.Brighton outclass Liverpool at the Amex with Roberto De Zerbi impressing more and more each week. Why did Liverpool choose to rebuild from front to back?And there are two points separating the bottom 7, with about 5 managers seemingly hanging on for dear life.Plus who is the biggest disappointment of the season? And hear why Forest have definitely signed a young Brazilian Rodri.Produced by Charlie Jones.RUNNING ORDER: • PART 1a: Tottenham 0-2 Arsenal (03.00)• PART 1b: Man Utd 2-1 Man City (12.00)• PART 2a: Brighton 3-0 Liverpool (26.00) • PART 2b: Chelsea beat Palace and sign Mudryk (34.00) • PART 2c: Newcastle 1-0 Fulham (42.00) • PART 3: Two points separate the bottom seven (51.00)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.

Jan 12, 2023 • 1h 2min
Saints stun City, ahead of Manchester and North London derby weekend
Jimbo’s joined by Duncan Alexander, Carl Anka and Tom Williams ahead of a mouthwatering Premier League weekend.Man City are knocked out of the Carabao Cup by Southampton, ahead of the Manchester derby against red-hot United. Hear how City have been low-key underwhelming for a while and why that might be.We also look ahead to a pivotal North London derby, Who can counterpunch their way to the local bragging rights? Plus Adam Crafton pops in to tell us about QSI’s interest in Spurs.Elsewhere, the relegation 12 pointer between Everton and Southampton, what would constitute an upset at Brighton Liverpool, and which fixture is a Paul Rudd meme of a match?Produced by Charlie Jones.RUNNING ORDER: • PART 1: A Welshman’s Gareth Bale memories (01.00)• PART 2a: Southampton 2-0 Man City (07.00)• PART 2b: Manchester derby preview (15.00) • PART 3a: Adam Crafton on QSI’s interest in Spurs (26.00) • PART 3b: North London derby preview (35.00) • PART 4a: Brighton v Liverpool preview (42.00) • PART 4b: Burn’s Newcastle take on Fulham (46.00)• PART 4c: Chelsea v Crystal Palace preview (50.00)• PART 5: The rest of the League Cup and Premier League action (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.

Jan 10, 2023 • 57min
Felix on his way, Deschamps set to stay and Bale calls it a day
Jimbo and the Euro crew are back after a weekend of moving and manoeuvring across the continent.Joao Felix is on his way from Atletico Madrid to Chelsea. Have the Blues struck gold or is this the latest error in a case study in how not to help a manager?Barcelona go 3 points clear of Real Madrid at the top of La Liga but are we looking at a two horse race with weak horses?Didier Deschamps is staying as France manager but it’s the disrespecting of Zinedine Zidane by the head of the FFF that’s causing the biggest stir. Plus the Coupe De France brings shocks, sackings and the greatest talent of his generation…James Horncastle sifts through all the apex height stats to round up Serie A as the top two - Napoli and Juventus - prepare to clash on Friday.And we pick out our favourite memories from the career of the recently retired Gareth Bale.Produced by Charlie Jones.RUNNING ORDER: • PART 1: Moment of the weekend (03.00)• PART 2a: Joao Felix off to Chelsea (09.00)• PART 2b: Barcelona go 3 points clear (14.00) • PART 3: Gareth Bale retires (24.00) • PART 4: Serie A - comebacks and crazy stats (30.00) • PART 5a: Deschamps stays as France boss (44.00) • PART 5b: The magic of the Coupe De France (49.00)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.