The Totally Football Show with James Richardson

It was a terrible week for Barcelona in La Liga as they lose ground and Messi loses respect. But everyone’s talking about those assists from Benzema and Cazorla.It was a dramatic weekend of Bundesliga action as Hamburg somehow conspire to stay. In the second tier. Should have signed up Jurgen Klopp.We also examine all the transfer action, including Barcelona’s Pjanic buy as Arthur joins Juve, with Hakimi set to sign for Inter.Are Atalanta a team to be feared in the last 8 of the Champions League? And could they be Serie A winners next season?Is there anything to talk about in French football? Yes, there are cup finals to be played, with actual fans in attendance?And with Ribery shining once again, Robben comes out of retirement.RUNNING ORDER• PART 1: Headlines from around Europe (01m 00s)• PART 2: Final day of the Bundesliga – Hamburg horror show as Bremen battle back (03m 30s) • PART 3: La Liga latest – Barca reach boiling point (16m 00s)• PART 4: Transfer news and the latest from Serie A (29m 00s)• PART 5: PSG try to get match-fit in France (40m 00s)• PART 6: More of your questions and the return of Robben (48m 00s)GET IN TOUCH: • follow us on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/totallyfootballshow/)• find us on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/thetotallyfootballshow/)• send us a tweet: @TheTotallyShow (http://www.twitter.com/thetotallyshow) PARISH NOTICES:• we’re sponsored by Paddy Power - home of the Money Back Special (http://www.paddypower.com/) READ STUFF ON OUR WEBSITE:• check out thetotallyfootballshow.com (http://thetotallyfootballshow.com/) . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It was a weekend of quarter-final football, as well as Premier League action, where we possibly learnt more about the losers than the winners. Could declining Leicester miss out on the top 4 or even the top 6? Why is Grealish no longer a threat? And what does Tierney’s Tesco bag say about him as a player?Tom and Natalie give us the latest from France and Brazil where football will be starting up again too late and too early.Plus the excitement of watching Man United, massive insects and getting blocked by footballers on Twitter.RUNNING ORDER• PART 1: Leicester 0-1 Chelsea (04m 00s)• PART 2: Arsenal, Man Utd & Man City progress to the semi-finals (13m 00s) • PART 3: On This Day – June 29th (29m 00s)• PART 4a: Aston Villa 0-1 Wolves & Watford 1-3 Southampton (33m 00s)• PART 4b: A look ahead to the midweek Premier League fixtures (39m 30s)• PART 4c: The state of play in France and Brazil (47m 00s)• PART 5: The odds with Lee Price from Paddy Power (52m 00s)• PART 6: The latest from the Championship (54m 00s)GET IN TOUCH:• follow us on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/totallyfootballshow/)• find us on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/thetotallyfootballshow/)• send us a tweet: @TheTotallyShow (http://www.twitter.com/thetotallyshow) PARISH NOTICES:• we’re sponsored by Paddy Power - home of the Money Back Special (http://www.paddypower.com/) READ STUFF ON OUR WEBSITE:• check out thetotallyfootballshow.com (http://thetotallyfootballshow.com/) . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

With the help of Duncan Alexander, Rory Smith and devoted Red Sasha Goryunov, we react to the end of one of the most famous sporting droughts. What will it mean for Liverpool in the future? Is it dampened by the circumstances of the pandemic?The Athletic’s Michael Cox and Rafa Honigstein discuss where this team and manager stand in the pantheon of the greats.And Oliver Kay discusses what led to 30 years of hurt last time they were crowned champions. An era where Liverpool eventually got professional, after Robbie Williams. And some Tekken 2.RUNNING ORDER• PART 1: Reaction on Merseyside with Rory Smith (02m 00s)• PART 2: Liverpool by the numbers (05m 30s)• PART 3: The story of the season with Michael Cox, Rafa Honigstein and Neil Atkinson from The Anfield Wrap (08m 00s)• PART 4: The Athletic’s Oliver Kay on where it went wrong last time (13m 30s)• PART 5: What next for Liverpool? (18m 30s)GET IN TOUCH:• follow us on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/totallyfootballshow/)• find us on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/thetotallyfootballshow/)• send us a tweet: @TheTotallyShow (http://www.twitter.com/thetotallyshow) PARISH NOTICES:• we’re sponsored by Paddy Power - home of the Money Back Special (http://www.paddypower.com/) READ STUFF ON OUR WEBSITE:• check out thetotallyfootballshow.com (http://thetotallyfootballshow.com/) . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Liverpool wipe the floor with Palace and could be champions by Thursday night. Man City’s game with Burnley was overshadowed by a White Lives Matter banner flown by plane. We discuss one of the most depressing moments of the season.We also look ahead to the FA Cup quarter-finals and try to answer some questions posed by the Premier League midweek. Is Solskjaer laying the foundations for the next Manchester United manager? Do West Ham make good players bad? Are Arsenal mad?Plus Foden, Messi and James Horncastle on thrilling blows in the Serie A title race for Inter and Lazio.RUNNING ORDER• PART 1: Happy birthday Lionel Messi (02m 30s)• PART 2a: Liverpool 4-0 Crystal Palace (05m 30s) • PART 2b: A bad week at Burnley with The Athletic’s Andy Jones (10m 30s)• PART 3: Man City 5-0 Burnley and the rest of the week’s Premier League action (23m 40s)• PART 4: A conversation on representation within sports media (41m 00s)• PART 5: FA Cup quarter-final and Premier League preview (49m 00s)• PART 6: The odds with Lee Price from Paddy Power (55m 00s)• PART 7: Euro news and Serie A with James Horncastle (57m 00s)GET IN TOUCH:• follow us on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/totallyfootballshow/)• find us on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/thetotallyfootballshow/)• send us a tweet: @TheTotallyShow (http://www.twitter.com/thetotallyshow) PARISH NOTICES:• we’re sponsored by Paddy Power - home of the Money Back Special (http://www.paddypower.com/) READ STUFF ON OUR WEBSITE:• check out thetotallyfootballshow.com (http://thetotallyfootballshow.com/) . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

No doubt that it was a dour derby on Merseyside but the weekend prompted plenty of questions. Did Mourinho get it wrong with his tactics? Are Arsenal done as a top 5 team? And have water breaks become a tactical turning point?The pendulum swings back in Real Madrid’s favour in La Liga as Alvaro Romeo explains.And we relive that Pearce penalty – one panellist’s favourite moment in football history.RUNNING ORDER• PART 1: Everton 0-0 Liverpool with Julien Laurens (01m 30s)• PART 2a: Tottenham 1-1 Man United (11m 00s) • PART 2b: Brighton 2-1 Arsenal (19m 30s)• PART 3: A look at the rest of the Premier League weekend (25m 40s)• PART 4: This day in football history, midweek PL fixtures & the weekend in the Championship (36m 00s)• PART 5: The odds with Lee Price from Paddy Power (45m 30s)• PART 6: Euro news and La Liga with Alvaro Romeo (47m 30s)GET IN TOUCH:• follow us on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/totallyfootballshow/)• find us on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/thetotallyfootballshow/)• send us a tweet: @TheTotallyShow (http://www.twitter.com/thetotallyshow) PARISH NOTICES:• we’re sponsored by Paddy Power - home of the Money Back Special (http://www.paddypower.com/) READ STUFF ON OUR WEBSITE:• check out thetotallyfootballshow.com (http://thetotallyfootballshow.com/) . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It’s an evening of firsts in England with the first Premier League games behind closed doors and the first failure of goal-line technology. Hawk-eye denies Sheffield United a clear goal. Should Villa have let the Blades score?Man City sweep aside the Gunners as the definitive David Luiz performance offers an unwelcome distraction for Arsenal fans.We look ahead to a packed Premier League weekend. The Athletic’s Charlie Eccleshare explains why Tottenham fans might be feeling optimistic ahead of their clash with Manchester United.Plus there’s the Merseyside derby and why West Ham are the club to watch for the remainder of this season.And James Horncastle reviews Napoli’s Coppa Italia final win over Juventus. A season in Naples that began with mutiny and will end with silverware.RUNNING ORDER• PART 1a: Goal-line technology fails at Villa Park (02m 00s)• PART 1b: Man City 3-0 Arsenal (12m 00s) • PART 2a: Tottenham v Man Utd preview with The Athletic’s Charlie Eccleshare (22m 00s)• PART 2b: A look ahead to the Premier League weekend (31m 00s)• PART 3: Merseyside derby preview (42m 00s)• PART 4: The odds with Lee Price from Paddy Power (45m 00s)• PART 5: Napoli win the Coppa Italia with James Horncastle (48m 00s)GET IN TOUCH:• follow us on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/totallyfootballshow/)• find us on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/thetotallyfootballshow/)• send us a tweet: @TheTotallyShow (http://www.twitter.com/thetotallyshow) PARISH NOTICES:• we’re sponsored by Paddy Power - home of the Money Back Special (http://www.paddypower.com/) READ STUFF ON OUR WEBSITE:• check out thetotallyfootballshow.com (http://thetotallyfootballshow.com/) .  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

With the 2019/20 season set to get back underway on Wednesday, we look at the key talking points still to be resolved. What records can Liverpool break? Is it a race for the top 5? The Athletic’s Sam Lee gives his thoughts on Man City’s prospects in court.Elsewhere, will we see the best of Arteta and Mourinho now they’ve had a pre-season? Which squads are the most replenished due to the season being paused for 3 months? And is this the strongest group of teams at the bottom of the Premier League ever?Alvaro Romeo talks us through La Liga’s return, where the fans made a real impact. Both the virtual ones and the real ones.And James Horncastle previews Wednesday’s Coppa Italia final where Maurizio Sarri takes on the club that made him famous.RUNNING ORDER• PART 1: The headlines from around Europe – and an announcement to make (04m 30s)• PART 2: The return of the Premier League, in quiz form (09m 00s) • PART 3: A look at Liverpool and The Athletic’s Sam Lee on Man City’s hopes in court (13m 00s)• PART 4: The race for the top 5 (20m 00s)• PART 5: The battle to beat the drop (35m 00s)• PART 6: James Horncastle previews the Coppa Italia final + the latest from the Bundesliga (41m 00s)• PART 7: The odds with Lee Price from Paddy Power (51m 00s)• PART 8: Alvaro Romeo reviews the weekend in La Liga (53m 00s)GET IN TOUCH:• follow us on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/totallyfootballshow/)• find us on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/thetotallyfootballshow/)• send us a tweet: @TheTotallyShow (http://www.twitter.com/thetotallyshow) PARISH NOTICES:• we’re sponsored by Paddy Power - home of the Money Back Special (http://www.paddypower.com/) READ STUFF ON OUR WEBSITE:• check out thetotallyfootballshow.com (http://thetotallyfootballshow.com/) . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

2004/05 saw a Champions League winner that finished level on points with Bolton. Rafa Benitez’s Liverpool went on an incredible journey to Istanbul. But Carlo Ancelotti’s Milan were 3-0 up at half-time. What happened next? It got emotional.Modern day Milan are in action as Italian football returns with the Coppa Italia semi-finals. Can Sarri scoop up some silverware?La Liga also returns. Can Barcelona put the bad headlines behind them and beat Real in the title race? And would missing out on the Champions League be catastrophic for Atletico?Plus events in Germany and the rise of Berlusconi’s Monza.RUNNING ORDER• PART 1: The news from around Europe – Monza Monza (03m 00s)• PART 2: The return of La Liga (08m 00s) • PART 3: 04/05 Champions League season review (22m 30s)• PART 4: Coppa Italia semi-finals preview (55m 30s)• PART 5: The odds with Lee Price from Paddy Power (60m 30s)• PART 6: Bundesliga weekend preview (63m 00s)GET IN TOUCH:• follow us on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/totallyfootballshow/)• find us on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/thetotallyfootballshow/)• send us a tweet: @TheTotallyShow (http://www.twitter.com/thetotallyshow) PARISH NOTICES:• we’re sponsored by Paddy Power - home of the Money Back Special (http://www.paddypower.com/) READ STUFF ON OUR WEBSITE:• check out thetotallyfootballshow.com (http://thetotallyfootballshow.com/) . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The pod travels back 20 years, giving us a chance to bang the Marcus Stewart for England drum, reminisce about Wycombe’s FA Cup run and discuss Daniel’s favourite Premier League goal ever.Modern day football is just as bizarre – how do we feel about zoom crowd celebrations and fake crowd noise?Bayern continue to break records in the Bundesliga and with the return of La Liga around the corner, Colin Millar, author of The Frying Pan of Spain, joins us to look ahead to a truly unique Seville derbyAnd it looks like the Blues have nicked Leipzig star Timo Werner from under the noses of the Reds. What will it mean for Chelsea and what will it mean for Liverpool?RUNNING ORDER• PART 1a: Werner’s potential move to Chelsea, with Rafa Honigstein (02m 00s) • PART 1b: The Bundesliga weekend – Bayern remain relentless (10m 00s) • PART 2: WSL call it a day, plus the Seville derby preview with Colin Millar (18m 00s) • PART 3: Zombie football: 2000/01 Premier League review (28m 00s) GET IN TOUCH:• follow us on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/totallyfootballshow/)• find us on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/thetotallyfootballshow/)• send us a tweet: @TheTotallyShow (http://www.twitter.com/thetotallyshow) PARISH NOTICES:• we’re sponsored by Paddy Power - home of the Money Back Special (http://www.paddypower.com/) READ STUFF ON OUR WEBSITE:• check out thetotallyfootballshow.com (http://thetotallyfootballshow.com/) . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

03/04 was the making of Mourinho on the world stage and the unravelling of Ranieri at Chelsea. We look back at a campaign that featured a goal-crazy Monaco side, one of Arsenal’s great European nights and Milan’s biggest bottle job. For 12 months at least.In the modern day, everyone’s gearing up to play football. So why not the French? Did Macron have Marseille-based motives?And it’s the showdown you’ve all been waiting for. The grand final of the Inter Totally Cup – Daniel Storey v Michael Cox.RUNNING ORDER• PART 1: Everyone’s playing football again – apart from France (01m 00s)• PART 2: Daniel Storey v Michael Cox in the Inter Totally Cup Final – part 1 (12m 30s) • PART 3: 03/04 Champions League season review (21m 00s)• PART 4: Daniel Storey v Michael Cox in the Inter Totally Cup Final – part 2 (55m 00s)• PART 5: Bundesliga weekend preview (59m 30s)• PART 6: The odds with Lee Price from Paddy Power (62m 30s)• PART 7: Daniel Storey v Michael Cox in the Inter Totally Cup Final – part 3 (64m 00s)GET IN TOUCH:• follow us on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/totallyfootballshow/)• find us on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/thetotallyfootballshow/)• send us a tweet: @TheTotallyShow (http://www.twitter.com/thetotallyshow) PARISH NOTICES:• we’re sponsored by Paddy Power - home of the Money Back Special (http://www.paddypower.com/) READ STUFF ON OUR WEBSITE:• check out thetotallyfootballshow.com (http://thetotallyfootballshow.com/) . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.