Only six shots on target for City? #pepout

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If you were on holiday in Spain you'd have to wait two days to find out about football results

0 corners and 0 shots on target for Liverpool. The Champions will go at least 9 months without an away win in the league against 11 players.

NEW PODCAST: www.sofpodcast.com/2026/01/soun... Happy New Year everyone! The subject of our first podcast of 2026 is of course all of the sackings. We ask all the pertinent questions raised by these firings: Will Glasner go to United? Who is Calum McFarlane? and Are Strasbourg Chelsea's Monzo card?

Ever wanted an excuse to see which kits have been illustrated on the Kitbliss website? Then why not try the new 'Random Gallery' thingy on the home page! Here's a subtle clue as to where you'll find it on the home page... Just click on the question marks and see where it takes you! kitbliss.co.nz

Red card for Chelsea, you say

NEW PODCAST: www.sofpodcast.com/2026/01/soun... Happy New Year everyone! The subject of our first podcast of 2026 is of course all of the sackings. We ask all the pertinent questions raised by these firings: Will Glasner go to United? Who is Calum McFarlane? and Are Strasbourg Chelsea's Monzo card?

Chelsea have had five "permanent" managers, two caretakers and an interim in the last six and half years... www.theguardian.com/football/202...

Phoney Pharaohs

Anyone else want to get themselves sacked before I hit the big red record button?

So if Liam Rosenior is going to Chelsea does that mean Claude Puel is going to United? Or is this the real reason Franck Haise was sacked by Nice last week?

2.6 total xG for that goal

Pedro Neto has been City’s best defender in this half. He’s breaking up almost every Chelsea attack on his own

Shootout about to start in Afcon. Mali v Tunisia

Come on. Let’s do this!

GOOOOAAALLLL!

Come on Arsenal. Don’t make me regret not choosing to watch The Guns of Navarone

Today’s Premier League games includes the team in third place v the team in third place this time last year (Villa v Forest) and a match between the sides that were the top two at the start of November (Arsenal v Bournemouth)

The US has manufactured a crisis to protect its president and capture Venezuela's oil fields. It's no coincidence that this is happening in the same year as the World Cup. The US should be stripped of its hosting rights and sanctioned.

Twenty minutes to go and the editors of tonight’s MotD are still frantically trying stretch it out to an hour

Big Ange to Chelsea. Let’s all get behind this.

SOUND OF FOOTBALL REVIEW FOR 2025 As is traditional, here's our thread of the year and the 38 podcasts we put out. It was a crazy year: we went to Wembley with AFC Whyteleafe, Palace won the FA Cup and the Lionesses somehow won the Euros (again!) Things got so weird even Spurs won something!

The ratios on this post are fascinating: >80% of the retweets are quotes. Scanning through it's clear that this is all about the very personal way we consume content, as well as create it. Sadly it's clear that many who are pro audio-only are concentrating on other things when they are "listening"

To anyone who’s volunteered to clear up the kitchen…

If the Muppet Christmas Carol teaches us anything it’s that the Y chromosome carries ALL the frog DNA.

CHRISTMAS PODCAST: www.sofpodcast.com/2025/12/soun... It's our 15th Advent Calendar! Join us as we open up all 24 doors and discuss the people and subjects behind them. We're joined by wonderful festive guests @claremcwrites.bsky.social @chrisnee.co.uk @twoht.bsky.social and @samwhyte.bsky.social

If Villa win this there'll be a seven point gap between the top three and the rest of the table. If Forest win at Fulham tomorrow, there be a six point gap between the bottom three and the rest of the table. Everton and Brighton would be 5 points from 4th and 17th.

I guess London City Lionesses decided 😎🤏😉🕶 they couldn't handle the Precheur www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...

The outstanding The Sound of Football Podcast advent calendar edition is out now. It's a feast of festive football and I was honoured to be invited on to open doors 8 and 9. Merry Christmas, everyone.

Not a week goes by without some broadcaster putting up a graphic that explains some element of the laws of the game.

CHRISTMAS PODCAST: www.sofpodcast.com/2025/12/soun... It's our 15th Advent Calendar! Join us as we open up all 24 doors and discuss the people and subjects behind them. We're joined by wonderful festive guests @claremcwrites.bsky.social @chrisnee.co.uk @twoht.bsky.social and @samwhyte.bsky.social

Hopefully Martin O’Neill hasn’t made too many Christmas plans

WEEKEND BOXSET: blog.sofpodcast.com/2025/12/week... The Tyne-Wear Derby and a couple of fixtures that might help define the PL relegation battle @firefli.es on BURvFUL, GETvESP @terryduffelen.com on FCUvRBL, NORvSOU @garyandrews.bsky.social on BREvLEE, BOLvJUV @janbilton.bsky.social on SUNvNEW

The race to the R16 line is going to be very close, but with six of the eight sides currently above that line still to play their "easiest" fixtures of the stage (home v a pot 4 side) getting over that line is going to be a challenge. A win for Arsenal guarantees top 2 and home 2nd legs to the final

NEW PODCAST: www.sofpodcast.com/2025/12/soun... Of course we're talking about Salah this week. We also discuss the actual World Cup draw and the decision of the Women's Bundesliga to split from the DFB and why that story may be worth keeping an eye on

Worst contract extension since Aubameyang?

All the other FIFA Prize Winners: Literature: Richard Osman Economics: The Count off of Sesame Street Physics: Egon Spengler Chemistry: Boots Medicine: Margaret Gaviscon

Trump seemed very happy with his Piss Prize

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Thrilled to have my interview with Frank Lampard in the excellent new @fourfourtwo.com awards issue. I'm counting that as career change completed. You can grab it here: www.magazinesdirect.com/az-single-is...

NEW PODCAST: www.sofpodcast.com/2025/12/soun... Afcon 2025 kicks off off on 21/12. FIFA have stipulated that clubs must make players available from 8/12 for pre-tournament friendlies but many clubs are insisting on holding back until 15/12. Sunderland could be without 7 players v Newcastle on 14/12

In this country Die Hard is NOT a Christmas film, it's a Pancake Day film

Meanwhile, Jamie Vardy - 39 next month - has scored twice for Cremonese away to Bologna.