NEW PODCAST: www.sofpodcast.com/2025/10/soun... Standing still, throwing fruit, staying away. This week we discuss the many ways we’ve recently seen players and fans protest.

NEW PODCAST: www.sofpodcast.com/2025/10/soun... Standing still, throwing fruit, staying away. This week we discuss the many ways we’ve recently seen players and fans protest.

If you've got a Samsung TV in the UK then the DFB's FAST channel is showing the DFB Pokal games. You don't need a Premier Sports Subscription or to use illegal streams to watch it.

2009/10 was our first season of the podcast. There's been a mostly downward trend in the %age of set piece goals since then. Until this season. I can't think of anything we've done for this to happen, but I'll check.

WEEKEND BOXSET: blog.sofpodcast.com/2025/10/week... The seven games to watch on TV this weekend: @firefli.es on PNEvSHU, ARSvCRY and VALvVIL @garyandrews.bsky.social on SYDvCCM and LAZvJUV @terryduffelen.com on MNUvBHA @janbilton.bsky.social on HEAvCEL

NEW PODCAST: www.sofpodcast.com/2025/10/soun... Sean Dyche offers a much more pragmatic approach than Ange, and makes much more sense as a replacement to Nuno. But will he last the season?

An a la carte goal for Arsenal? Is that a thing?

Rage-quit weekend

If this Liverpool side want to challenge they should concentrate on scoring from corners

Quite amusing watching Casemiro out-cheating Gakpo. 🍿

I like being right

Manager of the month now taking on a new meaning

Ange Lostajoblu

Fascinating trends. Obviously, correlation doesn’t necessarily equate to causation - the stylistic influences of Klopp and Guardiola will also have had an effect - but it’s hard not to conclude that better data has changed the way the game is played.

Pfft “Black knickers”

WEEKEND BOXSET: blog.sofpodcast.com/2025/10/week... Previewing the seven games to watch on TV this weekend: @firefli.es on LIVvMNU and MILvFIO @terryduffelen.com on FCBvBVB and NFOvCHE @garyandrews.bsky.social on MVCvAUC and TOTvAVL @janbilton.bsky.social on MIDvIPS

The A-League gets underway this weekend and @garyandrews.bsky.social has a fantastic season preview on @sofpodcast.com blog.sofpodcast.com/2025/10/gone...

NEW BLOG: blog.sofpodcast.com/2025/10/gone... @garyandrews.bsky.social gives his assessment of what we can expect from the new - slightly smaller - season of A-League Men which starts this weekend.

Joke of a VAR overturn to award Chelsea a penalty

NEW BLOG: blog.sofpodcast.com/2025/10/gone... @garyandrews.bsky.social gives his assessment of what we can expect from the new - slightly smaller - season of A-League Men which starts this weekend.

NEW PODCAST: www.sofpodcast.com/2025/10/soun... Now that La Liga and Serie A have pushed through the right to play regular season games in other countries, does UEFA have the will and strength to prevent further expansion?

Still seething

The Kitbliss website now has new and improved A-Z listings for national and club teams. Simply select a letter, choose a team, and explore the kits... It’s just one way of hopefully making your visit to Kitbliss even more enjoyable... kitbliss.co.nz/clubs.html kitbliss.co.nz/countries.html

There’s no way Jose Mourinho isn’t fully aware that he holds this obscure record

Ever since the term “legacy fans” entered football vernacular there’s been an uptick in the commodification of fan culture. I’ve not been to NFL/MLB/NBA games in London, partly because it doesn’t feel right, but I know many who do enjoy going to them. Fan culture isn’t changing, it’s being changed.

We’re having a week off, so there won’t be a pod this week. Feel free to send your questions for us not to answer.

WEEKEND BOXSET: blog.sofpodcast.com/2025/10/week... Plenty of beef to sink your teeth into this weekend @terryduffelen.com on WXHvBIR, IPSvNOR and EVEvCRY @garyandrews.bsky.social on CHEvLIV and MILvJUV @firefli.es on MNCvAFC(w) and RMAvVIL

NEW PODCAST: www.sofpodcast.com/2025/09/soun... This week we discuss the second sacked manager of the PL season being replaced by the first, and also what Oliver Glasner should do when his contract at Palace runs down at the end of the season

As someone still holding on to the opinion that a football club needs to be part a local community this presents more questions than answers. I get that players spend majority of time at training centres rather than grounds but why not invest in a permanent home for the club?

WEEKEND BOXSET: blog.sofpodcast.com/2025/09/week... Let yourself go this weekend and show a bit of ambition! @firefli.es on WBAvLEI, COVvBIR, VILvATH and NEWvARS @janbilton.bsky.social on NFOvSUN @garyandrews.bsky.social on WHUvCHE(w), MILvNAP

NEW PODCAST: www.sofpodcast.com/2025/09/soun... Is the Ballon D'Or the World Cup for people who like to follow players more than clubs? ONLY ON AUDIO!

NEW PODCAST: www.sofpodcast.com/2025/09/soun... Is the Ballon D'Or the World Cup for people who like to follow players more than clubs? ONLY ON AUDIO!

Every episode we've ever made is available online - over 400 hrs of content - so it's likely that the machines used to build this have got a bit of us inside them. Expect these pods to tell you Mike Ashley only offered Alan Pardew an 8 year contract because he believed the world was ending in 2012

The fact that Chelsea are losing 2-0 at Old Trafford and the conversation is like they’re losing 2-0 at Turf Moor says a lot.

So tell me again how many times Liverpool have thrown away a two goal lead this season

WEEKEND BOXSET: blog.sofpodcast.com/2025/09/week... Newly promoted sides feature heavily in this week's offerings: @firefli.es on VALvATH, ARSvMNC and INTvSAS @terryduffelen.com on RBLvKOE @garyandrews.bsky.social on LIVvEVE and EVEvLCL @janbilton.bsky.social on SUNvAVL

WEEKEND BOXSET: blog.sofpodcast.com/2025/09/week... Newly promoted sides feature heavily in this week's offerings: @firefli.es on VALvATH, ARSvMNC and INTvSAS @terryduffelen.com on RBLvKOE @garyandrews.bsky.social on LIVvEVE and EVEvLCL @janbilton.bsky.social on SUNvAVL

NEW PODCAST: www.sofpodcast.com/2025/09/soun... All the big question of the week answered: - “how should Chelsea be punished?” - “what if Man U were relegated?” - “is one long international break better or worse than two normal ones?” and - “is Chris Wilder the new Barry Fry?” ONLY IN AUDIO!🎧

NEW PODCAST: www.sofpodcast.com/2025/09/soun... All the big question of the week answered: - “how should Chelsea be punished?” - “what if Man U were relegated?” - “is one long international break better or worse than two normal ones?” and - “is Chris Wilder the new Barry Fry?” ONLY IN AUDIO!🎧

Guess what? We (the magazine) are on Blue Sky. Give us a follow if you like women's sport.

Yep. It’s shit on TNT too

WEEKEND BOXSET: blog.sofpodcast.com/2025/09/week... So much to sink your teeth into this weekend... @firefli.es on ARSvNFO (Ange is back!), MILvBOL, ATMvVIL @terryduffelen.com on LEVvSGE, MCIvMUN @janbilton.bsky.social on SOUvPOR @garyandrews.bsky.social on WHUvTOT

NEW PODCAST: www.sofpodcast.com/2025/09/soun... This week we look at how Daniel Levy's time as all-controlling Tottenham chairman will be remembered. Also, London City Lionesses: fearless independent disruptors of the WSL or soulless franchise in a multi-club group?

Moldova had a higher xG than Serbia tonight and they lost 11-1 to Norway and didn’t have a shot on target

NEW PODCAST: www.sofpodcast.com/2025/09/soun... This week we look at how Daniel Levy's time as all-controlling Tottenham chairman will be remembered. Also, London City Lionesses: fearless independent disruptors of the WSL or soulless franchise in a multi-club group?

Go on. Make an impact.

Checks in to see how it’s going for Gattuso… … oh.

Watching the WSL multiview. Currently goalkeeper time-outs in half the games.

Good luck trying to find someone to fill this chair. Bragg's ability to gently wrangle experts in obscure fields, keep things accessible and interesting to the general listener, all while avoiding conversational rabbit holes, is a large part of what makes the show work so well.

NEW PODCAST: www.sofpodcast.com/2025/09/soun... VAR messes up yet again, we didn't even make it out of August before the PGMOL's first apology of the season. Also this week: once is happenstance, twice coincidence, three times is enemy action - what's happening to former Manchester United managers?