Anything but Footy

Anything but Footy

The unashamedly biased Olympic & Paralympic sport podcast!

  • 56 minutes 19 seconds
    #159 Team GB skaters named for Milano Cortina

    The biggest Olympic figure skating team for Great Britain and N Ireland since 1988 Calgary Games!

    8 names have been confirmed for Team GB including World bronze medalists Lilah Fear and Lewis Gibson (who you can hear from in previous episodes!) but in this episode we catch up with Anastasia Vaipan-Law & Luke Digby - the new British Pairs contestants!

    The flame is on its way to the San Siro for the Opening Ceremony in February - we have a special report from Greece - and the rest of the News from the Games inc Ice Hockey, Curling, Snowboard and Skiiing as well as cross country, marathon, Taekwondo and shooting!

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    11 December 2025, 11:38 am
  • 22 minutes 59 seconds
    GB Snowsport: Biathlon man Scott Meenagh

    A lasting legacy is the dream of Scott Meenagh as he prepares for a third and final Winter Paralympics in Nordic skiing.

    The former paratrooper became Britain’s first ever World Championship medalist for GB Snowsport  in 2023, bagged a World Cup bronze earlier this year and hopes for a place on the podium when selected for Milano Cortina 2026. But his hope now is he won’t be the last successful British Para Nordic skier.

    This has been a special second season of episodes looking ahead to the Winter Games in early 2026 - make sure you download & follow for more - and you can also listen back to our first GB Snowsport season too!

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    8 December 2025, 12:00 am
  • 23 minutes 36 seconds
    GB Snowsport: The Alpine Boys Dave Ryding, Laurie Taylor & Billy Major

    Three British skiers in the men’s world top thirty after two World Cups this year and ahead of the forthcoming Winter Olympics.

    There’s a real chance the ⁠GB Snowsport Alpine Boys could create a little bit of history at the 2026 Milano Cortina Games.

    In this fourth episode of the season, we hear from all three - make sure you download & follow for more - and you can also listen back to our first GB Snowsport season too!

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    4 December 2025, 12:00 am
  • 23 minutes 53 seconds
    GB Snowsport: Great British Bosses Jamie Matthew & Ben Kinnear

    Since Beijing 2022 Olympics, and despite funding cuts, ⁠GB Snowsport has delivered on the global stage, with athletes securing World Cup and World Championship medals, to the point the 2022/23 season was declared the most successful ever!

    Freestyle snowboarder Mia Brookes and free-ski’s Kirsty Muir played their part in that success. In fact the entire British Park and Pipe Skiing and Snowboarding team are on a roll ahead of the 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Olympics and Paralympics.

    We want to out the secret of their success with a special Great British Bosses episode with Head Coaches Jamie Matthew & Ben Kinnear.

    This is Episode 3 of Season 2 with GB Snowsport - make sure you download & follows and you can also listen back to our first GB Snowsport season too!

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    1 December 2025, 12:00 am
  • 20 minutes 50 seconds
    GB Snowsport: Partnerships with Menna Fitzpatrick & Katie Guest

    Season Two, Episode 2 and to be fair we could've called it another comebacks! With Menna Fitzpatrick returning from injury for the Winter Paralympics and Katie Guest looking to finally make her Paralympic debut after missing Beijing through covid!

    But we wanted to focus on the unique partnership of this World Cup winning World Championship duo, ahead of the 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Olympics and Paralympics with ⁠⁠GB Snowsport⁠

    We’ve more specials to come - so make sure you download & follow and you can also listen back to our first ⁠GB Snowsport⁠ season too!

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    27 November 2025, 12:00 am
  • 24 minutes 53 seconds
    GB Snowsport: Comebacks with Gus Kenworthy & Kirsty Muir

    Welcome to another special season of podcasts with ⁠GB Snowsport ahead of the 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Olympics and Paralympics.

    In this latest episode, we hear from two of Britain’s most experienced freestyle skiers - Gus Kenworthy and Kirsty Muir who are at either ends of their careers - and the different comebacks they’ve made in the last year.

    We’ve 4 more specials to come - so make sure you download & follows and you can also listen back to our first GB Snowsport season too!

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    24 November 2025, 12:00 am
  • 19 minutes 39 seconds
    Great British Bosses - Harry Aikines-Aryeetey

    Olympian from Rio 2016, Relay bronze medalist at the World Athletics Championships, three time European sprint relay champion and individual bronze in 2014 and two time Commonwealth Games gold medallist in the 4x100m relay.

    But for some youngsters Harry Aikines-Aryeety maybe better known as Nitro from the revamped Gladiators and the 'king of the pecks' on the dance floor of Strictly Come Dancing.

    He's now teamed up with HSBC to encourage you to look at your finances and investments - so what better way to ask him about his future and his return to athletics?


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    20 November 2025, 10:56 am
  • 33 minutes 54 seconds
    #158 Milano Cortina Countdown

    It's nearly here - the flame's about to be lit, they're testing the new Sliding Centre on Cortina and Britain's got high hopes of Ice Dance success not seen since well you know how!

    In fact two couples will represent Team GB in Milan in the Figure Skating Ice Dance category - we expect current world number ones Lilah Fear and Lewis Gibson but also Phebe Bekker and James Hernandez - they join us on the pod to tell us more about themselves!

    We also have the latest News from the Games and just want does it mean to be the alternate in Curling? We ask Team GB's Fay Henderson

    This is Anything but Footy - we're moving onto Milan and looking ahead to LA!


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    18 November 2025, 12:15 pm
  • 24 minutes 14 seconds
    Great British Bosses - Dave Hart

    Next year, the first Olympics qualification spots are available for LA 2028 in gymnastics! It follows more gold, silver and bronzes being won by British Gymnastics at recent World Championships.

    We ask Performance Director Dave Hart about the success and the challenges he's dealt with since arriving in the organisation in 2022.

    This is Great British Bosses from Anything but Footy - the behind the scenes conversation of sport in the UK!

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    12 November 2025, 12:00 am
  • 35 minutes 58 seconds
    Great British Bosses - Laura Deas

    History maker, Olympic and World championship medalist - now wife, mum and wannabe sports broadcaster.

    Laura Deas won Skeleton bronze in the 2018 Winter Olympics with Team GB colleague Lizzie Yarnold retaining her gold! But 4 years later was a different story.

    Now retired, after becoming world champion post Beijing 2022, we talk about support, sacrifice and sports opportunities of the future! PLUS with THREE MONTHS TO GO how will GB get on in Cortina in the Skeleton & Bob - Laura gives us her medal prediction!

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    3 November 2025, 12:00 am
  • 13 minutes 4 seconds
    Glasgow 2026 Tickets On Sale

    The Commonwealth Games tickets for Glasgow 2026 are now on sale.

    10 sports, 6 para sports, 215 gold medals to be won across one summer in one city!

    We hear why you need to be there from Commonwealth weightlifting champion Emily Campbell and Scotland's very own world champion Jake Wightman - named by Team Scotland for the 'Mile' this week!

    & if you want more details about tickets for the Games check out Glasgow 2026

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    30 October 2025, 12:00 pm
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