These Football Times

These Football Times

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  • 30 minutes 17 seconds
    Icons: George Best
    Following the Icons magazine, lovingly detailing 60 of the game’s greatest names, we decided to delve a little deeper into some of them in this podcast series. Dave Bowler talks about a player who was Best by name and best by nature. 
    30 January 2025, 10:41 pm
  • 28 minutes 58 seconds
    Icons: Kenny Dalglish
    Following the Icons magazine, lovingly detailing 60 of the game’s greatest names, we decided to delve a little deeper into some of them in this podcast series. Connoisseur of all things Anfield, Steven Scragg, reflects on the career of Kenny Dalglish, on the field and off it.
    23 January 2025, 9:56 pm
  • 48 minutes 39 seconds
    One Love: Chelsea
    Turning the tables for the final episode in the series, it’s Gary Thacker’s turn to talk about the team he supports, Chelsea. Why, best and worst moments, favourite players and those they’d like to forget plus the nuclear question: could you ever support anyone else? Blue is the colour as Paul Mc Parlan asks the questions.
    20 January 2025, 9:51 pm
  • 28 minutes 56 seconds
    Icons: Ferenc Puskás
    Following the Icons magazine, lovingly detailing 60 of the game’s greatest names, we decided to delve a little deeper into some of them in this podcast series. Hungary’s Galloping Major, Ferenc Puskás, scourge of England, Billy Wright and Eintracht Frankfurt, is next up as Aidan Williams talks Rob Fletcher through a remarkable post-war career.
    17 January 2025, 4:05 am
  • 44 minutes 41 seconds
    One Love: West Brom
    Gary Thacker quizzes another member of the team about who they support. Why, best and worst moments, favourite players and those they’d like to forget plus the nuclear question: could you ever support anyone else? Chris Lepkowski ruminates on a life following West Bromwich Albion.
    12 January 2025, 11:52 pm
  • 30 minutes 6 seconds
    Icons: Gerd MĂĽller
    Following the Icons magazine, lovingly detailing 60 of the game’s greatest names, we decided to delve a little deeper into some of them in this podcast series. Der Bomber, Gerd Müller, a goalscorer so natural and so prolific that, in the end, you didn’t count his goals, you just weighed them. Dave Bowler and Rob Fletcher turn the clock back to the 70s and his dominance of the game.
    9 January 2025, 11:45 pm
  • 1 hour 25 minutes
    The Mount Rushmore Debates: FA Cup
    The Football Association’s Challenge Cup, with over 150 years of great names, huge stories and mighty giantkillers to choose from, means this episode of the Mount Rushmore Debates is perhaps our most eclectic. Aidan Williams, Steven Scragg and Dave Bowler try to convince Gary Thacker that their candidates are the most worthy to go up on the mountain.
    5 January 2025, 9:44 pm
  • 27 minutes 1 second
    Icons: Ronaldo
    Following the Icons magazine, lovingly detailing 60 of the game’s greatest names, we decided to delve a little deeper into some of them in this podcast series. It’s the turn of R9, the real Ronaldo, to come under the microscope as Rob Fletcher explains his enduring admiration for the great Brazilian.
    2 January 2025, 10:21 pm
  • 1 hour 29 minutes
    A deep dive into all things Newcastle
    The latest club magazine from These Football Times delves into all things Newcastle United from the golden days of Hughie Gallacher in the 1920s, onto Jackie Milburn’s FA Cup exploits, Kevin Keegan’s entertainers, and Eddie Howe’s modern day Magpies, along with all points in between. To discuss the magazine, TFT’s resident member of the Toon Army, Aidan Williams, is joined by Steven Scragg and Dave Bowler.
    1 January 2025, 10:02 pm
  • 32 minutes 1 second
    Icons: Johan Cruyff
    Following the Icons magazine, lovingly detailing 60 of the game’s greatest names, we decided to delve a little deeper into some of them in this podcast series. Kicking things off, Gary Thacker tells Rob Fletcher why Johan Cruyff deserves his legendary status.
    31 December 2024, 9:49 pm
  • 1 hour 44 minutes
    A decade of 90s football: 1998/99
    It’s trebles all round as we come to the final episode in our 1990s odyssey. There’s the usual mix of weird transfers, weirder kits, and in depth look at the Premier League season in particular. But in the end, it all comes down to Manchester United winning the treble. Football. Bloody hell. 
    19 December 2024, 9:49 pm
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