Playmaker
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The Playmaker from Tortoise - one story every day to make sense of the beautiful game.
Tortoise is a news start-up devoted to slow journalism. We take news slowly. We tell stories that really matter, and take time to see the full picture.
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| Episode | Date |
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Introducing: Sport Sensemaker from Tortoise
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Aug 23, 2022 |
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Ep 190: End of season review - part two
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May 20, 2022 |
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Ep 189: End of season review - part one
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May 19, 2022 |
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Ep 188: A day of great importance
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May 18, 2022 |
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Ep 187: Milan’s glory days return
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May 17, 2022 |
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Ep 186: The Ewood Express
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May 16, 2022 |
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Ep 185: The world’s most expensive football shirt
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May 13, 2022 |
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Ep 184: The King of Angel City
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May 12, 2022 |
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Ep 183: The Iñaki Williams method
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May 11, 2022 |
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Ep 182: The fall of the penalty king
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May 10, 2022 |
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Ep 181: Moustapha Cisse’s extraordinary season
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May 09, 2022 |
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Ep 180: The return of Bury FC
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May 06, 2022 |
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Ep 179: The Misunderstanding of Paul Pogba
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May 05, 2022 |
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Ep 178: Newcastle’s Mission Possible
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May 04, 2022 |
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Ep 177: Football’s crypto bros
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May 03, 2022 |
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Ep 176: The adventures (and misadventures) of football's crypto bros
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Apr 29, 2022 |
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Ep 175: England’s El Clasico
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Apr 27, 2022 |
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Ep 174: Oldham’s long road back
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Apr 27, 2022 |
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Ep 173: Manchester United’s open heart surgery
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Apr 26, 2022 |
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Ep 172: Karren Brady kicking down doors
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Apr 25, 2022 |
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Ep 171: Football’s next superstar
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Apr 22, 2022 |
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Ep 170: Kenny Shiels gets emotional
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Apr 21, 2022 |
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Ep 169: The Sean Dyche sacking
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Apr 20, 2022 |
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Ep 168: The new England captain
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Apr 19, 2022 |
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Ep 167: The Championship cheat code
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Apr 14, 2022 |
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Ep 166: Qatar under the microscope
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Apr 13, 2022 |
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Ep 165: Neil Warnock’s goodbye
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Apr 12, 2022 |
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Ep 164: Gambling ads ban
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Apr 11, 2022 |
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Ep 163: English football’s independence day?
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Apr 08, 2022 |
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Ep 162: Wembley travel chaos
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Apr 07, 2022 |
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Ep 161: The Italian Job
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Apr 06, 2022 |
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Ep 160: The Fab Five
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Apr 05, 2022 |
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Ep 159: Fasting footballers
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Apr 04, 2022 |
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Ep 158: The World Cup’s other English manager
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Apr 01, 2022 |
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Ep 157: Goodbye to FFP
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Mar 31, 2022 |
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Ep 156: Gerrard versus Saka
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Mar 30, 2022 |
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Ep 155: Tammy the King of Rome
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Mar 29, 2022 |
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Ep 154: The unstoppable Luton Town
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Mar 28, 2022 |
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Ep 153: Messi’s Parisian nightmare
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Mar 25, 2022 |
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Ep 152: Trinity Rodman’s role model
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Mar 24, 2022 |
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Ep 151: Everton in trouble
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Mar 23, 2022 |
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Ep 150: West Ham’s Ukrainian hero
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Mar 22, 2022 |
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Ep 149: Old Trafford versus the bulldozer
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Mar 21, 2022 |
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Ep 148: Another way
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Mar 18, 2022 |
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Ep 147: What next for Chelsea Women?
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Mar 17, 2022 |
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Ep 146: When a transfer becomes political
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Mar 16, 2022 |
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Ep 145: Football’s greatest goalscorer
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Mar 15, 2022 |
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Ep 144: Chelsea’s travel troubles
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Mar 14, 2022 |
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Ep 143: Embers of the European Super League
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Mar 11, 2022 |
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Ep 142: Football’s caveman concussion policy
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Mar 10, 2022 |
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Ep 141: Bielsa the Messiah
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Mar 09, 2022 |
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Ep 140: Chelsea’s farewell to Abramovich
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Mar 08, 2022 |
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Ep 139: Lies, damned lies and statistics
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Mar 07, 2022 |
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Ep 138: Football's most outdated rule?
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Mar 04, 2022 |
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Ep 137: Pay win for US women’s team
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Mar 03, 2022 |
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Ep 136: World football tackles Russia
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Mar 02, 2022 |
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Ep 135: Abramovich steps back from Chelsea
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Mar 01, 2022 |
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Ep 134: Football and the metaverse
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Feb 28, 2022 |
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Ep 133: UEFA’s Russia problem
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Feb 25, 2022 |
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Ep 132: Wilderball
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Feb 24, 2022 |
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Ep 131: Les Ferdinand’s Rooney Rule
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Feb 23, 2022 |
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Ep 130: From a dust pitch to Anfield
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Feb 22, 2022 |
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Ep 129: The Réal Kylian Mbappé
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Feb 21, 2022 |
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Ep 128: Thoroughly modern Max
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Feb 18, 2022 |
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Ep 127: Harry Maguire's pressing problem
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Feb 17, 2022 |
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Ep 126: The Y-word
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Feb 16, 2022 |
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Ep 125: Dele Alli’s Rolls Royce
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Feb 15, 2022 |
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Ep 124: Understanding Maradona
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Feb 14, 2022 |
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Ep 123: West Ham’s mixed messages
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Feb 11, 2022 |
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Ep 122: Adrian Clifton finds hope
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Feb 10, 2022 |
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Ep 121: The serenity of Kalidou Koulibaly
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Feb 09, 2022 |
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Ep 120: A Manchester disaster
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Feb 08, 2022 |
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Ep 119: Val McDermid vs. Raith Rovers
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Feb 07, 2022 |
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Ep 118: Captain, leader, legend, NFT salesman
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Feb 04, 2022 |
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Ep 117: Ramsey to Rangers
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Feb 03, 2022 |
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Ep 116: Christian Eriksen returns
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Feb 02, 2022 |
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Ep 115: Beckham’s Miami challenge
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Feb 01, 2022 |
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Ep 114: Female footballers' maternity victory
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Jan 31, 2022 |
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Ep 113: Newcastle feel the heat
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Jan 28, 2022 |
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Ep 112: Rising disorder
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Jan 27, 2022 |
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Ep 111: The AFCON tragedy
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Jan 26, 2022 |
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Ep 110: The loan sharks
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Jan 25, 2022 |
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Ep 109: Shashoua's no sheep
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Jan 24, 2022 |
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Ep 108: Fantasyland
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Jan 21, 2022 |
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Ep 107: Football's strangest journey
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Jan 20, 2022 |
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Ep 106: Alder-what?
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Jan 19, 2022 |
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Ep 105: The one and only James Ward-Prowse
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Jan 18, 2022 |
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Ep 104: Derby Direct?
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Jan 17, 2022 |
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Ep 103: From LinkedIn to the AFCON
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Jan 14, 2022 |
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Ep 102: That border isn't funny any more
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Jan 13, 2022 |
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Ep 101: Watching a star being born
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Jan 12, 2022 |
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Ep 100: Big hearts
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Jan 11, 2022 |
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Ep 99: China's forgotten dream
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Jan 10, 2022 |
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Ep 98: The indomitable Phil Jones
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Jan 07, 2022 |
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Ep 97: Managing the truth
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Jan 06, 2022 |
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Ep 96: Welfare warfare
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Jan 05, 2022 |
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2022: Predictions
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Jan 04, 2022 |
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'Tis the season to be...playing football
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Dec 17, 2021 |
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Ep 93: Merry Kitmas
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Dec 16, 2021 |
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Ep 92: Manchester United's new employee
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Dec 15, 2021 |
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Ep 91: Maldini's Milan
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Dec 14, 2021 |
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Ep 90: What's going on at the PFA?
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Dec 13, 2021 |
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Ep 89: Sergio Ramos - a galactico too far?
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Dec 10, 2021 |
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Ep 88: Sergio Aguero and the anti-vaxxers
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Dec 09, 2021 |
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Ep 87: The grand old team
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Dec 08, 2021 |
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Ep 86: The Newcastle snub
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Dec 07, 2021 |
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Ep 85: Rainbow laces
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Dec 06, 2021 |
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Ep 84: Cristiano Ronaldo's sour grapes
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Dec 03, 2021 |
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Ep 83: The Premier League fights back
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Dec 02, 2021 |
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Ep 82: Changing the way football is run
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Dec 01, 2021 |
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Ep 81: Prostate United
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Nov 30, 2021 |
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Ep 80: Conte and the ketchup
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Nov 29, 2021 |
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Ep 79: Ballon d’Or – the unhealthy obsession
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Nov 26, 2021 |
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Ep 78: The Rainbow Team
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Nov 25, 2021 |
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Ep 77: Gareth Southgate: the "nearly" man?
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Nov 24, 2021 |
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Ep 76: Afghan women footballers - lives on the line
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Nov 23, 2021 |
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Ep 75: The fall and rise of Stockport County
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Nov 22, 2021 |
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Ep 74: The vanishing millions
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Nov 19, 2021 |
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Ep 73: Scotland's revolution?
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Nov 18, 2021 |
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Ep 72: Graham Potter - sleeping away from home
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Nov 17, 2021 |
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Ep 71: The super 6,000
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Nov 16, 2021 |
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Ep 70: Men against boys
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Nov 15, 2021 |
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Ep 69: A game without the name
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Nov 12, 2021 |
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Ep 68: No place for sentiment
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Nov 11, 2021 |
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Ep 67: England's right-back puzzle
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Nov 10, 2021 |
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Ep 66: Can Xavi fix Barca?
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Nov 09, 2021 |
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Ep 65: The one per cent club
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Nov 08, 2021 |
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Ep 64: What happened to home advantage?
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Nov 05, 2021 |
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Ep 63: The Moyesiah
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Nov 04, 2021 |
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Ep 62: The genius of Jeff
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Nov 03, 2021 |
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Ep 61: Antonio Conte - Mr 100%
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Nov 02, 2021 |
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Ep 60: Carli Lloyd's farewell
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Nov 01, 2021 |
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Ep 59: The Karim Benzema puzzle
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Oct 29, 2021 |
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Ep 58: Not just a surname?
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Oct 28, 2021 |
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Ep 57: Not so golden
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Oct 27, 2021 |
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Ep 56: Shut up and dribble
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Oct 26, 2021 |
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Ep 55: Keeping it in the football family
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Oct 25, 2021 |
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Ep 54: Fact, fiction and football
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Oct 22, 2021 |
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Ep 53: When will Newcastle win the league?
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Oct 21, 2021 |
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Ep 52: The best reject in the world
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Oct 20, 2021 |
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Ep 51: Sir Alex Ferguson's shadow
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Oct 19, 2021 |
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Ep 50: Calming down football
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Oct 18, 2021 |
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Ep 49: Racism: the receiving end
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Oct 15, 2021 |
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Ep 48: What makes a footballer great?
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Oct 14, 2021 |
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Ep 47: The Middle East's golden girl
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Oct 13, 2021 |
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Ep 46: Tyrone Mings, defender - and ally
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Oct 12, 2021 |
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Ep 45: Rhys Porter and his critics
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Oct 11, 2021 |
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Ep 44: The biggest statistical anomaly in football
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Oct 08, 2021 |
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Ep 43: How to make a footballer
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Oct 07, 2021 |
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Ep 42: Rapid fire at Watford
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Oct 06, 2021 |
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Ep 41: Standing: the supporters' campaign
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Oct 05, 2021 |
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Ep 40: Should loot boxes be in the game?
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Oct 04, 2021 |
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Ep 39: Ted Lasso scores
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Oct 01, 2021 |
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Ep 38: Sorry seems to be the easiest word
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Sep 30, 2021 |
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Ep 37: When referees fight
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Sep 29, 2021 |
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Ep 36: Norwich's Achilles heel
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Sep 28, 2021 |
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Ep 35: Measuring the damage done by Football Index
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Sep 26, 2021 |
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Ep 34: It's always sunny in Wrexham
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Sep 24, 2021 |
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Ep 33: Iceland's football dynasty
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Sep 23, 2021 |
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Ep 32: Football's Candy Crush king
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Sep 22, 2021 |
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Ep 31: The 'Emptyhad'
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Sep 21, 2021 |
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Ep 30: Lonely Pique
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Sep 20, 2021 |
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Ep 29: Scoring Net Zero
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Sep 17, 2021 |
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Ep 28: Ronaldo v Messi
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Sep 16, 2021 |
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Ep 27: On his jack
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Sep 15, 2021 |
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Ep 26: A World Cup every two years - really?
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Sep 14, 2021 |
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Ep 25: Francesco Flachi - too close to the fans?
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Sep 13, 2021 |
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Ep 24: Football's vaccine hesitancy problem
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Sep 10, 2021 |
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Ep 23: Here we go: the transfer king
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Sep 09, 2021 |
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Ep 22: Karen Carney, warrior
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Sep 08, 2021 |
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Ep 21: The misunderstood midfield maestro
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Sep 07, 2021 |
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Ep 20: Covid vs club vs country
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Sep 05, 2021 |
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Ep 19: Keith the duck
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Sep 03, 2021 |
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Ep 18: Waiting for Kylian
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Sep 02, 2021 |
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Ep 17: The rape allegations against Cristiano Ronaldo
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Sep 01, 2021 |
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Ep 16: Ultra violence in Marseille
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Aug 31, 2021 |
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Ep 15: Is Bale back?
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Aug 27, 2021 |
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Ep 14: The set piece coach
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Aug 26, 2021 |
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Ep 13: Emma Hayes changes the game
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Aug 25, 2021 |
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Ep 12: Greedy for Grealish
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Aug 24, 2021 |
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Ep 11: Inter trouble
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Aug 23, 2021 |
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Ep 10: The English striker adored in Chile
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Aug 20, 2021 |
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Ep 9: Concussion on the pitch
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Aug 19, 2021 |
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Ep 8: A king’s ransom at King’s Lynn
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Aug 18, 2021 |
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Ep 7: Pochettino and the Galacticos
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Aug 17, 2021 |
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Ep 6: Twitter's match report
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Aug 16, 2021 |
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Ep 5: One for the price of 55?
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Aug 13, 2021 |
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Ep 4: Motherwell – the members' club
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Aug 12, 2021 |
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Ep 3: Lukaku… the flop?
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Aug 11, 2021 |
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Ep 2: The 40-year-old footballer
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Aug 10, 2021 |
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Ep 1: A whole new world for Sutton United?
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Aug 09, 2021 |
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Playmaker trailer
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Aug 05, 2021 |