The Big Man Up Top
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The Big Man Up Top is the podcast where football meets faith! Hosted by Liverpool fan Joe and Stoke supporter Ed, this series dives into the latest football action while exploring how their Christian faith impacts their lives as passionate football fans.
Each week Joe and Ed bring you light-hearted debates, engaging football trivia, and fun takes on the latest football news and matches. But The Big Man Up Top isn't just about the game. It's about the people in and around football whose faith has influenced their journeys and changed their lives. Hear inspiring stories from players, coaches, fans and those in the media who share how their faith has shaped their experiences on and off the pitch.
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Emergency Pod - ARSENAL WIN THE PREMIER LEAGUE
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May 20, 2026 |
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"Just Heartbreaking" - Player departures, Team Relegations and the Scottish Prem/ FA Cup Final!
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May 19, 2026 |
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" Football is a Joyous expression!" - Freestyling Evangelism, 90's Nostalgia and Al Johnson!
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May 12, 2026 |
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"Scoring with their fingertips" - EFL round up, Nasty injuries, and Players stretching the rules!
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May 05, 2026 |
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"Look Yourself in the Mirror" - Limbs at Rochdale, Injured Goalkeepers and "Evil" Refs
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Apr 28, 2026 |
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"It's Crunch Time!" - End of season clashes, late night nuggets, and praying for our sportsmen
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Apr 21, 2026 |
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"Pressure? What Pressure?!" - Relegation looming, the title race and Schadenfreude
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Apr 14, 2026 |
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" Christ's name glorified in and through football" - Tobi Sho-Silva and F3 Football!
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Apr 09, 2026 |
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"Ban everything or ban nothing" - Arsenal injuries, home nation heartbreaks and UEFA fines faith!
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Mar 31, 2026 |
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" Are you saying what I offer is not good enough?" - EFL Cup results and England roster review
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Mar 24, 2026 |
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"Is the Premier League race over?" - Kinsky hooked, bizarre huddles and Broadcaster responsibilities?
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Mar 17, 2026 |
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FA Cup-set! - Port Vale snatch a Victory from Sunderland !
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Mar 10, 2026 |
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"Victory beyond the Cup is all about Jesus" - Jesse Bradley, European football and Evangelism!
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Mar 03, 2026 |
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"Lets give them time!" - Promising players under pressure and the great Jingle competition!
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Feb 24, 2026 |
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"Speak it with gentleness and respect" - Watching our words and the FA Cup 4th round!
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Feb 17, 2026 |
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"Imagining a New Life" - Drama at Anfield and collapsed deadline day deals
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Feb 10, 2026 |
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"Dads, steal your nuggets!" - Feeling apathetic about football and checking up on Morecambe FC
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Feb 03, 2026 |
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"Football is what we do. It's not who we are" - Omar Beckles, Fixture Congestion and Premier league catch up!
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Jan 27, 2026 |
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"There's power in laughing at yourself" - The AFCON Final, Manchester Derby and Comedian Rob Morgan
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Jan 20, 2026 |
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“The Ultimate David vs Goliath Story” - Macclesfield win hearts and make history
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Jan 13, 2026 |
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“We go again” - A New Year of Football and Making Resolutions
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Jan 06, 2026 |
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The footballer who gave up everything - Khalil Lambin EXTENDED interview.
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Dec 30, 2025 |
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Festive Football - The Big Man Up Top Christmas quiz!
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Dec 23, 2025 |
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Surplus to Requirements - Salah's return, feeling redundant and expected Pigs in Blankets
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Dec 16, 2025 |
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"FA = For All" - Football, Christianity and Inclusivity... All at Wembley!
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Dec 10, 2025 |
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Coming Soon... The Big Man Up Top at WEMBLEY!
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Dec 09, 2025 |
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World Cup Draw - Banter and Analysis!
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Dec 06, 2025 |
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" Don't stop talking about the things that you think need to change" - World Cup Fever & Controversy
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Dec 03, 2025 |
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"Isn't this supposed to be a level playing field?" - World Cup Fever and Premier League rule changes
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Nov 25, 2025 |
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"40 Stadiums before I turn 40" - Robin Peake on Football Evangelism and the International break
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Nov 18, 2025 |
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'What makes a great team?' - A top of the league clash and producer Tom goes to a game!
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Nov 11, 2025 |
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"Designed with Dignity" - Liverpool Back to Winning Ways and Commentators Making Football Accessible
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Nov 04, 2025 |
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'Seeking the need in our communities' - Arsenal's title to lose and Sheffield Wednesday's fans step up
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Oct 28, 2025 |
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“Seek Peace, Not Division” – Liverpool’s Woes and the Banning of Maccabi Tel Aviv Fans
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Oct 21, 2025 |
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The Footballer Who Gave Up Everything: The Story of Khallil Lambin
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Oct 14, 2025 |
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“Honouring with our words” – Marcus Speller on Staying Objective Throughout Manager Sacking Season
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Oct 07, 2025 |
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“This Has To Be A Wake-Up Call” – Ed’s First Press Conference, Premier League Upsets and Keeping Players Safe
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Sep 30, 2025 |
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“Community and Connection” - A Wet Weekend, Knee Slides Galore and Bridging the Gap Between the Football Pitch and the Church
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Sep 23, 2025 |
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"Hopefully We Can All Just Be A Little More Humble" - Liverpool Leave It Late, Ange's Bad First Day & Amorim Needs To Change?
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Sep 16, 2025 |
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"You Carry On And Keep That Head Up" - England Make It Past Andorra, The WSL Is Back And Ian & Wes Harding On Raising A Footballer
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Sep 09, 2025 |
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"Are Football Fans Hypocrites?" - Liverpool and Arsenal's HUGEly Dull Match, City's De Bruyne Shaped Hole & Does Our Tribalism Blind Us?
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Sep 02, 2025 |
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"You Have To Get Good At Having People Leave You" - Spurs Surprise City, Transfer Talk & Stewart MacGregor On What Agents Actually Do
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Aug 26, 2025 |
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Praying for a Football Club: A Morecambe FC Special
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Aug 20, 2025 |
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"I Think We Can Pray For Our Football Clubs." - Super Sunderland, Are Man City Back & A Prayer Walk For Morecambe
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Aug 19, 2025 |
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"You're Essentially Hoping That You've Got A Nice Billionaire" - Football Is Back! Ed & Joe Are Back! Crystal Palace Are Back!
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Aug 12, 2025 |
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It's The Big Man Up Top Show & Tell Episode!
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Aug 05, 2025 |
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"You're A Person First" - An Interview With John Bostock
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Jul 29, 2025 |
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Bonus Episode - The Lionesses Are In The Final!
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Jul 25, 2025 |
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"My Earliest Clear Memory Was Being Really Excited That England Were Playing Cameroon" - Producer Anthony's Story
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Jul 22, 2025 |
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"It's about unity through football." - The CWC Final, The Women's Euros & Highlights From The National Christian Football Festival
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Jul 15, 2025 |
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"Is This What Supporting Stoke Is Like?" - Ed's Story
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Jul 08, 2025 |
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Diogo Jota 1996-2025
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Jul 03, 2025 |
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"Pele ran underneath it and back heeled it over his head and kept on running." - An Interview With Derek 'Chopper' Jefferson
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Jul 01, 2025 |
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The Big Man Up Top LIVE! At The Gathering - With Simon Thomas, John Bostock & Raphael Araoye
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Jun 24, 2025 |
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"Football Is Such An Incredible Leveler With People" - Joe's Story
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Jun 17, 2025 |
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It's The Big Man Up Top Season Review!
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Jun 10, 2025 |
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"We See A Huge Openness At This Time" - PSG Are Champions League Winners, The Rumour Mill Starts Again & How Do You Talk About Jesus Like A Normal Person?
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Jun 03, 2025 |
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"It's Not A Pantomime" - Playoff Drama, Villa And Forest Fall Short & What Happens When A Player Loses Their Way?
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May 27, 2025 |
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The FA Cup Final Special! - Crystal Palace Win! Also Phil Knox On Fasting From Sport
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May 20, 2025 |
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"We Look For A Messiah" - Forest Fall Short, Trent Walks Alone & The Hope Of Youth
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May 13, 2025 |
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"We Want That Moment Of Celebration" - Leeds Win The Championship, All The EFL Talk & How Do We Define Success?
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May 06, 2025 |
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"When Did You Go From Being A Doubter To A Believer?" - Liverpool Are Champions, The FA Cup Semis And So. Much. Football
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Apr 29, 2025 |
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"I'm God's Workmanship" - A Special Interview with Graham Daniels of Christians In Sport
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Apr 22, 2025 |
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"We can't get any lower, so let's just give it our all." - Palace pummeled by City, Don't Take Two Penalties & Staying Motivated When There's Nothing To Play For
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Apr 15, 2025 |
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"Your Architecture Communicates Something. " - Saints Sunk, Liverpool Stumble & What's So Important About A Stadium
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Apr 08, 2025 |
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"He Just Wants A New Challenge" - FA Cup Quarter Finals, Meslier's Mishaps & How To Say Goodbye
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Apr 01, 2025 |
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"You're A Long Time Living With Your Head" - England A Little Meh, Nations League Fun and James Cracknell OBE On Head Injuries
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Mar 25, 2025 |
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"There's Hope For Me Yet" - Newcastle Finally Win Something, United's busy Week & The Prodigal Henderson Brings Experience To Tuchel's England
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Mar 18, 2025 |
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"You've Got To Believe That God Can Bring Rivers In The Desert" - City Felled By Forest, 11.2 Yards & What's The Future For United?
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Mar 11, 2025 |
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"But Rage Is A Different Thing All Together" - FA Cup Drama, A VARse At Bournemouth & How To Avoid The Red Mist
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Mar 04, 2025 |
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"It's Honesty, It's Integrity, And It's Transparency" - Have Liverpool Won The PL Already? Who Sponsors Corners & What Makes A Good Leader
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Feb 25, 2025 |
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"It's Just A Way To Express Yourself" - Marmoush Magic, Everton's Great Week & How To Bring Church To The Football Pitch
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Feb 18, 2025 |
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"Actually, This Is Uprooting Your Life, Isn't It?" - Forest's Fun Weekend, More Woes For Manchester & All The Transfer Goss?
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Feb 04, 2025 |
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"Wine That Gladdens Humans Hearts" - Spurs Being Spursy, Arsenal And City's Tough Wins & Alcohol In Football
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Jan 28, 2025 |
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"God's Just Kind And Uses Idiots Like Me" - Everton's Resurgence, Dennis Law's Passing & Sharing Your Faith With Your Teammates
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Jan 21, 2025 |
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"Some Traditions Are Sacred" - Sir Tommy Tonks of Tamworth and Wearing Rose-tinted Glasses
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Jan 14, 2025 |
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"A Call to Transparency and Integrity" - Trent's Woes, FA Cup Replays, and Graeme Mathie on Ticket Prices
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Jan 07, 2025 |
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"You Go across Football Clubs In England, There's Christians Everywhere" - The Full Interview With The First Million Pound Teenager, Bruce Dyer
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Dec 31, 2024 |
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It's The Big Man Up Top Christmas Quiz!
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Dec 24, 2024 |
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"Lord, Are You Calling Me To Not Watch This World Cup?" - The Manchester Derby, The Sackings & World Cup 2034 Is Saudi Arabia's
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Dec 17, 2024 |
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"Everyone Has An Opinion" - Marc Guéhi's Armband, United's Ashworth U-Turn & Chelsea As Title Contenders
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Dec 10, 2024 |
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"It's About Having A Voice" - Liverpool On Top, Plenty Of Penalties & Are We Being Priced Out Of Football?
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Dec 03, 2024 |
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"This Is Something That Is So Important To Him" - Man City's Continued Woes, Amorim's First Game & Wallner's Last?
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Nov 26, 2024 |
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"Vulnerability Is Not A Weakness" - Simon Thomas on Mental Health in Football, the Nations League & Lower League Action
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Nov 19, 2024 |
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"It Begins With Kindness" - The Steel City Derby, Man City's woes and Don Mullan on Football as a Force For Good
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Nov 12, 2024 |
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"It's About Creating Good Pathways For Young Girls" - The FA Cup, Forest With The Big Boys & Carly Telford on Grassroots Football
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Nov 05, 2024 |
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Hope for a Second Chance - Resurrected Careers, Ten Hag's End & Late Comebacks
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Oct 29, 2024 |
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"You're Aiming For The Scoop" - The Media, The Managers and the Action
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Oct 22, 2024 |
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"I'm All Or Nothing" - Bruce Dyer, Fixture Congestion & Locker Room Christianity
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Oct 15, 2024 |
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"We Should All Imagine We Have a Child Watching Us" - Comebacks, Classic Howlers and is it Getting a bit Nasty?
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Oct 08, 2024 |
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"What Makes a Club Big Six?" - Chelsea, Navigating Change and Keeping Perspective
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Oct 01, 2024 |
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"How Ethical is That?" - City vs Arsenal, Biting, Disallowed Goals & Sportswashing
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Sep 24, 2024 |
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"Is it worth it?" "It's always worth it." - Scrappy Goals, the End of Honeymoon Periods, and Really Committing to Your Team
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Sep 17, 2024 |
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"You can't be a big footballer without the fame" - Sports Chaplaincy, Internationals & Old School Managers
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Sep 10, 2024 |
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Are you a booer? - Discussing criticism in the game with sports reporter Larry Henry
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Sep 03, 2024 |
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"We have something that can't be found elsewhere" - John Bostock on Social Media & the best of the weekend!
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Aug 27, 2024 |
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"It's a Fresh Start" - John Bostock, New Managers & Premier League excitement?
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Aug 20, 2024 |
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Faith, Hope & Football - It's A New Season!
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Aug 14, 2024 |
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Coming Soon... The Big Man Up Top!
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Jul 18, 2024 |