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Hello and welcome back to A Touchline Rant podcast produced by Bendigedig Media This week we have something a little different for you as Luke talks us through his favourite international tournament of all time - Euro 96! It was the summer of Killing Me Softly by the Fugees, From Dusk Till Dawn was number 1 at the UK Box office and girl power was about to take off. England was hosting its first major international tournament since 1966 and Three Lions was the new national anthem. It had penalty shootout drama, golden goal heartache, the rise of an unlikely underdog and the most predictable winner. It captured Luke’s heart like no tournament had done before or has done since. We hope you enjoy reliving it with him Thanks again for tuning in - go follow us on social media (everywhere) @atouchlinerant See you next week

Hello and welcome back to A Touchline Rant podcast produced by Bendigedig Media. This week we are very pleased to bring you a bumper episode This week we are very excited to be joined by the brilliant author Wayne Barton who reads us an excerpt from his new book, “King Eric: Portrait of the artist who changed English football”. It’s available to buy now on amazon and we strongly advise you do so. Elsewhere Jordan looks back at season 1 of Sunderland Till I Die and tells you all why you need to watch it, Mitch rounds up all the good things that players and clubs are doing during these troubled times, Luke discusses the sheer stupidity of Jack Grealish but why we need to be careful who we react to it and Alex continues his football apocolypto series with a special Cantona edition as he breaks down his uefa presidential award speech Thanks again for tuning in - go follow us on social media (everywhere) @atouchlinerant See you next week

Hello and welcome back to A Touchline Rant podcast produced by Bendigedig Media. This week our podcast is very different as we are all doing our part and socially distancing. The podcast is split this week into 4 sections each brought to you by a different member of the ATR crew - Mitch talks us through all the coronavirus football questions that you hadn’t thought to ask, Luke looks at how we all have to adjust for the time being to life without football and what clubs are doing to try and fill the gap, Jordan talks about the phenomenal Leyton Orient documentary “Club for a Fiver” and Alex paints a picture of the post virus football landscape (an apocalyptic waste ground if you will) Thanks again for tuning in - go follow us on social media (everywhere) @atouchlinerant See you next week

This week we talk the absolute chaos that coronavirus is causing for the world. Fixtures delayed or cancelled. Nobody knows if they’ll play again and when. Madness. We then have a look at this weeks premier league fixtures, the upcoming (maybe) nations league plus player celebrations

This week we take a look at the upcoming premier league games - will Liverpool bounce back against Bournemouth, can arsenal continue their run of good form against West Ham, will Wolves devour the seagulls, will the eagles of Crystal Palace soar high against a resilient Watford who are coming off the result of their life and we have a Chris Wood and Burnley love in. We then deep dive into the psyche of goalkeepers and why you can’t criticise them unless you’ve walked a thousand miles in their gloves. We then look at the Bundesliga fan protests and cast an eye over the 2nd round of champions league fixtures. See you next week - @atouchlinerant

This week we preview the upcoming premier league fixtures and discuss why we think it’s too late for Norwich, why Southampton will be ok, why West Ham should be worried and why Wolves could still get champions league football next season. We then talk the promising signs of resurgence at both Manchester United and Arsenal who both have some incredibly talented young players coming through their ranks - we also talk the maestro that is Bruno Fernandes. We then look ahead to the EFL Cup final and talk why we want Aston Villa to win but think Manchester City will. We then cast an eye at the La Liga rule that allows clubs to buy players outside of the transfer window to cover for long term injuries, how Barcelona have taken advantage of it by signing Braithwaite from Leganes and why it’s unfair. We also highlight how this must be a dream come true for Braithwaite and why we really want to see him succeed. Thanks again for tuning in - go follow us on social media (everywhere) @atouchlinerant See you next week

This week we look at the return of the full premier league calendar - can Chelsea bounce back against Jose Mourinho and his striker less Spurs? Will Everton continue their good form against Arsenal? Will Manchester City and Leicester City cancel each other out or will one of them sneak ahead? We then turn our head to Europe and preview with champions league and Europa league next round of fixtures. We also look at the 2 year ban from European football that has been imposed on Manchester City - what impact will it have? Will they lose players? Will Guardiola leave? How will it impact the teams around them in the league? Then - following the awful news of the death of Caroline Flack - we look at how we need to address how we use social media, why we need to realise footballers are human beings with the same emotions as us and why we should all just be kinder to each other. We then open up the doors of kind club to welcome in the legend that is Dean Windass. Thanks again for tuning in - go follow us on social m

Hello and welcome back to A Touchline Rant podcast produced by Bendigedig Media. This week we look ahead to the premier league fixtures - will Manchester United get a result against Chelsea? Will West Ham get annihilated by Manchester City? Do Norwich stand any chance of upsetting Liverpool? Can a newly bald Mourinho inspire a Spurs victory against Jack Grealish and his Aston Villa army? We then have a look at the premier league table to see who is doing well and who is doing not so well. We cast our eye over FIFA Ultimate Team which is the Gambling problem nobody wants to acknowledge plus look at the stupid shit that footballers say. Thanks again for tuning in - go follow us on social media (everywhere) @atouchlinerant See you next week

Hello and welcome back to A Touchline Rant podcast produced by Bendigedig Media. This week we were joined by Rhodri Jones who signed for Manchester United at the age of 14. We talk his life as a footballer, what it felt like to sign for a club the size of United the same year they won the treble and being under the tutelage of Sir Alex Ferguson. He tells us all about the initiations the 1st year youth players were put through by the first team and what it felt like to be at the club with legends like Roy Keane, Ryan Giggs, David Beckham and Peter Schmeichel. He talks us through what it felt like to be told be Sir Alex Ferguson that he was not going to be offered a contract at United, joining Rotherham and how his life changed from there. He then talks us through the injuries that ultimately ended his career early, how this impacted his life and the mental health issues that followed and his honesty and openness talking about his mental health issues is so inspiring. Thank you so much to Rhodri for his ti

Welcome back to A Touchline Rant Podcast. This week we talk the impact of the FA Cup results and look ahead to the premier league returning including Manchester United vs Wolves, Liverpool vs Southampton and Spurs vs Manchester City. We go across to Europe to see what’s going on in Italy with Inter Milan, AC Milan and Juventus. We also discuss the suggestion this week that football talk should be banned in places of work. We take a look at the good the bad and the ugly of football clubs and their social media outputs. We also look at the madness of the January transfer window and why Chelsea need to bring players in fast. We have some listener feedback and then we go home. Don’t forget to follow us on social media @atouchlinerant and stay tuned next week when we welcome an ex Manchester United player onto the podcast:// This podcast has been brought to you by Bendigedig Media ://

This week we talk the return of the FA Cup and why it might just be our favourite competition. We look at the absolute joy that is Liverpool and the horrendous depressing void that is Manchester United. We then take a look at the dangers of heading the ball, the black hole that is gambling, the confusing nature of the brain, look at the strangest transfers we can recall plus reopen the doors to Kind Club for a Manchester City legend

This week we make the bold statement that if you’re looking for integrity then football isn’t the sport for you, we look ahead to Manchester United vs Liverpool and ask if Ole’s boys can stop the Anfield Juggernaut, ask if Mourinho has had an impact at Spurs, if Deeney has had as much an impact at Watford as Pearson, if injuries are the sole reason why Bournemouth have been so poor and if Leicester are on the turn. We then take a ganders at what’s happening in the transfer window and open the doors to Kind Club to our favourite Australian

This week we give our predictions of the year - what will 2020 bring for us in the world of football. We then have a ganders at Spurs vs Liverpool asking if Tottenham and Jose can haunt the Liverpool juggernaut. We ask if Uncle Roy can stop a resurgent Arsenal, if Sheffield United are over, if Villa can upset Manchester City and whether Bournemouth can turn their season around. We then pick out our highlights of the January transfer window so far - who is going where and who is staying where they’re told. Thanks again for listening to us and don’t forget to follow @atouchlinerant on twitter, Instagram and Facebook - Produced by Bendigedig Media

Hello and welcome back to A Touchline Rant podcast produced by Bendigedig Media. After a week off over Christmas and New Year (including the Ivanhoe Band New Year’s Eve party) we are back to talk FA Cup and preview the 3rd round. We look back over the hectic festive fixtures to see who did what and how it affected them. We then talk dreaded VAR - how is it this annoying?! - and discuss football manager dinosaurs e.g. David Moyes who is the Donald Trump of British managers - make West Ham great again. We also hone in on Manchester United to see if they have depressingly found that they have dropped a couple of levels. Thanks again for tuning in - go follow us on social media (everywhere) @atouchlinerant See you next week

This week we count down our top 12 highlights of the year including Champions league, Barcelona, our live shows, touring Australia, Santi Cazorla, Wales at the Euros and Cardiff City. We then ask our listeners to give us their best players to not have played in the widely called top 6 of British football. We also look ahead to the champions league and Europa league fixtures. Thank you very much. Have a merry Christmas and a happy new year. ATR

This week we bring to you your next Christmas Number 1 by our house band Ivanhoe. We then marvel at the wise words of, amazingly, Graeme Souness and the woes of homophobia in the modern world. Liverpool on an absolute mad one. Man City and the relentless nature of Pep Guardiola. We get so cheered up by United and seeing little Ole smile that we re-open the doors to kind club to let in Ozil, Iwobi Kean and Everton. Shoutout Ivanhoe

This week we proudly bring to you our 4th live show of the year and our third football quiz in aid of The Wallich from Little Man Coffee in Cardiff. Play along and tweet us your answers to @atouchlinerant

This week we take a look at Mourinho’s start at Spurs and if it’s the start of a beautiful love affair. We also look at the other side of the coin of romance when we discuss the Bale vs Zidane love affair gone wrong at Real Madrid. Who is to blame? Who is right? Will he go to China? Has the media played a huge role in it? We re-open the doors of Kind Club once again to welcome in Everton, Liverpool, a euro millions winner, Max Taylor at United plus ball boys. We then talk Burnley because ... WHY NOT?! See you next week live at Little Man Coffee. ATR

This week we are at The Bridge Studios in Cardiff to talk to Al Lewis. We discuss the full extent of our joy at Wales qualifying for the euros next summer. We also look at Spurs doing a madness by sacking Pochettino and employing Mourinho in less than 12 hours! How our heads haven’t exploded is beyond us. We then talk Liverpool Vs Crystal Palace to ask if they can keep up their lead. Chelsea vs Manchester City and the heated encounter this is bound to be. Leicester City being brilliant, arsenal having a great run of it and Everton needing to turn it around. We also bow down to Kieffer Moore - potentially in bronze.