Coaching Success

Celtic book their place in the Europa League play-off round with a 4–2 home win over Utrecht Martin O’Neill reflects on Celtic’s European progress and the work paying off O’Neill also gives his thoughts on former Hoops striker Robbie Keane’s early coaching success at Ferencváros Nottingham Forest hammer Ferencváros as Sean Dyche reacts to a dominant European night Aston Villa stage a thrilling comeback win as Unai Emery hails a strong group-stage finish Sliding Doors podcast launches Monday, exploring football’s strangest almost-transfers Episode one reveals how Ronaldo nearly swapped Barcelona for Rangers Arne Slot provides injury updates on Jeremie Frimpong and Ibrahima Konaté ahead of Newcastle Premier League managers react to injury concerns, squad sizes, and looming transfer deadline drama Transfer moves, loans, and late-window decisions across the UK — plus a Scottish striker heading to Serie A Become a member and sign up at offtheball.com/join

Christian Polanco and Alexis Guerreros react to Pellegrino Matarazzo becoming the first American coach in La Liga and discuss what success at Real Sociedad could mean for both his career and U.S. Soccer. Then, they’re joined by American film producer and soccer fanatic Franklin Leonard to examine English media bias in soccer and whether England is ready to embrace a Black superstar on the national team. Later, they dive into Leonard’s love of the sport, the state of the film industry, and his recent move into politics.

Joe Molloy was joined by journalist Rachel O'Sullivan on Tuesday's edition of The Football Show on Off The Ball. Following a dramatic end to the WSL season, Rachel explored how Emma Hayes' Chelsea team managed to pull off what appeared an unlikely five-in-a-row and what lays ahead for her with the USA Women's National Team. In association with William Hill

The second episode of our new, weekly Pod series features The FIFA's Best Women's Coach for 2021, Chelsea manager Emma Hayes, who has just won her third-straight WSL title. Emma talks her career arch, building this Chelsea team from the ground up and receiving her FIFA award in her mum's slippers. This podcast is presented by Paramount+. Sign up now at paramountplus.com/mibtwg. This Podcast is sponsored by DraftKings Sportsbook. If you or someone you know has a gambling problem, crisis counseling and referral services can be accessed by calling 1-800-GAMBLER (1-800-426-2537) (IL/IN/MI/NJ/PA/WV/WY), 1-800-NEXT STEP (AZ), 1-800-522-4700 (CO/NH), 888-789-7777/visit ccpg.org/chat (CT), 1-800-BETS OFF (IA), 1-877-770-STOP(7867) (LA), 877-8-HOPENY/text HOPENY (467369) (NY), visit OPGR.org (OR), call/text TN REDLINE 1-800-889-9789 (TN), or 1-888-532-3500 (VA). 21+ (18+ WY). Physically present in AZ/CO/CT/IL/IN/IA/LA/MI/NJ/NY/PA/TN/ VA/WV/WY only. Void where prohibited. Min. $5 deposit required. Eligibility restrictions apply. See draftkings.com/sportsbook for details. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.