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Back with more betting content, the AZ Soccer Sharps preview a handful of matches from the first Group Stage matchday at UEFA Euro 2020! Jordan and Devin discuss some of the action taking place across the first round of fixtures, which runs from Friday, June 11th, through Tuesday, June 15th. The show ends with FOUR OFFICIAL 1-UNIT PLAYS for the AZ Soccer Sharps P&L spreadsheet.Fixtures discussed: - Turkey v Italy - Belgium v Russia - England v Croatia - Netherlands v Ukraine - Scotland v Czech Republic - Spain v Sweden - Hungary v Portugal - France v GermanyThank you for listening! If you're making money with our advice, please consider taking a moment to leave us a 5-Star review wherever you're listening to our show. It really helps us out!We appreciate your help in growing this podcast. We want as many people as possible to be making money with us, so please share our episodes!Follow us:Twitter: @AzSoccerSharps Instagram: @AZ.Soccer.SharpsCheck out our Official P&L Spreadsheet for the 2020/2021 Season:https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1DOrIFuEYI1XWvgwWpH9qgXHg64Ypte_JTsmspRgXwHQ/edit?usp=sharing Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jimbo’s back with part 1 of our preview of Euro 2020, in the company of Michael Cox, Tom Williams and Sasha Goryunov. The Three Lions head into essentially a home tournament as favourites. Paul Ince tells us what life inside the camp was like at Euro 96. Are England and Croatia worse than we think they are? And are Scotland and Czech Republic better? Can Wales match their semi-final exploits of 5 years ago, with or without a striker? They’re in the same group as a young Turkey side who we’re very excited about watching. James Horncastle gives us the latest on Roberto Mancini’s Italy, unbeaten in 3 years and finally building the team around their best players. Kristof Terreur explains why Belgium’s golden generation are keen to play down their chances of a first major tournament victory. Plus how Michael incurred the wrath of the Finnish football fans. RUNNING ORDER: • PART 1a: Looking forward to the Euros but not the mascots (02m 00s) • PART 1b: Group D – England the favourites, with Paul Ince (05m 45s) • PART 1c: Group D – Scotland, Croatia & Czech Republic (19m 00s) • PART 2a: Group A – Wales, Turkey & Switzerland (25m 00s) • PART 2b: Group A – James Horncastle on Italy’s chances (36m 00s) • PART 3a: Group B – Denmark & Finland (46m 30s) • PART 3b: Group B – Kristof Terreur on Belgium’s golden generation (52m 00s) • PART 3c: Group B – Sasha’s beloved Russia (57m 30s) • PART 4: The odds with Paddy Power (62m 00s) • PART 5: Brief thoughts on the Group of Death (64m 00s) SIGN UP TO THE ATHLETIC FOR £1 A MONTH FOR YOUR FIRST 6 MONTHS: • theathletic.com/totally GET IN TOUCH: • follow us on Instagram • find us on Facebook • send us a tweet: @TheTotallyShow PARISH NOTICES: • we’re sponsored by Paddy Power - home of the Money Back Special READ STUFF ON OUR WEBSITE: • check out thetotallyfootballshow.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Seb and Alex very much enjoyed watching The FA Cup final and were taken by Youri Tieleman's influence on the game, the incredible strength of Kasper Schmeichel’s wrists, and promising young liberos. They also took advantage of Joe's absence to indulge themselves with a look at the Ligue 2 promotion race, the prospects of a Florentine hotshot, and a thrilling final-round championship climax in Turkey featuring some familiar faces. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Arsenal rolled out the cannons for another Europa League turkey shoot last night, with four karmic crackers sinking Slavia Prague. Marcus, Jim and Luke celebrate Arsenal and Man United's continental crusades on today's episode of The Preview Show, sponsored by Betway! The FA Cup returns this weekend, with Brother Brendy taking time away from the monastery to plot another Southampton spanking and Thomas Tuchel locking nerdy horns with Pep Guardiola. We also bring updates on the futures of Jesse Lingard, Edinson Cavani and Dulux's Twitter admin. Search ‘Football Ramble’ on social media to find us, and email us here: [email protected]. ***Please take the time to rate and review us on Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your pods. It means a great deal to the show and will make it easier for other potential listeners to find us. Thanks!** The Football Ramble, the original and best football podcast. Brand new podcasts every single weekday throughout the Premier League season and every day throughout the 2026 FIFA World Cup. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mark Chapman is joined by The Athletic's David Ornstein, Adam Crafton and Laurie Whitwell with insight and opinion on the biggest stories in football David takes us inside the deal that has finally seen Mesut Ozil's time at Arsenal come to an end, as he heads to Turkey to sign for Fenerbahce. We also bring you news of Chelsea's plans to step up their interest in Dortmund's Erling Haaland this summer, with the club hoping to steal a march on the likes of Man City, Man Utd and Real Madrid who were laying in wait for the Norwegian's release clause to become active in 2022. Plus we look at the fascinating Premier League title race following the 0-0 draw between Liverpool and Manchester United on Sunday - do United consider themselves genuine title contenders for the first time in years? Have Man City got their act together at just the right time? And what's up with Liverpool at the moment? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

RUNNING ORDER: • PART 1: No Ballon d’Or! (01m 00s) • PART 2a: Juventus 2 - 1 Lazio (05m 00s)• PART 2b: Real’s 34th title and ZZ love (11m 20s)• PART 3a: Niko Kovac comes to Monaco and the return of (Jorge) Jesus (19m 30s) • PART 3b: The end of La Liga and Deportivo down to the third tier (29m 50s)• PART 4a: Serie A round-up (47m 00s)• PART 4b: Meet Başakşehir, new champions of Turkey - with Yordi Yamali (57m 00s) • PART 5: Your tweets and questions (64m 00s)GET IN TOUCH:• follow us on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/totallyfootballshow/)• find us on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/thetotallyfootballshow/)• send us a tweet: @TheTotallyShow (http://www.twitter.com/thetotallyshow) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Arsenal defy the odds and the stats to beat Klopp and co at the Emirates. They may be champions but are this Liverpool side damaging their legacy?From an Arsenal perspective, can they replicate this performance against Manchester City in the FA Cup semi-finals? The Athletic's James McNicholas tells us how vital European qualification is for the Gunners.We check in at Wigan who are making a mockery of their impending 12 point deduction after an 8-0 win over Hull. They look like they’ll be playing Wycombe in the Championship next season.Elsewhere, Wolves let everybody down and Bournemouth performed admirably. Are we in for a fantastic final day? Plus we talk Turkey and Tyldesley.RUNNING ORDER• PART 1a: Arsenal 2-1 Liverpool (04m 00s)• PART 1b: FA Cup semi-final preview with Gunnerblog (11m 30s) • PART 1c: Newcastle 1-3 Tottenham (18m 00s)• PART 2: Burnley 1-1 Wolves & Chelsea v Man Utd preview (21m 00s)• PART 3a: Man City 2-1 Bournemouth and the battle at the bottom (28m 00s)• PART 4a: Wigan 8-0 Hull with Paul Kendrick from the Wigan Observer (32m 30s)• PART 4b: Wycombe promoted to the Championship (41m 00s)• PART 5: The odds with Lee Price from Paddy Power (45m 30s)• PART 6: Turkey and Tyldesley (48m 00s)GET IN TOUCH:• follow us on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/totallyfootballshow/)• find us on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/thetotallyfootballshow/)• send us a tweet: @TheTotallyShow (http://www.twitter.com/thetotallyshow) PARISH NOTICES:• we’re sponsored by Paddy Power - home of the Money Back Special (http://www.paddypower.com/) READ STUFF ON OUR WEBSITE:• check out thetotallyfootballshow.com (http://thetotallyfootballshow.com/) . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On today’s episode of Greatest Games, in association with The Blizzard, the New York Times’ Tariq Panja joins us to remember one of the most raucous football atmospheres he’s ever experienced, where his laptop “consistently bounced off the table in the press box for the full 120 minutes.” Tariq, Marcus and Jonathan reminisce about an error-ridden match where Turkey looked certain to go out as the game unfolded and Croatian pressure started to mount. Drama late in extra-time, a chaotic penalty shoot-out and a frantic battle to get to a European Championship semi-final ensured this was truly a game to remember. For more stories from the annals of football history, visit www.theblizzard.co.uk to explore their archives that contain over 700 articles of stories just like this one! ***Please take the time to rate and review us on Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your pods. It means a great deal to the show and will make it easier for other potential listeners to find us. Thanks!*** The Football Ramble, the original and best football podcast. Brand new podcasts every single weekday throughout the Premier League season and every day throughout the 2026 FIFA World Cup. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We have all the latest on the latest meetings about meetings! To be fair to the Premier League that’s about all they can do at the moment as we seem to be no closer to a concrete plan. That doesn’t matter though, because Louis van Gaal has decided to keep us all entertained by calling Ed Woodward an “evil genius” and “inviting” Jose Mourinho to explain why it only took four days for him to replace him at Man United. There’s a beef stew bubbling away here. In Turkey Besiktas have installed a disinfection cabinet at their training ground and the thing looks like some amazing futuristic tech, so naturally we posit some alternative uses, while we also look forward to the Neville brothers taking each on in some televised garden centre challenge under the new rules and learn that we may be more of an aphrodisiac than we realised. Oh no. We also love Dave Bautista. We just love him and we don’t care who knows it. Search ‘Football Ramble’ on social media to find us, and email us here: [email protected] ***Please take the time to rate and review us on Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your pods. It means a great deal to the show and will make it easier for other potential listeners to find us. Thanks!*** Further reading: Louis van Gaal thinks Jose Mourinho should explain why he replaced him at Man United so quickly: https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/man-utd-van-gaal-mourinho-18227625 Some of the differing stances from Premier League clubs towards Project Restart: https://www.theguardian.com/football/2020/may/10/project-restart-the-four-stances-dividing-premier-league-clubs Dynamo Dresden’s whole squad are in isolation a week before the Bundesliga restart: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/52601471 The Football Ramble, the original and best football podcast. Brand new podcasts every single weekday throughout the Premier League season and every day throughout the 2026 FIFA World Cup. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

European football has ground to a halt, but that won’t stop us recording a brand new episode of On The Continent on Football Ramble Daily! Andy and Luke sit down to discuss Uefa’s decision to postpone Euro 2020 by a year, as their new working group to try and find room to reschedule the continent’s domestic leagues. Each of those various nations have their own strategies to combating the virus, as the Spanish FA’s Luis Rubiales lambasted La Liga sides for prioritising the testing their own players. Elsewhere, we look at some of the stars who will benefit - and those who won’t - from the tournament’s postponement. The likes of Leroy Sané and Dayot Upamecano will surely light up next summer’s tournament, while Luke spares a thought for Olivier Giroud as his recent resurgence would have helped his chances of leading the line for his country again. We finish up with some actual football, as Turkey’s season continues! In these troubled times, we need comfort; and that’s exactly what Turkey’s given us, as Demba Ba keeps on scoring and a groomed Martin Škrtel stuck one in his own net. Glorious. Fancy getting in touch? We are now releasing episodes of the Mailbag exclusively to Patreon! Email us at [email protected] and visit patreon.com/footballrambledaily to get involved! ***Please take the time to rate and review us on Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your pods. It means a great deal to the show and will make it easier for other potential listeners to find us. Thanks!** The Football Ramble, the original and best football podcast. Brand new podcasts every single weekday throughout the Premier League season and every day throughout the 2026 FIFA World Cup. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In an exclusive interview the former Liverpool & Tottenham Sporting Director Damien Comolli speaks to The Athletic's David Ornstein and they cover: Why he signed Jordan Henderson and how the signing played a part in him eventually being sacked His regret at how he and Liverpool handled the Suarez racism case Why Spurs should erect a statue of Daniel Levy What Mourinho needs to do to avoid it all ending in tears at Spurs What it was like inside Liverpool on the day they sold Torres and signed Carroll & Suarez Why Man Utd need a sporting director and an improved football structure Why Arsenal got it wrong hiring Emery and the challenges that Arteta faces going forward Why he thinks Man City are in trouble and could be facing a player exodus if the Champions League ban is upheld Plus he lifts the lid on his recent time at Fenerbahce in Turkey and why he had to leave the club Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Will Bayern and Juve show they deserve to be among the favourites for the Champions League this week? Can a resurgent Napoli upset Barca? And will Real get one over on their old nemesis Pep?Elsewhere, the coronavirus is wreaking havoc in Serie A. Plus what makes PSG infuriating to support. And Rory Smith joins us having been to the Intercontinental Derby in Turkey.RUNNING ORDER: • PART 1: Headlines from around Europe (01m 00s)• PART 2: Chelsea v Bayern & Napoli v Barcelona previews (04m 00s)• PART 3: Lyon v Juventus & Real Madrid v Man City previews (19m 00s)• PART 4: Europa League look-ahead (33m 00s)• PART 5: Bundesliga & Ligue 1 update – Dortmund v PSG fall-out (36m 00s)• PART 6: Coronavirus halts Serie A schedule (46m 30s)• PART 7: La Liga latest – Atleti back to winning ways (53m 00s)• PART 8: The odds with Lee Price from Paddy Power (59m 30s)• PART 9: Fenerbahce 1-3 Galatasaray with Rory Smith (61m 30s) GET IN TOUCH:• follow us on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/totallyfootballshow/)• find us on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/thetotallyfootballshow/)• send us a tweet: @TheTotallyShow (http://www.twitter.com/thetotallyshow) PARISH NOTICES:• we’re sponsored by Paddy Power - home of the Money Back Special (http://www.paddypower.com/) WE’VE GOT A NEW WEBSITE!• check out thetotallyfootballshow.com (http://thetotallyfootballshow.com/) ! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Kevin Campbell part 2 is finally here! Kevin talks through his career in Turkey, Everton, West Brom, and Cardiff. With special mentions for Wayne Rooney, Duncan Ferguson, Thomas Gravesen and the official Galatasaray supporters marching band. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Kevin Campbell joins the lads this week to talk through the first half of his career at Arsenal, Nottingham Forest and moving to Turkey. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Back to back wins certainly puts a spring in our step. As does the veritable feast of football that we had around this world this past week. And we talk about a lot of it in this week's show. We kick things off with an analysis of Vancouver Whitecaps' 1-0 win over Portland Timbers in MLS action on Friday night. A great defensive display that saw the 'Caps, temporarily at least, move into the playoff places, but most certainly now in the mix. We look at the good, the bad, and the ugly from the match, the supporters walkout, and the concerns the team still give us. Our feature interview this week is with Whitecaps defender Ali Adnan, as we sit down with the Iraqi international to talk about his footballing life so far, from playing football as a little boy in Iraq to his footballing family, the moves to Turkey and Italy, and now to MLS. We also chat with Marc Dos Santos about technology in the modern game and MLS managers complaining, to Will Cromack about the new TSS Rovers season, continue our 1979 NASL Soccer Bowl celebrations, and more!

Today we will be the exploring the world of Turkish football with writer Patrick Keddie. Keddie is a freelance journalist, whose work has appeared in Delayed Gratification, Feminist Times, the Guardian, the Huffington Post and Al Jeezera English. He is based in Turkey and is the author of the new book, The Passion: Football and the Story of Modern Turkey which you can find on Amazon. It is the first book to focus exclusively on Turkish football. In this episode we talk about match-fixing in Turkey and why it's been so prevalent in its history, the Gezi protests and football activism, fan groups and their relationship with hooliganism, how the government uses football as a political tool and the reasons why Turkey has some of the most passionate fans in the world. Get ready for 100 years of Turkish football, condensed into 1 hour. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's officially one year of The Cooligans Podcast! It's been a fun ride so far and we only have more and more fun years to look forward to. Listen as we reminisce about how it all started, and then we go right into a fun episode! Segment 1 - Hot week of MLS matches! A battle for the top of the table and the #NYDerby! Segment 2 - More MLS! Fabian Castillo sold to Turkey! Segment 3 - Cooligans Corner! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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This week Team Ramble dissect Jose Mourinho's mind (figuratively), marvel at Jamie Vardy's continuing Vardyness and are detained on a surprise visit to Turkey.Get involved at thefootballramble.com, follow us on Twitter @footballramble and on Facebook at facebook.com/footballramble The Football Ramble, the original and best football podcast. Brand new podcasts every single weekday throughout the Premier League season and every day throughout the 2026 FIFA World Cup. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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