About this episode

The episode discusses Manchester City's rise to the top of the Premier League, the sacking of Chelsea's manager Liam Rosenior, and features an interview with author Todd Smith about English football culture.

On the latest edition of Caught Offside with Andrew Gundling and JJ Devaney, we're weighing in on an enormously significant day in the Premier League title race as Manchester City defeat Burnley and go top of the table. Will they be there to stay or is there another twist still to come? Plus, after a 3-0 drubbing at the hands of Brighton, Liam Rosenior's time as Chelsea manager comes to a close. Was this ever going to end any other way or was the former Strasbourg coach set up to fail by an ownership group struggling to get out of its own way? Then, we're joined by Todd Smith, author of the soon to be released book, Relegated: One American's Pints-and-Pies Journey from the Top to the Bottom of English Football where we discuss Todd's immersion into the lower tiers of English football culture. All that plus Lamine Yamal's injury, World Cup scheduling and a preview the weekend's marquee matches. For even more Caught Offside content, get on over to Caught Offside Plus right now! In our most recent episode, it's another edition of the Caught OffFIVE as JJ lists his top 5 English football title races of the last 40 years! And for all the latest merch, get over to…

People in this episode

Hosts: Andrew Gundling, JJ Devaney

Guest: Todd Smith

Topics covered

• Premier League
• Manchester City
• Chelsea
• football culture
• injuries
• World Cup scheduling

Keywords

• Premier League
• Manchester City
• Chelsea
• Liam Rosenior
• Todd Smith
• football culture
• injury
• World Cup

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Chelsea, Manchester City, Burnley, Brighton

Books & works: Relegated: One American's Pints-and-Pies Journey from the Top to the Bottom of English Football

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