Glenn Hoddle: Why I’d RETURN to Spurs, ‘81 FA Cup Glory & How I HELPED Arsenal! | Could It Be Magic

About this episode

Glenn Hoddle discusses his career, FA Cup experiences, and football philosophy with hosts Joe and Ashley Cole.

FA Cup royalty in the studio 🙌On this episode of Could It Be Magic, sponsored by Carling, Joe Cole and Ashley Cole are joined by Tottenham legend and former England manager Glenn Hoddle.An Emirates FA Cup winner with Spurs in 1981 and 1982, Glenn relives his Wembley dreams, Ricky Villa’s iconic ’81 replay goal against Manchester City and what the competition meant to him as a fan. He also reveals if he would be interested in a possible return to Tottenham. Glenn reflects on his move to Monaco, playing under Arsène Wenger and even how he came to recommend Wenger to Arsenal. They also discuss England’s World Cup exit to Argentina in 1998, including David Beckham’s red card and Sol Campbell’s disallowed goal, and Glenn recalls his most frightening moment as a football manager.We also have a brand new segment, Carling’s Added Time Inbox, which gives YOU the chance to ask Joe, Ashley and our guest any questions that you like. Glenn takes us through his appearance on The Masked Singer and Ashley reveals his unusual choice of song for karaoke.Elsewhere, the lads discuss the Emirates FA Cup 5th round matches, Glenn offers management advice to Ashley and shares why performing on Top of…

People in this episode

Hosts: Joe Cole, Ashley Cole

Guest: Glenn Hoddle

Topics covered

• FA Cup
• Tottenham
• football philosophy
• England football
• World Cup
• management advice

Keywords

• Glenn Hoddle
• FA Cup
• Tottenham
• Arsenal
• football management
• World Cup
• England
• Ricky Villa
• David Beckham
• Sol Campbell

Sponsors

Carling

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Arsenal, Tottenham, Monaco, England

Books & works: The Masked Singer, Top of the Pops

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