Football Between The Lines

We start with Spurs winning a game but somehow still end up asking what’s actually going on, after yet another serious injury adds to a worrying pattern. From there it spirals into a wider chat about football itself. Playing to the whistle, diving, VAR, and whether the game is slowly losing what made it great in the first place. We get into Wembley fatigue, ticket prices, games abroad, and why it feels like fans are being stretched more than ever. There’s also chaos from the lower leagues, European competitions, and some genuinely mad moments that remind you why you fell in love with football in the first place. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dan’s back from Florence and feeling human again, so naturally we get into European away days, football getting in the way of drinking, and why Spurs are absolutely definitely probably staying up. We also chat Arsenal and City, Cherki being outrageously good, Moyes quietly doing a brilliant job, Chelsea being a mess, and somehow end up discussing prison cellmates, Deep Blue Sea and why talking about curtain linings during a late Spurs collapse should be a criminal offence. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We start with Palace battering Fiorentina and somehow end up in a full blown existential chat about football. Glasner’s leaving, VAR’s ruining everything, PSG remind us what the game can be, and we question why clubs keep voting to keep something nobody seems to like. There’s also hypocrisy, sharks, and a genuinely tricky conversation about what fans do when they disagree with their club. Standard really. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dan's playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5CsykjycxHhDfWAbSfxNXZ?si=d5btK_oJSGO1idRV0DqzDgπ=k852UlC2SW2ps We veered all over the place on this one. We got into the fuss around Mo Salah and whether anyone outside Liverpool really cares, talked through Rodri flirting with Real Madrid, had a laugh about Wales crashing out, and somehow ended up deep in sharks, herons, cockerels and funeral songs. Proper international break behaviour. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week we spiral through football tattoos, cursed fan behaviour and the strange clarity that comes with a proper relegation scrap. We chat Spurs showing signs of life, the fan-planned coach welcome before Sunday, Chelsea becoming meme FC under Rossini, and why getting knocked out of the Champions League somehow felt fine. There’s also Palace in Europe, dodgy away-end etiquette, Roy Keane in Saipan, and the usual drift into complete nonsense. Fear, dread, humility and a lot of very stupid chat. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We start with Palace beating Spurs and what that game revealed about just how bad things have got. From there it turns into a proper spiral through relegation fears, whether the Championship might actually reset Tottenham, VAR ruining the moment, the proposed offside law change, and the absolute chaos of Rangers v Celtic. There’s also a £3 pint, one of the worst pub moments ever told on a football podcast, and a bit on Paul Scholes randomly going after Michael Carrick. Classic us, basically. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The world feels like it’s on fire, our timelines are chaos, and somehow we still have to talk about football like it’s normal. We get into Arsenal winning ugly and why set pieces and long throws are basically superpowered now, then spiral into VAR doing what VAR does, handball nonsense, the Lacroix red card, and the general death of consistency. We also chat Bundesliga trying to crack the UK via Goldbridge and The Overlap, why everyone’s obsessed with viral clips, and whether football can ever be a proper escape again. Plus: Malady Monday returns with visual snow syndrome, away day costs, and Flav learning the hard way that raving at 44 comes with interest. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Tottenham lose 4-1 to Arsenal again as Igor Tudor takes charge for his first game and the North London derby delivers another brutal reality check. We break down why Spurs were never really in it, how injuries and players out of position shaped the match, and what Tudor was trying to change in such a short turnaround. We also react to Tudor’s early comments about Spurs needing to “become serious,” talk survival maths, and look ahead to a tricky run including Fulham away. Plus: Palace’s European trip chaos, Glasner backlash, modern football’s “aura” obsession, and a listener-driven debate on whether VAR should be replaced by a challenge system or binned altogether. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Not much to talk about, apparently, so naturally we end up on Spurs sacking Frank, Forest binning Dyche at 1am, and why football owners are absolute chaos merchants. Then we spiral into Glasner’s farewell vibes, “style vs survival”, relegation anxiety, injuries, red card bans, Bruno vs Bernardo, and the eternal rage of part-time fans piping up after a result. All very normal, all very bleak, up the pod. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We get into the Eddie Howe in vs out noise after Newcastle go out of the League Cup, and why match-going fans and online fans sound like they’re watching different sports. We also talk Chelsea vs Arsenal and Rossini’s game plan, why punditry changes depending on the final score, and that Telegraph piece about Arsenal fans, plus AFTV and the wider culture of performative football content. Then we detour into deadline day drama, aphantasia, and somehow end up rating films and debating whether Dan has hair. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We love the Champions League format and why, despite the moaning, it’s producing absolute mayhem. From the Goal Show chaos to Benfica’s wild win, Mourinho staying relevant, and Bodo Glimt doing Bodo Glimt things, it’s pure jeopardy TV. Then we pivot into Premier League vs Europe, what Arne Slot probably shouldn’t have said out loud, and a quick wander through Sterling leaving Chelsea, Palace panic, and Spurs somehow grinding on through a ridiculous injury list. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We’re fresh off The Overlap and straight into the chaos. Chelsea’s “yes man” manager chat, the weirdness of them not nailing a proper shirt sponsor, and why multi-club ownership “blind trusts” feel like a total con. Then we’re onto Real Madrid being a basket case, Trent potentially getting binned already, and why England clubs are starting to swallow the Champions League format whole. There’s Palace drama too, Mateta’s rocking the boat, Strand Larsen links, and a little corner reserved for Gary Cotterell doing the most cringe question imaginable. Plus: can Declan Rice ever win the Ballon d’Or, or are we all just losing our minds? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We’ve had a week of it. Villa fans came for us in numbers after The Overlap dragged up an old Big Six debate clip, so naturally we’ve now got a lifelong vendetta. Then we spiral into the proper stuff: why VAR has killed goal celebrations, why five minute offside checks are a disgrace, and whether football was better when you just glanced at the lino and went mad. There’s Spurs misery, West Ham dread, protest chat, Gallagher being “a terrier”, a quick detour into Chelsea, and a bumper comments section featuring the Raggett brothers, scrap invitations, and the legendary Sandwich Video. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices