122 | The FA Cup Final Should Mean More Than This

About this episode

The episode discusses the decline of the FA Cup final's significance in English football and explores ways to restore its magic.

ICMP has kindly released an extra few tickets for our live show on 22nd May, so we can squeeze a few more of you in. Plans are coming together and it should be a fun night there will also be copies of the various books of the Liberi on sale and they may even sign them for you. Doors 7pm at The Venue on the ICMP Queens Park Campus in west London. The link for tickets is here 👍 The FA Cup should be English football’s national day. It was English football’s national day, a final punctuation mark on another season, anointing heroes and reducing grown men to tears. Jack Pitt Brooke, Miguel Delaney and Tariq Panja discuss how the FA Cup final lost its way and what ingredients are needed to bring back the magic. P1: (10:08) P2: (30:42) Produced by: Tom Bassam Email in via getintouch@liberopodcast.com Subscribe to our YouTube channel @liberopod Join our Discord @Libero Podcast Follow us on X @podcast_libero Follow us on Bluesky @liberopodcast.com Follow us on Instagram @liberopod Follow us on TikTok @liberopod Follow us on Facebook @liberopod Music: Kid Kodi - Blue Dot Sessions Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

People in this episode

Guests: Jack Pitt Brooke, Miguel Delaney, Tariq Panja

Topics covered

• FA Cup
• English football
• live show
• soccer culture
• sports discussion

Keywords

• FA Cup
• live show
• tickets
• football culture
• soccer

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: ICMP

Places: Queens Park Campus, west London

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