The Totally Football Show with James Richardson

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  • James Richardson and Team Totally are here three times a week throughout the season with all the football news and chat you need - and plenty that you don’t.
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  • Real Madrid & PSG progress on pens - now time for Liverpool v Newcastle at Wembley

    Real Madrid & PSG progress on pens - now time for Liverpool v Newcastle at Wembley
    Mar 13 2025
    Jimbo welcomes Michael Cox, Duncan Alexander and Tom Williams into the studio with high-stakes drama everywhere you look. Real Madrid break Atletico hearts again on penalties in the Champions League, with all the post-match discussion centred on Julian Alvarez’s double-touch penalty disallowed by VAR. PSG are also victorious on penalties at Anfield. Hear about the heroics of Vitinha and Donnurumma, plus why PSG can take advantage of other teams’ exhaustion. Or will Marco Asensio come back to bite them in the next round? Next up for Liverpool, the Carabao Cup final against Newcastle at Wembley on Sunday. George Caulkin makes the case for Eddie Howe’s Magpies to finally end the club’s trophy drought. In the Premier League, there’s Ruud van Nistelrooy in the dug-out yet again for Leicester v Man United, as well as Arsenal v Chelsea and Man City v Brighton. Plus so-called journalists, pigs in alleys and being out for the rest of the season Produced by Charlie Jones. RUNNING ORDER: • PART 1: Real beat Atletico - next up Arsenal (05.00) • PART 2a: PSG beat Liverpool on penalties (17.00) • PART 2b: Aston Villa 3-0 Club Brugge (29.00) • PART 2c: Elsewhere in the Champions League (32.00) • PART 3: Carabao Cup final preview with George Caulkin (41.00) • PART 4: Premier League weekend preview (51.00) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 15 mins
  • Atleti and Real go again in Madrid derby as Bayern, Bayer and Dortmund all lose

    Atleti and Real go again in Madrid derby as Bayern, Bayer and Dortmund all lose
    Mar 11 2025
    Jimbo’s joined by Julien Laurens, Pol Ballús and Seb Stafford-Bloor for a deep-dive into domestic and European matters across the continent. Last week’s Champions League first legs left some results more conclusive than others… we’re looking at you, PSV 1-7 Arsenal! But there’s still plenty of intrigue with the ties between Liverpool and PSG, Real and Atleti and Barca and Benfica finely poised. In La Liga, Real warmed up for their trip across the capital with a 2-1 win over Rayo Vallecano, while Atleti were on the wrong end of that scoreline in a dramatic late defeat at Girona. Meanwhile Barcelona’s game with Osasuna was postponed just 20 minutes before kick-off following the sudden death of first team doctor Carles Miñarro Garcia. In Ligue 1, PSG’s B-team made light work of Rennes to move 16 points clear at the top of the table - while Paulo Fonseca began his nine month (!) touchline ban as he watched his side beat Nice 2-0 from the stands to put themselves right in the mix for European football next season. Max Callegari - host of Pressing on Canale 5 - joins us to run the rule over all the Serie A action, which included humiliation for Juve, a first win in six for Napoli and spookily similar comebacks for Milan and Inter. And in the Bundesliga, there was history as for the first time in nearly 20 years Bayern, Leverkusen and Dortmund all lost on the same matchday. Produced by Lucy Oliva. RUNNING ORDER: • PART 1: Moments of the weekend and Champions League teases (00.40) • PART 2: La Liga review - Mixed fortunes for Madrid sides as tragedy hits Barca (09.40) • PART 3: Ligue 1 review - PSG flying high as Fonseca begins his touchline ban (19.35) • PART 4: Serie A review - Juve out of the title race as Milan sides stage 3-2 comebacks (33.30) • PART 5: Bundesliga review - big boys all beaten as Bayer, Bayern and Dortmund lose (45.30) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 5 mins
  • Man United frustrate Arsenal again while Forest formula foils Man City

    Man United frustrate Arsenal again while Forest formula foils Man City
    Mar 10 2025
    Jimbo is joined in the studio by Daniel Storey, Tim Spiers and Adrian Clarke as the race for Champions League football hots up. Arsenal can only draw at Old Trafford, allowing Liverpool’s lead to extend to 15 points. With goals still proving an issue outside of Eindhoven, could their place in the top 5 be under threat? The same question has to be asked of Man City who lose to Nottingham Forest at the City Ground. How did Pep get Nuno’d again? Maybe the game of the weekend is at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium as an impressive Bournemouth somehow only draw after taking a 2-0 lead. Would Andoni Iraola ever consider taking the Spurs job? Plus where it’s going wrong for Cole Palmer and why it’s going right for Crystal Palace. Produced by Charlie Jones. RUNNING ORDER: • PART 1a: Man United 1-1 Arsenal (04.30) • PART 1b: Chelsea 1-0 Leicester (12.00) • PART 1c: Spurs 2-2 Bournemouth (15.00) • PART 2a: Nottingham Forest 1-0 Man City (23.00) • PART 2b: Brighton 2-1 Fulham (32.00) • PART 2c: Liverpool 3-1 Southampton (35.00) • PART 3a: Crystal Palace 1-0 Ipswich (42.00) • PART 3b: Wolves 1-1 Everton (47.00) • PART 3c: Brentford 0-1 Aston Villa (52.00) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 3 mins

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