By Far The Greatest Team Football Podcast
By Far The Greatest Team is a football history podcast dedicated to answering one timeless question:
Who is the greatest football team of all time?
From iconic dynasties and legendary tournament winners to cult heroes, forgotten giants, and teams that burned brightly for just a moment, By Far The Greatest Team dives deep into the stories that shaped football’s past — and debates where those teams truly belong in the game’s hierarchy.
Hosted by lifelong football obsessives, each episode blends deep historical research, tactical insight, and story-driven discussion to explore:
- Legendary club and international sides
- Iconic seasons, tournaments, and golden eras
- Tactical revolutions and defining moments
- Cultural impact, myth-making, and legacy
- Underdog stories that rewrote football history
At the heart of the podcast is a unique Greatness Ranking System, where teams are judged across multiple levels — from All-Time Greats and True Greats, to Cult Classics, Edge-of-Greatness teams, and those remembered through nostalgia, context, or controversy. Greatness isn’t just about trophies — it’s about impact, identity, and influence.
Whether it’s Brazil’s brilliance, a one-season wonder, a cup-run miracle, or a team that changed how football was played, every episode asks the same question — how great were they… really?
If you love football history, tactical debate, long-forgotten stories, and arguing about rankings in pubs, living rooms, or online forums — this is the podcast for you.
Whether you’re searching for a football history podcast, soccer history deep dives, greatest football teams of all time, classic football teams, or tactical and cultural analysis of football, By Far The Greatest Team delivers long-form storytelling, informed debate, and timeless football nostalgia. Covering club football and international tournaments, iconic managers and players, golden eras, forgotten greats, and controversial rankings, this podcast is essential listening for fans of the Premier League, World Cups, European football, and the global history of the beautiful game.
🎙️ Football’s greatest teams. Ranked.
One episode at a time.
Episodes
128 episodes
World Cup USA 1994
How great was World Cup USA 1994 — and did it change football forever?In a special change of direction for By Far The Greatest Team, Graham Dunn and Jamie Rooney step away from ranking a club or national team to debate th...
FA Cup Pioneers: Wanderers 1872-1883
How great were the FA Cup pioneers — and were Wanderers the first truly great cup team? In this special episode of By Far The Greatest Team, Graham Dunn and Jamie Rooney are joined by brilliant football history guest...
Leyton Orient 1994-1995
How Great Were Leyton Orient 1994–1995? | Football Club for a Fiver, John Sitton & Football’s Rawest DocumentaryWhat happens when a football documentary captures not the glory of the game, but the collapse — emotional, financi...
Brighton & Hove Albion 1982-1983
How great were Brighton & Hove Albion 1982–1983?In this episode of By Far The Greatest Team, Graham Dunn and Jamie Rooney are joined by South Coast Jamie Wilson to tell the story of one of English football’s great con...
FC Twente 2009-2011
How Great Were FC Twente 2009–2011? | Steve McClaren, Bryan Ruiz, and the Club That Broke the Dutch OrderWere FC Twente 2009–2011 one of the great outsider stories of modern European football — a provincial club from Enschede risi...
Blackpool 2009-2011
Were Blackpool 2009–11 one of the greatest one-season teams in Premier League history — not because they stayed up, but because they made themselves unforgettable?In this episode of By Far The Greatest Team, Graham Dunn and...
Liverpool 1968-1974
How Great Were Liverpool 1968–1974? | Bill Shankly’s Last Great Liverpool SideWere Liverpool 1968–1974 the most important bridge in the club’s history — the side that not only won major honours, but carried Bill Shankly’s revoluti...
Stoke City 2008-2013
How Great Were Stoke City 2008–2013? | Tony Pulis, the Britannia Fortress, and the Art of Being Horrible to Play Against Were Stoke City 2008–2013 one of the most misunderstood teams of the Premier League era — dismissed as b...
Arsenal 1925-1939
How Great Were Arsenal 1925–1939? | Chapman’s Super Club RevolutionHow does a London club go from obscurity to dominance — and, in the process, invent the blueprint for the modern football super club?In this episode of B...
Arsenal 1997-1999
How Great Were Arsenal 1997–1999? | Wenger’s Revolution BeginsHow does a famously old-school English powerhouse become modern overnight — and, in the process, help change football forever?In this episode of By Far The Gr...
Liverpool 1961-1968
How Great Were Liverpool 1961–1968? | Bill Shankly’s First Reds: The Boot Room BlueprintHow does a drifting Second Division club become Liverpool again — and, in the process, invent the modern football superpower: identity?...
AC Milan 2002-2008
Were AC Milan (2002–2008) the ultimate redemption dynasty — or the last great old-world superteam? Graham and Jamie are joined by Gus Krasonic to go properly old-school on one of the most legend-stacked teams ever asse...
Bayern Munich 1993-1998
Bayern Munich 1993–1999: FC Hollywood and the Birth of a Super Club How did Bayern Munich turn chaos, ego, and controversy into the foundation of a modern super club? In this episode of By Far The Greatest Tea...
Huddersfield Town 1921-1928
Huddersfield Town 1921–1928: England’s First Super Club?How did Huddersfield Town become English football’s first true dynasty — and why does their story still matter today?In this episode of By Far The Greatest Team
Rangers 1986-1991
Rangers 1986–91: Souness’ Ibrox RevolutionHow did Graeme Souness transform Rangers overnight — and change Scottish football’s culture, money, and power balance forever?In this episode of By Far The Greatest Team, hos...
Norwich City 1992-1994
Was Norwich City’s early Premier League brilliance a fleeting miracle — or proof that football’s outsiders could dream big?In this episode of By Far The Greatest Team, hosts Graham Dunn and Jamie Rooney are joined by...
Vancouver Whitecaps 1979
Welcome back to the NASL madhouse… because for the final episode of our mid-season break, Graham and I are joined by super-guest Phil Craig to relive the glorious, chaotic magic of Vancouver Whitecaps 1979 — the year a club built on steel, stru...
North Korea 1966
Is North Korea 1966 the most astonishing World Cup underdog run of all time?In this Mid-Season Break Seasonal Special, super guest Phil Craig takes us down one of football history’s most improbable rabbit holes: N...
Manchester City 1967-1970
As our mid-season winter break continues, By Far The Greatest Team keeps the spotlight firmly on teams whose greatness deserves revisiting — even if they don’t always get the full episode treatment.This time, Graham and Jamie hand...
Chesterfield 1997
As we head into our traditional mid-season winter break, By Far The Greatest Team is doing things a little differently.Instead of stepping away entirely, Graham and Jamie have put together a special run of bite-sized mini-episo...
1. FC Kaiserslautern 1996-1998
1. FC Kaiserslautern 1996–1998: The Miracle on the BetzenbergCan a team really fall from the Bundesliga… win a cup… rebuild in the second tier… then return to win the title at the first attempt? In this episode, we dive into the e...
Wimbledon 1984-1988
From non-league obscurity to conquering the kings of English football — the story of Wimbledon FC from 1984 to 1988 is one of the greatest, wildest, and most unbelievable rises in football history.In this episode of By Far The...
AFC Bournemouth 1984 & other FA Cup Shocks
AFC Bournemouth 1984: Harry Redknapp’s Giant Killers & The Quest to Crown the Greatest FA Cup ShockHow did a struggling Third Division side pull off one of the most dramatic FA Cup upsets of all time — and does Bournemouth ...