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.
By Far The Greatest Team Football Podcast
Liverpool 1968-1974
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How Great Were Liverpool 1968–1974? | Bill Shankly’s Last Great Liverpool Side
Were 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 revolution from one great era into the next?
In this episode of By Far The Greatest Team, Graham Dunn and Jamie Rooney are joined once again by regular guest Declan Clark to explore the final great Liverpool side built by Bill Shankly.
This was a team in transition, but not in decline. As the giants of the mid-1960s faded, Shankly rebuilt again — reshaping Liverpool around new energy, new partnerships, and a new attacking edge. Out went some of the old certainties, and in came a side driven by Kevin Keegan, transformed by the arrival of John Toshack, and held together by the standards, steel, and emotional force that Shankly had embedded into the club.
The episode dives into Liverpool’s tactical evolution in the late 60s and early 70s, the growing importance of players like Emlyn Hughes, Tommy Smith, and Ian Callaghan, and the way this side adapted to a changing English game. We look at the domestic title battles, the near-misses, the rise of fierce rivalries with Leeds United, Arsenal, and Derby County, and the breakthrough of 1972–73, when Liverpool won both the league title and the UEFA Cup.
But this is also the story of endings. Shankly’s shock resignation in 1974 remains one of the most emotional departures in football history, and this episode reflects on what he left behind: not just trophies, but a culture, an identity, and the foundations of the Liverpool dynasty that followed.
Was this simply Shankly’s last great team — or one of the most important in Liverpool’s entire story?
Takeaways
- How Bill Shankly rebuilt Liverpool for a second great cycle
- Why Kevin Keegan and John Toshack became such a devastating partnership
- How Liverpool evolved tactically during the early 1970s
- Why the 1972–73 season was such a major moment in club history
- What Shankly’s final team left behind for the Liverpool sides that followed
If you enjoy football history, tactical evolution, and the stories behind the teams that shaped the game, this is the episode for you.
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https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/by-far-the-greatest-team-football-podcast/id1678832405
📺 YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/@BFTGT
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