What's the meaning of football without live spectators? And how much is the experience of being in a crowd part of the joy of the game?  Adrian and John are joined by Jon Berry, a Birmingham City sufferer and the author of two ace books, H...

Andrew Spence shares the story of his Talk Sport documentary series and podcast Coming In From The Cold which tells the history of black footballers in England.  He's joined by Anne-Marie Batson, niece of former West Bromwich Albion star p...

Should football fans have to pay £14.95 to watch their team's match on pay per view TV when stadiums are closed because of Coronavirus?  And how credible is a proposed bailout package for the EFL which would give greater voting rights to b...

Adrian and John are joined for this episode by Gareth Castick, one of the directors of Bury AFC, a fan-owned club starting at the base of the football pyramid, after Bury FC were expelled from the Football League.There's a lively discus...

Adrian is preaching nothing short of a football revolution in this episode, with a Manifesto for English Football, and argues for the creation of what are effectively two codes of the game.  He's ably assisted by John Nicholson, author of ...

As the UK and China drift towards a diplomatic Cold War, what will be the knock-on effect for English football, which has attracted numerous Chinese investors and owners over recent years.  Manchester City, Wolves, Aston Villa, West Brom, ...

In this episode Adrian and John discuss the plight of Wigan Athletic who have been put into administration without warning after ownership of the club was passed to a company registered in the Cayman Islands.  Lifelong Latics supporter Kar...

Adrian and John are joined by writer Daniel Gray in an appreciation of Scottish football.  Daniel is the editor of the Scottish football periodical Nutmeg and wrote a book called Stramash, the story of Scotland through its smaller clubs.

For this episode Adrian and John are joined by Alyson Walsh (@fairfloozie) Commercial Director of Fare Share who gives the inside story on Marcus Rashford's successful social media campaign to persuade the government to provide free meals for n...

Adrian Goldberg and John Nicholson are joined by Tom Walsh from the Wise Men Say podcast to discuss the the future of Sunderland Football Club, amid fears that a pledge to repay £20million in parachute payments - used by the current directors t...

Adrian Goldberg and John Nicholson discuss Manchester City's appeal against a two year European ban for breaching UEFA's Financial Fair Play regulations.  They are joined by David Mooney, producer of the Manchester City podcast Blue Moon.<...

Adrian Goldberg and John Nicholson discuss radical proposals by Conservative MP Damian Collins aimed at saving financially ailing Football League clubs in the aftermath of Coronavirus.(The previous episode of this podcast features an in...

"We may only have a few weeks to save football in this country as we know it” warns Damian Collins MP - who has come up with a radical new plant to save clubs who might go out of business because of Coronavirus.He’s calling for a govern...

Football writer and Middlebrough sufferer John Nicholson talks about his book Can We Have Our Football Back, a stinging polemic against the Premier League. Follow John on Twitter @johnnythenicPresented by Adrian Goldberg (@...

Port Vale co-Chair Carol Shanahan explains how her club will move forward following the unanimous decision to immediately end the League Two season (apart from the play-offs) because of Coronavirus.  The proposal (subject to FA rat...

35 years on from the Bradford City fire which killed 56 football fans, Adrian Goldberg discusses the lessons learned and the opportunities missed with John Dewhirst, co founder of the Bantams' fanzine City Gent, and an eye witness to the traged...

As the Coronavirus lockdown continues the Premier League has launched Project Restart in a desperate attempt to resume playing.  Unless the season continues, their continued flow of TV revenue is in jeopardy.  Broadcaster Jonny Gould ...

While the Premier League and EFL are looking forward to a resumption of football after the peak of Coronavirus - behind closed doors if necessary - hundreds of non-league clubs are coming to terms with having their season declared null and void...

Should there be rigorous testing of who is a fit and proper person to run a football club? The idea was mooted more than 30 years ago in the Off The Ball fanzine, and in the years since then both the Premier League and EFL have introduced an Ow...

Did Russia and Qatar buy off officials from football's world governing body FIFA to secure the right to host the World Cup? Both countries deny any wrongdoing, but evidence recently presented to a court in the United States suggests otherwise.&...

Some of the wealthiest owners in English football - including Mike Ashley of Newcastle and Joe Lewis at Spurs - have earned criticism for relying on taxpayer handouts to help pay the wages of their non-playing staff during the enforced Coronavi...

How does English football deal with the aftermath of the Coronovirus Pandemic of 2020?  A plan to null and void the season at lower levels of the men's and women's games has met with a fierce backlash, while the future of the professional ...

In the late 80's and 90's Charlton Athletic Fans organised as a political party to save their clubs and return it to its spiritual home The Valley.  In the last five years, they've had to mobilise again, this time to see off Roland Du Chat...