Four At The Back

2022 FIFA World Cup - The England Episode

Wed, 28 Dec 2022 07:00:02 GMT

A quarter final exit at the hands of the runners-up, but Gareth Southgate is staying on until Euro 2024 in Germany. Pete, Joe and Neil talk through how the tournament went, and what the future holds for the manager and some of the more difficult to call positions in his team.

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2022 FIFA World Cup - Review of the Final!

Wed, 21 Dec 2022 16:00:01 GMT

From a dead game to the most memorable final of all time, all in the space of about two minutes. Joe, Neil and Pete come together to relive the final and think about how the tournament will be remembered going forward.

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2022 FIFA World Cup - The Quarters and Semi Finals

Fri, 16 Dec 2022 13:30:58 GMT

Since our last episode, England are out, as are Neymar and Ronaldo, and the stage is set for France vs Argentina in the final. Pete and Maz talk over the last two rounds, and look ahead to what might happen in the generational clash between Messi and Mbappe for the greatest prize in world football.

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2022 FIFA World Cup - Second Round Review

Fri, 09 Dec 2022 14:00:39 GMT

Is it the second round or the round of 16? Just one of the many questions covered as Maz and Neil get together to cover England vs Senegal, Netherlands vs USA, big wins for Brazil and Portugal and a famous win for Morocco over Spain.

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2022 FIFA World Cup - Group Stage Review

Sat, 03 Dec 2022 13:00:36 GMT

Maz and Pete are joined by special guest Bobby Cash for a recap of the opening round of the World Cup. How good are the heavyweights, how do you make sense of the shock results, and just what does the future hold for casualties like Belgium, Germany, and Wales?

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Episode 35: Stoke City 2010-11

Fri, 18 Nov 2022 07:00:25 GMT

Stoke City became one of the most divisive sides of the Premier League-era, but they also went from one of the least fancied to survive for around a decade. They're also completely inseparable from the idea of one man: the head coach who shaped the team through their years of consolidation, Tony Pulis. Joe, Pete, and Neil get together to discuss the legacy of Stoke City, how you compete against bigger teams with less money, and how football narratives often takeover what happens on the pitch.

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Episode 34: Derby County 2007-08

Fri, 11 Nov 2022 07:00:08 GMT

The record-breaking Derby County and their lowest ever points haul in Premier League history serve as a jumping off point for a chat about promotion, competitiveness, and just how do you go about becoming one of the worst teams to compete in the EPL?

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Episode 33: Newcastle United 1995-96

Fri, 04 Nov 2022 07:30:44 GMT

Twelve points clear, Keegan's rant, couldn't defend.... there's a lot of myths that have attached themselves to this team. Something that isn't a myth is that the 'Entertainers' were the clear neutral's choice, and for a short time at least, everyone's second team. Neil, Joe and Pete look at one of the most beloved teams in the Premier League, going from the importance of Peter Beardsley, trading Ginola stories, and looking how it all went wrong - and ended so soon after.

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Episode 32: Blackburn Rovers 1994-95

Fri, 28 Oct 2022 06:30:26 GMT

Shearer and Sutton, Jack Walker's money, the progressive style of Graeme Le Saux and the committed defending of Colin Hendry - just a few of the topics up for discussion as the Four at the Back lads turn their attention to the 1994-95 Premier League Champions, Blackburn Rovers.

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Episode 31: Chelsea 1998-2000

Fri, 21 Oct 2022 06:00:26 GMT

In the late 1990s, Chelsea went from a run of the mill Premier League team deprived of success to a cosmopolitan, trophy-laden outfit packed with superstars. Under Gianluca Vialli, they threatened to disrupt the established order of the English league. Then, just as quickly, Vialli was sacked and it was over. But during those years under both Vialli and Ruud Gullit, the groundwork was laid to make Chelsea attractive to foreign investors. Pete, Maz and Neil get together to look over how Chelsea went from also-rans to a global juggernaut.

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Season 4 Coming soon!

Wed, 28 Sep 2022 06:30:50 GMT

It's been a while, but season 4 of Four at the Back is nearly here.....

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Dele Alli - What Went Wrong?

Mon, 05 Sep 2022 06:00:31 GMT

In 2018, Dele Alli was one of the stars of Tottenham Hotspur and the England national team, and one of the hottest prospects in football. Just four years later, he's failed to make an impact at relegation-threatened Everton and is off to Turkey on loan, his England career seemingly consigned to history. In this bonus episode, Neil and Pete go back over the last few years, picking out the details and the important matches to answer the question - what went wrong?

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The Biggest Transfer Disasters (Part 2)

Mon, 22 Aug 2022 06:00:19 GMT

Pete, Joe, and Neil continue their conversation about the biggest transfer disasters in Premier League history, this time by using the transfers involving their own clubs as a starting point.

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The Biggest Transfer Disasters (Part 1)

Mon, 15 Aug 2022 06:00:52 GMT

There are few things more joyous in football than when another club throws a lot of money away on a player that doesn't deliver. In the first episode of this two-part bonus, Joe, Pete, and Neil are here to talk about some of the biggest (or funniest) transfer disasters in Premier League history.

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2022-23 Premier League Preview (Part Two)

Wed, 03 Aug 2022 06:00:16 GMT

Everyone is back again to finish our preview of the Premier League season, with this episode taking in the middle of the pack and the teams expected to struggle. Where did the likes of Aston Villa, Everton, Leeds, Newcastle and Southampton all finish? Listen and find out!

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2022-23 Premier League Preview (Part One)

Mon, 01 Aug 2022 06:00:43 GMT

The gang are back together! For the first time in a while, all four members of the team are here to look over the chances of the teams ahead of Friday's curtain raiser for this season's Premier League. In this first part, we're focusing on the teams expected to finish in the top 8.

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How did the 'Big Six' lose to Leicester?

Mon, 18 Jul 2022 06:00:21 GMT

In 2015-16, Leicester City stunned the footballing world. In this bonus episode, Pete and Maz take a deeper look at the so-called 'big six', to ask just how did they allow an underdog to come through and win the league that year. Leicester were obviously great, but teams with much greater resources and better squads all fell by the wayside, so in this episode we ask - just what went wrong?

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The Ultimate 'Wenger Arsenal' XI

Mon, 04 Jul 2022 07:00:36 GMT

Arsene Wenger was the manager at Arsenal for more than 1200 games and won three titles, and multiple FA Cups. During that time he managed some of the great players in world football. But who would be the best Arsenal team across that period? Pete, Maz and Neil sit down to put together an 'ultimate' level based on Arsene's spell in North London....

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The Greatest Premier League Number 10s

Mon, 20 Jun 2022 06:00:15 GMT

A while ago the Match of the Day team talked through their lists of the greatest Premier League number tens, and the Four at the Back team decided to get in on the act. In this bonus episode, Pete and Maz get together to talk through the results, and just how do you get 17 players into a top ten?

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When GQ ranked the EPL Champions....

Mon, 06 Jun 2022 06:00:19 GMT

In 2021, GQ ran a feature ranking the winners of the English Premier League. Maz, Neil and Pete got together to for a bonus episode to see what they made of their list....

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Premier League 2021/22 Season Review

Wed, 25 May 2022 07:00:43 GMT

The 2021/22 season is in the book. Neil and Pete chat through the run-in and what might be next for the teams at both ends of the division.

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The Problems Facing Erik Ten Hag

Fri, 13 May 2022 07:00:03 GMT

Erik Ten Hag will be the next permanent manager of Manchester United, and he's taking over a club that has been poorly run for a decade, one bloated by excess and weighed down by the memories of a glorious past. With a huge rebuilding job on the horizon, Neil and Pete take a look at how Man United got here, and what the former Ajax manager will have to address when he arrives at Old Trafford....

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Oldham Athletic relegated from the Football League

Sun, 01 May 2022 07:00:39 GMT

With Oldham Athletic becoming the first former Premier League club to drop out of the Football League entirely, Pete and Neil get together for an emergency bonus episode of the podcast to remember better times and chat about the damage bad ownership can do to some of our historic clubs.

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Extra Time: Team of Season 3

Mon, 25 Apr 2022 07:00:04 GMT

It wouldn't be the end of a campaign without furious speculation about which players make your team of the season. So Pete, Neil and Maz got together to look over season 3 to pick their Ultimate XI. At least one player from each side, which a second from any one team to make up the numbers. Send us yours at @4atbpod!

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Episode 30: Leicester 1996-2000

Mon, 18 Apr 2022 07:00:14 GMT

Under Martin O'Neill, a group of players came together and redefined what was possible for Leicester City in the late 1990s. This week, Maz, Neil and Pete get together to discuss one of the defining teams of the era, and there'll be plenty of chat about the League Cup.

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Episode 29: Manchester City 2011-12

Mon, 11 Apr 2022 07:00:51 GMT

After a generation of being the small fish in Manchester, the blue half started a rapid climb up the league and ended a long wait for the league title. All the more compelling, it came in the last minute of the last game and denied another title to their glamorous opposition from across the City. This week, Neil, Maz and Pete get together to discuss a team that helped redefine the shape of the Premier League, and the most remarkable climax to a Premier League season we have ever seen.

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Episode 28: France 1998

Mon, 04 Apr 2022 07:00:00 GMT

From the ashes of failure to qualify for multiple tournaments, a group of French footballers redefined what was possible and wrote their names in the history books as some of the most talented players of their era. Neil is joined by Maz and Pete as they look over the team that won the World Cup on home soil to momentarily unite an often fractured nation.

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Episode 27: Norwich City 1992-94

Mon, 28 Mar 2022 07:00:11 GMT

After a brief mid-season interval, Pete, Neil and Maz are back and they're going back to the first year of the Premier League. For most of the season, Norwich City threatened to 'do a Leicester', leading the title race for most of the year playing freeflowing football and winning friends along the way. The following year saw memorable trips to Vitesse Arnhem and, more famously Bayern Munich. From Bryan Gunn to Jeremy Goss, and Mark Robins to Mark Bowen, relive a remarkable 18 months in the history of the Canaries...

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Episode 26: FC Barcelona 2004-2006

Sun, 13 Mar 2022 08:00:34 GMT

When the Galacticos exploded, a great Barcelona team ascended to the top of the Spanish and European game. Their successors might get most of the attention nowadays, but Neil, Pete and Maz spend this episode talking about what made Frank Rijkaard's team one of the most popular major clubs with the neutrals.

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Episode 25: Real Madrid 2000-2003

Mon, 07 Mar 2022 08:00:31 GMT

Around the turn of the Millennium, the controversial Florentino Perez became the President of Real Madrid, promising to sign the world's best players to make the club a footballing and commercial powerhouse. The arrivals of Figo and Zidane heralded a new era - the much-vaunted 'Galacticos'. But did it actually work?

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Episode 24: Sheffield Wednesday 1992/93

Mon, 28 Feb 2022 08:00:02 GMT

Sometimes defeats hide more than they reveal. This week Four at the Back looks at the runners-up in the 1993 League and FA Cup finals to pay tribute to what was a remarkable Sheffield Wednesday side. Join us as we talk Chris Waddle, Mark Bright, the injuries of David Hirst and the versatility of Paul Warhurst!

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Episode 23: Tottenham Hotspur 1994/95

Mon, 21 Feb 2022 08:00:09 GMT

Could a side win honours in the 1990s playing with five attackers? Maybe not, but this 1994/95 Spurs side certainly won their fair share of hearts. Adding international stars Jurgen Klinsmann, Ilie Dumitrescu, and Gica Popescu to a talented batch of English players, all of the eyes of the footballing world were on this corner of North London. If anything it was all too brief....

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Episode 22: Arsenal 2003/04

Mon, 14 Feb 2022 08:00:45 GMT

How hard is it to go an entire season unbeaten? Well, no one had done it for 115 years in the English top flight before this Arsenal team came along in the 2003/04 season. Maz, Neil and Pete get together to talk about Thierry Henry, Sol Campbell, Robert Pires and all the rest, and just what it was that made them capable of this once in a lifetime achievement....

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Episode 21: Wimbledon FC 1993/94

Mon, 07 Feb 2022 12:18:31 GMT

It's been a while but we're glad to be back, and what better way to come back than getting a little bit crazy? Series 3 kicks off with our look at the underdogs of the early Premier League, and how they went from being the crazy gang to actually playing a bit of good football along the way....

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Eddie Howe to Newcastle - Great Opportunity or Hospital Pass?

Thu, 11 Nov 2021 15:31:09 GMT

Mike Ashley and Steve Bruce are out at Newcastle, the Saudi's and Eddie Howe are in. There's a lot going on in the North East, but how much are things actually going to change? And how great is this really for Eddie Howe? Can he do it outside of Bournemouth? Joe and Pete are here to unpack the revolution at one of England's oldest and biggest clubs.

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A New Era For Spurs under Conte?

Mon, 08 Nov 2021 15:07:16 GMT

After the chaos of the summer, an early exit for Nuno seems completely predictable, but Antonio Conte taking over months after turning Daniel Levy down is a more surprising development. Neil and Pete get together to discuss the latest happenings in N17 and what the future holds under the highly-rated Italian coach.

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2021-22 Premier League Season Preview

Fri, 13 Aug 2021 12:27:08 GMT

Neil, Pete, and Maz get together as the new Premier League season looms to take a look at all that's coming up between now and next May.

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Euro 2020 - So near, yet so far.... plus our Teams of the Tournament

Wed, 14 Jul 2021 22:38:30 GMT

England took an early lead but a fairly sorry stretch in the second half surrendered the initiative and led to yet more shootout heartbreak. Joe, Maz and Pete look back at the final and choose their team of the tournament. The catch? They can only take one player from each squad. Verratti or Chiellini? Stirling or Maguire? Stephen O'Donnell or Lyndon Dykes? There's some tough choices to be made.....

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Euro 2020 - Semi finals.... Is It Actually Coming Home?

Fri, 09 Jul 2021 21:31:22 GMT

England got through.... but was it a penalty? The Four at the Back crowd aren't sure. And exactly what is Mason Mount's role in this England team? These are two things on our mind as we talk through England's progress to their first major men's final in 55 years, and there's also time enough to discuss what was a minor classic in the other semi between Italy and Spain.

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Euro 2020 - England hit 4! Plus the Rest of the Quarter Finals

Tue, 06 Jul 2021 10:51:07 GMT

England are growing into the tournament and, a couple of dodgy moments aside, did a very professional job of getting past Ukraine. All four of the boys are back to talk through what Southgate is getting right, how good it is to follow an England team that inspires enthusiasm, and where back-to-back Semi-Finals puts Southgate in the pantheon of England managers. They also wax lyrical about Italy, take a look at England's opponents in the next round in Denmark, and revisit Spain squeaking their way past tournament surprise package, Switzerland.

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Euro 2020 - Round of 16

Fri, 02 Jul 2021 10:00:03 GMT

It's safe to say the Round of 16 was eventful. England recorded a huge win over Germany, Switzerland stunned France in a classic only an hour after another truly memorable game between Switzerland and France, while the holders were also put out by Belgium. Maz, Neil and Pete get together to discuss all this, as well as Denmark's comfortable win over Wales, Italy needing extra time to beat Austria, the Czechs upsetting the Netherlands, and what Ukraine's victory over Sweden means for Southgate's men in the Quarter final.

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Euro 2020 - Group Stage Review

Fri, 25 Jun 2021 10:28:33 GMT

With the groups in the bag and sixteen countries safely through, Joe, Neil and Pete return to recap the group stage and briefly look ahead to the next round. Plus, what is this England team's identity?

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Euro 2020 - England vs Scotland, plus the rest

Sat, 19 Jun 2021 01:04:21 GMT

England all but assured their passage into the second round with a draw against Scotland, so why are some of the lads so downbeat? Wales made it to the next round, the lads are warming up to Italy, and there's a first look at the group of death. Joe, Maz and Pete are all back within minutes of the final whistle of the game at Wembley to give their thoughts on the last few days of football from the UEFA European Championship....

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Euro 2020 - England vs Croatia and more

Mon, 14 Jun 2021 00:03:14 GMT

England defied the history books to open with a win over Croatia, Italy beat a surprisingly flat Turkey, while Belgium steamrollered Russia.... and just who did Wales think they were playing for the first hour? All this and more as Joe, Maz, Neil and Pete talk about the games from the opening weekend of UEFA Euro 2020.

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Euro 2020 Preview Show

Wed, 09 Jun 2021 11:30:34 GMT

Euro 2020 is finally here - better late than never! Maz, Neil, and Pete are back again to whet your appetite for the delayed tournament. How will England fare? How will the favourites cope with the Group of Death? And what can we expect from Belgium as their "golden generation" enter the last chance saloon? All this and more!

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2020-21 Premier League Recap

Tue, 08 Jun 2021 16:50:17 GMT

Another Premier League season has come and gone - Pete, Maz and Neil get together to look back on the highs and lows for their own clubs and for the rest of the division.

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Extra Time: Team Of Season 2

Sun, 30 May 2021 12:51:02 GMT

We love constructing a fantasy XI, so we've each built a Team Of The Season based on all of the sides we featured in Season 2 of Four At The Back! See who we picked - from Ferguson to Ferdinand, from McGrath to Muller - and who do you pick from that godawful Newcastle team of 2009? Not a simple task! See you for season 3 later in the summer...

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European Super League Fallout

Sat, 24 Apr 2021 20:47:40 GMT

Like most of the footballing community, we were all stunned by the audacity of the mooted European Super League before it fell apart quicker than it came together. We all got together and talked it out, what it means for the future of the Premier League and Champions League, and the ownership models of elite football clubs.

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Episode 20: Liverpool 1995/96

Mon, 19 Apr 2021 08:00:54 GMT

We are in the dying minutes of Season 2, and it's finally time to talk about Liverpool. Neil, Pete and Joe are going back a quarter of a century to when Fowler, McManaman, Redknapp and Collymore were running the show at Anfield to talk about an early 90s youth intake that didn't reach its potential, one of the most gifted forwards to ever grace the Premier League, and to discuss if this Liverpool team underachieved, or if they were simply left behind by poor management in previous regimes.

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Episode 19: England 2001-2006

Mon, 12 Apr 2021 15:57:14 GMT

The conclusion of our look at England's track record in major tournaments from 1996 to 2006 is here; discussion about Sven-Goran Eriksson's reign, the rise of Rooney, Gerrard and Lampard and the ultimate failure of the so-called "Golden Generation" to return a major trophy. Was it such a failure?

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Episode 18: England 1996-2000

Sun, 04 Apr 2021 09:00:38 GMT

The relationship of the English national football team with its fans is complex, and over the last 25 years it has been through the wringer. In the first of a two-part special on England, the boys take a look back at the glorious failures of Euro '96 and France '98, track the emergence of the so-called 'Golden Generation' and try to work out where it all went wrong. From the dentist's chair to faith healers, there's a lot of nostalgia in this one!

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Episode 17: Charlton Athletic 2000/01

Wed, 31 Mar 2021 09:50:00 GMT

When Charlton were relegated from the Premier League in 1999, few expected them to be back any time soon, let alone become an established force. But under the guidance of Alan Curbishley and his astute recruitment, Charlton upset the status quo and became the blueprint for a slew of clubs that would follow in their footsteps, such as Stoke, Wigan, Swansea and Bournemouth. We relive that side's story of punching above their weight, how they did it, and perhaps an insight into why some teams just don't make the grade.

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Episode 16: Everton 1994/95

Mon, 22 Mar 2021 13:10:30 GMT

When Everton failed to win in their first 12 Premier League matches in 1994/95, they looked doomed for the drop. Enter Joe Royle, who dropped most of the first team and brought in the reserves, and achieved a stunning turnaround by reaching safety in the league, before stunning Manchester United at Wembley and lifting the FA Cup. We talk about the Royle Renaissance, Duncan Ferguson on the run from Rangers, and we hear the tale of Mazza's written tribute to Uncle Nev Southall. Join us, won't you?

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Extra Time: Levy vs Lerner - The Conclusion

Wed, 17 Mar 2021 08:47:10 GMT

Following on from last week's deep dive into the contrasting fortunes of Pete's Aston Villa to Neil's Spurs in the years that have passed since Randy Lerner and Daniel Levy assumed control at their respective clubs, this week they're looking at the best combined XI from those years.

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Extra Time: Lessons to Lerner

Mon, 08 Mar 2021 17:20:43 GMT

Neil and Pete take over the podcast this week discuss their clubs, and their chairmen – Randy Lerner and Daniel Levy. At one time they were competing to steer their club into the Champions League – one succeeded, while the other's tenure ended in catastrophic failure. Why did things play out the way they did?

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What If? Arsenal...

Sun, 28 Feb 2021 18:12:44 GMT

Time for something a little different.

In this week's episode, Maz, Neil and Pete take a look back at one of modern football's biggest sliding doors moments; what if Arsenal never left Highbury? In 2006, the Gunners made the move to a brand new, state of the art stadium at The Emirates, following one of the most successful periods in their history, as Arsene Wenger's men lifted two league titles and a slew of domestic cups. The move was meant to signify Arsenal's transition back into the elite of European football; 15 years on, they have slipped back into continental also-rans. Where might they be if they'd remained at the site of their greatest successes? Did their ambition outweigh their means? Let us know what you think.

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Episode 15: Borussia Dortmund 1996/97

Sun, 21 Feb 2021 18:57:09 GMT

Back in 1997, Borussia Dortmund stunned European football by going all the way to lift the UEFA Champions League trophy, upsetting Manchester United along the way and catching favourites Juventus on the hop in the final. Here's their story; Maz and Neil reminisce about a Dortmund side containing Matthias Sammer and Andreas Moller, and Pete has to say some nice things about one of his least favourite Villa managers...

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Episode 14: Newcastle United 2008/09

Sun, 14 Feb 2021 10:30:21 GMT

The Ashley Catastrophe. We look at the demise of Newcastle United in 2009, and ponder the question; how much of it was down to Mike Ashley, Newcastle's much-maligned owner? 12 years on, what have Newcastle learned from that crazy couple of seasons, as they lurched from Allardyce to Keegan, from Kinnear to Shearer, with an expensively-assembled squad completely lacking in self-belief. As circuses go, this was one of the biggest to ever roll into the Premier League. Relive it with us this week!

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Extra Time: All-Time Premier League 442

Sun, 07 Feb 2021 11:01:39 GMT

A change of pace this week, as Pete, Maz and Neil each choose a Premier League era XI with one caveat: the personnel has to fit into that most English of formations, the 4-4-2! They debate and discuss the reasoning behind their choices and what their thought processes were when narrowing down the field. As always, there’s a hefty dose of nostalgia and a dash of mirth!

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Episode 13: Bolton Wanderers 2003/04

Sun, 31 Jan 2021 13:00:02 GMT

When Big Sam took Bolton back into the Premier League at the turn of the millenium, few could have predicted their story. His 'direct' style of play was far more nuanced than many would give him credit for (especially Arsene Wenger), his focus on player analysis was revolutionary at the time and his eye for a bargain or a player with something to prove allowed Bolton to dare to dream of Champions League football. Here's the story of how it came together, and how it all fell apart.

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Episode 12: Middlesbrough 1996/97

Mon, 25 Jan 2021 12:15:44 GMT

Season 2 continues in the North East as we look at the Riverside Galacticos; a season of hope, promise, despair and ultimately relegation. A Middlesbrough team containing Juninho, Ravanelli and Emerson somehow conspired to end up in the second tier via a controversial points deduction, and to top it all off, went on to lose two finals at Wembley - a bigger rollercoaster ride in 9 months than most football fans experience in their lifetimes.

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Episode 11: Aston Villa 1992/93

Sun, 17 Jan 2021 10:00:24 GMT

Season 2 starts with an experimental formation as a key player is forced to sit on the bench! We're carving open Big Ron's Aston Villa side from the first season of the Premier League as we know it, way back in 1992. This was a time of transition for English football, and this week we look at how close Villa came to taking advantage of the big hitters failing to adapt to new regulations, and why they ultimately fell short. Plus - our favourite, ever, season review video.

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Extra Time: Diego

Wed, 02 Dec 2020 12:00:00 GMT

We sit down to discuss the career and legacy of Diego Maradona, who sadly passed away last week aged 60.

A once in a lifetime talent, fiercely competitive and an infectious will to win; he dragged both Argentina and Napoli to famous victories and had a natural gift for the game that, arguably, no other professional footballer has ever been able to match. He was not without his flaws - but today, simply, we pay tribute to the genius of Maradona.

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Bonus Episode: Team of the Season!

Thu, 19 Nov 2020 09:00:00 GMT

We're back for extra time - just for fun, we pick our best XIs from the season just gone. Each of us picks our favourite team from the sides discussed in season one, with only one condition; we had to pick at least one player from each side! How do you decide between Bergkamp, Gullit or Cantona? Is it Robben, Overmars, Giggs or Robert? Where do you play your Blackpool player? This was way harder than it looked, and it made for some intriguing selections...

We'll be back in the not too distant future with Season 2 of Four At The Back!

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Episode 10: Arsenal 1997/98

Sun, 15 Nov 2020 10:00:00 GMT

The finale of season 1 is upon us, and our last stop takes us to Highbury for one of the most revolutionary sides in Premier League history. Good old English grit was blended perfectly with French flair, as Arsene Wenger masterminded a stunning coup of Manchester United's crown - a season that to this day remains one of the most topsy turvy of the Premier League era.

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Episode 9: Blackpool 2010/11

Sun, 08 Nov 2020 10:00:00 GMT

We're back on home territory, and we're looking at Blackpool's sole foray into the Premier League a decade ago. Their stay was short but memorable; from Ian Holloway's idiosyncratic press conferences to Charlie Adam's hairline - there was a lot to be entertained by. We also explore their sad decline, and the perils of being a small club in an increasingly big pond.

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Episode 8: AC Milan 1988-94

Sun, 01 Nov 2020 10:00:00 GMT

One of the greatest sides to ever grace a football pitch, this week we delve into the Rossoneri featuring the great Franco Baresi, Ruud Gullit, Marco van Basten and Paolo Maldini, and how they conquered both Serie A and Europe through a tactical revolution and a fine balance between typically Italian defending and the total football approach of the Dutch. "An education" (according to Joe, who had never encountered this team before) for anyone who has never encountered this team before, and a reminder that nothing in football is new anymore.

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Episode 7: Newcastle United 2002/03

Sun, 25 Oct 2020 17:34:41 GMT

We didn't know it at the time, but this is last season that Newcastle United would threaten the Premier League's elite. Lead by the late, great Sir Bobby Robson, Newcastle battled at home and in Europe and put together one of the most exciting attacking forces in England; this week we look at how it came together and how it all fell apart...for good.

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Episode 6: Brazil 1994-2002

Sun, 18 Oct 2020 09:00:00 GMT

We're out for the second half, and made a surprising switch at the break! We're dissecting the Brazilian sides that won two World Cups and famously capsized on the brink of another in Paris; there's Romario, Ronaldo, Rivaldo, Ronaldinho, and some other players that don't even begin with R! The biggest R here though is redemption, and as feel-good football stories go, this is right up there as we chart the rise, fall and rise again of Ronaldo.

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Episode 5: Spurs 2009/10

Sun, 11 Oct 2020 20:03:08 GMT

Approaching half time in Season 1, and we're at The Lane to discuss 'Arry's Spurs side that ended up in the Champions League for the first time. We look at why Spurs stuck the landing, and perhaps why teams who managed similar achievements (Everton, Newcastle, Villa to name but a few) did not.

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Episode 4: Leicester City 2015/16

Sun, 04 Oct 2020 09:00:00 GMT

One of the most mental seasons ever; the Tinkerman's Triumph, Mourinho's meltdown, dead duck Pellegrini and Spurs finishing 3rd in a two-horse race - this season had everything. At the centre of it were a group of journeymen footballers who combined to deliver the most unlikely Premier League title. We revisit that most bizarre, memorable and unprecedented season - join us!

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Episode 3: Chelsea 2004/05

Sun, 27 Sep 2020 09:00:00 GMT

This week, we ponder the arrival of The Special One and his lasting influence on Chelsea and the Premier League. The boys look at how Jose Mourinho achieved such consistency so quickly, the role of Claudio Ranieri, the tactical revolution that caused other clubs to adapt, Chelsea's relative success in Europe and much more.

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Episode 2: Leeds United 1999/00

Sun, 20 Sep 2020 09:03:30 GMT

The O'Leary Babes at the turn of the millenium are our focus, as the team discuss one of the most exciting teams assembled in Premier League history. We look at the rise and fall of Harry Kewell, the Leeds United curse, and we delve into the question of who would we rather have running our football club; Mike Ashley, or Peter Ridsdale?

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Episode 1: Manchester United 1993/94

Sat, 12 Sep 2020 21:50:55 GMT

Joe, Maz, Pete and Neil are handed their full debuts; we talk about Manchester United's (almost) all-conquering title-winning side of 1993/94. Alex Ferguson's first truly great team, containing the likes of Cantona, Schmeichel, Keane, Giggs and, err, Darren Ferguson.

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