The Game Football Podcast

The Game is the premier football podcast from The Times, with the finest writers previewing and reviewing all the action throughout the 2023/24 season. Twice a week, Gregor Robertson and Tom Clarke speak to the leading football writers from The Times and The Sunday Times, offering unparalleled analysis of the latest results and commentary on emerging issues. On Mondays, Alyson Rudd, Tom Roddy and Tony Cascarino review the weekend's action and on Thursdays Martin Samuel tackles the biggest issues of the week alongside the likes of Jonathan Northcroft and Ian Hawkey.Subscribe to The Times to enjoy our award-winning sports journalism on your smartphone or tablet. Just search The Times online. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Eine durchschnittliche Folge dieses Podcasts dauert 45m. Bisher sind 1032 Folge(n) erschienen. .

Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 34 days 4 hours 14 minutes

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Sarri not helping himself as Liverpool & United get lucky


After a Sunday full of drama and controversy, Gab Marcotti is joined by Paul Joyce, James Gheerbrant and Bill Edgar to discuss the major talking points in the Premier League. Liverpool return to the top of the table with a last-gasp victory over Spur...


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 April 1, 2019  38m
 
 

Is Solskjaer the new Dalglish?


Premier League football is back, as are Gab Marcotti, Alyson Rudd, James Gheerbrant and Paul Joyce for The Game podcast. And the big breaking news on Thursday morning is that Manchester United appoint Ole Gunnar Solskjaer as their permanent manager o...


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 March 28, 2019  40m
 
 

What’s the story Gab and Rory?


In a special episode, Gab Marcotti welcomes back Rory Smith to The Game podcast, as they pore through some of the biggest issues in football today. While Manchester United look to be filling their managerial vacancy with Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, are the...


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 March 27, 2019  44m
 
 

Declan Rice and the curious case of Callum Hudson-Odoi


Natalie Sawyer and Gab Marcotti are joined by Bill Edgar and George Caulkin to discuss the start of the Euro 2020 qualifiers.England face the Czech Republic on Friday night as they get their campaign underway, but where does newly qualified Declan R...


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 March 21, 2019  40m
 
 

Will 48 teams dilute the quality of the World Cup?


Natalie Sawyer and Gab Marcotti are joined by Alyson Rudd and Paul Hirst to dissect club football before the last international break of the season. Wolves knock out Manchester United to progress to the FA Cup semi-finals. How does Nuno do it? Can we...


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 March 18, 2019  37m
 
 

Mane among the elite & Dier on Brexit


With 4 English teams making it through to the last 8 of the Champions League, Gab Marcotti, Natalie Sawyer, James Gheerbrant and Oli Kay run the rule over the contenders for Europe’s top title. After Liverpool’s comfortable win in Munich, there’s pra...


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 March 14, 2019  39m
 
 

How do we protect players from pitch invaders?


It’s been a weekend of incomprehensible refereeing decisions and inexcusable fan behaviour. Natalie Sawyer and Gab Marcotti are joined by Matt Dickinson and Alan Smith to analyse it all. After individual pitch invaders at Hibernian, Arsenal and most ...


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 March 11, 2019  40m
 
 

Solskjaer’s smile and swagger as Real’s roof caves in


Following a monumental week in Europe, Gab Marcotti and Natalie Sawyer are joined by Henry Winter and Alan Smith to examine the fall-out from a shocking Tuesday and Wednesday.Manchester United overcome a two-goal deficit with the help of VAR on a fa...


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 March 7, 2019  43m
 
 

Expectation and exhaustion weigh down Liverpool & Spurs


After a derbylicious weekend, Natalie Sawyer and Gab Marcotti are in the company of Alyson Rudd, Matthew Syed and Paul Joyce with plenty to discuss. Liverpool are held by Everton and lose the leadership of the Premier League. Is the pressure building...


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 March 4, 2019  41m
 
 

Struggling to assess Silva as Liverpool fall back on full-backs


After a full midweek fixture list, Gab Marcotti, Natalie Sawyer and Gary Jacob look ahead to a weekend packed full of derbies. Chelsea sweep aside Spurs despite the controversy surrounding the many statements of Kepa. Is Harry Kane’s frustration at S...


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 February 28, 2019  41m