The podders reflect on the air crash tragedy involving Chapecoense. Plus, a look back on the EFL Cup quarter-finals, and previews of the Rome derby, El Clásico and Manchester City v ChelseaWith AC Jimbo searching for his lost voice, Max Rushden is in the presenter’s chair alongside Barry Glendenning, Gregg Bakowski and James Horncastle.We begin by paying tribute to Chapecoense after the tragic plane crash in Colombia. Continue reading...
The Old Trafford captain has missed the chance to break the club’s goalscoring record when his team visit Goodison Park to take on his first club, EvertonWayne Rooney may be having a chequered season, both on the pitch and off it, though he is at that stage in an illustrious career where history beckons at every turn.Last week against Feyenoord he not only produced one of his most convincing displays of the season but the opening goal he both made and scored confirmed him as Manchester United’s all-time leading scorer in Europe, as well as pushing his club tally to a within a single strike of Bobby Charlton’s record of 249. Related: Manchester United sink West Ham with Ibrahimovic and...
The podders look back on the EFL Cup events on and off the pitch. Plus: Wolves axe Zenga, and Aston Villa prepare for a second-tier Second City derbySubscribe and review: iTunes, Soundcloud, Audioboom, Mixcloud, Acast.Today’s Football Weekly Extra sees AC Jimbo joined by James Horncastle, Barry Glendenning and Jacob Steinberg, who was at the London Stadium to witness the events on and off the pitch following West Ham’s win over Chelsea. Continue reading...
The Swedish striker was error prone in the first half but his improvement helped put Manchester City out of the EFL CupThe selection said it all. Ordering room service to a suite at the five-star Lowry Hotel may constitute a bit of a disaster for José Mourinho but losing to Manchester City for the second time in seven weeks at Old Trafford, and a weakened City at that, would have left the United manager fearing the walls were closing in. It was not a risk he was prepared to accept.Both managers were in urgent need of victory – Pep Guardiola to avoid the longest winless run of his illustrious managerial career and Mourinho to respond to growing doubts over his...
Hammers players are beginning to find their feet in the London Stadium but there were more unsavoury scenes in the stands as they beat Chelsea 2-1It always was wishful thinking that the occasion would pass off without any ugly incidents in the stands. They came so close. But just when it seemed that West Ham United were easing towards a largely peaceful 2-0 victory over Chelsea in the League Cup, fighting broke out between home and away fans behind Darren Randolph’s goal, transforming a magnificent night on the pitch for Slaven Bilic’s resurgent side into a PR disaster.Stewards and police were forced to intervene, coins and bottles flew through the East End air and seats were thrown as rival supporters...