This week on Finding a Football Club, we kick off a brand-new four-part series celebrating the very best players of the past 20 years. And where else to start but between the sticks?
With Jay and Will cowardly refusing to appear, it’s left up to Luke Oddie and Roberto Boni to put their reputations on the line and unveil FAFC’s definitive Top 10 goalkeepers since 2005.
Who will take the crown? Who is Will’s wildcard goalscoring keeper suggestion? And why does Jay rate Dida so highly?
The gloves are off. Literally.
This week on Finding a Football Club, Luke and Will go full North vs South as Huddersfield Town face Exeter City in the most lopsided class battle since Jamie Oliver discovered turkey twizzlers.
Will unveils his new game, ‘Exeter player or posh toff I went to boarding school with’, Luke flexes too much knowledge about a team he isn’t even pitching, and FAFC’s official Huddersfield correspondent, Louie Hall, makes a plea for his Terriers.
Elsewhere, the lads wonder which clubs count famous (alleged) sex offenders as supporters, play Who Am I? with ex-Premier League players now managing in League One, rip into Doctor Who, and link Exeter to the rise of the world’s most successful footballing nation.
In loving memory of Montgomery the Tibetan Terrier. A very good boy.
This week on Finding a Football Club, Will and Roberto go head-to-head in the ultimate test of football trivia: the inaugural FAFC Pub Quiz.
It’s a messy battle of wits featuring Nicklas Bendtner’s literary career, forgettable Udinese strikers, and one man’s fight against focaccia.
Along the way, the lads tackle UEFA’s longest away day, the highest rated players on FIFA and the best ever matchday pies.
This might be the nerdiest episode yet. Bring a pen. Or don’t. No one’s keeping score. Except Luke. Luke is definitely keeping score.
This time on Finding a Football Club, Luke, Will and Jay lock horns over Bolton Wanderers, Burton Albion, and Cardiff City; three football clubs you’d be embarrassed to bring home to your parents.
Getting distracted, the lads guess how many celebrities Aaron Ramsey has accidentally sent to the pearly gates, discover Wigan Kebabs, attempt to link beer brands to football clubs, drool over Burton’s new home kit, and Jay learns that Fabrice Muamba is not dead.
Plus, tensions flare as a truly brain-melting Piers Morgan take exposes Will’s irrational bias toward Arsenal’s Invincibles.
It’s football… kind of.
This week, Finding a Football Club goes full football hipster as Luke Oddie and returning guest Roberto Boni (yes, the one who would give his life for Ruben Neves) pick their Most Underrated Premier League XI (since 2005).
The unsung heroes. The B-sides. The ‘he was actually class if you watched him properly’.
Consider it a tribute to all those players who were never the poster boys, but absolutely should’ve been.
Along the way, the lads remember Gábor Király's ick-inducing joggers, mind-meld over a French World Cup winner who had no business being stuck at Stoke, try to comprehend Roberto’s baffling love for a forgotten Irish Man United reject, and unveil Luke’s Mr Thicc.
This week on Finding a Football Club, tragedy strikes.
With Jay sadly (and definitely not temporarily) deceased, Luke and Will bravely soldier on, honouring his memory the only way they know how: mocking lower league football clubs.
As Barnsley vs Blackpool square off, the lads discuss Will’s love of plus-sized women, cover Luke ‘Fabrizio Romano’ Oddie’s insider football gossip, play Jay’s fight-themed football quiz, explore Blackpool’s inventive protests, and eulogise over quadruple-ply toilet paper.
It’s a chaotic tribute to a fallen comrade… who’ll probably be back next week.
This week on Finding a Football Club, it’s a reunion: Luke, Jay, and the long-lost Will; who’s back from his European odyssey.
The gang are misty-eyed as they tackle the final three teams in League Two: Oldham Athletic, Tranmere Rovers and Walsall.
But, before League One beckons, the lads squeeze in some essential nonsense.
They discuss Oldham’s first test tube baby, Tranmere’s connection to the Ku Klux Klan, the international superstar that is Carl Winchester (us neither), and why Walsall are the most communist football league side.
Oh, and the show wraps with the drunk voicemail Will left Luke on his wedding day.
This week on Finding a Football Club, Luke Oddie is joined by the podcast’s resident Italian stallion, Roberto Boni; making his ‘official’ debut after his previous booze-fuelled recording on Luke’s wedding night will never see the light of day.
Today, it’s all about building the Most Overrated Premier League XI.
Not bad players, not forgotten flops. These are players who have accolades, cult status and an army of fans… but we’re just not having it.
Along the way, the lads dethrone two Manchester United and Liverpool legends, Roberto gets riled up when Robbie Keane or Ruben Neves are questioned, and bickering unfolds over who’s the worst: Raheem Sterling, Marcus Rashford and Wilfred Zaha.
It’s fiery, opinionated and guaranteed to upset someone. Probably you.
This week on Finding a Football Club, Luke Oddie is joined by Jay Alexander-Ali, fresh from a romantic trip to Pisa. Mamma Mia!
Under the microscope this time are Port Vale: the only club named after a canal; Salford City: the Class of ’92’s vanity project; and Swindon Town: David Brent’s worst nightmare.
Plus, along the way the lads…
Another episode of complete nonsense, loosely disguised as a football podcast.
This week on Finding a Football Club, the original co-host, Dan, returns from exile. No Jay. No Will. Just Luke and the guy who was axed for knowing nothing about football.
On the chopping block this week, Barnet: the only club named after a haircut; Notts County: where the world’s first tarmac road was laid; and Newport County: home to one of the Village People.
Getting distracted, the lads debate which mascots could batter Dan, discuss dwarf life expectancy, expose Dan’s concerning revisionist takes, recall how Leslie Grantham murdered a German taxi driver, and play the nation’s new favourite game: Spot the Welsh.
Things get feisty this week on Finding a Football Club as Luke and Jay down tools on the lower leagues for a chaotic deep dive into Manchester City’s best and worst XIs.
Jay, seemingly fresh off day release, fires off a string of argument-inducing takes: Celtic are a global superclub, David Silva is world-class, and Man City are a bigger club than Barcelona and Bayern Munich (yes, really).
Also in the mix, the duo take on the Dream Career Challenge, where Jay reveals a life plan so bleak it features not one, but two Scottish clubs. And, Luke spills the beans on a friend who once shagged a goalkeeper City would rather forget.
Back to the bread and butter on Finding a Football Club as Luke and Jay weigh up Harrogate Town and MK Dons in their hunt for a team to love.
One’s a quaint Yorkshire spa town with a football club nobody remembers exists. The other’s a loathed plastic franchise that’s football’s answer to identity theft. It's artisan chutney and National Trust memberships vs relocation, relocation, relocation.
Plus, Luke plays his innuendo-heavy phone call with Fleetwood’s filthiest receptionist and the lads play Someone Said You Were Dead, where they try to track down footballers they were convinced had retired.
This week on Finding a Football Club, it’s just Luke and Will. No Jay, no distractions, and no legal team present.
Before Will swans off around Europe, the lads go full fanboy and name their all-time best XIs. Will picks Arsenal. Luke picks Chelsea. Then, like true football snobs, they argue over who actually qualifies as world-class.
Then things turn toxic as Luke digs up Arsenal’s most embarrassing forgotten men, whilst Will retaliates with a Chelsea XI so uninspiring it could trigger PTSD in any Blues fan. That’s right, it’s the return of Khalid Boulahrouz.
Elsewhere, the boys go completely off-piste pondering Matthew Broderick’s shady driving history, debating whether Dennis Bergkamp was just vibes, revisiting Robert Huth’s involvement in Cock or No Cock, outing a certain Chelsea player who sold his soul to the devil, and investigating whether John Terry was actually racist (spoiler: obviously).
This week on Finding a Football Club, Luke, Jay and Will throw three more teams into a ring and see which bloodied victor staggers out.
In the firing line are the teenage pregnancy Holy Trinity: Fleetwood Town, Gillingham and Grimsby Town.
Getting distracted, the lads question if Jamie Carragher was actually any good, guess some One Cap Wonders, unpack Jay’s unsettling obsession with Titus Bramble, talk trams, investigate a smutty stadium review, and try to catch a predator spotted at a Grimsby match eight years ago.
In this episode of Finding a Football Club, Luke is joined by the new co-hosts Jay Alexander-Ali and Will Herron. The lads come out swinging as they size up Colchester United, Crewe Alexandra, and Doncaster Rovers in their increasingly desperate quest to find the perfect lower-league club to support.
Along the way, the gang uncover Doncaster’s one-legged goalkeeper, settle the Drogba vs. Aguero debate, wonder if Aaron Ramsey is a serial killer, select their dream pop star footballers, and ask “is Ryan Shawcross the greatest defender of all time?”
In the inaugural episode of Finding a Football Club, Luke Oddie and Dan Wade start the search for a new lower league football club to support. On the chopping block this week: Accrington Stanley, AFC Wimbledon, Barrow, Bradford City, Bromley, Carlisle United, Cheltenham Town, and Chesterfield.
But let’s be honest, it’s less about football and more about the important stuff. The lads remember Hayley Cropper, debate the true value of a sausage roll, reflect on the uni students they once terrorised, discover that a member of The Wanted is dead, uncover a mid-stroke Carlisle podcast host, and play What Was Good About 1975.