It's honest, it's transparent, it's emotional and it's the final episode of Going the Match with special guest Keith Salmon. With a very powerful message at the end.
We talk 21/22 season, events in Paris Final, Tragedy Chanting, The Super League, VAR, Saudi Arabia's impact and Keith's new book.
Thank you to all who've supported the podcast since day one!
We are delighted to be joined by Euan Burns from Total Italian Football to discuss Napoli ending their 33 year wait for a Scudetto.
We are delighted to welcome back to the podcast Dan Clubbe from The Redmen TV, as we dive deep into what’s gone wrong at Liverpool Football Club this season?
In light of the 21/22 Champions League Quarter Final Draw, we gathered up 14 individual reviews from all 8 teams to give us their perspectives on strengths and weakness and how they think it’ll play out over 2 legs!
Credit and thanks to our guests for their reviews:
Atletico - Alan Feehley
City - Harry Siddall - Amos Murphy - Charlie Gordon
LFC - Keith Salmon - Dan Clubbe - Phil McCullogh - Ian Young
Benfica - Benfica Podcast
Chelsea - At the Bridge Podcast
Real Madrid - Scott Martin
Villarreal - Jamie Kemble - La Liga Expert
Bayern - Tim Richards
Going the Match Podcast is now sponsored by ‘Shirt Loot Box’ home of mystery football shirts. As a listener of Going the Match Podcast you can get 10% discount using our promo code ‘GTM10’
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We are delighted to welcome to the podcast all the way from Buenos Aires Argentina, Sam Kelly host of ‘Hand of Pod’ the worlds only Argentine Football Podcast. We discuss the highs, the lows and everything in between of the icon, legend and arguably worlds greatest, Diego Maradona.
Sam tells us about Maradona’s upbringing, his early years at Boca Juniors, why the move to Barcelona didn’t quite work out, becoming a god in Naples and the legendary status he’s left there, his heroics with the Argentina National Team, the comparison with Leo Messi and of course Diego’s off the field lifestyle!
If you wish to listen to ‘Hand of Pod’, please see the link below!
https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/hand-of-pod/id404593310
Going the Match Podcast is now sponsored by ‘Shirt Loot Box’ home of mystery football shirts. As a listener of Going the Match Podcast you can get 10% discount using our promo code ‘GTM10’
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We are delighted to welcome to the podcast Peter Kenny Jones, Liverpool Historian and Author of Liddell at One Hundred : A Family Portrait of a Liverpool Icon, Billy Liddell.
We discuss how Peter begun following Liverpool Football Club, some of his stories following The Reds over the years, he talks about his book ‘Liddell at One Hundred’ and what gave him the drive to write it, what it was like for footballers playing during war time, this current squad being led by Jurgen Klopp and ending with Peters top 3 favourite matches he’s either been to or seen!
If you wish to purchase Peter’s book, please see the link below!
https://peterkj.wixsite.com/football-historian
Going the Match Podcast is now sponsored by ‘Shirt Loot Box’ home of mystery football shirts. As a listener of Going the Match Podcast you can get 10% discount using our promo code ‘GTM10’
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We are delighted to welcome to the podcast Lorenzo a lifelong Palermo FC fan and founder of ‘Ultra Palermo’. We find out what really happened to the Sicilian club?
We discuss Lorenzo background supporting Palermo FC, the fantastic talent they had in the early 2000’s with the likes of Cavani, Dybala, Pastore, Belotti etc, almost making the Champions League, the late President Zamparine known as ‘Mangia-Allenatori’, the relegations and financial issues which led the club to bankruptcy and the newly formed phoenix club currently in Seria C!
If you wish to follow 'Ultra Palermo' to keep up to date with everything Palermo FC, please see the link below!
We are delighted to re-welcome back to the podcast Karan Tejwani, Author of ‘Glorious Reinvention’ a book telling the story of how Ajax rediscovered their mojo to compete again with Europe’s best.
We discuss how exactly Ajax managed to rebuild their on-field and off-field standards that they are noutourisly known for, the impact individuals such as Cruyff, Van Der Sar and Overmars have had in the last decade, how the philosophy of the academy has helped with the transition and what does the future hold for Ajax Amsterdam?
If you wish to pre-order ‘Glorious Reinvention’ you can do so via the link below.
Newcastle United have now officially had the takeover completed by the ownership of Saudi Arabian Public Investment Fund. To discuss this, we are delighted to be joined by Keg of Magpie Channel to go through his emotions and reactions to this historic moment.
We discuss having to endure the ownership of Mike Ashley and that now coming to an end, how it’ll impact the atmosphere at St James Park, potentially incomings and outgoings, any concerns he may have over SAPIF taking over and now becoming the richest football club in the world!
The Red Bull model sees the ownership of 4 clubs in RB Leipzig, Red Bull Salzburg, New York Red Bull and Red Bull Bragantino. We are delighted to be joined by Karan Tejwani, Author of ‘Wings of Change’ a book telling the story of how the worlds biggest energy drink made its mark in the world of football.
We discuss how the model works, the style of play implemented, the personal behind the scenes, how the model is perceived by fans, some of the players and coaches that have come through the ranks, the potential of expanding further and is multi-club ownership the future of football?
With the recent news of Lionel Messi now officially leaving Barcelona and not signing a new contract with the Catalan club. We thought this was too historic of a moment not to do an episode on. We’ll be diving into the how, why and what’s next for the Barca legend and arguably, greatest player of all time. We have 5 fantastic perspectives on this and once concluded I give my own personal thoughts on the Messi saga and what the future may hold!
Credit and thanks to the below individuals for their thoughts and perspectives!
Pablo - Barca Universal
Domagoj Kostanjsak - Total Football Analysis & Barca Universal
Matt Addison - The Liverpool Echo
Harry Siddall - City Xtra
Phil McCullough - The Football Babble
Now Euro 2020 has been finalised and concluded. We thought after the great feedback on the ‘End of Season Special’ it would be worthwhile to evaluate Euro 2020. What we enjoyed, who over performed, who underperformed, who surprised us and who disappointed? We go through every country and their players respectively and discuss our thoughts on their performance.
Delighted to be joined by Dan Clubbe of World Football Index for this episode and thank him for his time!
To conclude the 2020/21 Premier League Season, we thought what better than to get a review from a fan of each individual club on their thoughts on how the season went from their perspective. What went well? What could have been better? And looking forward to next season!
Credit and thanks below for our individuals covering their respective clubs:
Man City - Harry Siddall (City Xtra)
Man Utd - Tommy - (S10 Football Podcast)
Liverpool - Dan Clubbe (World Football Index) & James Pearce (The Athletic)
Chelsea - Michael (At the Bridge Podcast)
Leicester - Sam Martin (Foxes Fancast)
West Ham - James Jones (We are West Ham)
Tottenham - Ben Boorham
Arsenal - Pet (State of Play Pod)
Leeds - Oscar (All Leeds TV) & Paul (Leeds that)
Everton - Ian (Across the park) & Luke and Michael (Tenth Pint Podcast)
Villa - Chris (The Villa View) & Phil (7500 to Holte)
Newcastle - Keg (Magpie Channel)
Wolves - Jordan (Wolves Fancast)
Palace - Jack (Five Year Plan)
Saints - Dan (Saints View)
Brighton - Alan (Albion Roar)
Burnley - Joe (Turfcast)
Fulham - Sammy James (Fulhamish)
West Brom - Louie (Baggies Podcast)
Sheff Utd - David (Dem Blades)
Jordi Holden is a matchgoing Liverpool fan and season ticket holder. He is also part of the Spion Kop, a dedicated group who put the banners and flags on The Kop.
We talk about his time growing up following The Reds, his matchday experiences, away days, the difference between domestic and European aways, how he got involved in Spion Kop and how they enhance the matchgoing fans experience and his thoughts and feelings on ending the 30 year wait of finally winning the league!
Ending, with his top 3 favourite matchdays.
A true insight into a matchgoing Reds experience!
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Harry Siddall is a matchgoing Man City fan and season ticket holder. He is also a content provider for City Xtra and Over the Line Football.
We talk about his time growing up following City, his matchday experiences, away days, The Eithad, what he thinks of how people perceive City fans today with regards to attendance in the ground, that iconic Aguero moment to win their first title, his favourite City team, the most influential player in the last decade and Guardiola’s current team with a potential quadruple this season!
Ending, with his top 3 favourite matchdays.
Fantastic and interesting insight into following Man City!
This episode is kindly supported by Manscaped. As a listener of Going the Match, you can receive 20% off their products and free worldwide shipping with our Promo Code ‘GTM’.
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Champions League Quarter Finals Special
We’ve been wanting to do something a little different with the Podcast and thought in light of the Champions League Quarter Final Draw we’d gather 16 different individual reviews from their respective clubs on the recent draw and how they’ve seen the campaign go so far for their club!
Credit and thanks below for our individuals covering their respective clubs:
Dortmund - Uli Hesse
Man City - Harry Siddall & Kurt Searle
PSG - Julien Laurens & Lee Davey
Bayern Munich - Florian Plettenberg & Marc Almstedt
Liverpool - James Pearce, Keifer McDonald, Keith Salmon & Ryan Dean
Real Madrid - Euan McTear, Mark Sochon and Scott Martin
Porto - Pedro Miguel
Chelsea - Dom Domaingue
This episode is kindly supported by Manscaped. As a listener of Going the Match, you can receive 20% off their products and free worldwide shipping with our Promo Code ‘GTM’.
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Sammy James is a matchgoing Fulham fan and the Founder and Host of ‘Fulhamish’ a dedicated Fulham Football Club Podcast.
We talk about his time growing up following Fulham, his matchday experiences, away days, Craven Cottage and why away fans enjoy that experience, his view on last few seasons becoming a ‘Yo-Yo Club’ and the emotions that brings, the Europa League run under Hodgson in the 09/10 season and how he setup ‘Fulhamish’!
Ending, with his top 3 favourite matchdays.
Passionate insight into following Fulham!
This episode is kindly supported by Manscaped. As a listener of Going the Match, you can receive 20% off their products and free worldwide shipping with our Promo Code ‘GTM’.
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Matt Addison is a Journalist at the Liverpool Echo and one of the Hosts of the Blood Red Podcast.
We talk about his time growing up following The Reds, his matchday experiences, how the culture of the matchday has changed in our generation, we discuss Jurgen Klopp’s Liverpool team and the journeys and emotional rollercoaster they have took us on, ending the hurt of the 30 year wait of a League title, Matt’s personal journey working for the Liverpool Echo and his favourite interviewees.
Ending, with his top 3 favourite matchdays.
Great insight into following the Reds and working for The Liverpool Echo & Blood Red Podcast!
This episode is kindly supported by Manscaped. As a listener of Going the Match, you can receive 20% off their products and free worldwide shipping with our Promo Code ‘GTM’.
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Raphael Honigstein is an Football Journalist for The Athletic and German Football expert on BT Sport. He also wrote a book “Bring the Noise” published in 2017 on Jurgen Klopp, he is also a member of Bayern Munich.
We talk about his time growing up following Bayern Munich, his matchday experiences, the difference between the Olympic Stadium and the Allianz Arena, the contrast in atmosphere and matchday experience between the Bundesliga and Premier League, the current European and World Champions and their manager Hansi Flick and what inspired him to write a book on Jurgen Klopp!
Ending, with his top 3 favourite matchdays.
Fantastic insight into following Bayern Munich since childhood to now one of the most successful Football Journalists!
This episode is kindly supported by Manscaped. As a listener of Going the Match, you can receive 20% off their products and free worldwide shipping with our Promo Code ‘GTM’.
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James Jones is a matchgoing West Ham United fan and one of the hosts of ‘We are West Ham Podcast’.
We talk about his time growing up following The Hammers, his matchday experiences, favourite away days, moving to their new ground ‘The London Stadium’, the current ownership of the club, putting an end to the 40 year trophy draught, the current form under David Moyes and his thoughts on the talent that has come through the Academy over the years!
Ending, with his top 3 favourite matchdays.
An honest and passionate insight into following West Ham!
This episode is kindly supported by Manscaped. As a listener of Going the Match, you can receive 20% off their products and free worldwide shipping with our Promo Code ‘GTM’.
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