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The Game
The thinking fan's football podcast.
From previews to reviews, winners to losers, who's in and out on the transfer roundabout, tactics, stats and the dreaded VAR - join the best reporters covering the biggest sport on the planet.
Hosted by Tom Clarke and Gregor Robertson, The Game brings you the latest on the Premier League and the EFL, as well as a front-row seat to international tournaments.
We know football isn't life and death. It's much more serious than that.
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Episodes
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Huge Results & Hot-Legging
Hugh Woozencroft is joined by Gregor Robertson, Alyson Rudd and Tom Roddy. Arsenal and Spurs are going in opposite directions after Mikel Arteta’s side came…
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Don't Bash The League Cup!
Hugh Woozencroft is joined by Gregor Robertson and Jonathan Northcroft. Nuno returned to Molineux and left with a Carabao Cup victory over his former side. Pep…
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Goodbye Greavsie
Hugh Woozencroft is joined by Gregor Robertson, Alyson Rudd and Tom Roddy. We begin by celebrating the life and career of Jimmy Greaves, who sadly passed away…
The GameSPECIAL: Newcastle United - Is There Any Hope At St James' Park?
The Times' North East Reporter Martin Hardy joins Hugh Woozencroft and Gregor Robertson to look into the current situation at Newcastle United. At the time of…
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Henderson Saves The Day At Anfield
Hugh Woozencroft is joined by Gregor Robertson, Tom Clarke and Paul Joyce. Liverpool nearly started their European campaign off poorly, but Jordan Henderson…
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He Was Always Going To Score, Wasn't He?
Hugh Woozencroft is joined by Gregor Robertson and Alyson Rudd. Cristiano scored twice on his return to Old Trafford. Has he silenced the doubters and does he…
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Is Biennial The Way Forward?
Hugh Woozencroft is joined by Gregor Robertson, Tom Clarke and Alyson Rudd. England ended the international break with seven points from nine, something Gareth…
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Is Bellingham The Future of English Football?
Hugh Woozencroft is joined by Gregor Robertson, Matt Lawton and Henry Winter. England have recorded back-to-back wins in World Cup qualifiers. The last game…
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Hey, Big Spenders!
Hugh Woozencroft is joined by Gregor Robertson, Tom Roddy and Jonathan Northcroft. Premier League clubs spent £1.1bn in the summer transfer window. Is this…
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Do We Still Trust The Process?
Hugh Woozencroft is joined by Gregor Robertson, Alyson Rudd, Tom Clarke and Henry Winter. Ronaldo is back! Was CR7 actually ever close to signing for…
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Get Ronaldo. Win Titles. Simple.
Hugh Woozencroft is joined by Gregor Robertson, Tom Roddy and Tom Clarke. Harry Kane is staying at Spurs. Will his reputation be tarnished? Will the Tottenham…
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Lukaku's 'Perfect' Second Debut
Hugh Woozencroft is joined by Gregor Robertson, Alyson Rudd and Henry Winter. Chelsea beat Arsenal in one of the most predicted results of the season so far…
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Kane, Kits and Hoarding Talent
Hugh Woozencroft is joined by Gregor Robertson, Tom Clarke and Jonathan Northcroft. Harry Kane remains a Tottenham player - he’s even posted a photo from the…
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The Premier League Returns (As Do Fans!)
Hugh Woozencroft is joined by Gregor Robertson, Tom Clarke and Henry Winter. Get more of The Times and The Sunday Times for less than £1 a day. Start your free…
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The Game Big Premier League Preview
Hugh Woozencroft is joined by Gregor Robertson, Jonathan Northcroft, Tom Roddy and Paul Hirst. The new Premier League season is almost upon us - but which…
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£100m Transfers And An Abrupt Farewell
Hugh Woozencroft is joined by Gregor Robertson, Tom Roddy and Alyson Rudd. We’re back and there’s a lot we need to catch up on before the Premier League season…
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The Football League Is Back!
Hugh Woozencroft is joined by Gregor Robertson and Tom Clarke. The EFL returns this weekend, and with fans! Despite this positive, how will the pandemic…
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EURO 2020 | Ep 26 | The Post-Tournament Review
Hugh Woozencroft is joined by Gregor Robertson, Alyson Rudd and Tom Clarke. Football didn’t come home and a penalty shootout once again thwarted England. We…
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EURO 2020 | Ep 25 | The Extended Final Preview
Hugh Woozencroft is joined by Gregor Robertson, Jonathan Northcroft and Matt Lawton. Nerves are at an all time high ahead of the final - even the Scots among…
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EURO 2020 | Ep 24 | One Game From Glory For Gareth
Hugh Woozencroft is joined by Gregor Robertson, Alyson Rudd and Tom Clarke. England are through to their first ever European Championships Final with an extra…
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EURO 2020 | Ep 23 | Can England Join Italy In The Final?
Hugh Woozencroft is joined by Gregor Robertson, Matt Lawton and Henry Winter. Italy are into the final after one of the best matches of the tournament against…
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EURO 2020 | Ep 22 | Enrique vs Mancini In The First Semi-Final
Hugh Woozencroft is joined by Gregor Robertson, Tom Roddy, Paul Hirst and Paul Joyce. The first semi-final is here as a free-flowing Italy take on a…
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EURO 2020 | Ep 21 | England Set Up A Danish Semi-Final
Hugh Woozencroft is joined by Gregor Robertson, Tom Clarke and James Gheerbrant. England have made the Euro 2020 semi-finals with a simple win over Ukraine…
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EURO 2020 | Ep 20 | Quarter Finals With Jose Mourinho (Part 2)
Hugh Woozencroft is joined by Gregor Robertson, Matt Dickinson, Matt Lawton, Jonathan Northcroft in Rome and our special guest, Jose Mourinho. Italy are…
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EURO 2020 | Ep 19 | Quarter Finals With Jose Mourinho (Part 1)
Hugh Woozencroft is joined by Gregor Robertson, Tom Roddy and our special guest, Jose Mourinho. We reflect on the knockout stages so far. Can the quarter…
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EURO 2020 | Ep 18 | Southgate Gets Revenge on Germany
Hugh Woozencroft is joined by Gregor Robertson, Alyson Rudd and Tom Clarke. England have broken the curse of playing Germany in tournaments with a 2-0 win at…
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EURO 2020 | Ep 17 | Will We Get Euro ’96 Closure?
Hugh Woozencroft is joined by Gregor Robertson, Matt Dickinson, Henry Winter and Matt Lawton. France were sensationally knocked out of the tournament last…
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EURO 2020 | Ep 16 | Netherlands And Portugal Say Goodbye
Hugh Woozencroft is joined by Gregor Robertson, Tom Roddy and Constantin Eckner. Belgium march on at the expense of Portugal. Did Roberto Martinez’s side…
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EURO 2020 | Ep 15 | The Vikings Slay The Dragons
Hugh Woozencroft is joined by Alyson Rudd, Ian Hawkey and Tom Clarke. Wales are out after a 4-0 thrashing at the hands of Denmark. What went wrong after so…
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EURO 2020 | Ep 14 | The Calm Before The Last 16 Storm
Hugh Woozencroft is joined by Gregor Robertson, Alyson Rudd and Tom Clarke. We take a look at the tournament so far as it heads into the knockout stages. Did…
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EURO 2020 | Ep 13 | The Rivalry Continues In The Last 16
Hugh Woozencroft is joined by Gregor Robertson, Jonathan Northcroft, James Gheerbrant and Paul Hirst. The refereeing in the tournament is under the spotlight…
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EURO 2020 | Ep 12 | The Boogie Comes To An End
Hugh Woozencroft is joined by Gregor Robertson, Alyson Rudd, James Restall and Jonathan Northcroft. England are through as group winners - but did their…
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EURO 2020 | Ep 11 | Will England Top The Group?
Hugh Woozencroft is joined by Gregor Robertson, Matt Lawton, Henry Winter and Michael Grant. Denmark booked their place in the knock-out stages with an…
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EURO 2020 | Ep 10 | Wales Get The Job Done
Hugh Woozencroft is joined by Gregor Robertson, Tom Clarke and Matt Dickinson. Wales are through to the knockout stages of the Euros after a 1-0 loss to Italy…
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EURO 2020 | Ep 9 | Don’t Write Germany Off
Hugh Woozencroft is joined by Alyson Rudd, James Gheerbrant and Ian Hawkey. Germany have turned up - but did Portugal make it way too easy for them? Is Kai…
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EURO 2020 | Ep 8 | Scotland Hold England At Wembley
Hugh Woozencroft is joined by Gregor Robertson, Tom Clarke and Tom Roddy. Scotland will go away from Wembley the happier side after holding England to a…
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EURO 2020 | Ep 7 | Can Belgium Go All The Way?
Hugh Woozencroft is joined by Gregor Robertson, Jonathan Northcroft, Alyson Rudd and Henry Winter. Belgium have secured their place in the knockout stage after…
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EURO 2020 | Ep 6 | Turkey Stuffed By Wales
Hugh Woozencroft is joined by Gregor Robertson, Ian Hawkey and Gary Jacob. Wales have given themselves every chance of qualifying for the knockout stages with…
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EURO 2020 | Ep 5 | Record-Breaker, Ronaldo
Hugh Woozencroft is joined by Gregor Robertson, Alyson Rudd and Tom Roddy. Two of the favourites entered the tournament, but after an own-goal was all that…
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EURO 2020 | Ep 4 | Schick Ruins The Boogie
Hugh Woozencroft is joined by Gregor Robertson, Alyson Rudd and Michael Grant. Scotland didn’t get the start they were hoping for after 23 years of waiting -…
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EURO 2020 | Ep 3 | Sterling Proves His Value
Hugh Woozencroft is joined by Gregor Robertson, Matt Lawton and Henry Winter. England win their opening game of the European Championships for the first time…
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EURO 2020 | Ep 2 | Get Well Soon, Christian
Hugh Woozencroft is joined by Jonathan Northcroft, Molly Hudson and Ian Hawkey. Football took a backseat as everything was put into perspective by Christian…
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EURO 2020 | Ep 1 | When In Rome
Hugh Woozencroft is joined by Gregor Robertson, Tom Clarke, Matt Dickinson and Alyson Rudd. Euro 2020 is finally here and so is the first of our special daily…
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Jose Mourinho Joins Us For Euro 2020
Hugh Woozencroft is joined by Gregor Robertson, Tom Roddy and Jonathan Northcroft. Harry Maguire remains a huge doubt for England’s opening match of the Euros…
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Ben White Gets Southgate's Call
Hugh Woozencroft is joined by Tom Clarke, Matt Dickinson and Henry Winter. England have played their final warm up game ahead of the start of the Euros. What…
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Warming Up For Euro 2020
Hugh Woozencroft is joined by Tom Roddy and Jonathan Northcroft. England have named their 26 man squad and played their first of two warm up games - so how are…
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Kanté Is In A (Champions) League Of His Own
Hugh Woozencroft is joined by Tom Roddy, Matt Dickinson and Matt Lawton. Chelsea won their second Champions League title at the expense of a shell shocked…
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Gdansk For Coming, Better Luck Next Time
Hugh Woozencroft is joined by Tom Clarke, Jonathan Northcroft and Tom Roddy. Manchester United came up short against Villarreal in the Europa League final -…
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Everyone Eats Humble Pie (Apart From Hugh)
Hugh Woozencroft is joined by Tom Clarke, Matt Dickinson and Alyson Rudd. The Premier League season is over and its one we’ll never forget. We look back on the…
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Harry's Gentlemen's Agreement
Hugh Woozencroft is joined by Gregor Robertson, Tom Roddy and Jonathan Northcroft. Harry Kane is finally looking for his move - but what are the chances he’ll…
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Are Leicester City The People’s Champions?
Hugh Woozencroft is joined by Gregor Robertson, Tom Clarke and Alyson Rudd. Leicester got the better of Chelsea in the FA Cup final - did Thomas Tuchel shoot…
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Chelsea Put The Cat Among The Pigeons
Hugh Woozencroft is joined by Gregor Robertson, Tom Clarke and Tom Roddy. Chelsea have a big weekend ahead of them with the FA Cup final - but by losing to…
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When Panenkas Go Wrong
Hugh Woozencroft is joined by Gregor Robertson, Tom Clarke and Alyson Rudd. We saw a preview of the Champions League final and Manchester City and Chelsea met…
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Defence Is King In The Champions League
Hugh Woozencroft is joined by Gregor Robertson, Tom Clarke and Jonathan Northcroft. We’ve got one all-English European final with Chelsea and Manchester City…
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The Theatre of Protests
Hugh Woozencroft is joined by Gregor Robertson, Alyson Rudd and Matt Dickinson. The Times’ Paul Hirst joins us to discuss the reasons behind the Manchester…
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Will We See An All-English Final?
Hugh Woozencroft is joined by Gregor Robertson, Jonathan Northcroft and Ian Hawkey. There’s a big possibility we could see an all-English Champions League…
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Flippin' Ek, Son's Crying
Hugh Woozencroft is joined by Gregor Robertson, Tom Roddy and Alyson Rudd. Manchester City secured their first trophy of the season on Sunday - but did Spurs…
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Football Is For The Fans
Hugh Woozencroft is joined by Gregor Robertson, Tom Clarke and James Restall. Did the owners of proposed Super League clubs actually think their plan would…
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The Super League And The Special One
Hugh Woozencroft is joined by Gregor Robertson, Alyson Rudd and Matt Dickinson. As football makes all the headlines with the proposed Super League causing…
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Are Chelsea The Pride Of Britain?
Hugh Woozencroft is joined by Gregor Robertson, Tom Roddy and Jonathan Northcroft. Chelsea and Manchester City will represent the Premier League in the semi…