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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.
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Episodes
The GameAre Arsenal Cracking Under Pressure?
Hugh Woozencroft is joined by Gregor Robertson, Alyson Rudd and Tom Roddy. Arsenal dropped more points in the title race at the weekend. Are they struggling…
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"The Biggest Vanity Job You’ve Ever Seen"
Hugh Woozencroft is joined by Tony Cascarino and Tom Clarke in London - and Gregor Robertson in Ghent. Chelsea have it all to do in their Champions League…
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The Title Races Take Another Twist & More VAR Drama In The Premier League!
Hugh Woozencroft is joined by Gregor Robertson and Alyson Rudd to look back at the weekend's Premier League football and discuss the biggest stories. Arsenal…
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Lampard Returns To Chelsea & Will More Owners Sack Their Managers?
Hugh Woozencroft is joined by Gregor Robertson, Tom Clarke and Tom Roddy to look back at the midweek Premier League football and discuss the biggest stories…
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Potter Sacked, Rodgers Leaves & Should Liverpool Sell Alexander-Arnold?
Hugh Woozencroft is joined by Gregor Robertson, Tony Cascarino and Alyson Rudd to look back at the weekend's Premier League football. Graham Potter has been…
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Sensational Scotland Stun Spain & Roy's Return To The Dugout!
Hugh Woozencroft is joined by Gregor Robertson, Tom Roddy and Jonathan Northcroft to look back at the weekend's International football, and look ahead to the…
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What Now For Spurs After Conte, And Is It Job Done For England?!
Hugh Woozencroft is joined by Gregor Robertson and Tony Cascarino to look back at the weekend's International football. Spurs have parted company with Antonio…
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Is Southgate under pressure?
Hugh Woozencroft is joined by Gregor Robertson, Tom Clarke, Michael Grant & Matt Lawton Matt Lawton joins the show from Naples ahead of England's European…
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Conte and Mitrovic take centre stage
Hugh Woozencroft is joined by Gregor Robertson, Tom Clarke & Tom Allnutt Antonio Conte lets rip at his players after throwing away a 3-1 lead at Southampton…
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Is Pep A Party Pooper?
Hugh Woozencroft is joined by Gregor Robertson, Ian Hawkey and Jonathan Northcroft. Erling Haaland scored five goals in little over an hour for Manchester City…
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What A Difference A Week Makes
Hugh Woozencroft is joined by Gregor Robertson, Alyson Rudd and Tony Cascarino. Gary Lineker will return to MOTD this weekend after everything that transpired…
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Time for Conte to get off the Spurs train?
Hugh Woozencroft is joined by Gregor Robertson & Tom Allnutt Is Graham Potter beginning to turn things around at Chelsea following back to back wins and…
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Man United hit for 7 (seven)!
Hugh Woozencroft is joined by Gregor Robertson, Alyson Rudd & Matt Dickinson History is made at Anfield as Liverpool hit Man United for seven as the race for…
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The Saints Go Marching Out (Of The Cup)
Hugh Woozencroft is joined by Gregor Robertson, Molly Hudson and Jonathan Northcroft. Grimsby triumph as Southampton reach and even lower low. Gregor’s former…
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A Trophy For Ten Hag & Pressure On Potter?
Hugh Woozencroft is joined by Gregor Robertson, Tom Clarke and Tom Roddy to review the footballing weekend. Get more of The Times and The Sunday Times for less…
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What's wrong at Liverpool & Man City?
Hugh Woozencroft is joined by Gregor Robertson, Ian Hawkey & Tom Allnutt What is wrong with Liverpool at the moment? A heavy defeat to Real Madrid in the…
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Game Of The Day
Hugh Woozencroft is joined by Gregor Robertson, Tom Clarke & Tony Cascarino. The title race continues to hot up as Arsenal score two late goals to secure the…
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Are Arsenal's Wheels Coming Off?
Hugh Woozencroft is joined by Gregor Robertson, Tom Roddy, Ian Hawkey - with Tom Clarke. The master beat the apprentice as Manchester City took the Premier…
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95 Days Later..
Hugh Woozencroft is joined by Gregor Robertson, Alyson Rudd and Tom Clarke. Southampton have parted company with Nathan Jones after a whirlwind 95 days in…
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Leeds On The Hunt For A Manager!
Hugh Woozencroft is joined by Jonathan Northcroft, Tom Clarke and Gregor Robertson Leeds sacked Jesse Marsch this week and are now on the hunt for a new…
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SPECIAL: The Hollywood Fairytale of Wrexham Football Club
When two actors decided to buy non-league football club Wrexham AFC, they brought the cameras with them to document every moment. With the Hollywood lights…
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Could Manchester City Be Relegated?
Hugh Woozencroft is joined by Gregor Robertson, Alyson Rudd and Tony Cascarino - with Martyn Ziegler. Sean Dyche started his Everton career with a 1-0 win over…
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Chelsea's Shopping Spree!
Hugh Woozencroft is joined by Gregor Robertson, James Restall and Tom Allnutt - with Tom Roddy. Newcastle are through to their first final since 1999 - how…
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How Far Can Wrexham Go?
Hugh Woozencroft is joined by Gregor Robertson, Alyson Rudd and Tom Roddy. The master beat the apprentice in the FA Cup fourth round - what did we learn from…
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Manchester United and Newcastle Edge Closer To Wembley
Hugh Woozencroft is joined by Molly Hudson, Tom Clarke and Gregor Robertson Newcastle get closer to a domestic cup final date at Wembley after beating…
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Lampard Shown The Goodison Door
Hugh Woozencroft is joined by Alyson Rudd, Tom Clarke and Tony Cascarino. Manchester United were beaten by a late minute goal at Arsenal - but did their…
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Will Everton Deal Moyes The Hammer Blow?
Hugh Woozencroft is joined by Gregor Robertson, Molly Hudson and Tom Allnutt - with Matt Lawton. Manchester United were denied second place in the Premier…
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Are Man United In A Title Race & What Next For Everton & Frank Lampard
Hugh Woozencroft is joined by Gregor Robertson, Tony Cascarino and Alyson Rudd to look back at the weekend's Premier League action, Are Manchester United now…
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Win Or Bust For Lampard & Derby Day Beckons In The Premier League!
Hugh Woozencroft is joined by Gregor Robertson, Tom Clarke and Jonathan Northcroft to look back at the Carabao Cup action, and preview the weekend's Premier…
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Potter In A Spot Of Bother
Hugh Woozencroft is joined by Gregor Robertson, Alyson Rudd and Tony Cascarino. Chelsea were humbled by Manchester City in the FA Cup, hours after they lost to…
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Was Nathan Jones A Mistake For Southampton?
Hugh Woozencroft is joined by Gregor Robertson, Tom Clarke and Molly Hudson. Southampton are still rooted to the bottom of the Premier League after a 1-0 loss…
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Are Spurs Actually Underperforming?
Hugh Woozencroft is joined by Gregor Robertson and Alyson Rudd. Tottenham lost at home to Aston Villa and Antonio Conte with some classic deflection - but are…
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Liverpool’s Stealth Signings
Hugh Woozencroft is joined by Gregor Robertson and Alyson Rudd, with Paul Joyce and Martin Hardy. Erling Haaland picked up where he left off for Manchester…
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The World Cup Is A Distant Memory
Hugh Woozencroft is joined by Tom Clarke, Molly Hudson and Tom Allnutt. The EFL Cup is back and already we’ve seen some excellent football. Were people wrong…
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World Cup 2022: Episode 26 - Messi’s World Cup
Hugh Woozencroft is joined by Gregor Robertson and Alyson Rudd in London, with David Walsh in Qatar. Argentina have won their third World Cup in one of the…
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World Cup 2022: Episode 25 - The World Cup Final Preview
Hugh Woozencroft is joined by Gregor Robertson and Alyson Rudd in London, with Jonathan Northcroft in Qatar. We look ahead to the World Cup Final. Jonathan…
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World Cup 2022: Episode 24 - Morocco Dominate, But France Make The Final
Hugh Woozencroft is joined by Gregor Robertson, Tom Allnutt and Alyson Rudd. Morocco fell short of making the World Cup final as France won 2-0 in the second…
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World Cup 2022: Episode 23 - More Messi Magic Inspires Argentina!
Hugh Woozencroft is joined by Gregor Robertson and Alyson Rudd to review Argentina's 3-0 win over Croatia in the first 2022 World Cup semi-final. Were…
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World Cup 2022: Episode 22 - Crunch Time For Messi and Modrić
Hugh Woozencroft is joined by Gregor Robertson, Molly Hudson and James Restall. We continue to look at where England go next following their World Cup exit and…
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World Cup 2022: Episode 21 - The End Of The Road For The Three Lions
Hugh Woozencroft is in Qatar and Tom Clarke, Gregor Robertson and Alyson Rudd are in London. England are out of the World Cup. What have we learned from their…
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World Cup 2022: Episode 20 - A Nauseating Fascination With Messi
Hugh Woozencroft is in Qatar and Tom Clarke and Alyson Rudd are in London. Argentina lost a 2-0 lead but eventually triumphed on penalties against the…
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World Cup 2022: Episode 19 - The World Cup Of Falseness
Hugh Woozencroft is joined by Tom Roddy, Matt Lawton and Owen Slot in Qatar. From last minute u-turns to questions over the authenticity of some fans - what…
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World Cup 2022: Episode 18 - The Business End Of Qatar 2022
Hugh Woozencroft is joined by Jonathan Northcroft and Matt Dickinson in Qatar. What has Qatar 2022 been like for our journalists so far? Has the lack of…
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World Cup 2022: Episode 17 - Step Aside Ronaldo, There’s A New Kid In Town
Hugh Woozencroft is in Qatar - with Gregor Robertson and Alyson Rudd in London. Morocco have provided us with the latest World Cup shock - beating Spain on…
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World Cup 2022: Episode 16 - It’s Just Like Watching Brazil
Hugh Woozencroft is in Qatar - with Gregor Robertson and Tom Clarke in London. Brazil danced their way to a 4-1 victory over South Korea. Can anyone…
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World Cup 2022: Episode 15 - England Set Up A Quarter Final Against France
Hugh Woozencroft and Tom Roddy are in Qatar - with Gregor Robertson, Tom Clarke and Alyson Rudd in London. England are through to the quarter finals of the…
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World Cup 2022: Episode 14 - Messi Scores In His 1000th Game, But Argentina Look Beatable
Hugh Woozencroft is in Qatar - with Gregor Robertson and Tom Allnutt in London. Messi impressed as Argentina avoided a late shock to beat Australia - but are…
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World Cup 2022: Episode 13 - Elation For South Korea, Despair For Uruguay
Hugh Woozencroft is in Qatar, whilst Alyson Rudd and Gregor Robertson are both in London to look back at an eventful final day of World Cup Group action, with…
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World Cup 2022: Episode 12 - Germany Crash Out & Belgium's Limp Exit!
Hugh Woozencroft is in Qatar, while Tom Clarke and Gregor Robertson are both in London to look back at an eventful day of World Cup action, with both Germany…
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World Cup 2022: Episode 11 - The Socceroos Are Going Through!
Hugh Woozencroft is joined by Gregor Robertson and Tom Allnutt to review all the World Cup action from Day 11 of the 2022 World Cup whilst Matt Dickinson…
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World Cup 2022: Episode 10 - England Progress But Wales Eliminated In 'Battle Of Britain'
Hugh Woozencroft is in Qatar and Tom Allnutt, Alyson Rudd and Gregor Robertson are all in London to review England's 3-0 win over Wales and the other action…
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World Cup 2022: Episode 9 - Goals Galore As The Group Stages Heat Up!
Tom Clarke, Alyson Rudd and Gregor Robertson are all in London to review the day's World Cup action, with goals galore on Day 9 in Qatar. Was Cameroon 3-3…
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World Cup 2022: Episode 8 - Morocco shock Belgium and Messi on the Move
Hugh Woozencroft is joined by Gregor Robertson and James Gheerbrant to review the day's World Cup action whilst Matt Lawton joins from Qatar to discuss his…
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World Cup 2022- Episode 7- More Messi Magic & France Look the Business
Martin Hardy joins us live from Qatar after attending Argentina vs Mexico to explain what it was like seeing Messi produce more World Cup Magic (02:35) What…
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World Cup 2022: Episode 6 - England Held By USA & Wales Suffer Sickening Defeat
Tom Clarke, Alyson Rudd, Gregor Robertson and Molly Hudson are all in London to review the day's World Cup action. Tom Roddy joins us live from Qatar to…
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World Cup 2022: Episode 5 - It’s All About Ronaldo
Hugh Woozencroft and Paul Hirst are in Qatar - with Gregor Robertson and Tom Allnutt in London. Cristiano Ronaldo became the first player to score in five…
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World Cup 2022: Episode 4 - Germany Grab All The Headlines
Hugh Woozencroft, Tony Cascarino and Matt Dickinson are in Qatar - with Tom Clarke and Alyson Rudd in London. Japan shocked Germany with a 2-1 win. Some clever…
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World Cup 2022: Episode 3 - Saudi Arabia Shock Argentina
Hugh Woozencroft is in Qatar - with Tom Clarke and Gregor Robertson in London. Saudi Arabia provided one of the most shocking moments in World Cup history as…
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World Cup 2022: Episode 2 - Bukayo & Gareth
Tom Clarke is joined in London by Gregor Robertson and Alyson Rudd - with Tom Roddy and Jonathan Northcroft in Qatar. England proved that going into a World…
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World Cup 2022: Episode 1 - Qatar Fail To Impress
Hugh Woozencroft is in Qatar and is joined by Gregor Robertson and Alyson Rudd in London. Qatar lost 2-0 to Ecuador in the opening game - but only two thirds…