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The Guardian has today (Thursday 14 September) announced that the world’s favourite, award-winning Football Weekly podcast is releasing its very first book, imaginatively named The Football Weekly Book. Following popular demand, hosts Max Rushden, Barry Glendenning and guests will also return for a second run of the podcast’s live tour across England and Ireland. Barry: Republic of Ireland 1-0 England at Euro 88. A terrible, nerve-shredding game but a great result and arguably the happiest I’ve ever been after a football match. Congratulations on your new book, Max and Barry. What are your favourite books about football? And your favourite books in general? Matej
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The Football Weekly crew have decided that the time (and money) is right to finally commit their wisdom to paper. Their debut book – imaginatively titled Football Weekly Book – is filled with trivia, filler, too much about Cambridge United and the odd insightful remark. On the podcast today: Newcastle United thrash a poor PSG 4-1 and take control of the most difficult group in the Champions League.
Plus: Paul Watson talks about his footballing escapade to Mongolia, and there’s an overdue home game for Pakistan. In part three, Kieran Maguire and Kevin Day join us to talk about their new book, ‘Unfit and Improper Persons: An Idiot’s Guide to Owning a Football Club’. Barry: I have no shame in admitting that I love a good, or even bad, romcom. During the pandemic I developed a hopeless addiction to those Hallmark Christmas movies that all have the same saccharine sweet plot.
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Plus, Paul Watson shares a voice note to detail the excitement around San Marino scoring a goal against Denmark, and the panel roundup of the rest of the Euro 2024 qualifiers. On the podcast today: the panel reflect on the remarkable period since Spain won the World Cup – a victory now overshadowed by scandal in the country around the conduct of the president of the Spanish Football Federation. When will football price itself out of reach of the true fans who support and breathe the game every moment while financiers play with monopoly-type wages and transfer fees? Avi
Swansea’s Liberty Stadium and the Landore Park and Ride (left) pictured in May 2023. Photograph: Leighton Collins/Alamy Huish Park, Yeovil Town
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Each show will feature the podcast’s unique take on the world of football, in addition to opportunities for the audience to get involved in the antics, special guests and stories too risky for the podcast. I’ve just moved to London from Dublin. Which pubs do you recommend to watch football in? I’m living out west but happy to travel further, especially when meeting friends. Robert Walsh Guardian Faber has signed the first book from football podcast “the Guardian’s Football Weekly” entitled The Football Weekly Book. Do you have any plans for a live show in the US? You’ll know better but I bet there’s a lot of listeners over here. Paul I’ve never been to Australia but I have watched Mad Max and The Castle. Which one is the more accurate description of everyday life there? Ben
Fine-tune your publishing strategy and up your game with our well-respected magazine for senior management. Max: In goal: funnel web spider. Two holders (possum and kangaroo), lazy but enigmatic koala in the No 10 role, with a great white up front. I’m not sure Baz can provide anything against that. Max: We do. At least I hope we do. As far as I know the audience is 50% UK and 50% worldwide, so we would love to go to as many places as we can. We could do east coast, west coast and then pop to Sydney, finish in Melbourne and then all make our own way home.
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On the podcast today; Newcastle begin their first Champions League campaign in 20 years with a possibly fortuitous point in Milan. Elsewhere, Sid Lowe updates us on the big stories in Spain, including Mason Greenwood’s move to Getafe, the latest on Luis Rubiales and Jude Bellingham’s incredible start to life at Real Madrid. Barry: Of course everyone has the right to support their team, regardless of who owns it because fans have little or no say in who gets to be the custodian of the club they are emotionally invested in. What I find a bit disturbing is the large number of fans who seem happy to excuse, or even condone the often barbaric behaviour of their authoritarian owners for no other reason than that those people have invested money in their football club and might pay for an expensive striker. It’s possible to love the club while holding the owners in contempt, as Manchester United fans, among others, regularly demonstrate. Currently providing expert analysis on the 2023 Premier League, the podcast regularly features at the top of the football and sports podcast charts in the UK and has won a number of sports industry awards, most recently at the Football Supporters’ Association Awards where it was named podcast of the year. Football Weekly launched in 2006 and is one of the Guardian’s longest-running and most popular podcasts, gaining over six million listens during the World Cup in December 2022.Join our chair, football commentator and journalist Robyn Cowen, as she invites Rushden, Glendenning and Wilson to talk about their book in this special livestreamed event. On the podcast today: the panel discusses England’s qualification for Euro 2024 following their 3- 1 win over reigning champions, Italy. Have we run out of superlatives for Jude Bellingham? Barry: Tony Cascarino’s autobiography, which he wrote with the help of the Irish journalist Paul Kimmage, is probably my favourite football book, although I’m sure if I ever get around to reading any of the books written by my friend and colleague Jonathan Wilson, I might enjoy them too. As far as non-football books are concerned, I like a good murder of the kind written by the Scottish authors Ian Rankin or Val McDermid. I think the genre is called Tartan Noir. Val is, or used to be, on the board of Raith Rovers. Can you remember the last time you presented the podcast together in the studio, and who were the esteemed guests? Could you ever foresee a return to the studio format or is Zoom just way too convenient? Gary Max Rushden, co-host of "Football Weekly", said: “Of all the books Jonathan Wilson has (mainly) written, this is the first one you’ll finish. Barry must have done something.”
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