72+ EFL Pod: Ipswich’s Premier League return on hold & Luton’s playoff push
Football Daily
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4.3 • 4.6K Ratings
🗓️ 28 April 2026
⏱️ 44 minutes
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Summary
Aaron Paul & Jobi McAnuff are joined by Bristol Rovers boss Steve Evans & Chelmsford striker Lyle Taylor ahead of the final weekend of the EFL season. Luton manager Jack Wilshere joins the pod to discuss their pursuit of the League One playoffs. And hear from Kieran McKenna after his Ipswich side drew at Southampton and missed the chance to effectively seal an automatic return to the Premier League ahead of their final game. Messages and voice notes always welcome on WhatsApp to 08000 289 369.
01:10 – a three-horse race for the last automatic Championship promotion place 02:05 – Coventry City’s promotion party 07:15 – A final appearance on the cards for FA Cup top scorer Lyle Taylor? 10:00 – York City promoted from the National League 10:53 – Southampton book their playoff place as Ipswich miss the chance to all but secure an automatic return to the Premier League 19:23 – Kieran McKenna reaction to 2-2 draw with Southampton 21:06 – Jack Wilshere on Luton’s push for the League One playoffs 34:54 – The race between Cambridge United, Salford City and Notts County for automatic promotion from League Two 40:21 – Five teams at risk of dropping out of the Football League on the final day of the season.
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| 0:36.4 | 72 Plus, the ESL podcast with Aaron Paul and Joby McEnough. |
| 0:42.9 | Welcome along to 72 plus. |
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| 0:47.6 | It's the final day of the season in the NFL this Saturday. |
| 0:50.6 | And thoroughly across all the permutations, we have Joby McAough, my right arm on the calculator, |
| 0:55.9 | former championship, now Chelmsford Stryker, Larl Taylor, and Bristol Rovers manager turned fan, |
| 1:01.3 | Steve Evans. Gentlemen, how are we? Steve, I'll come to you first. You said it was a sellout. |
| 1:07.2 | You had 800 locked out of the men at the weekend, but you had a ticket. I had a ticket, yeah, to get in with the fan. On 85 I'm going in if the game was not on a knife edge, and obviously 4-0 up, 3-0 at a time, and I'm only in there a couple of minutes, and of course we make it 4. Incredible day. Did you enjoy the singing? Yeah, I tried to get to sing about my sister-manager, |
| 1:28.2 | putting some weight on, but not to join them. |
| 1:31.6 | Great to have you with us, Steve. |
| 1:33.9 | Joby McEnough, wow, what a game we've just seen at St. Mary's. |
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