A question for John Barnes

5 Live's World Football Phone-in

BBC

Sports

4.6 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 23 September 2025

⏱️ 150 minutes

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Summary

American owners coming into football, or should that be soccer, and when did you miss out on a big moment at a game? Dotun and Tim are joined by African football expert Maher Mezahi. Karen calls us to talk about her niece’s Ballon D’Or nomination: were the women players short-changed at the ceremony by the coverage? Has your team decided to boycott the competition like The Preston Park Flyers under 7s?

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0:05.6	Your time starts now.
0:07.2	You're about to listen to a BBC podcast.
0:09.4	Absolutely right.
0:11.5	So, you might like to know that the BBC makes loads of other podcasts.
0:15.6	Really?
0:16.4	Wow.
0:17.2	Many of them are very funny.
0:19.1	Which I think means...
0:20.3	A hatful of ha ha haas
0:21.7	And energy
0:22.3	Even if you do say so ourselves
0:24.1	I agree 100% to that
0:26.6	Find them all on BBC Sounds
0:28.3	Just tell us a joke
0:29.3	Come on tell us a joke
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0:30.5	Come on tell us a joke
0:31.3	Just search comedy on BBC sounds
0:33.4	I'm really looking forward to getting stuck in
0:35.8	I am a football fan I am a football fan.
0:39.0	I am a soccer fan.
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