Arsenal beat Tottenham & which relegation would be funniest?
Tifo Football Podcast
The Athletic
4.6 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 23 February 2026
⏱️ 65 minutes
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Summary
Arsenal’s emphatic 4-1 victory away to Tottenham Hotspur in the North London derby plus a turbulent & troublesome season for Nottingham Forest were both discussed in the latest Tifo football podcast.
This episode of the Tifo football podcast is hosted by Joe Devine, features JJ Bull, Nick Miller, Kaya Kaynak & Alex Barker and is produced by Steve Hankey.
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00:00 - A sneaky intro
04:10 - A sanctioned Arsenal intro
06:13 - The skies of North London are Red
10:00 - Why do players make unforced errors?
17:00 - Cause for concern in Arsenal’s title tilt?
20:17 - Has the new manager bounced already… bounced for Spurs?
23:59 - Which team being relegated would be most funny?
32:15 - The effect of going for the opposite thing
34:17 - A break
34:19 - THE RONDO
40:18 - A Tricky season for Nottingham Forest
44:38 - The logic of each managerial change
54:30 - JJ’s parrot mask
55:55 - Points Are Barkered
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| 0:00.0 | The Athletic FC |
| 0:03.3 | Hello and welcome to the TIFO football podcast. |
| 0:10.5 | I'm Joe Devine and today I'm delighted to be joined by JJ Ball. |
| 0:15.3 | I found a parrot mask I'd like. |
| 0:16.9 | You mentioned that later on in the podcast, don't you? |
| 0:19.2 | If it makes it in, yeah. |
| 0:20.0 | We talk about parrots later on. I think you're saying it in the intro so that it does make it in. That's pretty sneaky. That's pretty sneaky. Kaya Kynak. I wanted to start this episode again. I thought about starting again with a North London Forever song, but I kind of think... I thought you were saying you want to start the episode again. |
| 0:37.6 | Yeah, let's run it back. Let's run it back. All right. No, I just, I think I should show the trait of Arsenal fans. I think everyone in this room will agree is most prominent and just show some magnanimity and just say, yeah, hi. I've always thought of Carr and Steve as very magnanimous. I don't know about you. I always think of magnanimous. |
| 0:55.2 | Yeah, I always think of magnums. |
| 0:58.2 | Is that? Hi. I've always thought of Kair and Steve as very magnanimous. I don't know about you. I always think of magnanimous. |
| 0:55.2 | Yeah, I always think of magnums. |
| 0:59.0 | Also, Alex Barker's here. |
| 1:00.4 | Hello. |
| 1:01.1 | I mean, it's sort of a misnomer that Alex Barker's here because Alex Parker is only here because he gave someone a thorough barkering in the... |
| 1:08.3 | In point. Barcaring in the... In points of bad. |
| 1:16.0 | Sitting in place of Nick Miller, who had to leave specific to. |
| 1:20.3 | He had what's known in the entertainment industry as a hard out. |
| 1:24.4 | I was sure you're going to say a miller time. |
| 1:26.2 | As a miller time, yeah. He had to leave at mill time. |
| 1:29.3 | No, Miller time. No, I call him the millman, mill time. I see. You got to go and do something like an advert thing. What's Miller time? Oh, Muller, Muller, Muller, Miller. Miller, the beer. What about Muller, Muller Light? Muller fresh. Corner. |
| 1:42.3 | Muller Corner. |
| 1:42.3 | Muller, |
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