Arsenal edge closer to title and ‘spygate’ overshadows playoffs – Football Weekly podcast
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🗓️ 11 May 2026
⏱️ 58 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | This is The Guardian. |
| 0:13.4 | Hello and welcome to The Guardian Football Weekly, blimey, the stress of it all. |
| 0:16.7 | Callum Wilson scores another injury time goal for West Ham. The London Stadium erupts and then VAR, Pablo's arm holding David Rea. Taddebo holding his shirt, Rice holding Mavra Panos, Trosite is holding Pablo. Imagine being an Arsenal fan. Imagine being a West Ham fan. Imagine being Darren England. Imagine being Chris Kavanaugh. Perhaps it would be more galling for West Ham if Arsenal had been pushing and pulling at corners all season. And so, two wins at home to Burnley and away to Palace and Arsenal are champions. Meanwhile, West Ham's defeat means Forest and Leeds are safe. Let's hope Leeds went on an absolute tear-up before Spurs away tonight. Also today, more booze for Arna Slot. Bournemouth put a little pressure on the top five and Advantage Celtic in Fitbar. Until injury time at the London Stadium, the biggest story of the weekend was in the bushes near Middlesbrough. We'll talk Spigate 2.0. There's the rest of the playoffs. You could do a whole pod on the Rochdale Borum Wood playoff final. There's the women's FA Cup semis, basically too much football to fit in today. We'll take your questions, and that's today's Guardian Football Weekly. |
| 1:18.2 | On the panel today, Barry Glenn Denning, hello. |
| 1:19.0 | Hi, Max. |
| 1:20.2 | Welcome Robin Cowan. |
| 1:20.8 | Hi, Max. |
| 1:22.6 | Bonjour, it's a faulip O'Clair. |
| 1:24.7 | It's a beaucoup more, Max. |
| 1:25.3 | Becoo meo. |
| 1:27.4 | Ah, exactly. Okay, then. Let's start the London Stadium, West Hamill, Arsenal. It's a lot much |
| 1:28.5 | Exactly. Okay, then. |
| 1:29.2 | Let's start the London stadium. |
| 1:30.5 | West Hamill, Arsenal 1. |
| 1:32.1 | Doesn't really tell the whole story. |
| 1:34.0 | Matt says, why did VAR get it right and why everyone complaining? |
| 1:37.5 | Maffer the Laffer says, |
| 1:38.6 | The Seneca says Arsenal have scored that goal 10 times this season. |
| 1:42.1 | What's changed? |
| 1:43.3 | And Ian Wright said, Chris Kavanaugh, |
| 1:45.6 | after review with the sweetest word since Martin Luther King's, I have a dream. |
| 1:52.3 | As someone with a dog in the fight, Philippe, how was it for you? |
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