Arsenal Player, Chelsea Fan & Living With Gazza | Stick to Football EP 115
Stick to Football
The Overlap
4.2 • 969 Ratings
🗓️ 5 February 2026
⏱️ 84 minutes
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Summary
Welcome back to Stick to Football, brought to you by ARNE.
In this episode, Gary Neville, Paul Scholes, Roy Keane, Jill Scott and Ian Wright are joined by Paul Merson for an open and wide-ranging conversation.
We start with Paul’s time on Soccer Saturday, looking at what he loves most about the role and whether there are moments of analysis he wishes he could take back.
The conversation then turns to club loyalties, with Paul opening up about being a Chelsea fan despite his strong ties to Arsenal, and who he would want to win if the two sides ever met.
Paul also reflects on his playing career, sharing stories from his time at Arsenal, the top players he played alongside, and giving his thoughts on the current Arsenal side and whether they can go all the way this season.
We then move away from the pitch as Paul speaks honestly about life after football and some of the challenges he has faced along the way.
To finish, we look ahead to England’s chances at the World Cup and Paul answers your community questions.
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00:00 - Intro
06:35 - Soccer Saturday
17:30 - Being a Chelsea fan
19:35 - Playing Career
27:40 - Problem With Modern Football
30:00 - Arsenal’s Shape
36:28 - Paul’s Mental Health and Addiction
45:15 - Management Reflections
47:50 - Playing At Lower Levels
50:22 - Best Players Paul Played With
55:43 - Paul Opens Up
1:02:10 - England
1:10:05 - Community Questions
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Just before we get started, a quick thanks to our partners and clothing. |
| 0:04.1 | We hope you enjoy the show. |
| 0:06.2 | You want to go where everybody knows your name. |
| 0:11.1 | I still watch Friends just on the people. |
| 0:15.1 | Do you still watch it? |
| 0:16.1 | I love it. |
| 0:17.1 | I'm not keen on friends. |
| 0:18.8 | Are you not keen on Friends? |
| 0:20.6 | Did you go? Have you taken away not keen on friends? Did you go? |
| 0:22.1 | Have you been to the place? |
| 0:22.9 | Did you go to the place? |
| 0:24.3 | It's not fast. |
| 0:25.6 | It's not... |
| 0:26.6 | Yeah, but it's not... |
| 0:27.1 | You go down the stairs. |
| 0:28.1 | It's a tourist place. |
| 0:29.0 | I would like to get away. |
| 0:32.0 | Sometimes you want to go |
| 0:34.2 | where everybody knows your name. Boom. all of those i cried some of them |
| 0:40.4 | some of those episodes made me cry really yeah because it's brilliant they're like a family |
| 0:45.5 | weren't they it's brilliant it's brilliant great show tv back then was brilliant weren't it yes and then |
| 0:51.2 | when you'd be buzzing because you've got channel five. Do you know what I mean? |
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