Chelsea book FA Cup final with City, as Arsenal + Spurs both win!
The Totally Football Show with James Richardson
The Athletic
4.5 • 4.4K Ratings
🗓️ 26 April 2026
⏱️ 65 minutes
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Summary
Matt Davies-Adams welcomes Daniel Storey, Seb Stafford-Bloor and Colin Millar into the pod to talk FA Cup and Premier League action.
Calum McFarlane’s Chelsea see off Leeds 1-0 in the Sunday semi-final. Are they standing between Man City and a domestic treble?
Arsenal go back 3 points clear at the top of the Premier League after a narrow and nervy win over Newcastle. Was it a performance that posed more questions than answers?
It was a huge weekend at the bottom with victories galore. Spurs won for the first time in 2026, but West Ham beat Everton in stoppage time. And Nottingham Forest ran riot at Sunderland, winning 5-0 on Friday.
Plus Daniel witnessed the incredible finale in the National League as York City won promotion to the Football League at Rochdale’s expense.
Produced by Charlie Jones
RUNNING ORDER:
• PART 1: York promoted in incredible National League finale (02:00)
• PART 2a: Chelsea 1-0 Leeds (09:00)
• PART 2b: Man City 2-1 Southampton (16:30)
• PART 3: Arsenal 1-0 Newcastle (26:00)
• PART 4a: West Ham 2-1 Everton (37:00)
• PART 4b: Wolves 0-1 Spurs (44:00)
• PART 4c: Sunderland 0-5 Nottingham Forest (50:00)
• PART 4d: Liverpool 3-1 Crystal Palace (58:00)
• PART 4e: Fulham 1-0 Aston Villa and the race for 6th (61:00)
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| 0:00.0 | The Athletic FC |
| 0:03.3 | Totally football show today. |
| 0:11.6 | City set up another cup final as Nicco nix it after Finn's pizzazz. |
| 0:16.0 | They'll face Chelsea who benefited from new old interim manager bounce. |
| 0:19.7 | Elsewhere, Premier League, |
| 0:20.8 | Ezra Excellence, Edge's anxious Arsenal past Newcastle at the top. who benefited from new old interim manager bounce. Elsewhere, Premier League, |
| 0:24.7 | Ezer Excellence, Edge's anxious Arsenal past Newcastle at the top, |
| 0:26.1 | whilst in the relegation fight, |
| 0:27.4 | everyone finds some. |
| 0:29.9 | Forest Thrash, Sunderland, West Ham leave it late, |
| 0:32.8 | and Spurs, Spurs do a win. |
| 0:34.5 | Meanwhile, in the National League, |
| 0:36.7 | a Spotland spectacle for the ages. That and more to come on this Totally Football Show. |
| 0:43.3 | Good evening. This is the Totally Football Show and we are live on YouTube on Sunday the 26th of April after a fairly monumental weekend. |
| 0:53.1 | In the world of association football, it's me, Matt, |
| 0:55.7 | sitting in for Jimbo again in the studio. I have Colin Miller of the Athletic. How are you? I'm not too bad, Matt. How are you? Yeah, all right, thanks. Just hot-footed it on the tube from Wembley Stadium. Seb Stufferblers here too. Nice to see you in person in England. Thanks having me, Matt. |
| 1:09.6 | And on the big screen, Daniel's story, who's had quite the weekend. |
| 1:12.9 | You're okay, Daniel? |
| 1:14.2 | I'm very well, thank you, Matt. Right, straight to it, the important thing. Take a fanatic on the YouTube. I think I'm only interested in hearing about York Rochdale is the only meaningful football action this weekend. The floor is yours then, Daniel. |
| 1:28.0 | You were there to see that incredible finish, |
| 1:30.2 | live and in living colour. |
| 1:32.0 | Yeah, I think, I don't think I'm being hyperbolic when I say it was in a million to one shot, |
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