Christmas only takes a day
The Totally Football Show with James Richardson
The Athletic
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🗓️ 6 September 2021
⏱️ 70 minutes
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Summary
Jimbo welcomes Daniel Storey, Flo Lloyd-Hughes and Colin Millar into the pod on a weekend where crazy things are happening all around the world.
While other nations are slipping up, England have become a machine in qualifying. Will a trip to Poland provide problems? And is Bellingham the future of the midfield?
Elsewhere, it’s a big week for Northern Ireland who have some scores to settle with the Swiss. Brazil v Argentina is stopped as authorities try to deport four Premier League players. And do we really want a World Cup every two years.
The WSL is back with a new season and a new TV deal. The panel plead for patience in the development of the women’s game on a weekend where champions Chelsea suffer a shock defeat.
Plus the bloody Butcher and the renegade Rene Higuita.
RUNNING ORDER:
• PART 1: Two 4-0 wins for England (03m 30s)
• PART 2: The wide world of World Cup qualifying (15m 00s)
• PART 3: Brazil v Argentina admin chaos and a World Cup every two years? (30m 00s)
• PART 4: The WSL returns (45m 00s)
• PART 5: The odds with Paddy Power (60m 00s)
• PART 6: On This Day - Bloody Butcher and Higuita’s scorpion (62m 00s)
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| 0:00.0 | The Athletic |
| 0:02.0 | Totally Football Show. |
| 0:10.3 | Today, why World of World Cup qualifiers? |
| 0:13.5 | Brazil and Argentina open up a Pandora's box with mid-game COVID-cracked hand. |
| 0:17.8 | England opened up an Andorra's box in their latest 4-0 win. |
| 0:21.9 | We check out those stories and more on the road to Qatar, Poland, |
| 0:25.0 | how Spain lost their mojo, Northern Ireland and more. |
| 0:27.9 | Plus, opening a weekend in the WSL, who were the big winners? |
| 0:31.1 | How many days does Christmas last? |
| 0:33.0 | And on this day, we're the world's most famous head wounds and Wembley clearances. |
| 0:37.4 | It's the totally football show in association with Paddy Power. |
| 0:52.3 | Hello, listener, Monday the 6th of September, just about. |
| 0:55.6 | We're a little bit later than usual. |
| 0:57.3 | But hey, promises to be a very special show for you today. |
| 1:00.5 | With Daniel's story, as ever, hello, Daniel. |
| 1:02.8 | Hello, James. |
| 1:04.3 | Hello from the eye. |
| 1:05.7 | Colin Miller, who's just arrived in Tharagoza. |
| 1:08.5 | Hello, Colin. |
| 1:09.7 | Buenos Aires. |
| 1:16.0 | Nice. Also with us, Flo Lloyd Hughes. Flo, where are you joining us from? |
| 1:22.2 | My bedroom in North London, not as glamorous as Saragotha, unfortunately. |
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