Hello and welcome to the TIFO football podcast. I'm Joe Devine and I'm joined now by Alex Stewart.

Hi Joe.

Hello Alex. How are you? Oh, super.

You look very colourful.

Thank you. Tell the listeners about your shirt.

It's from a small league in Portland a few years back, the, the Toffee League. And, uh, what makes it a Toffee League? That was the name. But does it have any significance? I didn't look it up. Feels like you might have researched that possibly. Just bought the shirt. And Seb Stafford Bloor, who's not supposed to talk before I

introduce him. Hi, Seb, how are you? Hello, Joe Devine. I'm very well. Thank you. Fantastic. It was a big day of footy today, and we're going to talk about it at the end of a big day of footy. I'm very excited now, I have to say, gripped by the tournament, finally, second me a long time. Turns out

I just needed the big teams to play

and the good football to start

and now I love it. But before Finally, second me a long time. Turns out I just needed the big teams to play and the good football to start.

And now I love it.

But before we talk about that, let me remind you, listeners, that you can subscribe to the

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And you can do that by visiting theathletic.com forward slash Tifo football. Now, I will tell you that I have found it useful to no end

visiting and reading the in-depth previews of every team before they play, and really making

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forward slash Tifo football. But without further ado, I will leave you in the warm hands and the cool

embrace of Alex Stewart, Seb Stapfblor, and the Euros.

All right, let's begin with, I'm gripped.

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