Incredible Spygate update, Man Utd sign Éderson & FIFA ban water bottles!
Tifo Football Podcast
The Athletic
4.6 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 4 June 2026
⏱️ 84 minutes
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Summary
FIFA banning fans bringing water bottles into stadiums during the summer World Cup, incredible new details from the Southampton spy gate scandal, Manchester United’s new midfield signing Éderson & the departure of Marco Silva from Fulham were all discussed on the latest Tifo Football podcast.
Plus our guest Archie Bland is really good at Fantasy Premier League…
This episode of the Tifo football podcast is hosted by Joe Devine, features Jon Mackenzie, JJ Bull & Archie Bland and is produced by Steve Hankey.
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00:00 - a spy-less intro
08:18 - FIFA took away our water bottles
17:36 - More spygate!
22:26 - How Southampton fans have handled it
30:10 - The role of peer pressure
36:10 - Tonda Eckert’s second chance
39:26 - A break
39:28 - The Rondo
47:45 - Man Utd sign midfielder Éderson
1:03:29 - Marco SIlva to leave Fulham
1:15:10 - another break
1:15:12 - Archie’s Fantasy Premier League success!
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to the TIFO football podcast. |
| 0:07.2 | I'm Joe Devine, and today I'm delighted to be joined by John McKenzie. |
| 0:12.6 | What's up? |
| 0:13.6 | What is up? |
| 0:15.4 | Yeah, I'm right, Harry. |
| 0:17.4 | Fine. |
| 0:18.2 | Absolutely fine. Thanks, man. Also, JJ Ball. Bumper Hi. Oh, hi. Now, that's a good reference, because at the very end of the show, we go around and we do some bumper facts. It's foreshadowing. Very exciting. And a lovely Tifo podcast debut. He's the Guardian's. He's the head of all of the Guardians news. Wow. That's not true. And a lovely Tivo podcast debut. He's the head of all of the Guardian's news. Wow. That's not true. |
| 0:54.1 | And a lovely Tivo podcast debut. He's the Guardian's head of national news. It's Archie Bland. Hello. Yeah, there he. Oh, Steve wants us to clap. Yeah. Thank you very much. Let's clap a man. There we go. It's very strange doing this at the end. Yes, right. like I'm time traveling. |
| 0:55.2 | But now you're warm. |
| 0:55.7 | Absolutely. |
| 0:56.2 | Warm. |
| 0:56.6 | Yeah. Yeah. |
| 0:56.6 | Yeah. |
| 0:56.6 | Actually, I feel like I'm time travelling. |
| 0:54.3 | But now you're warm. |
| 0:55.4 | Absolutely. |
| 0:56.0 | Warm now. Yes. Actually, I feel like he cooled through the episode. I don't know. There was a lull in the middle, I think, when we talked about actual football stuff. Yeah, I think... I'm going to say, and I think the Rondo started that lull. Yeah. Stick around to find out one. |
| 1:11.1 | Stick around to find out one. |
| 1:12.3 | Now, what did we just... |
| 1:13.5 | Oh, Steve Hanky's also here. |
| 1:14.5 | Hey, yo! that lull. Yeah. Stick around to find out one, everybody. |
| 1:12.3 | Stick around to find out one. |
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