Monday Night Club: Cherries on top & Rashford’s Sacrifice
Football Daily
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🗓️ 27 January 2025
⏱️ 54 minutes
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Summary
What’s going so well for Andoni Iraola’s Bournemouth? Does Marcus Rashford need to make a sacrifice? What is the answer to Tottenham’s problems – will they stick with Ange Postecoglou? And after Chelsea broke the women’s world record transfer fee on defender Naomi Girma, what does that mean for the rest of the WSL?
Mark Chapman is joined by Chris Sutton, Rory Smith and former England captain Steph Houghton to reflect on the weekend’s biggest football stories.
TIME CODES:
01:05 – Bournemouth 18:40 – Tottenham 34:25 – Marcus Rashford 46:10 – Naomi Girma to Chelsea
BBC Sounds / 5 Live European commentaries this week:
Wednesday 29th January CHAMPIONS LEAGUE: Manchester City v Club Brugge 2000 KO – 5 Live CHAMPIONS LEAGUE: Aston Villa v Celtic 2000 KO – Sports Extra Thursday 30th January EUROPA LEAGUE: FCSB v Manchester United 2000 KO – 5 Live Saturday 1st February PREMIER LEAGUE: Bournemouth v Liverpool 1500 KO – 5 Live PREMIER LEAGUE: Wolves v Aston Villa 1730 KO – Starts on Sports Extra and moves to 5 Live for Second Half
Sunday 2ND February WOMENS SUPER LEAGUE: Manchester City v Arsenal 1200 KO – Sports Extra PREMIER LEAGUE: Manchester United v Crystal Palace 1400 KO – 5 Live PREMIER LEAGUE: Brentford v Spurs 1400 KO – Sports Extra PREMIER LEAGUE: Arsenal v Man City 1630 KO – 5 Live WOMENS SUPER LEAGUE: Tottenham v Manchester United 1845 KO – Sports Extra
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| 0:00.0 | Sir Alex Ferguson is the most successful British manager of all time. |
| 0:05.0 | Nobody is above him or this football club. |
| 0:08.0 | So how did an apprentice toolmaker from Glasgow become one of the most iconic figures in sporting history? |
| 0:15.0 | His strength of character, his determination, the fight on him. |
| 0:18.0 | He can be persuasive, he can be charming. He can be frightening. |
| 0:21.4 | I'm Kelly Cates, and this is Sporting Giants, Sir Alex Ferguson. |
| 0:25.8 | I didn't want to feel. I couldn't feel. |
| 0:27.9 | Listen on BBC Sounds. |
| 0:31.8 | BBC Sounds, music, radio, podcasts. |
| 0:36.9 | The Football Daily Podcast with Mark Chapman. |
| 0:45.5 | Welcome to the Monday Night Club, |
| 0:47.7 | former England captain is Steph Horton and Rory Smith and Chris Sutton are with us. |
| 0:52.6 | Thank you very much to Bob, who sent us an email, lives in Derby, but a forest fan, he says. |
| 0:57.4 | He also says, and this is very kind. |
| 0:58.9 | You people on Five Life keep me going more than you can imagine, which is a lovely thing to say. |
| 1:03.0 | And then most importantly, after Saturday's result, is Chris still a fan? |
| 1:08.0 | Well, many more results like that, Mark, and I may sort of head somewhere else. |
| 1:13.9 | So, uh, Nuno's Spirito Santa needs to put his finger out. |
| 1:17.7 | Right. |
| 1:18.4 | Doesn't really help, it doesn't really help your cause of being a dedicated fan no matter what, does it really that? |
| 1:24.1 | I've never, never claimed to be a dedicated fan for anybody. |
| 1:27.3 | No, that's true. I'm just a, I'm just a |
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