Monday Night Club: O’Neil withdraws from Wolves & disturbance in the goalkeepers’ union

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🗓️ 3 November 2025

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

Mark Chapman is joined by Andros Townsend, Shay Given and Rory Smith on the Monday Night Club.

With former boss Gary O’Neil ruling himself out of the running, what type of manager would be attracted to the Wolves job? Should the club be moving away from the ‘usual’ pool of Premier League managers? Ryan Leister, host of The Wolves Report, joins the pod to consider the wider issues associated with Wolves’ recent decline.

Shay offers insight on the dynamics in a goalkeeping group and the considerations when writing a book following the fallout from the publication of Mary Earps’ autobiography.

Former Scotland forward James McFadden joins to chat Old Firm derby. How different are Celtic under Martin O’Neill? Are Rangers improved under Rohl?

The panel consider Ruben Amorim’s tenure so far as Saturday marked his one-year anniversary in charge at Old Trafford.

Plus, have West Ham turned a corner? Did they make the right call in appointing Nuno Espirito Santo?

Timecodes: 1’33 Managerial vacancy at Wolves 19’30 West Ham 27’21 Nottingham Forest 30’08 One year of Ruben Amorim 39’38 Old Firm derby 50’50 Mary Earps’ autobiography

5 Live / BBC Sounds Commentaries:

Tuesday 4th November CHAMPIONS LEAGUE: Slavia Prague v Arsenal 1745 KO – live on 5 Live. CHAMPIONS LEAGUE: Liverpool v Real Madrid 2000 KO - live on 5 Live. CHAMPIONS LEAGUE: Spurs v FC Copenhagen 2000 KO - live on Sports Extra.

Wednesday 5th November CHAMPIONS LEAGUE: Qarabag v Chelsea 1745 KO - live on 5 Live. CHAMPIONS LEAGUE: Manchester City v Borussia Dortmund - live on 5 Live.

Thursday 6th November EUROPA LEAGUE: Midtjylland v Celtic 1745 KO - live on Sports Extra. CONFERENCE LEAGUE: AEK Larnaca v Aberdeen 1745 KO - live on Sports Extra 2. EUROPA LEAGUE: Rangers v Roma 1945 KO - live on Sports Extra.

Saturday 8th November PREMIER LEAGUE: West Ham v Burnley 1500 KO - live on 5 Live. PREMIER LEAGUE: Everton v Fulham 1500 KO - live on Sports Extra. PREMIER LEAGUE: Sunderland v Arsenal 1730 KO live on 5 Live.

WSL: Arsenal v Chelsea 1200 KO - live on Sports Extra.

Sunday 9th November PREMIER LEAGUE: Nottingham Forest v Leeds United 1400 KO - live on 5 Live. PREMIER LEAGUE: Brentford v Newcastle 1400 KO - live on Sports Extra. PREMIER LEAGUE: Aston Villa v Bournemouth 1400 KO - live on Sports Extra 2. PREMIER LEAGUE: Crystal Palace v Brighton 1400 KO - live on Sports Extra 3.

PREMIER LEAGUE: Manchester City v Liverpool 1630 KO - live on 5 Live.

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0:38.6	This is the Monday Night Club with Mark Chapman.
0:42.1	On the Football Daily podcast.
0:45.9	Welcome to the Monday night club, Andros Townsend, Shadegiven, Rory Smith with us.
0:51.7	Just want to say, get well soon to Chris, who's not feeling very well.
0:56.5	That sent me a message this morning saying he's got an infection that has left him slurring,
1:02.7	confused and disorientated. And you can obviously do your own gag about not knowing what difference
1:08.7	that would make. And also, I tell you what, Andros, I'm disappointed
1:13.5	because I thought you were going to do the whole show in a vest,
1:16.5	which is how you were sitting there for the last five minutes.
1:19.6	And only you out of this panel, with all due respect, show, can carry off a vest.
1:23.6	Excuse me, chappers. I've just been to gym this morning, you know, but yeah, you're probably right. Do you want me to see if there's a vest in the office? No, no, no. I probably look like Rab C. Nesbitt, Jack Duckworth, and an elite footballer on the show. So have you, you've got against the vest now, Andros? Well, two minutes before the show, the producer said to me, would you like to put a t-shirt on? I took that as put a t-shirt on now, you scruffy, so-and-so. Rory, I'm sorry, I didn't include you in the vest chat, really. It's fine. I also don't want to wear a vest. Okay. Yeah. So we have a lot to get through.
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