Noel Gallagher on Oasis, Guehi, Semenyo and why Arsenal will win the title
Football Daily
BBC
4.3 • 4.5K Ratings
🗓️ 16 January 2026
⏱️ 21 minutes
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Summary
Darren Fletcher, Don Hutchison, Kevin Nolan and Glenn Murray are joined by Oasis star Noel Gallagher to discuss Manchester City and his favourite derby memories.
Is Marc Guehi a good signing for Manchester City? Why does he think Arsenal will win the Premier League this season? What's going wrong at Manchester United? Just how good was the Oasis tour - and how did it change the way his children felt about their old man?
Timecodes:
0:17 - How was Noel Gallagher's summer? 0:49 - How will Marc Guehi fair at Manchester City? 2:44 - What impact can Antoine Semenyo have at the Etihad? 4:35 - What is Noel's earliest and favourite derby memory? 10:27 - Who will win the Premier League this season? 11:46 - The quality of Manchester City's defence. 14:50 - How does Noel feel ahead of the derby? 16:38 - John McEnroe or Al Pacino - who is the coolest person he has met?
Premier League Commentaries this weekend:
Saturday 17th January - 3pm - Tottenham Hotspur v West Ham United Saturday 17th January - 3pm - Chelsea v Brentford (Sports Extra) Saturday 17th January - 5:30pm - Nottingham Forest v Arsenal Sunday 18th January - 2pm - Wolverhampton Wanderers v Newcastle United Sunday 18th January - 4:30pm - Aston Villa v Everton
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio Podcasts. |
| 0:05.7 | Hello, you're about to listen to a BBC podcast, and I'm Ed Gamble, host of another BBC podcast, The Traitors Uncloaked. |
| 0:12.7 | But my show is available only on BBC Sounds, just like Ellis and John's Saturday bonus episodes, |
| 0:18.2 | The Pop Top Ten podcast with Scott Mills and Rylan, and comedy specials |
| 0:22.2 | from the likes of Harriet Kemsley, Susie Ruffle and Rommashranganathan. |
| 0:25.9 | However, and maybe I'm biased, it's really all about the traitors uncoaked. |
| 0:30.3 | So for a whole bunch of exclusive scoops and podcasts, listen only on BBC Sounds. |
| 0:36.2 | This is the Football Daily podcast with Darren Fletcher. |
| 0:41.3 | Welcome to a very special episode of the Football Daily podcast as we preview the Manchester |
| 0:46.3 | Derby. |
| 0:47.1 | Joining us on the pod is Oasis Star, a Manchester City fan, Noel Gallagher. |
| 0:52.6 | Noel, how are you, mate? |
| 0:54.0 | I'm very well, mate. How are you? |
| 0:55.8 | I'm very good. Have you been busy since we last spoke? |
| 0:58.7 | Well, when was that? |
| 1:00.5 | Before the summer. |
| 1:02.4 | Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. |
| 1:05.8 | Yeah, it went round the world, didn't it? |
| 1:08.4 | It did. It did. How's the holiday? |
| 1:10.5 | The holiday was good. The holiday was good. |
| 1:11.5 | The holiday was good. |
| 1:12.7 | Yeah, I'm back at work on Monday. |
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