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The Totally Football Show with James Richardson

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The Totally Football Show with James Richardson

The Athletic

Premier League, Sports, Champions League, World Cup, Soccer,

4.54.4K Ratings

🗓️ 7 February 2019

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

Jimbo has Emma Saunders, Duncan Alexander and James Horncastle on board to discuss the jitters and jiggling at the top of the Premier League. Plus, Marco Silva returns to Vicarage Road; the DryWorld Cup; and tales from the French 6th divisionRUNNING ORDER: • PART 1: City back on top - and who’ll be third in the two horse race? (01m 00s)• PART 2a: City v Chelsea, Liverpool v Bournemouth and Spurs v Leicester previews (10m 30s) • PART 2b: The race for the Top 4 (20m 30s)• PART 2c: A word on the FA Cup - and Tears for Fears (26m 00s) • PART 2c: Shape damage and other tales from the OptaPro Forum (33m 00s)• PART 3a: Watford v Everton and songs about snakes (36m 10s)• PART 3b: The rest of the PL weekend (42m 00s)• PART 4: Your questions, Serie A and tales from the French 6th division and Ravel Morrison (46m 30s)• PART 5: The odds with Paddy Power’s Lee Price (52m 20s)• PART 6: Exeunt omnes / Championship round-up (54m 00s) GET IN TOUCH:
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0:00.0

Totally Football Show. Today, the toughest title struggle since Rod Fanny's autobiography

0:09.4

continues with City now back in pole and spurs quietly lurking in third. We preview the

0:15.5

weekend's action, including preparations for Marco Silver's return to Watford and wonder why are there

0:20.9

so few famous songs to play about

0:22.8

snakes? There's FA Cup news, Rodney Parade

0:25.2

preparing for the Premier League champions

0:26.8

and knockout news from abroad too

0:28.9

in this Totally Football Show

0:30.6

in association with Paddy Bauer.

0:36.8

Hello listener. All around me are familiar faces, worn out places, worn out faces.

0:45.6

Back from Rome, rocking a togo. It's James Horncastle. Hi, James.

0:49.8

Hey, James. Emma Saunders with us from BBC Sport and of course Vickorage Road.

0:54.4

Hello.

0:54.9

We've got a big game this weekend, huh?

0:56.1

We do. Lots to talk about.

0:57.7

Yeah.

0:58.4

And half-man, half-algorism, Duncan Alexander.

1:01.7

Greetings.

1:03.4

Nice.

1:04.0

Since we last spoke, the top two have both been in action, of course.

1:07.6

So probably should begin with that.

1:09.6

And that whole title race thing,

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