Snobbery at Sheffield, cracks at Coventry('s pitch), and inspired Ipswich

The Athletic FC Podcast

The Athletic

Football, Soccer,, Sports, Soccer

4 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 24 August 2022

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Mark Chapman is joined by Nancy Frostick of The Athletic and EFL goal centurion Sam Parkin to bring you up to date on the story lines from across tiers two to four. Covering everything from Coventry's dodgy pitch, to Preston's clean sheets, to the manager inspired by Hansi Flick to the coaches Manchester United have waved goodbye to. It's all here in this whip around the lower divisions. All that plus Watford's transfers, Wigan and Rotherham's unbeaten records, and the first sacking of the season. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	The Athletic.
0:03.0	Today we're talking about what you need to know from the race to the Premier League to surviving the drop to the National League.
0:09.0	Joining me, Mark Chapman for your ICYMI on the EFL, the CBS, P&E and many other acronyms in between the athletics
0:18.2	EFL writer, Nancy Frostick and EFL Gold Centurion Sam Parkin.
0:23.0	It'll get better, I promise.
0:25.0	Welcome to the Athletic Football Podcast.
0:27.0	Vincent Company is the new first team manager at Burnley.
0:35.0	I think we've seen obvious flaws already.
0:37.0	And Swift Shoo.
0:38.0	Oh, there it is.
0:40.0	Redding and Nuts. This is my favorite division.
0:42.0	It really is.
0:42.6	John Jules into the penalty area.
0:44.6	Tyres John Jules, what a goal.
0:47.2	I love the way that they've started the season.
0:49.3	I think League 2 is really strong this year. Well Nancy and Sam we have an awful lot to rattle through and loads of good stuff to talk about on the pitch.
1:06.6	But I'm going to start off the pitch, or in fact with the pitch at Nancy because that is
1:11.8	Coventry's problem at the moment who've only played two of their five games so far. Just take us through the story.
1:18.0	Yeah, I mean if anyone's looked at the table they're probably thinking what's gone on there if they don't know the context because Coventry a rock bottom with yeah not many points because they've not
1:27.0	played many and it's basically because at the Commonwealth Games they had the
1:31.0	rugby sevens tournament at the CBS Arena and played 65 Rugby
1:36.5	Sevens games in three days which I think even the most durable pitch would probably get
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