The Football League Is Back!
The Game
The Times
3.2 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 4 August 2021
⏱️ 34 minutes
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Summary
Hugh Woozencroft is joined by Gregor Robertson and Tom Clarke.
The EFL returns this weekend, and with fans! Despite this positive, how will the pandemic continue to affect clubs negatively and are players putting financial security above professional aspirations? (00:00)
It wouldn’t be a preview show without our predictions, so we pick which teams should be challenging in all three leagues this season (18:20)
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| 0:00.0 | This episode of the game is sponsored by the UK COVID-19 Inquiry, |
| 0:04.6 | which is inviting everyone in the UK to share their experience of the pandemic, |
| 0:08.8 | because every story matters. Although the pandemic now feels like some time ago, |
| 0:13.4 | it's left a long lasting impact on all of our lives. It was something that we experienced together, |
| 0:18.8 | however, despite that, it affected us in many individual ways. Every story matters is your |
| 0:24.4 | opportunity to share how the pandemic impacted your life with the UK COVID-19 Inquiry. |
| 0:30.0 | It doesn't have to be just about the virus either. This can be about how it impacted your day-to-day life, |
| 0:35.2 | work, community, well-being or faith. Each story will be analysed and submitted to the |
| 0:40.4 | Inquiry's investigation as evidence. Understanding the true human impact of the pandemic can help |
| 0:46.1 | decision-makers learn lessons and protect future generations. Our experiences deserve to be heard. |
| 0:52.0 | Share your experience privately and securely on the Inquiry's website. Search every story matters. |
| 1:00.1 | Hello and welcome to the game podcast from the Times. Football is back. We're looking ahead |
| 1:06.8 | to the return of the EFL season with huge moves in the Championship League 1 and League 2, |
| 1:13.0 | not just in terms of players, but managers too. How will that affect everything? This is your guide |
| 1:19.1 | to the return of football. Football is back. I'm Hugh Wozncroft and the game podcast is back |
| 1:31.5 | as well. Thank you for joining us alongside me for the next half an hour or so. Just a quick |
| 1:36.2 | addition to looking ahead to the start of the new season. Tom Clark and Gregor Robertson, |
| 1:40.6 | gentlemen, how are you? Is Euro's fever now fully cured? I don't know whether it's fully cured. |
| 1:46.6 | Hugh, I'm okay. I'm a bit jaded. I'm going to rival Gregor in the tiredness stakes. I think he |
| 1:51.3 | might come on bleeding and moaning about being a new parent and how tired he is, but you should try |
| 1:56.8 | working Tokyo hours while living in the UK and covering the Olympics, mate. That's the real challenge. |
| 2:01.8 | So yeah, I'm a little bit jaded, Hugh, and a little bit tired. And also, I can't believe football's |
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