The Football Reporters: Dowman’s rise & Calvert-Lewin’s England hopes

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🗓️ 17 March 2026

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Mark, Rob and James look back on a Premier League weekend that saw Arsenal extend their lead with the help of 16-year-old Max Dowman, and speak to Dominic Calvert-Lewin about Leeds United’s fight to avoid the drop and his hopes of making Thomas Tuchel’s England squad for the World Cup. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Bowser is back.
0:02.0	Ha ha!
0:03.0	Bouser!
0:04.0	Everyone calm down!
0:08.0	The Super Mario Brothers can take care of the kingdom.
0:11.0	Let's go!
0:13.0	On April 1st, Toad, pack our things.
0:16.0	The galaxy is waiting.
0:20.0	Who is this? Who is this?
0:21.6	So some cool dinosaur just shows up and he's now part of the group.
0:25.4	Cool.
0:26.0	The Super Mario Galaxy movie, only in cinema's April 1st.
0:33.8	Welcome to the Football Reporters.
0:39.5	Coming up, we look back at a pivotal weekend at the Premier League title race and a historic goal for 16-year-old Max Dowman.
0:45.3	Plus, James spoke to Dominic Calvert Lewin about Leeds his relegation battle and his hopes of securing a place in Thomas Tuchel's England squad for the World Cup.
0:59.9	James, you wrote the Emirates for the game, Max Diamond, to basically change the whole storyline because prior to his intervention, his assistant, his goal, Alston were struggling a bit, weren't.
1:05.2	Well, this is the tightrope they've been walking for a while, you know, and often at home,
1:10.6	they've been, you know, not there
1:13.1	sort of lacking cohesion, lacking ideas in open play, really. And, you know, when
1:20.1	Everton, when a team like Everton come and sort of shut down the set piece angle, it starts
1:25.8	to get quite fraught and nervous for the Arsenal fans. I have to say
1:31.1	they really did stick behind their team in a way that they haven't always done in matches
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