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Thomas Tuchel’s England labour again and Levy out at Spurs – Football Weekly

Football Weekly

The Guardian

Soccer, Sports

4.69K Ratings

🗓️ 8 September 2025

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Max Rushden is joined by Barry Glendenning, Dan Bardell and Ali Maxwell to discuss all the latest World Cup qualifying action. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/footballweeklypod

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hi Pod fans, Max here. Barry's here too. Hello. Football Weekly is supported by TNT Sports,

0:06.0

your destination for football's not normal moments. As we all know too well on this show, Barry,

0:11.6

whether it's the Premier League, the UEFA League, or the Men's and Women's FA Cup, every match day has the potential to deliver drama, fun, excitement, even chaos, Barry.

0:20.4

You got that right, Max?

0:21.7

Yeah, I did, yeah.

0:22.7

Whether it's the cunning trickery of the mean yamal

0:24.6

or the unbelievable acrobatics of Erling Harland,

0:26.9

TNT Sports brings you football in its most unpredictable,

0:30.1

jaw-dropping glory across a range of competitions all in one place.

0:38.8

This is The Guardian.

0:51.8

Hello and welcome to the Guardian Football Weekly.

0:54.0

Just imagine if Bill Murray had to watch England struggle,

0:56.6

but eventually break down a smaller nation's low block on that day. Not sure the film would be quite as successful.

1:02.0

It's hard to break down a low block, Andoran or otherwise. It makes for bad football and bad football matches.

1:07.5

Someone in the whole end spent the whole game choosing what kettle to buy, frankly, a big life decision that will stay with you for years, unlike this one. Tugles, England though, are yet to be good. Also today a stirring comeback from the Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland beat Luxembourg and scare the Germans, Wales winning Kazakhstan and Scotland get a creditable draw in Denmark. Elsewhere, Daniel Levy is eased aside by Spurs. Was he good or was he terrible?

1:28.3

Is this the best news for Tottenham or a huge case of be careful what you wish for? There's some

1:32.0

League 1 and League 2 to get through as Cambridge lose to a couple of melons while Sergio Ramos has

1:36.0

released a song. Does Barry even know? All that plus your questions. And that's today's Guardian

1:40.1

Football Weekly.

1:47.1

On the panel today, Barry Glendening, welcome.

1:48.1

Hello, Max.

1:50.4

From Not the Top 20, Ali Maxwell, hello.

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