Totally Extra: George Weah - player, president, pioneer
The Totally Football Show with James Richardson
The Athletic
4.5 • 4.4K Ratings
🗓️ 17 January 2026
⏱️ 68 minutes
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Summary
Jimbo is joined by James Horncastle, Tom Williams and Musa Okwonga as they open up the Totally Almanac in the 90's to celebrate George Weah.
"The life of this guy is a film" said his mentor Arsene Wenger; from a Shanty town in Monrovia to becoming the first and only African Ballon d'Or winner and eventually becoming the president of Liberia.
King George first won the hearts of Monaco and PSG fans with his dazzling runs and infectious personality before moving to Milan and winning two Serie A titles and scoring countless unforgettable goals. But was his pitch-long run & finish against Verona the goal of the decade?
Plus your questions and a fiendish Weah themed quiz question set by Duncan Alexander.
Produced by Charlie Jones and Jesse Howard.
RUNNING ORDER:
• PART 1: Why Weah? (0.40)
• PART 2a: Duncan’s quiz question (08.35)
• PART 2b: The Totally Extra Almanac (09.35)
• PART 3a: Weah’s time in France (14.50)
• PART 3b: King George in Milan (22.30)
• PART 4a: Your questions on Weah (38.40)
• PART 5a: Weah’s time in England (54.00)
• PART 5b: The quiz question answer (1h06)
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| 0:00.0 | The Athletic FC |
| 0:04.0 | Totally extra. |
| 0:10.9 | Today, Liberian goal, you know that you came and you changed my world. |
| 0:15.7 | Yes, we're talking George Weyer, player, president, scorer of perhaps the night's most famous goal. |
| 0:22.6 | Where? |
| 0:23.6 | Where? |
| 0:24.6 | Where? |
| 0:25.6 | Where? |
| 0:26.6 | Where are! |
| 0:27.6 | The man Mandela called the pride of Africa. |
| 0:32.6 | The man Ali Dia called his cousin. |
| 0:34.6 | It's King George on this totally extra. D. |
| 0:45.7 | So, glad you could join us. |
| 0:46.8 | Whenever it is, you're catching this listener. |
| 0:49.0 | It's a totally extra with James Horncastle. |
| 0:51.5 | Hi, James. |
| 0:52.6 | Hello, Jimbo. |
| 0:53.8 | Tom Williams is with us as well. All right, Tom. |
| 0:57.1 | All right, James. All right, indeed. And joining us from Berlin, Muzer Kongwa of the Stadio |
| 1:04.2 | podcast, Moosa. How you doing, gang? Great to be here. Great to be here. We're so delighted |
| 1:10.1 | you could join us. Special edition. Great to be here. We're so delighted you could join us. |
| 1:12.0 | A special edition. |
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