Totally Gold 2011/12: Aguerooooo, Balotelli and Harry for England

The Totally Football Show with James Richardson

The Athletic

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🗓️ 8 June 2025

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

Back in the summer of 2020, Jimbo and co passed the time reviewing classic Premier League campaigns.

Here from the vault, we bring you the thoughts of Michael Cox, Daniel Storey and Matt Davies-Adams on the 2011/12 season - the one where the championship was decided on goal difference.

The panel discuss the enigmatic Mario Balotelli and how Tottenham were in the title race until Harry Redknapp almost got the England job.

Plus Blackburn going down, Chelsea winning the Champions League and Arsenal losing 8-2.

Produced by Charlie Jones.

RUNNING ORDER:

• PART 1a: Chaos but success for Chelsea and Arsenal (03.00)

• PART 1b: The battle against the drop (07.00)

• PART 1c: Pardew’s Newcastle flying high (09.00)

• PART 1d: Spurs in the title race - Harry almost England manager (12.00)

• PART 2a: City v United for the title (20.00)

• PART 2b: The final day of the season (33.00)

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0:00.0	The weather. Tomorrow, expect a biting cold front. Hmm, how naughty. I wonder what I'll be
0:06.8	wearing or taking off. The night will be wild and untamed. Expect heavy, lashing rain
0:13.0	that'll soak you to the skin. By Monday, temperatures will rise slowly but surely reaching
0:18.7	their peak in the afternoon.
0:23.0	Not in the mood for miserable weather.
0:25.6	Fly cheaply to Turkey with Sun Express.
0:28.7	Sun Express, non-stop sunshine.
0:36.2	The Athletic FC Podcast Network. The Athletic FC Podcast Network Hello.
0:44.2	Hello, listener.
0:47.3	This summer, alongside our regular Totally Football Show,
0:51.0	which will be with you twice weekly throughout these warm summer months,
0:54.7	we'll also be bringing you a special extra series from the vaults,
0:55.9	Totally Gold.
0:57.5	Yep, Toto Gold will be revisiting the now faraway time
0:59.5	back in 2020 when there was no football on
1:01.9	and we have the chance to review
1:03.1	some of the greatest seasons
1:04.8	that the Premier League has ever witnessed.
1:07.1	And first off today,
1:08.2	it's the one where Michael Cox,
1:09.9	Daniel's Story and Matt Davis Adams
1:11.8	has joined me to relive perhaps the greatest finale in Premier League history, one in which
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