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Hello and welcome to the weekend preview on the Athletic Football podcast sponsored by Bet365.

Thank you. Preview on the Athletic Football Podcast, sponsored by Bet365. I'm Dan Bardell with George Ehrlich and Bet365, Steve Freeth, alongside me as ever, to preview the best of the weekend's Premier League action.

We're going to reflect on a dramatic North London Derby and, of course, the weekend's FA Cup final. Steve, George, how are we both? Good looking forward to a weekend of FA Cup finals, playoff semi-finals, good host of games on Sunday as well. So it should be a good weekend's football as we kind of limped towards the summer and a bit of time off. If I know you, you'll be more excited about the EFL games for sure. Steve, I've got you down as an FAA Cup final man getting up at 8 o'clock, things like that, watching the whole day's coverage, if you're not in the box, of course. I used to be back in the day. It was a ritual when we, no such things like that. It was just terrestrial channels channels probably about three of them just about then and it was the whole day now I've been very fortunate to go to a number of cup finals over over the 20 plus years that I've been at about 365 won't be there this weekend but I'll certainly be watching along with all the playoff action.

And it's my best mate's 50th as well. So, and you know him, Dan, he's a villa fan. So I'll be spending the weekend with him, which I'm sure he'll talk about the European Cup, maybe a few times. It sounds like it sounds like it's real reversal for me and Steve, but I'm off to a game. I'm going to kind of with road for Luton Huddersfield. and you're the one seeing his mates having a few beers and not watching any football.

I've got to wait till first day'm going to Kenilworth Road for Luton Huddisfield, and you're the one seeing his mates,

having a few beers and not actually football.

I think I've got to wait some Thursday, George, I think, for Port Vale Swindon. Port Val Swindon. It's going to be a long few days. Goals. I'm doing a bit of a Steve on Sunday as well. I'm in corporate for the villa game on Sunday, I'm totally into Steve Ruth as well.

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So yeah, game one we're going to look at this weekend is the FA Cup final.

Chelsea v Liverpool of course, a 445 kickoff on Saturday.

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