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The Totally Football Show with James Richardson

The Athletic

Sports, Soccer,, Premier League, Champions League, World Cup

4.5 • 4.4K Ratings

🗓️ 17 May 2018

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

Daniel Storey (F365), Matt Davies (Chelsea TV) and Julien Laurens join Iain Macintosh to pour over the England squad, shed a tear for Big Sam and David Moyes, preview the FA Cup final and salute Atletico Madrid’s Europa League triumphRUNNING ORDER:• PART 1a: Farewell, Big Sam, it wasn’t much fun (01m 50s)• PART 1b: Shalom, Moyes - and the wider problems at West Ham (08m 00s) • PART 2: England’s World Cup squad (12m 40s)• PART 3a: Roy of the Rovers news (20m 00s)• PART 3b: Europa League final review (22m 10s )• PART 3c: Other Muddy Knees podcasts this week (27m 50s) • PART 4a: Playoff updates (30m 40s)• PART 4b: FA Cup final preview - and Jody Morris in for Conte? (31m 50s)• PART 5: Euro round-up, with added Grimsby (41m 10s)• PART 6: Paddy Power’s Movers and Shakers with Lee Price (46m 30s)• PART 7: Exeunt omnes (48m 30s)CHARITY NEWS:• we’re working with [**CALM**, the Campaign Against Living Miserably](www.thecalmzone.net), who are dedicated to preventing male suicide. ROY OF THE ROVERS NEWS:• [Melchester Rovers have a new shirt sponsor](https://royoftheroversofficial.com/news/321)PARISH NOTICES:• join [**Paddy Power’s Rewards Club**](http://www.paddypower.com/) - home of the Money Back Special• get your shave on with our friends [**Cornerstone**, who are giving you £10 off your first order](https://www.cornerstone.co.uk/totally)GET IN TOUCH:• find us on **[Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/thetotallyfootballshow/)** • send us a [**tweet: @TheTotallyShow**](http://www.twitter.com/thetotallyshow)

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0:00.0	Totally football show on the morning after the night of the long knives.
0:10.9	These are hard times for the heavy rotation proper football man.
0:15.2	Sam Allardyce is out.
0:17.3	David Moyes is out.
0:19.2	Mark Hughes is sweating every time the phone rings. Did you see that
0:23.7	England World Cup squad announcement? A load of shouty over-excited children in track suits, few of whom
0:28.5	were even alive for World Cup 98. But enough about the players. Did you see that video? We've got
0:34.2	actual football to discuss as well with all the reaction to last night's rather one-sided big game
0:39.8	just how did rotherham make such short work of scumthorpe it's all on the totally football show
0:45.4	now the sharp eared among you will have noticed James Richardson isn't on today.
0:58.1	He is for reasons that will become clear soon, busy looking at model railways.
1:03.1	So producer Ben would like me to thank you for chew-chew-chusing.
1:07.6	That's totally football show today, you see?
1:10.4	In fact, in my notes, producer Ben is asking me to refer to myself as the fat controller, which I can only interpret as a desire for him to reacquaint himself with the jobs market. But on that line, I am joined by the little blue engine Matt Davis. Thanks, Ian. I'll take that. You're from Chelsea TV.
1:28.4	All right, yeah, I get it.
1:29.4	How are you? You're all right. I'm very well, thank you. How are you? Excellent. Oh, yeah, I get by. Good. I get by. Daniel's story, the Nottingham Express, because you come down on a train to do the show. Yeah, from Loughborough, so that works. There you go.
1:24.2	And the smooth, continental and ever-punctual TGV from Paris.
1:28.6	Thank you.
1:28.9	Mr. Julian Laurent.
1:29.9	Thank you very much. Let's get straight on working my way through all these train things. Two managers down, Sam Allerdice and David Moyes. Let's start with Sam Allerdice. He took over in Everton side, Daniel, that were, you know,
2:02.9	justifiably concerned about relegation. They finished eighth. Um, surely this is harsh. It's not harsh,
2:08.9	is it? It's really not that I know there is always a culture of be careful what you wish for that is
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