World Cup Qualifiers

5 Live's World Football Phone-in

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4.6 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 18 November 2025

⏱️ 155 minutes

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Summary

As the ’26 qualifications come down to the wire the team are talking about the shape of the competition now that 48 nations are taking part in the tournament. Kathryn Stanczyszyn sits in, joined by Tim Vickery, Mark Machado and superfan, Miguel Espino to talk about all things football.

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1:09.5	I'm Catherine Stanchetian, I tell you what, any program that starts with everyone having a little dance around is fine by me.
1:12.2	Yeah, my first time in for Dotten all this week and next week. Delighted to be here. Delighted of course to be welcoming
1:18.0	your regulars onto the show. The legendino Tim Vickery is in Rio. It's pretty parky here
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