Expert answers to your questions in World Football: The Phone-in from BBC Radio 5 Live's Up All Night programme.
Has the thrill gone from the transfer window deadline? Dotun, Tim and Mark discuss.
Transcribed - Published: 28 January 2025
Dotun and Tim are joined by Mark Machado to discuss the greatest comebacks in football.
Transcribed - Published: 21 January 2025
Dotun and Tim are joined by Paul Sarahs to discuss Forest, The Club world cup and more...
Transcribed - Published: 14 January 2025
Dotun and Tim are joined by Djibril Diop and callers want to talk about Guardiola’s influence on modern football, Nottingham Forest’s lofty league position, playing Sunday league football, inconsistent refereeing and whether Josh Windass will move to Brazilian club Santos. There’s also time for Scritti Politti’s song Oh Patti (Don’t Feel Sorry for Loverboy) featuring Miles Davis and related jazz discussion!
Transcribed - Published: 7 January 2025
Legendinho Tim Vickery and ‘Viva Mark Vegas’ Mark Meadows join Dotun for the final WFPI of the calendar year. Tim, Mark & callers discuss Southgate’s legacy, after the former England men’s manager is awarded a knighthood in the New Year’s Honours list. Plus Forest fans toast their team’s brilliant start to the season, and referees prepare to announce VAR calls to fans in stadiums for the first time. And are Manchester United really in a relegation battle after losing five league games in a calendar month for the first time in over sixty years?
Transcribed - Published: 31 December 2024
Dotun is joined by Tim Vickery and Maher Mezahi
Transcribed - Published: 25 December 2024
New York’s biggest WFPI fan pays a visit from across the pond, as we talk Man City’s bad luck, Forest on form, and a tour of UK football destinations for our resident American.
Transcribed - Published: 17 December 2024
Dotun and Tim are joined by Paul Sarahs to discuss football and everything in between. Is darts a real sport? Author, Martin Amis had his doubts...
Transcribed - Published: 10 December 2024
Dotun, Tim and Seth discuss football club nicknames and whether they need a rebrand?
Transcribed - Published: 3 December 2024
Dotun is joined by Tim Vickery and James Young
Transcribed - Published: 26 November 2024
Dotun and Tim are joined by Maher Mezahi and Patrick Wetzels to ponder the big footballing question of the day... who replaces Gary Lineker?
Transcribed - Published: 12 November 2024
Dotun and Tim are joining by Jonny B and Mark M to ponder which is better the better defensive strategy: a good aw-fence or a good dee-fence... And what happens when expensive players get a new boss?
Transcribed - Published: 5 November 2024
As Man Utd seek yet another new manager after the sacking of Erik ten Hag: just who is Rúben Amorim and what might the Sporting boss bring to the Old Trafford dugout?Plus: Brazil cries foul as Vinicius Jr is overlooked for the Ballon d’Or in favour of Rodri. But is it a Real shocker or are the complaints unjustified?Paul Sarahs & Portuguese football expert Zach Lowy join Dotun and Tim to discuss the burning issues of the moment.
Transcribed - Published: 29 October 2024
A southern hemisphere flavour tonight as Dotun and Tim are joined by the Springbocca Junior, Mark Gleeson from South Africa. Too much power in too few hands is one of the themes explored tonight. And what about siblings in soccer?
Transcribed - Published: 22 October 2024
Dotun and Tim are joined by our travelin' Manc, James Young. And this time we're talking about potential England managers, the risk of strikes and too much football.
Transcribed - Published: 15 October 2024
Dotun and Tim are joined by Mark M to ponder value for money, the number of games being played and Spurs getting "spursier". And it's a shirt name for one caller to the WFPI
Transcribed - Published: 8 October 2024
Who is the player from your era that you'd want to tell the next generation, about?
Transcribed - Published: 1 October 2024
Dotun is joined by the legendinho Tim Vickery and freelance journalist and broadcaster Hugh MacDonald to discuss what puts your town on the footballing map?
Transcribed - Published: 24 September 2024
This week Dotun is joined by Tim Vickery and Maher Mezahi.
Transcribed - Published: 17 September 2024
Dotun and Tim are joined by Paul Sarahs to talk voices and more. With the death of James Earl Jones - most famous as the voice of Darth Vader - the panel ask; what makes a great commentary voice? Planning? Preparation?
Transcribed - Published: 10 September 2024
Dotun and Tim are joined by the Hallam Brazil, Seth Bennett to talk national and international football. One of the questions tonight; who went on too long? The players who held on long past their prime, why did they do it?
Transcribed - Published: 3 September 2024
In this edition Dotun and Tim are joined by new bug, Jonny Bentley and superfan MIguel in California. Will Jonny make the grade? What will his shirtname be? And with the news of the death of Sven-Göran Eriksson the team look back at his career.
Transcribed - Published: 27 August 2024
Dotun and Tim are joined by the now seriously well travelled James Young. As the season starts rolling we're asking - who's well placed, who's going to do well and how will Chelsea get 40-odd players onto the field? And it's a shirtname for our super Eagles fan, Ovie!
Transcribed - Published: 20 August 2024
Tim and Dotun are joined by Maher for the pre-season lookahead. But who will win the Battle of the Fats Dominoes? Hat-tricks in opening matches - how many can you remember? And whither, Ipswich?
Transcribed - Published: 13 August 2024
Who did it better? Bonanza or High Chaparral? BUT WAIT! Who's that in the distance? Could that be Rawhide? Dotun and Tim are joined by Mark Gleeson to talk Olympic football, the value of a derby and much more!
Transcribed - Published: 6 August 2024
Mark Machado comes off the subs bench as for the first time in decades Tim V is hors de combat. But Dotun's got Jibril in Berlin onside and we're making do. Who is Ovie's "He How Shall Not be Named"? And what shirtname has Jibril nabbed?
Transcribed - Published: 30 July 2024
Now the dust has settled from the Euro’s, Dotun and Tim are joined by Algerian football journalist Maher Mezahi to discuss which phrases you only hear in football, and why there is no Team GB presence at this year’s Olympics in Paris.
Transcribed - Published: 23 July 2024
Dotun and Tim are joined by Marks Meadows and Machado to kick over the traces of Euro 24. Could Southgate have done things differently? Will he survive the next few weeks and months? What happens at the World Cup in Miami in ’26? Callers and the panel have their own thoughts tonight.
Transcribed - Published: 16 July 2024
With the semi-finals in the offing Dotun and Tim are joined by a veritable legion of guests!
Transcribed - Published: 9 July 2024
After England and Portugal have “great escapes” in the Euros games, Dotun Adebayo, the Legendinho, Tim Vickery and journalist Mark Machado look at great football escapes over the years.
Transcribed - Published: 2 July 2024
Dotun and Tim discuss how cruel sports can really be, especially recently in Euro 24.
Transcribed - Published: 25 June 2024
New friends and old friends join Dotun and Tim for a special Euros-eve WFPI. Questions and comment range from one end of the continent to the other. But what does Will think? Find out in this first Euro 24 edition of the WFPI
Transcribed - Published: 11 June 2024
Dotun, Tim and Maher talk how to build an international football team and more
Transcribed - Published: 4 June 2024
The season's not over yet! Ahead of the FA Cup final Dotun is joined by Tim Vickery and Seth Bennett to talk about spellbinding moments from FA Cup finals of the past.
Transcribed - Published: 21 May 2024
Stuck in the middle with you - what do you do when the maths of the league isn't on your side? Rasheed in Bucks, our own Nostradamus, has A Cunning Plan (or seven.) Dotun returns to the fold to talk football with Tim, Mark and James. The gang really is all here.
Transcribed - Published: 14 May 2024
Johnny I'Anson is in the big chair this week and he's joined, of course, by Tim Vickery. New bug, Kevin Young, is de-bagged and radished and Miguelvis - Miguel Espino - IS IN THE BUILDING!The Copa America, Man United's woes and famous faces on the stands all under discussion in this edition.
Transcribed - Published: 7 May 2024
Johnny I'anson sits in for Dotun on the World Football Phone In and joined by Tim Vickery, Mark Machado and Patrick Wetzels to discuss the development of the women's game, VAR and whether you should support the local team where you live.
Transcribed - Published: 30 April 2024
Dotun and Legendinho Tim are joined by Hallam Brazil Seth Bennett for lively conversation about the burning topics of the moment. Are Nottingham Forest really at the wrong end of VAR officiating more than other teams -- and is it unreasonable to expect elite players to play at the highest level three times a week? Plus - why it’s play-off pain for one aspiring EFL club due to uncertainty over the future of their stadium; and the remarkable story of the women footballers serving the war effort on the home front during the First World War
Transcribed - Published: 23 April 2024
Dotun Adebayo, Tim Vickery and Maher Mezahi answer your football questions. Subjects include who they think will win the Premier League and what team does the pope support.
Transcribed - Published: 16 April 2024
Dotun and Tim are joined by Paul 'Galatasarahs' Sarahs to talk about teenage phenomenons and more in this weeks edition of the WFPI. This podcast may include unexpected Bonnie Tyler.
Transcribed - Published: 9 April 2024
Dotun and Tim are joined by the Springbokker Junior, Mark Gleeson to talk football.And why do you follow the club that you support? Is it parents? Is it geography? Or is it just luck?
Transcribed - Published: 2 April 2024
Dotun and Tim are joined by Mark Machado in this edition of the WFPI. How are England shaping up ahead of Euros, and will Wales be joining them? And it's a shirtname for Petula in Ammanford. What will it be?
Transcribed - Published: 26 March 2024
In this edition Dotun and Tim are joined from Berlin by our Europe expert, Mark Meadows. And we learn the difference between knowledge and wisdom: knowledge says that a tomato is a fruit, but wisdom says don't put it in a fruit salad. And how do you pronounce Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch? Petula from Ammanford shows the guys how it's done. This is a show about football, honest.
Transcribed - Published: 19 March 2024
Elegance and grace under fire and flashy players are just some of the threads in the great tapestry of football that Dotun, Tim (in the studio!) and Maher - in Algeria - pull at tonight.
Transcribed - Published: 12 March 2024
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Transcribed - Published: 28 February 2024
Dotun and Tim are joined by Mark Meadows as they answer your burning questions and pay tribute to the Crystal Palace Manager, Roy Hodgson, who stepped down at the weekend.
Transcribed - Published: 23 February 2024
Dotun and Tim are joined by Mark Machado to look at the aftermath of Ivory Coast's "surprise" win over Nigeria in the African Cup of Nations Final in the Olympic Stadium of Ebimpé. And Arsenal handed West Ham a 6-nil drubbing at the weekend. Would you have stayed for the full 90 minutes? Does a real fan quit the stand?That and more in this week's edition.
Transcribed - Published: 13 February 2024
Dotun and Tim are joined by North African football expert, Maher Mezahi to talk about AFCoN and more besides. Is international football about the games or about the friends we made along the way? For well travelled Brian in Coventry it is the friends AND the football. And will the real Roger Miller please stand up?
Transcribed - Published: 7 February 2024
As the African Cup of Nations moves into its final phases Dotun, Tim and Mark 'Viva Mark Vegas' Meadows talk about the prospects for the teams still in the contest, reflect on Jurgen Klopp's departure from Liverpool and tales of underdogs.
Transcribed - Published: 30 January 2024
Dotun and Tim are joined by African football expert, Mark Gleeson to talk about the second week of the ACoN and much more besides. The manager who'd have the biggest impact in Africa is just one of the threads that the team pulls on in this edition.
Transcribed - Published: 23 January 2024
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