Internationally-acclaimed comedian Ashley Blaker recalls a season of epic gluttony as Liverpool lifted the League Cup, FA Cup and UEFA Cup
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The Lob is a podcast by These Football Times looping through the ages of football, discussing the best names, games, teams and eras in the sport’s elongated history, with a bit of current affairs and coaching thrown in for good measure.
Colin Millar joins discusses Sevilla vs Betis, a rivalry that divides and unites the city, going back to the clubs’ formation, their successes and failures
From a ridiculed statement of intent by Arsène Wenger to a nerve-wracking final day victory at Highbury, this is the story of Arsenal’s Invincibles
While 2015/16 was dominated by Leicester’s title win, Danny Lewis recalls West Ham’s emotional final campaign at the Boleyn Ground
We discuss Manchester United’s treble, which saw Alex Ferguson guided his side past the best to record British football’s greatest triumph
A tournament like no other, the awkward sibling of the UEFA Cup. Steven Scragg talks about his brilliant book on the history of the Cup Winners’ Cup
Tom Scholes talks to us about how Pep Guardiola’s grand Barcelona plan was crystallised into a single season of refined brilliance
Jimmy Greaves is arguably the greatest goalscorer English football has ever known. We talk to David Tossell about his book, Natural, and the striker’s life
Bottled, by Ben Roberts, discusses how alcohol has been and remains an important, divisive and tragic element in football. He joins the podcast
An in-depth discussion and misty-eyed reminisce about one of the most exciting and exhilarating team’s to ever play the game
In what is the most powerful episode of the Political Football to date, Uri Levy takes us into the conflicted world of politics and football in Palestine
We caught up with Mat Guy to discuss his book, Another Bloody Saturday, which delves into football away from the crisp, wealthy world of the Premier League
In the city of Bilbao, supporting Athletic is less a sporting affiliation than an act of faith, and their policy of Basque-only players is a badge of honour
Author of Gunshots and Goalposts, Ben Roberts joins These Football Times to discuss the unique history of football in Northern Ireland
Venezuela had, until the 2019 Copa America, struggled to make a meaningful impression on the continent’s biggest sport, but that’s now changing
With women’s football on a steep upward trajectory., Lynsey Hooper joined us to discuss how the game can fulfil its potential
Some lost limbs; others just pride. Subbuteo was more than just a game: it was a memento, a living organism, for a generation of children long before FIFA
On the latest episode of The Lob, we speak to Ryan Baldi about his book The Next Big Thing to tell the story of football’s lost wonderkids