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Joel Grove

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I produce The Guardian's Football Weekly and have excellent and correct opinions

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‘The fans are all yelling, “sausage, sausage”'

Paul Watson reveals one of the wonderful quirks of the Scottish coached, Finland team, SJK Seinäjoki, where meat based incentives inspire the team.

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12.07.2025 07:24 — 👍 28    🔁 10    💬 1    📌 2
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A sad day for Tomiyasu : A dark day for Arsenal Football Club Good morning, this is going to be a tough blog to write today. I recognise the seriousness of it, but also that this isn’t going to be easy for some readers. If you don’t want the Thomas Partey news, you can stop halfway. I want to start with a player who I am genuinely sad […] The post A sad day for Tomiyasu : A dark day for Arsenal Football Club appeared first on Arseblog ... an Arsenal blog.
05.07.2025 07:23 — 👍 595    🔁 123    💬 91    📌 32
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A letter from Philippe Auclair - josimarfootball.com The reality we at Josimar face is stark. Should we fail to raise € 50k by 1 July, the world's only investigative media dedicated solely to football will cease to exist.

We have one month to save @josimarfootball.bsky.social. If you can help, please do. 🙏

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03.06.2025 12:38 — 👍 141    🔁 115    💬 32    📌 27

Glad you've got it! Sounds like the download might have done something slightly funky on your phone. Should work if you delete and re-download. Thanks for the kind words!

02.06.2025 13:19 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Hello Vernon, just tried to replicate this and it's working okay for me. Whereabouts are you listening to it? I'll investigate!

02.06.2025 12:29 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Hate to admit it but I want the Gianni sticker

29.05.2025 10:31 — 👍 6    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Made my debut on Football Weekly to talk semi-coherently about Charlton’s playoff win

27.05.2025 14:51 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
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🏆 Crystal Palace beat Manchester City 1-0 to win the FA Cup.

🦊 Jamie Vardy scores in his final Leicester City game.

👏 The panel roundup all the Premier League action.

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19.05.2025 12:09 — 👍 11    🔁 5    💬 1    📌 0

I must admit it’s hard not to feel delighted for Palace fans (try as I might)

20.05.2025 11:54 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Had been largely unconvinced on AI until now

20.05.2025 11:52 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Up the playoffs

15.05.2025 21:24 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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A big win for Newcastle and Liverpool fans boo one of their own – Football Weekly Max Rushden is joined by Barry Glendenning, Lucy Ward and Sam Dalling as Newcastle secure a huge win over Chelsea in the hunt for Champions League football

FOOTBALL WEEKLY!!! @samdalling.bsky.social @luceward.bsky.social @barryglendenning.bsky.social

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12.05.2025 11:27 — 👍 13    🔁 3    💬 2    📌 0
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🗣️ Is Lamine Yamal the best player in the world? Should there be restrictions over who can enter the Europa Conference League? Can Spurs avoid a difficult summer by winning the Europa League?

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01.05.2025 15:20 — 👍 11    🔁 3    💬 3    📌 0
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Liverpool one victory from title and Villa win big in race for top five – Football Weekly Max Rushden is joined by Barry Glendenning, Barney Ronay and Jonathan Wilson as Aston Villa, Manchester City and Chelsea secure important wins in the race for the five Champions League spots

Warning: may contain bickering

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21.04.2025 11:58 — 👍 27    🔁 2    💬 3    📌 0

Hi mate, sorry only just seen this! I'll DM you

21.04.2025 11:37 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Things I've done this last week:
- Written & made a pod for one of world's biggest outlets
- Contributed to BBC doc about Mourinho
- Finished 1st draft of short story I'm proud of
- Watched Arsenal beat Madrid (again 😏)

Things I've not done
- Stopped being who I am because 5 strangers said so 🏳️‍⚧️🤷‍♀️

17.04.2025 12:55 — 👍 554    🔁 46    💬 25    📌 0
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Awesome Arsenal silence Madrid and set up PSG semi: Football Weekly Extra - podcast Max Rushden is joined by Barry Glendenning, Nicky Bandini and Philippe Auclair as Arsenal win 2-1 in Madrid to knock the holders out of the Champions League

An extremely enjoyable podcast for Nicky and me, as you can imagine (and hopefully for many of you too).

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17.04.2025 11:12 — 👍 76    🔁 4    💬 10    📌 0

I too look forward to hearing the editing stylings of my AI replacement

16.04.2025 11:40 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Loved this

15.04.2025 07:31 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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‘Will you run a half marathon for Great Ormond Street, Barry? Or do you not care?’

Barry originally refused to run a half marathon but he might have to get the running shoes out after all ...

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08.04.2025 11:22 — 👍 86    🔁 15    💬 11    📌 2

Thought this ep was a lovely time

04.04.2025 07:42 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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🚨 New episode 🚨

🌳 Forest strengthen their grip on Champions League football.

🙌 Bukayo Saka scores on his return from injury.

🐺 Wolves take a huge step toward Premier League survival.

@maxrushden.bsky.social is joined by @barryglendenning.bsky.social, @jonathanliew.bsky.social and Mark Langdon.

02.04.2025 13:07 — 👍 14    🔁 3    💬 2    📌 0
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🎙️ Get your questions into the pod 🎙️

@maxrushden.bsky.social , the returning @barryglendenning.bsky.social , @jonathanliew.bsky.social and Mark Langdon will be on hand to answer everything thrown at them.

01.04.2025 19:50 — 👍 7    🔁 2    💬 5    📌 0
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I love it

29.03.2025 15:20 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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It’s not often that board says 4. Charlton so good today, front foot from the whistle and it’s such a joy watching the development of Tyreece Campbell in real time this season

29.03.2025 15:16 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Loved having James on Football Weekly, can’t recommend the book enough

28.03.2025 11:50 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Thomas Tuchel’s England era begins – Football Weekly Extra podcast Max Rushden is joined by Jonathan Wilson, Lars Sivertsen and Jordan Jarrett-Bryan as they preview the upcoming international break

Here’s @theguardian.com football weekly. With @jonawils.bsky.social @larssivertsen.bsky.social and JJB www.theguardian.com/football/aud...

20.03.2025 19:21 — 👍 15    🔁 1    💬 2    📌 0
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Championship race hots up as Blades slash Leeds’ lead at top – Football Weekly podcast Max Rushden is joined by George Elek, Ben Fisher and Sanny Rudravajhala for an EFL special

Here’s the latest @theguardian.com football weekly

With @sannyr.com @georgeelek.bsky.social and @benfisherj.bsky.social

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19.03.2025 08:50 — 👍 15    🔁 3    💬 4    📌 0

I can’t believe Max read it out and I also can’t believe I left it in the edit

10.03.2025 20:49 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

It’s always worth listening right to the end (that’s when Max is contractually obliged to say my name)

10.03.2025 20:47 — 👍 6    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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