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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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'Mr Tumnus will finish the podcast'

While Barry Glendenning was making a case that Everton could potentially give Liverpool something to think about, a magical adventure was unfolding ...

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19.09.2025 17:55 β€” πŸ‘ 98    πŸ” 15    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 1

Remarkable coincidence that the greatest ever British footballer both played for Sunderland and is called Wilson

16.09.2025 12:13 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Hi Will, will DM you!

12.09.2025 12:29 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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🫑 The Manchester derby is on the horizon.

😱 Will Ange Postecoglou embrace pragmatism ahead of Nottingham Forest’s trip to Arsenal?

πŸ‘ The pod are joined by New York City mayoral candidate @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social

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11.09.2025 12:29 β€” πŸ‘ 26    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 8

Has someone sent you Mondays script?

09.08.2025 15:41 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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The big one.

Premier League previews are being recorded next week. Send in your questions to the panel.

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09.08.2025 14:42 β€” πŸ‘ 33    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 13    πŸ“Œ 1

Cheers Rich, we are investigating this!

07.08.2025 13:44 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Football Weekly Live Join Max Rushden, Barry Glendenning and a host of your regular Football Weekly favourites live on stage

It's @footballweekly.bsky.social LIVE!

SEPTEMBER 11th. @TroxyLondon - EAST LONDON.

Me Barry + Star studded panel to be announced shortly.

Tickets selling like cakes.

Get yours here: theguardian.com/footballweek...

06.08.2025 14:29 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

The too hot for broadcast post podcast chat is scheduled to be released in the event of my death

05.08.2025 15:56 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Thought the liveblog guy had got very angry for a second there

04.08.2025 10:22 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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β€˜The fans are all yelling, β€œsausage, sausage”'

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

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12.07.2025 07:24 β€” πŸ‘ 28    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 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 β€” πŸ‘ 592    πŸ” 123    πŸ’¬ 87    πŸ“Œ 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. πŸ™

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03.06.2025 12:38 β€” πŸ‘ 141    πŸ” 114    πŸ’¬ 32    πŸ“Œ 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 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 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 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Hate to admit it but I want the Gianni sticker

29.05.2025 10:31 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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

27.05.2025 14:51 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸ† Crystal Palace beat Manchester City 1-0 to win the FA Cup.

🦊 Jamie Vardy scores in his final Leicester City game.

πŸ‘ The panel roundup all the Premier League action.

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19.05.2025 12:09 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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

20.05.2025 11:54 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Had been largely unconvinced on AI until now

20.05.2025 11:52 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Up the playoffs

15.05.2025 21:24 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 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

CLICK THIS LINK TO LISTEN OR LISTEN ANOTHER WAY OF YOUR CHOOSING www.theguardian.com/football/aud...

12.05.2025 11:27 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸ—£οΈ 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 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 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 β€” πŸ‘ 27    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

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

21.04.2025 11:37 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 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 πŸ³οΈβ€βš§οΈπŸ€·β€β™€οΈ

17.04.2025 12:55 β€” πŸ‘ 551    πŸ” 45    πŸ’¬ 25    πŸ“Œ 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 β€” πŸ‘ 74    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 0

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

16.04.2025 11:40 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Loved this

15.04.2025 07:31 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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β€˜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 β€” πŸ‘ 86    πŸ” 15    πŸ’¬ 11    πŸ“Œ 2

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