For Footies Sake Podcast

With 8 games left in the Premier League this season, we take a look at who could be facing the drop, or if we are going to be seeing a great escape to go alongside Leicester, West Brom and Sunderland, are just a few we take a look at.

With many talks about who should go to the World Cup, we take a look at who shouldn't be on the plane to America in the summer.

We take a look at three new changes in football, that could revolutionise or destroy the game.

We take a look into mental health struggles in the professional game and how players have been affected by their status, despite it usually being a dream job.

With the League Phase for all three European competitions coming to a close, we take a look back at how the league has panned out, the shocks, the disappointments.

With the abrupt end to a handful of Premier League managers we look into what went wrong and who could be on the chopping block next.

We take a look back at the weekend's FA Cup Third Round. The shocks, the records, the away fans and all the goals.

Join us as Izaak and Jason compete in a quiz expertly hosted by Sam Cumiskey, as they battle it out to be crowned Big Fat Quiz of The Footballing Year 2025 Champion.

As the group stage draws to a close in Morocco we look at some of the highlights of the AFCON group stages and take a look at the players involved in this year's tournament.

We summon our inner Warwick Davis and put each other to the test in 3 rounds of 'Tenable'.

We take a deep dive into how the EFL season is playing out and what clubs are currently on unexpected journeys or perhaps tossing and turning at night for how poorly it's going. We also ask the question of whether the EFL is more ruthless and cutthroat than the Premier League?

With all spots almost full for next year's World Cup, we take a look at the play off format and what we could be looking forward to see in the US, Canada and Mexico.

We take a look at the weird and wonderful side of football that not everyone talks about. From superstitions, odd injuries, and funny stories from the world of football, you can't believe are true.

We look at how youth football has changed and how opportunities for young players have shifted for players trying to avoid the loan carousel.

We go into detail on VAR and how it has worked since its introduction into football in 2018 and the Premier League in 2019.

Going north of the border, we take a look at how Scottish football is going this year, but also take a look at previous seasons and how previous events have impacted the state of the league and country's footballing antics.

We revisit our managerial sacking predictions after seeing the first managerial departures of the season and reflect on how we have done and what decisions and events have caught our eye in the opening months of the season.

We have the privilege of being joined by BBC Radio Cambridgeshire's Cambridge United Co-commentator Doug Shulman. He give us a great insight into what it means to work in local radio and how the world of digital media is developing.

We gather a shortlist of players, managers, and clubs for different categories and name our top 5 lists for each.

We are joined by the great Matthew Nathan-Pepple, who helped England to an 8th place finish as part of the coaching team. He brings so much positive energy and "flavour" to this episode, discussing what happens behind the scenes between tournaments, as well as what they try to do to make the Homeless World Cup an everlasting memory for everyone involved.

We are once again lucky to be joined by a guest on this episode. Matthew Williams is the Marketing and PR Manager of the Homeless World Cup Foundation and shines a light on all the hard work that goes into creating this sporting spectacle, but also what goes on behind the scenes and between tournaments that keeps the train chugging throughout the year and since 2003.

We have the pleasure of talking to Michael Boyd OBE on this weeks episode. We discuss how football can be used as a tool to bring people together, end segregation and improve lives.

We talk through some of the footballing headlines of the last couple weeks, giving our own opinions on the subjects.

We go back and forth asking and answering football questions, without knowing what the other will ask.

We take a look at the upcoming Homeless World Cup in Oslo, and see how they use football to build community and help cut homelessness.

This week we look ahead to the new Premier League season and what we are looking out for.

It's that time of year again where we all become football gurus and predict how the tables will look in 10 months time. Hoping not to look to foolish com the end of the season, we predict the Premier League table and who will get relegated and promoted from the National League up to the Championship.

We take a delve into football's newest tournament and see the pros and the cons of the tournament. We also take a look at the future editions and how this could impact the footballing world.

We work our way through a shortlist of 10 managers that love getting to finals but hate or don't always like winning them. Then we rank them from 10th to best loser.

We look at the questions you all asked us and give our point of views on each matter and explain why we think how we think.

We take a look back at how the Premier League played out this season and see how well we did the predictions we made at the start of the season... not very well.

We take a look around Europe and the shocking results around the continent with who has won what and how they have won it.

We take a look at the rogue career choices some footballers have made once retired from the beautiful game.

We take a look at the EFL season, the ups and the downs for all clubs involved and see how we did with out promotion and relegation predictions for the Championship, League One and League Two.

We welcome Walsall U18s Head Coach Ryan Simmonds back onto the podcast as we discuss his managerial career so far and what experiences have led him to where he is today.

Izaak is joined by special guest Sam Cumiskey, for a discussion on how transgender people can participate in football and what hurdles they have to overcome just to get on the pitch. Highlighting key instances that have brought the topic to light in the last year to last week.

We look into how young players may or may not cope with the fame and fortune of becoming a professional footballer and aspects like the media that can cause added pressures.

We take a look at where the game has led the 'Old Guard' of managers and what could be next for the freshers of the game, but also the long term greats.

We look into how the prices of all things football are affecting supporters, but also participation at grassroots level.

We look into the demise of Reading Football Club under Dai Yongge and the rise from the ashes of phoenix club Macclesfield FC.

We look into the international break and delve into Thomas Tuchel's first team selection as England Manager. We also look into the future stars that pack out the England u21's

This we week we put our lab coats and goggles on as we delve into the scientific side of the game. Seeing how it has developed over the last 30-40 years, and debate as to whether it's almost gone too far and could be harming the players, rather than keeping them fit and healthy.

We delve into the English football pyramid and how it's just about surviving down at amateur levels and grass roots, and what the top bodies do to support this and what could be done to stop lower leagues and clubs getting left behind.

We look at what is happening to the beautiful game now and what this could mean for the future of the sport, whether that lies with the powers that be or the players themselves.

We discuss each Premier league clubs movements in the January transfer market and decide who had the best and worst winter window's.

We take a look back at the ups and downs and some of the many shocks that the Champions League, Europa League and Conference League have given us in the new format League Phase.

We look into how one of the biggest clubs in the world is looking at a lengthy spell on the touchlines of greatness as business both behind the scenes and on the pitch seem to be worsening for the once immense Manchester United

This week we look into why English managers are rarely seen abroad at the elite level and what factors could come into play whether it be European clubs or the managers themselves!

We take a look at how British players have fared after moving abroad and how it's changed from a quick last pay before retiring to younger players moving to make their trade away from the Premier League.

Join us as we chat about the financial turmoil going on at Catalan giants