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I Had Trials Once... — 164 episodes

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RANKING Non-League Fans, Answering Hypothetical Questions & Jordan Playing For Haiti? | Ep 27

2

Swapping Shirts With A MURDERER, George Ray's Naked Darts & Play-Off Final Heartbreak! | Tom White

3

Salford SACK Another Manager, Pre-Season Preparations & Ranking Non-League Stadiums! | Ep 26

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The TRUTH About Chester Exit, Newquay Trips With Jonno & Living With Gaz Stopforth! | Calum McIntyre

5

Fury & Ibrahimovic Buying Morecambe, Play-Off Heartbreak For Salford & Ramsbottom Memories! | Ep 25

6

Holloway's Coach Carter Shouts, INCREDIBLE Ravel Morrison & Huddersfield Promotion! | Alex Smithies

7

Avro Win Promotion, Dropped For The Play-Offs & CRAZY National League North Map! | Ep 24

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The Rise Of Accrington Stanley, The Art Of Diving & Man Marking Adama Traore! | Sean McConville

9

Play-Off Predictions, End Of Season Trips & Rochdale vs York Reaction! | Ep 23

10

Ryan Charles | Rooming with Andy Carroll, Legal Battles and Almost Losing a Leg!

11

SACKED for Sending Email & Jarrod Bowen’s Non-League Investment

12

Cameron Mason | FA Cup runs, Jamie Vardy Academy and Getting Called up for England C!

13

Non-League vs Baller League Drama, Kissing The Badge & Gaz Goes AWOL!

14

Charlie Ennis | Playing In Europe With FC United, Crazy Turkish Move & Incredible Calvert-Lewin!

15

A (Non) League of their Own Ep 19

16

Sam Livesey | Fighting On The Pitch, Graham Alexander's Car Rides & Learning From Mistakes!

17

A (Non) League of their Own Ep 17

18

Joe Sealey | How I Turned My Life Around, Issues With David James & Tennis With Roman Abramovich!

19

A (Non) League of their Own Ep 16

20

Matty Lund | Eye Opening Loan Moves, Class of 92 Pressure & CRAZY Bilel Mohsni!

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Paul Dawson | Winding Up Adam Wharton, Tarot Card Transfers & Big Brentford FA Cup Clash! |

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🚨LIVE SHOW ANNOUNCEMENT🚨

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A (Non) League of their Own Ep 14 (CLIP)

24

Kim Stopforth | Naked Cricket, Stag Do Story's and Losing 35-0

25

A (Non) League of their Own Ep 13 (CLIP)

26

Tony Sullivan | Liverpool Sunday League Culture, Life In Non-League & Pre-Match Shaved Heads!

27

A (Non) League of their Own Ep 12 (CLIP)

28

Callum McFadzean | Wrexham Vegas Parties, Phone Calls with Ryan Reynolds & Inside The Bury Downfall!

29

A (Non) League of their Own Ep 11 (CLIP)

30

A (Non) League of their Own Ep 10 (CLIP)

31

Steve Pickford | Growing Up With Ricky Hatton, Paid In Fake Notes & THAT Treble Winning Season!

32

2025 Christmas Special | Calling Jack Russell Joey & The Return Of The Quiz!

33

Anthony Kay | Barnsley Drinking Culture, Issues with Simon Davey & THAT Promotion Winning Penalty!

34

A (Non) League of their Own Ep 8 (CLIP)

35

Jack Stobbs | Life at Sheffield Wednesday, Christmas Parties & National League North vs South!

36

A (Non) League of their Own Ep 7 (CLIP)

37

Marcus Hallows | Becoming an Elvis Impersonator, Retiring At 29 & The Injury That Almost Killed Me!

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A (Non) League of their Own Ep 6

39

Peaking at 5 Years Old, Playing for Jonno and Bern & Getting Released by Salford | Jordan Hulme

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A (Non) League of their Own Episode #5

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A (Non) League of their Own Episode #4

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A (Non) League of their Own Episode #3

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A (Non) League of their Own Episode #2

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A (Non) League of their Own | Episode #1

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Aaron Hunt | From Football Manager To Football Chairman, Drawsy Hill FC & Playing Twitch Bingo.

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Nicky Hunt Part Two - FREE to watch/listen on Patreon - Gaz explains…

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Nicky Hunt Part 1 | Man Marking Ronaldo, Mario Kart with Gary Cahill & DJing for Ricardo Gardner

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Matt Jarvis | Youth Team Rituals, Graham Stack's Motorbike & Never Tackle Yaya Toure!

49

David Dunn | Training Ground Bust Ups, Calls With Sir Bobby Robson & The Nearest Thing To Gazza!

50

The D.O.C | Watching Radcliffe, Working with N.W.A and Dr Dre & THAT Life Changing Car Accident!

51

Cameron Jerome | The Premier League Dream, Scoring Bangers For Fun & Changing Room Pranks!

52

Hope Akpan | Mikel Arteta's Dark Arts, Owen Coyle's Christmas Dinners & The Premier League Dream!

53

On & Off The Field Struggles, Jim Bentley Impressions & The RETURN Of The Footman! | Sam Lavelle

54

Max Harrop | The Dream Of Playing For Bury, Issues With Kevin Blackwell & CRAZY Pre-Season Trips!

55

Tom Aldred | Why Robbie Fowler Cancelled Christmas, CHAOS at Blackpool and Broken Bury Promises

56

Otis Khan | Representing Pakistan, Pre-Match Naan Breads & Messages with Harry Maguire!

57

Neal Trotman | The Mental Side Of Football, Dealing With Injuries & Retiring From Football At 28!

58

Josh Brownhill | Winning The League At Blackburn, Championship Title Race & Kompany vs Parker!

59

🚨 LIVE SHOW DETAILS - Friday 25th April 🚨

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Nathaniel Knight-Percival | Dean Saunders Match Reports, Football Fall Outs & INCREDIBLE Lee Tomlin!

61

Brent Peters | Chairman On Crimewatch, Bacup Ghost Stories & Being The Longest Serving Manager!

62

Elliott Bennett | Dealing With Imposter Syndrome, Super Car Fridays, & Why Owen Coyle Was A JOKE!

63

Chris Stokes | Graham Westley's Gym Sessions, THAT Coventry Super Team & Impossible Bury Promotion!

64

Charlie Adam | A Cold Tuesday Night In Stoke, Losing Card Roulette & THAT Blackpool Promotion Season

65

Gary Taylor-Fletcher | THAT Blackpool Promotion Season, Pre-Season Sneak Outs & Our 100th Episode!

66

Frank Fielding | Keith Hill's Strippers, Pre-Game Trials & The Role Of A Third Choice Goalkeeper!

67

2024 Christmas Special | Non-League Sin Bins, Playing Knock-A-Door Run & Tattoo Forfeits!!!

68

Clinton Morrison | Clashes with Neil Warnock, Simon Jordan's Rolex & Playing Non-League Isn't Easy!

69

Mike Phenix | How I Overcame A Serious Drug & Alcohol Addiction And Turned My Life Around!

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🚨 ANNOUNCEMENT! Jordan Hulme special with guest host Mike Phenix!

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Rhys Bennett | Working With Steve Evans, The Brilliance of Ivan Toney & Dealing With HUGE Injuries!

72

Andy Lonergan | Facing Mo Salah in training, Getting released on Sky Sports & Adam Bogdan's £1 Pints

73

Danny Lloyd | Tactical Christmas Suspensions, Steve Evans The Lunatic & The Emotions Of Football!

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🚨 NEW SERIES UPDATE 🚨

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Anthony Gerrard Pt 2 | Clashes with Malky Mackay, Struggles with mental health & Gerrard vs Gerrard!

76

Anthony Gerrard Pt 1 | Wayne Rooney Was GENERATIONAL, Changing Room Scraps & Walsall Promotion Party

77

Gareth Seddon | Training with Paul Gascoigne, Phone calls with Gary Neville & Career ending illness?

78

Adam Le Fondre Part 2 | Life In Australia, David Wheater’s WWE Figures & THAT Bolton Survival Story!

79

Adam Le Fondre Part 1 | Love Letters From Keith Hill, The Premier League Dream & Scoring For Fun!

80

David Ball | Training with Robinho & Tevez, Almost winning the Puskas award & Life in New Zealand

81

Liam Hogan | The Rise Of Jamie Vardy, Graham Alexander's Penalties & Salford Play-Off Success!

82

Danny Philliskirk | The State Of Oldham, Joining Chelsea's Academy & Solanke 100 Goals A Season?

83

Sean Newton | The GLOBAL rise of Wrexham, Jim Gannon's whistle & Playing whilst SUSPENDED!?

84

Scott Loach | Derby County Promotion Party, Training with England & Micah Richards' Big Macs

85

Antoni Sarcevic | The TRUTH about Bolton, Rivalry with Wrexham & Stockport promotion parties!

86

George Ray | Defending against Harry Kane, The Non-League footman & a Roy Cropper parody account!

87

Gareth Evans | Steve Evans' sausage rolls, Phone calls with Sir Alex Ferguson & 'Idiot' Derek Adams!

88

Daz Green | Issues with Dietmar Hamann, Chasing Carlos Tevez & Football's biggest wind up merchant?

89

Dean Furman | From Oldham to AFCON, Playing against Neymar & Swapping shirts with Iniesta??

90

Best Of The Best Special | Mike Phenix, Liam Dickinson, Danny Higginbottom & More!!!

91

Marc White | The ACTUAL Cost of Owning Dorking Wanderers, Managing His Mates & Non-League Stories!

92

Aaron Wilbraham | Carlton Palmer's big time shouts, Manager clashes & Scoring in the Premier League

93

Andrew Teague | Playing with Graham Potter, Becoming a Chorley legend & Jon Parkin's traffic tissues

94

Gary Stopforth | Meeting Gareth Southgate, Sunday League football & Setting the record straight

95

Ollie Crankshaw | The BEST pranks in football, Non-League contracts & Playing in front of no fans!

96

Michael Clegg | Partying with Nicolas Anelka, Why Paul Jewell is a clown & Star players disappearing

97

Gary Bowyer | Working for Gary Neville, Meeting Brian Clough & How do managers actually get sacked?

98

Grant Shenton | Troy Deeney's sacking, Fighting with fans & The mysterious Non-League foot man

99

Clayton Blackmore | Why Ronaldo is the GOAT, Gascoigne's bus crash and Jamie Carragher is an idiot

100

Nicky Adams & Tom Kennedy | Footballer fancy dress, Christmas parties & a BIG quiz forfeit... | Christmas Special

101

Alan Wright | Facing that ICONIC Barcelona team, Defending against Beckham & The REAL Alan Shearer!

102

Neil Reynolds | Christmas BRAWLS, dating Kelly Brook & THAT Bobby Grant transfer!

103

Tommy Spurr | Joey Barton’s dark arts, ‘DISGUSTING’ Man City team & Revenge on Chimbonda

104

Paul Marshall | TRASHING Robinho's Lamborghini & who is the REAL Micah Richards?

105

Calvin Andrew | Neil Warnock's Mavericks & Stealing Edgar Davids' glasses

106

Dean Holden | Big Sam bringing the cans, Subbuteo football & Wim Hof

107

"WE GOT SACKED CAUSE THEY DIDN'T F***ING LIKE US" | Anthony Johnson (Part Two)

108

Scrapping with Seds & becoming Salford City boss for the Class of '92 | Anthony Johnson (Part One)

109

Big Sam's love for Bolton, Sacked from Prison & the England job | Sam Allardyce

110

Training with Paul Gascoigne & Pasties for Pre-Match | Nick Chadwick

111

From Marine to Man City & what Big Sam is like to work with... | Karl Robinson

112

Watching IRobot in Italian, Instagram Cowboys & 'Gifted' Mark Davies | Craig Davies

113

Pre-Season Thailand Trips with Sven & Keith Hill's Sloggies | Tom Kennedy

114

The SECRET to Neil Warnock's success & pre-season stories | Paddy Kenny

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IHTO Extra-Time | Episode #3

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IHTO Extra-Time | Episode #2

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IHTO Extra-Time | Episode #1

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Brand new LIVE podcast - I Had Trials Once (Extra Time)

119

Mike Phenix | Undercover at Asda

120

Jamie Insall | Fight Club

121

Antoni Sarcevic | 'Manchester Messi'

122

Nicky Adams | Return of the 'Street Rat'...

123

Steve McNulty | 'It's Not The Food, It's The Booze'

124

Jermaine Pennant | FHM nearly killed me!

125

Marc Pugh | The Foodie Footballer

126

Jamie O'Hara | Harry Redknapp's Spy

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Jay Spearing | Kings and Plonkers

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Andy Pilley | £300,000 Helicopter Flight

129

Charlie Austin | Parklife

130

Carlton Cole | Stitched up by Defoe...

131

Ryan Lowe | 'Prada's For Promotion'

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Nathan Tyson | 'The Reds To The Rams'

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Gareth Ainsworth | 'Wild Thing'

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Curtis Woodhouse | Part Two

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Curtis Woodhouse | Part One

136

Gary Stopforth & Ben Osborn | Isolation Episode

137

Brett Ormerod | 'Bins Are Round The Back...'

138

Liam Dickinson | Dicko's Back...

139

Paul Linwood | 'Part Two'

140

Liam Dickinson I 'Joey Barton’s Wallet'

141

Tony Thompson | 'New Year Special'

142

John Welsh | 'From Anfield to Atherton'

143

Paul Dickov | 'That Goal at Wembley...'

144

Danny Higginbotham | 'Hang Gliding with Sir Alex'

145

Dean Windass | 'Working Class Legend'

146

Adam Morgan | 'Brendan Rodgers' Riot Van'

147

Gareth Seddon & Jordan Hulme | Q&A Special

148

Bonus Ep | Nicky Adams on Bury FC

149

Lee Ashcroft | 'Loose Cannon'

150

Craig Dootson | 'Never Chip a Keeper'

151

Gary Stopforth | 'The Broken Van'

152

James Jennings | 'Paul Ince's Lock In'

153

Ben Pringle | ‘Steve Evans Loves Pringles’

154

Shwan Jalal | 'Guinness with Bono'

155

Daniel Nardiello | 'Champ Manager Legend'

156

Mike Phenix | ‘Rise of the Phenix’

157

Gareth Seddon & Jordan Hulme | 'Pre Pre-Season'

158

#7 Nicky Adams | 'Street Rat'

159

#6 Paul Linwood | 'Aston Martin in League One'

160

#5 Jason Jarrett | 'Dave Whelan's Butler'

161

#4 Lee Fowler | 'More Clubs Than Tiger Woods'

162

#3 Andy Payton | 'The Padiham Predator'

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#2 James Poole | 'Nobby's Trumpet'

164

#1 Gareth Seddon & Jordan Hulme | 'Confetti on a String'