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All Episodes

It's Only A Game — 127 episodes

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By hook or by crook

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Greg's Guide: Rochdale the Brilliant Blues vs York's Rampant Reds for the title.

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Jimmy's Journal: Merseyside Madness, Liverpool's Lethal Late Winner vs Everton

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EP92: Rochdale AFC and York City National League title update

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EP91: Pancake day, FA Cup display and the Everton way.

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EP90 - voicenotes from friends of the pod and Jimmy reviews Everton vs Bournemouth

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EP89 - 5th year anniversary special compilation episode

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EP88 - Rochdale AFC soaring high, as Trubin scores, European giants clash in league chaos

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EP87 - Merry Christmas messages 2025!

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EP86 - Christmas special 2025: voicenotes from various football fans

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EP85 - City's missed chances, Pep's decision making and Leverkusen capitalise - Man City 0-2 Leverkusen review

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EP84 - Red card, dark arts, United found wanting - Utd 1-0 Everton review

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EP83 - From Scotland’s World Cup Qualification to Jamaica’s Heartbreak

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EP82 - GW11 Fantasy Football, Spurs vs Man Utd and Sunderland vs Arsenal preview, Dale pitch problems

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EP81 - From around Europe: Bayern stroll, Real roll, Napoli in control

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EP80 - Arsenal's 'anti-football', Wolves worries, Lampard redemption and FA Cup.

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EP79: From Africa to Europe: Breaking down FIFA World Cup 2026 Qualifications

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EP78: Rochdale flying high at the top, and Everton back their new talent.

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EP77: Rochdale's start to the season, Everton 2-0 Mansfield review and FPL Recap

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EP76: Football's back: Everton's opener to National League changes

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EP75: Hill Dickinson Stadium review (Jimmy's voicenote)

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EP74: season preview 25/26 - guest voicenotes

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EP73: PSG shine bright, Oldham Athletic win the fight

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EP72 PART 2: 24/25 season review ramble (with guest Mark from @proj_foot)

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EP72 PART 1: 24/25 season review ramble (with guest Mark from @proj_foot)

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EP71: Goodison Park Memories

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EP70: Jimmy and Greg's Championship Playoffs predictions 24/25

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EP69: Jimmy and Greg's Non League, L1 and L2 Playoffs predictions 24/25

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EP68: Rochdale in the playoffs and finish 4th

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EP67: Joey Thompson tribute

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EP66: 'The Intertoto Cup was essentially a certificate'

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EP67: 4th Anniversary general rant about Dale, Everton and Tranmere

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EP66: Jimmy's thoughts on David Moyes replacing Sean Dyche at Everton

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EP55 Part 2: Rochdale's pitch blues, Atalanta's climb, Brazilian league views, and more news

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EP55 part 1: Forest 2nd, Man City's dip, Dyche under pressure

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EP54: Premier League unpredictable results, Tranmere Rovers and Rochdale AFC updates

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Ep 53: with special guest author Karl Newton (Birmingham City fan)

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Mini EP52: Man Utd sack Eric Ten Hag

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EP51: A$AP Rocky/Tranmere, English coaches overseas, Everton win away, Dale into 4th with ease.

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Mini EP50: Thomas Tuchel to become new England manager

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Mini EP49: GW7 review Fantasy Football - Premier League

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Mini EP48: GW6 review Fantasy Football - Premier League

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EP47 PART2: With Special Guest Darlington Fan Chris Jackson

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EP47 PART1: With Special Guest Darlington Fan Chris Jackson

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EP46: Season 24/25 preview Championship and Premier League with special guest Mark from Project Football Podcast

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EP45: Season 24/25 preview National League, L1 and L2 with special guest Mark from Project Football Podcast

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IOAG: EP44 - Southgate steps down as England coach.

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IOAG: EP43 - pre and post match Spain vs England EURO24' final (voice-notes from friends of the pod and Jimmy).

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IOAG EP42: EURO2024 - semi finals and live watch along to Spain vs France

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IOAG EP41: EURO2024 - England beat Slovakia (voice-notes)

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IOAG EP40: EURO2024 - knockout brackets ahead! (voice-notes)

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IOAG - EP39 - Jimmy's EURO2024 Prediction and preview

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IOAG: EP38 - Pochettino obsolete, England EURO team sheet and Dec's take-away treat.

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IOAG Mini Ep 37 - Greg's quick Rochdale AFC 2022-2023 Season review

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IOAG Mini Ep36 - Jimmy's recap: Everton's 'Boulevard of Broken Dreams' ends, Liverpool 'Walk Alone'.

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IOAG - EP35: PL title race, Everton docked more pts, Rochdale AFC and Tranmere Rovers.

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IOAG - EP34: With special guest Gary Thacker, author of O Jogo Bonito!: Brazil’s 1970 World Cup Samba Party

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IOAG - EP33: Arsenal 6-goal feat, Leverkusen a treat and AFCON complete.

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It's Only A Game: Trailer

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IOAG - EP32: Ivan Toney goal, fan behaviours, quiz questions and voicenotes from friends of the pod.

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IOAG - EP31: Roma sack Mourinho, Reading FC in crisis and Henderson leaves Al-Ettifaq

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IOAG - sending condolences to Iain Purslow's family

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IOAG - EP30: BONUS EPISODE - Dec the halls, Dec's controversial Christmas dinner

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IOAG - EP29: Christmas cheer Everton's triumph rings clear. Rovers improve under Atkins' sway, Rochdale 9th, but takeover dismay.

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IOAG - EP28 Part 2: with special guest Mark, from Project Football Podcast

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IOAG - EP28 Part 1: with special guest Mark, from Project Football Podcast

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IOAG - EP27: with Special guest Baz, from Through Black & White Eyes (Newcastle Utd fan channel)

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IOAG - EP26: with special guest Glynn Parry, Everton beat Brentford, Dale deflate Dorking

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IOAG - EP25: with special guest Femi Aboaba - Salah in form for Liverpool, Arsenal 3-1 Utd, Fantasy Football and more

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IOAG - EP24: VAR/rules anew, matches few, listeners' questions ensue.

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IOAG - EP23: Women's World Cup Final: Nike stumble, with Earps shirt rumble.

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IOAG - EP22: EFL and National League season 2023/2024 preview, predictions and thoughts

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IOAG - EP21: Premier League season 2023/2024 preview, predictions and thoughts

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IOAG - EP20: with special guest, Alex Hay

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IOAG - EP19: Part 2 - 22/23 Season review

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IOAG - EP19: Part 1 - 22/23 Season review

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IOAG EP18 PART2 - With special guests Ant and Gary from 'What A Ball Ache' Podcast

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IOAG EP18 PART1 - With special guests Ant and Gary from What A Ball Ache Podcast

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IOAG EP17 PART2 - EFL and Conference 22/23 season overview, playoff predictions and 'Royal' Football quiz

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IOAG EP17 PART1 - Brighton 1-5 Everton, League Two overview, Dawes and Adkins at Tranmere, can Rochdale refresh in the Conference?

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IOAG EP16 - 1st attempt at Twitter 'Space' - Rochdale relegated to the Conference and all things Tranmere Rovers

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IOAG EP15 - with special guest Steven End, author of 'Football For Brains' quiz book and Ipswich Town fan.

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IOAG EP14 PART2 - Leicester sack Rodgers, Everton 1-1 Spurs, 'Dale or No Dale?' and Easter football quiz

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IOAG EP14 PART1 - Chelsea sack Potter, Bolton win Papa Johns Cup, Rochdale sack Bentley

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IOAG EP13 PART2 - Tranmere next manager, Dale 4-4 Swindon, Dale heading to the Conference

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IOAG EP13 PART1 - Conte/Spurs rant and Tranmere sack Micky Mellon

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IOAG EP12 - with special guests Adam Malone and Simon Mahon

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IOAG EP11 - Mr and Mrs Special

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IOAG EP10 - Lampard sacked, Dale and Tranmere league positions, Arsenal still top and football quiz questions.

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IOAG EP4 - transfer deadlines, Bentley new Dale manager, Tuchel sacked and more

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IOAG EP5 - who can stop Haaland, EFL cost of living meeting, World Cup and more

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IOAG EP9 PART2 - with special guest Joe Sayers, Lancing Warriors/Mental Health United

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IOAG EP9 PART1 - with special guest Joe Sayers, Lancing Warriors/Mental Health United (part 1)

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IOAG EP8 - FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022, so far

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IOAG EP7 - with special guest, Iain Hume

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IOAG EP6 - with special guests, Reece and Nate from Estonian Football Podcast

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IOAG EP3 - with special guest, Joe from Albion Obsessed podcast

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IOAG EP2 - with special guest, Bethan Woolley

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IOAG EP1 PART2 - Season preview 2022/2033

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IOAG EP1 PART1 - Season preview 2022/2033 - Steve Evans' cat

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New intro for 'It's Only A Game' New episodes coming soon...

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COMING SOON: Rebranding from 'Men In Blue' to 'It's Only A Game'

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MIB E24: Season Review 2021/2022 Part 2

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MIB E23: Season Review 2021/2022 Part 1

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MIB E22: A Sunderland AFC insight with the 'What A Ball Ache' Podcast lads.

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MIB E21: Are Dale safe from relegation? Everton beat 1-0 Man Utd

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MIB E20: A form of therapy talking about Everton, are we getting out of this? and predictions

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MIB E19: Dale hobbling over the line...hopefully? Tranmere last mins chaos

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MIB E18: Rochdale in transition or struggling? Tranmere current form

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MIB E17: New Everton template under Frank Lampard

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MIB E16: Tranmere Rovers 2-0 Rochdale AFC review

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MIB E15: Everton sack Rafael Benítez

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MIB E14 P2: Our first heroes in football and Mark talks more about Fair Game

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MIB E14 P1: Dale developing patterns over the season, Toffees’ sticky patch continues

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MIB E13: An insight into Darlington this season with Chris, Sutton Utd beat Tranmere and late goals for Dale

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MIB E12: Everton's home record ends, fortunes fade for Dale and Tranmere on the up

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MIB E11: Good results for Dale and Everton, but can't get carried away

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MIB E10: Euro2020, Everton appoint Benítez and Dale appoint Stockdale

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MIB E9: Carlo Ancelotti leaves Everton for Real Madrid

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MIB E8: Dale relegated, Everton fight for a place in Europe and Hilly sacked

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MIB E7: Everton do the double over Arsenal, Dale all but relegated and European Super League

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MIB E6: Dale rare home win and "Do we have to talk about Everton?".

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MIB E5: Everton not at the races and Dale showing determination

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MIB E4: A bridge too far for Everton and relegation looming for Dale

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MIB E3: Toffees triumphant at Anfield and draws for Dale

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MIB E2: Last minute Lewin at Old Trafford and more defeats for Dale

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MIB E1: Everton win at Elland Road, January transfer window and rollercoaster results for Dale

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