Tifo Football Podcast

Alex and Joe discuss Manchester City in the wake of their securing of the Premier League title. They also discuss Manchester United and Newcastle's victory over Arsenal. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joe Devine is joined by Alex Stewart to discuss the weekend of football just passed. The pair take a tactical glance at the Manchester derby, Southampton's trials at Arsenal, and life at Chelsea without David Luiz. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we will be the exploring the world of Turkish football with writer Patrick Keddie. Keddie is a freelance journalist, whose work has appeared in Delayed Gratification, Feminist Times, the Guardian, the Huffington Post and Al Jeezera English. He is based in Turkey and is the author of the new book, The Passion: Football and the Story of Modern Turkey which you can find on Amazon. It is the first book to focus exclusively on Turkish football. In this episode we talk about match-fixing in Turkey and why it's been so prevalent in its history, the Gezi protests and football activism, fan groups and their relationship with hooliganism, how the government uses football as a political tool and the reasons why Turkey has some of the most passionate fans in the world. Get ready for 100 years of Turkish football, condensed into 1 hour. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joe Devine & Alex Stewart take a look at the Championship teams most likely to be joining the Premier League next season, including Cardiff, Wolves and Fulham. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joe Devine is joined by Simon Harrison and Alex Stewart to discuss the upcoming Quarter Final round of this season's Champions League. The three discuss each fixture from a tactical perspective and attempt to predict the outcomes! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joe Devine & Alex Stewart read through some recent comments from viewers & listeners and respond. Please feel free to leave more questions down below and let us know if you'd like us to do this more often! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we're joined by author Tony Evans about his book Two Tribes: Liverpool, Everton and a City on the Brink which comes out March 22. A little bit about Tony, he has written several books about Liverpool and was previously the football editor of The Times. He now regularly contributes to ESPNFC and the Evening Standard. In this episode, he examines the dark days of the 80's through the lens of Heysel and the 1985-1986 season. Specifically, we discuss hooliganism, TV blackouts, and how football reflected the political culture of the time. The book: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Two-Tribes-Liverpool-Everton-Brink/dp/0593075927/ref=sr_1_10?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1514988541&sr=1-10&refinements=p_n_publication_date%3A182243031​ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Stewart joins Joe Devine to discuss statistics in football. Most notable xG & xA, and the future of these metrics. What is xG? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSaeaFcm1SY Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The World Cup Final may be 5 months away but it's not to early to look forward to it. This week, we speak to photographer Michael Donald about his book, Goal!: Intimate portraits and interviews with every living FIFA World Cup™ Final scorer. Some topics we discuss are: How 1986 was a turning point in football Post-world cup fame Unsung World Cup final goalscorers Marco Tardelli's goal and celebration in the 1982 World Cup Donald nearly stealing Emmanuel Petit's World Cup winners medal Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joe is away on holiday and Josh Schneider-Weiler from Tifo's This Football Life fills in and talks to David Bulchover about his book, The Greatest Comeback, which chronicles the career and life of legendary manager Béla Guttmann. As a manager, Guttmann won titles in Hungary, Brazil, and Portugal. He is most famous for winning back-to-back European Cups with Benfica in 1961 & 1962. He was a coaching pioneer and was ahead of his time in many ways (fitness, psychology etc.). He shares many similarities with Jose Mourinho and other modern-day managers and his imprints are littered throughout the game. Listen to Bolchover discuss Guttman's remarkable transition from surviving the Holocaust to lifting Europe's most prestigious trophy. The Book: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Greatest-Comeback-SHORTLISTED-WILLIAM-SPORTS/dp/1785901397 YouTube: http://youtube.com/tifofootball Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joe Devine is joined by Conor Kelly to discuss the career of ex-Manchester United youth prodigy, Ravel Morrison. Watch our YouTube video on the player here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ix9cwGWMsR0&t=4s Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joe Devine was joined by James Montague to talk about Malcolm Glazer and Manchester United. The pair discuss how Glazer managed to get a city in America to institute a new tax to pay for his new stadium, and they explain the Leveraged Buy-Out - the financial instrument - that Glazer used to purchase Manchester United. Watch our YouTube video on the Glazer's here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIs9iLnKm30 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joe Devine is joined by Seb Stafford-Bloor, content editor of Tifo's editorial site, to discuss four recent Tifo articles. Topics include Alexis Sanchez and why Chelsea was never a destination on the cards, Eden Hazard and his future at or away from Chelsea, Jordon Ibe & Eddie Howe at the Bournemouth project, and Richard Jolly's take on the rise of Trumpism in football. Article links: 'Conspiracy & Fundamentalism: The Rise of Footballing Trumpism' by Richard Jolly: https://www.tifofootball.com/features/conspiracy-fundamentalism-rise-footballing-trumpism/ 'Playing style could hold an influence over Eden Hazard's future' by Seb Stafford-Bloor: https://www.tifofootball.com/features/playing-style-hold-influence-eden-hazards-future/ 'Alexis Sanchez and new realties at Chelsea' by Kweku Amonoo-Quyst: https://www.tifofootball.com/features/alexis-sanchez-new-realities-chelsea/ 'Jordon Ibe provides the latest example of Bournemouth's culture of improvement' by Seb Stafford-Bloor: https://www.tifofootball.com/feat

Joe is joined by Nick Miller to discuss the careers of Emile Heskey and Tony Adams. Nick wrote pieces on both of these players for videos on our YouTube channel. You can find the links to both videos below. Emile Heskey - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHsVmcHrI7c Tony Adams - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWkYC15qOX8 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joe Devine is joined by journalist Simon Harrison to discuss the tactics of the La Liga teams we've covered recently on the channel: Barcelona, Valencia, Real Betis & Villarreal. Simon also gives us a promo of our next Tactics Explained video, released later this week, on Las Palmas, the team currently bottom of La Liga. All videos can be accessed by clicking the below links. Barcelona - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NL2JhJ4tnzk&t=1s Valencia - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gypwhv5G9io Villarreal - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTgi3ng7ZHQ&t= Real Betis - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hd59YwYKE_o Las Palmas - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6r0Nhm-asY&t= Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joe Devine is joined by Alex Stewart to review the Premier League season at its halfway point. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joe Devine speaks with Alex Stewart about our recent pieces on Eden Hazard and Wayne Rooney. Eden Hazard Tactical Profile - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwPjUArVu7I&t= Wayne Rooney Tactical Profile - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wj4B-GQ1OFU&t= Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joe Devine is joined by Seb Stafford-Bloor to discuss Dimitar Berbatov in the wake of an article written by Seb for TifoFootball.com. The pair discuss Berbatov's legacy and how they think he will be remembered in the years to come. Joe Also speaks to Josh Schneider-Weiler about Tifo's upcoming 'This Football Life' podcast, due to launch in January 2018. You can access the Berbatov article by clicking the link below. Berbatov - https://www.tifofootball.com/features/dimitar-berbatov-tottenham-resonance/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joe Devine is joined by Alex Stewart to discuss Liverpool football club; primarily their defensive players. Liverpools Defence - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fL0FpZS8Goo&t=2s Is Van Dijk a Good Signing for Liverpool - https://youtu.be/FSf0prB9rAM Liverpool's Incredible Counter-Attack - https://youtu.be/5iraZhfpsPo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joe Devine speaks to Dermot Kavanagh, the author of Different Class: Football, Fashion & Funk - The Story of Laurie Cunningham. You can find a copy of this book on Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Different-Class-Football-Fashion-Cunningham/dp/1783523778 To view our short video on Laurie Cunningham, click - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fz6V9KA3sxU&t= This episode is sponsored by www.canvasist.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices