DUNDEE FC: A European Cup run for the ages
Think of Scottish football teams, I dare you. You’d go Celtic, Rangers then you’d be forced to go to an Aberdeen, Hearts or Hibs. But let’s...
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What if 'What If Football' dedicated every day to the FIFA World Cup? Well, you'd get the 2022 FIFA World Cup Daily Podcast, from tournament previews to match reviews and, even on rest days,...
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20 of 43 episodesPARTIZAN BELGRADE: The Pioneers of football in Eastern Europe
Before Steaua Bucharest and Red Star Belgrade there was another team flying the flag for Eastern European in the European Cup. Whilst they m...
LOBANOVSKYI: The man who changed football in Ukraine
We owe quite a lot of how modern football is played down to one man. The pressing, the energy, the fitness, the team ethic: everything your...
The Eastern European European Champions
The top table of European football is a closed shop now, we all know that. Getting your hands on the big-eared Champions League trophy is on...
Best in the World: Wolves under Stan Cullis
Wolverhampton Wanderers fans need some good news after this year. Unfortunately, I can’t give you anything but sheer nostalgia. In this Issu...
LOCO LEEDS: How Leeds United got back under Bielsa
Don Revie had made Leeds United the best football team in the country in the 1960s and 70s. Upon his departure, Leeds had ‘done a Leeds’ mul...
DIRTY LEEDS: When Leeds United were the best in England
Don Revie built the foundations of Leeds United. They were back in the big time, they’d got their first shot across the bow with a title cha...
BIRTH OF LEEDS: How Don Revie made Leeds United
Regardless of where they might lie in the English football pyramid: Leeds United are a big football club. This is the objective truth no mat...
FARM TO EUROPE: Bobby Robson's Ipswich Town
Ipswich Town were champions in 1962 but that was quite literally consigned to what little black and white footage existed of it. The Tractor...
NOWHERE TO CHAMPIONS: Alf Ramsey's Ipswich Town
Ipswich Town have been a breath of fresh air upon their Premier League return but it is widely accepted that they’ll probably go down this s...
BEHIND THE WALL: Tales from East German football
The Berlin Wall fell 35 years ago this month. To celebrate, we’ve cobbled together a few stories from the history of East German football. F...
FORGOTTEN: The Glory Days of Hamburger SV
The Champions of Europe just drip off your tongue, don’t they? Real Madrid from Spain, Milan from Italy, Manchester United from England and...
THE ORIGINAL KLASSIKER: Bayern and Gladbach in the 1970's
We all love Der Klassiker, don’t we? When the biggest German sides battle it out: Bayern Munich and Borussia Monchengladbach. Wait, you expe...
FOOTBALL GIVES YOU WINGS: The Rise and Rise of Red Bull Football
Red Bull gives you wings, as the marketing strapline goes. Certainly, Red Bull has had the ability to give wings to several non-descript foo...
WE'RE GOING UP!: The Unbelievable Rise of Union Berlin
There hasn’t been a more unbelievable rise in modern day football from continental Europe. At the start of the 21st century, Union Berlin we...
OUTSIDERS: The Twin Peaks of Czech Republic
The Czechs have been successful at the top of international football: precisely four of them that made up their 1976 European Championship s...
EUROPEAN BRAZILIANS: The Final Days of Yugoslavia
Despite being known as the European Brazilians, Yugoslavian football had a habit of being nearly men. But in the late 1980s, when the countr...
DARK HORSES: The Birth of Croatia
In the early 1990s, Croatia were one of a new band of nations admitted into international football after the dissolutions of multiple Europe...
SLEEPING DRAGONS: The Welsh Wilderness of 1958-2016
Wales, the red-headed stepchild of British football. They could never have the glory or expectation of England, they couldn’t even lay claim...
WORLD IN COLOUR: The 1970 FIFA World Cup
1970 meant the most colourful spectacle on Earth: the FIFA World Cup held in Mexico. England were reigning champions, Brazil had a lad calle...