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The search for a win continues. Jules and Jord are on preview pod duties again this week, looking ahead to see if the U’s can pick up that precious first three points of the season at home to a Blackpool side who sacked their manager Neil Critchley in midweek. A new manager bounce in a relegation six-pointer in August? Let’s not go there. They were…
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Is it really that nice to be back? Crawley Town left the Abbey with all six points on Saturday as the U’s made it two losses from two games, and this week’s pod is another chance to try and pick apart the bones of it. Jordan, Jack and Tom are on this week’s panel, asking were there any positives to take? Just how desperate are we for some reinforce…
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Is it too early to call it a six-pointer? Not if you’re going to take any pre-season predictions seriously it’s not. For the U’s first home game of the 2024/25 season, we welcome the team that are basically everyone’s prediction to be propping up the league table in 24th, Crawley Town. Matt and Jules chat whether the U’s impressive display against …
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The first of roughly 46 review shows this season is ready to go in your feeds, and hopefully they’re not all looking back at pretty meek U’s defeats. But that’s where we start, and Tom and Matt Caspell are on a two-man mission to review a 2-0 defeat at Edgeley Park - and surprisingly come out of it not feeling quite as bleak as you might think. You…
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And so it begins. The U’s kick off their season with a trip to Edgeley Park to face newly-promoted Stockport County on Saturday at 5:30pm. Jord and Jules sit down to preview the game, chatting about transfers, line-ups and predictions. We also spoke to Dan from Stockport pod The Scarf Bergara Wore to find out more about what to expect from County. …
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The pod curtain raiser for 2024/25 is here. Who’s going to be the bagsman, who’s going to be a favourite amongst the Abbey faithful, and, most importantly, at the end of it all where will the U’s finish? Alongside submissions from a selection of friends of the pod, Jules, Tom and Swindle get together to kick off another year of UTAS and try to pred…
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The summer break is nearly over, and that means UTAS are back. From now on, it’s episodes twice a week all the way through to the bitter end. In this episode, the last pre-season catch up of the summer, Tom and Jules chat through the four new signings since we last spoke and look ahead to what we can expect from our August fixtures. We’re delighted…
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We’re back! With the attention of the country firmly fixed on Jude Bellingham’s exploits over in Germany, we thought it the perfect time to catch up on things closer to home and chat through the comings and goings at the Abbey so far. Tom and Jules start with talking about England’s progress at the Euros, before touching on signings, departures, ne…
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The last episode (for now) in our special series looking back at the promotion-winning team from the 2013/14 season sees us chat to a man who embodies Cambridge United: Josh Coulson. From a supporter travelling away on Carol Looker's coaches, to playing at the heart of defence in one of the club's most important seasons ever, Josh has lived the dre…
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If you open a dictionary and turn the page to the definition for 'cult hero', you'll find Kwesi Appiah at Cambridge United. A half-season loan spell from Crystal Palace that meant so much more during a promotion season that has gone down in folklore as one of United's best and definitely most important campaigns in their history. Despite not appear…
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Ten Years On: UTAS Meets Richard Money
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Are you not entertained?! A decade since his Russell Crowe impersonation on the sidelines of the Abbey, Dickie Dosh, the legendary United manager who masterminded a promotion-winning season out of non-league after nine long years, sits down with Tom and Jules to discuss that iconic season. How did he build the team, what were his hopes going into t…
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Ten Years On: The 13/14 Season Special (Part Two)
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Pods don't come more special than this one. And teams don't come more special than United's legendary 2013/14 promotion-winning team. To celebrate a whole decade since Delano day, "Are you not entertained?", "Donaldson with a curler" and 10 minutes of stoppage time that felt like an hour, we've put together a two-part special looking back at that s…
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Ten Years On: The 13/14 Season Special (Part One)
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Pods don't come more special than this one. And teams don't come more special than United's legendary 2013/14 promotion-winning team. To celebrate a whole decade since Delano day, "Are you not entertained?", "Donaldson with a curler" and 10 minutes of stoppage time that felt like an hour, we've put together a two-part special looking back at that s…
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The UTAS End Of Season Awards 23/24
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Well, that was some season, wasn't it? Three managers, not many wins, and one striker we'd all like to forget in a hurry, it's been a year of change and upheaval in CB5. But some things always stay the same. For the third year running, join Jules, Jordan, Swindle and Tom as they recap all the highs and lows from the 2023/24 season with the UTAS End…
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2024 retained list! FA Cup replays! Non-British United players! The last mailbag of the season has it all. Join Tom and Jules as they pick through the United retained list for 2024 and discuss the big talking points about who is leaving the Abbey this summer. They also have a chat about the farce of scrapping FA Cup replays, and pick through the be…
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We made it harder than we needed to, but in the end it was all quite easy for United. They cruised to a 0-0 draw at Vale Park, giving them the point they needed to confirm survival for a fourth season in League One, no matter what results elsewhere were. Jules, Matt and Tom get together for the last review show of the year to talk a little bit abou…
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It's the last Preview Show of the year, and just when we thought we might be able to preview a totally meaningless end of season fixture, the U's get up to their old tricks again. Jord and Jules look back at Tuesday's draw against Wycombe which means that United still need something at Vale on Saturday, or results to go their way, to survive. They'…
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When You Try Your Best But You Don't Succeed
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Into the last week of the season with safety still not assured. How are your nerves? Friend of the pod Matt Gooding joins Tom and Jules to help pick apart a 1-0 defeat to Derby, and look ahead to a huge Tuesday night at home to in-form Wycombe - previewed with the help of George from The Wycombe Way podcast. Subscribe to our website and get all our…
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Three to go, and still survival to play for. Can the U's complete the job on Saturday against promotion-chasing Derby County against all odds? On the second to last Preview Show of the season, Jordan and Tom aim to answer that question with the help of Rams podcast Steve Bloomer's Washing, as well as looking back at Tuesday night's 1-0 defeat to Br…
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Jordan Worland is at the helm this week and is joined by his two shipmates Tom Walker and Jack Swindlehurst. The hearty crew look back a handy draw at the arid Abbey against Charlton and ahead to a midweek trip to Bristol Rovers, featuring a match preview with Charlie from the Talking Gas podcast. This is a public episode. If you would like to disc…
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Jack Swindlehurst and Tom Walker look ahead to the visit of draw-heavy Charlton and look back at a kind week of results for the U's, ever closer creeping towards League One football again next season. Featuring a Charlton preview from Tom at Charlton Live. Subscribe to our website and get all our pods and posts straight to your email: www.underthea…
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The U's trip to the seaside wasn't as fruitful as we were hoping as they come back with zero points, despite a decent display. Tom and Jules belatedly manage to get their schedules right to sit down and talk through the performance, the relegation picture, and the update on the youth contracts. Subscribe to our website and get all our pods and post…
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A long but eagerly anticipated trip to the North West coast awaits the U's, and the UTAS boys are as excited as anyone to join the Amber nation making the journey to the seaside. To preview Blackpool away, Jack Swindlehurst managed to infiltrate Monk's press conference to hear the team news first hand, and Jules chatted to his mate from work and ta…
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Nothing short of an Easter miracle. The U's make it a six point bank holiday weekend as they nose ahead in the relegation dogfight with huge wins against Barnsley and Wigan. Swindle, Tom and Jules are on hand to to talk about the latest United reincarnation, chatting about the arrival of Jobe, the return of Gassan, and the shushing of Godo. Subscri…
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The Preview Show: Barnsley (A) and Wigan (H)
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We're back! After a nice break with international action, UTAS are back and raring to go for the run in. Eight games to go, and a mighty relegation battle on our hands, starting with a monster double header over Easter weekend to look forward to. Tom and Jules preview the games away at Barnsley and at home to Wigan with the help of Tracy from Red A…
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Just the four goals conceded this Saturday, as United travelled to Reading and got royally stuffed. Jord, Jules and Tom put themselves through another painful therapy session-style pod to look back at the game, before looking forward to a welcome week off. Subscribe to our Substack and get all our pods and posts straight to your email: www.underthe…
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Six pointer? Eight pointer? Who knows, but it's a very, very important game. Jordan and Matt are on Preview Show duties this week to look ahead to a massive game at the bottom of League One for the U's against a Reading side that have got much more to worry about than just three points. To discuss the situation there, Jules also spoke to Matt from …
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Garry Monk introduced himself to the Abbey faithful with a 1-1 draw against Northampton on Saturday, including a fairly positive first half and a drab second one. Jules, Tom and Swindle are on the panel this week looking at another point added to our total, and chatting centre midfield options, Lyle Taylor, and previewing a trip to the league's for…
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On this week’s preview show, Jordan and Tom get together to look ahead to Garry Monk’s first sermon at the Abbey on Saturday against the Cobblers from Northampton, hoping to repeat what they did to us at their place after we were on the back of a drubbing at London Road. They’re joined by Danny from the It’s All Cobblers To Me podcast to help previ…
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New manager pod! Not many times you get to say that, and not many seasons you need to say it twice. So for the second and hopefully last time, the UTAS boys assemble to talk through the new man in the United dugout: Garry Monk. Tom, Matt and Jordan chat through their thoughts on what Monk can bring to United and what he needs to do to get to that m…
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Another bumper preview show this week as Tom, Jules and Matt spend most of the hour trying to calm down from another piss poor performance from the U's on Tuesday night at Stevenage. Trigger warning, there's a lot of chat about Cruyff turns on the edge of your own box. As well as that, they look ahead to the small matter of Bolton away on Saturday …
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The second instalment of our brand new feature is here, where we answer any and all questions that our listeners send in - about United teams past and present. This month, we discuss which players we'd go on holiday with, who are player of the season so far is, and what is the worst United team where each player has made a minimum of 50 appearances…
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In the latest episode of UTAS Meets, Jordan sits down with former United manager Gary Brabin to chat through his time with the U's. It might have only been one season, but it was as eventful as any, with Brabin leading United to a second successive play-off final and agonisingly losing again to Torquay. As well as that, to mark February being Heart…
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It's derby day defeat for the U's, and it caps off one of the craziest, and arguably worst, weeks for United in living memory. A suitably demoralised panel of Tom, Jules and Caspell are on hand for an extra long pod to have a look at what went wrong against Posh, preview another big Boro game on Tuesday at Stevenage with the help of League One's mo…
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It's not been a quiet week at Cambridge United, that much we can all agree on. For this bumper preview show, we called in the reinforcements, and Tom Walker was raring to go, joining Jordan and Jules to reflect more on Neil Harris' departure as well as the small matter of that lot up the road's visit to the Abbey on Saturday. And a chat about Bolto…
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Well, there's something to wake you up on a Wednesday morning. Neil Harris agrees to rejoin Millwall and become their manager, leaving the U's 77 days after taking charge. That called for an emergency pod, and Caspell and Jules obliged. But to be honest, you're getting their live reactions here, so it'll be just as confused and shocked as yours are…
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Jack Swindlehurst is joined by Tom Walker and Matt Gooding to look back at a thumping 4-0 victory up in Carlisle, comedy own goals and ahead to the rescheduled visit of Bolton Wanderers (with some inevitable chat about the little matter of our local derby on Saturday). Subscribe to our Substack and get all our website content straight to your email…
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A long week of away trips for the U's, and that's one down, one loss, one to go. Jordan and Tom have the pleasure of looking at Tuesday's defeat at league leaders Pompey, and then the greater privilege of previewing Saturday's game at Carlisle, one that's gone from not that huge, to very huge. They are helped in doing so by Lee from the Brunton Bug…
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The pod comes crashing down to earth after last week's win with a bruising 1-0 loss at the hands of Cheltenham Town. Swindle, Jules and Tom discuss what went wrong on Saturday at the Abbey, with a lot of chat about the centre midfield and four interesting substitutions, before looking ahead to the small matter of a visit to league leaders Portsmout…
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This week's edition of the Preview Show was supposed to be a bit of a bumper episode owing to an in depth review of Tuesday night's game at the Abbey against Bolton. As it turned out, the only thing that was in deep was the pitch after a certified biblical amount of rain left Ian Darler with too much to do. With that game off, Matt and Tom do their…
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The UTAS boys are back together for this week's review show, and thankfully for Tom and Jules they avoid making it three 0-0s in a row to discuss. Even better, there's the rarely spotted three points away from home for Jord to guide them through, and they spend most of the pod waxing lyrical over Lyle Taylor as a result. Subscribe to our Substack a…
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The Preview Show: Shrewsbury (A) and Transfer Deadline Day
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With the transfer window closing in an hour, Jules and Swindle took the leap and started recording this week's preview show because, come 10pm, Swindle just cannot keep his eyes open anymore. They have a look at our January window signings, especially Macauley Bonne and James Gibbons, and preview Saturday's trip up to Shrewsbury with the help of Da…
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It was a privilege to have new U's gaffer Neil Harris in the studio this week as he joined Jordan and Jules to chat through his career so far and what's led him to the dugout at the Abbey. They chat January transfer windows, agents, Millwall, Barry Corr, and Neil's plans with the squad for the future - as well as a very short-lived game of football…
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Two 0-0s is an as many weeks, and the UTAS boys are back together to try and squeeze another pod out of it. Luckily though, not being able to break down 10-man Burton at home did provide some frustration which was enough content to get Tom, Swindle and Jules through. Get in touch with the pod: hello@undertheabbeystand.com www.undertheabbeystand.com…
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This week's preview show looks ahead to Burton Albion at home as we welcome the Brewers to the Abbey. Jules and Matt discuss injuries, Lee McEvilly, and (for some reason) getting poked in the eye at Dartford away. Get in touch with the pod: @AbbeyStandPod www.undertheabbeystand.com abbeystandpod@gmail.com This is a public episode. If you would like…
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We're delighted to be launching a brand new feature here at UTAS: The Monthly Mailbag. This is an opportunity for the panellists to answer questions not just about the current team, the game just been and the game coming up. But take a step back and look at the broader picture at the U's, answering both silly and serious listener questions. This we…
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The biggest challenge of the season yet for the UTAS boys as they are tasked with trying to get half an hour of content out of a 0-0 draw down in Exeter. Jord, Tom and Jules discuss a good point on a bitesize pod, what more do you want on a Monday morning? Get in touch with the pod: @AbbeyStandPod abbeystandpod@gmail.com www.undertheabbeystand.com …
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The game might be up in the balance, but that can't stop the preview show. Matt and Jordan are on this week's show chatting about a trip down to Devon where the U's never seem to win, after a week of freezing cold temperatures... what could possibly go wrong? Get in touch with the pod: @AbbeyStandPod abbeystandpod@gmail.com www.undertheabbeystand.c…
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Jordan Worland is at the helm this week and is joined by Tom Walker and Jack Swindlehurst to look back at a last-gasp win against Fleetwood Town, including plenty of optimistic forwards chat, a great debut and a bit of a sitter... Get in touch with the pod: @AbbeyStandPod abbeystandpod@gmail.com www.undertheabbeystand.com This is a public episode. …
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For the third time this season, the U's face Fleetwood this weekend, with a third man in the dugout. Tom and Jordan have a chat about what might well be a six pointer, and obviously address the elephant in the room: the lack of a striker so far this transfer window. They also welcome friend of the pod Knappers to get a preview of this weekend's opp…
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