In the last podcast of the 2023-24 campaign, YP football writers Leon Wobschall and Stuart Rayner get together with host Mark Singleton to discuss the final talking points of the season. They start at Wembley and yet more play-off heartache for Leeds United who were edged out by Southampton in the Championship play-off final, missing out on an imme…

On this week’s show, YP football writers Stuart Rayner and Leon Wobschall join host Mark Singleton to look forward to Sunday’s Championship play-off final clash between Leeds United and Southampton at Wembley. They also reflect on the end of Sheffield United’s miserable return to the Premier League, a campaign which saw them suffer an immediate rel…

On this week’s show, The YP’s Stuart Rayner and Leon Wobschall join host Mark Singleton to reflect on the latest few days of the Yorkshire football scene. They start in the Championship and Huddersfield Town where, soon after Andrew Breitenreiter’s passing through the exit door following the Terriers’ relegation to League One, former Barnsley boss …

On this week’s show, Stuart Rayner and Leon Wobschall join host Mark Singleton to reflect on the closing of the Championship regular season and the onset of the League One and Two play-offs. Not surprisingly, they start with the shock sacking of Liam Rosenior by Hull City after the Tigers missed out on the play-offs by three points and one place. W…

On this week’s podcast, YP football writers Stuart Rayner and Leon Wobschall join host Mark Singleton to discuss the relegation of Sheffield United – confirmed with a 5-1 defeat at Newcastle United. Where did it go wrong for the Blades and where do they go from here? On a similar theme, Huddersfield Town are also heading down – save for some goalsc…

On this week’s show, The YP’s football writers, Stuart Rayner and Leon Wobschall, join host Mark Singleton to discuss the latest news from around the Yorkshire football scene. They discuss the shock sacking of Neill Collins by Barnsley, the Reds in a poor run of form, but still in the play-off places with just one game to go. Huddersfield Town’s 4-…

In this week’s show, Stuart Rayner and Leon Wobschall join host Mark Singleton to discuss Hull City’s chances of making the Championship play-offs. With Just three games to go, they remain six points adrift of sixth spot. Leeds United’s hopes of clinching a top-two automatic spot took a hit at the weekend with a home defeat to Blackburn Rovers – bu…

On this week’s show, The YP’s football writers Stuart Rayner and Leon Wobschall, join host Mark Singleton to discuss the latest issues surrounding the Yorkshire football scene. They start at the New York Stadium and what needs to happen next at Rotherham United after relegation after just two seasons in the Championship was confirmed and how they a…

Sheffield United looked to have found the winning formula only to be denied by Fulham in a 3-3 draw at Bramall Lane meaning they now sit 10 points from safety with nine games remaining and ahead of Thuesday’s trip to Anfield to take on Premier League high-fliers, Liverpool. Is there any hope of survival? Continuing the theme of those teams from the…

On this week’s podcast, Yorkshire Post football writers, Stuart Rayner and Leon Wobschall, join host Mark Singleton to cast their eye over the latest news and issues surrounding Yorkshire’s leading football clubs. They look at the fallout for both Harrogate Town and Bradford City following their latest derby meeting, as well as looking at Hull City…

On this week’s YP football writer Leon Wobschall joins host Mark Singleton to discuss the rise of Leeds United to the top of the Championship, what has got them there and whether they can cement a top two space and earn an immediate return to the Premier League. They also reflect on the fallout from the 0-0 Yorkshire derby draw between Rotherham Un…

On this week’s podcast, The YP’s football writers, Stuart Rayner and Leon Wobschall, join host Mark Singleton to discuss the latest news and issues surrounding the Yorkshire football scene. This week, they start at Hillsborough and the Yorkshire derby between Sheffield Wednesday and Leeds United and the implications for each team’s respective fight…

On this week’s show, The YP’s football writers, Stuart Rayner and Leon Wobschall, pick over the bones of another surrender at Bramall Lane by Sheffield United – a ‘dreadful’ performance against Arsenal seeing them crash to a 6-0 defeat on Monday. Also, they discuss why Leeds are so well-positioned for their push for automatic promotion from the Cha…

On this week’s show, The YP’s football writers, Stuart Rayner and Leon Wobschall, join host Mark Singleton to discuss everything from Premier League to League Two football. They start off in the top-flight and assessing the further dent to Sheffield United’s already-slim hopes of avoiding relegation following their 1-0 defeat to Wolves. In the Cham…

On this week’s podcast, YP football writers Stuart Rayner and Leon Wobschall join host Mark Singleton to discuss whether the point of no return has now arrived for Sheffield United in the Premier League, following their 5-0 defeat to Brighton. They also look at what the future holds for Rotherham United who suffered two one-goal defeats this week, …

On this week’s show, Stuart Rayner and Leon Wobschall join host Mark Singleton to discuss whether the overdue away win for Sheffield United at relegation rivals Luton Town could be the kick-start to their Premier League survival battle that the Blades so desperately need. Is there any stopping Leeds United? So far unbeaten in the Championship in 20…

On this week’s show, YP football writers Stuart Rayner and Leon Wobschall run through who Yorkshire’s winners (Hull City?) and losers (Sheffield Wednesday?) were in the January Transfer Window. They go on to assess Middlesbrough’s chances of making the Championship play-offs before working out how Sheffield United and Sheffield Wednesday respond to…

On this week's show YP football writers Stuart Rayner and Leon Wobschall discuss the sacking of Darren Moore by Huddersfield just two days before the closing of the January Transfer Window. They also cast an eye over whether Sheffield United are good enough to pull themselves out of the relegation hole they find themselve in in the Premier League a…

On this week’s show, YP football writers Stuart Rayner and Leon Wobschall join host Mark Singleton to look at the fortunes of Yorkshire Championship rivals Middlesbrough and Rotherham United and how the rest of the season is likely to pan out for them. Leeds United are on a roll at the top-end of the Championship and are now just two points off sec…

On this week’s podcast, The YP’s football writing team of Stuart Rayner and Leon Wobschall join host Mark Singleton to discuss Barnsley’s position – both in the League One table and in term of holding onto their best players during the January transfer window. They also cast an eye over the up-and-down fortunes of Doncaster Rovers, just two games f…

On this week’s show, Stuart Rayner and Leon Wobschall join host Mark Singleton to reflect on the recent Yorkshire derbies between Huddersfield Town and Middlesbrough and Sheffield Wednesday and Hull City and where the results leave all four teams and their aims for the remainder of the 2023-24 season. The return of striker Patrick Bamford to the Le…

Looking ahead to the festive schedule for Yorkshire's Premier League and Football League teams

On this week’s show – Episode 125 – The YP’s football writing team of Stuart Rayner and Leon Wobschall hook up with host Mark Singleton to discuss the latest issues in and around the Yorkshire football scene. They start in the Premier League to discuss whether Sheffield United have already turned a corner on the returning Chris Wilder following a v…

On this week’s show, our panel of Stuart Rayner and Leon Wobschall discuss the change in the dugout at Sheffield United, with Chris Wilder returning to replace the axed Paul Heckingbottom, whose time at Bramall Lane, they say, should be remembered findly after getting the club back into the Premier League. They also cast an eye in the direction of …

On this week’s show, host Mark Singleton is joined by The YP’s Stuart Rayner and Leon Wobschall, who start off by assessing the below-par performance by Sheffield United against Bournemouth and how the players owe manager Paul Heckingbottom better performances in the coming weeks if they are to avoid an instant return to the Championship. In the Ch…

On this week’s show, The YP’s football writing team of Stuart Rayner and Leon Wobschall join host Mark Singleton to discuss the size of the task in front of new Bradford City manager Graham Alexander, as he looks to end a losing run in League Two, one extended to four games with last weekend’s defeat at Notts County. They also cast their eye over H…

On this week’s show, host Mark Singleton is joined by YP football writer Leon Wobschall to discuss a variety of topics in Yorkshire football, starting with Sheffield United inching their way off the foot of the Premier League table after a 1-1 draw at Brighton. Rotherham United’s decision to fire manager Matt Taylor after the team’s 5-0 loss at Wat…

On this week’s show, The YP’s football writing team of Stuart Rayner and Leon Wobschall start by celebrating a first Premier League win of the season for Sheffield United before moving on to the ‘statement victory’ for Leeds United in beating the Championship’s runaway leaders, Leicester City. They also consider how Rotherham United can improve the…

On this week’s show, Stuart Rayner and Leon Wobschall pay tribute to Sir Bobby Charlton after his recent death, reflecting on his career and life and the wonderful legacy he leaves behind, both on and off the pitch. Elsewhere, our team assess the promise shown at Hull City under Liam Rosenior, the issues that Darren Moore needs to tackle at a stop-…

On this week’s show, YP football writing duo Stuart Rayner and Leon Wobschall assess England’s latest international break, one which saw them qualify for Euro 2024 with an international break. They also discuss the confirmed appointment of Danny Rohl as the successor to the axed Xisco Munoz at Sheffield Wednesday and whether he will succeed in turn…

The YP’s football writers, Stuart Rayner and Leon Wobschall, join host Mark Singleton to discuss the latest topics surrounding Yorkshire football, starting with the top priority for Sheffield United in the next few weeks as they continue their search for a first Premier League win of the season. Leeds United head into the international break on a h…

WITH this week’s managerial departures at Sheffield Wednesday and Bradford City, the FootballTalk team have recorded an extra podcast to cover the events.The YP’s chief football writer Stuart Rayner joins ‘caretaker’ host Phil Harrison to discuss Xisco Munoz’s sacking by Sheffield Wednesday and the departure of Mark Hughes at Bradford, as well as f…

Darren Moore has already experienced the good and the bad from his Huddersfield Town side, ahead of this weekend’s return to former club Sheffield Wednesday, from where he surprisingly departed in the summer after steering them to promotion from League One via the playoffs. The Yorkshire Post’s Stuart Rayner and Leon Wobschall also discuss the prom…

On this week’s show, The YP’s football writers, Stuart Rayner and Leon Wobschall, join host Mark Singleton to survey the latest on the Yorkshire football scene, starting with whether Sheffield United are capable of bouncing back from their record 8-0 defeat to Newcastle United on Sunday. In the Championship, Leeds United seem to have turned a corne…

On this week’s show The Yorkshire Post’s chief football writer Stuart Rayner joins host Mark Singleton to discuss life in Leagues One and Two for Yorkshire’s clubs, plus looking at England’s contrasting performances against Ukraine and Scotland during the recent international break. In League Two, how do Bradford City breathe more life into their s…

On this week’s show, The YP’s football writers Stuart Rayner and Leon Wobschall join host Mark Singleton to assess which Yorkshire teams came out best from the summer transfer window and which emerged with unfinished business. Our panel then turns their attention to the match action, starting with Sheffield United’s Premier League basement clash wi…

In the latest episode of our show, we look at how Sheffield United can turn around their difficult start to the Premier League campaign, Leeds United’s up-and-down week which brought victory at Ipswich before a Carabao Cup defeat on penalties at League Two Salford City. Our panel of football writers Stuart Rayner and Leon Wobschall, along with host…

On this week's show, Stuart Rayner and Leon Wobschall join host Mark Singleton to assess the respective starts to the season for Sheffield United, Leeds United, Sheffield Wednesday, Huddersfield Town and Middlesbrough FC.

On this week’s show, YP football writers Stuart Rayner and Leon Wobschall join host Mark Singleton to look back over the first few days of action from the 2023-24 football season. Barnsley were the big winners following their 7-0 hammering of visitors Port Vale, but there were mixed fortunes in the Championship where only Leeds United picked up poi…

On this week’s show, host Mark Singleton is joined by YP football writer Leon Wobschall to look ahead to the start of the 2023-24 season for our 10 Football League clubs. The pair cast their eye over the pre-season expectations placed on our six Championship rivals, relegated Leeds United, promoted Sheffield Wednesday, as well as Huddersfield Town,…

Overall it can be viewed as a positive 2022-23 for Yorkshire’s clubs in the Championship, Sheffield United getting promoted, Middlebrough reaching the play-offs, Hull City stabilising under Liam Rosenior and both Huddersfield Town and Rotherham United impressing while avoiding relegation, quite comfortably in the end. The YP’s football writing team…

Following a weekend of contrasting emotions in Yorkshire our panel discuss what happens next for Leeds United, Sheffield Wednesday and Barnsley. Leeds United’s relegation from the Premier League after three seasons was confirmed on Sunday with a 4-1 defeat at home to Tottenham Hotspur, with the inquest beginning quickly after as to where it all wen…

SOUTH YORKSHIRE takes over Wembley Stadium on Bank Holiday Monday as Barnsley and Sheffield Wednesday contest the eagerly-anticipated League One Play-off Final with a place back in the Championship the prize on offer.Stuart Rayner and Leon Wobschall will be covering the game for us but, before they caught the train down to London, they found time t…

Leeds United enter the final weekend of the 2022-23 Premier League season in desperate circumstances, needing a win at home to Tottenham Hotspur while hoping results involving Leicester City and Everton go their way. Just under 24 hours later – once we’ve discovered Leeds’ fate – Yorkshire’s attention switches south to Wembley where Sheffield Wedne…

Leeds United’s hard-fought point at home to Newcastle United could prove crucial in their fight for Premier League survival, although the odds remain against them. Stuart Rayner and Leon Wobschall discuss the Whites’ hopes under Sam Allardyce as well as the chances of Middlesbrough, Sheffield Wednesday, Barnsley and Bradford City progressing throug…

YP football writers Stuart Rayner and Leon Wobschall join host Mark Singleton to discuss the latest issues on the Yorkshire football scene. This week, they start off with assessing Leeds United’s Premier League survival chances, after defeat to Manchester City and results elsewhere left them second-from-bottom with three games remaining ahead of Sa…

In the latest of a number of tumultuous weeks this season for Leeds United, there were two casualties and one fresh face as the club’s owners cast one last throw of the dice in a bid to save their Premier League status. Sam Allardyce has been parachuted in and given four games to ensure Leeds’ survival, with director of football Victor Orta and ine…

As Sheffield United clinch promotion back to the Premier League, The YP’s football writers Stuart Rayner and Leon Wobschall join FootballTalk host Mark Singleton to discuss the Blades’ achievement and whether Leeds United will still be in the top-flight to greet them in August. They also cast an eye over the promotion prospects of Sheffield Wednesd…

The YP's football writers Stuart Rayner and Leon Wobschall join host Mark Singleton to discuss the latest football stories from Yorkshire and beyond. On this week's show, can Leeds United bounce back from two heavy defeats, will Sheffield United's FA Cup WEmbley distraction derail their promotion chances or are they virtually assured of a top-two f…

On this week’s show, Stuart Rayner and Leon Wobschall join host Mark Singleton to discuss the latest news and developments in Yorkshire’s 2022-23 season. They start by looking at Leeds United enhancing their survival with their 2-1 home win over fellow strugglers Nottingham Forest on Tuesday night, just days after being beaten 4-1 at Premier League…