Christmas is here and so NPLP, at the expense of Reeder’s Teasers (to Jack’s disappointment), gives your their footballers as Christmas items. The pod also welcomes on European football journalist Andy Brassell (Twitter: @andybrassell), who has written for the BBC and ESPN. Like Santa Claus, he whizzes us around France, Portugal, Spain and Italy to…

A couple of new managers are in town, and so NPLP follows suit by installing Jack as their interim presenter (Bill has not been sacked, he was busy in Canterbury trying to learn how to be funny). Jack is joined by Sam and Dec and they make sense of all this weekend’s Premier League action.The pod also welcomes back on to the show ESPN’s Spanish cor…

NPLP believes it has coined a new phrase – “The Anti-Comeback”. Have a listen to what it’s all about and the boys give you their favourite anti-comebacks. Serie A specialist Matt Barker (Twitter: @matthew_barker), who writes for magazines such as FourFourTwo and When Saturday Comes, is welcomed onto the show. He talks to the pod about the Rome Derb…

A controversial weekend in the Premier League and the announcement of the Ballon d’Or nominees gives the boys plenty to discuss. Ligue 1 journalist and commentator Ian Holyman (follow him on Twitter @ian_holyman), who is the French blogger for UEFA.com, comes on the show to chat about Ligue 1 including PSG, Marseille and Lyon. Find out who wins a C…

The return of the Premier League gets the boys talking about Chelsea’s win at Tottenham, the Kick It Out campaign shirt protest as well as all the other action from the weekend’s games. There were some big matches too in Serie A and La Liga, and NPLP welcomes Nik Postinger (follow him on Twitter @TouchlineDrama), a trilingual journalist at TalkSPOR…

The international break sees NPLP discuss the fortunes of the home nations (England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Irleand and Republic of Ireland). The show welcomes on Rupert Fryer (follow him on Twitter @Rupert_Fryer) who is the co-founder of Southamericanfootball.co.uk and has had work published for The Guardian and football magazine The Blizzard, …

There was lots of high quality football in the Premier League this weekend and NPLP gets right to the heart of the action. The boys were also delighted to call up Dermot Corrigan (follow him on Twitter @dermotmcorrigan), ESPN soccernet’s La Liga correspondent in Madrid, to talk Barcelona vs. Real Madrid and all other things Spanish. Reeder’s Teaser…

Not Premier League Proven returns for its second season and with it comes a little bit of change. Dan Sampayo has left the pod – his reasons exclusively revealed in the episode – and there has been a reshuffle in the way the podcast runs. This week’s special guest is European football writer Ben Lyttleton (follow him on Twitter @benlyt). He joins N…

NPLP takes an in-depth look at, what is set to be one of the biggest football tournaments in recent memory – Euro 2012. In the final episode of a two-part series, the boys preview Group C (Spain, Italy, Croatia and Republic of Ireland) and Group D (England, France, Sweden and Ukraine). There is also a Euro-themed Reeder’s Teasers where Jack challen…

NPLP takes an in-depth look at, what is set to be one of the biggest football tournaments in recent memory – Euro 2012. In part one of a two-part series, the boys preview Group A (Poland, Czech Republic, Russia and Greece) and Group B (Germany, Holland, Portugal and Denmark). There is also a Euro-themed Reeder’s Teasers where Jack challenges the bo…

NPLP celebrates an enthralling Premier League season with its end of season awards bumper show. The boys pick the best from a whole host of categories including best player, best manager and “the funniest thing” of the season. There’s also a round-up of all 20 Premier League teams as well as the end of season action across the lower leagues and Eur…

It’s a tough week for Bill on NPLP with Aston Villa giving the boys much to laugh at as well as having to pick the Top Three greatest Premier League volleys - and there are some fantastic entries. Inter Milan’s sacking of Claudio Raneiri gets the boys talking as well as a round-up of the other leagues in Europe. Meanwhile, there are a couple of fun…

In this week’s episode the boys pay tribute to the work of the medical staff who saved Fabrice Muamba’s life and give their reflections on the sad events at White Hart Lane. The Premier League, Champions League and Europa League take up much of the discussion too. With Sir Dave Richard’s rant in Qatar, the boys try to find the Top Three ranting cha…

The Football League Awards, Lionel Messi and the Champions League are all top of the agenda this week for NPLP. The Argentine’s quintet against Leverkusen also sets this week’s Top Three where the boys try to find the very best five-goal hauls in football history. And, can one of the boys beat Jack in Reeder’s Teasers? Remember to send us your e-ma…