Football greats and lifelong friends Clive Tyldesley and Martin O'Neill team up to discuss the biggest football stories from across the week. What is the Football Authorities? It is everything that it’s not! It’s not a podcast that revisits every game, every goal, every VAR decision like a Match of the Day repeat. It’s not a guessing game about who’s next for the sack, next for a big money move or next to trend. Instead, Martin and Clive tell the stories behind the stories... finding the rea ...
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“Good Seats Still Available” is a curious little podcast devoted to the exploration of what used-to-be in professional sports. Each week, host Tim Hanlon interviews former players, owners, broadcasters, beat reporters, and surprisingly famous "super fans" of teams and leagues that have come and gone - in an attempt to unearth some of the most wild and woolly moments in (often forgotten) sports history.
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Paul Boross talks to the funniest and most successful leaders in business, sport and entertainment about how humour measurably improves your business and your life. Humourology is a study into why a good sense of humour is much more than a means to raise a smile – it’s a critical psychological defence against the stresses of everyday life, it’s the source of our resilience and it’s the secret weapon of all successful leaders. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Q&A: Regrets on leaving Aston Villa and covering Rangers TV
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How do you deal with bad press and negative feedback? What's it like to commentate on the Old Firm derby? And why did Martin O'Neill really leave Aston Villa? All that and more on the latest Football Authorities question and answers edition. Remember to follow or subscribe, and give us a 5 star review too! we'd love to hear from you! Email us: thef…
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Inside Olympic Football: Stuart Pearce Reveals All!
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As Olympic fever sweeps the nation, Clive Tyldesley & Martin O'Neil question why Great Britain are reluctant to enter a team, with special guest Stuart Pearce joining the pod to give us insight of his 2012 London Olympic run. Plus there's a return for 'What Would Cloughie Do?' and Clive's 'Feck of the Week' too. Remember to follow or subscribe, and…
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354: Sports Phone - With Scott Orgera and Howie Karpin
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New York sports broadcast veterans Scott Orgera and Howie Karpin ("976-1313: How Sports Phone Launched Careers and Broke New Ground") join to help us wax nostalgic about the ground-breaking 1970s telephone service Sports Phone. From the dust jacket of "976-1313": "Sports Phone set out to change the way scores and breaking news were consumed, and in…
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Q&A: Gareth Barry's transfer saga and the best co-commentators
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Martin O'Neill explains the saga of the sales of Gareth Barry and James Milner plus the success of set piece goals whilst managing Celtic. Clive answers which commentators inspired him. Remember to follow or subscribe, and give us a 5 star review too! we'd love to hear from you! Email us: thefootballauthorities@global.com You can follow Clive @cliv…
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David Moyes: Footballers are playing too many games
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Former West Ham and Everton manager David Moyes joins the podcast to discuss the intense pre-season tours that footballers now endure, plus Martin and Clive discuss the importance of interim managers and what direction the F.A will take as they source a new head coach for England. Remember to follow or subscribe, and give us a 5 star review too! we…
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353.7: The NHL’s Atlanta Flames (& More!) – With Dan Bouchard [ARCHIVE RE-RELEASE]
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[One last dip into the vault before a flood of new episodes beginning next week; from 2020, our revealing conversation with a pro hockey great - and Atlanta Flames original!} For 1970s-era NHL hockey fans who remember the eight-year adventure known as the Atlanta Flames, few are likely to forget Dan Bouchard. A tenacious, slightly eccentric and occ…
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Q&A: Agüero moments and the appointment of Heimir Hallgrímsson
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Each Thursday Martin and Clive answer your questions. Should John O'Shea have been given the Republic of Ireland Job? What are their favourite last minute goals? How did they first get into football? All those questions answered and more! Remember to follow or subscribe, and give us a 5 star review too! we'd love to hear from you! Email us: thefoot…
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Is Gareth Southgate on borrowed time? Or is he in charge of his own destiny? It's the day after England's loss to Spain in Berlin. Clive Tyldesley and Martin O'Neill dissect what went wrong and how. Clive asks if Harry Kane should have been a starter in the final and Martin gives insight into the difference between International management and club…
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353.6: NASL Soccer's Chief Architect Clive Toye [ARCHIVE RE-RELEASE]
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[By popular request, an archive re-release from August 2018, featuring our extraordinary conversation with one of the central figures of the original North American Soccer League - from its chaotic formation in 1968 to its untimely demise in 1985.] + + + Soccer America columnist (and Episode #6 guest) Paul Gardner summed up this week's National Soc…
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Is it OK to NOT enjoy watching England play? And Ronaldo or Messi?
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Clive Tyldesley and Martin O'Neill return, and the tides are changing as Clive struggles to enjoy the England national team win. Martin breaks down how England are failing to stretch the play with Kieran Trippier at left wing back and the old age debate settled - Cristiano Ronaldo or Lionel Messi Remember to follow or subscribe, and give us a revie…
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353.5: The Senior Professional Baseball Association - With David Whitford [ARCHIVE RE-RELEASE]
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[An archive re-release favorite from September 2017, featuring one of professional baseball's most enigmatic leagues!] Inc. Editor-at-Large David Whitford (Extra Innings: A Season in the Senior League) joins host Tim Hanlon to retrace his journalistic odyssey covering the inaugural season of the short-lived, Florida-based Senior Professional Baseba…
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Does a 'good' team play badly and win? Plus Clive says goodbye to ITV!
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After England's lacklustre performance against Slovakia, Clive Tyldesley and Martin O'Neill ask - 'Is it really a sign of a good team when they play badly and win?' The pair discuss what Gareth Southgate should ponder before heading into the quarter finals, is Jude Bellingham fit enough to be playing 120 minutes of football and after 28 years of IT…
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353: The NASL v. US Soccer/MLS Case - With Steven Bank
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Most US and Canadian domestic soccer fans are certain that the second incarnation of the North American Soccer League (2011-17) officially met its untimely demise in early 2018, just a few months after the first-year San Francisco Deltas beat the New York Cosmos in the 2017 Soccer Bowl - and amidst a seemingly desperate/last-minute antitrust lawsui…
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Kevin Maguire – Shining A Light Into The Dark World Of Politics & The Role Of Humour In Journalism 🔦
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This week’s episode of The Humourology Podcast features Kevin Maguire, Associate Editor of the Daily Mirror and esteemed political columnist, having been chief reporter for The Guardian and worked for news publishers including the Daily Telegraph, Sky News, BBC and even the political powerhouse that is New Civil Engineer. Throughout his long and il…
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Gary Lineker vs Harry Kane. Is it OK to call a performance S**T? And where did it all go wrong for Scotland?
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Wether it's the back pages or social media, it's doom and gloom for the England national team with even past players calling their Euro 2024 performances "S**T"! Are they? And after Scotland were eliminated by a last minute goal by Hungary, Clive Tyldesley and Martin O'Neill ask how did it all go wrong in Germany for the tartan army. Remember to fo…
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352: An Appreciation of Vin Scully - With Tom Hoffarth
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We celebrate the legendary career and outsized influence of one of baseball's most recognized voices, with veteran LA sportswriter Tom Hoffarth (Perfect Eloquence: An Appreciation of Vin Scully). From the "Early Days" dustjacket: "When Vin Scully passed away in 2022, the city of Los Angeles lost its soundtrack. If you were able to deliver a eulogy …
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Pressure for Gareth Southgate & how do you get the best out of Phil Foden?
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After England beat Serbia 1-0 and Scotland lose 5-1 to Germany at the Euros, Clive Tyldesley and Martin O'Neill ask the all important question for manager and player - 'How do you deal with pressure and expectation?'. Plus the pair discuss if Phil Foden is being shoehorned into an unnatural position, and it's the return of 'What Would Cloughie have…
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351: The Origin Story of ESPN - With Peter Fox
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It's time to fire up the old Jerrold cable box for a trip back to the pre-launch and early first on-air days of cable TV's pioneering Entertainment and Sports Programming Network - better known as ESPN - with founding producer and channel memoirist Peter Fox ("The Early Days of ESPN: 300 Daydreams and Nightmares"). From the "Early Days" dustjacket:…
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Anne-Marie Imafidon - The Most Influential Woman In Tech: Inspiring A New Generation To Love STEM 💻
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Described by Computer Weekly as “the most influential woman in tech” in 2020, in this episode of The Humourology Podcast, host Paul Boross is joined by the renowned educator, computer scientist and social entrepreneur, Anne-Marie Imafidon, to discuss her luminary career and the importance of humour as part of her life growing up, journey into adult…
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As Gareth Southgate announces his Euro 2024 squad, Clive Tyldesley & Martin O'Neil ask 'Is there a good way to break bad news?' As well as, 'Is the England Manager's job the impossible job?' And the pair peak behind the curtain as Martin reveals what went into his interview process during 2006 after Sven-Göran Eriksson left the England camp. Rememb…
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350: The "Father of Modern Baseball" - With Tom Delise & Jay Seaborg
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First-time sports historians Tom Delise and Jay Seaborg ("Foxy Ned Hanlon: The Baseball Life of a Hall of Fame Manager") join the podcast for a biographical look at one of baseball's most innovative managerial minds - and who just may be related to your humble host! "Foxy" Ned Hanlon was one of the major leagues' earliest tactical visionaries, who …
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What do Real Madrid, Crawley Town, Southampton, Bromley, Manchester United – Men and Women – and Peterborough United all have in common? They’ve all won ‘must win’ games at Wembley recently. With Clive commentating on the Champion's League final, and Martin no stranger to a big day in North-West London, today on the Football Authorities we attempt …
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349: The Peking-to-Paris Motor Challenge - With Kassia St. Clair
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Cultural historian and best-selling British author Kassia St. Clair ("The Secret Lives of Color"; "The Golden Thread: How Fabric Changed History") joins the podcast for a look back at the fascinating, improbable and culturally paradigm-shifting 1907 Peking-to-Paris Motor Challenge - as featured in her new book "The Race to the Future: 8,000 Miles t…
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So what is The Football Authorities? Plus is promotion to the Premier League the biggest step up in football?
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Before we kick off properly on Monday, Martin and Clive headed into the studio to explain a bit about "who" and "what" The Football Authorities are! And while they were there they couldn't help but discuss last weekend's play-off final either, asking "Is promotion to the Premier League the biggest step up in football?"…
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The Football Authorities launches Monday June 3rd
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Clive Tyldesley & Martin O'Neill are The Football Authorities. Weekly episodes begin on Monday June 3rd. Expect something a little bit different.By Global
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Professor Richard Wiseman - 🍀 The Luck Factor: Why Humour (And Magic) Can Underpin Success 🪄
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Professor Richard Wiseman chats with Paul Boross on this week’s Humourology Podcast about his fascinating career, from his academic achievements, membership of the Magic Circle to his highly influential books and his drive to inform his audiences about psychology and science in the most engaging and entertaining way possible. Known globally for his…
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348.5: Sports Promoter Doug Verb [ARCHIVE RE-RELEASE]
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[An essential fan favorite from 2018 - with the dean of "forgotten sports" promotion!] If someone ever decides to build an American sports promotion Hall of Fame, the inaugural class will undoubtedly be led by this week’s special guest, Doug Verb. In a career spanning more than 40 years in professional sports management, Verb’s remarkable career ha…
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348: The Tragic Season of 1946's Spokane Indians - With Eric Vickrey
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Baseball historian and Society for American Baseball Research (SABR) contributor Eric Vickrey ("Season of Shattered Dreams: Postwar Baseball, the Spokane Indians, and a Tragic Bus Crash That Changed Everything") joins the podcast for a look back at one of the worst tragedies in the history of US pro sports. From the dust jacket of Vickrey's new boo…
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Julia Bradbury on Walk Yourself Happy: How A Stroll Can Be A Tool For Healing And Adventure
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Julia Bradbury joins us to chat about everything from sibling relationships, walking in nature to her breast cancer diagnosis. Hear how Julia’s journey has included humour as a tool for healing. Tune in to learn just how valuable humour can be through life’s hardest moments. She is an absolute inspiration and gives so many tips and techniques to he…
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347.5: The North American Soccer League - With Paul Gardner
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We celebrate the 94th birthday of legendary Soccer America columnist Paul Gardner (The Simplest Game: The Intelligent Fan's Guide to the World of Soccer; Soccer Talk: Paul Gardner on Soccer) with this special archive re-release (and our 6th-ever episode!) from 2017. The universally acknowledged "dean" of American soccer writers waxes nostalgic on h…
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347: Powering Forward - With Dean Tolson
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During the late 1960s, Dean Tolson ("Power Forward: My Journey from Illiterate NBA Player to a Magna Cum Laude Master's Degree") emerged as a standout prep basketball talent during his junior and senior years at Central High School in Kansas City, Missouri. His prowess on the court attracted the attention of a bevy of college recruiters, leading hi…
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346: Roller Derby's Los Angeles Thunderbirds - With Scott Stephens
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It's our first journey into the chaotically exciting history of "professional" roller derby with former skater and long-time keeper-of-the-flame Scott Stephens ("Rolling Thunder: The Golden Age of Roller Derby & the Rise and Fall of the L.A. T-Birds"). From the moment he laced up his first pair of roller skates at age six in mid-1960s Los Angeles, …
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345: From Vancouver to Memphis - With Łukasz Muniowski
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It's a special mea culpa episode this week, as we welcome back Szczecin University (Poland) history professor and Episode 289 guest Łukasz Muniowski (Turnpike Team: A History of the New Jersey Nets 1977-2012) for a deep dive into the drama of the NBA's Vancouver Grizzlies move to Memphis in 2001 - and an assessment of the winners and losers some 23…
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344.5: The NFL’s 1943 “Steagles” - With Matt Algeo [ARCHIVE RE-RELEASE]
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[A dip into the archives for a one of our first-ever episodes from 2017 - by request!] Author Matt Algeo (Last Team Standing: How the Steelers and the Eagles – "The Steagles" – Saved Pro Football During World War II) joins Tim Hanlon all the way from Maputo, Mozambique to discuss the marriage of convenience that literally saved the National Footbal…
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344: The Evolution of Sports Media - With David Bockino
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Former ESPN ad researcher, and current Elon University professor of communications and sport management David Bockino (Game On: How Sports Media Grew Up, Sold Out, and Got Personal with Billions of Fans) helps us trace the evolution of the sports media industry - with historical points of interest both obvious (e.g., the 1958 NFL Championship Game;…
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343: Baseball History Landmarks - With Chris Epting
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We reach back into the vaunted Good Seats library stacks this week for a deep dive into one of Tim's favorite sports reference books - Roadside Baseball: The Locations of America's Baseball Landmarks - with its (prodigious non-fiction) author Chris Epting. Now in its third edition, Roadside is everything you'd imagine from the title: a detailed, ge…
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Sharing something special, an episode of the new podcast "Ways to Win" - where coaches Craig Robinson and John Calipari use their on-court wisdom to solve off-court problems. In this first episode (recorded before the start of the NCAA basketball tournament!), there's no better way to kick off March Madness than with President Barack Obama (and Cra…
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342: "Boston Ball" - With Clayton Trutor
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We bust some brackets this week in honor of the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, with a look back at the old East Coast Athletic Conference and the coaching cradle of city of Boston - with return (Episode 237) guest Clayton Trutor ("Boston Ball: Rick Pitino, Jim Calhoun, Gary Williams, and the Forgotten Cradle of Basketball Coaches"). B…
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341: "Pro" Wrestling's Origin Story - With Jon Langmead
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We squint hard this week for a look into the story of American "professional" wrestling's formative years - with pop culture writer Jon Langmead (Ballyhoo! The Roughhousers, Con Artists, and Wildmen Who Invented Professional Wrestling). Langmead takes us inside the raucous period roughly between the mid-1870s to the early-1940s - where genuine comp…
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340: Baseball's "New York Game" - With Kevin Baker
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Harper's Contributing Editor and novelist/historian extraordinaire Kevin Baker ("The New York Game: Baseball and the Rise of a New City") brings his blended affection for (and evocative portrayals of) both "The Big Apple" and the "National Pastime" - to make a compelling case for New York City as the rightful center of the baseball universe. From A…
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339: Early-Day WNBA - With Marie Ferdinand-Harris
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It's a celebration of women's hoops this week, as we look back at the "early days" of the Women's National Basketball Association - including stops with the oft-forgotten Utah Starzz and San Antonio Silver Stars - with three-time league all-star Marie Ferdinand-Harris (Transformed: The Winning Side of Losing). A first-round pick in the WNBA's fifth…
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338: 50 Years of San Jose Earthquakes Soccer - With Gary Singh
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It's a "retcon" special this week, as we celebrate the 50th anniversary of one of the most colorful and persistent franchises in American pro soccer history - with a return visit from Episode 40 guest Gary Singh (The Unforgettable San Jose Earthquakes: Momentous Stories On & Off the Field). As one of four West Coast expansion teams (along with the …
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337: The 1990-91 Minnesota North Stars - With Kevin Allenspach
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Veteran Minnesota sportswriter Kevin Allenspach (Mirage of Destiny: The Story of the 1990-91 Minnesota North Stars) takes to the ice with us this week, as we look back at one of the most improbable playoff runs in NHL history - one that came the closest to giving the self-professed "State of Hockey" its first Stanley Cup championship - a title that…
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336: Lost Tales of the MISL - With Tim O'Bryhim
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We celebrate the launch of the new "MISL 1980s: The Story of Indoor Soccer" Substack series with its author and return (Episode 31) guest Tim O'Bryhim ("Make This Town Big: The Story of Roy Turner and the Wichita Wings" & "God Save the Wings"). O'Bryhim's long-form pieces promise to bring to light myriad stories from the legendary original Major In…
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335: On the Diamonds of Des Moines - With Steve Dunn
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Iowa baseball chronologist Steve Dunn ("'Pug,' 'Fireball,' and Company: 116 Years of Professional Baseball in Des Moines, Iowa") joins for a surprisingly rich journey into the history of professional baseball in the Hawkeye State's largest city - currently home to the Diamond Baseball Holdings-owned Triple-A affiliate of the National League's Chica…
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334.5: The National Bowling League – With Dr. Jake Schmidt [ARCHIVE RE-RELEASE]
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[A dip into the archives for a fan favorite from 2019 - featuring a show-closing ode to the late, great 70s' TV game show "Celebrity Bowling"!] + + + We hit the lanes this week to delve into the fascinating story of the nation’s first and only attempt at a professional team bowling league – a seemingly anachronistic idea by today’s standards, but a…
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334: Atlanta's "White Ice" - With Tom Aiello
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Valdosta State University history professor (and Episode 244 guest) Tom Aiello ("Dixieball: Race and Professional Basketball in the Deep South") returns after a two-year absence - for an enlightening look at the curious cultural history of the city of Atlanta's awkward relationship with professional hockey. In his new book "White Ice: Race and the …
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We buckle up this week for a wild and revelatory ride across 50+ years of big-time soccer in the United States with one of the biggest unsung heroes of the American game - and unquestionably, one of its most prominent "keepers of the flame." The professional and personal life journey of "Soccer Tom" Mulroy ("90 Minutes with the King: How Soccer Sav…
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332: Super Series '76 - With Ed Gruver
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We turn back the clock 48 years ago this week for a revisit of one of the most consequential contests in the history of the National Hockey League - with sports historian Ed Gruver ("The Game That Saved the NHL: The Broad Street Bullies. the Soviet Red Machine, and Super Series '76"). The dust jacket of Gruver's new book sums it up thusly: "In late…
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331: The NASL's San Antonio Thunder (+ More!) - With Derek Currie
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It's the adventure-filled story of how a late-60s-era Scottish top-league footballer helped start the first-ever professional soccer circuit in the then-British colony of Hong Kong - punctuated by an unexpected off-season loan to one of the most forgotten franchises in North American Soccer League history. Derek Currie ("When 'Jesus' Came to Hong K…
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