Soccer analysis, analytics, and commentary with hosts Mike Goodman and Michael Caley
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The Premier League has four matchdays done, and that means we have just enough data to be dangerous. What's going on with Liverpool. Nottingham Forest, Southampton, Spurs and Arsenal? Support the show
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It's a Lot of Money to Lose: Chelsea Ownership Feud
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Todd Boehly and Behdad Eghbali are fighting over Chelsea. We break down the exact financial relationships here and the context for their fight, and what it tells us about the business of football in the modern era and what might come next for Chelsea. Support the show
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In Conversation With Kevin From Aslef The Train Drivers Union
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Joining us today is Kevin Lindsay from Aslef, he gives us a detailed background of the recent disputes between Aslef members both at a UK wide level then he gives us a detailed insight of things from a more local Scottish perspective. Hear why Kevin see's himself as a baby in the game with his 22 years of trade union organising (Aslef were founded …
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Scottish Independence Referendum: Ten Year Anniversary With Tommy Sheridan | Hope Over Fear
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Tommy Sheridan makes his return to the podcast and we have a varied chat about all sorts of topics relating to 🏴 independence; The pre cursors to 2014, some moments from the campaign trail and what we would like to see to put Scottish independence back on the table given the multitude of things that have changed over the past ten years. There’s als…
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Steven Purcell Ex Glasgow City Council Leader On His Life; Politics, Recovery & Housing Episode 21
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My Guest on this episode is Steven Purcell who was previously the Labour leader of Glasgow City Council. We talk about his early introduction to politics and his journey to becoming the leader of the Council. He also talks about his addictive personality and subsequent recovery from alcaholism. There's some chat throughout about the state of housin…
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Saudi Arabia alter their course but continue to struggle, we end up going deep on PSG's transfer window, and how wages end up getting treated differently from transfer fees in the market. We're still trying to make sense of a bunch of things! Support the showBy Mike Goodman and Michael Caley
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Funny Life Lessons with Graham Mackie Teacher & Scottish Comedys Santa 🎅
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My guest on this episode is Scottish comedy heavyweight big Graham Mackie. We start off by talking about his resemblance to Santa and he shares some tales from his work as Saint Nick alongside some funny and some heart warming stories. We have a good laugh throughout chatting about his life and touch on Covid, his time living on a farm and some tal…
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The US Men's National Team has a new coach. He's a good one. We look back on the trajectory of Pochettino's career, his tactical ideas, and what it might mean for the USMNT. Support the showBy Mike Goodman and Michael Caley
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The one with Chelsea. Also Everton and Fulham and the previews of the rest of the league will be available to subscribers on the Patreon. Support the showBy Mike Goodman and Michael Caley
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All 20 teams in the Premier League and it starts here. We're going in alphabetical order and talking about how it could go right and how it could go wrong for AFC Bournemouth, Arsenal, Aston Villa, Brentford and Brighton. Support the show
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MMA Conversation With Michael Blair Cage Warriors Lightweight Contender
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My guest on this episode is Baillestons own Michael Blair. This is one for the MMA fans, we have a good chat about Michaels career from his undefeated record in the amateurs into the professional ranks with Cage Warriors. We talk about his training, weight cutting, how he's improved as a fighter with experience and coaching. There's some chat at th…
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Victor Osimhen and the Summer That Isn't Happening
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We keep waiting for the summer transfer window to shake out and it keeps not. The best example of this is how Victor Osimhen is not only still a Napoli player but does not seem to be particularly close to becoming a player on another big team. We have some theories about what's slammed the breaks on the transfers. Support the show…
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A reasonably comprehensive 2-1 Spain victory ends the Euros. We break down how Spain got it done and why England never managed to click into gear the whole tournament. And we look to future for the top European sides, what questions do we have heading into the next World Cup for England, Spain, Germany and France? Support the show…
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Well those were certainly four football matches. Another discussion of what's wrong with England, why the Netherlands struggled with Turkiye and what it might mean for the semifinal, and then there's the other semifinal! Why Portugal-France was so bad, an elegy for Portugal's wasted tournament, the big Mbappe question, how Spain barely survived, wh…
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The Copa America is over for the USMNT after just three matches. It was pretty dumb. We consider what we learned, if anything, from this tournament and what the US should do now with limited competitive matches before 2026. And some bonus Uruguay and Italy takes. Support the showBy Mike Goodman and Michael Caley
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Double Pivot Picks the Euros, Part I: Weak Side Bracket
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England and a number of other countries. What's wrong with England and why they're still the favorites, some depressive Italy/Switzerland takes, Netherlands pretty good, and accountability for our Lawnball picks. Support the show
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Zander Diamond: From Dumbarton - Aberdeen FC to Broomhill
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My guest on this episode is big Zander Diamond. Zander tells us about his footballing career from his boys club days at Dumbarton to Aberdeen. There's good humour shared throughout as Zander tells us why he chose to sign for Aberdeen over Celtic despite being a big fan of the club, a theme that comes up a few times during the course of our chat. He…
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Ross Greer MSP Scottish Greens Talks Politics & The Upcoming General Election
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Self confessed 'weirdo' Ross Greer from the Scottish Green party joins us today to talk about the curent political landscape as it relates to the greens, from the climate crisis, the ending of the bute house agreement to campaigning for the upcoming 2024 election.By caleycorner
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The favorites mostly keep winning, but all the different ways they're winning are worth some discussion. England, Italy, Germany, Spain, Netherlands, and Switzerland, a lot to whip through! Support the show
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Liam McLaughlan SSP Candidate For Glasgow East Episode 16
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Episodes 16 guest is Liam McLaughlan who hails from Easterhouse in the east end of Glasgow. Liam is a trade unionist and is standing to be be elected as a member of parliament in the upcoming election for the Scottish Socialist Party. Liam takes us through his reasons for getting involved in politics mainly the 2014 Scotish referendum. From there w…
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Euros Preview Blowout (with Grace Robertson): Part I
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We've got a full Euros preview for you in three parts. Part 1 covering groups A and B is right here with takes on the highly competitive Group B of Spain, Italy and Croatia, on the enigma that is Germany and Nagelmann's plan to make them even weirder, and I guess Switzerland is there too. You can read Grace's newsletter at graceonfootball.com. Supp…
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Euro 2024 Preview 🏴 With Sean Kenney & Rob Kane
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The first two guests Rob Kane & Sean Kenney are back as we do a preview of the upcoming European championship. We delve into the the Scotland squad and speculate about who would get dropped from the initial 28 and who would get brought in. This was recorded post the Tommy Conway announcement but, pre Lewis Morgan inclusion, did the boys call this, …
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Worst Contracts of the Premier League Draft, Part I
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The double-correspondent triple-podcast blowout draft commences. We are joined by Salacious Gossip Correspondent Joel Wertheimer (@wertwhile) and Financial Shenanigans Correspondent Skanda Amarnath (@irvingswisher) to draft the very worst contracts in the Premier League. Support the showBy Mike Goodman and Michael Caley
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Scottish Women's Football: A Hidden History Revealed with Fiona Skillen
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My guest on this episode is the awesome Prof Fiona Skillen. Fiona is a sports Historian who works in the department of social sciences at Glasgow Caledonian University. Fiona gives us a detailed history and chronology of women in Scotland playing organised sport. We start off by discussing what perked her initial interest in sport, early encounters…
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Barcelona, Juventus, Bayern and Chelsea appear to have lined up their managers. It's not exactly what we expected. Some takes on how the managerial market has changed in the last few years as well as our skepticism about these choices for most of the clubs involved. Support the showBy Mike Goodman and Michael Caley
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Dr Matt Winning - Climate Change Comedian & Author of Hot Mess
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My guest on this episode is environmental scientist Dr Matt Winning he's also the author of Hot Mess which I’ve just finished reading and can highly recommend. In his day job he has worked on climate mitigation for 15 years in academia and consultancy, and he is an Honorary Senior Research Fellow at UCL Institute for Sustainable Resources. Away fro…
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Fullbacks and the Rise of Five Guys Tactics
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We talk briefly about the Champions League final and then take a question from the discord about fullback / wingback transfers which segues into a longer discussion about trends in buildup structure and pressing in top level football and the diverse expectations of wide defenders in these systems. Support the show…
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Raymond Mearns Comedian Actor Glesga Da Episode 12
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Raymond talks us through some of the big moments in his life with his trademark humour and wit. We start off talking about his early days at Glasgow Caledonian University and whether or, not he believes in fate. After that, we discuss how he got into stand up, his first gigs and he talks about his inspiration for being a comic, why he loves artists…
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A mailbag question on what the team of the season is, excluding players on the richest clubs, prompts a discussion of what "non big six" should mean anyhow, and then we get moving on talking about some great striker seasons. Support the showBy Mike Goodman and Michael Caley
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Frank Gilfeather: 78-Year Old Scottish Boxing Internet Sensation &.Ex Sports Journalist on His Life
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My guest today is the viral and global boxing inspiration Frank Gilfeather. The 78-year-old former boxer is an Internet Sensation, beating influencers at their own game. Frank is a former journalist and television reporter and as my guest on Episode 11 of Caley Corner, we discuss his boxing and journalism career, his view on today's Scottish boxing…
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Arne Slot and the state of Liverpool with Grace Robertson
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We are joined by Grace Robertson of www.graceonfootball.com to discuss Liverpool, who have chosen a manager. What do we know about Arne Slot, what's intriguing and what's worrying, and how do we think Liverpool are approaching the current transition? Support the showBy Mike Goodman and Michael Caley
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Daniel Downie Comedian and Scottish History fanatic
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My Guest on Episode 10 is the one and only Daniel Downie who's a comedian that doubles up as the host of Mountebank Scotland where he has the number one comedy walking tour of Edinburgh. He also has his own Youtube channel where he details and relays facts about Scottish History with his trademark humour. Daniel tells us a great story about Maggie …
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We've been doing our Champions League match breakdowns for subscribers, and this week it's the free podcast. Pretty good match! Support the showBy Mike Goodman and Michael Caley
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Iain Smith trauma informed criminal defence lawyer (previous winner of Lawyer of the year in Scotland)
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Something a bit different this week as Iain Smith a criminal defence lawyer from West Lothian joins us. We start off by hearing about Iains background and how the stress of struggling with undiagnosed dyslexia from school and beyond has contributed towards him thinking outside of the box with regards to his navigation through life both personally a…
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A lot is happening right now in the administration of the game of football. There's a proposal for a Premier League salary cap, and we discuss what exactly this means, why it's so very different from PSR, and whether it stands any chance of succeeding. And there's the government regulator, which we have both become convinced will not happen in the …
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In Conversation with Tom Boyd Celtic legend and Scotland hall of famer Ep08
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Hear from the man himself as we start off by talking about Celtics victory this past weekend against Aberdeen in the Scottish Cup semi final. From there he takes us through every stage of his footballing career from the early days of winning player of the year and the Scottish Cup with Motherwell before, he went down to Chelsea, despite some intere…
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In Which We Refuse To Construct Narratives
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A big weekend in the title race, Liverpool and then Arsenal lost winnable home matches in succession and it was highly dramatic, but it seems far from obvious to us that we learned much from the drama. Support the show
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The club is in an odd spot. They're at risk of relegation, and worse, relegation would probably be a death sentence for Everton Football Club as an operation. But they're also pretty good? With some valuable assets to sell? And a good manager? If it weren't for everything else... So we discuss how we would approach the problem of running Everton. S…
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We take questions from the mailbag on how we watch games, on Jeremy Doku and Brennan Johnson, and then we end up building an entire theory of the intersection of player development and modern tactics in the development of really fast guy wingers. Support the showBy Mike Goodman and Michael Caley
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Midlothian to Iraq - Afghanistan - Hyrox to becoming a personal trainer with Alan Russell
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Hear Alans story as he talks about joining the army and his journey from there, into competing and training people for Hyrox fitness events. He recalls a vivid dream/nightmare on the eve of his first deployment to Iraq and what life was like for a working class soldier. He takes us from there to Afghanistan where a convoy he was part of went over a…
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Tommy Sheridan on Independence, Politics & Internationalism with some decent patter also
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Was a privilege to sit down and talk politics with a heavyweight from Scottish politics. Tommy's obviously a well known socialist and internationalist. There was good humor shared at times as well as more serious topics being discussed from Tommy's segway into Social Work, George Galloway getting elected, the ongoing conflicts in the Middle East an…
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In conversation with Clare Docherty Ayr Untited striker and league player of the year 2023
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Clare is also in charge of both the Woman's and Girls academy at Ayr United as well as being a prolific striker for the woman's team. She's very passionate about promoting the woman's game and this forms one of the main subjects of this chat. We talked about her early life when there was no real presence of teams for girls in Ayrshire and then move…
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Part Two of our conversation with official Double Pivot Financial Shenanigans Correspondent Skanda Amarnath (@irvingswisher). And while there are a lot of important details, there's a simple takeaway. Chelsea's PSR crunch is significantly worse than has been generally reported. Support the show
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A discussion about poverty and play for children in Scotland with Professor John Mckendrick from GCU
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John's primary research interests are on poverty (with a particular interest on how this impacts children) and children’s play. He told us about his own research when he was a student on lone parents within Strathclyde. John gave a good background about his work at the University for common good, his early years and how his experiences growing up i…
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There has been a lot of news about the Premier League's PSR with the Everton points deduction, reports of violations at Nottingham Forest, and all the stories about how clubs are seeking to get into compliance with these regulations. But we think the actual news here has not been well explained in much football media. So we called in an actual fina…
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A little check-in on the ol' title race. Support the showBy Mike Goodman and Michael Caley
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Wrestling, Jiu Jitsu and MMA chat with Finn Marshall from the Scottish Hit Squad
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One for the MMA and wrestling fans out there. Finn is a catch wrestling World champion having recently won the belt down at the Snake Pit in Wigan. This seen him getting invited over to America to train with the legendary Josh Barnett the youngest ever UFC heavyweight champion and catch wrester aficionado. Finns also a BJJ purple belt with lots of …
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We finally have the guest who can help us do the Barcelona finance pod we needed. Jon Sindreu of the Wall Street Journal (@jonsindreu) helps explain the books, the league rules, the levers, and even what the heck Barca Vision is. Plus we talk about the Barcelona football team a little bit even. Support the show…
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All things Junior football with Ardeer Thistle FC Manager Sean Kenney
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Don't listen - if you're not a football fan. Entertaining conversation with various tales from Seans world of both Scottish Junior (WOFSL) and amateur fitba. There's good humour shared throughout and the subject of mental health comes up again with a fateful story being told at the end of this weeks podcast. Sean also tells us a funny story about h…
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Solidly beaten by Leverkusen in the top of the table clash at the weekend and then a shocking loss away to Lazio in the first leg of their Champions League knockout. So what's wrong? And separately, how impressive were Leverkusen? Support the show
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