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The trivial football podcast, exploring the niche to cliche of every corner of football.Hosted by brothers Matt and Marc Harrison, each week we pick a different football topic and each pick 3 interesting things about that topic to discuss, whether that be a goal, game, player, shirt, whatever. Along the way, we'll be joined by guests specialising each topic.
Episodes
54 episodes
Partnerships
For our first episode of the new season, we thought we'd look to those who have got by with a little help from their friends. From footballing bromances to managerial partnerships, via striker partnerships and defensive duos, we explored tho...
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1:48:14
Matt and Marc's Football Travels 2023/24
For this pod, Matt and Marc got all reflective about their past season in football and discussed the highlights from their football travels in 2023/24.Matt's Choices1. San Mamés2. Rifcom Charity Football Tournament in the...
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1:50:33
The Euros: Shirt, Game, Goal
As we get into the full swing of Euro 2024, it would have been rude not to pay homage to one of international football's greatest tournaments. So for this episode, Matt and Marc each decided to choose one shirt, one game and one goal to disc...
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1:30:34
Play-Offs
There are not many things that come more exciting than the play-offs in football. So, with Marc back from watching Southampton triumph in the Championship Play-Off Final and Matt about to watch Málaga over two legs in the Primera RFEF Play-O...
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1:50:38
Feyenoord
For our 50th episode we headed to Rotterdam to take a deep dive into the 'Club of the People' - Feyenoord. With our choices, we covered the club's successes throughout the past 50 plus years - domestic, European and even worldwide. Joining u...
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1:37:53
Semi-finals
There's not much better than a cup final...except maybe a semi-final? We delved into what makes semi-finals so great and looked at some of our personal favourite semi-final games. Matt Choices1. England v West Germany - ...
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1:44:31
Big Sam's Bolton
For this episode, we discussed arguably the Premier League's greatest cult side - loved and feared in equal measures. From the days of Djorkaeff to the final throes of this great team being led by Anelka, we looked at what made this team so ...
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1:39:41
Diving Headers
Everyone loves a diving headers, don't they? Well, here's a whole episode dedicated to them. From Argentinian football rituals to goalkeepers saving their team with their noggin', plus much more.Matt's Choices1. Aldo Poy's 19...
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1:31:35
Australia: The Socceroos
We went Down Under for this episode and explored the history of the Australian national team AKA The Socceroos. We discussed the Godfather of Australian football right up to the hipster footballer who has been the face of the current squad's...
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1:39:53
Brazil's 1970 World Cup Winners
For many, Brazil’s 1970 World Cup-winning team are the greatest national team of all-time, with their fable five of Pele, Tostao, Rivelino, Gerson and Jairzinho. With his new book O Jogo Bonito!: Brazil's 1970 World Cup Samba Part...
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1:41:25
Football and Video Games
Christmas is a time for family, friends, food and…the giving and receivng of video games and consoles. In that spirit, for our first podcast of the year, we looked at football in the virtual world and discussed those games, teams and players...
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1:48:20
Bayer Leverkusen 2001/2002
One of football's most glorious failures? They were certainly a glorious team whichever way you look at it. On this episode, we looked back on that incredible Bayer Leverkusen team that came agonisingly close to a Treble, but came away empty...
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1:23:53
Football Clubs in Green Shirts
For this episode we are going green and looking at those clubs who adorn themselves green shirts or house themselves in green stadiums. Joining us to discuss all things green-shirted was Yeovil supporter Alex Ashmore, co-host of the excellen...
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1:33:14
Acrobatic Goals
Overhad kicks. Scopion kicks. Scissor kicks. We celebrated those goals that have seen players take to the air and soar and score.Matt's Choices1. Laurent Robert v Fulham https://www.youtube.com/shorts/GxmOlqwsULc 2. ...
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1:20:57
Welsh Clubs in Europe
For this episode, we discussed the adventures of Welsh clubs in Europe. From the first clubs to venture onto the continent through to some of the most iconic wins in the history of Welsh football.Matt's Choices1. Borough Unit...
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1:49:08
David Beckham
With the Netlix Beckham documentary being a streaming hit this week, we thought we’d jump on the Beckham bandwagon too and do an episode devoted to one of football’s greatest icons - on and off the pitch. We discussed some of his greatest go...
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1:25:40
Indian Summers
On this episode, we looked back at those footballers who have found a final lease life of life in their careers in the most unlikeliest of places. From a 35-year-old going on a 5 trophy haul in the space of 6 months to a French striker going...
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1:42:44
Valencia CF 1998-2004
For the first episode after our summer break, we decided to celebrate one of the great teams of the late 90s/early 00s: Valencia CF. We looked back on how Claudio Ranieri kicked things off with the 1999 Copa del Rey winning team, how Héctor ...
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1:19:35
Matt and Marc's Football Travels 2022/2023
For our final episode before our summer break, we went all reflective and made this episode’s topic a simple one: we looked back out our own 20022/2023 seasons. We looked at some of our highlights and some of the more interesting things we e...
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1:49:45
CR Flamengo
For our latest club focus, we headed to Brazil and to the big boys of Brazil - to club some consider to have the biggest fanbase in the world: CR Flamengo. We went right back to the origins and their first real superstar all the way up to th...
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1:33:18
1992/1993 Premier League
We revisited the season where the razzmatazz of the Premier League all began (although, maybe it didn't quite have too much razzmatazz at the time). Joining us to talk all things 1992/1993 was football writer and podcaster Rob Fletcher...
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1:31:19
AFC Champions League
With the latest AFC Champions League recently coming to its conclusion (congratulations to Urawa Red Diamonds), this week we looked at Asia’s biggest continental club trophy - from those famous teams crowned as champions to those famous play...
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1:43:50
World Record Transfers
In this episode, we took a deep dive into those players who have broken the world record transfer fee. We look at those players who were going for tens of thousands in the first half of the century all the way up to the current record holder...
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