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Essential Football

Essential Football

Sky Sports

Featuring extended interviews with some of the biggest names in football and in-depth analysis of the latest talking points with Sky Sports' football journalists, dive deeper with the Essential Football podcast. Follow, like or subscribe today and make sure you don’t miss an episode.
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Goodpods has curated a list of the 10 best Essential Football episodes, ranked by the number of listens and likes each episode have garnered from our listeners. If you are listening to Essential Football for the first time, there's no better place to start than with one of these standout episodes. If you are a fan of the show, vote for your favorite Essential Football episode by adding your comments to the episode page.

Essential Football - Liverpool against Manchester City preview
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03/08/24 • 26 min

It's Liverpool against Manchester City, Jurgen Klopp versus Pep Guardiola! Michael Dawson and Peter Drury join Sky Sports' Peter Smith to look ahead to this huge match at Anfield, which you can watch, live, on Sky Sports on Sunday.
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Essential Football is back with a round-up of all the weekend's Premier League matches, featuring pundit reaction, interviews and reporter analysis from up and down the top-flight.
PART ONE | There’s only one place to start and that’s Manchester City’s 6-3 Manchester derby win over rivals Manchester United. We hear from Kevin De Bruyne, Pep Guardiol and Erik ten Hag before Gary Neville and Roy Keane have their say on events at the Etihad Stadium. Peter Smith, Nick Wright and Ben Ground, who covered the game for Sky Sports’ digital platforms, dissect the game, from City’s hat-trick heroes in Erling Haaland and Phil Foden to another slow United start and Cristiano Ronaldo’s non-selection.
PART TWO | Arsenal have the north London bragging rights after a 3-1 victory over rivals Spurs. Are Mikel Arteta’s side in the title race? Sam Blitz and Nick Wright have their say. We then round up the rest of Saturday’s action as Liverpool are held again this time by Brighton, Connor Gallagher returns to break Crystal Palace hearts and hand Graham Potter a first win a Chelsea boss, and there are wins fro Newcastle, Everton and West Ham.
And that's your Premier League weekend wrap!
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Essential Football - Tuchel agrees to become England manager
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10/15/24 • 25 min

Thomas Tuchel has agreed to become the new England manager.
Chelsea's Champions League-winning former boss will become England’s first German-born manager.
Hear from Sky Sports’ Senior Reporter Rob Dorsett, who broke the news, and journalist Henry Winter.
For more reaction to this story, keep across Sky Sports News and skysports.com.
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Ron Walker, Peter Smith and Sam Blitz look ahead to a weekend of derbies in the Premier League. Everton host Liverpool on Saturday in the last Merseyside fixture at Goodison Park, whilst on Sunday, Arsenal travel to Fulham and Tottenham are at home to Chelsea. Keep across all the football this weekend on Sky Sports.
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Time to be inspired. No doubt, Forest Green Rovers are THE greenest football club in the world. Endorsed as such by both FIFA and the United Nations, they are a true beacon for climate action. Sky Sports presenter David Garrido learns from chairman Dale Vince just how they got there, including only-vegan fare, electric charging points, solar panels, an organic pitch...and we find out what their latest 100% sustainable shirt is made out of. Vince also called out governing bodies to make a big impact, while head coach Rob Edwards tells us about his journey, how it’s changed his mindset, what new attitudes he and his team are adopting and how it’s benefitting their push for promotion to League 1.
By David Garrido
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Going plant-based is one of the latest food revelations, and footballers in particular are discovering the benefits of cutting meat, dairy and fish from their diets. In this episode, Sky Sports presenter David Garrido speaks to 2 big advocates of veganism, AS Roma centre-back Chris Smalling and Arsenal defender Jen Beattie on how it has helped them improve as athletes, especially around injuries. It’s also informed their life viewpoint on sustainability and encouraged them to take up other climate-positive activities in order to protect the planet. And in this ep, a plan is hatched to get one of the biggest managers in world football to join them for a plant-based feast over at Chris’ place for the sequel...
By David Garrido
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In a special Pitch to Post Preview Podcast we look ahead to Sunday’s blockbuster between Liverpool and Man Utd at Anfield. Sky Sports pundit Graeme Souness joins Peter Smith to discuss the big match, including why the hosts will be wary of their rivals and which players must stand up and deliver for their side. We also get the latest team news and possible starting XIs from Sky Sports News reporters James Cooper and Vinny O’Connor, while football writer Lewis Jones – AKA Jones Knows – makes his Pitch for what will happen in the game.
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As he prepares to return from an eight month ban for breaching gambing rules, Brentford striker Ivan Toney sits down with Darren Lewis to discuss his time away from the game.
Toney describes how he avoided watching football for a period of time, what he has done to keep himself in shape and how he wants to repay his club by helping them stave off relegation from the Premier League.
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Charlotte Marsh and Anton Toloui are back with the penultimate Sky Sports Women’s Euros podcast as they look ahead to a massive final as England take on Germany at Wembley on Sunday.

The pair look at where the game could be won and lost both on and off the field, and make their predictions, asking the question: Can England win Euro 2022?

Plus, we hear from Jill Scott and Keira Walsh ahead of the final, plus messages of support from Jurgen Klopp and former Lionesses manager Phil Neville.
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Roberto Firmino waved goodbye to Anfield last weekend and on Sunday he will make his final appearance for Liverpool at Southampton before leaving the club this summer.
After his emotional send-off from the home fans after scoring a late equaliser against Aston Villa, we look at how he became a cult hero for the club’s supporters, his importance to Jurgen Klopp’s style of play and the impact he had on the Premier League.
Peter Smith is joined by Sky Sports senior football journalist Richard Morgan to analyse Firmino’s time in England and we hear from Jamie Carragher about this unique player.
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FAQ

How many episodes does Essential Football have?

Essential Football currently has 351 episodes available.

What topics does Essential Football cover?

The podcast is about News, Podcasts, Sports, Soccer and Sports News.

What is the most popular episode on Essential Football?

The episode title 'Women’s Euros preview: Conundrums for Wiegman and England | NI set to make history | The view from the Netherlands, Spain and beyond' is the most popular.

What is the average episode length on Essential Football?

The average episode length on Essential Football is 38 minutes.

How often are episodes of Essential Football released?

Episodes of Essential Football are typically released every 2 days, 23 hours.

When was the first episode of Essential Football?

The first episode of Essential Football was released on Jan 13, 2021.

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