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The Optus Sport Football Podcast - Have Manchester City won a tainted title? | Who's top of Newcastle United's Champions League shopping spree? | Relegation deciders arrive | "Reading vs Australia" for Sam Kerr's Chelsea | The most lucrative game in football |

Have Manchester City won a tainted title? | Who's top of Newcastle United's Champions League shopping spree? | Relegation deciders arrive | "Reading vs Australia" for Sam Kerr's Chelsea | The most lucrative game in football |

05/24/23 • 54 min

The Optus Sport Football Podcast

Former Premier League stars Mark Schwarzer, Michael Bridges and Thomas Sorensen join host Teo Pellizzeri to discuss all the biggest topics in football from the week just gone!

  • Manchester City crowned champions under the cloud of the Premier League investigation - is it a tainted title?
  • Is there a desire to stop the spending or should clubs be allowed to continue the arms race?
  • Newcastle secure Champions League football, so who's top of their summer shopping list?
  • The relegation battle hots up as Everton take the upper hand into the final day
  • The fallout from Valencia fans' racist abuse of Vinicius Junior continues
  • One of the panel has the guillotine out for a big name manager which will create a huge vacancy at the top of club football
  • Chelsea lead the race for the WSL title going into the final day of the season, but why is it "Reading vs Australia" in the WSL?
  • Coventry City vs Luton Town in the most lucrative game in football
  • The Socceroos set for a re-match against World Champions Argentina

And plenty more.


Listen to Optus Sport's award-winning limited series, Football Belongs, charting the cultural threads of Australian society through the lens of nine football matches: https://play.acast.com/s/football-belongs


Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Former Premier League stars Mark Schwarzer, Michael Bridges and Thomas Sorensen join host Teo Pellizzeri to discuss all the biggest topics in football from the week just gone!

  • Manchester City crowned champions under the cloud of the Premier League investigation - is it a tainted title?
  • Is there a desire to stop the spending or should clubs be allowed to continue the arms race?
  • Newcastle secure Champions League football, so who's top of their summer shopping list?
  • The relegation battle hots up as Everton take the upper hand into the final day
  • The fallout from Valencia fans' racist abuse of Vinicius Junior continues
  • One of the panel has the guillotine out for a big name manager which will create a huge vacancy at the top of club football
  • Chelsea lead the race for the WSL title going into the final day of the season, but why is it "Reading vs Australia" in the WSL?
  • Coventry City vs Luton Town in the most lucrative game in football
  • The Socceroos set for a re-match against World Champions Argentina

And plenty more.


Listen to Optus Sport's award-winning limited series, Football Belongs, charting the cultural threads of Australian society through the lens of nine football matches: https://play.acast.com/s/football-belongs


Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Previous Episode

undefined - Arsenal 'peaked too early' and threw away the Premier League! | Does all-conquering Sam Kerr need a European Super League test? | Chelsea close in on Pochettino but will a new Spurs boss Slot in? | Bos moves to Belgium while Kisnorbo collapses in France |

Arsenal 'peaked too early' and threw away the Premier League! | Does all-conquering Sam Kerr need a European Super League test? | Chelsea close in on Pochettino but will a new Spurs boss Slot in? | Bos moves to Belgium while Kisnorbo collapses in France |

Former Premier League stars Thomas Sorensen and Michael Bridges and former Matilda Amy Duggan join host Teo Pellizzeri to discuss all the biggest topics on football!

  • Arsenal 'peak too early' and throw away the Premier League
  • Manchester United can lay claim to a 'successful' season as they close in on Champions League
  • Southampton mathematically down, we rate their chances of doing a Burnley-style bounce back
  • What the future will hold for Harry Souttar if Leicester City go down
  • Mauricio Pochettino is almost a done deal to Chelsea while Arne Slot is the new favourite for the Tottenham vacancy
  • Barcelona win LaLiga but Espanyol's pitch invasion grabs all the headlines. The experts discuss how to fix the problems of fan behaviour in Spanish football
  • Sam Kerr and Chelsea win the FA Cup - but is England providing enough of a challenge for them?
  • Could a European Super League be the answer to some of the competitive and commercial challenges facing women's football?
  • Aussies abroad - Jordy Bos moves to Belgium for a record fee but Patrick Kisnorbo suffers relegation in Ligue 1

And plenty more.


Listen to Optus Sport's award-winning limited series, Football Belongs, charting the cultural threads of Australian society through the lens of nine football matches: https://play.acast.com/s/football-belongs


Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Next Episode

undefined - Relegation special! Down go Leeds United and Leicester City | Can Leeds or Leicester find 'the next Kompany' and bounce back? | Has Harry Kane played his last game for Tottenham | Everton survive but did they learn any lessons? |

Relegation special! Down go Leeds United and Leicester City | Can Leeds or Leicester find 'the next Kompany' and bounce back? | Has Harry Kane played his last game for Tottenham | Everton survive but did they learn any lessons? |

Former Premier League stars Mark Schwarzer, Michael Bridges and Thomas Sorensen give the first reactions to the final day of the Premier League season with host Teo Pellizzeri.

  • Leeds United are relegated - are they at risk of a double drop?
  • The surprise candidate to take over at Leeds that Mark Schwarzer drops like a bomb!
  • Leicester City also relegated taking Aussie Harry Souttar with them down to the Championship
  • Who leaves in the fire-sale at Leicester?
  • Can either club find the next Vincent Kompany to turn their fortunes 180 degrees and win promotion at the first time of asking?
  • Have we seen Sam Allardyce's reputation as the fire fighter extinguished?
  • Everton survive - but the panel are skeptical about if any lessons have been learned from another close shave
  • Is Everton's future as a permanent relegation battler? What next for Sean Dyche?
  • Harry Kane scores his 29th and 30th goals but were they his last in a Tottenham shirt?
  • Was this the last time we see Tottenham before Ange Postecoglou takes over?
  • Aston Villa qualify for Europe
  • First impressions on the promoted teams
  • Would our experts pick Manchester City to win the title again or take any of the other 19 teams next season?

Listen to Optus Sport's award-winning limited series, Football Belongs, charting the cultural threads of Australian society through the lens of nine football matches: https://play.acast.com/s/football-belongs


Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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