Newcastle carried off the League Cup at Wembley, ending a trophy drought that exceeded the lifespan of TFT’s twin presenters, Aidan Williams and Steven Scragg.
Likely lad Aidan reacts with the bemused excitement of someone who has no idea what winning means, while Steven takes it all with the magnanimity of someone whose team are about to lift the Premier League. Hilarity – and a bad montage – ensue.
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Carabao Cup Final Preview 2025
As two giants of English football, Liverpool and Newcastle , prepare to meet at Wembley in the final of the League Cup, so two giants of TFT, Steven Scragg and Aidan Williams, preview a game that has consequences for both sides.
Will Liverpool extend their League Cup record wins and take their first step towards a trophy double, or will Newcastle finally end a trophy drought that goes back to 1969 and carry off the League Cup for the first time? Will it be a repeat of the 1974 FA Cup final or, without Malcolm Macdonald, do the Magpies have a chance this time around?
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Icons: Zinedine Zidane
Following the Icons magazine, lovingly detailing 60 of the game’s greatest names, we decided to delve a little deeper into some of them in this podcast series. Dave Bowler and Rob Fletcher bring a little je ne sais quoi to proceedings by discussing Zinedine Zidane.
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Icons: Michael Laudrup
Following the Icons magazine, lovingly detailing 60 of the game’s greatest names, we decided to delve a little deeper into some of them in this podcast series. Rob Fletcher talks to Gary Thacker about one of the more unassuming figures among our icons, the great Dane, Michael Laudrup.
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What goes up must come down
What goes up must come down? More than 350 years since Isaac Newton penned his laws of gravity, it appears to apply to the teams newly promoted to the Premier League as, for the second season running, all three new arrivals are struggling to avoid the immediate drop. Is this just a blip or the emergence of a new trend? Rob Fletcher and Dave Bowler investigate.