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The Totally Football Show with James Richardson

The Totally Football Show with James Richardson

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James Richardson and Team Totally are here three times a week throughout the season with all the football news and chat you need - and plenty that you don’t.

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  • Barcelona win another classic Clasico while Napoli slip up in Scudetto race
    May 13 2025

    Jimbo’s joined by Julien Laurens, Pol Ballús, Seb Stafford-Bloor and James Horncastle for your weekly dose of Continental chatter.


    It’s a clean sweep of four Clasico victories this season for Barcelona over Real after Sunday afternoon’s bonkers 4-3 win at Montjuïc. It moves Hansi Flick’s side seven points clear with three games left to play, while Carlo Ancelotti sets off into the Brazilian sunset…


    Over in Italy, after their midweek Champions League heroics Inter closed the gap on Napoli at the top of the table to just one point as Antonio Conte’s side conceded an 84th minute equaliser from Genoa to set up a nervy finish with two games left of this enthralling Serie A campaign.


    We touch base with the equally dramatic title race in the Eredivisie - where Ajax’s nine-point lead at the top of the table has evaporated to just one. Chasers PSV came back from 2-0 down at Feyenoord to win 3-2 in the 99th minute AND Ajax lost 3-0 at home! Michiel Jongsma stops by to tell us more.


    In France, Monaco locked in their UCL place courtesy of a 2-0 win over Lyon - while Marseille followed suit in their 3-1 victory at Le Havre - but could Roberto De Zerbi’s future be elsewhere?


    And in the Bundesliga, there’s wild celebrations in Hamburg as they return to the top flight for the first time in seven years - while the hunt for UCL football goes down to the last day as Dortmund look to pip Freiburg or Frankfurt to a top four finish.


    Plus - bicycle kicks, train journeys with footballers, Xherdan Shaqiri guiding Basel to glory and making friends with all of you…


    Produced by Lucy Oliva.


    RUNNING ORDER:

    • PART 1: Moments of the weekend (and adjacent things!) (00.40)

    • PART 2: La Liga review - Barca close in on their 28th title (11.00)

    • PART 3: Serie A review - Napoli open the door for Inter (22.50)

    • PART 4: Benfica 1-1 Sporting & Eredivisie title drama with Michiel Jongsma (39.10)

    • PART 5: Ligue 1 review - Monaco & Marseille secure UCL places (48.30)

    • PART 6: Bundesliga review - Hamburg and back - and Dortmund are too?! (55.40)

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    1 hr and 11 mins
  • A difficult day for Trent, Forest, Man United and Spurs
    May 11 2025

    JImbo is joined in the studio by Tim Spiers, Jay Harris and Adrian Clarke after a pivotal weekend in the chase for Champions League football.


    Arsenal fight back from 2-0 down to draw at Anfield ahead of their clash with Newcastle in the battle for 2nd. But it’s the reception for the departing Trent Alexander-Arnold from the Liverpool faithful that will dominate the headlines.


    Nottingham Forest are now on the outside looking in after a 2-2 draw at home to relegated Leicester, with Evangelos Marinakis taking centre-stage after the game.


    It’s looking good for Newcastle after a big win over Chelsea, plus Aston Villa and the under-appreciated Ollie Watkins.


    The Europa League finalists Man United and Spurs slip to 16th and 17th after yet another pair of defeats on Sunday. Carl Anka has more from West Ham’s win at Old Trafford.


    Plus the play-offs, chess master Eze and Saints trolling.


    Produced by Charlie Jones.


    RUNNING ORDER:

    • PART 1: Liverpool 2-2 Arsenal (03.00)

    • PART 2a: Newcastle 2-0 Chelsea (13.00)

    • PART 2b: Forest 2-2 Leicester (19.00)

    • PART 2c: Man City slip up, Villa win again (24.00)

    • PART 3a: Man United 0-2 West Ham with Carl Anka (33.00)

    • PART 3b: Tottenham 0-2 Crystal Palace (41.00)

    • PART 4a: A look at the EFL play-offs (52.00)

    • PART 4b: The rest of the Premier League weekend (54.00)

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    1 hr and 6 mins
  • Arsenal picked off by PSG while Inter beat Barca in Champions League classic
    May 8 2025

    It’s an Inter v PSG final in the Champions League and Jimbo has Duncan Alexander, Charlie Eccleshare and Tom Williams in the studio to review the semi-final action.


    Arteta’s depleted Arsenal come up short in their semi-final in Paris. Is it finally time for PSG to ascend to the top of European football?


    Inter somehow overcome Barcelona in possibly the greatest Champions League semi-final of all time. James Horncastle was there and here to discuss Inzaghi, Acerbi and the Nerazzurri’s chances in the final.


    The Premier League weekend sees Newcastle host Chelsea in a big game for assembling next year’s Champions League line-up. While Arsenal have to travel to Anfield.


    The EFL play-offs kick off this weekend with Wycombe and Sunderland looking to banish the ghosts of Wycombe and Jimmy Hill respectively.


    Plus the best games you’ve ever missed and Man United’s 2019 inspired recruitment.


    Produced by Charlie Jones.


    RUNNING ORDER:

    • PART 1a: Best games you’ve missed (03.00)

    • PART 1b: PSG 2-1 Arsenal (07.00)

    • PART 2: Inter 4-3 Barcelona with James Horncastle (20.00)

    • PART 3a: A look at the EFL play-offs (39.00)

    • PART 3b: The Premier League weekend (42.00)

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    52 mins
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