
Footballing Comebacks
Don’t call it a comeback; much like ourselves, many famous footballing icons have came back when you least expect them. Like an ex sending you a “Happy New Year! :)” message, a return to familiar territory can be a risk


Hosted by Gareth Houston & Joe Edwards · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 22 episodes
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Gareth Houston & Joe Edwards hosts The England B Team Football Podcast, a sports show with 22 episodes published.

Don’t call it a comeback; much like ourselves, many famous footballing icons have came back when you least expect them. Like an ex sending you a “Happy New Year! :)” message, a return to familiar territory can be a risk

We pit our obscure football knowledge against each other thanks to our friends over at The Football Game Co. How many forwards who played for Aston Villa can you name in 7 seconds? Does Adam Lallana count as a striker? A

This summer’s European Championships are coming to our adopted country of Germany, so join us as we discuss how football is coming home, the eternal dark horses of Croatia, how the Germans will line up and a few tips for

Remember way back on August 9th when we predicated what was to come for this Premier League season? Well, here at the England B Team, we don't shy away from responsibility. So join us as we hold our hands up and admit wh

The rules are simple; a combined, All-Time XI from Scotland, Wales, England and Northern Ireland. A maximum of 4 players from each nation, and a minimum of 2. Some names on this list have picked themselves (Georgie Best,

From Vollborn to Hradecky, to Kirsten and Havertz; Bayer 04 have never been short of a World-Class player or 2. But can we fit them all into an All-Time Greatest Eleven? With Gareth taking the more historic route, and Jo

Gareth Southgate is, in almost every measurable sense, England’s most successful manager. On this episode, we’re looking at common criticism of Southgate, and debunk them one by one. We look at how Didier Deschamps faced

The tradition of a team song for the FA Cup Final was a great one; images of uncomfortable players in a recording studio, headphones on, joined by a local pop star are iconic. But where did the tradition actually start,

From Shevchenko at Chelsea, to Nacho Novo at Glentoran; nobody is ever prepared for a football flop. But what causes a player to "flop"? And is the term overused? This week we take a dive into the factors contributing to

Welcome back to Season 2 of The England B Team Podcast! We’ve got a new set of threads as we gear up to take this podcast to the next level in 2024. But to kick the New Year off, we’ve got a topic very close to our wee a

To celebrate making it all the way to Episode 10, we've taken a more personal approach to this week's episode; today we're talking about Football Moments that changed our lives. We'll talk about our own experiences (simi

In this mini-episode, we take a look at Chelsea's tumultuous start to the season and some of the reasons behind it, including transfer policy, tactics and injuries. We also chat about the slim glimmer of hope that remain

We took a look at all the things that are making Xabi Alonso's Werkself the hottest team in Europe at the moment. We analyse the return to form of Jonathan Tah, the depth of the midfield, Florian Wirtz's standout role an

One of football's greatest rivalries, or overhyped hysteria from the British tabloids? England v Germany has always had a media furore surrounding the fixture, but today we're gonna take a look at a more positive side. B

From Geordie Best, to Freddie Ljunberg, via Rudi Völler and Abel Xavier; this week we take a look at the history of football's most famous haircuts. Players have came a long way since Bobby Charlton's comb-over, so join

It's the topic we've been saving up for (or tentatively avoiding) as Chelsea fans; this week we're taking a look at the Todd Boehly era of Chelsea FC. Firstly, we'll be looking all the way back to May 2022 and the feelin

On this week's episode, you'll all have to let us indulge ourselves, as we discuss something that's became very close to our hearts; Bayer Leverkusen. In these uniquely positive 50 minutes, we'll be going through all the

In this week's episode, we're getting stuck in to the topic of sponsorship in football. Firstly, we chat about the history of shirt sponsors, and then some famous cases where two rival teams shared the same shirt sponsor

This week, we take a look ahead to the upcoming 2023/2024 Premier League season, and give our predictions for every single team. Where will they finish? Have they done enough in the transfer window? Will they improve on

This week we take a deep dive into the economical differences between the Premier League and the Bundesliga, and the cultural effects related to it. Joe also takes us through an academic paper he wrote on TV sponsorship
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