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If you love football but constantly have to say soccer - and secretly hate it - then The S* Word is for you! Will Gavin is your host, football is the sport, and talkSPORT's unfiltered opinion and unrivalled access is what we do. Because you deserve seriously punchy football content. Expect big names from both sides of the Atlantic, including talkSPORT legends and top guests from the US - all with the same mantra: football, football, football. Because around here we always use the F word, never the S Word. Watch the full show over on the S Word YouTube page. Get in touch via podcasts@talksport .co.uk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Signup to Generate a PitchIf you love football but constantly have to say soccer - and secretly hate it - then The S* Word is for you! Will Gavin is your host, football is the sport, and talkSPORT's unfiltered opinion and unrivalled access is what we do. Because you deserve seriously punchy football content.
Recent episodes include "Chelsea Cracking!? Kane the right Ballon d'Or winner? & Wrexham Legend Elliott Lee Joins The Show" (29 October 2026, 49 minutes), "'Manchester United Players Are Showing No Heart & No Desire!'" (26 October 2026, 45 minutes), and "Are Carrick's Days Numbered? & Jason Cundy Joins The Show!!" (22 October 2026, 53 minutes).
The S Word publishes roughly a few times a week, with episodes averaging 50 minutes across 76 episodes.
Booking probability for The S Word is 33%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. The S Word requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. The S Word's contact route on record: verified email.
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A HUGE episode of The S* Word for you today as Will Gavin is joined by Kweku Afari to discuss a horror week of results for Chelsea fans. Wrexham Legend Elliott Lee joins the show to discuss his 4 incredible years at the...
On todays episode of The S* Word, Olly Clink is in for Will Gavin as we look back at a wild weekend in the football-sphere! Ian Paul Joy joins us to dissect Manchester United's 3-0 hammering at home to Bournemouth...
Will Gavin is joined by talkSPORT royalty in todays episode of The S* Word! We get stuck into Bruno calling out his manager Michael Carrick last night! We preview the Sports Bar derby as Jason's Spurs take on Jamie...
Boring, Boring Arsenal? Perhaps not.. Will Gavin stands up for Arsenal as they scored a late winner to beat Nottingham Forest 1-0. Zito Madu joins the show to talk about Arsenal's style of play and shares his excitement...
The Champions League is back at Will Gavin and Olly Hunter pick their winners and losers! The boys react to Lisandro Martinez's comments after United's loss to Atletico Madrid. Gianni Infantino apologises.. or does he...
On todays show Will Gavin starts with a passionate rant about the current state of the Premier League since Man City were found guilty of 114 charges and Alex Crook joins him after who was at Anfield on Sunday. Will was...
Is Jesse Marsch playing mind games with the USMNT ahead of their match this week? Nate Bukaty joins the show look ahead to Canada as well as look back at their incredible 3-0 victory over Mexico. Tim Vickery joins the...
Is this the start of a new era of the USMNT?! We'll look forward to USA v Mexico in Arizona with USMNT legend Alexei Lalas. Unsurprisingly he doesn't hold back on Cristiano Ronaldo, on the Premier League's expansion and...
Spain are World Champions! A final that was far from a classic, but the right team won in the end! Did they save football? Were Argentina Anti-Football or is it being overblown? We'll talk about them becoming the...
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Happy World Cup Final Day! But whilst we previewed the game on the live show, it'd go pretty our of date as a podcast, so we ask the hardhitting questions... Is the third place playoff being a brilliant game still...
He was a 50/1 shot going into the World Cup, but Lionel Messi, an MLS player, could actually win the Ballon d'Or with a big performance on Sunday! Today's show was a tour of many of our favourite specialist reporters...
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Will & Max pick their 3 things they'd keep from the 2026 World Cup, and what's going in the bin! What would you never want to see again? And is the third place play-off the worst game in football? Even if so, does...
Did Thomas Tuchel's tactics cost England their first World Cup Final place in 60 years? Or did Argentina just make the right calls in the right moments to win it? And will they claim back to back tiltles this Sunday...
After Spain dominated France in the first World Cup Semi Final was it Spanish Brilliance? Or the French going out with a Whimper? We break down the performance and French Football Journalist Erik Bielderman tells us if...
Spain v France - game of the tournament? We preview this massive clash. US Soccer legend Brad Friedel joins the show to discuss how the USMNT should approach maximising the 2026 World Cup? Is Pochettino the man to...
Is a 64 team World Cup actually realistic? Is it just an exercise in handing out a participation medal? Is it just Gianni Infantino deflecting from negative press? And the team react to Mike Grella's comments about...
Who are the ultimate World Cup Bad Guys? England or Argentina?! They'll face off in Wednesday's Semi-Final after England scrapped past Norway, and Argentina beat 10 man Switzerland, both in Extra Time. And can either of...
Spain make the Semi-finals, but finally concede against Belgium, do they have what it takes to beat France? Erling Haaland's star continues to rise, can he be the driving force to keep Norway's fairytale World Cup going...
The Quarter-Finals are upon us, but where do the remaining 8 teams rank ahead of a huge weekend of games? We'll look forward to France v Morocco with talkSPORT's matchday commentator Joe Shennan live from Boston...
Argentina & Egypt just played out an all-time great World Cup Clash in Atlanta, with Master in attendance, but does FIFA favour Messi & Argentina? Or does Gianni Infantino have an even wider problem? Has the horse...
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