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Hosted by Jack Senior and Ben Davies · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 78 episodes
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What makes sport so special? Why do people fall in love with it, live it, breathe it? What is it about these games that move us so deeply? Behind every sport is a story, a story of where it came from, how it developed and who shaped it along the way. From the dreamers and the trailblazers to the scandals, tragedies and moments of pure joy, sport reflects everything it means to be human - our struggles, our triumphs, our need to belong. At The Sporting Almanac Podcast , we follow the global sporting calendar - not just to preview the events, but to explore the history, culture and characters that made them what they are today. Hosted by Jack, an engineer and grassroots football coach, and Ben, a lawyer with anti-doping experience, each episode dives into the stories behind the spectacle - the forgotten origins, biggest controversies and the moments that made the world stop and watch. Because after all, sport is nothing without the hist
Jack Senior and Ben Davies hosts The Sporting Almanac Podcast, a sports show with 78 episodes published.
World Cup Series Ep. 9 - World Cup Positivity Having comprehensively failed to do so last time out, today Jack and Ben focus on the positives of the FIFA World Cup, their happiest memories of it and why it remains - desp
World Cup Series Ep. 8 - Are FIFA cheating? This episode wasn't meant to be like this. What was meant to be a gentle chat about World Cup moments past got a little out of hand, when frustration borne of the 2026 tourname
World Cup Series Ep. 7 - World Cup XI In our latest World Cup episode, Ben and Jack go head to head taking it in turns to try and build their perfect World Cup team from the depths of the competitions history. Will they
World Cup Series Ep. 6 - There's Only One Ronaldo Before Cristiano and Lionel, before Ronaldinho and Henry, there was Ronaldo. A man whose ability relative to his peers was so extraordinary it felt like a leap in footbal
World Cup Series Ep. 5 - Andrés Escobar El Caballero del Fútbol - The Gentleman of Football - a nickname given to a centre back whose stature, calm head and elegance led him to the pinnacle of World Cup football amongst
World Cup Series Ep. 4 - Refereeing Controversy It is said referees have the hardest job in football. You can do your job perfectly 99.9% of the time, and have your entire career defined by the 0.1%. You are a figure of
World Cup Series Ep. 3 - FIFA's Corruption FIFA would claim that it is individuals that are corrupt, not the organisation itself. Well, our counter to that would be that an organisation that sets itself up with such a co
World Cup Series Ep. 2 - Origin Story With the World Cup a little over 24 hours away, we talk about the tournament, its truly terrible format, and about exactly why it is coming home. We also delve into the World Cup and
World Cup Series Ep. 1 - The England Squad With the club season for English teams now done and dusted, we turn our attention for the next two months to the biggest stage of all - the FIFA World Cup. In the first part of
The UEFA European Finals With one extraordinarily happy host in Ben, who has worn nothing but Arsenal shirts since the final whistle blew in Bournemouth last week, we preview the three European finals (even the one that
The EFL Playoffs The playoffs. The best, and the worst way to get promoted. A season coming down to one winner takes all match-up. The Championship final, the richest game in football, this year between Southampton and H
Oil, Oligarchs and the FA Cup Final Football has changed a lot since the glory days of the FA Cup. Some things are better left in the past - muddy Wembley pitches, heavy footballs and serious injuries every other final.
The Cheerleading Worlds with Special Guest Kelly Loughlin The sport of cheerleading is probably a lot bigger than you think it is. In fact, for our British listeners, there is no sport growing faster amongst girls in our
Boston and London Marathons 490 BC. Ancient Greece. A messenger with a funny name and patriotism surging through his veins spots a Persian ship alter its course towards Athens. He is in Marathon, 26 miles and 385-ish yar
The Sporting Almanac Birthday: The Masters and The Grand National To celebrate one whole year of the Sporting Almanac Podcast we go back to where it all began, ahead of the Grand National and with the Masters underway at
The Savannah Bananas and Banana Ball "The noblest art is that of making others happy." P.T. Barnum The purity of baseball is something a lot of people take very seriously. So seriously, in fact, that orthodox approaches
The Boat Race There are some people to whom there is no bigger event in the sporting calendar than the University Boat Race. It would be a sweeping generalisation to suggest all of those people will be wearing gillet's a
Six Nations - England (A Post-Mortem) We don't usually do retrospectives on the Almanac. The vast majority of sporting engagement in our modern world is built around the sharing of opinion, frustration or adulation of th
Six Nations - All-Time XV In a move not entirely lacking in self indulgence, Jack and Ben discuss, debate and select their all-time Six Nations XV from 26 years of the competition's history. Tune in to find the answers t
The Six Nations - France Les Bleus. Brilliant. Erratic. Inconsistent. Wonderful. The Six Nations has been a rollercoaster for French rugby fans, early dominance followed by a dozen wilderness years that sparked fierce cr
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