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At The Match

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Andy Brassell is one of the world's most respected and knowledgeable football pundits, regularly covering games across the UK, Europe and beyond. In this football podcast series, Andy travels to places as disparate as Dortmund, Los Angeles, Malmo and just about everywhere in between, meeting up with local reporters and enthusiasts to take in a game with them. The listener is transported each time from place to place and given an insight into what it's really like At The Match.

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United Kingdom

Description:

Andy Brassell is one of the world's most respected and knowledgeable football pundits, regularly covering games across the UK, Europe and beyond. In this football podcast series, Andy travels to places as disparate as Dortmund, Los Angeles, Malmo and just about everywhere in between, meeting up with local reporters and enthusiasts to take in a game with them. The listener is transported each time from place to place and given an insight into what it's really like At The Match.

Language:

English


Episodes
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Arsenal 0-0 Sporting Lisbon, 8th November 2018

11/9/2018
It's Thursday night under the lights for At The Match as Andy makes the short trip to Arsenal, on an underground train full of Sporting fans. At the Emirates a goalless draw gives way to a fascinating chat with AFTV founder Robbie Lyle on what it's like for The Gunners living with Europa League football, and how much his fan experience has changed with the phenomenal success of his channel For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

Duration:00:28:15

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Inter Milan 5-0 Genoa, 3rd November 2018

11/6/2018
For the second part of ATM’s Serie A weekend, Andy travelled north to sample the Inter revival. At San Siro he caught up with coach and pundit Kevin Cauet, who first discovered the club when his father Benoit signed for the Nerrazzurri in 1997, when Kevin was 7. They talked about being part of the Inter family, the fans that have kept the club going through leaner times and how a dad explains to his son the joy of training with Ronaldo and Roberto Baggio. For information regarding your data...

Duration:00:30:51

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Napoli 5-1 Empoli, 2nd November 2018

11/5/2018
The pod makes its Serie A debut - Andy finally visits Napoli and gets to see Maradona on the side of a burger van, if not in the flesh. After the heat of Curva A in San Paolo, he talks the experience through with friend and photographer Samuel Ashton, on his own second trip to the city, with their conversation taking in El Diego, running tracks and the club’s ultra culture For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

Duration:00:27:15

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Sunderland 3-0 Southend Utd, 27th October 2018

10/29/2018
Andy’s latest stop is Sunderland where, despite chill autumn winds and two successive relegations, things are looking up. He stops for a chat with David Rose, the FSF’s deputy chief executive and lifelong Sunderland fan, on how the club’s new owners have built stronger links with the supporters, what good his new Red and White Army supporters group are doing in the community and - as fellow fans Peter Daykin and Jonathan Wilson chip in - why life outside the Premier League really isn’t that...

Duration:00:22:56

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Los Angeles FC 2-2 Vancouver Whitecaps, 21st October 2018

10/23/2018
Andy’s latest stop is Los Angeles, going to LAFC in their inaugural MLS season - and much to his surprise finds a noisy, vibrant new club replete with an authentic terrace culture. After watching Will Ferrell lead some terrace chants, we speak to Jose Salcedo of the District 9 Ultras, plus 3252 members Karla Villaseñor and Sam Ko, finding out where this extraordinary young club gets its soul from, why being in downtown Los Angeles is crucial, and why - even though their local rivals have...

Duration:00:27:17

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Wales 1-4 Spain, 11th October 2018

10/12/2018
This is At The Match, a new series in which European football journalist Andy Brassell brings you with him to matches all over the continent, sharing the atmosphere and the stories around the clubs and their communities. In this inaugural episode Andy travels to Cardiff for Wales’ meeting with Spain. He speaks to Russell Todd of Podcast Pêl-droed on what following the national team means, the identity of Welsh football, what returning the Millennium Stadium was like and Bobby Gould’s kit...

Duration:00:26:10