Jul 9, 2026 · 41 min · 11 segments
Every World Cup-winning team has legendary players—but behind every champion stands a mastermind on the touchline. In this episode, we dive into the brilliant minds that shaped football history…
Marcus BucklandHost
Mark PougatchHost
It would be lovely to think that this time next week when we record this episode we could be talking about England in the World Cup final.
Well, there's one enormous game to go because you can't even think about the one after that.
And the thing about Norway is that, and I said it, you know, I'm not pretending to be some genius when I asked this question before the Brazil game to, to Ian Wright.
But I said, "You know, when you have a striker of that ability you always have a chance.
It doesn't matter what the other 10 on the team sheet maybe necessarily look like.
You always have a chance." And, and he said, "Yeah, of course." He said, "Absolutely." And the man, I, I, I, I am extremely fond of Haaland.
I even like it when he's a bit of a twat, like you know, stay humble to Arteta when he was a bit of an arse, wasn't he? I like everything about him.
He was in the tunnel the other day and he was sort of flicking some of the mascots by the ear because they were looking the wrong way.
he used to wind me up and, and then you see some of those interviews before you really started to understand his personality.
You just thought, "Oh come on, what a, what a pillock." But actually you're right.
It would be lovely to think that this time next week when we record this episode we could be talking about England in the World Cup final.
Well, there's one enormous game to go because you can't even think about the one after that.
And the thing about Norway is that, and I said it, you know, I'm not pretending to be some genius when I asked this question before the Brazil game to, to Ian Wright.
But I said, "You know, when you have a striker of that ability you always have a chance.
It doesn't matter what the other 10 on the team sheet maybe necessarily look like.
You always have a chance." And, and he said, "Yeah, of course." He said, "Absolutely." And the man, I, I, I, I am extremely fond of Haaland.
I even like it when he's a bit of a twat, like you know, stay humble to Arteta when he was a bit of an arse, wasn't he? I like everything about him.
He was in the tunnel the other day and he was sort of flicking some of the mascots by the ear because they were looking the wrong way.
he used to wind me up and, and then you see some of those interviews before you really started to understand his personality.
You just thought, "Oh come on, what a, what a pillock." But actually you're right.
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