The 19th Hole with Michael Williams
Sep 2, 2026 · 1 hr 18 min · 13 segments
Award-winning Journalist Michael Williasn welcomes NBC Premier League Analysts and hosts of "The 2 Robbies" podcast Robbie Earle and Robbie Mustoe to talk about the new Premier Leagues season and…
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Well, it's really funny, Michael, because we've had an incredible summer in the US with the World Cup.
And I think that, in many ways, went beyond people's expectations when there was a bit of doom and gloom before a ball was kicked.
Mr Musser and I were working on a daily show we had there, looking more at the fans and the culture and the sort of...
And I think like everybody, you're a little bit scared that when August rolls along and the Premier League starts, we might have had enough of football or we might not be ready for it.
So we're at the Emirates on Friday night to watch the champions win their game.
on Saturday and then we're up at the very emotional St. James Youth Park on the Sunday as Liverpool play Newcastle and celebrate the life of an English great, Kevin Keegan.
And it's incredible how, you know, at day one, the nerves are there, the excitement's there, the anticipation's there, the hope, I'm sure, for so many fans are there.
There's nothing quite like the Premier League, as great as the World Cup was and the brilliant stories and drama lines that we had.
The Premier League kicks off and Arsenal click into gear and Manchester United get beat by Hull City, who just came out of the playoffs.
And Spurs get turned over by Brentford and all of a sudden you're back into the story and you're back into what makes the Premier League, I think, unique in the way that you can never guarantee what's going to happen on the pitch.
There's always... surprises in that league because from top to bottom, there's so much talent that you can never, never take it for granted that any one game is going to finish in any one particular way.
Robbie Mustoe, you've got to feel the same way, the same excitement at the beginning of the season, yeah?
Well, there was 62.8 million viewers for the World Cup final was on our meeting, our NBC kind of back to start of another season meeting.
So, of course, our producers are very keen to welcome all those extra viewers, we're hoping.
And it's funny, actually, I just had an email from our press secretary saying that the opening weekend was a very, very big success and a big improvement or increase in numbers from the opening weekend of last season.
The World Cup in the US is such a big thing and there's so many people that I saw.
In fact, my golf pro, bringing it back to golf, the club that I'm about to play actually in about an hour's time, a man called Mike, he said to me, he sat back in his seat and I went into his office and he said, you know what, I'm sorry.
Well, it's really funny, Michael, because we've had an incredible summer in the US with the World Cup.
And I think that, in many ways, went beyond people's expectations when there was a bit of doom and gloom before a ball was kicked.
Mr Musser and I were working on a daily show we had there, looking more at the fans and the culture and the sort of...
And I think like everybody, you're a little bit scared that when August rolls along and the Premier League starts, we might have had enough of football or we might not be ready for it.
So we're at the Emirates on Friday night to watch the champions win their game.
on Saturday and then we're up at the very emotional St. James Youth Park on the Sunday as Liverpool play Newcastle and celebrate the life of an English great, Kevin Keegan.
And it's incredible how, you know, at day one, the nerves are there, the excitement's there, the anticipation's there, the hope, I'm sure, for so many fans are there.
There's nothing quite like the Premier League, as great as the World Cup was and the brilliant stories and drama lines that we had.
The Premier League kicks off and Arsenal click into gear and Manchester United get beat by Hull City, who just came out of the playoffs.
And Spurs get turned over by Brentford and all of a sudden you're back into the story and you're back into what makes the Premier League, I think, unique in the way that you can never guarantee what's going to happen on the pitch.
There's always... surprises in that league because from top to bottom, there's so much talent that you can never, never take it for granted that any one game is going to finish in any one particular way.
Robbie Mustoe, you've got to feel the same way, the same excitement at the beginning of the season, yeah?
Well, there was 62.8 million viewers for the World Cup final was on our meeting, our NBC kind of back to start of another season meeting.
So, of course, our producers are very keen to welcome all those extra viewers, we're hoping.
And it's funny, actually, I just had an email from our press secretary saying that the opening weekend was a very, very big success and a big improvement or increase in numbers from the opening weekend of last season.
The World Cup in the US is such a big thing and there's so many people that I saw.
In fact, my golf pro, bringing it back to golf, the club that I'm about to play actually in about an hour's time, a man called Mike, he said to me, he sat back in his seat and I went into his office and he said, you know what, I'm sorry.
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