Tifo Football Podcast

Graham Scott refereed in the Premier League for a decade before retiring in 2025 to return to his previous career as a journalist. He was a video assistant referee more than 100 times and brings a unique insight into how officials operate, both on the pitch and in the video booth.On today's episode, Joe & Jon perform Ring for Analysis, while reading through this fascinating insight into the mind of a referee, written by Graham Scott.https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7183601/2026/04/10/referees-var-video-review/Join the discord! https://discord.gg/CGVn8crYYa

Atletico Madrid’s progress against Barcelona in the Champions League, their evolution under Diego Simeone and what the future holds for departing AFC Bournemouth manager Andoni Iraola were all discussed on this episode of the Tifo football podcast. This episode of the Tifo football podcast is hosted by Joe Devine, features Jon Mackenzie, Kaya Kaynak & Colin Millar and is produced by Steve Hankey.Join the Tifo Discord server - https://discord.gg/qKkNm2fb Denis Doyle / Stringer / Getty Images Europe via Getty Images00:00 - An intro08:50 - Atletico Madrid knock out Barcelona19:30 - Atletico's evolution & Kaya’s quotes27:08 - CL permutations without full knowledge of results 32:10 - strongest CL winning narrative?37:28 - a break37:30 - THE RONDO 45:10 - Andoni Iraola will leave AFC Bournemouth 53:18 - Where should Iraola go next?1:04:17 - a recent media acquisition 1:18:18 - should football games be shorter?

Yet another damaging defeat for Tottenham under new boss Roberto De Zerbi, a resurgent West Ham United and Liverpool’s rising star Rio Ngumoha were all discussed in this episode of the Tifo Football podcast.This episode of the Tifo football podcast is hosted by Joe Devine, features Jack Pitt-Brooke, JJ Bull & Kaya Kaynak and is produced by Steve Hankey.Join the Tifo Discord Server - https://discord.gg/6nMGtSyyNM NICOLAS TUCAT / Contributor / AFP via GettyImages00:00 - an absolutely fine intro 05:40 - More relegation strife for Tottenham24:28 - Impressive Granit Xhaka & Sunderland 28:14 - Would De Zerbi stay in the Championship?31:15 - a break 31:17 - THE RONDO37:43 - Resurgent West Ham!48:44 - Who’s going to go down? Who knows?!52:03 - Rio Ngumoha is great57:50 - Kaya’s film review1:07:25 - Points Are Bad

Joe, Jon and Kaya are live in the studio to discuss this weekend's title race permutations

On today's episode, Joe & Jon perform Ring for Analysis, while reading through the second and final part of this remarkable Brian Clough tale, written by Daniel Taylor https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/1289971/2019/10/15/the-remarkable-tale-of-two-boys-who-went-begging-for-pennies-and-ended-up-living-with-brian-clough/Join the discord! https://discord.gg/CGVn8crYYa

Today Reuben Pinder is joined by Jon Mackenzie and Kaya Kaynak to discuss the latest results in the Champions League, the gang play a couple of quizzes, and with the run-in looming, they chat Arsenal and Man City.Join the Tifo Discord Server - https://discord.gg/6nMGtSyyNMThumbnail credit: Aitor Alcalde / Stringer / Getty Images Europe via GettyImages

On today's episode, Joe & Jon perform Ring for Analysis, while reading through Part One of this remarkable Brian Clough tale, written by Daniel Taylor https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/1289971/2019/10/15/the-remarkable-tale-of-two-boys-who-went-begging-for-pennies-and-ended-up-living-with-brian-clough/Join the discord! https://discord.gg/CGVn8crYYa

On Today's episode, Joe welcomes back Amitai Winehouse, Kaya Kaynak and Jon Mackenzie to chat all things Roberto De Zerbi, Italys international woes, and to take a look back at the season so far to decide who really won the 2025 summer transfer window?Try The Athletic for FREE for 30 days: https://theathletic.com/tifofootball📗 Tifo's new book, "How to Watch Football" is now available internationally: https://linktr.ee/tifobookJoin the Tifo Discord Server - https://discord.gg/6nMGtSyyNMThumbnail credit: CLEMENT MAHOUDEAU / Contributor / AFP via GettyImages

Book to see Tifo live in London: https://www.leicestersquaretheatre.com/show/tifo-live/On today's episode, Joe is joined by Colin Millar, JJ Bull & Reuben Pinder to discuss the news that Igor Tudor and Spurs are parting ways, who should be the next Spurs manager? The gang evaluate Tottenham's top 10 record transfers, and take a look at the England squad ahead of the summer. Plus, we hear from Colin about Kosovo's World Cup qualifying story, and Kaya's review of Lord of the Rings!Join the discord: https://discord.gg/RDFvU8gZeC