The Sound of Football Podcast

On this week's pod we posed a dilemma. What would you rather see:

a) Tottenham finish 18th and are relegated, or

b) Tottenham finish 18th but are reprieved because Man City are relegated for the 115+ charges

(there's no c - it's a dilemma not a trilemma)

I have theory about Thames FC, about why they were created and soon folded.

It was around this time when Arsenal were looking to takeover Orient and have them as a feeder club. I reckon some entrepreneur was trying to set up Thames for that purpose but lost interest once the Orient deal was blocked

I think they used the cricket green in the southeast corner of the park to play on - when the 1861 club was formed, the arena was still one of the giant fountains there.

There's an alternate reality where Henry Norris made other choices. Where Fulham are the dominant team in London, playing at Stamford Bridge, Chelsea don't exist and Arsenal are still in Woolwich

Your list of examples of clubs created to fill a stadium could also include Crystal Palace

Fun fact: the Crystal Palace dinosaurs pre-date the discovery of Stegasaurus.

And maybe a bit ill but with accommodation.

You should go in and tell them “actually, I think you’ll find it should be _hanged_, drawn and quartered.”

I bet no one’s ever corrected them.

Wrexham now realising why promotion to the Premier League may not be as fun as they think.

You cut to Mickey Thomas for nothing!

I’ll turn over to Newcastle v City then

It sounds like how AI would describe jellied eels

I hope you’re not sat next to Leonard Rossiter

STOP THE BOATS!!!

“Of course, none of that will matter to The Narrative. The Romance! The Dreams! The Funding Of A Club Through Hollywood Superstars Who Subsequently Sold A Stake To Private Equity! Glenn Hoddle Offering Less Than Nothing On Co-Commentary! This, as Peter Drury would say, is football.”

Damn right!

The Addams Family (pinball) - Wikipedia

To be fair, it’s a classic en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Add...

Commentators saying “Gomez” more times than the 1990s Addams Family pinball machine

Weekend Boxset: Get a grip Wolves v Liverpool, Lionesses v Iceland, Wrexham v Chelsea, Newcastle v Man City, Port Vale v Sunderland, Leeds v Norwich, AC Milan v Inter

WEEKEND BOXSET: blog.sofpodcast.com/2026/03/week...

If you can stand to watch football right now there's some great FA Cup action this weekend

@firefli.es on ENGvISL(w) & LEEvNOR
@terryduffelen.com on NEWvMCI & WOLvLIV
@garyandrews.bsky.social on WXHvCHE & MILvINT
@janbilton.bsky.social on PVLvSUN

There just aren’t enough rakes.

If Spurs are going down, they’re going down in style.

Clown style.

As we said on the pod (again) this week. Level no longer exists.

If Spurs are going down, they’re going down in style.

Clown style.

The rescheduled match between Levante and Villarreal took place a couple of weeks ago. I went back to check if this AI write-up of the postponed game was still up, and it is - but now it also has the stats and line ups of the rescheduled fixture, making it even more confusing.

Sound of Football Podcast 645 - Throwing in the towel Is an increased reliance on corners and long throws to create goals a cause for concern? Is it something lawmakers should be called on to rectify?

NEW PODCAST: www.sofpodcast.com/2026/03/soun...

Now that goals from corners and long throws are mainstream, is it time the lawmakers did something about them?

Also this week discuss Arsene Wenger's offside idea which has been approved to be trialled in Canada.

Yes, it's all VAR's fault. Again.

Isn’t it a thing that you can remove him from Raiders of the Lost Ark and everything still happens the same.

For me it would multi-purpose: a doorstop and a toe-stubber

I never agreed with those who said that Slot had more than his fair share of good luck last season. But to me, it did seem that there was an absence of bad luck in the campaign. It seems to have come back in spades now.

Sound of Football Podcast 645 - Throwing in the towel Is an increased reliance on corners and long throws to create goals a cause for concern? Is it something lawmakers should be called on to rectify?

NEW PODCAST: www.sofpodcast.com/2026/03/soun...

Now that goals from corners and long throws are mainstream, is it time the lawmakers did something about them?

Also this week discuss Arsene Wenger's offside idea which has been approved to be trialled in Canada.

Yes, it's all VAR's fault. Again.

If a butterfly flaps its wings in Peru...

Looks like the bookies have much less faith in Spurs than Opta. They're mostly quoting 4/1 to go down