Tifo Football Podcast

The favourites for the 2026 men’s Ballon d’Or, Champions League wins for Barcelona, Liverpool & Arsenal plus an exciting start to Ligue Un were all discussed in this episode of the Tifo Football podcast.

This episode of the Tifo football podcast is hosted by Joe Devine, features Alex Barker, Anantaajith Raghuraman & JJ Bull and is produced by Steve Hankey.

Alex Grimm / Staff / Getty Images Europe via GettyImages

Join the Tifo Discord Server - https://discord.gg/6nMGtSyyNM

00:00 - A well-skippered intro

05:52 - Who will win the Ballon d’Or? But also Geoguesser & Balamory

22:18 - A self-indulgent diversion

29:21 - a quick break

29:23 - THE RONDO

36:41 - Barcelona are banging them in

43:49 - Liverpool start the Champions League with a win!

55:47 - another break

55:49 - Napoli beaten by The Arsenal

1:07:46 - A Ligue Un round up

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A late draw for Everton with Manchester United, another win for Manchester City, this time against Coventry City, a troubling defeat for Fulham against Crystal Palace and a smash & grab draw for Newcastle United against AFC Bournemouth were all discussed in this episode of the Tifo Football podcast.

This episode of the Tifo football podcast is hosted by Joe Devine, features Kaya Kaynak, Reuben Pinder & Thom Harris and is produced by Steve Hankey.

Join the Tifo Discord Server - https://discord.gg/6nMGtSyyNM

Carl Recine / Staff / Getty Images Europe via GettyImages-2293814368

00:00 - a hellooooo! Intro

06:34 - Everton level late against Man Utd

23:52 - THE RONDO

30:37 - a quick break

30:39 - Manchester City defeat Coventry City

41:09 - Points Are Bad update!

43:00 - More Man City, some Coventry

49:19 - Crystal Palace turn Fulham upside down

1:02:39 - a quick break

1:02:41 - Newcastle Utd peg back Bournemouth

1:16:36 - A Spurs quiz!

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Goals from Kai Havertz and Martin Odegaard helped Arsenal to an impressive comeback victory over Chelsea, who themselves again went ahead inside the first five minute.

Are Arsenal fun to watch now? Does this game answer our questions about whether Chelsea can be title contenders? And how are Real Madrid getting on under Jose Mourinho?
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jose Mourinho’s return to Real Madrid has seen the club invest €260million in the squad this summer. Joe and Jon perform Ring for Analysis on an article by Mario Cortegana, to look at the changes at the Bernabeu and if the normal rules of football apply to the world’s most valuable club. https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7555807/2026/09/02/jose-mourinho-real-madrid-transfer-window-rebuild/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The chaotic or coherent transfer activity of Arsenal, Eveton, Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester City were all discussed in this episode of the Tifo Football podcast.

This episode of the Tifo football podcast is hosted by Joe Devine, features Jon Mackenzie, Jack Pitt-Brooke & Kaya Kaynak and is produced by Steve Hankey.

00:00 - A dead tree intro

05:15 - How did Arsenal fare in the transfer window?

26:34 - a quick break

26:35 - THE RONDO

35:39 - Everton window and ownership situation

50:44 - How did Tottenham fare in the transfer window?

01:03:46 - another break

01:03:48 - How did Man City fare in the transfer window?

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.