After a humiliating 5-0 defeat by Liverpool at Old Trafford, the end is nigh for Ole Gunnar Solskjaer. The Norwegian labelled Sunday his &apos;darkest day&apos; and rumours abound that the Glazer family may now pull the plug on a man they awarded a new contract to just three months ago. For Jurgen Klopp, Mo Salah and the red side of Merseyside - utter bliss. The only unbeaten team in the Premier League have their swagger back after last year&apos;s stumble and look ready to push Chelsea and Manchester City all the way.We discuss the top three&apos;s credentials and ask who&apos;ll be the best of the rest as we cast a casual eye over the likes of Leicester, Spurs, West Ham, Everton and Arsenal.Elsewhere in football, Real Madrid beat Barcelona at the Nou Camp in a low-key El Clasico, Jude Bellingham scored a lovely goal, Crystal Palace fans held up a banner protesting against Newcastle United&apos;s new owners and Paul Scholes caused a stir by being caught on camera sucking on the toes of his adult daughter. What the f*ck?After the break, we find out live on air that the cricket World Cup that&apos;s currently being hosted by India, UAE and Oman isn&apos;t the one that England won a couple of years ago, we look ahead to the World Series (sort of) and we talk favourite candies.Enjoy the show!Subscribe: il.ink/leftfield_podTwitter: twitter.com/leftfield_podInstagram: instagram.com/leftfield_pod/Facebook: facebook.com/leftfieldpod/And your co-hosts...Allen: twitter.com/AAllenSportWogan: twitter.com/CathalWogan

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United's Humiliation, Catfish Arsenal, Toe Sucker Scholes, T20 World Cup & Candy Corn

New owners, same old Newcastle. Well...for now, at least. After a week of joyful scenes in the North East following a takeover by (not) Saudi Arabia, St James&apos; Park was brought down to earth by another terrible performance by Steve Bruce&apos;s side. We discuss what happens next for the smash-nosed manager and the Geordies&apos; project. After a record-breaking 29 away games without defeat, the wheels finally came off for Ole Gunnar Solskjaer away from home. Leicester ran riot on an afternoon that has many once again questioning how far the Norwegian can take the Red Devils.Elsewhere in football, Crystal Palace&apos;s 2-2 draw at Arsenal suggests the Gunners might have the wrong ex-captain in charge, Real Sociedad are the darlings of Spain and Mo Salah is doing his best to steal the Ballon d&apos;Or away from, erm, Jorginho?! After the break, there was British success at Indian Wells after Cameron Norrie sealed a first ATP Masters title despite his shoes being stolen. We ask the big question, why are tennis players so careless with their kicks?We also look back on the NFL&apos;s return to London and cast a casual observers eye over the MLB playoffs.Enjoy the show!Every week on Left Field, Wogan and Allen dissect the latest in Football and Not Football. Subscribe to make sure you don&apos;t miss out, because that would be a real shame, wouldn&apos;t it?Subscribe: il.ink/leftfield_podTwitter: twitter.com/leftfield_podInstagram: instagram.com/leftfield_pod/Facebook: facebook.com/leftfieldpod/And your co-hosts...Allen: twitter.com/AAllenSportWogan: twitter.com/CathalWogan

Brucey Out (?), Arsenal Regress, Ole Hotseat, Jorginho Slander, Foot Fetishes & Trash NFL

What a game between Liverpool and Manchester City? End-to-end, fantastic goals and in Mo Salah and Phil Foden, two men of the match! We discuss the fallout from a Premier League cracker and what it says about the title race.Will Manchester United, who&apos;ve looked bang average for a couple of weeks, be able to keep pace? More dropped points at Old Trafford, this time against an Andros Townsend-inspired Everton, suggest probably not.At the other end of the table, Watford - surprise, surprise - became the first club to lose their nerve and sack their coach. After 10 months in charge, Xisco Munoz has been replaced by 70-year-old Claudio Ranieri. It&apos;s the Italian&apos;s 22nd managerial role. Will it be dilly ding or dilly wrong for the Hornets?Elsewhere, things are going from bad to worse for Ronald Koeman at Barcelona, Wrexham&apos;s celeb owners have thrown a strop and a GPS typo led to an embarrassing Coupe de France exit.After the break, boxing is under the microscope following stunning allegations of corruption at the Rio Olympic Games. Oh, dear. However, we&apos;re not giving up just yet as Tyson Fury&apos;s umpteenth clash with Deontay Wilder has landed just in time to moisten the loins. We also chat about unvaccinated NBA stars and inappropriate dad dancing.Enjoy the show!Every week on Left Field, Wogan and Allen dissect the latest in Football and Not Football. Subscribe to make sure you don&apos;t miss out, because that would be a real shame, wouldn&apos;t it?Subscribe: il.ink/leftfield_podTwitter: twitter.com/leftfield_podInstagram: instagram.com/leftfield_pod/Facebook: facebook.com/leftfieldpod/And your co-hosts...Allen: twitter.com/AAllenSportWogan: twitter.com/CathalWogan

Gimme Some Mo (Salah), WTF Watford, Barca Blues, NBA Vaccination & Urban Meyer

Only a couple of weeks ago, Spurs were top of the Premier League and Arsenal were bottom. Nuno Espirito Santo was manager of the month and Mikel Arteta was the bookies&apos; favourite to be sacked. Now, courtesy of Sunday&apos;s derby win, it&apos;s the Gunners who are on the charge and the Lilywhites in freefall. We try and figure out what&apos;s happening in north London.The top of the Premier League may have a familiar look to it but Brighton, Everton and West Ham are doing their best to cling onto the coattails of the big boys. The Seagulls snatched a late point in El Gatwicko to maintain their great start but surely they&apos;ll fall away soon?City&apos;s slick win at Chelsea - small revenge for the Champions League final - has teed them up nicely for further epic clashes with PSG and Liverpool. If they come through unscathed, does that make them *the* team to beat in Europe?Elsewhere in football, we talk safe standing, drinking in view of the pitch and a 60-year-old playing up front for his own club.In a packed &apos;Not Football&apos; half of the show, we run the rule over Europe&apos;s annihilation in the Ryder Cup, talk Anthony Joshua&apos;s latest damaging defeat, Lewis Hamilton&apos;s 100th F1 victory and a very long field goal in the NFL.Enjoy the show!Every week on Left Field, Wogan and Allen dissect the latest in Football and Not Football. Subscribe to make sure you don&apos;t miss out, because that would be a real shame, wouldn&apos;t it?Subscribe: il.ink/leftfield_podTwitter: twitter.com/leftfield_podInstagram: instagram.com/leftfield_pod/Facebook: facebook.com/leftfieldpod/And your co-hosts...Allen: twitter.com/AAllenSportWogan: twitter.com/CathalWogan

North London Massacre, El Gatwicko, Match Pints, Ryder Whooped, AJ & NFL Field Goals

Should we be surprised that Chelsea are playing with such swagger? Given their status as reigning European champions, probably not. All the same, the Blues&apos; impressive early season form, which continued at the weekend with an easy 3-0 win over London rivals Spurs, suggests they are the team to beat as the title race kicks up a gear.For Spurs boss Nuno Espirito Santo, there&apos;s much work to do. A win in next weekend&apos;s north London derby would be timely although it&apos;s the Gunners, courtesy of two scrappy wins in a row, that come into the game as the form side. If the stats are anything to go by, it&apos;ll end goalless at the Emirates. Perhaps it&apos;s just as well. With referees booking players for taking their shirts off and Jesse Lingard too polite to celebrate against West Ham, football is full of killjoys at the moment. What&apos;s up with that? We discuss. We also mull over Lionel Messi&apos;s PSG goal drought - the little man looked less than impressed when he was subbed off against Lyon on Sunday - and discuss bad rabonas after Raul Jimenez&apos;s laughably terrible effort. After the break, we indulge in the most half-arsed Ryder Cup preview you&apos;ll ever listen to, chat the introduction of new rules and stats in rugby and get grouchy about the NFL&apos;s crackdown on &apos;taunting.&apos;Enjoy the show!Every week on Left Field, Wogan and Allen dissect the latest in Football and Not Football. Subscribe to make sure you don&apos;t miss out, because that would be a real shame, wouldn&apos;t it?Subscribe: il.ink/leftfield_podTwitter: twitter.com/leftfield_podInstagram: instagram.com/leftfield_pod/Facebook: facebook.com/leftfieldpod/And your co-hosts...Allen: twitter.com/AAllenSportWogan: twitter.com/CathalWogan

Scary Chelsea, Arsenal Grit, Washed Messi, Ryder Cup Preview & NFL Taunting

After a three week break, Ronaldo-mania finally catches up with Left Field. There&apos;s been no escaping the Portuguese striker since he returned to England. First he broke the all-time international scoring record against Wogan&apos;s Ireland, then he helped Manchester United demolish Newcastle. Is he the missing ingredient at Old Trafford or have Pep Guardiola and City pulled a fast one by luring their neighbours into a mad deal?On the other side of the Pennines, Elland Road witnessed a horror injury to Liverpool&apos;s Harvey Elliott. The 18-year-old midfielder suffered a dislocated ankle following a tackle from behind by Pascal Struijk and will spend much of the season on the sidelines. Was this a horrible accident or the result of referees  turning a blind eye to bad tackles with a view to keeping games flowing?Elsewhere in football, we discuss FIFA&apos;s plans to play the World Cup every two years. High-level tournament football every summer looks good at first sight but what are the knock-on effects for players and other sports?In a packed part one, we also cast an eye over our Fantasy Football fortunes and predict the winners of this season&apos;s Champions League, Europa League and Conference League. There&apos;s only one place to start after the break and that&apos;s Emma Raducanu&apos;s remarkable win at the US Open. The 18-year-old qualifier blitzed her way to stardom at Flushing Meadows to steal hearts and minds on both sides of the Pond. What does she do next after a dream week? To conclude the show, we talk good doggos, enthusiastic cyclists, bad eyesight and *that* crash between Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen. There&apos;s also a quality &apos;And Finally...&apos; Enjoy the show. Every week on Left Field, Wogan and Allen dissect the latest in Football and Not Football. Subscribe to make sure you don&apos;t miss out, because that would be a real shame, wouldn&apos;t it?Subscribe: il.ink/leftfield_podTwitter: twitter.com/leftfield_podInstagram: instagram.com/leftfield_pod/Facebook: facebook.com/leftfieldpod/And your co-hosts...Allen: twitter.com/AAllenSportWogan: twitter.com/CathalWogan

Escaping Ronaldo, Arsène's World Cup Lobbying, FPL, Raducanu & Cricket Doggo

After 18 months of watching matches on TV, what was it like watching football in a full stadium? Having visited the Emirates and the Valley respectively, we compare and contrast our experiences as both Arsenal and Charlton lost 2-0 at home.We don&apos;t want to labour the point in the episode notes, but the clock seems to be ticking on Mikel Arteta time in charge of the Gunners. Can he put together a good run before Christmas? Nobody seems to think so right now.Elsewhere, Liverpool, Chelsea, Spurs, Brighton and West Ham have set the pace with a brace of wins each. Something has to give when the Reds face the Blues at Anfield on Saturday. The prospect of Virgil &apos;immoveable mountain&apos; Van Dijk versus Romelu &apos;unstoppable force&apos; Lukaku has us licking our lips.Talking of big units, we also can&apos;t resist talking about Michail Antonio&apos;s eye-catching form. Is there a player in world football who is as fun to watch right now?We close part one with a run through Barnet&apos;s bad week for the ages, check-in on Tammy Abraham&apos;s debut in Italy and attempt to figure out what happened in Nice as irate locals attacked Marseille players on the pitch.After the break, we try to make sense of cricket legend Ian Botham&apos;s appointment as a UK trade envoy to Australia, praise the snack-related marketing that stole The Hundred&apos;s thunder, head to Ireland for a bit of hurling and revisit last week&apos;s huge grudge match at the snooker.Enjoy the show! Every week on Left Field, Wogan and Allen dissect the latest in Football and Not Football. Subscribe to make sure you don&apos;t miss out, because that would be a real shame, wouldn&apos;t it?Subscribe: il.ink/leftfield_podTwitter: twitter.com/leftfield_podInstagram: instagram.com/leftfield_pod/Facebook: facebook.com/leftfieldpod/And your co-hosts...Allen: twitter.com/AAllenSportWogan: twitter.com/CathalWogan

Arse-nil Again, 100% Records, French Violence, Ian Botham & Limerick

The opening weekend of the Premier League was full of thrills, spills, fans and not a single draw.Brentford got things off to a flyer with the most expected giant-killing of all time as they brushed past Arsenal 2-0. With games against Chelsea and Manchester City to come, Mikel Arteta is already feeling the heat. We assess how long he has to turn things around before Gunners fans reach for the pitchforks.The two Manchester clubs experienced mixed fortunes. United, inspired by four Paul Pogba assists blew away Leeds United, while Pep&apos;s reigning champions struggled in the final third on the way to a 1-0 defeat at Spurs. Do 90 minutes of football suggest the tide is turning in England&apos;s second city or should we just calm down a bit?Elsewhere in football, Fulham went top courtesy of the luckiest goal you&apos;ll ever see. The Championship is already looking ridiculously tight with no team able to win both of their opening games. It&apos;s shaping up to be as intriguing as Neil Warnock&apos;s bumbag.We end part one, chewing over Gerd Muller&apos;s legacy. Der Bomber passed away at the age of 75 with a goal scoring record that could rival any of the best players in the world.After the break, we turn our attention to snooker&apos;s British Open where warring ex-lovers Mark Allen and Reanne Evans have been paired in the first round. Rarely has a showdown drawn so much attention.There&apos;s also some chat about Roger Federer&apos;s latest injury woe and we head Stateside to check in on baseball&apos;s Field Of Dreams which, after 18 months of delays, finally wowed a small crowd in Iowa and millions of people around the world.Enjoy the show! Every week on Left Field, Wogan and Allen dissect the latest in Football and Not Football. Subscribe to make sure you don&apos;t miss out, because that would be a real shame, wouldn&apos;t it?Subscribe: il.ink/leftfield_podTwitter: twitter.com/leftfield_podInstagram: instagram.com/leftfield_pod/Facebook: facebook.com/leftfieldpod/And your co-hosts...Allen: twitter.com/AAllenSportWogan: twitter.com/CathalWogan

Gunners Fire Blanks, Son Shines, Pogba, Snooker Grudge & Field of Dreams

Lionel Messi, the world&apos;s greatest footballer, will play for Paris Saint Germain this season after a remarkable roller-coaster week that started with him on the verge of renewing his contract at Barcelona before someone pointed out the Nou Camp outfit were completely broke.Messi, after a tearful exit, will take a pay cut at the Parc des Princes as the Qatari owners pull off an incredible transfer coup just when it looked like the Argentine might be out of reach. As if that wasn&apos;t enough drama, there are court cases brewing in Spain as a cabal of clubs, behind the back of Barca and Real Madrid, look to secure their short-term future with a deal with an American venture capitalist fund. It&apos;s all getting very ugly.It&apos;s not just Spain with the juicy transfer stories. Manchester City have made Jack Grealish the most expensive footballer in English history, Romelu Lukaku is returning to Chelsea and Harry Kane is trying to force an exit from Spurs. It&apos;s hard to imagine how the action on the pitch will compare.We cast an eye over the Premier League&apos;s opening weekend fixtures and hazard a guess at who&apos;ll be going down and if anyone can catch Pep Guardiola&apos;s champions.Part one ends with our favourite topic; new kits. There are some dreadful efforts this year which we give a right good roasting.After the break, we review the final days of the Tokyo Olympics, including gold for Ireland in the boxing, poop-needing speed walkers and careless marathon runners. It&apos;s been a blast Japan, the countdown to Paris 2024 begins.We end the show with some half-hearted chat about the Lions&apos; boring tour of South Africa and the decision of certain NFL players not to get the Covid-19 vaccine.Enjoy the show!Every week on Left Field, Wogan and Allen dissect the latest in Football and Not Football. Subscribe to make sure you don&apos;t miss out, because that would be a real shame, wouldn&apos;t it?Subscribe: il.ink/leftfield_podTwitter: twitter.com/leftfield_podInstagram: instagram.com/leftfield_pod/Facebook: facebook.com/leftfieldpod/And your co-hosts...Allen: twitter.com/AAllenSportWogan: twitter.com/CathalWogan

Premier League Preview, Messi Ending, New Shirt Reviews, Poo & Kirk Cousins

Your boys Wogan and Andrew Allen fly through the biggest stories in sport, masterfully covering Football and Not Football each week on Left Field. Inexpertly walking the line between journalistic integrity and irrational fandom, the boys debate the big questions from the Premier League, NBA, NFL, curling and any other weird sport you like. Critics call it 'online', 'downloadable' and 'a podcast'. Listen now, subscribe and tell your fiends!

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