# Why are fans down on England? How will Scotland do? And why every World Cup game is political Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/tifo-football-podcast-539882/why-are-fans-down-on-england-how-will-scotland-do-and-why-every-world-cup-game-is-political Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/tifo-football-podcast-539882/why-are-fans-down-on-england-how-will-scotland-do-and-why-every-world-cup-game-is-political.md Podcast: [Tifo Football Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/tifo-football-podcast-539882) Published: 2026-06-09T02:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://shows.acast.com/tifo-football-podcast/episodes/why-are-fans-down-on-england-how-will-scotland-do-and-why-ev Audio file: https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/681cccd63e6644d7a3b3065c/e/6a26e2f80004e45a0174e9be/media.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/tifo-football-podcast-539882/episodes/why-are-fans-down-on-england-how-will-scotland-do-and-why-every-world-cup-game-is-political Duration seconds: 4602 ## Resource England and Scotland’s chances at the 2026 World Cup, what will be the most interesting thing about the tournament and the potential dark horses plus final champions were all discussed in this episode of the Tifo Football podcast. This episode of the Tifo football podcast is hosted by Joe Devine, features Reuben Pinder, Jon Mackenzie, JJ Bull & Joey D’Urso and is produced by Steve Hankey. Join the Tifo Discord Server - https://discord.gg/6nMGtSyyNM   Andrew Redington / Staff / Getty Images Sport via Getty Images  00:00 - an intro that’s coming home 05:09 - How will England fare at the World Cup? 22:30 - How difficult will this World Cup be? 26:46 - a break  26:48 - THE RONDO 33:19 - How will Scotland fare at the World Cup? 44:50 - We play another game 59:53 - a break  59:55 - Dark horses and World Cup winners? 1:09:36 - Our World Cup plans, Excellent Football Jokes & Points Are Bad! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/tifo-football-podcast-539882/episodes/why-are-fans-down-on-england-how-will-scotland-do-and-why-every-world-cup-game-is-political/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/tifo-football-podcast-539882/why-are-fans-down-on-england-how-will-scotland-do-and-why-every-world-cup-game-is-political.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.