{"podcast":{"title":"The Game","slug":"the-game-1066443","podcast_index_feed_id":1066443,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/0fc6a233-bbae-4ba5-b882-c075544353a8","website_url":"https://www.thetimes.co.uk/podcasts/the-game","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/61ba0e501a8cbe71d83cf13e/1781622185758-e35264ad-4a4c-4124-b920-75949a523cf7.jpeg","author":"The Times","episode_count":1380,"summary":"The thinking fan's football podcast, providing previews and reviews of all the action - every Monday and Thursday. Listen to the best of The Times and The Sunday Times journalists as they cover the biggest sport on the planet; from winners to losers, who's in and out on the transfer roundabout, tactical developments, data analysis and the dreaded VAR. Hosted by Tom Clarke and Gregor Robertson alongside special guest appearances, the team bring you the latest on the Premier League and the EFL, as well as a front-row seat to international tournaments including the Champions League, European Championships and World Cups. We know football isn't life and death. It's much more serious than that. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-08-01T06:20:51.825312+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-game-1066443"},"episode":{"title":"EFL Extra: Who has got the Play Off momentum?","slug":"efl-extra-who-has-got-the-play-off-momentum","published_at":"2026-04-15T13:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-game-1066443/efl-extra-who-has-got-the-play-off-momentum","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-game-1066443","url":"https://shows.acast.com/timesthegame/episodes/efl-extra-who-has-got-the-play-off-momentum","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/timesthegame/e/69df7424f1a071cd76df0b84/media.mp3","summary":"The latest from the nail biting EFL with Tom Clarke and former player Gregor Robertson Could Southampton really grab second place in the Championship? Unbeaten since Jan 17th, beating play off rivals and rotating a talented squad - they look ominous. Ipswich looked confident of second but a shock loss to Portsmouth has opened the door. They play Southampton in the penultimate game. At the bottom Portsmouth have had back to back wins against top four sides, Leicester look to be doomed and could West Brom be joining them because of matters off the pitch...? League One is all about who can make the play off's - Luton are a way back but they have games in hand. In League Two Barrow...oh my word Barrow - last minute winner against Oldham and still fighting for their life! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"The latest from the nail biting EFL with Tom Clarke and former player Gregor Robertson Could Southampton really grab second place in the Championship? Unb…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2210,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-game-1066443/episodes/efl-extra-who-has-got-the-play-off-momentum/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-game-1066443/efl-extra-who-has-got-the-play-off-momentum.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}