{"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":"WORLD CUP DAY 31: Bellingham drags England to the Semi Final","slug":"world-cup-day-31-bellingham-drags-england-to-the-semi-final","published_at":"2026-07-12T09:08:14+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-game-1066443/world-cup-day-31-bellingham-drags-england-to-the-semi-final","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-game-1066443","url":"https://shows.acast.com/timesthegame/episodes/world-cup-day-31-bellingham-drags-england-to-the-semi-final","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/timesthegame/e/6a53597fc2f78bb68908be23/media.mp3","summary":"That was tense! England beat Norway thanks to another brace from Jude Bellingham and possibly a bit of help from a spider cam. Tom clarke is joined by The Times head of Sport James Restall and Gregor Robertson for immediate reaction to England reaching a World Cup semi final. In part two Paul Hirst was there on another tough night for Argentina. They're through to face England but they made hard work of beating Switzerland.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"That was tense! England beat Norway thanks to another brace from Jude Bellingham and possibly a bit of help from a spider cam. Tom clarke is joined by The…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2022,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-game-1066443/episodes/world-cup-day-31-bellingham-drags-england-to-the-semi-final/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/world-cup-day-31-bellingham-drags-england-to-the-semi-final.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}