{"podcast":{"title":"The Good, The Bad & The Football","slug":"the-good-the-bad-the-football-7485081","podcast_index_feed_id":7485081,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/good-bad-football","website_url":"https://www.platformmedia.uk","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/33ef3442-8fbc-11f0-979e-9305e511ba4a/image/61de7ca04971ee0ac2cf3a4574d07dfa.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Platform Media","episode_count":49,"summary":"Welcome to The Good, The Bad & The Football – the new show from Manchester United legends Paul Scholes and Nicky Butt and comedic superfan Paddy McGuinness. Every week, they dive into the conversations fans are really having - on WhatsApp groups, building sites and in barbershops across the country - served up with the humour and honesty only real Northern lads can deliver. Across the season, they’ll be joined by some of football’s biggest names, sharing stories, debates and behind-the-scenes insights from years at the heart of one of the game’s most successful teams. No executive boxes. No croissant-laden tables. Just real football, real talk, and real laughs. Straight from the heart of the game. New episodes every Monday.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-21T08:18:26.406837+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-good-the-bad-the-football-7485081"},"episode":{"title":"Max Dowman Wins Arsenal The Title! The Problem With Liverpool & Bruno To Break Assists Record?","slug":"max-dowman-wins-arsenal-the-title-the-problem-with-liverpool-bruno-to-break-assists-record","published_at":"2026-03-16T18:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-good-the-bad-the-football-7485081/max-dowman-wins-arsenal-the-title-the-problem-with-liverpool-bruno-to-break-assists-record","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-good-the-bad-the-football-7485081","url":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/GLT2619350417.mp3","audio_url":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/GLT2619350417.mp3","summary":"Paul, Nicky and Paddy are joined by former Leicester, Liverpool and England striker Emile Heskey. The lads start with Arsenal’s win over Everton and the impact of teenage sensation Max Dowman. Nicky recalls first seeing Dowman play when he was just 14, while Scholesy asks whether the youngster might be the type of player Arsenal have been missing this season. They also discuss the fearless confidence Dowman showed on such a big stage and debate how important the senior players around him will be in shaping his development.Emile reflects on his own breakthrough at Leicester, explaining how Martin O’Neill helped guide him as a young player, while he and Nicky also share how they approach their own sons’ football journeys and why sometimes the best thing parents can do is stay out of the way.Elsewhere, the panel try to make sense of Manchester City’s recent dip after their draw with West Ham. Why have the results gone south? Has Erling Haaland stopped scoring for a reason? And why might Phil Foden be struggling for minutes - could it even affect his World Cup hopes?There’s also debate around Liverpool’s frustrating 1–1 draw with Tottenham, with Scholesy sharing a theory on what might have gone wrong this season. Meanwhile, the lads praise the form of Bruno Fernandes at Manchester United and the resurgence of Casemiro in midfield. Does Bruno get into United’s all-time XI, and is he a genuine Player of the Season contender?The show also tackles some of the stranger moments in football this week, including that bizarre Chelsea huddle that somehow involved the referee, and Liam Rosenior’s claim that his players wanted to “respect the ball” — something Scholesy and Nicky aren’t buying. They also ask whether referees are starting to enjoy the spotlight a little too much, with P…","meta_description":"Paul, Nicky and Paddy are joined by former Leicester, Liverpool and England striker Emile Heskey. The lads start with Arsenal’s win over Everton and the i…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4585,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-good-the-bad-the-football-7485081/episodes/max-dowman-wins-arsenal-the-title-the-problem-with-liverpool-bruno-to-break-assists-record/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-good-the-bad-the-football-7485081/max-dowman-wins-arsenal-the-title-the-problem-with-liverpool-bruno-to-break-assists-record.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}