{"podcast":{"title":"The Totally Football Show with James Richardson","slug":"the-totally-football-show-with-james-richardson-923658","podcast_index_feed_id":923658,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/6818cd43eb146d8e35d312c7","website_url":"https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/podcasts/","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/6818cd43eb146d8e35d312c7/1781161123304-a398fae4-3cbe-493e-ad2e-3c3493908ecb.jpeg","author":"The Athletic","episode_count":1315,"summary":"James Richardson and Team Totally bring their blend of charming analysis and unique insights to Los Angeles this summer, where there'll be releasing episodes after every single World Cup matchday. It's all the football news and chat you need - and plenty that you don’t too. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-20T06:19:33.772588+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-totally-football-show-with-james-richardson-923658"},"episode":{"title":"Italy’s heartbreak, Potter’s redemption - and City v Liverpool in the FA Cup","slug":"italy-s-heartbreak-potter-s-redemption-and-city-v-liverpool-in-the-fa-cup","published_at":"2026-04-02T13:10:04+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-totally-football-show-with-james-richardson-923658/italy-s-heartbreak-potter-s-redemption-and-city-v-liverpool-in-the-fa-cup","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-totally-football-show-with-james-richardson-923658","url":"https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/podcast/200-the-totally-football-show/episode-697","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6818cd43eb146d8e35d312c7/e/69ce6aad3a785fb94b71867c/media.mp3","summary":"Jimbo is back in the chair and joined by Duncan Alexander, Adrian Clarke, Natalie Gedra, with special guest Frida Fagerlund as the final six teams to play at this year’s World Cup are confirmed. It’s disaster yet again for Italy after penalty heartbreak in Bosnia & Herzegovina. The Azzurri become the first ever former winners to miss three World Cups in a row. Where do they go from here? There’s shootout joy for Czech Republic though who beat Denmark, Sweden see off Poland and Turkey are heading to the World Cup for the first time in 24 years after winning in Kosovo. DR Congo and Iraq are also through to the group stages, and there’s another disappointing performance from England at Wembley. Plus, it’s FA Cup Quarter Final weekend with Man City hosting Liverpool as domestic football returns. RUNNING ORDER: Part 1: World Cup Qualifying results (2:45) Part 2A: Bosnian bliss and Italian misery (7:00) Part 2B: Czech ecstasy and Turkish delight (18:30) Part 3A: Potter's wizardry for Sweden (27:50) Part 3B: DR Congo & Iraq (35:00) Part 4A: England v Japan (42:20) Part 4B: USA & Brazil (51:30) Part 5A: De Zerbi at Spurs (58:00) Part 5B: FA Cup preview (1:01:30) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"Jimbo is back in the chair and joined by Duncan Alexander, Adrian Clarke, Natalie Gedra, with special guest Frida Fagerlund as the final six teams to play…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3894,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-totally-football-show-with-james-richardson-923658/episodes/italy-s-heartbreak-potter-s-redemption-and-city-v-liverpool-in-the-fa-cup/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-totally-football-show-with-james-richardson-923658/italy-s-heartbreak-potter-s-redemption-and-city-v-liverpool-in-the-fa-cup.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}