{"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 World Cup dream still alive but it’s Home Nations heartbreak","slug":"italy-s-world-cup-dream-still-alive-but-it-s-home-nations-heartbreak","published_at":"2026-03-27T12:41:12+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-totally-football-show-with-james-richardson-923658/italy-s-world-cup-dream-still-alive-but-it-s-home-nations-heartbreak","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-694","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6818cd43eb146d8e35d312c7/e/69c67ae888f1e891326019d5/media.mp3","summary":"Jimbo has a stellar cast of James Horncastle, Tom Williams, Colin Millar and Matt Davies-Adams to react to the World Cup play-off semi-finals. It’s a heartbreaking night for the home nations with Wales and the Republic of Ireland eliminated on penalties. And a brave young Northern Ireland side are beaten 2-0 in Bergamo by Italy. Are the Azzurri finally set to qualify for another World Cup? Jack Lang’s in Mexico to tell us about the inter-confederation play-offs, where he watched Jamaica edge past New Caledonia to set up a final against DR Congo. And the big domestic news is that Mo Salah will be leaving Liverpool at the end of the season. Should we all be a bit more moved? Produced by Charlie Jones and Xavi Bird RUNNING ORDER:  • PART 1: World Cup round-up - that Guler pass (01.00) • PART 2a: Path A - Wales out, Italy through (06.00)  • PART 2b: Republic of Ireland knocked out on penalties (30.00) • PART 2c: The rest of UEFA qualifying (35.00) • PART 3: New Caledonia 0-1 Jamaica with Jack Lang (41.00) • PART 4: Salah leaving Liverpool (48.00) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"Jimbo has a stellar cast of James Horncastle, Tom Williams, Colin Millar and Matt Davies-Adams to react to the World Cup play-off semi-finals. It’s a hear…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3171,"processing_state":"failed","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-totally-football-show-with-james-richardson-923658/episodes/italy-s-world-cup-dream-still-alive-but-it-s-home-nations-heartbreak/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-world-cup-dream-still-alive-but-it-s-home-nations-heartbreak.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}