{"podcast":{"title":"Tifo Football Podcast","slug":"tifo-football-podcast-539882","podcast_index_feed_id":539882,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/681cccd63e6644d7a3b3065c","website_url":"https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/podcasts/","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/681cccd63e6644d7a3b3065c/1772100764375-6cb42127-7d78-426a-9f63-e6074d09f8c5.jpeg","author":"The Athletic","episode_count":649,"summary":"In-depth tactical, historical & geopolitical breakdowns of the beautiful game. From the team behind the Tifo Football YouTube channel. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-08T10:19:23.769486+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/tifo-football-podcast-539882"},"episode":{"title":"Xabi Alonso to Chelsea? Future of set pieces, Scottish title & Spying","slug":"xabi-alonso-to-chelsea-future-of-set-pieces-scottish-title-spying","published_at":"2026-05-14T16:52:05+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/tifo-football-podcast-539882/xabi-alonso-to-chelsea-future-of-set-pieces-scottish-title-spying","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/tifo-football-podcast-539882","url":"https://shows.acast.com/tifo-football-podcast/episodes/xabi-alonso-to-chelsea-future-of-set-pieces-scottish-title-s","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/681cccd63e6644d7a3b3065c/e/6a05fac61631658d39cfa0a7/media.mp3","summary":"The Scottish Premiership title race going to the final day, the spygate scandal surrounding the Championship playoffs, rumours linking Xabi Alonson with the Chelsea manager seat and how to fix set pieces were all discussed on the latest Tifo Football podcast. This episode of the Tifo football podcast is hosted by Joe Devine, features Jon Mackenzie, JJ Bull & Hamzah Khalique-Loonat and is produced by Steve Hankey. 00:00 - a febrile intro that jumps the shark 07:12 - the drama in Scotland continues! 13:35 - spygate! 23:04 - A break 23:06 - The Rondo  30:50 - Xabi Alonso to… Chelsea??? 44:00 - how set pieces may change Julian Finney / Staff / Getty Images Sport via Getty Images FADEL SENNA / Contributor / AFP via Getty Images Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"The Scottish Premiership title race going to the final day, the spygate scandal surrounding the Championship playoffs, rumours linking Xabi Alonson with t…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3850,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/tifo-football-podcast-539882/episodes/xabi-alonso-to-chelsea-future-of-set-pieces-scottish-title-spying/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/tifo-football-podcast-539882/xabi-alonso-to-chelsea-future-of-set-pieces-scottish-title-spying.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}