Nessun Dorma Retro Football Podcast

Another pivotal season in the development of modern football begins with the match that made all TV execs sit up and take notice as English football experienced its most dramatic ever denouement. And it was live! The excellent Amy Lawrence from The Athletic, whose film and book on the subject are peerless, recounts the Arsenal season and everything surrounding that Friday trip up to Anfield. If you want weekly exclusive bonus shows, join our Nessun Dorma community chat, want your episodes without ads and a couple of days earlier or just want to support the podcast, then head over to ⁠⁠⁠patreon.com/NessunDormaPodcast⁠⁠⁠ where you can subscribe for less than £5 a month. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In the last episode of our Euro 88 special, Martyn, Gary and Rob are joined by Jonathan O’Brien to discuss the final in Munich and the tournament as a whole. They look at whether the suspended Oleg Kuznetsov would have changed the game, why we remember the Netherlands so fondly and whether a goal as extraordinary as Marco van Basten’s can create the illusion of inevitability. This episode was first aired on 31 July 2023 If you want weekly exclusive bonus shows, join our Nessun Dorma community chat, want your episodes without ads and a couple of days earlier or just want to support the podcast, then head over to ⁠⁠⁠patreon.com/NessunDormaPodcast⁠⁠⁠ where you can subscribe for less than £5 a month. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The 1988 semi finals were a clash of cultures. History provided all the backdrop required in Hamburg as the Dutch sought revenge for the 1974 and much more besides whereas the USSR and Italy played out a clash of aesthetics in Stuttgart. Martyn, Mike and Rob are joined by Jonathan O'Brien who made is ND debut on this show. This episode was first aired on 24 July 2023 If you want weekly exclusive bonus shows, join our Nessun Dorma community chat, want your episodes without ads and a couple of days earlier or just want to support the podcast, then head over to ⁠⁠⁠patreon.com/NessunDormaPodcast⁠⁠⁠ where you can subscribe for less than £5 a month. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Martyn, Gary and Rob rave about a teenage Paolo Maldini, discuss English football's obsession with individual heroism, question an iconic hat-trick and celebrate a partnership from the future: Ruud Gullit and Marco van Basten This episode was first aired on 10 July 2023 If you want weekly exclusive bonus shows, join our Nessun Dorma community chat, want your episodes without ads and a couple of days earlier or just want to support the podcast, then head over to ⁠⁠⁠patreon.com/NessunDormaPodcast⁠⁠⁠ where you can subscribe for less than £5 a month. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It was jeopardy for those who still had a fighting chance of the semi finals. Spain realistically needed to beat West Germany in Munich with Italy only needing a draw against Denmark and the following day the Dutch needed to beat the Irish who knew that they probably only needed a draw as England limped to the end of their road against the USSR. This episode was first aired on 17 July 2023 If you want weekly exclusive bonus shows, join our Nessun Dorma community chat, want your episodes without ads and a couple of days earlier or just want to support the podcast, then head over to ⁠⁠⁠patreon.com/NessunDormaPodcast⁠⁠⁠ where you can subscribe for less than £5 a month. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices