The Broken Metatarsal - A 2000s Football Podcast

As we approach the Christmas break, Rich, Mark and Pete discuss some of their favourite moments from the show's interviews so far. Running order: Intro Dom Matteo on the lasagna 4m 16s Graham Stack and Arsene banning Werther’s 10m 28s Jose Mourinho + the laundry basket 14m 05s Michael Ball on Sven and team talks from the chairman 16m 40s Paul Konchesky on England 21m 23s Cherno Samba on his FM stats 24m 19s Stiliyan Petrov and the burger van 29m 32s Danny Mills and the Beckham’s World Cup Party 35m 36s Martin Laursen on Ricardo Fuller 44m 44s Homzy's numbers nightmare  47m 56s E-mail: contact@planetfootball.com Make sure you head to www.planetfootball.com for more 2000s nostalgia, including expanded interviews with many of the show's guests. The podcast is sponsored by Football Index, the world’s first football stockmarket. Sign up today and take advantage of their seven-day £500 money-back guarantee (New customers 18+ in UK only. Min. deposit £10. Max. refund of up to £500 to be claimed within 7 days). T&Cs available on https://trade.footballindex.co.uk/moneybackguarantee/. 18+. Please Gamble Responsibly. Visit www.begambleaware.org For more information on Player4Player, please head to https://www.player4player.com/

In player special number four, we sit down with the inspirational Stiliyan Petrov. RUNNING ORDER: Pre-Interview chat about Stan 1m 13s Martin O’Neill’s thoughts on lateness 3m 25s Stan’s memories of the 00’s, and how it all began for him 4m Nights out in Newcastle and moving to Glasgow 5m 20s His struggles at start at Celtic 13m 50s How the tough times shaped him & massive phone bills 16m 40s The friendship with a Celtic security guard that helped him 19m 18s The Burger Van story and learning the language 20m 31s What it’s like playing at Celtic Park 23m 54s Martin O’Neill & getting fit 25m 47s O’Neill improving Stan’s contract without being asked to 29m 21s The Old Firm 30m Deciding to move to the Premier League 33m 27s Almost signing for Portsmouth 36m 42s Knowing O’Neill when others didn’t 39m 21s The Premier League players that stood out 41m 50s - Gerrard - Lampard - Scholes The Premier League playing who might stand on him 44m 16s - Danny Murphy - Savage THAT long range goal 45m 55s Positional change from O’Neill 47m 52s Favourite moment of Unity 50m Villa’s demise 51m 38s Illness, and how Player 4 Player can help players after retirement 53m 22s Outro E-mail: contact@planetfootball.com Make sure you head to www.planetfootball.com for more 2000s nostalgia, including expanded interviews with many of the show's guests. The podcast is sponsored by Football Index, the world’s first football stockmarket. Sign up today and take advantage of their seven-day £500 money-back guarantee (New customers 18+ in UK only. Min. deposit £10. Max. refund of up to £500 to be claimed within 7 days). T&Cs available on https://trade.footballindex.co.uk/moneybackguarantee/. 18+. Please Gamble Responsibly. Visit www.begambleaware.org For more information on Player4Player, please head to https://www.player4player.com/

In our third player special of the series, we sit down with one of the greatest midfielders of his generation, Gaizka Mendieta. RUNNING ORDER: Intro Champions League battle against Leeds 4m 11s That incredible Valencia Squad 5m38s A quick trip to 1999 7m The type of goals Gaizka scored 9m 35s UCL Final v Bayern 10m 30s How Gaizka takes losing 12m 30s The two unlucky moves to Lazio and Barcelona 14m 40s What it’s like when Barca fans see failure 19m The ego’s around him 20m 28s Why he chose Boro 23m 10s What’s attractive about not signing for a big club 27m 14s Why it ended so badly at Boro 29m 30s How Southgate dealt with the situation 32m 02s Player 4 Player 33m Outro 35m 17s E-mail: contact@planetfootball.com Make sure you head to www.planetfootball.com for more 2000s nostalgia, including expanded interviews with many of the show's guests. The podcast is sponsored by Football Index, the world’s first football stockmarket. Sign up today and take advantage of their seven-day £500 money-back guarantee (New customers 18+ in UK only. Min. deposit £10. Max. refund of up to £500 to be claimed within 7 days). T&Cs available on https://trade.footballindex.co.uk/moneybackguarantee/. 18+. Please Gamble Responsibly. Visit www.begambleaware.org For more information on Player4Player, please head to https://www.player4player.com/

After two fantastic interview episodes, this week we got the gang together to discuss our (and your) favourite cult players of the 2000s... Mark, Rob and returning guest Danny McLoughlin each give two of their choices before Rich tests the lads' cult hero knowledge with a game of 'Who Am I?' We then run through some of the listeners' choices before the triumphant return of Fact or Fiction, featuring a Gary Doherty grime tune, Danny Mills' fridge and a miniature Range Rover for Harry Redknapp. RUNNING ORDER: Some Danny Mills extras 1m 35s What makes a cult player 3m 16s Rob’s first choice - Benjani 7m 20s Danny’s first choice - Fabien Barthez 11m 58s Mark’s First choice - Kolo Toure 14m 48s Danny’s second choice - Stig Tøfting 19m Rob’s second choice - Andy Hughes 22m 28s Mark’s second choice - Jimmy Bullard 26m 20s Guess the cult hero - 28m 23s Cult hero #1 - 28m 45s Cult hero #2 - 31m 54s Cult Hero #3 - 34m 15s Cult Hero #4 - 36m 23s Cult Hero #5 - 38m 10s Suggestions from you! - 40m 30s Fact of Fiction is back! - 45m 29s Make sure you head to www.planetfootball.com for more 2000s nostalgia, including expanded interviews with many of the show's guests. Email: contact@planetfootball.com The podcast is sponsored by Football Index, the world’s first football stockmarket. Sign up today and take advantage of their seven-day £500 money-back guarantee (New customers 18+ in UK only. Min. deposit £10. Max. refund of up to £500 to be claimed within 7 days). T&Cs available on https://trade.footballindex.co.uk/moneybackguarantee/. 18+. Please Gamble Responsibly. Visit www.begambleaware.org

In the second of our player specials, this week we speak to former England, Leeds, Man City and (sort of) Derby defender Danny Mills. RUNNING ORDER: Intro Interview - How a Broken Metatarsal helped Danny play for England 4:09 Playing in that World Cup squad 6:34 The Beckhams' Pre-Tournament Party 7m 39s Were there England cliques? 11m 16s The ramifications of Rio's missed drug test 13m Beckham penalty v Argentina 14m 15s Getting merchandise in the wake of Beckham, and isolation in Japan 17m 40s That Brazil game and Danny's role in the Ronaldinho red card 20m 30s Meeting Cafu and Ronaldinho in a drugs test room 21m 40s Leeds in Europe 24m 44s The Ashley Cole sending off and the disciplinary process 26m 56s O'Leary's love of luxurious hotels 30m 48s Leeds v Arsenal & Did Viduka lift Keown off the ground?  31m 21s Runs in with Pires, that tackle, and the birth of modern diving 33m 35s Danny's favourite shithouses & messing with Savage 35m 39s Ways to be a shithouse 37m The deserved Bellamy red & what Bellamy was like 39m 39s A nice story about Graeme Le Saux 43m 19s Why Leeds and Arsenal clashed 44m 54s Danny's short spell in that terrible Derby side 46m 25s Paul Jewell's Sex Tape 50m 09s  Looking back quickly at Danny's career 51m 04s Mark brings up a Mills story about Stoke  Outro E-mail: contact@planetfootball.com Make sure you head to www.planetfootball.com for more 2000s nostalgia, including expanded interviews with many of the show's guests. The podcast is sponsored by Football Index, the world’s first football stockmarket. Sign up today and take advantage of their seven-day £500 money-back guarantee (New customers 18+ in UK only. Min. deposit £10. Max. refund of up to £500 to be claimed within 7 days). T&Cs available on https://trade.footballindex.co.uk/moneybackguarantee/. 18+. Please Gamble Responsibly. Visit www.begambleaware.org

After the enforced break, The Broken Metatarsal is back with a new format as Martin Laursen joins Rich Williams and Mark Holmes for our first player special. The 2000s icon talks us through his career from moving to Italy with Verona as a youngster to being half-owned by Parma, somehow engineering a move to AC Milan, the nightmare of life under David O'Leary and then finally the wonderful times he experienced under Martin O'Neill and the incredible bond he formed with Aston Villa fans. RUNNING ORDER: Intro Hello Martin Laursen and the weather 5m 25s The King of Headers 5m 41s Obligatory and Unprofessional Leeds & Stoke mentions 7m 49s The Premier League in the 2000s 10m 1s Moving from Denmark to Italy 10m 58s The start of the injuries and settling in 12m 30s How dual ownership works 15m 40s Amazing story of signing for AC Milan 17m 47s Poor relationship with O’Leary 20m 18s Milan to Birmingham 23m 00s Relationship with Villa fans 25m 45s The Serie A relegation play-off 27m 04s The AC Milan squad 29m 44s Carlo Ancelotti 31m 31s The 5yr contract offer from AC Milan 33m 16s Great relationship with Martin O’Neill 34m  The Villa squad 36m 54s A word on Milner 38m 55s Enduring career memories 40m 10s Outro E-mail: contact@planetfootball.com Make sure you head to www.planetfootball.com for more 2000s nostalgia, including expanded interviews with many of the show's guests. The podcast is sponsored by Football Index, the world’s first football stockmarket. Sign up today and take advantage of their seven-day £500 money-back guarantee (New customers 18+ in UK only. Min. deposit £10. Max. refund of up to £500 to be claimed within 7 days). T&Cs available on https://trade.footballindex.co.uk/moneybackguarantee/. 18+. Please Gamble Responsibly. Visit www.begambleaware.org

Rich Williams, Mark Holmes and Pete Farries are joined by former footballer turned broadcaster Martin Gritton to remember some of the maddest transfers of the 2000s. From the ones that made you say WTF? to those that were just plain dodgy, the lads chat Figo, Faubert, Goram and, along with many others, Tevez and Mascherano. With Corona Virus keeping everyone home, The Broken Metatarsal will be taking a (hopefully) short break, and will be back with you later in the year. RUNNING ORDER: Intro Fantasy Draft Winner 1m 19s Why Transfer Deals? 2m 48s What it’s like being part of a transfer 3m 41s Some ‘What the F***?’ Signings 6m 1s Julien Faubert 6m 40s Tyrone Mears 8m 23s Christophe Dugarry 9m 37s How important is a manager to a move? 11m 25s Andy Goram 12m 20s ‘That’ amazing Bolton Team 13m 05s Edgar Davids and Barnet 15m 29s Dodgier Signings 17m 40s The Man City Thai Signings 17m 47s Michael Ball on the arrival of the Thai Players (Interview Clip) 18m 56s Bebe 20m 58s John Obi Mikel 22m Tevez and Mascherano 23m 15s Tevez’s Translator 24m 20s Paul Konchesky talks West Ham when Tevez and Mascherano arrived 27m 38s Mad signings at our clubs, starting with Roque Junior 31m Who our maddest signings are 37m E-mail: contact@planetfootball.com Make sure you head to www.planetfootball.com for more 2000s nostalgia, including expanded interviews with many of the show's guests.

Rich Williams and Mark Holmes are joined by returning guests Alex Brooker and Danny McLoughlin to talk about the biggest rivalry of the 2000s, Arsenal v Manchester United. They chat through Arsenal winning the double at The Old Trafford, Keown v Ruud, The Beckham Boot and Pizzagate, from either side of the fan divide. As always, we finish with another edition of Football Fact or Fiction in which Rich tries to guess which of the many glorious stories about that era is true. Make sure you head to www.planetfootball.com for more 2000s nostalgia, including expanded interviews with many of the show's guests. RUNNING ORDER: Introduction & Where Are You? Montage 2m 21s How the rivalry began 3m 56 Alex and Danny’s 90s memories of the rivalry 5m 35s Alex on winning the Double at Old Trafford 7m 42s Danny on not watching Arsenal getting the Double at Old Trafford 11m 42s Beckham and the boot 12m 45s Who was the better boss? 15m 46s The 2003 Community Shield Battle 17m 30s Keown versus Van Nistlerooy, and that incredible match 20m 8s Which team was dirtier? 24m 22s The rivalry during ‘The Invincibles’ 26m Why was the rivalry so special? 27m 30s Man Utd end the unbeaten run 29m 50s Keane v Viera and PizzaGate 34m 15s Favourite moments of the rivalry 38m 14s Fact or Fiction 42m 28s E-mail: contact@planetfootball.com www.savepublife.com

For obvious reasons, we can't get to the studio at the moment. But the show must go on so we bring you this week's episode from the comfort living hell of our bedrooms. Rich Williams, Mark Holmes, Rob Conlon and Pete Farries are all on their phones to fight it out for their favourite 2000s players as we each attempt to name a Dream Premier League XI from the decade. It's a draft format so everyone gets their turn to pick first - and last - leading to some pretty surprising batshit mental selections. To put it into perspective, eight strikers are picked and none of them are Ruud van Nistelrooy, Didier Drogba or Michael Owen. Listen to our teams, then send in yours (along with any abuse) on Twitter @planetfutebol RUNNING ORDER:  Home Locations - 30s The rules - 2m 11s Striker #1 - 3m 09s Left-back - 6m 15s Centre mid #1 - 8m 17s Centre-back #1 - 11m Right-back - 13m 30s Keeper - 17m Left wing - 20m 40s Centre-back #2 - 24m 20s Centre mid #2 - 27m 45s Right wing - 30m 10s Striker #2 - 34m 16s Final line-Ups - 38m 40s Make sure you head to www.planetfootball.com for more 2000s nostalgia, including expanded interviews with many of the show's guests. Email: contact@planetfootball.com

Rich Williams, Mark Holmes and Rob Conlon are joined by Crystal Palace fan and comedian Chloe Petts to remember the highs and lows of Sven-Goran Eriksson's England reign. Paul Konchesky joins on the phone to reveal his own joy at getting to see a wonderful group of players close up and give some insight into what the England camp was like back then, including some pretty firm rules on leaving the dinner table. As always, we finish with another edition of Football Fact or Fiction in which Rich tries to guess which of the many glorious stories about that era is true. Make sure you head to www.planetfootball.com for more 2000s nostalgia, including expanded interviews with many of the show's guests. RUNNING ORDER: 1m 20s- Rich is unpleasant 2m 1s - Mark’s dramatic irony 3m 35s - Montage 5m - What’s to come 6m 03s - Sven arrives  8m 38s - Sven’s fantastic record (football) and the footballers he could choose from 9m 42s - 5-1 and sneaking in the pub 12m 35s - THAT free-kick and Golden Balls 16m 05s - A Broken Metatarsal 18m 30s - The hope 19m 05s - Brazil and the 2002 World Cup 22m - The players that gave joy 24m 10s - Interview with Paul Konchesky. Paul talks arriving into the England squad, how it all worked, and Becks allowing people to leave the table. 33m 03s - Post-interview chat 34m 20s - Cliques 36m - Rich critiques his son’s team 36m 46s - Euro 2004 40m 28s - Penalties… 42m 06s - Sven 44 15s - World Cup 2006 45m 35s - The Wink 51m 24s - Fact or Fiction E-mail: contact@planetfootball.com We’re sponsored by Football Index, the world’s first football stockmarket.  Use the code TBMIndex for a £500 money-back guarantee. New customers only. 18+.

Rich Williams, Mark Holmes and Rob Conlon are joined by Liverpool fan and comedian Alfie Brown to remember Liverpool's 2001 Treble and the players that made it happen. Former Reds centre-back Stephane Henchoz joins on the phone to give us his memories of being a massive part of that success. As always, we finish with another edition of Football Fact or Fiction in which Rich tries to guess which of the many glorious stories about that team is true. Make sure you head to www.planetfootball.com for more 2000s nostalgia, including expanded interviews with many of the show's guests. RUNNING ORDER: - Intro to the show and guests - Alfie uses the word 'etymology' (1m) - Treble Montage (2m) - Alfie's memories of that time (3m 20s) - Going into that season and the signings (5m 09s) - Momentum (7m 30s) - Gary Mac and a mandatory Leeds United reference (9m 20s) - Steven Gerrard (10m) - Mark's YouTube Journey (11m 50s) - Alfie and the Worthington Cup Final (12m 40s) - ...FA Cup Final (14m 16s) - and UEFA Cup Final and Golden Goal (15m 30s) - That squad, and that frontline (17m 21s) - Fowler and the *ahem* thing  (21m 02s) - Interview with Stephane Henchoz. Stephane joins us on the phone to talk about the Treble season, and his massive part in those games (22m 49s) - Pete is Bankrupt (35m 50s) - The Treble, The League, and almost blowing it (36m 18s) - Macca and The Barca semi-finals (39m 40s) - Football Fact or Fiction (41m 00s) You can find all our other episodes here, including things we miss about the 2000s, our favourite shithouses of the decade, the Rafalution, Arsenal Invincibles and Champ Man with Cherno Samba: https://audioboom.com/channels/5008818 FOLLOW PLANET FOOTBALL: Twitter: @planetfutebol Facebook Instagram E-mail: contact@planetfootball.com We’re sponsored by Football Index, the world’s first football stockmarket.  Use the code TBMIndex for a £500 money-back guarantee. New customers only. 18+.

Rich Williams, Mark Holmes and Broadcaster Pete Farries are joined by returning comedian Mark Smith to reminisce about the glory of the 2000s and the things we miss most from that wonderful decade. As always, we finish with another edition of Football Fact or Fiction in which Rich tries to guess which of the many glorious stories about 2000's Footy TV stalwarts Richard Keys and Andy Gray is true. Make sure you head to www.planetfootball.com for more 2000s nostalgia, including expanded interviews with many of the show's guests. RUNNING ORDER: - Intro to the show and guests. Rich is old. - Sharon the eco-warrior (2m 50s) - THAT music (6m) - Unknown signings (7m 35s) - When Stoke's record signing went AWOL (11m 47s) - Poorly-fitting football shirts (13m 20s) - When footballers were normal people (14m) - A time before mobile phones at matches (17m 24s) - Before spending with reckless abandon got such a bad name (19m 30s) - The start of glamorous signings in the Premier League (23m 20s) - Fun Jose Mourinho (23m 50s) - Nothing new can happen in football. It's finished. (25m 10s) - The Simpsons following Super Sunday when it was actually Super (25m 53s) - Strike partnerships (27m 48s) - Getting away with aggressive tackling (30m 34s) - Champions League nights on ITV (31m 25s) - Intertoto Cup (32m 45s) - Ronaldo, Rivaldo and Ronaldinho (33m 35s) - Your suggestions: FanZone, England on tour, Player Cam (36m 22s) - Multiple player unveiling photoshoots (38m 10s) - Football Fact or Fiction (39m 32s) You can find all our other episodes here, including our favourite shithouses of the 2000s, Arsenal Invincibles, Leeds in the Champions League semis, Champ Man with Cherno Samba and Cristiano Ronaldo at Man Utd: https://audioboom.com/channels/5008818 FOLLOW PLANET FOOTBALL: Twitter: @planetfutebol Facebook Instagram E-mail: contact@planetfootball.com We’re sponsored by Football Index, the world’s first football stockmarket.  Use the code TBMIndex for a £500 money-back guarantee. New customers only. 18+.

Rich Williams, Mark Holmes and Rob Conlon are joined by returning comedian Micky P Kerr to celebrate one of football's funniest characters, Neil Warnock, and remember one of the most controversial games of the 2000s. The man who officiated The Battle of Bramall Lane, Eddie Wolstenholme, joins the boys on the phone to talk us through the crazy events of that day, featuring three red cards and leading to the game eventually being abandoned. As always, we finish with another edition of Football Fact or Fiction in which Rich  tries to guess which of the many glorious stories about Neil Warnock are true. Make sure you head to www.planetfootball.com for more 2000s nostalgia,  including expanded interviews with many of the show's guests. RUNNING ORDER: - Intro - Neil Warnock montage (3m 17s) - Rich's poor time keeping (5m 18s) - Neil. (6m) - Neil v Pep, and the never-changing Warnock (7m) - Neil v Graham Poll (11m 04s) - Respect for Neil (13m 30s) - Mrs Warnock (14m) - Neil's record (15m 13s) - Neil's approach to friendlies (17m 13s) - Battle of Bramall Lane Montage  (18m 53s) - The madness of the match (20m 12s) - Interview with Eddie Wolstenholme, who talks us through officiating the madness of that game (27m 11s) - Thoughts on the interview (34m 05s) - Managing over the radio & summing up Neil (35m 40s) - Football Fact or Fiction (38m 36s) - Contact details (44m 34s) You can find all our other episodes here, including the Arsenal Invincibles, Leeds in the Champions League semis, Champ Man with Cherno Samba and Cristiano Ronaldo at Man Utd: https://audioboom.com/channels/5008818 FOLLOW PLANET FOOTBALL: Twitter: @planetfutebol Facebook Instagram E-mail: contact@planetfootball.com We’re sponsored by Football Index, the world’s first football stockmarket.  Use the code TBMIndex for a £500 money-back guarantee. New customers only. 18+. Update Description

We're back! Rich Williams, Mark Holmes and Rob Conlon are joined by returning comedian Danny McLoughlin as we take a walk down Shithouses Lane in the first episode of series two. Former referee Mark Halsey joins the boys on the phone to reveal what it's like dealing with shithouses on the field, including an interesting way of dealing with Chelsea legend John Terry. We finish with another episode of Football Fact or Fiction in which Rich  tries to guess which of the many unlikely stories about some of the biggest 2000s shithouses, is in fact, true. Make sure you head to www.planetfootball.com for more 2000s nostalgia,  including expanded interviews with many of the show's guests. RUNNING ORDER: - Danny has returned and so have we - Shithouses montage (2m 30s) - What is a shithouse and why do we love them? (3m 45s) - Shithouse categories (6m 11s) - Mark van Bommel (8m 20s) - Kevin Nolan (9m 50s) - Obligatory Leeds Shithouse (11m 10s) - Always been like that (13m) - A Hall of Famer (14m) - Rivaldo's famous moment and a shithouse's natural ability  (16m) - Obligatory Leeds shithouse #2 (17m) - Marco v Zizou (18m) - Their shithouse becomes our shithouse (19m 50s) - Craig Bellamy. (21m 55s) - Our shithouse becomes their shithouse (23m) - Rino (24m 10s) - Mark Halsey interview. He talks us through dealing with shithouses, his tricks of the trade, and some of the worst to ref (25m 02s) - Post-interview chat and a Robbie Savage tale (35m 39s) - Football Fact or Fiction (40m 53s) - Contact details (46m 27s) You can find all our other episodes here, including the Arsenal Invincibles, Leeds in the Champions League semis, Champ Man with Cherno Samba and Cristiano Ronaldo at Man Utd: https://audioboom.com/channels/5008818 FOLLOW PLANET FOOTBALL: Twitter: @planetfutebol Facebook Instagram E-mail: contact@planetfootball.com We’re sponsored by Football Index, the world’s first football stockmarket.  Use the code TBMIndex for a £500 money-back guarantee. New customers only. 18+.

Rich Williams, Mark Holmes, Rob Conlon and Pete Farries get back together for the final time of 2019 as we bring the first series of The Broken Metatarsal to a close. The lads recall some of their favourite moments from the first nine podcasts, while Mark struggles with maths yet again and Pete forgets this is supposed to be a show about the 2000s. And in this shorter, 30-minute special there are not one but two rounds of Football Fact or Fiction, the first about some of the stars of the series and the second a Christmas edition in which Paul Gascoigne features prominently. We’ll be back with series two in early 2020, but please get in touch in the meantime to suggest topics you’d like us to cover when we return. And don’t forget to visit www.planetfootball.com for more 2000s nostalgia, including expanded interviews with many of the show's guests. You can find the full first series of The Broken Metatarsal on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and wherever else you get your podcasts, including episodes on the Arsenal Invincibles, Cristiano Ronaldo’s breakthrough at Manchester United and the phenomena that are Championship Manager and Football Manager. FOLLOW PLANETFOOTBALL: Twitter: @planetfutebol Facebook Instagram E-mail: contact@planetfootball.com We’re sponsored by Football Index, the world’s first football stock market.  Use the code TBMIndex for a £500 money-back guarantee. New customers only. 18+.

Rich Williams, Mark Holmes and Rob Conlon are again joined by comedian  Mark Smith as we remember Spurs’ resurgence under Martin Jol and how a brilliant 2005-06 season was ruined by a dodgy portion of lasagne.  Andy Reid joins the boys on the phone to reveal the truth behind the  legend from inside the hotel and then the dressing room as team-mates  fell sick, including a player he cannot speak highly enough of: Michael  Carrick. We finish with another episode of Football Fact or Fiction in which Rich  tries to guess which of the many unlikely stories about Stoke City are, in  fact, true. Make sure you head to www.planetfootball.com for more 2000s nostalgia,  including expanded interviews with many of the show's guests. RUNNING ORDER: - An introduction to this week’s guests - An exciting development on the Twitter handle front (1m 33s) - The audio highlights of Spurs under Martin Jol and a sickening end to the season (4m 10s) - When Spurs weren’t very good (5m 55s) - 2003-04: The worst possible season to be a Spurs fan (7m 28s) - Helder Postiga, blowing a 3-0 lead in the FA Cup and a surprising Jon Macken poster (9m 42s) - “It’s the climb!” (12m 02s) - The arrival of Martin Jol and the beginning of happier times (13m  52s) - The makings of a brilliant team (15m 09s) - 2005-06: “An amazing turnaround” (17m) - A portion of lasagne and the timeline of what followed (18m 16s) - Andy Reid interview (21m): “If it was a coincidence, it was a hell of a coincidence!”      o Reid on “phenomenal” Michael Carrick (22m 30s)      o A first inkling that things were not OK (24m 50s)      o Conspiracy theories from the squad (25m 30s)      o When Michael Dawson turned translucent (26m 15s)      o Thinking back to another game which might have cost Spurs  fourth (27m 19s) - The truth is out at last: the lasagne  was to blame! (28m 46s) - Playing Michael Carrick despite the fact he couldn’t walk (29m 58s) - “One of the great stories of the 2000s” (30m 49s) - It should have been postponed (33m 25s) - Football Fact or Fiction (34m 10s) You can find all our other episodes here, including the Arsenal Invincibles, Leeds in the Champions League semis, Champ Man with Cherno Samba and Cristiano Ronaldo at Man Utd: https://audioboom.com/channels/5008818 FOLLOW PLANETFOOTBALL: Twitter: @planetfutebol Facebook Instagram E-mail: contact@planetfootball.com We’re sponsored byFootball Index, the world’s first football stockmarket.  Use the code TBMIndex for a £500 money-back guarantee. New customers only. 18+.

Rich Williams, Mark Holmes and Rob Conlon are joined by comedian Mark Smith to celebrate Stoke City's glorious first season in the Premier League when they upset the big boys and made neutrals p*ss themselves laughing.   Danny Higginbotham joins on the phone to provide an insight into some of the extraordinary lengths Stoke went to in search of home advantage, how they made the colour drain from opponents' faces, and why being written off was the best thing that could have happened to the club. We finish with another episode of Football Fact or Fiction in which Rich tries to guess which of the many unlikely stories about Stoke City are, in fact, true.   Make sure you head to www.planetfootball.com for more 2000s nostalgia, including expanded interviews with many of the show's guests. RUNNING ORDER:   - Introduction to this week’s show and guests - The audio highlights of Ricardo Fuller, Tony Pulis and Rory Delap’s throw ins (2m 10) - Celebrating Rory Delap’s throw ins (5m 55) - The emergence of ‘towel boys’ (09m 00) - Rory Delap creating goals (11m 25) - When Stoke reduced Heurelho Gomes to tears. (13m 16) - Gareth Southgate on Delap throw-ins (16m 12) - The emergence of the Stoke vs Arsenal rivalry (18m 06) - Winding up Arsene Wenger (19m 21) - When Wenger petitioned for throw-ins to be banned (20m 18) - Danny Higginbottom Interview (21m 51) ·      Stoke’s first season back in the Premier League (22m 00) ·      Stoke’s mentality starting the season back in the Premier League (23m 15) ·      Stoke fans and the Stoke team mirror each other (25m 40) ·      How Arsenal 'didn't want to be there' against Stoke (26m 42) ·      How people writing Stoke off provided motivation to prove them wrong. (29m 18) ·      The genius of Ricardo Fuller (30m 48) - Mark on Fuller, his favourite ever player (33m 36) -  When Fuller slapped his captain (36m 36) - A naked Tony Pulis vs James Beattie (39m 15) - Stoke’s lasting legacy (41m 38) - Football Fact or Fiction (43m 22)   You can find all our other episodes here, including the Arsenal Invincibles, Leeds in the Champions League semis, Champ Man with Cherno Samba and Cristiano Ronaldo at Man Utd. https://audioboom.com/channels/5008818   FOLLOW PLANET FOOTBALL: Twitter: @planetfutebol Facebook Instagram E-mail: contact@planetfootball.com We’re sponsored by Football Index, the world’s first football stockmarket. Use the code TBMIndex for a £500 money-back guarantee. New customers only. 18+.

Rich Williams, Mark Holmes and Pete Farries are joined by comedian and Liverpool fan Adam Rowe to celebrate Rafa Benitez’s wonderful time in charge at Anfield, from that amazing night in Istanbul to that brilliant team of Gerard, Alonso, Torres and co. that went so close in 2008-09.   Neil Mellor joins on the phone to talk about his crucial role in that famous turnaround against Olympiakos, his memories of Istanbul and his thoughts on how Benitez moved Liverpool on as a club.   We finish with another episode of Football Fact or Fiction in which Rich tries to guess which of the many unlikely stories about Benitez is, in fact, true.   Make sure you head to www.planetfootball.com for more 2000s nostalgia, including expanded interviews with many of the show's guests.   RUNNING ORDER: - An introduction to this week’s guests - The audio highlights of Fernando Torres, Steven Gerrard, Istanbul and Liverpool under Rafa Benitez (4m 26s) - How Liverpool fans felt at the time of Benitez’s appointment (5m 45s) - Remembering Liverpool’s sudden influx of Spanish signings and how it helped Rafa (7m 30s) - Liverpool v Chelsea, one of *the* great rivalries of the 2000s (8m 47s) - The ‘ghost goal’ that started it all (11m 43s) - Memories of Istanbul (13m 55s) - Ruthless Rafa: How he improved the Champions League-winning team to challenge for the title (18m 35s) - Neil Mellor interview: Scoring against Arsenal, pestering Rafa to bring him on v Olympiakos, setting up Stevie G, watching the final from the stands, Fernando Morientes getting him onto the pitch to celebrate, nabbing an AC Milan medal, the impact Benitez made on the whole club (20m 13s) - Back to the social club to watch a better team lose the 2007 Champions League final (31m 30s) - A celebration of the outrageous brilliance of Fernando Torres (33m 58s) - Remembering Rafa’s remarkable ‘facts’ press conference (38m 15s) - A sadness at how it all ended (42m 31s) - Football Fact or Fiction (43m 52s)   You can find all our other episodes here, including the Arsenal Invincibles, Leeds in the Champions League semis, Champ Man with Cherno Samba and Cristiano Ronaldo at Man Utd. https://audioboom.com/channels/5008818   FOLLOW PLANET FOOTBALL: Twitter: @planetfutebol Facebook Instagram E-mail: contact@planetfootball.com We’re sponsored by Football Index, the world’s first football stockmarket. Use the code TBMIndex for a £500 money-back guarantee. New customers only. 18+.  

Rich Williams, Mark Holmes, Pete Farries and comedian Danny McLoughlin huddle together to remember the resurgence of Manchester United and the man who helped kickstart it – Cristiano Ronaldo.   Former United youngster Eddie Johnson joins us on the phone and gives us the lowdown on CR7’s arrival, including those first few training sessions and the then-wonderkid's fashion faux pas.   We finish with another episode of Football Fact or Fiction in which Rich tries to guess which of the many unlikely stories about Ronaldo is, in fact, true.   Make sure you head to www.planetfootball.com for more 2000s nostalgia, including expanded interviews with many of the show's guests. RUNNING ORDER:   - An introduction to this week’s show and guests - The audio highlights of Ronaldo, Tevez and Rooney, a dream frontline (3m 46s) - Remembering Man Utd in the early 2000s and the fallow years (7m 20s) - The summer of 2003: Djemba-Djemba, Bellion, Kleberson…and Ronaldo (10m 04s) - Ronaldo’s debut (12m 50s) - Aaron Lennon>Cristiano Ronaldo (16m 18s) - Fergie’s approach to moulding a superstar (18m 25s) - The turning point (19m 50s) - Fergie’s rebuild: Playing Football Manager (21m 50s) - The Wink (22m 50s) - Eddie Johnson interview: Ronaldo's first day, what the players thought of him, his relationship with Fergie (26m 20s) - Remembering 2007/08 (32m 10s) - Park Ji-sung, an unsung hero (35m 35s) - Memories of the Champions League Final v Chelsea (37m 39s) - Football Fact or Fiction (40m 57s)    You can find our other episodes here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-broken-metatarsal/id1483489385   FOLLOW PLANET FOOTBALL:   Twitter: @planetfutebol Facebook Instagram E-mail: contact@planetfootball.com We’re sponsored by Football Index, the world’s first football stockmarket.   Use the code TBMIndex for a £500 money-back guarantee. New customers only. 18+.

Rich Williams, Mark Holmes, Pete Farries and semi-regular guest Alex Brooker gather to remember Sven-Göran Eriksson and Thaksin Shinawatra's ridiculous season together at Manchester City, including talk of world domination, three signings from Thailand, the chairman refusing to take the manager's calls, and an 8-1 defeat to Middlesbrough. Former City captain Michael Ball joins on the phone to provide an insight into some of the bizarre goings-on that season, including team meetings being interrupted by the chairman's wife and the chairman himself giving the players a team talk. We finish with another episode of Football Fact or Fiction in which Rich tries to guess which of the many unlikely stories about Sven is, in fact, true. Make sure you head to www.planetfootball.com for more 2000s nostalgia, including expanded interviews with many of the show's guests.  RUNNING ORDER:   - An introduction to this week’s show. - Some brief Sven moments (2m 33s) - Sven arrives (4m 05s) - What Thaksin wants (4m 55s) - Pete is out of touch (6m 00s) - The Thai players who joined (6m 40s) - The bigger name buys (7m 49s) - Mark and Sven (8m 53s) - The end (9m 43s) - Sven and England (10m 05s) - Interview with Michael Ball. The defender talks his time with Sven, how Sven was and that final, Boro game (12m 21s) - City Fans & Sven  (31m 43s) - 8-1 (32m 37s) - Football Fact or Fiction (37m 20s) You can find our other episodes here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-broken-metatarsal/id1483489385   FOLLOW PLANET FOOTBALL: Twitter: @planetfutebol Facebook Instagram E-mail: contact@planetfootball.com We’re sponsored by Football Index, the world’s first football stockmarket.   Use the code TBMIndex for a £500 money-back guarantee. New customers only. 18+.