Pro Revolution Soccer

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  Game State- David Goldblatt on FIFA and Infantino, the past and the future 10.09.2026 1t 3min

  The godfather of Pro Revolution Soccer David Goldblatt returns for about FIFA, Infantino, UEFA, Saudi Arabia and China's interest in football, climate and football, and the future of the global game. Tom's materialist analysis of the Infantino saga for Tribune is here: https://tribunemag.co.uk/2026/09/infantinos-plan-is-dead-his-vision-for-fifa-will-remain
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  Disasterclass- football’s comms cock-ups with James Schneider 04.09.2026 58min

  A heady mix of genuine expert insight from James and two football fans sitting around taking the piss. Faragegate, Spygate, the much more serious but equally poorly-handled Suarez racism row, plus the sadly successful PR of the various sportswashing projects.
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  Deadline day special- Harry Redknapp, football's commodity fetish, and giant dildos 01.09.2026 39min

  Academic Tom Woodbury joins to discuss the deadline day phenomenon, why fans are so hung up on signing players, and the time he and Tom saw their mates playing keepy-uppy outside a stadium with a substantial sex toy.
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  Jon Mackenzie on the Spectre of Pep 28.08.2026 48min

  The erudite, eloquent, the perspicacious Jon Mackenzie joins to discuss his brilliant new book about the rise and fall of Pep Guardiola, The Spectre of Pep. From What is Juego de Posición to Hegelian dialectics at a million miles an hour- what more could you ask for?
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  Liverpool and Bezos- how worried should we be? 21.08.2026 1t 35min

  A consortium including Amazon’s billionaire founder Jeff Bezos has bought 40% of Liverpool Football Club. We asked Neil Atkinson- host of the Anfield Wrap podcast and author of Klopp, the Revolution of a Club and Culture about the ramifications of the deal, as well as the identity of his club and the city of Liverpool. You can order Neil’s book here (not on Amazon): https://www.waterstones.com/book/transformer/neil-atkinson/9781837262953 The Anfield Wrap podcast is here: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-anfield-wrap/id456906266
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  Premier League season preview/can Infantino survive? 14.08.2026 1t 4min

  Friend of the show Morgan Ofori returns to discuss whether Johnny Baby is knackered, why UEFA are not the good guys and why, as an Arsenal fan, he’s “scared of everyone”. All Morgan's excellent Guardian stuff is here: https://www.theguardian.com/profile/morgan-ofori
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  Infantino's days of infamy and EFL season preview 07.08.2026 59min

  Juliet joins Tom to discuss two weeks in which it seemed two decades happened with regard to Gianni Infantino and FIFA and try to apply a materialist analysis to it all. There's also a quick preview of the new Football League season.
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  Every Move You Make- wrapping up the 2026 World Cup 20.07.2026 55min

  After 103 matches played by 48 teams in 16 different cities, over 40 days, Juliet joins Tom at the end of Pro Revolution Soccer World Cup project to discuss the action, the mix and sometimes clash of footballing cultures, and, of course, the politics of the tournament (Tom is now going for a long lie-down).
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  Every Move You Make- World Cup final preview 19.07.2026 23min

  Tom previews the football and the politics of the biggest game in global sport.
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  Every Move You Make- England post-mortem with David Wearing 18.07.2026 1t 5min

  David is back to talk to Tom about Thomas Tuchel, the enduring, unearthly brilliance of Messi, and why the Dunkirk spirit that England prize so highly may be what’s holding them back.
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  Every Move You Make- Argentina’s melanin deficiency 15.07.2026 1t 2min

  Tom and Juliet try to make sense of Argentina’s peculiar society, problematic history and unique football culture, delving into Peronism, Black erasure and space Trotskyism. References: https://www.washingtonpost.com/made-by-history/2022/12/08/why-doesnt-argentina-have-more-black-players-world-cup/ Enduring Passions-n Football, Peronism and the politics of national identity in Argentina by Jim O’brien in Football, Politics and Identity (Routlidge 2021)
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  Every Move You Make 13th July: Emmanuel Macron’s Mbappe weirdness 14.07.2026 41min

  ‘Jupiterian’ Thatcherite Emmanuel Macron’s parasitic relationship with Kyllian Mbappe has been a feature of every World Cup from 2018 onwards. Juliet joins Tom to discuss their dynamic and why Macron is so dislikable.
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  Every Move You Make- Spain under and after Franco and Norway resisting the Nazis 11.07.2026 53min

  Juliet is back to talk about Spain, Norway, tonight's England game and Argentina-Switzerland.
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  Every Move You Make- the history and politics of Spanish football 10.07.2026 41min

  Tom takes an off the cuff solo trip through the politically charged history of football in Spain.
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  Every Move You Make- the climate World Cup with Mark Doidge 09.07.2026 1t 6min

  Academic, author and great lad Mark Doidge joins Tom for a conversation that starts with climate then sprawls gloriously to cover everything from FIFA and globalisation to food banks and plastic fans.
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  Every Move You Make- Narcoball 07.07.2026 49min

  Narcoball author David Arrowsmith joins to talk about football’s role in Colombia’s cartel wars and why Pablo Escobar wore football boots on the school run.
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  Every Move You Make- Balogun’s red card versus treatment of Iran 07.07.2026 24min

  Tom contrasts the Balogun affair with what was effectively a sporting penalty for Iran, plus Mexico-England thoughts.
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  Every Move You Make- Congolese-born Jude Wanga talks about the dilemmas of the diasporas, plus nostalgia for Sepp Blatter’s old-school corruption 05.07.2026 1t 6min

  Writer and human rights campaigner Jude Wanga joins Tom to discuss being born in Congo and her experience of returning there to make a documentary, divided loyalties and footballing reparations.
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  Every Move You Make- pundits 04.07.2026 1t 18min

  Tom is joined for a profoundly silly episode by childhood friend and comedy genius Tom James. The story of the Dassler beef, Olivier Giroud’s inner loneliness, ridiculous PMC shoes, what Mark Pougatch might think of Malcolm X, and the need to embrace the glorious silliness of the beautiful game.
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  Every Move You Make- Ball in the USA 03.07.2026 24min

  Tom gives you the TLDR of US football history, offers a bit of political analysis of it, then tells the to-be-continued story of football in Egypt.