On The Left Side

There are noise complaints for Spurs, partly because of Mr Go Compare at the launch of the brand new Tottenham stadium. But are they really the greatest team the world have ever seen? Or just the best sound system you ever heard? It should be for a billion quid. And Mike Dean has been stealing the limelight again, making it 100 red cards with Ashley Young. But we were disappointed he didn't celebrate with a special shirt or post-match interview. So we wrote him a song.... -------------------- On The Left Side is written and produced by Ant McGinley and Jim Salveson. If you want to join the team drop us a line to  This episode also features vocals from Alex Whiteley  The theme tune is written and performed by Katalina Kicks and appears with their kind permission.  Other music in this episode is produced in house or appears under creative commons license 1.0 including the Final Can Can section from the overture to Jacques Offenbach's opera Orpheus in the Underworld via Musopen. SFX made in-house and from   Foll

We celebrate the end of the international break and a crazy world that forks out nearly half a million for something that spent a bit of time in Alex Ferguson's gob. Meanwhile, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer finally got his old job at Manchester United, but LVG is not impressed. Across Manchester, Raheem Sterling proved himself worthy of being footballer of the year on and off the pitch after more racist chanting in Montenegro, but his gaffer Pep Guardiola might just have the answer. Unlike the FA, who just had an expensive rebrand instead.  ------------------- On The Left Side is written and produced by Ant McGinley and Jim Salveson. If you want to join the team drop us a line to  This episode also features vocals from Alex Whiteley  The theme tune is written and performed by Katalina Kicks and appears with their kind permission.  Other music in this episode is produced in house or appears under creative commons license 1.0 including Kevin Mcleod - Schmetterling SFX made in-house and from   Follow us on twitter @onthe

The international break is usually just filled with made up countries, transfer rumours and negative stories about Raheem Sterling, but after he got another Hattrick, the papers had to find other stories. And so we ended up with a week filled with Footballing hostages, angry Celtic fans and a terrifying plan to clone CR7. ------------------- On The Left Side is written and produced by Ant McGinley and Jim Salveson. If you want to join the team drop us a line to  This episode also features vocals from Alex Whiteley  The theme tune is written and performed by Katalina Kicks and appears with their kind permission.  Other music in this episode is produced in house or appears under creative commons license 1.0 and 3.0 including Steffen Daum On Top Of The Mountain. SFX made in-house and from   Follow us on twitter @ontheleftside And Instagram via @ontheleftsidepod

After a pitch invader punched player Jack Grealish last week, the funny football show explores some of the more extreme suggestions for dealing with it in future. Meanwhile, nobody is getting excited about the international break except perhaps Declan Rice and his passport collection. And while Jurgen Klopp takes aim at the weather once again, Big Sam Allardyce complains about, well, about everything. ------------------- On The Left Side is written and produced by Ant McGinley and Jim Salveson. If you want to join the team drop us a line to  This episode also features vocals from Alex Whiteley  The theme tune is written and performed by Katalina Kicks and appears with their kind permission.  SFX made in-house and from    Follow us on twitter @ontheleftside And Instagram via @ontheleftsidepod

After that comeback, everybody is asking what the rules for penalties actually are, but more importantly, we have a brand new chant for referees, but it may be eclipsed by the next one for Solskjaer. Meanwhile, United's ex Jose looks to be on the rebound, and Leeds United FC TV seems to be as technically competent as a Paris VAR room. ------------------- On The Left Side is written and produced by Ant McGinley and Jim Salveson. If you want to join the team drop us a line to  This episode also features vocals from Alex Whiteley  The theme tune is written and performed by Katalina Kicks and appears with their kind permission.  SFX made in-house and from    Follow us on twitter @ontheleftside And Instagram via @ontheleftsidepod

Ranieri and Puel are out of a job, and Brendan Rodgers has swopped the hoops for the strong character of Leicester City. It's easy to find lots of people upset by this, but tough to get even the new foxes boss sounding happy. And as Man City return to the top of the table, we ask how much Bernardo Silva weighs, and for once we are not fat shaming. Not him anyway. -------------------- On The Left Side is written and produced by Ant McGinley and Jim Salveson. If you want to join the team drop us a line to  This episode also features vocals from John Walker and Alex Whiteley  The theme tune is written and performed by Katalina Kicks and appears with their kind permission.  SFX made in-house and from    Follow us on twitter @ontheleftside And Instagram via @ontheleftsidepod

Jim is back with less cash than United have after working out how much Alexis Sanchez is costing them, but Solksjaer is optimistic, or maybe just hungry. Also saving money are West Ham fans, just a shame they can't see much. Meanwhile, Chelsea fans were upset even before they lost the Carabao Cup Final and Liverpool fans seem a little confused.   -------------------- On The Left Side is written and produced by Ant McGinley and Jim Salveson. If you want to join the team drop us a line to  This episode also features vocals from Alex Whiteley  The theme tune is written and performed by Katalina Kicks and appears with their kind permission.  SFX made in-house and from    Follow us on twitter @ontheleftside And Instagram via @ontheleftsidepod

Alex Boardman comes off the subs bench to bring us the latest funny football: Mourinho is back with his own chat show on Russia Today, while Aaron Ramsey signs for Juventus and Spurs spank Dortmund. And we take a moment to reflect on the greatest save ever. -------------------- On The Left Side is written and produced by Ant McGinley and Jim Salveson. If you want to join the team drop us a line to  This episode also features vocals from Alex Whiteley and Ben Nickless The theme tune is written and performed by Katalina Kicks and appears with their kind permission. This show includes music courtesy of freePD.com licensed  Public Domain Dedication. SFX made in-house and from    Follow us on twitter @ontheleftside And Instagram via @ontheleftsidepod

This week we learn an important lesson - namely that selfies should be of your face AND NO OTHER BODY PART!!! And we have Alan Hardy to thank for that. Elsewhere Jurgen Klopp manages to pull out even more excuses and wonder if John Barnes really is the right man to stand up for Liam Neeson and all the poor defenceless racists out there. -------------------- On The Left Side is written and produced by Ant McGinley and Jim Salveson. If you want to join the team drop us a line to  This episode also features vocals from Alex Whiteley The theme tune is written and performed by Katalina Kicks and appears with their kind permission. This show includes music courtesy of freePD.com licensed  Public Domain Dedication. SFX made in-house and from    Follow us on twitter @ontheleftside And instagram via @ontheleftsidepod

Jim bemoans the death of transfer deadline day and gets all nostalgic, while Jurgen sees snow for the first time and we bust out another song...  -------------------- On The Left Side is written and produced by Ant McGinley and Jim Salveson. If you want to join the team drop us a line to  This episode also features Alex Whiteley of Shrewsbury and Phillip Lanos in Los Angeles. The theme tune is written and performed by Katalina Kicks and appears with their kind permission. This show includes music courtesy of freePD.com licensed  Public Domain Dedication. SFX made in-house and from    Follow us on twitter @ontheleftside And instagram via @ontheleftsidepod

He might not have a proper football job but people are still giving Jose a platform to spout nonsense. And change the past, like a rubbish version of Marty McFly. Meanwhile, Paul Pogba gets it in the neck again, we pay homage to Monty Python and is Frank Lampard about to assemble the worlds greatest OAP team ever? -------------------- On The Left Side is written and produced by Ant McGinley and Jim Salveson. If you want to join the team drop us a line to  The theme tune is written and performed by Katalina Kicks and appears with their kind permission. This show includes music courtesy of freePD.com licensed  Public Domain Dedication. SFX made in-house and from    Follow us on twitter @ontheleftside And instagram via @ontheleftsidepod

You'd almost be forgiven for thinking kicking a ball was the least important thing in football this week as the news continued to be dominated by Leeds and Spygate and weirdly, Microsoft powerpoint. We also meet the man behind the man who has scored over 800 goals for Celtic... If you want to find out more about the Campaign Against Living Miserably then use this link   And you can like our world record Pep egg on Instagram via @ontheleftsidepod -------------------- On The Left Side is written and produced by Ant McGinley and Jim Salveson. If you want to join the team drop us a line to  The theme tune is written and performed by Katalina Kicks and appears with their kind permission. This show includes music courtesy of freePD.com licensed  Public Domain Dedication. SFX made in-house and from    Follow us on twitter @ontheleftside And instagram via @ontheleftsidepod

This week: A man in a bush causing chaos in the Midlands, Man City are all but through to the Carabao cup final, and Neil Warnock tries to get his slippy hands on some new players for Cardiff.  -------------------- On The Left Side is written and produced by Ant McGinley and Jim Salveson. If you want to join the team drop us a line to  The theme tune is written and performed by Katalina Kicks and appears with their kind permission. This show includes music courtesy of freePD.com licensed  Public Domain Dedication. It also contains a piece of music by Steffen Daum - Between Dragons and Humans which appears under CC3 license SFX made in-house and from    Follow us on twitter @ontheleftside And instagram via @ontheleftsidepod

The new year brings new madness, new humour and more footballing despair   ------------------- On The Left Side is written and produced by Ant McGinley and Jim Salveson. If you want to join the team drop us a line to  The theme tune is written and performed by Katalina Kicks and appears with their kind permission. This show includes music courtesy of freePD.com licensed  Public Domain Dedication. SFX made in-house and from    Follow us on twitter @ontheleftside And instagram via @ontheleftsidepod

In this bumper edition of the show, producer Ant picks out some of the big stories and best bits of how On The Left Side covered football in 2018. Hirings and firings, Winners and Losers, World Cup and Champions League, Technology and Tragedy are all covered here.  --------------- On The Left Side is written and produced by Ant McGinley and Jim Salveson. If you want to join the team drop us a line to  The theme tune is written and performed by Katalina Kicks and appears with their kind permission. This show includes music courtesy of freePD.com licensed  Public Domain Dedication. SFX made in-house and from    Follow us on twitter @ontheleftside And instagram via @ontheleftsidepod

It may be Christmas Eve but football doesn't ever seem to stop so neither do we. In short, United swopped one of the Premier Leagues most successful managers ever for one of their worst and everyone seemed really happy about it. And there were lots of animal metaphors. We're off to buy presents. Merry Christmas and thanks for listening! Ant & Jim   -------------- On The Left Side is written and produced by Ant McGinley and Jim Salveson. If you want to join the team drop us a line to  The theme tune is written and performed by Katalina Kicks and appears with their kind permission. This show includes music courtesy of freePD.com licensed  Public Domain Dedication. SFX made in-house and from    Follow us on twitter @ontheleftside And instagram via @ontheleftsidepod

Warning: This episode contains the use of C word. And we don't mean Chelsea, although you are more likely to hear this particular word at Stamford Bridge than anywhere else. An Instagram post dictated the media discussion this week, as everybody clambered over themselves to ask the question "Is Football Racist?" and struggle to know what to do everytime the answer came back as "Yes" even though Piers Morgan kept saying no. Thankfully we had Pep Guardiola who went all Independence Day as he tried to deal with the problem. ---------------------- On The Left Side is written and produced by Ant McGinley and Jim Salveson. If you want to join the team drop us a line to  The theme tune is written and performed by Katalina Kicks and appears with their kind permission. This show includes music courtesy of freePD.com licensed  Public Domain Dedication. SFX made in-house and from    Follow us on twitter @ontheleftside And instagram via @ontheleftsidepod

While Harry Redknapp was being crowned King of The Jungle for singing My Way, Luka Modric was thanking him as he and Ada Hegerberg picked up the gongs at the Ballon d'Or, or the Martin Solveig Twerk It Out Sexism awards as they will forever be known. On the pitch, football got behind Stonewall by, er, by... actually it wasn't too clear what football did, but we did find out that "LGBTQ community" is possibly the most difficult sentence a dyslexic has ever tried to articulate. -------------- On The Left Side is written and produced by Ant McGinley and Jim Salveson. If you want to join the team drop us a line to  The theme tune is written and performed by Katalina Kicks and appears with their kind permission. This show includes music courtesy of freePD.com licensed  Public Domain Dedication. SFX made in-house and from    Follow us on twitter @ontheleftside And instagram via @ontheleftsidepod

Is football the best way to learn English? What is your manager watching on TV? And how many biscuit puns did the new Macclesfield boss inspire us to? Meanwhile, DJ Jose is smashing water bottles, and we still have no jingles. Plus Rocky, Mariah Carey, Coronation Street, Netflix, and just who is talking to Jurgen Klopp?   -------------- On The Left Side is written and produced by Ant McGinley and Jim Salveson. If you want to join the team drop us a line to  The theme tune is written and performed by Katalina Kicks and appears with their kind permission. This show includes music courtesy of freePD.com licensed  Public Domain Dedication. SFX made in-house and from    Follow us on twitter @ontheleftside And instagram via @ontheleftsidepod

It's all change for the FAI and Eire as Martin O'Neil and Roy Keane were shipped out this week, and Mick McCarthy was brought in for the republic. Meanwhile, Zlatan Ibrahimovic was opening up about life love and football, Harry Redknapp was chowing down in the jungle and N'Golo Kante got in trouble for wanting to pay his taxes. Plus there's X-Factor, B&Q and FIFA fashion in the show that does football like nobody else. ---------------------- On The Left Side is written and produced by Ant McGinley and Jim Salveson. If you want to join the team drop us a line to  The theme tune is written and performed by Katalina Kicks and appears with their kind permission. This show includes music courtesy of freePD.com licensed  Public Domain Dedication. SFX made in-house and from    Follow us on twitter @ontheleftside And instagram via @ontheleftsidepod