Illustrated Game Podcast

This week we've lost Alice to a James Blake concert but gained friend of the podcast Jamie Whitehead as our guest for the evening. Anecdotal Jamie will fill you with facts and wonder, Martin and Phil both talk about football as usual & Joe sings about Di Canio. Joe's favourite quote of this week: "So the homeless are allowed an F.A but women aren't?" Enjoy.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We're joined today by Hugo, James & Greg from friendly football blog The False Nine (thefalsenine.co.uk). Martin, Phil & Alice feature as usual, along with a special appearance from Alice's friend Greg (confusing, I know). We discuss Wayne Rooney, Arsenal's new look and the Champion's League as well as all the usual features including a 'Holloway Hollers' and a couple of songs. Enjoy!  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Joined this week by Pete Starr the media brains of MatchPint.com, the T.I.G team discuss ex-East 17 member Brian Harvey, Rogue YouTube viewers, Bill Withers and Knobhead points. There's two songs (one magnificently better than the other) and a awful lot of fake laughing.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Joe & Alice return this week, bringing with them two very special guests. Elliott Quince (also known as Sweden's 8th funniest stand-up Olof Felafal)joins us as does one of two T.I.G mums! Welcome Debi Devine. This week we talk Ozil, Fellaini and Bale - there's two songs and a "Holloway Hollers". Listen carefully to find out why we're "Going to fuck the ghost out of you".  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Joe & Alice are away celebrating their mother's 50th birthday (with their mother, of course) so the reins are left in the capable hands of Richard from Richard's Corner! Joined as usual by Martin Race and Philippe "Philfen" Fenner, the guest this week is Martin's wife Vicki! Thankfully she stepped in at late notice after a cancellation so we thank her for her stellar, saviour's performance. We talk Bale, Cardiff and United this week. There's a "Holloway Hollers", just the one song and plenty of fun in an excellent guest section.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week host Joe Devine also plays the guest in a confusing and wildly interpretive episode. He is joined as usual by Philippe "Philfen" Fenner, Martin Race and Alice Devine. The talk is football, as football has actually happened - but also robots, paedos (standard) and rice. All in all it's obviously well worth listening to. Do not hesitate.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Get Goal Side stole my quiche. Please enjoy this week's episode. Two songs, a 'Holloway Hollers', one joke and a rousing of football talk. More swearing than normal, apologies.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week we're joined by football blogging football player extraordinaire duo Bobby and Theo from Get Goal Side. This is their second time on T.I.G Podcast Weekly and they were just delighted. There's two songs, dingbats, a 'Holloway Hollers', Alex Netheron and his ruthless emails return in 'Memo from Head Office' - and of course some football chat.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

First and foremost - apologies to all for some minor sound issues (e.g. the slight phone buzz occasionally), some belljob forgot to put their phone on airplane mode hence the annoying noise. Not throughout, please don't stop listening! Nicholas Thompson returns as a guest for the second time on T.I.G Podcast Weekly. He brings with him some eagerly awaited news concerning developments in the theatre world, obviously. We chat Bale, United and Celebrity - as well as a special new guest section, a couple of songs and the return of the marvelously successful 'Holloway Hollers' bit.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The T.I.G podcast returns after a little summer holiday. Now co-produced by Surreal Football, there's a new emphasis on not cocking up during every episode. Today we're joined by regulars Philippe "Philfen" Fenner, Martin Race and Alice Devine, along with our guest for this evening John Paul McCormack. Our conversation revolves around Wayne Rooney's possible departure, the recent Confed tournament, upcoming World Cup thoughts and of course the oncoming Premier League. Strachan Says has been replaced by Holloway Hollers - plus all the usuals including two songs this week.. TWO, you lucky few...  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This is our last episode of the season. We're joined today, once again by Alex Netherton of Surreal Football. Talking points include the PFA's dispute with Paolo Di Canio, Tony Pulis & Stoke, and some of our best/worst moments of the season. Joe performs a brilliant season round-up song, and a poem about Paul Scholes!  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Today we're joined by Bobby and Theo from the football blog 'Get Goal Side'. There's talk of Sir Alex Ferguson & David Moyes, The F.A Cup final & Wigan's relegation, Mancini's firing and the Championship playoffs - alongside the regular segments there's also another quiz this week! Tune in specifically for the 'Shops first XI'.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Episode 20 - today our guests are ourselves. Crazy, we know. It's our 20th episode, so we had something of a celebration. Clearly our initial topic of conversation is the retirement of Sir Alex Ferguson and the possible appointment of David Moyes. There's also a quiz, and a lovely rendition of Elton John's "Can you feel the love tonight?" though concerning Norwich City's recent demise. All the regs are in, Joe, Phil, Martin, Alice and we're also joined by Kanye - tune in to find out if he's got a job yet..  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Episode 19 - this week our guest is T.I.G writer Johnny Drain. Johnny writes a fortnightly weekend article for us in a series called "Fly on the Ball". They are fantastical, fly on the wall views into the lives of players and managers. Read them. We met him for the first time on the night of the recording, in which we discuss Reading and QPR's doom, Romelu Lukaku, Philippe's grandfather and the baking XI.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Episode 18 - this week we're very pleased to be joined by guests Edward and James Shepherd, fans and season ticket holders at the mighty Spurs. Nicholas Thompson, co-writer of T.I.G's 'Play of the Week' segment makes an appearance to direct this week's play. The play this week is titled "Blood Balls: Loosely Based Upon Interview with the Vampire" - no prizes for guessing the relation to current football topics. As usual, Martin and Philfen are in town and we talk about Champions Manchester United, this years POTY competition, Bayern's demolition of Barcelona and Tottenham's mighty surge for forth.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week's guest is out of work actor Kane Anderson. Lucky for us he's currently staying at T.I.G HQ so it's all worked out rather nicely. Joe's back to restore some grace and eloquence to this once great pod. No Richard this week unfortunately, though the regulars Philippe, Alice and Martin are all here. Chatter concerns Wayne Rooney, Paolo Di Canio and of course the forthcoming Champion's League semi-final ties. There's a new segment, entitled: Play of the Week. If you want to hear us attempt Scottish accents, listen to this podcast. This week's song concerns the notorious Di Canio.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week we are joined by Guest Alex Netherton from Surreal Football - a true pleasure. Martin's back from Japan, where apparently he watched sixty minutes of Japan v Jordan and no other football. Philippe and Alice are here as usual and we're discussing broken hands, women's rights, and the food first eleven.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week T.I.G traveled out of the Waltham Forest borough, all the way to bonnie Islington to record the podcast at the Offside Sports Photography offices! We were joined by Damien Devine and Mark Leech who own and run the company. We chat about what we hate most concerning modern football, some brilliant stories from the olden days (long before my time), and Paul Lambert becomes this evening's musical triumphant.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week on T.I.G podcast weekly our guest is the wonderful James McNicholas from the almighty Gunnerblog. He'll be sitting in to discuss all things Arsenal as well as the rest of the footballing world. Stepping in to replace Mr Martin Race (who is honeymooning) is our old pal Lambros Charalambous. Philfen is back in town after missing out last week and we all get stuck thoroughly down to business. We discuss the away goals rule, overweight podcasters and 'Les Mis' parodies.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week Martin's best friend Alex Musgrove is our guest. There's an unfortunate amount of talk concerning Norwich City, however also some lovely gobble from James Shepherd who stepped in as a replacement for Philfen. We discuss Mark Carrot, Edin Dzeko and most importantly, why the fish stays.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.