5 Live's World Football Phone-in
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Expert answers to your questions in World Football: The Phone-in from BBC Radio 5 Live's Up All Night programme.
Episodes
Don’t mention the VAR
4/23/2024
Dotun and Legendinho Tim are joined by Hallam Brazil Seth Bennett for lively conversation about the burning topics of the moment. Are Nottingham Forest really at the wrong end of VAR officiating more than other teams -- and is it unreasonable to expect elite players to play at the highest level three times a week? Plus - why it’s play-off pain for one aspiring EFL club due to uncertainty over the future of their stadium; and the remarkable story of the women footballers serving the war effort on the home front during the First World War
Duration:02:41:23
Who will win the Premier League and what team does the pope support?
4/15/2024
Dotun Adebayo, Tim Vickery and Maher Mezahi answer your football questions. Subjects include who they think will win the Premier League and what team does the pope support.
Duration:02:37:08
A Total Eclipse of the Teenagers
4/8/2024
Dotun and Tim are joined by Paul 'Galatasarahs' Sarahs to talk about teenage phenomenons and more in this weeks edition of the WFPI.
This podcast may include unexpected Bonnie Tyler.
Duration:02:38:33
Dotun and Tim are joined by the Springbokker Junior, Mark Gleeson to talk football.
4/1/2024
Dotun and Tim are joined by the Springbokker Junior, Mark Gleeson to talk football.
And why do you follow the club that you support? Is it parents? Is it geography? Or is it just luck?
Duration:02:34:34
Into the valleys
3/26/2024
Dotun and Tim are joined by Mark Machado in this edition of the WFPI. How are England shaping up ahead of Euros, and will Wales be joining them? And it's a shirtname for Petula in Ammanford. What will it be?
Duration:02:33:01
Dotun and Tim are joined from Berlin by our Europe expert, Mark Meadows
3/19/2024
In this edition Dotun and Tim are joined from Berlin by our Europe expert, Mark Meadows. And we learn the difference between knowledge and wisdom: knowledge says that a tomato is a fruit, but wisdom says don't put it in a fruit salad. And how do you pronounce Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch? Petula from Ammanford shows the guys how it's done. This is a show about football, honest.
Duration:02:34:11
Elegance and grace - and we're not talking about Dotun & Tim
3/12/2024
Elegance and grace under fire and flashy players are just some of the threads in the great tapestry of football that Dotun, Tim (in the studio!) and Maher - in Algeria - pull at tonight.
Duration:02:27:17
World Football Phone-In
3/4/2024
Dotun and Tim are joined by Mark Gleeson, the Springbocca Junior, to talk about football here and abroad
Coming back at halftime, how do you do it? What's the secret? And can you build a winning team around one player?
Please be aware, Dr Dre may feature in this podcast.
Duration:02:33:51
5 Live's World Football Phone-in
2/28/2024
5 Live's World Football Phone-in
Duration:02:35:10
AFCON aftermath and were you there for the final whistle?
2/12/2024
Dotun and Tim are joined by Mark Machado to look at the aftermath of Ivory Coast's "surprise" win over Nigeria in the African Cup of Nations Final in the Olympic Stadium of Ebimpé. And Arsenal handed West Ham a 6-nil drubbing at the weekend. Would you have stayed for the full 90 minutes? Does a real fan quit the stand?
That and more in this week's edition.
Duration:02:32:07
Africa Cup of Nations - Part 3
2/6/2024
Dotun and Tim are joined by North African football expert, Maher Mezahi to talk about AFCoN and more besides. Is international football about the games or about the friends we made along the way? For well travelled Brian in Coventry it is the friends AND the football. And will the real Roger Miller please stand up?
Duration:02:32:50
Departures, upsets and surprises
1/29/2024
As the African Cup of Nations moves into its final phases Dotun, Tim and Mark 'Viva Mark Vegas' Meadows talk about the prospects for the teams still in the contest, reflect on Jurgen Klopp's departure from Liverpool and tales of underdogs.
Duration:02:20:05
African Cup of Nations
1/15/2024
As the African Cup of Nations builds up a head of steam Dotun and Tim are joined by our North African football expert, Maher Mezahi to take a look at the runners and riders. Could we be heading for an upset? Too early to tell. And are players spending to much time planning their goal celebrations?
Duration:02:32:41
RIP "Der Kaiser"
1/8/2024
Mark Machado joins Dotun and Tim to talk football and reflect on the passing of Franz Beckenbauer. What made 'Der Kaiser' such a special player anf is it the end of an era? And it's a shirtname for Brenda in West Sussex. What could it be?
Duration:02:34:03
WFPI - Heartburn? Songburn? What does it mean?
11/27/2023
Dotun and Tim are joined by African football expert Maher Mezahi to talk about all things football. And has anyone ever seen Tim and Terry Venables in the same room? So. Many. Questions.
Duration:02:34:47
Trouble for Spurs, the Copa América final and a shirtname for Marcela
11/6/2023
Dotun and Tim are joined by journalist Marcela More Y Araujo in Buenos Aires to talk about Monday night's game at White Hart Lane, the Copa América and more besides.
And it's a shirtname for Marcela. Can you remember the rules?
Duration:02:34:18
When Cody and Jamie met Dotun, Tim, Leo and Patrick
10/31/2023
Dotun and Tim are joined by Superfans Patrick and Leo and we get reaction to Messi's lifting of the Men's Ballon d'Or for an eighth time, and try to find out which player was the most valuable import into the British game. They also discuss exactly how we should be pronouncing "Van Gogh".
Duration:02:32:30
Football, friendlies and more besides
10/16/2023
This week Dotun and Tim are joined by North African football expert, Maher Mezahi and Ifem "Iffy" Onjura, former professional footballer who's now the head of race, equality, and inclusion for the Premier League. In the shadow of the attacks in Brussels we're talking about football, friendlies and more besides. And it's time for Linda in Cambridge to win her spurs.
Duration:02:30:07
How do solve a problem like... V.A.R.?
10/2/2023
Dotun and Tim are joined by the Springboca Junior, Mark Gleeson, to talk about the VAR fiasco that's overshadowed the Liverpool - Tottenham game at the weekend. Time for a change to the way the game is referrered? Or do players and managers need to get with the programme?
Duration:02:34:26
The Return of the Brass
9/25/2023
Dotun is joined by Tim Vivkery, Mark Meadows and Andy Brassell.
Duration:02:32:09