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Featuring extended interviews with some of the biggest names in football and in-depth analysis of the latest talking points with Sky Sports' football journalists, dive deeper with the Essential Football podcast.

For Euro 2024, we're bringing you podcasts before and after England and Scotland's fixtures, featuring the best analysis with our Sky Sports pundits and all the news from our reporters in Germany.  

Follow or subscribe today and make sure you don’t miss an episode.

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    • 4.6 • 46 Ratings

Featuring extended interviews with some of the biggest names in football and in-depth analysis of the latest talking points with Sky Sports' football journalists, dive deeper with the Essential Football podcast.

For Euro 2024, we're bringing you podcasts before and after England and Scotland's fixtures, featuring the best analysis with our Sky Sports pundits and all the news from our reporters in Germany.  

Follow or subscribe today and make sure you don’t miss an episode.

    Essential Euros: "It gives us a fighting chance!" Kris Boyd's reaction to Scotland's first point at Euro 2024

    Essential Euros: "It gives us a fighting chance!" Kris Boyd's reaction to Scotland's first point at Euro 2024

    Hayley McQueen and Juliette Ferrington are joined by former striker Kris Boyd to look back on Scotland's 1-1 draw with Switzerland, that keeps alive their Euros 2024 hopes. We also hear from singer-songwriter Nathan Evans who has been out in Germany to play for the Tartan Army.

    Keep across Sky Sports News and skysports.com for all the news, views and interviews from these Euros. 

    • 22 min
    Essential Euros: Bonus Pod! We meet the English coach who swapped coaching at Accrington Stanley for working with Portugal at Euro 2024

    Essential Euros: Bonus Pod! We meet the English coach who swapped coaching at Accrington Stanley for working with Portugal at Euro 2024

    On the day that Portugal begin their Euro 2024 campaign, we meet the 38 year old English coach who has gone from working at Accrington Stanley and Wigan, to coaching the Portuguese national side at the European Championships in Germany.  

    Anthony Barry opens up about his remarkable career to date, that also includes spells at Wigan, Chelsea, Bayern Munich, Ireland and Belgium.  

    Barry discusses coaching global stars like Cristiano Ronaldo, Kevin De Bruyne and Harry Kane, and talks about what it’s like to work alongside managers such as Thomas Tuchel, Frank Lampard and Roberto Martinez.  

    It really is a remarkable story and one interview you won’t want to miss.

    • 27 min
    Essential Euros: "Job done," says Michael Dawson - but how are the nerves? We look back on England's win over Serbia at Euro 2024

    Essential Euros: "Job done," says Michael Dawson - but how are the nerves? We look back on England's win over Serbia at Euro 2024

    It wasn't pretty at times, but Michael Dawson is bringing the positivity as he joins Juliette Ferrington and Hayley McQueen to look back at England's 1-0 win over Serbia in their opening match of Euro 2024. We also speak to the Scotland fan who walked 500 miles.....and walked 500 more....to make it to Germany.

    • 34 min
    Essential Euros: "It was bad, it was very bad!" Boyd on Scotland v Germany, plus England against Serbia preview

    Essential Euros: "It was bad, it was very bad!" Boyd on Scotland v Germany, plus England against Serbia preview

    Former forward Kris Boyd joins Hayley McQueen and Juliette Ferrington to look back on Scotland's defeat to Germany in the opening match of Euro 2024.  We join our Chief Reporter Kaveh Solhekol to get all the latest news from the England camp ahead of their opening match, and journalist Ron Walker is back to cast his eye on the tournament as a whole. We'll talk to you next on Monday, after England play Serbia.  

    • 29 min
    Essential Euros: Preview with Michael Dawson, Kris Boyd & the English coach helping Portugal to Euros success

    Essential Euros: Preview with Michael Dawson, Kris Boyd & the English coach helping Portugal to Euros success

    Hayley McQueen and Juliette Ferrington look ahead to Euro 2024 with former England defender Michael Dawson, ex-Scotland forward Kris Boyd and our Sky Sports News reporters out in Germany, Rob Dorsett and Luke Shanley. 

    Football journalist Ron Walker runs his eye over the draw and picks his tournament favourites. Plus, we hear from Anthony Barry, the English coach who has gone from working at Accrington Stanley and Wigan, via Chelsea, Bayern Munich and Belgium, to coaching Cristiano Ronaldo and Portugal at these Euros. 

    We'll have podcasts before and after all of England and Scotland's fixtures at Euro 2024 - find us on Sky's Essential Football podcast feed. Plus, keep across all the news from Germany on Sky Sports News and skysports.com. 

    • 1 hr 4 min
    Next Up: Ones to watch at the Euros

    Next Up: Ones to watch at the Euros

    Ron, Joe and Zinny are back for our latest Next Up episode to put forward ten players who could have a breakthrough tournament at this summer's European Championships. 

    • 26 min

Customer Reviews

4.6 out of 5
46 Ratings

46 Ratings

Asuperpostie ,

Great show

Think it’s a great show and to win the FA cup would be be fantastic and make Leicester a party city fir weeks 🏆

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@dickiesview ,

Very disappointing

I thought this podcast would be worth a listen based on Sky Sports’ usual standard of football coverage and analysis, but I was sorely mistaken. Statements of the blindingly obvious dressed up as insight, revisionist discussion, and 20/20 hindsight, are all present in abundance.

Also, I accept that advertising is a necessary evil to keep podcasts largely free from subscription fees, but I really don’t appreciate the number of plugs specifically for online betting companies that accompany this one.

One star is all I can give it - can’t imagine listening again to be honest.

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