Ultimate Football Heroes Podcast

Bonnier Books & Stripped Media

Welcome to the Ultimate Football Heroes Podcast! The official show inspired by the Ultimate Football Heroes books! Hosted by Issy (goalkeeper, West Ham superfan) and George (striker, Forest loyalist, and a fountain of football trivia), we’re here to celebrate everything brilliant about football on the pitch and in your own garden. Every Tuesday, we’ll bring you fresh football stories, weird facts, games, and plenty of laughs. From your favourite teams and legendary players to the matches you play and the birthday parties you celebrate, this podcast is all about you the fans, the dreamers, and the heroes making football special. Got a cool match report? Birthday shoutout? Something brilliant, bonkers or just downright football you want to tell us?  Drop us an email at ufhpodcast@gmail.com we could feature your story in an upcoming episode! Fancy even more football goodness? Check out our website for the books, bonus content and more at https://heroesfootball.com/books/podcast/. Subscribe now and let’s kick off together, the Ultimate Football Heroes Podcast is your place for the beautiful game!

  1. 1d ago

    Jude Bellingham: How a Non-League Dad Built England's Record-Breaker (Exclusive Audiobook Chapter)

    Issy and George share an exclusive chapter from the Ultimate Football Heroes audiobook on Jude Bellingham. One of the five best players of the 2026 World Cup. First, the numbers. Bellingham scored seven goals and got an assist across 616 minutes at the tournament, the most an English player has ever managed at a major finals. Gary Lineker and Harry Kane both stopped at six. Alan Shearer got five at the Euros. Even the Lionesses' record-setters, Ellen White in 2019 and Beth Mead at Euro 2022, topped out at six. Jude got seven. Then comes the chapter itself: "Hagley's Next Football Hero." Long before the Bernabeu and the World Cup, there was a five-year-old boy on a muddy touchline in the West Midlands, watching his dad. Mark Bellingham was a policeman Monday to Saturday and a goal machine on Sundays, a sharp-shooting non-league striker who banged in 47 goals in 47 games for Leamington, firing the club into the Southern League Premier Division for the first time in 24 years. This is the story of how young Jude went from a boy who would rather pick the ball up and throw it, to a boy who had well and truly caught the football bug. Want the rest of the story? The full audiobook, Ultimate Football Heroes: Bellingham, is out now on all major platforms, including Audible and Spotify. And you can still buy the book the old-fashioned way, from all good bookshops. The Ultimate Football Heroes books are the bestselling football biography series for kids, over 50 titles covering everyone from Messi and Ronaldo to Aitana Bonmati and Lauren James. Find them wherever you buy books. Got something to say? Send us a voice note or an email at ufh@stripped.media. Name, age, who you support, joke if you've got one. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

  2. 4d ago

    World Cup 2026 Final: Spain Win It, England Take Bronze!

    That's a wrap on the World Cup! Spain are world champions after beating Argentina in the final, which means Lionel Messi's last World Cup ends just short. England didn't quite make it, losing a nervy semi-final to Argentina, but Issy and George celebrate a bronze medal and England's best World Cup in 60 years after a bonkers 6-4 win over France in the third-place play-off. They crown Kylian Mbappe's Golden Boot, salute Cape Verde's 40-year-old goalkeeper as the story of the tournament, and finally finish their Ultimate World Cup XI - Barcelona's young star Pau Cubarsi takes the last spot, with Bukayo Saka on the bench for "UFH United". The prediction game finished dead level, so the whole series comes down to rock, paper, scissors. Thank you for every prediction and voice note all summer long. Who's in YOUR Ultimate XI? Send it to ufh@stripped.media (ask a grown-up first!). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

  3. Jul 14

    England vs Argentina: We Put Messi in OUR Team! | World Cup 2026

    England are into the World Cup semi-finals! Issy and George look back at the win over Norway, hear how a festival gave Issy a new lucky superstition, and level the prediction game at 4-4 with two games left. The Golden Boot race has gone bonkers: Mbappe and Messi both on eight goals, Harry Kane and Jude Bellingham one good night from an England record. Then things get cheeky: the Ultimate World Cup XI switches to three at the back so Youri Tielemans AND Lionel Messi can squeeze into midfield... days before England face Messi's Argentina for a place in the final. Plus both hosts back France against Spain, just with different scores, so the prediction game could still swing. There's an Ultimate Football Heroes audiobook up for grabs: send your score prediction to ufh@stripped.media (ask a grown-up first!). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

  4. Jul 7

    England vs Norway: Can ANYONE Stop Haaland? | World Cup 2026 Podcast

    England are into the World Cup 2026 quarter-finals, Haaland knocks out Brazil, and the Golden Boot race has never been closer! Issy and George relive an all-time classic against Mexico and look ahead to Saturday's quarter-final against Norway. In this episode: - England 3-2 Mexico: one of the best games we have ever seen - Norway knock out Brazil: how do you stop Erling Haaland? - Golden Boot: Mbappe, Messi and Haaland all on seven goals (a World Cup first) - Cape Verde, heroes of the World Cup - Build the Ultimate Team: Haaland AND Kane join our XI (that's 8 of 11!) - Predictions: France v Morocco in the quarter-final Send us your predictions and voice notes: ufh@stripped.media Find the Ultimate Football Heroes books: https://heroesfootball.com/books/podcast/ New episode every Tuesday. Hosted by Issy and George. Produced by Bonnier Books and Stripped Media. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

  5. Jun 26

    Mbappe & Declan Rice Join Our Ultimate Team, Plus Messi Makes History!

    Declan Rice and Kylian Mbappe join our Ultimate World Cup Team, Messi makes history, and it's prediction time! Issy and George are back for World Cup 2026, building the best XI in the world one pick at a time. In this episode: - Build the Ultimate Team: Issy picks Declan Rice in midfield, George takes Kylian Mbappe on the wing (that's 6 of 11!) - Messi makes history: Leo turns 39 and becomes the all-time World Cup top scorer - England 0-0 Ghana, and Scotland fall 3-0 to Brazil - Predictions: both hosts call Croatia v Ghana Send us your predictions and voice notes: ufh@stripped.media Find the Ultimate Football Heroes books: https://heroesfootball.com/books/podcast/ New episode every Tuesday. Hosted by Issy and George. Produced by Bonnier Books and Stripped Media. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

  6. Jun 19

    England 4-2 Croatia, Cape Verde Stun Spain & Messi's Hat-Trick

    The World Cup is up and running, and so are England. Issy and George break down a cagey first half and a frankly unbelievable second half as England beat Croatia 4-2, including Harry Kane's penalty (taken twice, thanks to encroachment), a Jude Bellingham goal, and a man-of-the-match shift from Elliot Anderson up against Luka Modric. Then it's the big Round One report card: Cape Verde's 40-year-old goalkeeper holding Spain on their World Cup debut, Messi's hat-trick, Germany's seven-goal statement and a flying France. The hosts get into the Messi v Ronaldo debate, reveal the Brazil v Morocco prediction result (George leads 2-0), and George reports back from the World Cup in America. We add Virgil van Dijk and Vinicius Jr to our Ultimate World Cup XI, check in on the sweepstake (good news if you have Scotland), and lock in this week's prediction: Norway v Senegal, with Erling Haaland tipped for the Golden Boot. Send us a voice note or an email at ufh@stripped.media. Read more about the players in the Ultimate Football Heroes books, the bestselling football biography series for kids: https://heroesfootball.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

  7. Jun 12

    The Big Draw: What’s Your World Cup 2026 Team?

    The World Cup is finally here, and your team has already been picked for you. Issy and George kick off the Ultimate Football Heroes World Cup podcast with the Big Draw: your birthday month decides which country you cheer for all tournament, and everyone gets Scotland as a bonus team. Plus the first picks for our ultimate team, Messi’s record-breaking last World Cup, the thin air of Mexico City, and the smallest nation ever to reach a World Cup. Want to win an Ultimate Football Heroes audiobook? Get a grown-up to record a voice note with your name, where you’re from, the team your birthday gave you, and who you think will win the World Cup. Send it to ufh@stripped.media. Everyone who sends one goes into this week’s draw. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

  8. May 26

    Season Finale! Issy Wins The Title, West Ham Go Down & We're Off To The World Cup | UFH Ep28

    This is it - the season-one finale. Arsenal are champions (and apparently have 300 million new fans overnight), and the final day settled the relegation battle. Issy was there to see West Ham go down - with a record: West Ham now hold two of the three highest points totals ever for a relegated team. Big commiserations to all the Hammers fans. Then the big one: the prediction game that's run all season comes down to the final weekend, and the final week counts DOUBLE. Issy went in five points clear on 31, George on 26. In the Women's Champions League final in Oslo, Barcelona thumped OL Lyonnes 4-0 - both hosts called the Barcelona win, two points each. Then Spurs beat Everton 1-0 on Premier League final day - George nailed the exact score for four doubled points, but it wasn't quite enough. Final score: Issy 33, George 32. Issy is your season-one champion by a single point. We hear from Harry, a brilliant Crystal Palace fan, dig into Thomas Tuchel's punchy England squad (Trent, Foden, Palmer and Gibbs-White all left out), play Football by Numbers: The Premier League Edition, and send the season off in style. This is the last episode of the season, but it is absolutely not goodbye - the Ultimate Football Heroes Podcast is going to the World Cup. Tell your mates! Get a grown-up to help you send a voice note or email to ufhpodcast@gmail.com. Read the books: Ultimate Football Heroes, the bestselling football biography series for kids - over 50 titles, wherever you buy books. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Welcome to the Ultimate Football Heroes Podcast! The official show inspired by the Ultimate Football Heroes books! Hosted by Issy (goalkeeper, West Ham superfan) and George (striker, Forest loyalist, and a fountain of football trivia), we’re here to celebrate everything brilliant about football on the pitch and in your own garden. Every Tuesday, we’ll bring you fresh football stories, weird facts, games, and plenty of laughs. From your favourite teams and legendary players to the matches you play and the birthday parties you celebrate, this podcast is all about you the fans, the dreamers, and the heroes making football special. Got a cool match report? Birthday shoutout? Something brilliant, bonkers or just downright football you want to tell us?  Drop us an email at ufhpodcast@gmail.com we could feature your story in an upcoming episode! Fancy even more football goodness? Check out our website for the books, bonus content and more at https://heroesfootball.com/books/podcast/. Subscribe now and let’s kick off together, the Ultimate Football Heroes Podcast is your place for the beautiful game!

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  • Creator
    Bonnier Books & Stripped Media
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    36

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