Festival of Football Billy Harvey

In the latest episode of the Festival of Football Podcast we discuss Nuno's appointment as Spurs manager and the round of 16 games in Euro 2020. 

The lads started talking about the recent appointment of Nuno Espirto Santo as the new Tottenham Hotspur manager. Henry actually called this on a previous podcast and Billy didn't like the idea then. He still wasn't best pleased with the appointment, especially if Nuno brings all of his old players with him. The last thing Billy wanted was Neves, Adama and Jimenez turning up at Spurs. Henry felt Nuno could even be gone by xmas if results dont go his way, something no Spurs fan would be surprised. Its fair to say Nuno was not Levy's first choice but the fans would have to just get behind him now. 

As part of this discussion the boys then spoke about Rafa at Everton and Arsenal transfers woes. Will Rafa be a success at Everton? Listen to find out the lads views. 

The lads then went on to discuss the round of 16 games from the Euros. The results were,


England 2 0 Germany FT
Sweden 1 2 Ukraine AET
Croatia 3 5 Spain AET
France 3 3 Switzerland AET Switzerland win 5-4 on penalties.
Netherlands 0 2 Czech Republic FT
Belgium 1 0 Portugal FT
Wales 0 4 Denmark FT
Italy 2 1 Austria AET

The main talking point was around the England vs Germany game. Both lads had bad memories of facing the Germans at major competitions. However this as different with England coming out on top and deserving to win. Goals from Sterling & Kane sealing a historic win over the arch enemy. 

Listen in to hear the full discussion. 




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In this episode of the Festival of Football podcast we discuss, 


The Euros so far
West Ham's greatest ever 11

We first discuss Euro 2020 and the dramatic scenes around Christian Eriksen. We both wish Eriksen well and speedy recovery. 

Next we discuss our greatest ever West Ham United XI. With legends in the team such as Di Canio, Moore, Defoe, Lampard, Noble etc.  


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The countdown to UEFA EURO 2020 is well and truly on, with 24 teams set to vie for the trophy between 11 June and 11 July.

Group A: Turkey, Italy, Wales, Switzerland
Group B: Denmark, Finland, Belgium, Russia
Group C: Netherlands, Ukraine, Austria, North Macedonia
Group D: England, Croatia, Scotland, Czech Republic
Group E: Spain, Sweden, Poland, Slovakia
Group F: Hungary, Portugal, France, Germany

In this special Euro 2020 episode we cover all the build up to the summers biggest tournament. 

Please note this episode was filmed before the England squad announcement.  


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In episode 8 we discuss,


Managerial Merry Go Round
Transfer Rumours

We talk about all the Premier League clubs without managers and who they are likely to appoint. More focus on Spurs as you would expect from the lads. 

We also discussed the transfer rumours for both Spurs and West Ham. 

Listen in to hear the latest news and views from Billy & Henry. 


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In this podcast we are joined by a special guest, Matthew Tacey to discuss, 


Weekend Roundup
Champions League Final Build Up
The England Provisional squad for the Euro's

First we welcomed Matthew to the pod and we discussed the weekend results. The results were, 


Arsenal 2-0 Brighton  Emirates Stadium, London
Aston Villa 2-1 Chelsea  Villa Park, Birmingham
Fulham 0-2 Newcastle  Craven Cottage, London
Leeds 3-1 West Brom  Elland Road, Leeds
Leicester 2-4  Spurs  King Power Stadium, Leicester
Liverpool 2-0 Crystal Palace  Anfield, Liverpool
Man City 5-0 Everton  Etihad Stadium, Manchester
Sheffield Utd 1-0 Burnley  Bramall Lane, Sheffield
West Ham 3-0 Southampton  London Stadium, London
Wolves 1-2 Man Utd  Molineux Stadium, Wolverhampton

We discussed in more details the Chelsea, Tottenham and West Ham games. Henry being very excited to finish above Spurs for the first time in many, many years. Which lead West Ham to to qualify for the Europa League next season. At least this time that cant draw Asta Gugu. Matthew also reflected on Chelsea season and thanked Spurs for doing Chelsea a favour in beating Leicester so they could secure another season of champions league football. 

Up next we spoke about the upcoming Champions League final with Chelsea and Man City.  Matt felt that if Kante and Mendy were both fit that they stood a good chance of winning against Man City and reminded us that they had turned City over the past two times they played each other. Henry felt the game was a 60/40 split in the favour of Man City but conceded anything could happen in the game. Billy still felt it was City's to lose and even went as far as saying it could be the most boring final yet with City just strangling the game. 

We then went on to discuss the England provisional squad announced by Gareth Southgate. See the full team below, 

Goalkeepers: Dean Henderson (Manchester United), Sam Johnstone (West Brom), Jordan Pickford (Everton), Aaron Ramsdale (Sheffield United)

Defenders: Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), Ben Chilwell (Chelsea), Conor Coady (Wolves), Ben Godfrey (Everton), Reece James (Chelsea), Harry Maguire (Manchester United), Tyrone Mings (Aston Villa), Luke Shaw (Manchester United), John Stones (Manchester City), Kieran Trippier (Atletico Madrid), Kyle Walker (Manchester City), Ben White (Brighton).

Midfielders: Jude Bellingham (Borussia Dortmund), Phil Foden (Manchester City), Jack Grealish (Aston Villa), Jordan Henderson (Liverpool), Jesse Lingard (Manchester United), Mason Mount (Chelsea), Kalvin Phillips (Leeds), Declan Rice (West Ham), Bukayo Saka (Arsenal) Jadon Sancho (Borussia Dortmund), James Ward-Prowse (Southampton).

Forwards: Dominic Calvert-Lewin (Everton), Mason Greenwood (Manchester United), Harry Kane (Tottenham), Marcus Rashford (Manchester United), Raheem Sterling (Manchester City), Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa).

Tune in to find out our thoughts and more on this squad.





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In this episode of the podcast we talk about,


The weekend Roundup 
The players we would take to the Euros

We started off taking about the weekend games that included the following results, 


Newcastle 3-4 Man City
Burnley 0-4 Leeds  
Southampton 3-1 Fulham 
Brighton 1-1 West Ham
Crystal Palace 3-2 Aston Villa 
Spurs 2-0 Wolves 
West Brom 1-2 Liverpool
Everton 0-1 Sheffield Utd

We started off by looking at the Friday night in for Man City against Newcastle in a crazy game. Scott Carson making his debut in the City goal just so he could get a winners medal. His first Premier League appearance in 10 years, crazy. 

We then briefly went through the Leeds game and Billy getting the prediction of a 3-0 Leeds win almost right. Leeds being a far superior team to Burnley on the day. Southampton also beating Fulham in a nothing game. 

One of the big shocks of the weekend was West Ham drawing against Brighton and they now could miss out on European football after such a strong season. Henry mentioned he could not take the suspense of the season as he was not used to having these issues being a West Ham fan. Something he wanted to get to know more but didn't know if he could handle. 

Spurs also sprung a surprise on Billy winning against Wolves, a game in which Spurs dominated from start to finish. Billy would be happy if we finished in the top six and got the Europa League. However he did not want Ryan Mason in charge of the club next season. Even in somehow they managed to get top 4. 

Liverpool through up and interesting topic too, their goalkeeper scored a last minute winner in their game against West Brom. The lads then talked about other keepers who had done the same thing. 

We also spoke about Everton's shock defeat against the already relegated Sheffield Utd, meaning it was likely they would miss out on European football. Doing both Spurs and West Ham a huge favour. 

In the last section of the podcast we spoke about the 26 men we would take to the Euros in the summer. Listen in to find out who we would take, there is some real shockers in there. 

 




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