Where Eagles Dare: Richard Foster & Crystal Palace

For episode three, we were joined by author of 'Premier League Nuggets' and Crystal Palace fan Richard Foster. 

Being an avid Eagles fan, perhaps unsurprisingly Richard chose his dream Crystal Palace team and also made a choice of manager for the team too. 

John Burridge 

Over the course of an almost 30 year career, Burridge (affectionately known as 'Budgie') represented fifteen clubs across all levels of the Football League. During his four match spell with Manchester City in the 1994-1995 season, John became the oldest player to play in the Premier League at the age of 43. 

Aaron Wan-Bissaka 

After his £45 million transfer to Manchester United in the summer of 2019, Aaron Wan-Bissaka became the most expensive player to have never received a full international cap. 

Kenny Sansom 

An England international between 1979 and 1988. Kenny Sansom is the second most capped England full-back (86 caps, 1 goal), only Ashley Cole has played at full-back for the national team on more occasions. 

Wilfried Zaha 

Despite playing for the Ivory Coast in the 2017 and 2019 AFCON competitions, Zaha's senior international debut actually came for England in November 2012 when he came on as a substitute for Raheem Sterling in the 4-2 defeat to Sweden. 

Ian Wright 

Ian Wright is one of only two players (the other being Peter Schmeichel) to have won the Premier League title and then had a son do the same. Ian Wright won the title with Arsenal in 1998 and then his son Shaun Wright-Phillips repeated the feat as a Chelsea player in 2006. 

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World In Motion: Mark Godfrey's Italia 90 Team

For episode two of the podcast we were joined by Mark Godfrey, founder of The Football Pink and host of the excellent podcast Viscera! which tells the story of the Italia 90 World Cup. 

With this in mind, Mark chose his team of the tournament. It's safe to say it would be a lively affair if you came up against these guys at your local five a side pitch. 

Rene Higuita 

Despite being perceived as a lunatic, Higuita was one of the first instances of a 'sweeper keeper' similar to the likes of David De Gea and Ederson today. Rene was also adept at taking set pieces and scored 41 goals over the course of his career, three of which were for Colombia. 

Stuart Pearce

After making the step up from non-league Wealdstone to the First Division with Coventry City and later Nottingham Forest, Pearce could still be found offering his services as an electrician in matchday programmes just in case his footballing career came to an abrupt end. 

Diego Maradona 

In May of 2020, British satellite TV network Sky Sports voted Maradona as the greatest player to have never won the European Cup/Champions League. Diego's only major European honour came in 1989 when he helped Napoli win the UEFA Cup. 

Paul Gascoigne 

'Gazza' was appointed manager of Kettering Town (then of the Conference North) in October 2005, unfortunately his time in charge of The Poppies lasted just 39 days and six games. Under his management, Kettering won two, drew two and lost two. 

Roger Milla 

Despite his advancing age (38 in 1990), Roger Milla went on to play well into his mid-forties, ending his career in Indonesia in 1996. His record of 43 goals in 77 appearances for Cameroon is only bettered by Samuel Eto'o who netted 56 times in 118 appearances between 1997 and 2014. 

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Vincerà! The story of Italia '90A 30th anniversary podcast series celebrating all that was good (and bad) about possibly the most iconic World Cup finals tournament. Released on June 8th, 2020, Vincerà! remembers the summer of 1990...podfollow.com

Rich Nelson's Team Of The 1980s

In episode one of the podcast we were joined by Rich Nelson who fronts the Betamax Video Club podcast and will soon be hosting Magnificent, a show dedicated to 1980s football. 

In keeping with the theme of Rich's podcasts, he decided to choose his team of the decade. 

Harald Schumacher 

Former German international goalkeeper Harald Schumacher became only the third goalkeeper to win the Footballer Of The Year award in Germany when he won the accolade in 1984. 

Hans Tilkowski and Sepp Maier were the only other 'keepers to win the award before Schumacher and Oliver Kahn has been the only custodian to win it since Schumacher's second award in 1986. 

Morten Olsen 

After retiring as a player, Morten Olsen went on to win the Danish first division title as manager of Brondby in 1990 and 1991 before steering Dutch outfit Ajax to the Eredivisie title and KNVB Beker double in 1998 before spending fifteen years as Denmark national team manager between 2000 and 2015. He is one of only two players to have made 100 appearances as a player and coach of their respective national team. 

Socrates 

'The Philosophy Footballer' stunned the world when it was announced he was coming out of retirement in 2004 to play for Northern Counties East League outfit Garforth Town. 

Socrates, 50 at the time, came on as a substitute in a league fixture against Tadcaster Albion and played twelve minutes. The club were owned and managed at the time by Simon Clifford, the man who first brought the Brazilian small-sided game of Futbol de Salao to the UK. 

Diego Maradona 

Diego Maradona's grandson has massive shoes to fill if he ever chooses to become a footballer! Not only is his grandfather a footballing legend, his father is Manchester City striker Sergio Aguero. If that wasn't enough pressure, his godfather is none other than Barcelona superstar Lionel Messi!! 

Gary Lineker 

Not always the host of Match Of The Day, Lineker holds the distinction of being the only player to finish the season as the top scorer in English football with three different clubs. 

Lineker scored 22 goals for Leicester City during the 1983-84 season, 30 goals in the 1985-86 season with Everton and then 24 goals to help Tottenham Hotspur finish third at the end of the 1989-90 campaign. 

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Welcome To Fantasy5 

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