I caught up with Sunday Times' Jonathan Northcroft who wrote an article on "how Pep Guardiola and data destroyed" football's beautiful variety. We discuss and debate the merits of the Pep school of footballing philosophy, starting from Cruyff, to those now copying or taking forward Pep's approach.

Here's Jonathan's article, which is a must-read: https://www.thetimes.com/sport/footba...

In this podcast, created thanks to the wonderful people at Greene King, I caught up with some well known @avfcofficial fans, and we discussed their beloved club. I also share my reasons for picking Aston Villa as the subject of my next book, which you on the channel may already have figured out, called Awakening The Giant. So enjoy this podcast of More Than A Game (Tales On Tap) sponsored by #GreeneKingSport.

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I have had the most wonderful chat with Mutaz Barshim and Gian Marcotamber (the two high jumpers that decided to share gold in Tokyo Olympics) in the Gala of the Aspire Academy Global Summit in Rome if front of an audience that felt captivated by these two special human beings. What a story they have to tell.

In fact it is so wonderful that I decided to do a podcast about it.

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