Football's Greatest

Football's Greatest

Folding Pocket

Welcome to Football's Greatest with Jeff Stelling, a weekly podcast where the legendary host sits down with icons of the sport to talk about those who made a difference in the beautiful game from a players’ perspective: the top keepers, the toughest defenders, the silkiest midfielders and the deadliest strikers.  The show will also look at those who had great influence off the pitch too - the successful managers, the funniest team-mates and the most impressive leaders in the dressing room - and pay homage to indelible moments from the biggest matches in the Premier League, Champions League, the World Cup and more. Broken down into two individual episodes with each guest, Football’s Greatest will take you inside the dressing rooms of some of the best soccer teams the world has ever seen. You will hear stories that surprise you, that make you laugh out loud and that you will be thinking of and telling people about for days after. Football's Greatest is a Folding Pocket production with BBC Studios. Follow Football's Greatest: YouTube: www.youtube.com/@footballsgreatestpod Instagram: www.instagram.com/footballsgreatestpod Twitter: www.twitter.com/ftblsgreatest TikTok: www.tiktok.com/@footballsgreatestpod Facebook: www.facebook.com/footballsgreatestpod

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What makes a great leader in football? Thats’s the question Jeff is asking former Liverpool captain Phil Thompson on this week’s episode of the pod. Thommo was himself a born leader, who lifted the European Cup as captain in 1981. He talks about how Bill Shankly mapped out his entire career and the time Bob Paisley gave him his biggest rollicking, the best leaders he played with and why captaincy seems to matter more in the UK. He also reveals: the player that scared him the most how he pranked an England legend into believing he was joining Liverpool what he really thought about Alex Ferguson’s great Manchester United sides Phil also talks about some of his lowest moments, including losing the captaincy at Liverpool to Graeme Souness and being overlooked to be England skipper at the 1982 World Cup, and recalls why Steve Gerrard took the armband from Sami Hyypia at Anfield and his emotional team talk before his first match as Liverpool’s caretaker manager. You can catch our previous episode with Phil Thompson, where he picked his Top 5 Liverpool players, here: YouTube - https://youtu.be/eLh7e5tZrow?si=aNp7t-cCv0tM5CpJ Apple - https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/footballs-greatest/id1721822502?i=1000647187436 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/episode/5dp0JDg6L2l47xrEX83bp8?si=20fa506086d5416d Football's Greatest is a Folding Pocket Production with BBC Studios. Follow Football's Greatest and join in the debate: YouTube: www.youtube.com/@footballsgreatestpod Instagram: www.instagram.com/footballsgreatestpod Twitter: www.twitter.com/ftblsgreatest TikTok: www.tiktok.com/@footballsgreatestpod Facebook: www.facebook.com/footballsgreatestpod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Previous episodes

  • 24 - Football's Greatest: Phil Thompson | "I admire Gary Neville, believe it or not” 
    Tue, 14 May 2024
  • 23 - Football's Greatest Top 5: Charlie Nicholas - "I wasn't picked for Scotland because I joined Arsenal" 
    Tue, 07 May 2024
  • 22 - Football’s Greatest: Gordon Strachan - "Fergie’s petrol was anger" 
    Tue, 30 Apr 2024
  • 21 - Football’s Greatest: Glenn Hoddle - Kane would’ve walked into Man City’s team 
    Tue, 23 Apr 2024
  • 20 - Replay 4: Matt Le Tissier - “My free kick competition with Becks and Hoddle” 
    Fri, 19 Apr 2024
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