The Scoreless Thriller Podcast

16/02/2023

New Pod Alert 🚨

I was delighted to be joined by the Greenland (KAK Landshold) manager Morten Rutkjær 🇬🇱

We discussed:
- The unique culture of football on the Island
- How he goes about selecting his squad under the unique challenges that the country provides
- His aspirations for the team in the coming years
- The importance of representing their country to the Greenlandic people

Available on YouTube and on Podcast platforms:

https://youtu.be/a9DVfuiXNx8

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06/02/2023

New Pod Alert 🚨

I was delighted to be joined by writer Philip O'Rourke for an interview about his upcoming book - Forgotten Football Clubs: Fifty Teams Across the World, Gone but Never Forgotten 📚

We discussed:
- What makes a club a forgotten club
- How fans feel about their club going out of business
- And whether it's ok to go and support and another team when yours no longer exists?



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25/01/2023

Just look at the happy faces on our prize winners from our annual quiz 🥰

Parts 1 and 2 of the Quiz available here: https://podfollow.com/the-scoreless-thriller-podcast/view

And no, I am not sponsored by Lidl, I just love their fleeces 😅

17/01/2023

New Pod Alert 🚨
Check out Part 2 of the Annual Christmas/New Year's Quiz! Answering questions ranging from how they solved the Highbury murder mystery, What world record former Liverpool player Takumi Minamino held and what landed UD Ibiza in the headlines this year 🕺🪩

Will Rob, Alex, Jack or Colbyn be coming home with the trophy?

Play along and see if you can do better than the lads!
Check out Part 2 below 🔽

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04/01/2023

New Pod Alert 🚨

It's back! The Annual Christmas/New Year's Quiz! With teasers on Soviet Union Brothers, Stockport County & 5th Division German Clubs 🤯

Check out Part 1 below 🔽

The podcast which brings you the most interesting stories from the world of football which combine history, society and politics. Often light-hearted, but not afraid to cover more contentious aspects of the beautiful game. Episodes out twice a month. Music used with permission by Ørdop Wolkenscheid...

29/12/2022

With the great man's passing, a reminder of what made him a global phenomenon ⬇️

youtu.be/3pDENVarxqg

In this clip from our latest show we put it to Tim Vickery the question as to what made Pelé brilliant as a player. The full show is on our YouTube channel o...

21/12/2022

The YouTube video of our interview with Tim Vickery discussing Pelé's relationship to the Military Junta in Brazil is closing in on 2k views, if you have not seen it check it out here 🇧🇷

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMvqnVaU3Aw&ab_channel=TheScorelessThrillerPodcast

10/11/2022

New Podcast Alert 🚨

On this episode of the podcast, I spoke to Shaul Adar, Israeli journalist about his book "On the Border: The Rise and Decline of the Most Political Club in the World." The book tells the story of Beitar Jerusalem, an infamous club both in Israel and globally. 🇮🇱⚽️

Famous for its racist fans, spearheaded by the ultra group "La Familia", the club has never fielded an Arab player. We spoke about how this club was able to court political influence in the Likud party of Netanyahu, how attempts to bring the club in a different direction have failed and what the club's story tells us about Israeli politics.

We also spoke about the fallout from the documentary "Forever Pure", which shows how the fans reacted to an attempt by their former owner to bring in two Muslim players from Chechnya (spoiler alert: not good). It is a fascinating story into an area of the world's football culture that is not too often discussed, and Adar speak eloquently and thoughtfully on the subject.

I really enjoyed both reading the book and discussing it with Shaul, and hope you enjoy it too!

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19/09/2022

A very special new Episode on a subject that we have been working on for a long time. It tell's the story of how football can be use to spread awareness of a message, and provide a platform to a people who's voices have too often been ignored 😊

On this very special NEW episode, we dived deep into the story of Chagos Islands football.

The Chagos Islands are a tiny archipelago in the Indian Ocean, who's inhabitants were illegally removed in the early 70s. With many of the refugees descendants living in the UK, we examined how the representative football team is being used to raise awareness of the issue and the importance of giving people the opportunity to represent their own heritage.

This episode includes two interviews, first with Sabrina Jean, the Chair of the UK Chagos Refugees Group and Jimmy Ferrar, the coach of the Chagos Islands National Team.

It is a sobering and important story to tell, and we are delighted to be able to bring the story to you. Timestamps below for the interviews:

Sabrina Jean - 16:05
Jimmy Ferrar - 47:35

Check it out on all your podcast apps!
https://t.co/c5FHowMHAA

12/09/2022

📍Tromsø, Norway

The last spot on the Norwegian tour took us to Tromsø IL who were up against traditional giants Rosenberg.

What followed was one of the best matches I've ever seen.

A cracking atmosphere which was matched by the action on the field, with the home side winning 4-3. Football Manager players should check out number 10 for Tromsø August Mikkelsen who scored twice including the last minute winner 🏆✌️

The trip ended without the mythical 'polskevand' but a great small stadium with passionate fans.

Attendance: 4,108

05/09/2022

An absolute must on my recent trip to Norway was the world famous pitch in Henningsvær, Lofoten Islands.

Walking out of the tiny village you'd be amazed that there was any kind of area to play football, but the small number of tourists let you know you were heading in the right direction. Despite it being August it was a windy day on the Islands, but the incredible view of the pitch made the trip worth it. A must see for any travelling football fan.

I even managed to leave a small sticker so that my 7 a-side team (Volvox) would be represented 😂🇳🇴

27/08/2022

in Norway today for a great game in the 3rd Division between Harstad and Skjervøy 🇳🇴 HARSTAD IDRETTSLAG

Home team with a crucial 2-0 win to keep their survival hopes up. Fun fact, one of the goals was scored by a 44(!) year old former Coventry player. Game also included a bit of late handbags, with 3 Skjervøy players getting sent off. Now onto Tromsø!

Attendance around 150 🏟

15/08/2022

safe to say Jack's quiz answers need a little bit of work 😅

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/QzueaobqZ2A

10/08/2022

New Podcast Alert 🔥

We looked back to the 2006 CL Final between & 🏆

Among other things we discussed:

- Was Almunia was at fault for the 2 goals?
- How many pints Steve Bould bought in a round
- Can Henry be blamed for not taking his chances on the counter attack
- What Frank Rijkaard got up to after he retired 🧐

Check it out on all your podcast apps!

https://t.co/c5FHowMHAA

The podcast which brings you the most interesting stories from the world of football which combine history, society and politics. Often light-hearted, but not afraid to cover more contentious aspects of the beautiful game. Episodes out twice a month. Music used with permission by Ørdop Wolkenscheid...

20/06/2022

New Pod Alert 🚨

Joined by , we looked back to 1999 for the epic comeback by Manchester United vs Bayern Munich 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇩🇪

And what happened to Clive's commentary?

#1999

Check it out below 👇
https://t.co/c5FHowMHAA

09/06/2022

These arrived in the post today, looking forward to diving into some interesting stories! 🤓📚

24/03/2022

New Pod Alert 🚨

Delighted to be joined by
to talk & if can be stopped on the road to 🇳🇿🇶🇦

We also spoke about the uniqueness of football in the region, and the challenges of developing the sport there. Check it out below 👇
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02/02/2022

To celebrate reaching the final of check out our most recent episode with Ibrahim Mustapha looking at how Senegal pulled off one of the World Cup's biggest shocks! 🇸🇳🚨

Check it out on all the podcast apps 🔥

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26/01/2022

New Pod Alert 🚨

This week I was delighted to be joined by Ibrahim Mustapha author of "No Longer Naive - African Football's Growing Impact at the World Cup" on the show.

We focused on the remarkable story of Senegal's run at the 2002 World Cup, which included the memorable opening game victory of France. 🇸🇳

We spoke about the journey of the time, harmful stereotypes about African players and when an African team will go to the next stage of the competition. We also spoke a little about the African Cup of Nations, which is currently exciting fans at the moment.

If you are further interested in the subject, definitely check out Ibrahim's book, which is well worth reading. And again thanks to him for sparing the time to join the podcast.

Links below 👇

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajayIaxHP6Y&t=1s
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04/01/2022

Happy New Year to everybody! 🚨

If you have not checked out our annual quiz podcast edition check it out below, and find out why Robert looks so happy! 😅

Links 👇

https://www.pod.fo/the-scoreless-thriller-podcast/view
https://youtu.be/imCT4guVO2Q

04/01/2022

04/01/2022

30/12/2021

New Pod Alert 🚨

Is this the most random football quiz ever made? 😅

The Annual Christmas quiz is back! 🎄
What was a Romanian footballer transferred for in 2006? What happened when a Referee squared up to a non-league goalie?

Colbyn, Lion, Rob and Scottish Alex battled it out for supremacy - who went home with the trophy?

And more - links below 🔽
https://t.co/c5FHowMHAA
https://youtu.be/imCT4guVO2Q

Back again for a second year! We gathered the regular crew for the second annual Christmas Quiz, as Rob, Lion, Colbyn and Scottish Alex battled it out to win...

20/08/2021

New Pod Alert! 🚨🚨

An exciting and thought provoking conversation for you on our newest podcast. In January this year Bohemian FC in Ireland made news around the world when they appointed Seán McCabe as the world's first climate justice officer at a football club. Having worked with climate issues for close to a decade, the partnership with the fan owned club with the aim to incorporate more climate focused policies into the club's plans.

In a conversation that had the failed super league in mind, we talked about what it means for a community focused club to take the lead on this issue, the banter which followed his appointment, and Seán's hopes for what football can do to tackle the coming climate crisis.

A fascinating conversation which tackled everything from the decline of trade union support to what football club's can do in their communities.

Links below 👇
https://t.co/c5FHowMHAA?amp=1
YT: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlJZ0UKnLAM&t=951s

16/07/2021

New Pod Alert 🚨

In a lighter episode, we sat down with the guys from the Field of Screens pod to discuss the infamous FIFA propaganda film, United Passions. Recorded on the Monday of the ill fated SuperLeague attempt, we looked for some beauty in the story of a few men, who's only dream was that the whole world would play football by the same rules and regulations. Seriously.

We discussed what exactly they were trying to achieve with this project, how Tim Roth got Sepp Blatter's walk down and whether commercial deals are in fact the most exciting aspect of the beautiful game. On this journey there were laughs aplenty along with a lot of pain as we tried to understand this ridiculous film.

Links below 👇
https://t.co/c5FHowMHAA?amp=1
YT: https://youtu.be/kzIKywEAkkc

03/07/2021

How will Shevchenko set Ukraine up tonight against England? Do they have a chance of causing an upset?

02/07/2021

Bonus Mini Pod 🚨

Together with we previewed the big game between and 🇺🇦🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

How can the Ukrainians pull off an upset?



Links below:
https://t.co/c5FHowMHAA

https://youtu.be/p42SO_6CIbQ

The podcast which brings you the most interesting stories from the world of football which combine history, society and politics. Often light-hearted, but not afraid to cover more contentious aspects of the beautiful game. Episodes out twice a month. Music used with permission by Ørdop Wolkenscheid...