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The England Pod
The England Pod

The England Pod

A show for England football fans, by England fans. Ali Maxwell, George Elek and David Walker have all travelled across continents to watch England play, and loved covering the team during Euro 2024. The England Pod believes that supporting England should be fun, and this show sets out to make it a reality for the millions of English football fans. Expect passion, humour, and plenty of debates about squad selection. The England Pod will cover the England Mens Senior Team, the Lionesses and the England Under-21s, with match recaps, tournament previews and balanced discussion of key issues. There will also be interviews, retrospectives, and more. If there are Three Lions on the shirt, we want to talk about it.

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George Elek and Ali Maxwell hit record straight after full time to celebrate England Under 21s winning the Euros for the second time in a row with a 3-2 win in a remarkable, topsy-turvy final vs Germany. What a wonderful group of players, an absolute joy to watch, with a fantastic Head Coach.

We discuss the game, the key moments, Lee Carsley's quality and future, the star players and more.

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Lee Carsley's England Under 21s have reached the Euros final for the second tournament running after a brilliant performance and 2-1 win over the Netherlands

Ali was there in Bratislava to witness it all and he caught up with Dave shortly after the final whistle to revel in the glory and the sensational performances from Harvey Elliott, Elliot Anderson, Alex Scott, Omari Hutchinson, and the rest of the squad


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Dave and George revel in a glorious result and performance from Lee Carsley's England U21s as they comfortably beat Spain 3-1 to secure a place in the Euros semi-final

We'll face the Netherlands in the semi and that has got Ali Maxwell's mouth watering, he joins us briefly from poolside to speculate about a possible last minute trip out to Bratislava for the game on Wednesday


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Dave and George catch up the morning after Lee Carsley's England Under 21s suffered a 2-1 defeat at the hands of Germany in their final group game

A couple of early goals from the Germans saw Carsley ring the changes at half-time and saw a much improved second-half showing, with England Pod favourite Alex Scott getting on the scoresheet

We reflect on the performance, the group stage as a whole, and look ahead to the challenge of Spain in the quarter-final


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England are at the Under 19 Euros in Romania and have a tough group with Netherlands, Germany and Norway. Ali chats to Head Coach Will Antwi about his approach when managing this team of talented young players and trying to win.

Ali also takes a look at some of the exciting talent in the squad including Sunderland's Chris Rigg, Tottenham's Mikey Moore, Chelsea's Kiano Dyer and Crystal Palace's Jesse Derry.


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George and Ali savour an England win, 3-1 vs Czechia in their opening match of the U21 Euros as they look to defend their crown.

Harvey Elliott, JON ROWE! and Charlie Cresswell scored to make it a solid win, with plenty of positives and a few nagging vulnerabilities.

Lee Carsley's tactics and managerial outlook are discussed, as well as key performers Elliott Anderson, Tino Livramento and, off the bench, Ethan Nwaneri.

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George and Dave spent the day at St George's Park ahead of the upcoming U21 Euros and had the pleasure of sitting down with head coach Lee Carsley to look ahead to the tournament, get an insight into his coaching philosophy and how confident he is of repeating the triumph of 2023.

We were also joined by Ethan Nwaneri, Tino Livramento, James McAtee, CJ Egan-Riley, Tommy Simkin, Ronnie Edwards, Brooke Norton-Cuffy, Elliot Anderson and Alex Scott for some of their England memories and a bit of North v South nonsense


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Ali and Dave react to Thomas Tuchel's first defeat as England manager after the 3-1 loss to Senegal at the City Ground


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On Tuesday against Senegal, Nottingham Forest's City Ground will host England for the first time in 84 years, and in Morgan Gibbs-White, Forest have their first England international since Stuart Pearce in 1997.

Forest fan and award-winning football writer Daniel Storey joins us to talk about England's history with Nottingham and Nottingham Forest.

Daniel just completed the 92 in one season: https://inews.co.uk/topic/doing-the-92


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Ali and George break down England 1-0 win against Andorra, which some are calling England's "worst ever win". The performance of Thomas Tuchel's team didn't inspire, although Noni Madueke put in a Man of the Match display. We discuss Tuchel's tactics, player roles and how seriously to take this disappointing scoreline and performance.


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