#OUFC fan. Co-host of the @byfargreatestfc weekly podcast, part-football nostalgia, part-social history shining a light on the greats and some amazing stories
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Joined March 2012
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@CouchPundito @byfargreatestfc I wrote something short, sweet and silly about how the theme tune to a late 1970s ITV sitcom still lives on with fans on football terraces today
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You can tell @CouchPundito edited the pod this week, because somehow his substitution data made the final cut😮 #ThisIsNotAStat😂
Was Benítez the real Tinkerman? Ranieri got the nickname, but Valencia's substitution figures suggest Rafa had a claim of his own. Naturally, Jamie brought the numbers. Graham was absolutely delighted.
More from our Valencia 1998–2004 episode. ⚽ #ValenciaCF
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@kras_gus32266 joined @CouchPundito and myself for this week's @byfargreatestfc to look at Valencia and their fabulous run from 1998-2004, taking in 2 x Champions League finals, 2 x La Liga titles and 1 x UEFA Cup
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@CouchPundito and myself are joined by @PompeyGNR on this week's @byfargreatestfc #football #podcast to look at the Leeds United 1998-2003 team that lived the dream and woke up in a nightmare open.spotify.com/episode/2gV…
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@CouchPundito To go with our @byfargreatestfc #football #podcast on Ramon Diaz and River Plate, I've written a piece on the randomness of Diaz turning up at #OUFC and other over qualified managers in English football
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On @byfargreatestfc #football #podcast this week @CouchPundito and myself take a look at the great River Plate team which won multiple titles under Ramon Diaz between 1995 and 2002 - before he bizarrely turned up at the Kassam Stadium in the 4th tier
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This pod, unsurprisingly, turns out to mostly be @CouchPundito explaining how Argentine club football works (getting relegated over a 3 year period is mad though😀) and me finding a reason to talk about Diaz at #oufc again, Matteo Corbo and other mis-matched manager appointments
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To go with our @byfargreatestfc podcast on Reading with @CouchPundito and @Steve1871 I've written a piece about that remarkable Reading 106 team and why they are so much lovable than the Birmingham 111 team that beats their record byfarthegreatestteam.substac…
What a defensive wall and what a kit😀 As discussed with @CouchPundito on our recent Spurs @byfargreatestfc podcast double-header
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link to our first pod on the the 77/78 season (and Admiral kits) here open.spotify.com/episode/2Dn…
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@CouchPundito Had a lot of fun with @Steve1871 on latest @byfargreatestfc #football #podcast reliving the Reading 106 team that ran away with the Championship in 2005/06 and just missed out on European place in their first ever season in the top flight
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@CouchPundito We were joined by @Steve1871 on this week's @byfargreatestfc #football #podcast to look at Steve Coppell's Reading 106 team. While it should have been difficult for me to enjoy our Thames Valley rivals glory moment, this was a lot of fun
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@CouchPundito To go with @byfargreatestfc #football #podcast on Athletic Club of Bilbao, here's a piece I've written about the remarkable period in Spanish football where Basque clubs Real Sociedad and Athletic Bilbao won four La Ligas in a row
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It was a full Athletic Club Bilbao love-in with @CouchPundito and our guest Rafa Torres on this week's @byfargreatestfc #football #podcast In fairness it's a remarkable achievement to win and retain La Liga, only selecting players from the Basque region
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@CouchPundito to go with our @byfargreatestfc #football #podcast on the Netherlands side that wowed all in the 1974 World Cup and beyond, here is a piece I've written about a little talked tactic of Total Football - the massive defensive wall
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Lars Kuizenga joins @CouchPundito and myself for this week's @byfargreatestfc #football #podcast to look at not just a great side, but a football philosophy - the Netherlands, Total Football and the 1974 World Cup
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@byfargreatestfc Starting to look like might need another category for this one😬 @CouchPundito do we need to roll out a "touch of greatness with a few sham contracts thrown in there - pending appeal" category now?
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@CouchPundito To go with this week's @byfargreatestfc #football #podcast about David Moyes' first spell at Everton, a piece about trying to come up with anything original to say about a manager who pretty much does what he says on the tin
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@CouchPundito and myself are joined by Everton fan Declan Clark on this week's @byfargreatestfc #football #podcast to look back at David Moyes first era in charge at Goodison
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To go with this week's @byfargreatestfc #football #podcast on Malmo with @CouchPundito @PhilipCraig1 here's a piece about Swedish football and the success of little-known English coaches
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Houghton is part of the Croydon scene of unheralded coaches which achieved so much in Swedish football - ok, it's mostly Houghton and Hodgson, but there is a tradition of little known English coaches achieving big things in Swedish football - like George Raynor and Graham Potter
It's an incredible achievement to get to the 1979 final, virtually all of the players came from within Malmo only, several where part-time and they played their quarter final four months after their last competitive game because the Swedish season over the summer
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It's an incredible achievement to get to the 1979 final, virtually all of the players came from within Malmo only, several where part-time and they played their quarter final four months after their last competitive game because the Swedish season over the summer
@CouchPundito and myself are joined by @PhilipCraig1 on this week's @byfargreatestfc #football #podcast to look at Bob Houghton's Malmo, the only Swedish team to ever reach the European Cup final
open.spotify.com/episode/4ws…