5 Live's World Football Phone-in
Hosted by Dotun and Tim · BBC Radio 5 Live
4.8from 451 ratings
- 119
- Episodes
- 59
- Transcribed
- 451
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2024
- First episode
About 5 Live's World Football Phone-in
Expert answers to your questions in World Football: The Phone-in from BBC Radio 5 Live's Up All Night programme.
- Publisher
- BBC Radio 5 Live
- Category
- sports
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 30 Jan 2024
- Latest episode
- 22 Sept 2026
Latest episodes
59 of 119 episodes have a transcript.
22 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Injuries, comebacks and friendlies
15 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
VAR controversy & best strikers
8 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
The ballon d’overnights
Inside a recent episode
Injuries, comebacks and friendlies
Published 22 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] I think I agree pretty much with everything that Tim said there. I mean, that's not really a great answer for radio, but there is no one size fits all. Not everybody's the same as 74 years old. For some, people are extremely energetic, you know, and they still find the passion and the creativity to attack. You know, the same job they've been doing for decades now. We see it not just with Martin O'Neill. We saw recently Roy Hodgson, I think, was near 80 years old, and he was still coaching, I think, this calendar year. He was still quite good. He was still quite good. I mean, he made some mistakes. […]
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- Maher Mezahi
- Mark Meadows
- Callum Ewing
- Paul Sarahs
- Joseph O’Sullivan
Reach and audience
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- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.7 / 5
- 309 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.9 / 5
- 142 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 56 / 100
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- Quality
- 73
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 0
- Engagement
- 97
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Questions about 5 Live's World Football Phone-in
Who hosts 5 Live's World Football Phone-in?
Dotun and Tim host the show. Published by BBC Radio 5 Live.
How often do new episodes come out?
The show publishes daily, based on its RSS feed.
Does 5 Live's World Football Phone-in take guests?
Yes. Guests have been identified in episode analyses.
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