The Ademola Bookmen Podcast

About The Ademola Bookmen Podcast

The Dynamo Football Bookclub read football books and talk about 'em. Each week, we dive into books by and about footballers, from autobiographies and biographies to ghostwritten epics and hidden gems. If Vardy’s vodka, Maradona mayhem, or the Cruyff kidnapping are your thing, we’ve got you covered. The episodes are not tied to the match day cycle and can be listened to any time and in any order. Expect a lively chat, deep dives and a good old larf, har har. 🎙️ New episodes every week. ⚽️ Great for fans of football history, sportswriting, player memoirs, and podcast book clubs. ♬ Music by the wonderful Darragh Fenlon. *formerly the Ademola Bookmen Podcast.

Publisher

Spicebag Media

Category

arts · comedy · sports

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

20 Nov 2023

Latest episode

17 Apr 2026

Latest episodes

88 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   17 Apr 2026

   Injury Time 29: 1980s World Cup draft

   It's the 1980s, Maradona's decade. Who will win the crucial toss in the latest draft between Alistair and Johnny? Those two straight up don't like each other... The 80s saw Italy win won, Argentina win the other, both of them beating West Germany in the finals of 82 and 86 respectively. Names are starting to get a lot more familiar and hell, we even remember some of these guys. It's 2-2 in the series. Can Alistair take the lead for the first time?! Please tune in to find out.

2. 

   10 Apr 2026

   Episode 59: Brazil 1982 - The Glorious Failure by Stuart Horsfield

   In continuation of our World Cup series 🌍🏆, we find ourselves in the 1980s 🕺 with the greatest team never to win the World Cup. At least, that is the contention of Stuart Horsfield 📚, the author of The Glorious Failure, a book about the Brazil 1982 team 🇧🇷 that was (spoiler alert 🚨) beaten by Italy 🇮🇹 and, specifically, Paolo Rossi in a weird round robin second round of that competition. Tune in to find out what happened 🎙️👀. Oh wait. Well, tune in anyway 😅. That Brazil team really did score some amazing goals ⚽✨ and we know a website that has them all 🌐. Oh, there is a competition too 🎁 — our first ever! Please do listen, like ❤️, and subscribe 🔔.

3. 

   3 Apr 2026

   Injury Time 28: The 1970s World Cup Draft

   It’s Injury Time 28 ⚽️ and we are immersing ourselves in the 1970s 🕺 with a draft of players from the World Cups of that decade 🌍🏆 Throughout the lifetime of the Dynamo Football Bookclub 📚, Alistair has tried to fit around 12 players on the football Mount Rushmore 🗿. But if there really were only to be four on such a landmark, there is a very real chance that three of them would have played in the 70s ⭐️. It was the decade that football embraced modernity 🎥, with matches broadcast in colour for the first time, projecting the beautiful canary yellows 🟡 and blood oranges 🟠 of that magnificent era. With John leading the World Cup series 2 drafts to 1 📊, can Alistair even things up? Please do join us to find out 🎙️👀

Who has been a guest on The Ademola Bookmen Podcast

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Tom Williams
• John Leonard
• Ian Hawkey
• Guillem Balague
• Lionel Messi

Reach and audience

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Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

3 ratings

Spotify

4.9 / 5

40 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 55 / 100

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Quality

80

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

77

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