The Athletic FC Podcast
Hosted by Emma Paton and Kate Mason · The Athletic
4.8from 4,282 ratings
- 1,438
- Episodes
- 677
- Transcribed
- 4,282
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2019
- First episode
- 304M
- YouTube views
About The Athletic FC Podcast
The Athletic's flagship football podcast is with you six days a week, bringing unrivalled analysis from the biggest stories in world football. New host Emma Paton is joined by the likes of David Ornstein, Adam Crafton, Matt Slater and James Horncastle. The show takes you inside the biggest stories in football told by the best reporters in the business. We cut through the noise to tell you what’s really happening - and why it matters. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.
- Publisher
- The Athletic
- Category
- sports
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 26 Nov 2019
- Latest episode
- 23 Sept 2026
Latest episodes
677 of 1,438 episodes have a transcript.
23 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Kylian Mbappe interview: Liverpool talks, Mourinho at Madrid and idolising Ronaldo
22 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
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21 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
How Brighton humbled Arsenal + Spurs hit rock bottom
Inside a recent episode
Kylian Mbappe interview: Liverpool talks, Mourinho at Madrid and idolising Ronaldo
Published 23 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] I'm not a guy who thinks that he's doing everything right. No, I'm far away from that. But I can accept when I do something right or something wrong, and I can accept the criticism and the opinion of people. But at the end, I have my value and my vision of what I think is the best for me in my life. I think you mentioned a minute ago about, you know, when you go out of your house. It's really hard for people like myself, I think, to understand what it must be like for Kylian Mbappe, the person, you know. I presume you just can't walk down the street to go to the shops or something. What is it like sometimes? […]
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- Kylian Mbappe
- David Ornstein
- James Horncastle
- Liam Tharme
- Cerys Jones
Reach and audience
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- YouTube views
- 304,072,166
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.3 / 5
- 442 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.8 / 5
- 3,840 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 83 / 100
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- Quality
- 89
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 93
- Engagement
- 100
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Questions about The Athletic FC Podcast
Who hosts The Athletic FC Podcast?
Emma Paton and Kate Mason host the show. Published by The Athletic.
How often do new episodes come out?
The show publishes daily, based on its RSS feed.
Does The Athletic FC Podcast take guests?
Yes. Guests have been identified in episode analyses.
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