The Athletic Football Tactics Podcast
Hosted by Kate Mason and Michael Bailey · The Athletic
4.8from 1,235 ratings
- 336
- Episodes
- 74
- Transcribed
- 1,235
- Ratings
- Weekly
- Cadence
- 2019
- First episode
About The Athletic Football Tactics Podcast
The Athletic's weekly tactical preview of the biggest games across the Premier League and beyond that coming weekend. Take a deep dive into the data and analytics that shape the modern game with The Athletic's data writers Liam Tharme and Mark Carey, supported by the expertise of former England international Rob Green and host Kate Mason. 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
- 6 Nov 2026
Latest episodes
74 of 336 episodes have a transcript.
6 Nov 2026TRANSCRIPT
Who are the worst teams in the Premier League?
30 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Liverpool vs Arsenal + can you fix Manchester United?
23 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Chelsea vs Spurs + how are Brighton this good?
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Who are the worst teams in the Premier League?
Published 6 Nov 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] But then you look at the end of last season, not even the end of last season, Nuno was in for a long period of last season. I suppose eight games. He came into charge after eight games, sorry. So he had 30 games to get it right. And it fell away at the end of last season. And it's not been right. […]
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- Rob Green
- Liam Tharme
- Adam Webster
- Duncan Alexander
- Thom Harris
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- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.6 / 5
- 224 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.8 / 5
- 1,011 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 45 / 100
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- Quality
- 50
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 0
- Engagement
- 99
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- Does not typically book guests
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Who hosts The Athletic Football Tactics Podcast?
Kate Mason and Michael Bailey host the show. Published by The Athletic.
How often do new episodes come out?
The show publishes weekly, based on its RSS feed.
Does The Athletic Football Tactics Podcast take guests?
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