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Good Mornng and welcome to “Live with Kelly and Mark.” And Zeff, as he continues his reviews of “series featuring first episodes of reality TV shows featuring celebrities buying football teams”(copyright, Atlantic Voice). This time it’s Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelas heading to Italy for “Running with the Wolves.” What’s that? You didn’t know they…

“I’ll tell you something. I’m glad I found out in time just what a partnership with a pair of w*****s like you would’ve been. A sleeping partner’s one thing but you’re in a f*****g coma! No wonder you’ve got an energy crisis your side of the water. But us British… we’re used to a bit…

Croatia took on Portugal in a Round of 32 game featuring two heavyweights of the beautiful game, Cristiano Ronaldo and Luka Modric. Only one can leave as a winner…..

England live on the edge in their match against the Democratic Republic of Congo, giving Zeff flashbacks to a darker time…..

Day 21 and our friend Nathan has returned to look at some off-the-field considerations of the knockout stages. Meanwhile, Kylian Mbappe keeps scoring and a duck can’t get a ticket……

The knockout is in full swing and in reality that this is when the tournament really begins. Get ready for all the cliches about “It’s win or go home” or “There’s no tomorrow for one of these teams” and of course the penalty shoot-out will be making an appearance. If it hasn’t already (ahem, Germany….)

Another review in our “series featuring first episodes of reality TV shows featuring celebrities buying football teams”(copyright, Atlantic Voice), this time featuring actress Eva Longoria and her share of Liga MX team, Necaxa FC.

Zeff takes a break from watching football and heads off to New York and Madison Square Garden to watch……the darts! Yes, grown men throwing small projectiles at the wall. But as you’re about to find out, there’s a little bit more to it all. And get ready, because it’s going to be here for a…

Peter is back to talk about the book “Football Hackers” by Christoph Biermann, to understand how numbers and statistics are helping to redefine how we see the beautiful game and the whos, hows, and whys, of the ‘data revolution.’ Is “Moneyball” just for baseball?

What’s your daily routine? Does it exercise the mind? The body? Zeff has one, though the positive effects have yet to be proven….

Watch your national team over the years and you might find yourself having a sense of “Deja Vu all over again”, as Yogi Berra once said (and apparently sang by John Fogerty). Losing you? Watching England can do that to you, as Zeff wll explain. 

It’s the host’s position that those “Greatest of all time” debates are pointless; but that’s an entirely different thing to acknowledging it and appreciating it. And even then, comparisons will inevitably be made…..

Day 12 of the World Cup of Tea and one for the football “geeks” amongst you, as Zeff goes through FIFA’s official match summary of the USA-Paraguay group match from Day 2. Take a peek behind the curtain as we learn how the pros quantify what goes on in a match for players and the…

The second review in our series featuring first episodes of reality TV shows featuring celebrities buying football teams (gosh, that sentence is a mouthful). Up next from 2025, “Built in Birmingham: Brady & the Blues” that follows star quarterback-turned-TV-analyst Tom Brady, as he becomes part owner of Birmingham City, currently in The Championship, the tier…

Book review day, and Peter is back, sharing with us his thoughts on James Montague’s “Thirty-one Nil” which looks at the world’s game away from the mainstage slate of the Brazil’s, France’s and Spain’s that hog our attention. In light of the expanded field this year, it is, as Peter points out, more than timely…

A win – or even a draw – sends the hosts to the knockout stages of the Mundial. And with all the excitement and hype, what would, and this World Cup, mean for the future of the beautiful game in the US? As seems to be forever the case, the media are wondering about soccer’s…

The first round is done and the tournament should really kick in to gear over the next week, as teams now have a real sense of their direction of travel. And it’s the same for show, as we follow up on some thoughts and lay out the next few days.

The 23rd edition of the Mundial ends its first seven days of action and Zeff decides whether or not this expanded edition is in fact better than what’s gone before. Yes, we all know it’s more expensive, but is it better? Plus England take the field for the first time – what will the “Pick…

“Angel City” is the first in Zeff’s reviews of the first episodes of the many (well, five) reality show docu-series about teams and their ‘celebrity’ owners. We’re start with “Angel City” as, well, it starts with an ‘A’. And executive producer Eric drops by with a few of his …..”notes”

Day 5 and Zeff is reviewing the rules for the reality show reviews that begin this week. He’s also getting in touch with his Scottish heritage (no pun intended although one of the upsides of a kilt is the accessibility). But that other Gaelic mob the Welsh, shouldn’t feel left out, as “Welcome to Wrexham”…

We promised you culture and you’re getting it, as today’s guest Peter drops by the show to share this thoughts on David Winner’s book “Brilliant Orange” – a look at the Dutch and their relationship with the beautiful game. And Zeff has a couple of TACOs to award.

A day for other voices, as our friend Nathan drops by to take a look at some of the group stage matches that are compelling for reasons other than football. And in an unscheduled visit our esteemed executive producer has a few words of ……….wisdom?

We’re heading out to Los Angeles! Well, we’re imagining we are, as the US open their campaign against Paraguay in Sofi Stadium. And so we’re spending a few figuring out if playing at home will propel any of the three host countries to the ultimate victory.

It’s back! The World Cup of Tea returns to the Atlantic Voice’s chunk of the internet airwaves. You daily companion piece to the big tournament that will be going on for what might feel like forever! It’s Day 1, and here at the pod, we invite you to play World Cup Bingo! So, download your…

The World Cup of Tea is returning to the Atlantic Voice! As this year’s World Cup looks set to land in North America like an Independence Day-sized (that’s Independence Day, the movie), UFO, the World Cup of Tea is back! A bite-sized daily show, each day of the tournament. Of course, what’s not bite-sized is…

The World Cup and The World Cup of Tea reach their end. And with that, Zeff has just one question – how will you remember the 2022 edition of the tournament. Will it be the games, the host, your fig business even, that’ll you be packing away in your memory to help you recall the…

World Cup Final Day, and an early start (depending where you live, of course!). Talk of another World Championship that has just started, an real (or imaginary breakfast?), and, wait for it….a “Final” pick.

Zeff takes a quick look at the “curiosity” that is the 3rd Place Match and questions the precise point of it all. Not that a 3rd place is a bad thing – on the contrary Zeff extols the virtues of his own…..