Stadio: A Football Podcast

Musa and Ryan begin with a quick mention of Arne Slot’s Liverpool departure, which will take the focus on Thursday’s show before getting onto the men’s Champions League final (04:04), which saw PSG retain the trophy after their penalty shootout win in Budapest.
There’s chat about Arsenal’s impressive start, how PSG struggled to create too many clear looks and the narrow margins that played out for the rest of the two hours of normal and extra-time. There’s a load of praise for Luis Enrique, plus multiple players on both teams.
Ryan was one of the many hundreds of thousands at the parade in London on Sunday, so there’s a bit on that (38:20), how it was exactly what Arsenal needed following the disappointment of Saturday’s result and the joy that was on show. Finally, there’s a shoutout for Manchester City’s women doing the domestic double (48:53) and James Milner retiring.
Check out Musa’s interview with Zohran Mamdani for GQ here. Tickets for our July live show, with Nish Kumar at the Southbank Centre, are available here.
Also, make sure you check out Kickback, who are currently doing country by country previews on their First Touch ‘26 Country Pods. Musa was on a recent one, chatting about DR Congo, so go check it here or wherever you get your podcasts and he and Ryan will be on an episode this week.
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There is so much to get to today, with finals taking place, trophies being lifted and goodbyes taking place all around the world of football this weekend.
Musa and Ryan begin with Barcelona Femení winning their fourth Champions League in six seasons (02:55), with a 4-0 win over Lyonnes on Saturday.
They then head to the Premier League (07:30), where Spurs survived, West Ham went down, Bournemouth and Sunderland made the Europa League, Brighton went into the Conference League and Arsenal finally got to lift the Premier League trophy for the first time since 2004.
Liverpool said goodbye to Mohamed Salah and Andy Robertson, Manchester City said goodbye to Pep Guardiola, Bernardo Silva and John Stones, on an emotional final day of the Premier League season.
Elsewhere, Bayern completed the double, Torreense and Lens won their first domestic cups, Como qualified for the Champions League and much, much more!
Also, sure you check out Kickback, who are currently doing country by country previews on their First Touch ‘26 Country Pods. Musa was on a recent one, chatting about DR Congo, so go check it here or wherever you get your podcasts.
Tickets for our July live show, with Nish Kumar at the Southbank Centre, are available here.
For more podcasts, ad-free and in full, plus access to the Stadio Social Club and much more, you can become a Stadio member by signing up at patreon.com/stadio.
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The wait is finally over for Arsenal, as they win the Premier League for the first time in 22 years!
Musa and Ryan chat all about the Gunners’ title victory, following Manchester City’s draw away at Bournemouth on Tuesday night. There’s also chat about the grind of the season, how good this team really is and much more!
London listeners, come see us at the Southbank Centre on July 23rd, with special guest, Nish Kumar! Tickets are available here.
For more podcasts, ad-free and in full, plus access to the Stadio Social Club and much more, you can become a Stadio member by signing up at patreon.com/stadio.
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It felt like a weekend of broken hearts all around football, but Musa and Ryan begin with Manchester City’s win over Chelsea in the FA Cup final (02:12), to secure a domestic cup double and Pep Guardiola’s 20th trophy as City boss.
Chelsea were quick to counter the disappointment, as it was announced that Xabi Alonso will take over as manager in the summer (12:39) and that’s where the bulk of today’s show is focussed.
There’s enough time to chat about Celtic’s late win over Hearts (31:34), to secure their 14th title in 15 years in dramatic fashion, as well as a few other shoutouts.
Also, Musa did a new piece for the Kickback Soccer newsletter, which you can read here, and tickets for our July live show, with Nish Kumar at the Southbank Centre, are available here.
For more podcasts, ad-free and in full, plus access to the Stadio Social Club and much more, you can become a Stadio member by signing up at patreon.com/stadio.
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Here's a clip from yesterday's Patreon episode, where Musa and Ryan discussed Florentino Pérez's wild press conference earlier this week, where he basically said that he wasn’t f***ing leaving. He then declared himself the best president of all time, went on the attack about named and unnamed enemies, dished out insults, sexism and a whole lot of paranoia.

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For more podcasts, ad-free and in full, plus access to the Stadio Social Club and much more, you can become a Stadio member by signing up at patreon.com/stadio.
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