Palmer, Maguire, Wharton OUT & Toney IN? - Early squad news reaction
21/05/2026 | 39 mins.
Thomas Tuchel will announce his 26-man squad for the World Cup on Friday morning but inevitably there have been leaks and it seems the big news is no place on the plane for Cole Palmer, Phil Foden, Harry Maguire or Adam Wharton, while it seems that Ivan Toney has made it
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Picking our 26-man England squad - who makes the plane?
17/05/2026 | 37 mins.
Ahead of Thomas Tuchel announcing his 26-man England squad this week, George and Dave reveal the players they would select if they were in the hot seat
Ali also has a go predicting who he thinks will make the plane come what Friday
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The Summer of Love with John Murray
15/05/2026 | 58 mins.
George and Dave are joined by BBC Radio 5 Live's John Murray to reflect and reminisce on the 2018 World Cup in Russia and how Gareth Southgate's side got everyone feeling good about England again.
From Kane's last gasp winner against Tunisia, hitting Panama for six, the penalty shootout heroics against Colombia, slabhead vs Sweden, and that Trippier free-kick against Croatia, it was a summer full of iconic moments and what better way to get ourselves in the mood for the world cup than reliving it all with the man who called the action for the nation
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Thomas Tuchel's greatest fears
08/05/2026 | 36 mins.
Five weeks to go until the World Cup, and two weeks before the squad sis selected. Ali, George and Dave discuss:
Have Ben White and Myles Lewis-Skelly played themselves onto the plane in recent weeks with Arsenal?
What would you ask Tuchel if you had one question and were guaranteed the truth?
And how do you keen a group of young men entertained while in a camp setting for 8 weeks?
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Why Morgan Rogers deserves to start ahead of Jude Bellingham
04/05/2026 | 39 mins.
Ali, George and Dave tackle some tough questions:
What would success look like at this World Cup?
Would you feel more confident about the summer if Gareth Southgate was still manager than you actually do right now?
Why is such a big discussion around Bellingham v Rogers in Tuchel's #10 position?
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A show for England football fans, by England fans. Ali Maxwell, George Elek and David Walker have all travelled across continents to watch England play, and loved covering the team during Euro 2024. The England Pod believes that supporting England should be fun, and this show sets out to make it a reality for the millions of English football fans.
Expect passion, humour, and plenty of debates about squad selection. The England Pod will cover the England Mens Senior Team, the Lionesses and the England Under-21s, with match recaps, tournament previews and balanced discussion of key issues. There will also be interviews, retrospectives, and more.
If there are Three Lions on the shirt, we want to talk about it.
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