First Up Football

A daily lowdown on all the news and opinion from the world of football.

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A daily lowdown on all the news and opinion from the world of football ⚽️

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Can Thomas Tuchel deliver for England? 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Also: More records for Messi and Ronaldo, and UEFA's latest big idea.

Watch: https://t.co/TfVv0KJQpd

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Do you love or hate goal music? 🎶

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What is your favourite football club bio?

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Would you give your club’s manager three years no matter the results? Sir Jim Ratcliffe thinks United should.

Also - Cape Verde are absolutely ROBBED of a World Cup place

Watch: https://t.co/cdodR8MZZz

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Next summer’s transfer chaos has already started 👀

Marc Guehi could spark a battle between Liverpool, Madrid, Bayern & Barça…

Bruno Fernandes might be heading for Saudi 💰

Watch: https://t.co/fabW0BuR8q

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UEFA just made a decision that could change football forever.

Good for global fans? Or the beginning of the end?

https://t.co/RGVoZTN2D3

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Have you ever got an instruction so wrong? 😑

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Coming up on Wednesday's episode...

👋Two top flight sides exit the EFL cup
🪇Aston Villa's shake-up
💍Premier League star’s unusual proposal

Listen 🎧: https://t.co/5soQY3GJLi

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Is the Championship back to its unpredictable best? 🌧️

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Coming up on Monday’s episode…

🔴 Martinelli’s magic makes Mikel’s day
⚔️ We round-up a big day of derbies on the continent
🏆 Who will win the Ballon D’Or on Monday?

Listen 🎧: https://t.co/XXMRQG2vnN

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When you think of FIFA songs, what's the first track that comes to mind? 🎶

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What is going wrong at Aston Villa? 😰

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Guess whose back... Back again...

In Wednesday's episode...

🇦🇺 The return of Big Ange
🦁 England's 5-0 triumph
🎙️ Ray Hudson hangs up his mic

Listen 🎧: https://t.co/luJt8E0Iy5

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@JamesWAVL82 Unfortunately, including that one would have required Sammy staying up until 1:15pm. However, can listen to Ange coverage in today's ep! 😁

https://t.co/luJt8E0Iy5

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11:15pm: Sammy finishes Tuesday's episode

11:19pm: David Ornstein announces Nuno's leaving Nottingham Forest

11:25pm: Sammy re-records entire ep to make sure you get your football fix this morning 😉

Listen here 🎧: https://t.co/3KOHKALiLn

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There was also this text at 11:20pm

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Peter Crouch was a mascot for @FarnhamTownFC this weekend - best FPL punishment ever? 🤣

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Catch up with all of the weekend's action with this morning's episode, including...

⛲️ Messi & Ronaldo's fountain of youth
🇺🇸 USMNT's humbling
🌳 Peter Crouch's FPL humiliation

Listen 🎧: https://t.co/2pp2Ztln7T

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It's been a few weeks since launching @firstupftbl.

As with doing anything new, it's not been 100% smooth sailing, but this lovely (and v unexpected) review in the Radio Times has made it all feel worth it.

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Neymar's billionaire benefactor 💰

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