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Football by Numbers is a podcast series about numbers and the footballers that wear them. Specifically the players who have worn the wrong number for their position, attitude or haircut and refused to change their stubborn little ways. Each week, your hosts Tim and Bryan will guide you through the c…

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    • Nov 28, 2017 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 47m AVG DURATION
    • 11 EPISODES


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    Episode 11: Number 8

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 28, 2017 81:41


    In the last ever episode (probably) of Football By Numbers, Tim and Bryan debate weather 8’s are hard bastard tacklers or through ball threaders, Bryan shoe-horns Chris Waddle into every segment and there’s a special Blind Date edition of Playing For Time Theme tune: Tom Swindells Artwork: Bryan Mayes www.footballbynumbers.com Email: fbnpod@gmail.com Instagram: @footballbynumbers Twitter: @FBNpod

    Episode 10: Number 11

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 21, 2017 52:29


    In this, the penultimate episode, we discuss the hansomness of Gianluca Zambrotta, the hard bastardness of Sinisa Mihajlovic and the silver-fox-edness of the White Feather AKA Fabrizio 'I score hatricks where I want' Ravanelli Theme tune: Tom Swindells Artwork: Bryan Mayes www.footballbynumbers.com Email: fbnpod@gmail.com Instagram: @footballbynumbers Twitter: @FBNpod

    Episode 9: Number 6

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 14, 2017 56:51


    Nearly there! Three episodes to go and this week we’re talking about 6’s. We discuss the dark arts of football trickery, why Paul Pogba represents everything that’s wrong with football today, Youri Djorkaeff’s millions and phoney celebrity football fans. Theme tune: Tom Swindells Artwork: Bryan Mayes www.footballbynumbers.com Email: fbnpod@gmail.com Instagram: @footballbynumbers Twitter: @FBNpod

    Episode 8: Number 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 8, 2017 47:48


    The big fat elephant in the room has reared its ugly head. Number 1 has finally arrived. We talk loco GK's who can score, idiots who wear ridiculously high shirt numbers and "Edgar Fucking Daayvids" in the hot-seat at Barnet Theme tune: Tom Swindells Artwork: Bryan Mayes www.footballbynumbers.com Email: fbnpod@gmail.com Instagram: @footballbynumbers Twitter: @FBNpod

    Episode 7: Number 3

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2017 49:58


    This week we chat about hard bastard left backs who can also score, the enigma that is Lord Bendtner, Asamoah Gyan's obsession with gold and Bryan rants about robotic unic Cristiano Ronaldo and the stupid people who like him Theme tune: Tom Swindells Artwork: Bryan Mayes www.footballbynumbers.com Email: fbnpod@gmail.com Instagram: @footballbynumbers Twitter: @FBNpod

    Episode 6: Number 10

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 24, 2017 51:09


    The holy grail of shirt numbers! This week we chat about the state of Zinedine Zidane's front door, Valderrama, Hagi, William Gallas, Michael frigging Owen again and what subject managers from the 95/96 season would be teaching at school. Theme tune: Tom Swindells Artwork: Bryan Mayes www.footballbynumbers.com Email: fbnpod@gmail.com Instagram: @footballbynumbers Twitter: @FBNpod

    Episode 5: Number 4

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 17, 2017 45:04


    Another week, another shirt number and in this episode we chat about landlocked centre midfielders, Tim tells a boring story, we discover what Javier Zanetti did on his wedding day and debate the the evolution of kit designs from whacky-unique to cookie-cutter blandness. Theme tune: Tom Swindells Artwork: Bryan Mayes www.footballbynumbers.com Email: fbnpod@gmail.com Instagram: @footballbynumbers Twitter: @FBNpod

    Episode 4: Number 7

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 10, 2017 48:18


    This week we discuss getting sent off by your dad on your birthday, getting slapped by your mum outside White Hart Lane and how Winston Bogarde, despite having no respect for conventional number systems, was still an absolute fucking dude. Theme tune: Tom Swindells Artwork: Bryan Mayes www.footballbynumbers.com Email: fbnpod@gmail.com Instagram: @footballbynumbers Twitter: @FBNpod

    Episode 3: Number 9

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 3, 2017 49:58


    Aside from the usual number based drivel, Tim and Bryan debate shirt in, shirt out or the front tuck, waking up at Peterborough train station, Darren Anderton's gender fluidity and what the hell Dan Walker is doing presenting Football Focus. Theme tune: Tom Swindells Artwork: Bryan Mayes www.footballbynumbers.com Email: fbnpod@gmail.com Instagram: @footballbynumbers Twitter: @fbnpod

    Episode 2: Number 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 26, 2017 0:47


    In this episode we talk about offending Ibrahim Ba at Gennaro Gattuso's birthday party, Clint Dempsey's rap career and how Ruud Gullit showed the world how to be a true gentleman when it comes to shirt number selection. Theme tune: Tom Swindells Artwork: Bryan Mayes www.footballbynumbers.com Email: fbnpod@gmail.com Instagram: @footballbynumbers Twitter: @fbnpod

    Episode 1: Number 5

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 12, 2017 41:37


    ​In the very first episode of Football by Numbers Tim and Bryan discuss what positions they played in their youth, Colin Hendry's cigarette stained white mullet and what the hell Zinedine Zidane was thinking wearing number 5 for Real Madrid. Theme tune: Tom Swindells Artwork: Bryan Mayes www.footballbynumbers.com Email: fbnpod@gmail.com Instagram: @footballbynumbers Twitter: @fbnpod

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