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Football Between The Lines. Another podcast about the beautiful game. Brought to you by Dan Cook of the infamous HLTCO twitter account, and Flav Batemen of The Fighting Cock podcast and James and Flav for Now... Football Between The Lines is a twice weekly podcast, blending well-rounded football opinion with emotional and somewhat reactionary punchiness. The well rounded balanced opinion versus the emotional somewhat reactionary opinion. You don’t need another football podcast in your life, but you should listen to Football Between The Lines anyway. Twice weekly reaction podcast to biggest talking points that week through the season - and if something big breaks, we’ll be all over it as well. Dan is a renowned broadcaster, and the owner of one of football’s most well known twitter accounts, HLTCO. Stan Collymore still hates his guts. Flav is known mostly for presenting the best Spurs podcast out there.... The Fighting C**k. Football Between The Lines will be out every Tuesday and Friday… but make sure you subscribe and auto download so you don’t miss an episode!

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Eddie Howe In Or Out | The Problem With Arsenal Fans | Punditry is Easy

2026/02/05

We get into the Eddie Howe in vs out noise after Newcastle go out of the League Cup, and why match-going fans and online fans sound like they’re watching different sports. We also talk Chelsea vs Arsenal and Rossini’s game plan, why punditry changes depending on the final score, and that Telegraph piece about Arsenal fans, plus AFTV and the wider culture of performative football content. Then we detour into deadline day drama, aphantasia, and somehow end up rating films and debating whether Dan has hair. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Deadline Day Mayhem At Palace | The Shame Of Paqueta | If Chelsea Beat Arsenal

2026/02/03

We kick off with deadline day frazzle, Palace doing business late because we’re watching the market rather than dictating it, and the Mateta to Milan saga that died on medical fears and a chronic knee issue. That spirals into Strand-Larsen’s price, Palace’s form, and whether Mateta is basically finished with the fanbase. From there we zoom out to Spurs’ grim January, injuries stacking up, Romero having another pop, and the argument that you solve the problem now, not in six months when everyone’s “happy”. Then we hit the Newcastle debate: has Eddie Howe gone stale or is he still their best bet given the constraints? We wrap with West Ham’s very pointed Paquetá statement, the reality that footballers move like mercenaries, and a bit of film chat because apparently we’ve started beefing with listeners about Nolan too Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Premier League Most Difficult | Will Arne Slot Survive The Season? | Benfica Mourinho Madness

2026/01/29

We love the Champions League format and why, despite the moaning, it’s producing absolute mayhem. From the Goal Show chaos to Benfica’s wild win, Mourinho staying relevant, and Bodo Glimt doing Bodo Glimt things, it’s pure jeopardy TV. Then we pivot into Premier League vs Europe, what Arne Slot probably shouldn’t have said out loud, and a quick wander through Sterling leaving Chelsea, Palace panic, and Spurs somehow grinding on through a ridiculous injury list. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Michael Carrick Man United Revival Continues | Boo Boys Out For Arsenal | Glasner Out

2026/01/26

The title race is properly alive, Arsenal fans are booing while still top of the league, and we’re sat here trying to work out when football became this emotionally unstable. We get into United suddenly looking like a real team again under Carrick, that ridiculous Dorgu strike, and why players chirping on socials is never worth the aggro. Then we pivot into the real misery: Palace vibes are cooked, Dan’s officially Glasner out, and we talk through why it feels totally untenable. Plus: Mateta, The Overlap, weird fan standards, a Chelsea-themed Dubai development with blue sand (yes, really), and the ongoing Spurs-Palace cosmic link as we both spiral towards the same bit of the table. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Trent Back To The Premier League | Can Declan Rice Win The Ballon d'or? | English Champions League Domination

2026/01/23

We’re fresh off The Overlap and straight into the chaos. Chelsea’s “yes man” manager chat, the weirdness of them not nailing a proper shirt sponsor, and why multi-club ownership “blind trusts” feel like a total con. Then we’re onto Real Madrid being a basket case, Trent potentially getting binned already, and why England clubs are starting to swallow the Champions League format whole. There’s Palace drama too, Mateta’s rocking the boat, Strand Larsen links, and a little corner reserved for Gary Cotterell doing the most cringe question imaginable. Plus: can Declan Rice ever win the Ballon d’Or, or are we all just losing our minds? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

How Did Carrick Fix Man United? | Palace & Spurs In Meltdown | West Ham Limbs

2026/01/19

We get properly stuck into one of those episodes where everything spills out. Palace chaos, Glasner torching his own job, Spurs being utterly miserable, VAR now missing blatant red cards, corporate football killing atmosphere, and that weird feeling of not loving matchdays like we used to. Add AFCON insanity, Villa beef, manager bounces, and a bit of self loathing, and you have a very on brand hour of football therapy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Are Villa Big Six? | | How Awful Is VAR? | Arsenal For The Quad?

2026/01/15

We’ve had a week of it. Villa fans came for us in numbers after The Overlap dragged up an old Big Six debate clip, so naturally we’ve now got a lifelong vendetta. Then we spiral into the proper stuff: why VAR has killed goal celebrations, why five minute offside checks are a disgrace, and whether football was better when you just glanced at the lino and went mad. There’s Spurs misery, West Ham dread, protest chat, Gallagher being “a terrier”, a quick detour into Chelsea, and a bumper comments section featuring the Raggett brothers, scrap invitations, and the legendary Sandwich Video. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Palace Humiliation | Head Coach v Director Of Football | Chelsea Too Big For Rosenior ?

2026/01/12

In this episode we confirm Dan’s okay after a short break, then dive straight into Crystal Palace’s humiliating FA Cup exit and why it may be the worst performance in the club’s modern history. From there we broaden the conversation to Tottenham, Chelsea and beyond, asking who really carries responsibility in modern football: the head coach on the touchline or the directors and ownership behind the scenes. We discuss Thomas Frank’s situation at Spurs, Oliver Glasner’s uncertain future at Palace, Chelsea’s new manager and the pressures of leading elite players in the social media era. Plus listener questions, FA Cup fallout, and the strange reality of supporting football clubs that always seem to find new ways to test you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Thomas Frank Has To Go | What Is Man United DNA? | The Panenka Penalty

2026/01/08

This one starts with numbness and ends somewhere between catharsis and chaos. We talk about the unspoken contract you sign with your football club for life, why some fans walk away and why most of us never really can. Spurs being a mess, Palace perspective, watching football out of habit rather than hope, and how results hit differently when it’s also your job. There’s burnout, sleep deprivation, social media fatigue, managers losing the room, The Panenka being a crime against football, and why talking it all through with your mates might be the only thing that keeps you sane. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Boring, Boring Tottenham | Liam Rosenior Might Actually Be Good | XG Explains Nothing And Everything

2026/01/02

We start with Spurs and quickly ask a bigger question. When football gets this dull, what are fans meant to cling to? We talk Thomas Frank, clean sheets that feel joyless, away ends singing old songs to stay sane, and whether pragmatism has gone too far. From Spurs to Chelsea’s chaos, Liam Rosenior rumours, Brennan Johnson, Sunderland’s madness and why xG both explains everything and nothing, this one turns into a proper chat about what football is meant to give us, and why so often it doesn’t. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Chelsea Have An Identity Crisis | Marc Guehi Is Premier League's Best Defender | Calvert-Lewin On The Plane?

2025/12/29

We’re back after Christmas and Dan’s had the full festive experience: Palace losing, kids being sick everywhere, and the dreaded norovirus tidal wave arriving mid Christmas dinner. Lovely stuff. Then we get into a game of football that neither of us ever wants to think about again, VAR and the weird delayed offside stuff, and why Thomas Frank still isn’t winning Spurs fans over. After that it’s Brennan Johnson to Palace rumours, Calvert-Lewin suddenly turning into a six-yard assassin, Villa refusing to go away, and a proper listener message about teaching your kids what supporting Palace actually means. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Villa Can Win The Title | The Worst Ref In The League | West Ham Are Down

2025/12/22

We try to do the grown-up referee chat and still end up saying John Brooks had an absolute mare, even while admitting Spurs deserved the two reds. Then we get into why this Premier League season feels properly weird, why Villa have to be taken seriously in the title race, and why West Ham look like they’re sleepwalking into a relegation scrap. There’s also a bit on Dele Alli and how quickly it can all unravel, plus a proper chat about matchgoing fans versus global fans and why it does not have to be one or the other. We round it off with festive comments, Celtic’s magnet-gate, and Dan taking his six-year-old to Leeds away for a 4-1, which is either elite parenting or a safeguarding issue. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Wilfred Nancy's Celtic Nightmare | Chelsea's Bill For CWC Win | Sameul Eto'o AFCON Chaos

2025/12/18

We’ve got the most chaotic story of the year from AFCON as Cameroon somehow end up with two managers and two squads, with Samuel Eto’o doing Samuel Eto’o things. Then we get into Celtic’s absolute meltdown, the Venn diagram tweet drama, and Dundee United piling in with elite trolling. From there it’s fixture congestion, the Club World Cup injury bill, and why football and politics can’t be separated no matter how much we’d like them to be. Plus: a Christmas campaign that actually matters, a wholesome tech story from Selhurst, and we launch the movement the world needs… #GiveTheKidsAJacket. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sunderland Shoot Down Magpies | Title Race Shift In THe Premier League | Frank Out Now?

2025/12/15

We’re back and Dan’s fresh off Dublin with approximately 45 pints of Guinness in his system, so naturally we start with European away days and end up in some properly dark places. We talk Arsenal grinding past Wolves, City doing City things, the Carragher vs Rio nonsense, and the weird Salah situation. Then we get into the grim bit: Spurs getting bullied again, why the midfield feels so soft, and why the fanbase is already swinging hard against Thomas Frank (the poll numbers are mad). We also hit Sunderland finally doing Newcastle, proper end-game shithousery, and a big question: do Spurs fans overrate the squad and who actually gets into a top six side. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Fighting Salah's Corner | Moyes’ Everton Revival | Chelsea Confusion

2025/12/11

In this one we sit down with Rory Jennings to get properly stuck into the Salah saga, the idea of legacy, and how tribal we all get when footballers cross the line. We talk Europa away days and why Prague might actually be heaven, give Everton the respect they’ve earned, and wonder what on earth Chelsea are. There’s a bit on Wolves and Derby’s infamous 11 points, a detour into ultras physically removing managers, and the usual listener chaos. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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★★★★★

rjp1109 2024/09/25

Love the show!

Dan and Flav do a great job capturing the stories across the league and speaking about them with much more nuance than the many ex-pros on tv and podc...

★★★★★

Robin Robinovitch 2024/08/14

Good start…

… and a decent consolation prize for no more 5 Statements.

★★★★★

YoDaddy28 2024/08/14

Love Flav

Flav always lays down good content. Well informed opinions and well timed humor.

★★★★★

porthole3 2024/08/13

More Flav

What could be better than more Flav