Gary Lineker, Alan Shearer, and Micah Richards discuss football's biggest stories.
From last-minute winners to transfer sagas, fantasy football gems, and the drama behind the scenes.
With strong opinions, brilliant chemistry, and decades of Premier League experience, The Rest Is Football serves up three episodes every week packed with insights, dressing-room stories, and proper laughs.
Whether it’s VAR controversies, title races, European nights, or England’s hopes in international tournaments, no topic is off the table. It's the essential podcast for football fans.
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Boos at Old Trafford as Carrick says Man United have problems
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Manchester United's tricky start to the season continued on Wednesday night after they were knocked out of the Carabao Cup by Brighton as Michael Carrick admitted his sid
Sep 18 39 min
Is Mbappé Confident or Arrogant? Barcelona’s Perfect Start & Kane’s Ballon d’Or Bid
Gary is joined by Julien Laurens for a European football special. They begin in France, where PSG have made a poor start to their Ligue 1 campaign. Will they recover and
Sep 16 53 min
VAR Controversy Overshadows Manchester Derby
How did the officials get it so wrong with Erling Haaland’s winning goal? Should Phil Foden have been sent off? Where do we go with VAR from here?
Gary, Alan and Micah a
Sep 14 45 min
The Champions League Is Back
The English clubs are off to a flier, with all five picking up three points in the Champions League group phase.
Erling Haaland grabbed another brace to take his Champio
Sep 11 39 min
What is SCR and why does it matter?
We hear so much about SCR, PSR and all sorts of financial rules and regulations but what does it all mean and which clubs voted for it in the first place? Host of the Pri
Sep 9 45 min
Arsenal The Team To Beat
Arsenal make it three wins from three and are looking every bit like champions as they ease past Chelsea at the Emirates. Manchester City join them on nine points, but En
Sep 7 43 min
Fabian Hürzeler: The Youngest Ever Premier League Manager
What were the biggest difficulties of taking charge of a Premier League club at the age of 31? Why are Brighton so successful, despite regularly having to sell some of th
Sep 4 54 min
The 2026/27 Premier League Draft
New season, new Premier League draft. Gary, Alan, Micah, and Rob Jones, compete to build the best team possible.
Will anyone other than Erling Haaland go first? Will Al
Sep 2 24 min
Alonso's Chelsea thrive as £300m Spurs sit bottom
Gary, Alan & Micah get stuck into the Premier League weekend as Xabi Alonso's Chelsea continued to impress with a 4-3 win over Brighton, with Joao Pedro and Cole Palmer s
Aug 31 54 min
All 20 PL Clubs Predicted 26/27
Who will be top four? Who’s heading for the drop? Which teams will surprise and which will disappoint? In this special episode, Gary, Alan, and Micah look ahead to the ne
Aug 28 52 min
Gary’s Top Gear Story, Micah’s Non-League Dream & Álvarez To Arsenal?
What really happened in Argentina to stop Gary going on Top Gear? Micah reveals his dream of becoming a Manager or Owner of a non-league football club. Will Arsenal sign
Aug 26 27 min
Best Opening Premier League Weekend Ever?
Gary, Alan & Micah are back with a bang as we witnessed one of the most intriguing opening weekends we’ve seen in the Premier League.
Manchester United suffered a shock
Aug 24 57 min
Spain win the World Cup as Rodri reigns supreme
Gary Lineker, Alan Shearer, Micah Richards, and Joe Cole reflect on Spain beating Argentina 1-0 in the World Cup final in a match that saw De La Fuente's side dominate Me
Jul 20 27 min
Emma Hayes & Joe Hart on Tuchel questioning England’s DNA
Gary Lineker, Alan Shearer, Micah Richards, Joe Hart and Emma Hayes reflect further on England's World Cup exit now that we've got a bit of distance since the game - incl
Jul 18 25 min
England's "fear of failure" costs them against Argentina
England are out of the World Cup after a 2-1 loss to Argentina. Gary Lineker, Alan Shearer, Micah Richards, Joe Cole, Ally McCoist and Patrick Vieira react to yet another
Jul 16 28 min
England v Argentina & France v Spain - who reaches the final?
Gary Lineker, Alan Shearer, Micah Richards, Joe Cole and Mikel John Obi preview a pair of mouthwatering World Cup semi-finals starting with France v Spain - will France's
Jul 14 28 min
Bellingham saves England and sets up semi-final v Argentina and Messi
Gary Lineker, Micah Richards, Joe Cole and Ally McCoist react to England beating Norway 2-1 in the World Cup quarter-final thanks to yet more brilliance from Jude Belling
Jul 12 28 min
Electric Mbappe cements France's place as favourites
Gary Lineker, Alan Shearer, Micah Richards and Joe Cole reflect on the first quarter-final as France beat Morocco 2-0 thanks to another impressive showing from Kylian Mba
Jul 10 26 min
Messi inspires Argentina again as Egypt left fuming with VAR
Gary Lineker, Alan Shearer, Micah Richards and Joe Cole react to Argentina's late comeback as they beat Egypt 3-2 in a game which featured yet another goal, and an assist
Jul 8 27 min
Zohran Mamdani - why he loves Arsenal and hates hydration breaks
Gary Lineker sits down with the Mayor of New York City Zohran Mamdani to talk soccer, his Arsenal origin story and get his views on the impact the World Cup is having in
Jul 6 16 min
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I’m 20 minutes into the derby delight episode and this is one of the most entertaining podcasts I’ve ever heard. As a recent football convert from the states, that’s for the insights and for Alan giving us the Roy Kent passion.
christfollower2486 · Dec 2025
Listened during the 2024 Euros and was impressed. Actually found it because of the English players whining that they were too harsh. Overall I found these guys to be objective, educational, even-handed, and entertaining - but of course a bit too focused on what everything means for England. Now that the Euros are over, I’m hoping they cover football beyond the English league! I’ll keep listening for sure if they cover football outside of that zone. Hoping for 2025 Euros to be covered too.
eliodoloro · Jul 2024
Funny, informed, thoughtful , great chemistry between the hosts
The Bespoke CMO · Jun 2024
Just want to thank Gary, Alan, and Micah and the production team for a great podcast. The combination of banter and stick with real football insights is wonderful.
Also, just listened to Gary’s interview with Kasper. What of my favorite podcast listens ever. Grant it I played goalie so I’m a little
biased but his insights about football but even more so about life were incredible.
Keep up the world class work.
Andrew of the Keeper's Union · May 2024
I’ve been looking for a good, accurate, and interesting football pod for a bit. Heard about this and gave it a shot especially since I like Micah on cbs. Listened to one episode on the euros and I’m out. These guys are making predications for the round of 16 without realizing that players are suspended. Can you at least do some research? Just real basic stuff that’s infuriating but pretty widespread in this space. My search continues.
Jamalumpberger · Jun 2024
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