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Tony Pulis spent five seasons keeping Stoke City in the Premier League and was told the whole way through that he was ruining football. Arsène Wenger called his side a rugby team. Now Arsenal are champions, and set pieces played a huge role in how they got there 🏆
In this episode of The Jeff Stelling Show, Pulis reveals the advice Sir Alex Ferguson gave him when Stoke went up, why he made things up to wind his players up before games, and what he really thinks about directors of football ⚽️
He also talks about Gillingham's play-off defeat against Man City that still bothers him, and why academies are failing the kids who don't make it 😔
Over a thousand games as a manager. Never relegated.
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Steve McClaren rang David James before he signed for Portsmouth and told him he wanted to look at other goalkeepers. James knew exactly what that meant 😳
Eighteen months later he was back in the England squad. At 39, he finally played his first World Cup match 🙌
Jeff Stelling sits down with one of the most recognisable goalkeepers of the Premier League era for a conversation that covers the England years, the 'Calamity James' label, and the phone call he still hasn't forgiven 📞
James explains why Robbie Fowler's missed penalty against Middlesbrough in 2005 may have created Pep Guardiola's Manchester City. He talks about being sent up front as an emergency striker with seven minutes left and no warning. He describes falling out with the press, blocking journalists entirely, and the conversation in his kitchen with a stranger that changed how he understood his own game 🧠
He's also candid about being told the club didn't want sports psychology mentioned in the dressing room, about conceding a goal ruining his weekend even in a 5-1 win, and about why he thinks this England squad is technically better than the golden generation he played in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Plus: Fabio Capello's flip chart, the save he rates above Gordon Banks against Pelé, why Gianluigi Buffon is his greatest of all time, and what's stopping former England players from getting coaching jobs ⚽️
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Thierry Henry called him the best defender he ever faced. Ledley King did it while barely training 😱
Now the Tottenham legend reveals the doctor’s warning that ended his career 🤕
In this brutally honest episode of The Jeff Stelling Show, brought to you by OLBG, Ledley opens up about one of the most remarkable careers in Premier League history.
From playing grassroots football alongside John Terry and Bobby Zamora to becoming Tottenham Hotspur captain, King tells Jeff about his terrifying Anfield debut, lifting the 2008 League Cup, facing Thierry Henry and Didier Drogba, and playing for Spurs after months without a proper training session 😳
He also discusses the isolation and mental toll of his injuries, the medical warning that forced him to retire at 31, and his World Cup heartbreak with England under Fabio Capello 💔
Plus, Ledley gives his honest verdict on:
⭐️ Playing with Gareth Bale and Luka Modric
😭 Getting the treatment that made Gennaro Gattuso cry
📈 Roberto De Zerbi’s Tottenham rebuild
🏆 Closing the Premier League gap to Arsenal
📝 Whether he could return to coaching one day
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The legendary John Barnes joins The Jeff Stelling Show for one of his most revealing interviews ever 🙌
From the iconic World In Motion rap to his unforgettable England career, Liverpool glory and the reality of racism in football, Barnes tells stories you've never heard before 🎙️
In this episode John reveals:
💰 How much he was REALLY paid for the World In Motion rap
❌ Why England never got the best out of him
💪 His honest thoughts on Jude Bellingham
😱 Playing football with Marvin Gaye
🐝 The incredible influence of Graham Taylor and Elton John at Watford
🔴 Why Liverpool's culture made him a better player
😔 His experiences of racism then and now
🙏 His prostate cancer diagnosis and why every man should get tested
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Razor Ruddock sits down with Jeff Stelling for one of the most brutally honest football conversations you'll hear all year 🙌

In this episode of The Jeff Stelling Show, Neil 'Razor' Ruddock pulls zero punches - from winding up Eric Cantona during Liverpool vs Manchester United to the heartbreak of that 1996 FA Cup final phone call to his dad 💔

He opens up about the Spice Boys drinking culture at Liverpool, why he thinks VAR is ruining football, and the terrifying moment doctors had to stop and restart his heart 😳

Whether you grew up watching him at Liverpool, Tottenham, West Ham or Southampton, this is the Razor Ruddock story you've never heard in full 🍿

Topics covered include: 
🔴 Razor Ruddock's Liverpool career
👹 Cantona rivalry 
💔 1996 FA Cup final 
🍻 Drinking culture in football 
📺 VAR debate 
💪 Jimmy Case 
😇 Robbie Fowler 
⚽️ Alan Shearer 
❤️ Heart surgery 
🌴 I'm a Celebrity 
🌱 Grassroots football

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