Tifo Football Podcast

Graham Scott refereed in the Premier League for a decade before retiring in 2025 to return to his previous career as a journalist. He was a video assistant referee more than 100 times and brings a unique insight into how officials operate, both on the pitch and in the video booth.

On today's episode, Joe & Jon perform Ring for Analysis, while reading through this fascinating insight into the mind of a referee, written by Graham Scott.

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7183601/2026/04/10/referees-var-video-review/

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Atletico Madrid’s progress against Barcelona in the Champions League, their evolution under Diego Simeone and what the future holds for departing AFC Bournemouth manager Andoni Iraola were all discussed on this episode of the Tifo football podcast.

This episode of the Tifo football podcast is hosted by Joe Devine, features Jon Mackenzie, Kaya Kaynak & Colin Millar and is produced by Steve Hankey.

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00:00 - An intro

08:50 - Atletico Madrid knock out Barcelona

19:30 - Atletico's evolution & Kaya’s quotes

27:08 - CL permutations without full knowledge of results

32:10 - strongest CL winning narrative?

37:28 - a break

37:30 - THE RONDO

45:10 - Andoni Iraola will leave AFC Bournemouth

53:18 - Where should Iraola go next?

1:04:17 - a recent media acquisition

1:18:18 - should football games be shorter?

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Yet another damaging defeat for Tottenham under new boss Roberto De Zerbi, a resurgent West Ham United and Liverpool’s rising star Rio Ngumoha were all discussed in this episode of the Tifo Football podcast.

This episode of the Tifo football podcast is hosted by Joe Devine, features Jack Pitt-Brooke, JJ Bull & Kaya Kaynak and is produced by Steve Hankey.

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00:00 - an absolutely fine intro

05:40 - More relegation strife for Tottenham

24:28 - Impressive Granit Xhaka & Sunderland

28:14 - Would De Zerbi stay in the Championship?

31:15 - a break

31:17 - THE RONDO

37:43 - Resurgent West Ham!

48:44 - Who’s going to go down? Who knows?!

52:03 - Rio Ngumoha is great

57:50 - Kaya’s film review

1:07:25 - Points Are Bad

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