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BBC News
17-05-2025
- Entertainment
- BBC News
Football Daily Remember When… We Actually Won Something
Remember When is a show that brings together football fans from across the UK to talk about the seismic moments that shaped their club's history - and had a massive impact on their own lives too. Rather than being about tribal division or comparing between the haves versus the have-nots, it's about the stories, the memories and the moments that unite us as football fans - whoever we support. This time, Remember When looks back at two of the most memorable FA Cup triumphs in English football history. Wimbledon and Portsmouth have suffered more than their fair share of hardship over the years, with trophy cabinets smaller than plenty of their Football League counterparts. But both clubs and their fans share an increasingly rare privilege: they won the FA Cup against the odds. Broadcaster Rick Edwards is joined by two guests who were right at the heart of the action. Marc Jones fell in love with Wimbledon after an inadvertent trip to Plough Lane in the 1980s and followed their ragtag bunch of cult heroes to the 1988 FA Cup final, where the Crazy Gang ended the day on that hallowed top Wembley step after beating a brilliant Liverpool team. Jeff Harris made a similar pilgrimage twenty years later, when his beloved Portsmouth scratched and clawed their way to the final of the 2008 FA Cup. He'd recently returned from working overseas for the British Army and watched Kanu and company complete their own journey to greatness at the new Wembley. Marc and Jeff share their hilarious and often heartfelt memories of seeing their local clubs reach footballing immortality. From that snowballing belief as their clubs marched through the rounds at the expense of numerous top-flight counterparts, to organising double-decker buses and flights back from military bases to make sure they joined friends and family at Wembley. They also remember the aftermath, as Jeff bolted back down to Portsmouth and joined in celebrations across the city while Marc caught sight of Wimbledon manager Bobby Gould bringing the trophy back to Plough Lane at the front of the team coach. They also touch on how these victories marked important moments in their own young lives, with football acting as the catalyst for moments of joy, melancholy and belonging. Remember When is a celebration of what football's all about: moments etched into history for the fans and players of two clubs who might never experience it again. This is Remember When… We Actually Won Something.
BBC News
17-03-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
'Football is everything and nothing'
In a wide-ranging chat with BBC Radio 5 Live's Rick Edwards alongside club psychologist Michael Caulfield, Thomas Frank has opened up on how he deals with the pressure's of elite football management."For me, football is everything and nothing," he said. "I'm devastated after we lose, I'm irritated and every single fibre in my body hurts after the game because I'm irritated in different ways."But, on the flip side coming in on a Monday there's hope again. I'm working with good people and I believe and dream again and go one more time."I know what's the most important thing for me - family and friends."Caulfield has been at the club since 2016, around the same time Frank arrived as assistant head coach, and believes the relationship between the two has developed naturally over time."When you're in this it's not friendships at the minute because we're too busy, too committed," he said."And we are genuinely committed to what we are trying to do. A lot of trust has been developed and it hasn't been through force."You've got this Danish person and British person who had never met before and eight years later something has happened. I don't want to overthink it because like any good relationship it just happens."I know when to talk to Thomas and vice versa and when to leave him alone. We've worked out a way of handling each other because football is so totally irrational and completely emotional."There's a lot of trust, a lot of empathy, a lot of understanding. I like to think one skill I do have is to know when to shut up and leave a room."Listen to the full episode on BBC Sounds
BBC News
15-03-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
🎧 Psychology evolution in football with Frank and Caulfield
BBC Radio 5 Live presenter Rick Edwards heads to Brentford's training ground to speak to head coach Thomas Frank and the club's psychologist Michael Caulfield on a special edition of the Football Daily sit down in the manager's office to discuss the evolution of psychology in football and dealing with the extreme highs and lows, as well as the unique has worked with a range of other football clubs and managers, including Gareth Southgate, and in a wide range of other sports from horse racing to to the Football Daily podcast on BBC Sounds
