Duncan Alexander

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4,699 appearances 32 recordings 1 series first heard Apr 2026 last heard 4d ago

Duncan Alexander’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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The Totally Football Show with James Richardson · Totally Extra: The very talented Mr Rijkaard · 19 Sep 2026 podcast

It was at Highbury, right? voice-verified

A whole new voice-verified

Yeah, I think so. voice-verified

To my earlier point, I think he didn't really sort of leap into the forefront of English observers' minds until two years later. voice-verified

But I think... voice-verified

That 88 game, one of the first football games I can remember actually, but England were absolutely outclassed. voice-verified

It was like the Netherlands were playing a sport that no one had even ever visited. voice-verified

And I know it was in the very midst of the European ban, but England went into that tournament as one of the favourites. voice-verified

and lost all three group games. voice-verified

But the Dutch game was a real humbling, and obviously, as Simon says, those four players haunted him that day and would do again. voice-verified

It was the start of a real era of Netherlands-England sort of encounters with probably only 1990 being the only one where England were the better team. voice-verified

Yeah, not many people start off as national team manager. voice-verified

Then go on to one of European football's biggest clubs. voice-verified

Yeah, and kind of rebuild that and set up the club in a lot of ways for one of the best periods it's ever had. voice-verified

And then as we've talked about earlier, just ultimately just might drop and walk off. voice-verified

also have to remember, this was very different Barcelona in the sense that they'd only ever won the European Cup once at this point. voice-verified

The same as Milan had only won the European Cup twice back in the 60s when Rijkaard went there as a player. voice-verified

And, you know, clubs like that, they kind of, they... voice-verified

They win these European Cups and they become bigger exponentially each time. voice-verified

And it's interesting that of two of the biggest clubs on the continent, he was there at the point where they started to ratchet up more on us. voice-verified

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