Mark Critchley

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1,840 appearances 10 recordings 1 series first heard Jun 2026 last heard 8 Jul

Mark Critchley’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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Recordings per month over the last 12 months — 10 in all, peaking in Jun 2026 with 7.

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The Athletic FC Podcast · Messi outshines Mbappe and Haaland + why Amorim for Milan? · 17 Jun 2026 podcast

Yeah, that's what we do. voice-verified

It's narrative, sorry. voice-verified

We're just like dogs, just like... But I think Liam's point about the groups being forgiving is... voice-verified

great and true, and also that it's forgiving in terms of qualification because you can go down to third, but it's not that forgiving in terms of your path through. voice-verified

So Spain, during that game the other night, has sort of altered our perception of how far they're going to go through the tournament because I was saying yesterday, they can land Argentina in the next round if things go to chalk, I think. voice-verified

And then that changes our perception of Argentina as well because they've got a much tougher... voice-verified

on paper opponent in the round of 32 in Spain so I don't think there's any margin for error or complacency in any of these games and particularly England's group itself is probably one of the more difficult ones in the tournament right you need to get off to a good start I'm sure that Thomas Tuchel will be preparing him to do exactly that and I think the preparations have been good on the pitch maybe off it not so much with all this training gear being stolen and Thomas Tuchel said he didn't even know about it didn't he voice-verified

Right. voice-verified

Yeah. voice-verified

It's one of those stories. voice-verified

You get these stories. voice-verified

I've covered England at World Cups and in the camps and these stories crop up every so often and there's a lot made out of them. voice-verified

Sometimes maybe there's mountains and molehills involved, but preparations have been good on the whole, I'd say, and the friendly performances were encouraging. voice-verified

So I think they'll get off to a good start. voice-verified

I think, look, he's a player that voice-verified

Honestly, I wasn't that aware of until this season. voice-verified

But you've heard his name throughout the course of the year. voice-verified

I mean, I think he scored, I think only Kane scored more domestic league goals in Europe this season than him. voice-verified

So that is a remarkable record. voice-verified

And I always like it when you get this sort of late bloomer, you know, he's 28 years old, announcing himself in his peak years. voice-verified

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