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 · Who will actually win the World Cup? · 9 Jun 2026 podcast

Was that your mum writing in? voice-verified

Mum, please stop. voice-verified

Okay, stop. voice-verified

I'm not bringing it up as like a victory lap because I think this could still go very wrong. voice-verified

We're still a long way out. voice-verified

I can see the no-look penalty going wide in the round of 16 against Mexico or whatever. voice-verified

And I also left out Morgan Rodgers, which was an absolute horrendous shout and I should probably own as well. voice-verified

But I think the reason why I put him in, and I'm not saying it's the reason why Thomas Tuchel put him in, but I think... voice-verified

it's because international football, I think we tend to think of it as like fantasy football. voice-verified

You know, there's no contracts, there's no transfer fees. voice-verified

You sort of just get to pick the 26 best in-form English players by position. voice-verified

But you actually, and I think Tuchel has said this from the start, what you want is to build a club atmosphere. voice-verified

You want an environment that people feel comfortable in because playing for England is one of the most highly pressurized, uncomfortable environments that you could possibly be in a lot of the time in English football. voice-verified

So, voice-verified

I think that has always been the aim. voice-verified

And I think that was actually one of the biggest legacies, if you like, from Southgate. voice-verified

And you look at this squad, there's a lot of names in there who perhaps wouldn't have been in squads previous years. voice-verified

There's a lot of names that would have been in there and they're not, like Maguire, Foden, players who wouldn't even really be considered or weren't available, like Walker, who retired, or Trippier. voice-verified

But... voice-verified

I think if you look at it and you compare this squad to Tuchel's first squad, I think it's 17 players who are in the first squad that he picked just over a year ago to now, which is very few places up for grabs. voice-verified

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