Mike Halford

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41,725 appearances 179 recordings 2 series first heard Apr 2026 last heard 6 Jul

Mike Halford’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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Recordings per month over the last 12 months — 179 in all, peaking in Jun 2026 with 69.

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Halford & Brough in the Morning · The Best of Halford and Brough 7/6/26 · 6 Jul 2026 podcast

Crazy. voice-verified

Didn't see it coming. voice-verified

He is vitally important to what they do, but this is still a Belgian squad with a lot of quality and will still give the U.S. voice-verified

a test whether Balogun was in the lineup or not. voice-verified

The fact that he's there, if U.S. voice-verified

is to go on and win this, there's going to be a massive asterisk beside it, and I don't know how the rest of the tournament plays out with that hanging in the backdrop. voice-verified

If they don't win... voice-verified

it is going to be one of the more intriguing subplots moving forward. voice-verified

Because now they've opened up a can of worms. voice-verified

For example, there was a red card in the match yesterday for Gerald Kwanzaa in England in a match we haven't even talked about yet, but was fantastic at Azteca. voice-verified

Every red card now comes under scrutiny and has opened up this Pandora's box about whether or not you're able to rescind. voice-verified

Because here's the crux of this whole thing. voice-verified

They've never said, and FIFA doesn't have to open up the black box as to why, the reasoning behind overturning this particular red in a tournament that I believe has had 13 red cards now. voice-verified

Because they're not overturning the actual decision. voice-verified

They're just suspending the suspension. voice-verified

And part of this is, yes, absolutely, they're making it up as it goes along. voice-verified

I mean, there are some people that are saying this appeals process that the Belgians have been granted is, voice-verified

is just kind of been drawn up out of thin air. voice-verified

They're like, yeah, sure. voice-verified

Here's an appeals process. voice-verified

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