Tim Spiers

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2,293 appearances 13 recordings 2 series first heard Jun 2026 last heard 6 Sep

Tim Spiers’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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The Athletic FC Podcast · Mourinho and Madrid Mark II: Magic or madness? · 12 Aug 2026 podcast

Rome, I think they finished sixth in his two full seasons that they were there, and they've gone up the table since he left. matched

So so yeah, he's putting his reputation on the line, but obviously that won't bother him. matched

Yeah, sliding doors is right. matched

I d I don't think anybody really even suggested that at the time. matched

Uh it's interesting about the training session, you know, will Chelsea now get a points deduction like Saddampson of the season probably should do. matched

So uh yeah, I guess it look, it's a timely reminder to the world, as he takes one of the biggest jobs in the world, that he was once deemed good enough to follow the greatest manager that English football has ever seen is Sir Alex Ferguson, who seems like he was it was his choice as well, to to follow him. matched

Another one of the world's best managers, David Moyes, you know, got it instead. matched

And obviously, you know, we know what happened there. matched

As as ever with Marino, you can sort of take his words with a pinch of salt. matched

I think he said he didn't take it out of respect for Chelsea. matched

And yet three years later he actually he takes the job anyway. matched

And then six years later he takes the Spurs job, who are like Chelsea's, you know, very sort of direct rivals. matched

So obviously probably bitter being sacked at Chelsea when he was, what, sixteenth in the in the table? matched

So, you know, rewriting history is something he he likes to do, but doesn't have to do. matched

You know, he was he was one of the greatest in the world, you know, for a number of years. matched

So yeah, you can sort of take it all with a pinch top, but it it is very interesting. matched

It's very much a sliding doors moment. matched

And I do not think that United would have gone through the struggles that they have if he'd taken over at that time when he was still sort of, you know, in his coming towards the end of his prime era, but still still had the magic. matched

Yeah. matched

It was. matched

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