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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Recordings per month over the last 12 months — 13 in all, peaking in Jun 2026 with 6.

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The Athletic FC Podcast · How did Man City win the Elliot Anderson race? · 26 Jun 2026 podcast

And it was one all until late on and a draw would have sent Ecuador through in second and then Senegal won and knocked Ecuador out. voice-verified

And, you know, we all remember the Germany, Japan, Spain, Costa Rica group where everything was on the line from first to fourth in the last round of matches. voice-verified

There's none of that this time. voice-verified

There's a real lack of jeopardy. voice-verified

It's been a really good World Cup so far. voice-verified

And I think we're going to get a trade off in that we're going to get this sort of bonus knockout round of last 32 where there are some really good ties being lined up. voice-verified

like Japan, Brazil for one, France maybe against Sweden. voice-verified

So that's a bonus level of great knockout matches to come. voice-verified

But this last round of group stage games, yeah, there's hardly any jeopardy at all. voice-verified

And, you know, you've got teams playing for a draw to go through. voice-verified

This isn't, that isn't right. voice-verified

The whole head-to-head record, I don't like either. voice-verified

So it's, but do you agree? voice-verified

I think it's a bit underwhelming. voice-verified

But I think there are dead rubbers anyway. voice-verified

I think Paraguay Australia was a dead rubber. voice-verified

Although Turkey would have still been in it in the last World Cup, potentially, in that last match. voice-verified

And also this weird thing of teams waiting a few days before they know if they're knocked out. voice-verified

There's no drama for Scotland there, sitting in their hotel room being told that they're out. voice-verified

Do you know what I mean? voice-verified

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