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Graham Dunn @saidanddunn.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

@couchpundito.bsky.social and myself are joined by @philip-craig.bsky.social on this week's By Far The Greatest Team #football #podcast to look at Bob Houghton's Malmo, the only Swedish team to ever reach the European Cup final open.spotify.com/episode/4wsU...

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Graham Dunn @saidanddunn.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

To go with this week's By Far The Greastest Team #football #podcast on Malmo with @couchpundito.bsky.social @philip-craig.bsky.social here's a piece about Swedish football and the success of little-known English coaches byfarthegreatestteam.substack.com/p/malmo-and-...

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Graham Dunn @saidanddunn.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

@CouchPundito and myself are joined by Everton fan Declan Clark on this week's @byfargreatestfc #football #podcast to look back at David Moyes first era in charge at Goodison open.spotify.com/episode/0XMx...

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Everton 2002-2013

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Jamie Rooney | BFTGT + Greatness Index @couchpundito.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Went to see Paris 75 in Hoxton this week — Harvey Marcus’s documentary about Leeds United and the 1975 European Cup final. A brilliant fan’s-eye story of a night that still lives deep in Leeds memory.

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Jamie Rooney | BFTGT + Greatness Index @couchpundito.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

The World Cup has started, but FIFA forgot one team. Luckily, Graham, Andrew Walker and I have done the admin. FIFA Barbarians 2026: the best players missing from the tournament, a final XI, a bench, a kit, and the perfect manager. Watch the full episode on YouTube www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ofo...

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Graham Dunn @saidanddunn.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

@couchpundito.bsky.social It's World Cup time - and By Far The Greatest Team #Football #Podcast marks the occasion by running through the best of the players who will not be there - introducing the #WorldCup2026 Barbarians XI open.spotify.com/episode/5cI2...

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FIFA Barbarians '26

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Jamie Rooney | BFTGT + Greatness Index @couchpundito.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Had the pleasure of chatting with Michael recently on By Far The Greatest Team Podcast about all things USA 94 — we could have gone on for hours. Warm, knowledgeable and full of brilliant stories. If World Cup stories, history & glorious football rabbit holes are your thing, give his book a look.

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Jamie Rooney | BFTGT + Greatness Index @couchpundito.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

The World Cup starts today. So naturally, we’ve picked the team FIFA forgot to invite. FIFA Barbarians 2026 is out now on By Far The Greatest Team. Audio available now. Full episode also on YouTube — our first full video episode. youtu.be/I1vXD1KFLKQ XI picked. Kit proposed. Manager appointed.

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Jamie Rooney | BFTGT + Greatness Index @couchpundito.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Ok! So there's a bit of World Cup stuff going on right now. Everyone’s talking groups, favourites, prices and prices! But we’re asking the serious question: Should FIFA create a Barbarians team? New By Far The Greatest Team episode out this Thursday. XI selected. Manager chosen. Chaos embraced.

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Graham Dunn @saidanddunn.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

ICYMI, @couchpundito.bsky.social were joined by football writer James Bennett on this week's By Far The Greatest Team #football #podcast to look back at the French team that managed to lose their last two games at home to fail to qualify for USA 1994 #WorldCup open.spotify.com/episode/1QGm...

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France 1992-1993

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Graham Dunn @saidanddunn.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

@couchpundito.bsky.social and we talk about on the podcast, the world comes crashing down after David Ginola opts to cross instead of heading for the corner flag with disastrous consequences - and a forlorn France miss out - though things did get quite a lot better for them at #WorldCups

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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

"A match official who was set to be the first Somalian to referee at the World Cup finals has been dropped after he was denied entry to the US.." Why isn't FIFA demanding this decision be reversed? That's a rhetorical question. We all know why.

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Jamie Rooney | BFTGT + Greatness Index @couchpundito.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

World Cup Stories: Peru 1978. The controversy is unavoidable, but so is the romance: Teófilo Cubillas, Héctor Chumpitaz, a team with genuine quality… and one of the most beautiful World Cup kits ever. White shirt. Red sash. Absolute perfection.

Branded World Cup Stories graphic for By Far The Greatest Team, featuring Peru’s iconic 1978 World Cup football shirt: a white kit with a bold red diagonal sash, celebrating one of the most beautiful shirts in World Cup history.

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Jamie Rooney | BFTGT + Greatness Index @couchpundito.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

The World Cup question nobody is asking: Should FIFA create a Barbarians slot? This Thursday on By Far The Greatest Team, we pick a FIFA Barbarians 2026 XI — the best players not at the World Cup — plus the perfect manager. A ridiculous idea. A frighteningly good team.

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Jamie Rooney | BFTGT + Greatness Index @couchpundito.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

A lovely milestone for us: By Far The Greatest Team has now passed 50,000 downloads across all major podcast platforms. Congrats to @saidanddunn.bsky.social Huge thanks to everyone who has listened, shared, joined us, argued with us or quietly kept coming back. On we go.

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Graham Dunn @saidanddunn.bsky.social · 31/08/2025

To go with the By Far The Greatest Team podcast with @jamierooney.bsky.social here is a blog about how Jurgen Klinsmann achieved the seemingly impossible in 2006 and made the world fall in love with the German national football team byfarthegreatestteam.substack.com/p/germany-2006

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Germany 2006

How I learned to stop worrying and love the German national side

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Jamie Rooney | BFTGT + Greatness Index @couchpundito.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

@saidanddunn.bsky.social one to add for season 4!! Elton Welsby…what’s not to like? Thanks again for the great suggestion @stumuz.bsky.social

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Jamie Rooney | BFTGT + Greatness Index @couchpundito.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

Free Panini La Liga sticker collection to all children. How did I manage to get away with that one? Yay….stickers!! #panini #liga #football #laliga2 #malaga #larosaleda

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Jamie Rooney | BFTGT + Greatness Index @couchpundito.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

Did you know, when Malaga won the Intertoto Cup in 2002, was the same year Fulham did - as covered by Stu Burgess in our Fulham 09/10 podcast open.spotify.com/episode/4iJX... - Stuttgart also won the Intertoto Cup that season. There were 3 finals. Can’t understand how that tournament didn’t take off

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Fulham 2009/10

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Jamie Rooney | BFTGT + Greatness Index @couchpundito.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

Off to La Rosaleda tonight for some La Liga tier 2 action. Racing (Santander) top of the league, top of the north, travelling to Malaga, bottom of the south. Thats a 1000km jouney; 10 hours in a car, 9 in a train. Impressive stuff. #larosaleda #malaga #racing #laliga #byfarthegreatestteam #football

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