The Totally Football Show

The podcast was an off-shoot of The Guardian newspaper's Football Weekly podcast from which presenter Richardson, Producer Ben, and regular contributor Iain Macintosh left in order to create their own product ahead of the 2017–18 season.{{cite web |first=Daniel |last=Storey |url=http://www.football365.com/news/exclusive-james-richardson-to-leave-guardian-football-weekly|title=Exclusive: James Richardson to leave Guardian Football Weekly |date=31 July 2017|website=football365.com|accessdate=18 May 2018}} The new shows received five million downloads in their first two months.{{cite web|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/iain-macintosh-interview-totally-football-show-guardian-podcast-muddy-knees-media-2017-9|title=Football journalist Iain Macintosh wants to build a podcast empire — the Totally Football Show is just the start|website=businessinsider.com|access-date=18 May 2018}} Throughout the 2017–18 season 26 million downloads were reported. For the 2018–19 season the 'Totally Football Show' will be sponsoring the football shirts of Melchester Rovers in the re-boot of the Roy of the Rovers graphic novels.{{Cite web|url=https://royoftheroversofficial.com/news/321|title=Roy of the Rovers|website=royoftheroversofficial.com}}

In June 2020, Muddy Knees Media and The Totally Football Show became part of The Athletic.{{Cite tweet |user=thetotallyshow |url=https://twitter.com/thetotallyshow/status/1272423846973448193 |number=1272423846973448193 |access-date=2023-05-12 |lang=en |title=Big Announcement Alert |url-status=live |archive-date=June 15, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200615070204/https://twitter.com/thetotallyshow/status/1272423846973448193 }}{{Cite news |last=Kay-Jelski |first=Alex |title=Football's back, The Athletic is ready and we've got some totally exciting news |work=The Athletic |url=https://theathletic.co.uk/1865012/2020/06/15/the-athletic-footbal-premier-league-back-arsenal-liverpool-manchester-united-city-tottenham-spurs-newcastle-chelsea-everton-leicester-villa-palace/ |access-date=2021-11-15}}

As well as the flagship Totally Football Show, the Totally Football League show and Golazo: the Totally Italian Football Show, the Totally Football League Show, and the Totally Scottish Football Show are also weekly podcasts co-produced by Audio Boom who reportedly saw their profits increase by 329% in 2017.{{cite web|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/audioboom-totally-football-show-no-such-thing-as-a-fish-podcast-platforms-revenues-jump-2017-9|title=Totally Football Show and No Such Thing as a Fish podcasts help AudioBoom's revenue jump 329%|website=businessinsider.com|access-date=18 May 2018}} The Totally Football Show: American Edition was launched in October 2018 hosted by US soccer record caps holder Cobi Jones.{{cite tweet |author=The Totally Football Show |user=TheTotallyShow |number=1055099384852029446 |date=24 October 2018 |title=PRESS RELEASE - The Totally Football Show: American Edition https://t.co/fe6oqUWlSt |access-date=5 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201109040219/https://twitter.com/TheTotallyShow/status/1055099384852029446 |archive-date=9 November 2020 |url-status=live}} It ended after MLS Cup was handed out that season.

The Monday and Thursday editions of the show typically focus on news around the English Premier League. The Tuesday edition of the show, known as the "European edition," usually focuses on Serie A, La Liga, the German Bundesliga and Ligue 1, as well as the UEFA Champions League and any other European leagues making news the previous weekend, with Richardson regularly joined by contributors James Horncastle, Raphael Honigstein, Julien Laurens and Alvaro Romeo.

There are also Totally Football Live shows held at venues such as The O2 in London.{{cite web|url=https://www.ticketmaster.co.uk/the-totally-football-show-live-indigo-at-the-o2-greenwich/venueartist/435248/5242479|title=The Totally Football Show Live|website=ticketmaster.co.uk|accessdate=18 May 2018}}

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• Duncan Alexander
• Carl Anka
• Caroline Barker
• Kelly Cates
• Adrian Clarke
• Michael Cox
• Matt Davies-Adams
• Charlie Eccleshare
• Natalie Gedra
• Sasha Guryanov
• Jay Harris
• Raphael Honigstein
• Lynsey Hooper
• James Horncastle
• Richard Hughes
• Adam Hurrey
• Jack Lang
• Benji Lanyado
• Julien Laurens
• Flo Lloyd-Hughes
• Iain Macintosh
• Gabriele Marcotti
• Bassil Mikdadi
• Pat Nevin
• Sam Parkin
• David Preece
• Alvaro Romeo
• Tim Spiers
• Daniel Storey
• Liam Tharme
• Tom Williams
• Laurie Whitwell

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They were nominated for ‘podcast of the year’ at the 2017 Football Supporters Federation Awards.{{cite web |date=31 October 2017 |title=FSF Awards 2017 shortlists announced - Football Supporters' Federation |url=http://www.fsf.org.uk/latest-news/view/fsf-awards-2017-shortlists-announced |accessdate=18 May 2018 |website=www.fsf.org.uk}} On 31 October 2018, it was announced that The Totally Football Show has been nominated in the ‘podcast of the year’ category at the 2018 Football Supporters Federation Awards.{{Cite web |date=October 31, 2018 |title=FSF Awards 2018 shortlists announced |url=https://thefsa.org.uk/news/fsf-awards-2018-shortlists-announced/ |website=Football Supporters' Association}} On 10 April 2019 the show was nominated in the ‘Best Sport Podcast’ category at the British Podcast Awards which it subsequently won.{{cite tweet|number=1129842209824620544|user=britpodawards|title=Best Sport ⚽️ GOLD: @TheTotallyShow with @acjimbo - Muddy Knees Media for the Totally Football Network 🎧 https://t.co/RK3KzTbDM8 SILVER: The Big Interview with Graham Hunter - BackPage Media BRONZE: The Cycling Podcast Féminin - The Cycling Podcast #britpodawards https://t.co/HSkrJ8wJ5x|author=British Podcast Awards|date=18 May 2019|access-date=5 February 2021}}{{Cite web |title=Nominations 2019 |url=https://www.britishpodcastawards.com/noms19 |website=British Podcast Awards, supported by Amazon Music |access-date=2019-04-11 |archive-date=2019-05-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190511130010/https://www.britishpodcastawards.com/noms19 |url-status=dead }} The Totally Football Show was shortlisted for the Podcast of the Year at the Football Supporters' Association awards in 2021.{{cite web |date=2 November 2021 |title=FSA Awards 2021 shortlists announced |url=https://thefsa.org.uk/news/fsa-awards-2021-shortlists-announced/}} In February 2023 the show was nominated in the Podcast category at the British Sports Journalism Awards.{{Cite web |title=Woods, Roan and Murray go for glory again as Broadcast categories revealed for British Sports Journalism Awards |url=https://www.sportsjournalists.co.uk/awards-news/strongwoods-roan-and-murray-go-for-glory-again-as-broadcast-categories-revealed-for-british-sports-journalism-awards-strong |website=sportsjournalists.co.uk|date=17 February 2023 }} In April 2023, the podcast won best soccer podcast at the Sports Group Podcast Awards.{{Cite web|title=Sports Podcast Award Winners 2023|accessdate=April 13, 2023|url=https://www.sportspodcastgroup.com/winners-2023/|date=April 13, 2023}}

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