Between The Lines with Melissa Reddy Podcast
1) The 2020/21 season: When Everything Changed
When we look back at perhaps the most challenging season in English football history, we probably won't remember the goals or the games. This was the campaign of meaningful action, of meaningful chang...Show More
2) Football ownership in focus: the greed, the bad, the ugly
Football may have undergone its most seismic shift ever over the last few weeks. The threat of European Super League finally materialised and had evaporated just two days later, blown up in a blaze of...Show More
3) From life-ending thoughts to personal triumph
In March 2019, Leigh Nicol - then playing for Charlton Athletic - was made aware that her iCloud had been hacked and some intimate footage had been shared online. In an instant, her life was shredded ...Show More
4) No more silence: Women in football speak up
For ages, women in football have accepted the unacceptable: sexual and verbal harassment, constant questioning of their abilities, their work cut down by accusations of having intimate relationships w...Show More
5) The evolution of the fullback: An interview with Glen Johnson
What was it like to be the first signing of the Roman Abrahomovic era at Chelsea? How much can playing under such contrasting managers - Jose Mourinho, Rafa Benitez, Brendan Rodgers, Mark Hughes, Kenn...Show More
6) All eyes on referees
Remember a time when VAR was being pushed for to reduce the time spent talking about refereeing decisions? The technology is in, but the focus on the officials has never been greater, taking the spotl...Show More
7) The psychology of pandemic football
Football has been altered in so many ways due to coronavirus, but the game - the form of players, the record of managers - is still being discussed as it was pre-pandemic. There has been little to no ...Show More
8) An announcement about this week's episode
Hi everyone! Just to let you know, this week's episode of Between The Lines will be available this Friday.In the meantime, why not listen back to some of our previous episodes? You can hear from the l...Show More
9) The art of defending: An interview with Joleon Lescott
Why are recovery tackles celebrated more than being in the right position to make an intervention? Can a mistake at the back actually come from the right decision?On this episode of Between The Lines,...Show More
10) From blogging to the management big time: An interview with René Marić
At 28, René Marić is already established as one of the sharpest coaching minds in football. He is the assistant manager to the coveted Marco Rose at Borussia Mönchengladbach, but his path to being in ...Show More