Matt and Nick return to host the first ever FPL Pod VS Tok Awards. Who will win the coveted Darren Huckerby trophy for surprise player of the season, alongside the many other honours bestowed upon the Premier League players who have featured in our FPL teams this campaign? And who will take away the less appealing title of "flop of the season"? Listen in to find out.

The lads also reflect on what they have learnt over the 24/25 season, especially when it comes to selecting their respective teams based on the advice of content creators from podcast and TikTok platforms respectively. Matt also uses this discussion to celebrate the various opportunities that he, Nick and Dad have had to watch football this season, whether that is at the Mayfield, the Cherry Red, the Imperial, King's Meadow, Stamford Bridge or indeed Wembley Stadium, which we visited in two consecutive weekends.

With Matt and Nick not attending a game recently, we give the floor to Sea of Days with extended clips of Darkness and Where Do I Begin? Our awards show music also comes from Anastasia Chubarova.

The podcast opens with a discussion about Chelsea, Tottenham and Paris Saint Germain's success in Europe, as well as concerns over Crystal Palace's appearance in next seasons's Europa League. We close with a tribute to the Premier League legend that is referee Uriah Rennie who sadly passed away recently at the age of 65.

We may not be putting out podcasts quite as regularly over the summer, but we will be keeping up on the socials and it would be amazing to interact with you via the following platforms.

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Thanks again listeners and, remember, keep it fun and keep it F.P.L!

Bye for now!

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Whilst this episode sees the brothers talk about their performances in Premier League game week 38, it is the League Two play-off final featuring AFC Wimbledon VS Walsall which takes most of their attention in the opening few minutes of the pod.

Despite experiencing some frustrating matches at the Cherry Red this season, Matt, Nick and Dad were there when the Wombles went out at Wembley and put a valiant Walsall to the sword. Clips from the game can also be found at 00:00, 20:15, 34:09, 46:56 and 48:32.

The day before, Nick's appreciation of the Chelsea legend that is Eden Hazard saw him attend the Goals 4 GOSH charity match and he reviews his experience of this game at the beginning of the show too.

Alongside exciting acronym chat, prompted by GOSH (Great Ormond Street Hospital), there is actually some FPL analysis where we talk game week 38 and and reflect on our performances over the season. Matt also laments his mini-league cup final defeat which sees him finish the season, like Manchester City and Real Madrid in Spain, empty handed.

While there is no FPL game weeks until August, you can still keep in touch via the details below...

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A big thanks as well to the birthday boy, Sea of Days, for his brilliant music and thank you listeners for your continue support this season. We will of course review, reflect and improve the pod going into the next campaign.

Before the outro music, we also want to send our kind thoughts to the people of Liverpool who experienced that awful tragedy on the day of the Red's title celebrations in the City. We are thinking of you and wish all of those affected the best in their recovery.

Remember, YNWA.

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This is a bumper episode where the lads relive what was an incredible day for Chelsea fans as the Blues beat Manchester United 3-0 to win the Women's FA Cup.

Alongside Chelsea's silverware success and general dominance in England, Matt and Nick give nods to the Blues' men's side who also beat Manchester United to keep their Champions League dream alive. There is kudos too for, the other Croydon team, Crystal Palace who also defeated Manchester opposition in the shape of City to win the Men's FA Cup. A great weekend for London clubs in the world's oldest national football tournament.

Anyway, back to all things Premier League and FPL with the brothers discussing their teams ahead of the final game week of the season. Will they "go rogue" with a few left-field punts, or will they park the bus and defend what they have? There is a care-free feel generally in this episode but, despite an otherwise average season, Matt did make it to a cup final and hopes, perhaps like Spurs and the Chelsea men, that he can salvage his season with a trophy. He is also hoping that he can finish strongly by gleaning advice from his final podcast of the week, which is Fireside FPL

And, of course, the final deadline for this season when it comes to your transfers, tactics and captaincy decisions is: Sunday the 25th of May at 14:30.

You can, yes still, join the league and create some "housery" via the code: jeepsw

We also really want to hear from you and you can reach us on the following platforms...

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• Email - fplpodvstok@gmail.com

Thank you again Sea of Days for our brilliant music and thank you, the listeners, for your continued support this season! If you have any thoughts on how we can improve the show for next season, or have any other feedback and comments for us, please do let us know

We'll be back to review our game week 38 so, until next time, keep it fun and keep it F.P.L!

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We open this week's episode with celebratory sounds from Paris as Matt was in the French capital when PSG beat Arsenal in the semi-final of the UEFA Champions League to set up a showdown agsinst Internazionale. Meanwhile, Nick witnessed Chelsea make it to their first final under the new ownership as the Blues beat Djurgårdens IF to reach the final of the UEFA Conference League where they will play Real Betis.The other clips in this episode are from that same Conference semi-final.

The lads European football adventures see them talk about promising Chelsea academy graduate Reggie Walsh, ticketing problems at The Bridge as well as the kudos of eating in the same restaurant as Eric Cantona. All is revealed in the pod intro.

But anyway, we head back to FPL where Matt and Nick review their game weeks 35 and 36 respectively and plan ahead for the last two weeks of the Premier League season. Whilst not strictly a podcast, Matt gives an honourable mention for the excellent FPL content creator, FPL Denis. Speaking of honours, Nick is still in contention for multiple pieces of silverware, whereas Matt's season is all but over. Hopefully he'll be back stronger for the next campaign.

The brothers look to a big finale for FPL Pod VS Tok as the lads head to Wembley this weekend to see Chelsea V Manchester United in the Women's FA Cup. Nick will also watch the same fixture, albeit in the Premier League as Enzo Maresca's men look to get Champions League football themselves with a victory over Almorim's Red Devils.

And it's Chelsea's game against Manchester United in the Premier League which means that there's another early deadline this week. Interestingly enough, this is so that both sets of fans, like Nick, can also catch the FA Cup final featuring their two teams again on the Sunday. But, yes, make sure you get your transfers, tactics and captaincy decisions done by Friday the 16th of May at 18:00.

You can join the league via the code: jeepsw

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Thanks again to Sea of Days for our brilliant music and thank you, the listeners, for your continued support! Please also join in and share and review FPL Pod VS Tok.

And, of course, until next time, keep it fun and keep it F.P.L!

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Well this is a spicy episode! FPL Pod VS Tok turns into a something of a football phone in as Matt poses the question "what is going on at Chelsea?"

It's a pretty open one as questions go, and was inspired by recent editions of the Jon Obi-Mikel's The Obi-One Podcast. (Belated) Happy Star Wars Day to all those one celebrate.

We start by talking about the dramatic changes undergone by Chelsea since the fall of Roman's Empire and the acquisition of the club by the consortium fronted by Todd Bohley. The brothers admit that they have been spoilt as Blues fans over the past 20 years, but the transfer policies, management changes and multi-club ownership model under the current ownership do not sit easy with Matt and Nick. And yes, while they bemoan Chelsea's drop-off from serial winners to top 5 contenders, they do broaden out their discussion to the impact of big money in football, its ethics and whether it is sustainable in the long-term.

Alongside the Blues, we also talk Wrexham, Leeds, Portsmouth, Strasbourg, Red Bull and the Bundesliga. There's also a wee bit of FPL chat when we talk about the form of Cole Palmer.

Nick also declares his preference for non-league football and talks about how he feels valued and part of the community at AFC Croydon and their home, the Mayfield Stadium.

Normal service will be resumed in the next episode when Matt returns from a trip to Paris, but in the meantime, the next deadline for tactics, transfers and captaincy decisions is: Sat 10 May 13:30.

You can (still) join the league. This code is: jeepsw

You can also respond to this free hit show via the accounts below...

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The music you hear immediately and at the end of the show is from the brilliant Sea of Days! The football clips are from Chelsea's recent game against Legia Warsaw in the UEFA Conference and Manchester City in the WSL Super League respectively.

Thank you again listeners for your much valued support and, remember, keep it fun and keep it F.P.L!

See you soon!

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With game week 34 still in play at the time of recording, Matt and Nick discuss free hit performances and look ahead to the next round of matches.

It was a strong performance from Matt in 34, which he puts down to some much needed time off where he went all in on a podcast marathon. He knows how to live, eh?

Alongside taking in his usual favourites Matt's podcast of the week is FPL Focal who provides great FPL analysis and advice.

With the league title and relegation places all decided in April, the only thing to play for now in the Premier League is those coveted European places, particularly the top 5 Champions League spots. The brothers talk about which teams to consider for this run-in as well as the promise of double game weeks in 36.

As ever, the lads go off on their usual tangents, this time taking in the mastery of Jordan Pickford, AFC Wrexham's back to back to back promotions and the logistics of the Belgium and Scottish Leagues respectively. SPL Pod VS Tok next season anyone? The brothers also come up with a plan to get big Neville Southall involved in the pod.

Nick also opens the show by discussing how, like Thomas Tuchel as he goes from ground to ground to scout on potential England players, he travelled from Stamford Bridge after seeing Chelsea's 1-0 victory against Everton in the Premier League to the Mayfield Stadium where he met up with Dad to watch AFC Croydon beat East Grinstead 4-1 in their final game of the season. Clips from Croydon's match is available via their quality YouTube channel.

Going back to FPL, your deadline for transfers, tactics and captaincy decisions is, Friday the 2nd of May at 18:30.

You can join the league via the code: jeepsw

We also really want to hear from you and you can reach us on the following platforms...

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• Email - fplpodvstok@gmail.com

Thanks again to Sea of Days for our brilliant music and thank you, the listeners, for your continued support! Please also join in and share and review FPL Pod VS Tok.

Football clips in this episode come from Chelsea's UEFA Conference game against Legia Warsaw.

And remember, keep it fun and keep it F.P.L!

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In this week's edition of FPL Pod VS Tok, Matt and Nick regale you the listeners with their performances over game weeks 32 and 33. Although game week 33 was still ongoing at the time of recording, Team Pod ended up with 64 points and Team Tok 76. So normal service resumed and you can still, (yes still), join our mini league. The code is: jeepsw

Looking ahead to game week 34, it's all about the free hit and, with both brothers playing that particular chip, they discuss a few players and teams that they will be considering for the largely blank game week which, of course, is due to the FA Cup fixtures.

Nick returns to Jimmy G for his Tik-Tok of the week and there is also chat about Chelsea's defeat to Legia Warsaw in the UEFA Conference League, victory for the Blues in the Adobe FA Cup, we also feature clips from this game, and we discuss AFC Croydon's victory against relegated Lancing FC.

Alongside all this, the next transfer deadline is 11:00am on the 26th of April BST.

We also really want to hear from you and you can reach us on the following platforms...

• Blue Sky @fplpodvstok.bsky.social
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• Email - fplpodvstok@gmail.com

Thanks again to Sea of Days for our brilliant music and thank you, the listeners, for your continued support! And don't be shy, get in touch, like, share and review FPL Pod VS Tok.

And remember, keep it fun and keep it F.P.L!

Bye for now!

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On the back of our Seasons Change episode, Matt and Nick talk footie and music. In particular, the lads talk about their favourite football songs and why these are vastly superior to the likes of Sweet Caroline which often accompanies England FC games these days.

Speaking of England, Nick's choice for the national team is Vindaloo with his Chelsea selection being Sugg's Blue Day. This prompts Nick to talk about how modern day football songs are missing a distinct "geezery" quality to them these days.

Matt sings the praises of Three Lions and reminds listeners, that far from being an arrogant song from the England fans, it is actually a tune which laments historic failures from the national team and yearns for the summer of 1966 when the Men's Team last won the World Cup. Thankfully the Lionesses brought major silverware home in 2023 when they won the European Cup.

There are some off-beat mentions for World in Motion, Fool's Gold by the Stone Roses, Absurd by Fluke, Meat Pie Sausage Roll by Grandad Roberts and his Song Elvis and the Footie Song by Adam Buxton and Joe Cornish.

Of course listeners, you can tell us your favourites by contacting us via the following...

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You can also tell us what you think makes a good football song. We're even tempted to put a playlist together as well!

As always, thanks again to Sea of Days for the brilliant music which was the inspiration for this episode. This edition of the pod features his awesome track Duality. Please also checkout Sea of Days, aka Shane Speed's, monthly radio show Seasons Change.

Going back to FPL, the transfer for deadlines, tactics and captaincy decisions is Saturday the 19th of April at 13:30!

Remember, keep it fun and keep it F.P.L!

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