With Premier League Games almost daily at the moment we dig into one of the leagues more struggling clubs this year.  Our guest Simon Sharples, lets loose on his beloved Newcastle United and how he has become so disheartened under the Steve Bruce regime and why fans are even more frustrated with Mike Ashley than ever.  Elsewhere we dive into Mesut Ozil finally breaking free from Arsenal, Phil Neville joining Inter Miami and Kick It Out appointing a new CEO  Guest - Simon Sharples (@colt_turner)

This week on the show there is a lot of Arsenal chat with Cancer Bats guitarist Scott Middleton. We get into how a man from Canada falls in love with the Gunners. We also discuss the on going discussions around players breaching Covid protocol with Celtic having a very nonchalant approach to their recent trip to Dubai. Elsewhere we look at Edgar Davids return to the hot seat of management as well as Man City and Red Bull looking to monopolise football.  Guest - Scott Middleton (@cancerbats / @scoebcity)

HAPPY 2021 and welcome back to Punks on the Pitch. Hope you haven't missed us too much. This week we dig into the highs of the FA Cup third round and who the big winners were. We also touch on the fantastic Fran Kirby's performance for Chelsea Women in the only WSL game of the weekend. Elsewhere Schalke final broke their long losing streak and did it in thanks to an American. Which leaves us asking what is in the water in Germany

For one last time in 2020 we bring you an episode of Punks on the Pitch.  This week we discuss the current misfortunes of Arsenal under the Arteta reign. The way the Gunners played under Wenger and how much of a god Thierry Henry is.  We also discuss the up coming ties in the Champions League and Europa League respectively, as well as pay tribute to the late great Gérard Houllier Guest - Harry Hoskins (@HarryHoskins_ / @Weatherstate)

Once again racism has reared its ugly head into the game of football. We talk about Millwall fans booing the knee and the alleged racist remarks made toward Pierre Webo in the Champions League.  We also discuss backwards sporting rules in China, Maradona's face being on money and Burger King being woke as fuck in 2020.  All this and some chat about Bournemouth and Poole Town FC  Guest - Dom Patience (@domchalk)

This week on the show we take a deeper look at the crossover between the world of alternative music and football. We talk football kits as merch, band members getting involved in the sport to the famous West Ham / Iron Maiden collaboration. Elsewhere we dig into Crawley Town a bit more and we have a very Doom heavy starting XI.

On this Monday pod we once again marvel at the beauty that is the FA Cup as we talk about the big upsets of the second round and potential ties that we would like to see in the third round. Also there are a number of big upsets through the top leagues in Europe this weekend. We talk about the pressure piling on Neil Lennon at Celtic, That Dortmund are beatable and how so far La Liga has been a funny old season. All this and our Punks and Tories of the week

This week the footballing world mourns the lose of one of its greats in Diego Maradona. We pay our respects to arguably football's original punk by highlighting some of our favourite moments in his career as well as shitting on the whining Gammon that is Peter Shilton.  Also we go into more depth into the Hollywood tale of Wrexham, Antoine Griezmann's hair and a historic win in the Norwegian League.  And we put a spotlight on Bellevue FC, a team who are united under one banner to bring football to everyone.  Guest - Tim Edwards (@fearlessidzine)

On this Monday pod we look at some of the more bizarre stories of this weekend's actions as well as praising some big winners. We talk about the contrasting fortunes of Tottenham's men and women's teams as Jose Mourinho's men sit top of the Premier League. Then we look at one of the strangest transfer stories at Grimsby Town as Bilel Mohsni only played 21 minutes for the club after being dubbed League Two's Virgil Van Dijk. And we bask in the glory of the 2020 Golden Boy, Erling Haaland. Across the pond we witnessed one of the most bizarre penalty shoot-outs in the history of football in the MLS play-off between Orlando City and New York City All this and our punks and Tories of the week

One this week's show we talk about one of the most bizarre footballing stories of 2020 in the Hollywood takeover at Wrexham AFC. We also go deep into how awesome St Pauli are and the news that they are now launching an in house sportswear brand, just to further emphasis that a club can be run with good ethics and politics. We talk about the subject of young players mental health and what more clubs could be doing to support academy players, who have so much pressure put on their shoulders. Trigger warning there is discussion of suicide and mental health, if you are effected by these issues then contact your local support line or visit https://www.samhealth.org/ Guest - Conor Dawson (@cultdrums / @cultdreamsband)