S4 Ep46: The best of the guests part 2!
It's that time of the year where we like to bring you a little compilation of the most memorable interviews that Mark Clemmit has done this season, so following our best of the guests part 1 which we gave you at Christmas, we hope you enjoy this part 2 episode as a little summer treat!
36m Jun 08, 2022
36m
S4 Ep45: Season Review 2021-2022
Now that everything has been concluded in all 3 divisions of the EFL, it's time for Mark Clemmit and David Prutton, to sit down and have a full and detailed review of the season that was 2021-2022!
57m Jun 01, 2022
57m
S4 Ep44: Playoff Finals Preview with Owen Coyle
With the playoff finals for the Skybet Championship and League Two being held at Wembley this weekend, Mark Clemmit is joined by the brilliant Owen Coyle for some punditry perfection, as he gives his thoughts on Mansfield Town v Port Vale and Huddersfield Town v Nottingham Forest, to assess who he thinks have got the best chance of going up into the division above. Whatever the results, it prom...
33m May 25, 2022
33m
S4 Ep43: Cowley’s league one playoff final preview, and Challinor’s relishing the challenge of the football league next season!
With Saturday’s Wembley final between Sunderland and Wycombe Wanderers only days away, Mark Clemmit is joined by Portsmouth’s Danny Cowley to preview the tie and provide some expert punditry on all the week’s other big issues. Elsewhere, Stockport County manager Dave Challinor has begun the journey to bring the club back to where it belongs. Next year they tackle league two, hoping to use their...
46m May 19, 2022
46m
S4 Ep42: Expert insight and analysis from Mark Robins and Jamille Matt lifts the lid on Forest Green Rovers’ title celebrations!
Coventry City boss Mark Robins has been there and done it in the game, and there are few who know more about the inner workings of the football business than him. He sits down with Mark Clemmit to talk about the season they’ve just had personally, but also offers his thoughts on the Championship playoffs pack as things start to hot up. No playoffs required for Forest Green Rovers’ striker Jamil...
47m May 12, 2022
47m
S4 Ep41: Wigan are champions of League One and Mitrovic has set the Championship on fire!
Wigan boss Leam Richardson has done an outstanding job with the Latics, and joins Mark Clemmit to talk about the extraordinary season that has seen his side top Skybet League One as their season comes to a close. Meanwhile 43 goals and counting, has seen Fulham's Aleksandar Mitrovic smash the 42 goal record held by Guy Whittingham for nearly 3 decades! Guy talks to Clem about the Serbian's phen...
40m May 04, 2022
40m
S4 Ep40: Job done by the The Guv'nor and Jobi McAnuff reflects on receiving the prestigious Sir Tom Finney Award 2022
Reading's interim manager Paul Ince came in with the job of securing the Royals championship status for next season, and with games to spare he's done just that. Incy catches up with Clem about his plans for the future, and also shares the secrets of his great looking hair. Elsewhere, Jobi McAnuff was honoured at last Sunday's annual EFL Awards in London, with the prestigious Sir Tom Finney Awa...
42m Apr 27, 2022
42m
S4 Ep39: The full fallout from a busy Easter weekend of fixtures
David Prutton is in the Clem for another week, as he looks back on a busy weekend of fixtures across the EFL and the effect it’s had on the top and bottom of the tables. Joining him are Millwall manager Gary Rowett, whose side’s impressive run of form in the second half of the season, currently sees them sit seventh in the Skybet Championship, only one point off the playoff places, and former S...
1hr 13m Apr 20, 2022
1hr 13m
S4 Ep38: Prutts in for Clem with Boro's Chris Wilder, Wednesday's Barry Bannan and Vale's Andy Crosby
With Mark Clemmit enjoying a well earned break for a fortnight, David Prutton comes straight off the bench to deputise, and he's brought some star guests with him this week! He kicks off with Middlesbrough's Chris Wilder who gives a frank and honest assessment of his side and the situation they find themselves in, as they continue their push for the playoffs after a couple of disappointing resu...
1hr Apr 13, 2022
1hr
S4 Ep37: Harry Cornick’s Luton Town keep pushing towards the promised land, and Alex Neil understands the scrutiny and pressure involved in managing a club the size of Sunderland
It’s a busy one this week as Mark Clemmit welcomes Luton Town striker Harry Cornick into his virtual studio, to ask whether he thinks they really can keep pushing towards a dream return to the top flight from non league in just 8 seasons! Clem also catches up with Sunderland boss Alex Neil on the challenge ahead at the stadium of light after an impressive upturn in form of late, and CEO of The ...
50m Apr 07, 2022
50m
S4 Ep36: The EFL's 'Week of Action' Special 2022
Building upon the success of the EFL's 'Day of Action' in previous years, where all 72 clubs take part in programmes and projects within their local community that offer support and services to those that need them most, this year the offering has been increased across the board as the initiative spans a week rather than just a single day. To find out a little more about what's been happening t...
38m Apr 05, 2022
38m
S4 Ep35: Preview of the Papa John's Trophy Final
This weekend, Wembley Stadium plays host to the Papa John's Trophy Final 2022 between Rotherham United and Sutton United, and Mark Clemmit is joined by the two men who's sides will face each other, Rotherham's Paul Warne and Sutton's Matt Gray. The two have never met each in the flesh and Clem has the honour of introducing them both on this week's official EFL podcast. In addition to that, Clem...
43m Mar 30, 2022
43m
S4 Ep34: Manning the progress at Milton Keynes, and ‘loan rangers’ Hugill and Collins on the art of self belief and proving people wrong
He’s taken a slightly unorthodox route to Skybet League One management, but the skills he’s learnt in his coaching career in this country and beyond, have certainly equipped Liam Manning with the tools and the vision, to get MK Dons to where the club’s owner and the fans, want and expect them to be.    Elsewhere, Clem catches up with two young strikers who’ve played for more than two dozen cl...
48m Mar 23, 2022
48m
S4 Ep33: Life between the sticks for Christian Walton and Richie Wellens adjusts to living in the big smoke
On this week's official EFL Podcast, Mark Clemmit chats to Ipswich Town's Christian Walton about his impressive stats between the sticks this season, that have contributed to a fine run of form for the tractor boys under Kieran McKenna, and Richie Wellens reflects on what he's learnt over the past few years in management, and how he's using that to good effect with new club Leyton Orient.
44m Mar 17, 2022
44m
S4 Ep32: A game for Ukraine as football stands together
On this week's official EFL podcast, Mark Clemmit chats to Colchester United's owner and chairman Robbie Cowling, about his forthcoming fundraising game for Ukraine against Skybet League Two table toppers Forest Green Rovers. Elsewhere, Clem is joined by Nigel Adkins for a full and in-depth preview of this weekend's fixtures, and Carlisle United's Paul Simpson reflects on 3 wins out of 3 since ...
50m Mar 10, 2022
50m
S4 Ep31: Mark Hughes is excited by the challenge ahead at Bradford City
As a player, he won just about everything with the likes of Manchester United and Chelsea, and having been out of management for just over three years since leaving Southampton at the end of 2018, Mark Hughes felt the time was right for a new challenge when he was unveiled as the new manager of Bradford City a week ago. He chats to Clem about the hunger he has to bring success to Valley Parade ...
39m Mar 03, 2022
39m
S4 Ep30: Carabao Cup Final Preview
This week it’s all about the Carabao Cup Final, as Mark Clemmit previews Sunday’s showpiece event as Chelsea take on Liverpool at Wembley. Clem is joined by Garry Monk who reminisces about his own day at Wembley in February 2013, when he lifted the trophy as club captain of Swansea City. Elsewhere, Clem catches up with Cheltenham Town boss Michael Duff on life in Skybet League One and that 5-5 ...
52m Feb 24, 2022
52m
S4 Ep29: Ryan Lowe, James Coppinger and Matt Jay
It’s a bumper packed edition of the podcast this week, as Mark Clemmit lays out the red carpet for 3 top guests representing the Skybet Championship, League One and league Two. First up, Ryan Lowe on that difficult move away from Plymouth, coupled with the ambition and challenges ahead with new club Preston North End. League One legend, Doncaster Rovers head of player development and now publis...
1hr 1m Feb 17, 2022
1hr 1m
S4 Ep28: Youth Development Week Special
It’s EFL Youth Development Week, and in order to shine a light on the brilliant work done in our EFL club academies up and down the country, Mark Clemmit speaks to Steve Avory who’s worked in Charlton Athletic’s academy for more than  20 years and now runs the operation. Steve and his team have produced the likes of Jonjoe Shelvey, Ademola Lookman, Joe Gomes and Ezri Konsa to name but a few, an...
1hr 7m Feb 10, 2022
1hr 7m
S4 Ep27: Transfer deadline day Todd’s a cherry and Paul Tisdale’s tasked with getting Stevenage up the table
He’s only been at Bournemouth for a couple of days, but already Todd Cantwell has lofty ambitions for himself and his high flying Bournemouth team mates. A return to the promised land of the premier league is what Cantwell has set his sights on, and with Scott Parker steering the next part of the young midfielder’s career, he’s confident he can do just that. Elsewhere, Clem sits down for a fasc...
53m Feb 03, 2022
53m
S4 Ep26: Nigel Pearson ponders the pressure cooker world of football management, and homegrown striker Matty Taylor joins an elite club at Oxford United
He’s been in the game a long time and is vastly experienced, but Bristol City manager Nigel Pearson understands only too well how much pressure you have to absorb when you’re living life on a knife edge, as he explains perfectly during a fascinating chat with Clem. Elsewhere, homegrown Oxford United striker Matty Taylor has seen his career come full circle, having been released by his boyhood c...
45m Jan 26, 2022
45m
S4 Ep25: It's the Gaffers this week, with David Artell and Jon Brady joining Clem.
This week, Clem is joined by David Artell, who has been at the helm of Crewe Alexandra for the past 5 years, and Jon Brady, who swapped Newcastle in Australia for the lovely weather of Northampton Town! 
37m Jan 21, 2022
37m
S4 Ep24: Magical moments from last weekend’s cup drama and a Micky Mellon management masterclass!
There are some over the years who have criticised the FA cup for not being the competition it once was. Weakened teams, lesser crowds and altogether not the competition it was apparently, yet last weekend’s third round was an absolute belter! Huge goals, huge shocks and some magnificent performances from lower league teams to knock out top flight opposition. Mark Clemmit catches up with the man...
49m Jan 13, 2022
49m
S4 Ep23: Paul Heckingbottom on keeping his blades sharp, and Nigel Clough on that incredible turnaround of form at Mansfield!
They do say it’s a funny old game, but the Christmas and New Year fixture schedule has created a very different type of challenge for many managers this year. Rather than the relentless schedule of match after match in a short period of time, this year covid and injuries have resulted in many being postponed, and then the challenge is keeping the players sharp and on form as Sheffield United’s ...
38m Jan 06, 2022
38m
S4 Ep22: The best of the guests part one!
It’s been quite an eventful season so far and we’re only at the halfway point! To celebrate some of the brilliant interviews that Clem has done with the biggest names in the Skybet Championship, League One and League Two over the past 5 months, here’s a festive little best of the guests so far this season, on the official EFL podcast!
48m Dec 29, 2021
48m
S4 Ep21: A pre Christmas round up, with Clem and Prutts!
As we all get ready for the festive season, (covid permitting) Clem is joined by his old mate David Prutton, to mull over the season so far and where we find ourselves at the back end of 2021. There’s plenty to discuss, and if you’ve ever heard Clem and Prutts before, you’ll know that they’ve normally got plenty to say!
40m Dec 20, 2021
40m
S4 Ep20: Tony Mowbray, Cole Stockton and Exeter City’s Matt Taylor!
It’s a jam packed, bumper edition of the official EFL podcast this week, as Mark Clemmit sits down with 3 big hitters. Tony Mowbray’s high flying Blackburn Rovers have been on a roll of late, but now is the time for some big management decisions, as he has to keep his squad together and fit to face the pressures of the Christmas and New Year fixture list. Morecambe’s goalscoring hotshot Cole St...
50m Dec 16, 2021
50m
S4 Ep19: Fulham’s Tom Cairney is eyeing up a return to the premier league, and we meet the EFL’s new head of equality, diversity and inclusion, David McArdle.
This week Mark Clemmit sits down for a chat with Tom Cairney, to find out what the mood is like inside high flying Fulham’s training ground, and Clem is joined by David McArdle from the EFL, to reflect on this week’s first ever Rainbow Laces fans forum, which was broadcast live from London on Monday night.
34m Dec 08, 2021
34m
S4 Ep18: Reading between the lines
On this week’s podcast, Mark Clemmit sits down with Reading’s charismatic manager Veljko Paunovic, to discuss the struggles of season two, and EFL Chairman Rick Parry and Accrington Stanley’s owner Andy Holt weigh up the fall out from last week’s eagerly awaited Fan Led Review. 
39m Dec 02, 2021
39m
S4 Ep17: Sol Bamba reflects on a life changing 12 months, that sees him back doing what he does best, against all the odds.
A little under a year ago in December 2020, Sol Bamba was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma and the prospect of his own personal fight against cancer in the early part of 2021. Having been through an extraordinary journey, he catches up with Mark Clemmit about life at the Riverside with new club Middlesbrough, who Clem has more than a little soft spot for as well! Elsewhere, it’s time for som...
51m Nov 24, 2021
51m
S4 Ep16: Michael O’Neill and Keith Hill. Two very different managers with two very different objectives this season
Two managers this week in two very different situations. Michael O’Neill’s Stoke City sit 5th in The Championship after an impressive start, and have surely got the playoffs in their sights as they look to keep pace with the pack. Elsewhere, the EFL’s bottom club Scunthorpe United remain rooted to the foot of Skybet League Two, but have a new man at the helm, and he’s a man with a point to prov...
35m Nov 17, 2021
35m
S4 Ep15: Mark Robins and Glenn Murray on Clem's virtual sofa!
It's a jam packed edition of the official EFL podcast this week as Mark Clemmit welcomes 3 guests onto his virtual sofa! Mark Robins joins him to talk about his Coventry side's impressive form of late, we learn about a new programme set to improve the fitness of fans, and Clem has a fascinating catch up with Glenn Murray, 6 months after hanging up his boots. 
50m Nov 11, 2021
50m
S4 Ep14: Warnock breaks the all time managerial record and Ryan Lowe’s on a high in Plymouth
This week Neil Warnock took charge of his 1602nd match as a manager, breaking an all time record held by Dario Gradi. It’s a remarkable achievement from one of the great characters of the game, and Mark Clemmit is joined by Michael Brown who knows Warnock only too well, having played for him at Sheffield United and Leeds United, and former referee Mark Halsey, who had a few runs ins with him ov...
39m Nov 04, 2021
39m
S4 Ep13: Scott Parker’s high flying cherries and Owen Coyle is live from Goa!
Scott Parker agrees that Bournemouth seem a perfect fit for him, but he’s cautious about getting carried away, as he sits down and explains his thinking to Mark Clemmit. His table topping Bournemouth side will have tough tests throughout the season, he has no doubts, but for now they’re flying high and he’s enjoying his time on the south coast. Further afield but equally close to the beach, Owe...
54m Oct 27, 2021
54m
S4 Ep12: Viv Anderson - A True Pioneer.
To celebrate Black History Month, Mark Clemmit sits down for a one on one chat with one of the greatest players in the history of English football, and a legend for club and country. As the first black footballer to appear in a full international for England in 1978, Viv Anderson's life and career is a remarkable one, which Clem is privileged enough to hear about first hand, from the man himself.
50m Oct 21, 2021
50m
S4 Ep11: World Mental Health Day Special
As we shine a light on this week’s ‘world mental health day’, Mark Clemmit is joined by two men who have played football at the highest level, but have also suffered years of struggle and torment dealing with their own mental health issues. Darren Eadie and Chris Kirkland bravely discuss all they have been through, and offer advice to those who have struggled, or may still be battling their own...
48m Oct 13, 2021
48m
S4 Ep10: Clem Meets The Management!
As we find ourselves in the second International break of the season, it would seem a perfect time to get away from the weekly ups and downs of results and league table positions, and focus on the men who sit in the hot seat at 3 of our EFL clubs, in each of the 3 Skybet league divisions. On the panel this week are Swansea City's head coach Russell Martin, Rotherham United's long serving and hi...
51m Oct 06, 2021
51m
S4 Ep9: Charlie Austin on life at QPR, where it just feels right, and lifelong friends Paul Cook and John Coleman prepare to go head to head this weekend, as Accrington Stanley entertain Ipswich on Saturday!
One of the biggest names in the game, Charlie Austin joins Mark Clemmit to talk about his life and career, what he’s learnt along the way, and what he can bring back with him to QPR, the club that just seems to be a perfect fit, time and time again. Elsewhere, this weekend sees the only fixture that will ever put Paul Cook and John Coleman’s lifelong friendship on hold (until 5pm Saturday) as P...
46m Sep 30, 2021
46m
S4 Ep8: Blackburn’s Ben Brereton Diaz, on being the poster boy for Pepsi in Chile, and Clem and Copps fall out over ‘that incident!’
It must be very odd for a lad from Stoke on Trent to be suddenly representing your mum’s home nation of Chile, especially when you don’t speak Spanish, but that’s exactly what’s happened to Blackburn Rovers Ben Brereton Diaz in the last 12 months, who recently lined up against the likes of Messi and Neymar in the Copa America! A little closer to home, recently retired Doncaster Rovers legend, ...
49m Sep 21, 2021
49m
S4 Ep7: Billy the Blade and his love for Bramall Lane, and Ian Evatt explains his vision for Bolton Wanderers and where he plans to take The Trotters.
Billy Sharp is Sheffield United through and through, and in his third spell with his boyhood club, the 35 year old goalscoring captain shows no sign of stopping any time soon, and is targeting another impressive haul this season and hopefully a new contract with the blades. Elsewhere, Clem catches up with Ian Evatt, who’s had a short but very impressive spell in management thus far. First with ...
38m Sep 15, 2021
38m
S4 Ep6: Welcome home Troy Deeney, and Clem serves up a slice of punditry perfection, courtesy of Owen Coyle!
He spent 12 years at Vicarage Road, which is enough to cement and secure a very special place in Troy Deeney’s heart, but when his boyhood club came knocking, at the age of 33 he couldn’t possibly turn them down. Arguably the biggest story of the recent EFL transfer window, Mark Clemmit catches up with his old mate, to find out what it feels like to be finally coming home! And when it comes to ...
39m Sep 08, 2021
39m
S4 Ep5: A little look at the first 4 weeks, and a slice of Brazilian flair in The Potteries!
Brazilian goalkeeper Lucas Covolan joined Port Vale this summer at the age of 30, after a 15 year journey through the lower leagues in his homeland, in Spain and in this country where his heroics for Torquay United in their playoff final in June, secured him a move away to Vale Park and a chance to play league football under Darrell Clarke. His is a remarkable story and serves as an inspiration...
59m Sep 01, 2021
59m
S4 Ep4: We are in the kitchen with Mick McCarthy and off to league newcomers, Sutton United to catch up with Matt Gray.
This week Clem caught up with Cardiff City manager Mick McCarthy to chat about his legendary career over pie & mash and as Sutton United prepare for their first ever league game, we caught up with their manager, Matt Gray to find out a bit more about the league's newcomers. 
34m Aug 25, 2021
34m
S4 Ep3: Rock n Roll at The Valley, and Rob and his high flying Rovers!
When we think of owners of football clubs, we don’t normally have an image of them with a Flying V electric guitar in hand rocking out in front of a full house, but that’s exactly what Charlton Athletic’s Danish owner Thomas Sandgaard was doing last weekend, ahead of their home game against Sheffield Wednesday at The Valley! He’s certainly one of the more interesting and colourful characters in...
33m Aug 19, 2021
33m
S4 Ep2: The hatters aren't mad but the shrimps are certainly jumping! It could only be the official EFL podcast.
This week, Mark Clemmit is joined by a bumper crop of guests representing all 3 divisions in the EFL. A very calm, focused and pragmatic Nathan Jones, explains his long term plans for Luton Town. Hartlepool United are back in the football league and manager Dave Challinor talks to Clem about life at The Victoria Ground, while battling one of the worst colds we've ever heard on the podcast, and ...
45m Aug 12, 2021
45m
S4 Ep1: The EFL 2021/2022 Season Preview
It’s the first day back for Mark Clemmit as he looks forward to a brand new season in the EFL. It’s been quite a year for many people, including Shrewsbury boss Steve Cotterill, who spent a large part of last season in hospital fighting Covid, and considers himself lucky to be on the road to recovery now thanks to the treatment he received from the NHS. Steve explains the living nightmare he we...
51m Aug 05, 2021
51m
S3 Ep45: EFL Special Series Episode 4 - Legal and Governance at the EFL
In the final episode of this four-part mini-series looking at the inner workings and functions of The EFL, Mark Clemmit chats to the EFL’s Legal and Governance Director Nick Craig, who explains all the things we never knew about ownership criteria, the rules and regulations designed to create, maintain and protect fair competition, and the EFL’s overall role and responsibility as the league’s g...
46m Jul 31, 2021
46m
S3 Ep44: EFL Special Series Episode 3 - A Sustainable Future
In the third episode of this four-part mini-series looking at the inner workings and functions of The EFL, Mark Clemmit chats to EFL Chief Executive Trevor Birch to reflect on the challenges faced by EFL Clubs over the past 16 months and to understand more about the EFL’s proposals for financial reform to provide sustainability for Clubs, who are the beating heart of communities across England ...
34m Jul 23, 2021
34m
S3 Ep43: EFL Special Series Episode 2 - The Fixture Generator
In the second episode of this four-part mini-series looking at the inner workings and functions of The EFL, Mark Clemmit chats to Ben Wright, Chief Commercial Officer and Paul Snellgrove, Competitions Manager to learn more about how EFL fixtures are compiled and how that process links to the EFL’s broadcast and streaming arrangements following a year of football being played behind closed doors.
51m Jul 16, 2021
51m
S3 Ep42: EFL Special Series Episode 1 - The Next Generation
In the first episode of this four-part mini-series looking at the inner workings and functions of The EFL, Mark Clemmit chats to Dave Wetherall, Head of Youth Development and Alex Richards, Head of Safeguarding to learn more about how the system works, and the responsibility that the EFL has to educate, protect and nurture the next generation of footballing talent.
43m Jul 09, 2021
43m