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With Leeds United having edged out hosts Middlesbrough in midweek – returning to the top of the Championship table, while harming their rivals’ play-off chances – The YP’s football writing team of Stuart Rayner and Leon Wobschall ponder where the respective promotion hopes of both clubs lie. 

Two 1-0 defeats for Sheffield United are not what the doctor ordered but the Blades very much remain in the three-horse race for the two autom...

In this week’s show, the YP football writing team of Stuart Rayner and Leon Wobschall join host Mark Singleton and start off by looking at the race for automatic promotion in the Championship, the past week seeing Sheffield United get their noses in front, thanks to their impressive Friday night win over Coventry City, while Leeds United slipped up by conceding a late equaliser at home to Swansea City the following day. 

Elsewhere, ...

In this week’s podcast, The YP football writing team of Stuart Rayner and Leon Wobschall join host Mark Singleton to pore over how Thomas Tuchel’s England performed in his first two matches in charge – World Cup qualifiers against Albania and then Latvia. 

Back on the domestic scene, only a handful of Yorkshire’s EFL clubs were in action, Barnsley ending a losing streak but with everyone just waiting for the end of the season after ...

On this week’s show, YP football writers Stuart Rayner and Leon Wobschall join host Mark Singleton to assess a busy week which could prove pivotal to the Championship automatic promotion hopes of both Leeds United and Sheffield United, PLUS where does a Steel City derby home defeat Sheffield Wednesday leaves their 2024-25 campaign.

Elsewhere, the immediate of interim coach Jon Worthington on Huddersfield Town was evident as the team...

On this week’s show, The YP’s football writing team of Stuart Rayner and Leon Wobschall join host Mark Singleton to discuss the latest news from the Yorkshire football scene. 

They start with assessing the race for automatic promotion in the Championship, in particular Sheffield United’s credentials of securing a top-two finish, as they battle it out with Yorkshire rivals Leeds United and Burnley. 

Elsewhere, it is the automatic prom...

On this week’s show, the YP football writing team of Stuart Rayner and Leon Wobschall join host Mark Singleton again, starting off with an analysis of what Sheffield Wednesday need to take the next step and make themselves a genuine promotion contender in the Championship.

Leeds were held to a 1-1 draw by West Brom but still maintain their hold on the automatic promotion spots having not lost in the league since November 30. 

Hull Ci...

On this week’s show the YP’s Stuart Rayner and Leon Wobschall join host Mark Singleton to focus on several Yorkshire derby encounters plus other news from the White Rose football scene.

They start at the most recent of those derby clashes at Bramall Lane on Monday night when Leeds United walked away with all three points on the back of a 3-1 win that put them five points clear at the top of the table from hosts Sheffield United. 

In this week’s podcast, YP football writer Leon Wobschall joins host Mark Singleton to look over the latest news from the Yorkshire football scene. 

They start at the top of the Championship where Leeds United and Sheffield United continue to slug it out – both hoping to secure an automatic promotion spot. 

They then turn their attention to the Yorkshire derby between Barnsley and Huddersfield Town and compare the respective League O...

In this week’s podcast, YP football writers Stuart Rayner and Leon Wobschall join host Mark Singleton to discuss the latest on the Yorkshire football scene, starting with Leeds United marching on together at the top of the Championship and free to do so following their FA Cup exit at the hands of Millwall. 

Sheffield United are not particularly fluid at the moment but they are finding a way to stay in touch with their Yorkshire riva...

On this week’s FootballTalk Podcast, YP football writers Stuart Rayner and Leon Wobschall get together with host Mark Singleton to discuss the latest stories and issues surrounding the Yorkshire football scene. 

They start with a rampaging Leeds United and their return of six points, nine goals and two clean sheets from their two games in the space of five days – are they a cert for automatic promotion? 

Hull City suffered a setbac...

In this week's show, YP football writers Stuart Rayner and Leon Wobschall join host Mark Singleton to discuss the latest news and developments in and around the Yorkshire football scene. 

They start by looking the two games played by Championship leaders Leeds United in the past few days, beating Norwich City before battlking out a stale 0-0 with promotion rivals Burnley. 

Have Hull City turned a corner following their 3-0 win over...

On this week’s show, YP football writers Stuart Rayner and Leon Wobschall join host Mark Singleton to look back on the Yorkshire derby between Leeds United and Sheffield Wednesdat at Elland Road, as well as cast an eye over their respective January Transfer Window activity so far and what is maybe still required. 

They also assess Sheffield United’s automatic promotion chances after another positive week in the Championship and loo...

On this week’s show, Stuart Rayner and Leon Wobschall join host Mark Singleton to reflect on the third round of the FA Cup, in particular focussing on the two all-Yorkshire affairs between Leeds United and Harrogate and Hull City and Doncaster Rovers. 

The panel also discuss the state of the FA Cup and the ending of replays and how significant the competition actually is in today’s game. 

There is also time to look at Rotherham Un...

With the hectic Christmas and New Year schedule now over for Yorkshire’s clubs, our panel of Stuart Rayner, Leon Wobschall and host Mark Singleton look back on how Yorkshire team’s fared, focussing in particular on the weekend derbies involving Hull City and Leeds United and Huddersfield Town and Rotherham United. 

They also assess how pivotal Huddersfield’s 1-0 midweek win at leaders Wycombe Wanderers will be for the Terriers, a...

As 2025 dawns, YP football writers Stuart Rayner and Leon Wobschall join host Mark Singleton to reflect on how well Yorkshire’s EFL clubs fared during the festive period and how that will impact in their decision-making during the January Transfer Window. 

They also pay further attention to Sheffield Wednesday who are now just three points off the Championship play-off spots, as well as Barnsley who, after their New Year’s Day win ...

On this week’s show, The YP football writers Stuart Rayner and Leon Wobschall assess how the first half of the 2024-25 campaign has gone for our 11 EFL clubs.  

From Leeds United at the top of the Championship to Harrogate Town in the lower reaches of League Two, our panel give their verdict on the performances so far and what will need to happen at each club in the January Transfer Window to enhance their respective chances of suc...

On this week’s show, host Mark Singleton and YP chief football writer Stuart Rayner are joined by guest pundit and YP football reporter, Tom Coates. 

The trio kick off by discussing the latest situation regarding Sheffield Wednesday and their manager Danny Rohl being linked with the job at Premier League Southampton, who sacked Russell Martin at the weekend after a terrible start to life back in the top-flight. 

The panel also cast...

On this week’s show, panellists Stuart Rayner and Leon Wobschall join host Mark Singleton to discuss the batttle for supremacy in the Championship with Sheffield United, Leeds United and Middlesbrough all in the thick of it – and all able to produce wins on a regular basis, the Blades seeing off rivals Sunderland at Bramall Lane, while Middlesbrough overcame struggling and managerless Hull City at The Riverside. 

Leeds came unstuck...

The midweek derby between Hull City and Sheffield Wednesday at the KCOM Stadium is oikely to have been a significant occasion for the future of Tigers boss Tim Walter – and our podcast panel of Stuart Rayner and Leon Wobschall give their take on the season so far for the East Yorkshire club and what is likely to happen next.

They also cast their collective eyes over Huddersfield Town’s promising form which is gradually turning th...