Not The Top 20 Podcast
The #1 podcast about the Football League (EFL) from George Elek and Ali Maxwell. Twice nominated for the FSF Awards 'Best Podcast', since 2016 Not The Top 20 Podcast has been dedicated to providing insightful, passionate, detailed coverage of the Championship, League One and League Two, with the Monday Podcast recapping the weekend, and the Betting Show providing carefully considered picks ahead of the weekend. NTT20 Pod's success has led to over 100 TV appearances for George and Ali, on Sky Sports and EFL on Quest, plus radio appearances on BBC Radio 5 Live. A community of EFL lovers has been established through NTT20 Squad, and the launch of NTT20.COM in 2023 provided written EFL coverage to match the podcast.
Episodes
August 1, 2025 ⢠84 mins
Predicting the 2025/26 Championship table from 24th to 1st.
Not The Top 20 is sponsored by Sky Bet and the Sky Bet EFL Building Foundations Fund.
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July 31, 2025 ⢠28 mins
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July 30, 2025 ⢠48 mins
Outright picks: 01:38
Relegation outrights: 16:00
Top goalscorers: 25:31
Request-a-bets: 29:53
Opening weekend picks: 32:32
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July 25, 2025 ⢠73 mins
Predicting the 2025/26 League One table from 24th to 1st.
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July 25, 2025 ⢠79 mins
Predicting the 2025/26 League Two table from 24th to 1st.
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July 23, 2025 ⢠48 mins
George and Ali predict the best players in the upcoming EFL season across Championship, League One and League Two.
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July 22, 2025 ⢠44 mins
George and Ali select 10 EFL summer transfers that you need to know about ahead of the new season, and give details of the upcoming 1-24s.
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Ali & George have a chat about a wonderful weekend in Sheffield and their favourite EFL transfers of the last few weeks.
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George and Ali get together to catch up on another batch of managerial news in the EFL, as well as a chat about the troubling situation at Sheffield Wednesday.
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June 23, 2025 ⢠35 mins
Daniel Storey just completed the 92 in one season: https://inews.co.uk/topic/doing-the-92
In the last part of the series, George and Daniel discuss the shift in supporter enjoyment, the obsession with managerial performance and transfers, and more.
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June 15, 2025 ⢠44 mins
Daniel Storey just completed the 92 in one season: https://inews.co.uk/topic/doing-the-92
In Part Three of a four part series, George and Daniel discuss EFL stadia and the fan experience.
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June 11, 2025 ⢠36 mins
Daniel Storey just completed the 92 in one season: https://inews.co.uk/topic/doing-the-92
In Part Two of a four part series, Ali and Daniel discuss the growing proportion of American owners across the EFL.
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June 9, 2025 ⢠76 mins
George and Ali get together to catch up on the main news stories from the EFL since the season ended. This mostly centres on managerial news: sackings, hirings and vacancies.
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June 4, 2025 ⢠48 mins
Daniel Storey just completed the 92 in one season: https://inews.co.uk/topic/doing-the-92
In Part One of a four part series, we look at some broad themes that became evident to Daniel as he travelled the country watching EFL football across all three leagues. In this episode, we discuss what he calls the Pepification of the EFL...
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June 3, 2025 ⢠33 mins
Ali & George head to the pub to chat through every EFL of the transfer window so far.
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May 26, 2025 ⢠27 mins
Wimbledon did the business at Wembley to secure promotion to League One, beating Walsall 1-0. Myles Hipployte's strike won it for the Dons. Ali Maxwell and George Elek with immediate reaction from Wembley Way.
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Ali & George react to Charlton 1-0 Leyton Orient, from Wembley Way, discussing the key moments in the match, Macaulay Gillesphey's winner and what next for both sides...
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May 24, 2025 ⢠28 mins
A dramatic end to the Championship season sees Sunderland edge Sheffield United 2-1 in the play-off final, with academy product Tom Watson scoring a 95th-minute winner to secure promotion for the Black Cats! Ali Maxwell and George Elek with immediate reaction from Wembley Way.
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May 21, 2025 ⢠58 mins
Curtis Davies and Gary Weaver join Ali Maxwell and George Elek to explain what it's like to be a player, pundit or commentator for massive Play-Off matches.
Gary reflects on his commentary for the iconic Daniel Ballard goal for Sunderland in the Semi Finals, and Curtis and Gary chat through each of the finals, pitting Sunderland vs Sheffield United, Charlton vs Leyton Orient and Walsall vs Wimbledon.
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May 21, 2025 ⢠63 mins
Ali Maxwell & George Elek talk through each EFL Play-Off Final, with predictions and betting picks.
00:00 - Sheffield United v Sunderland
21:00 - Charlton v Leyton Orient
43:30 - Walsall v Wimbledon
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