Stadio: A Football Podcast

So here it is, our final show of the year and the least anticipated annual awards around: it’s the Stadios 2025!

Musa and Ryan announce the winners of the Existential Moment of the year (03:03), the Big Mood of the year (07:44) and—for the first time in a few years— the Ballon d’Rip returns! 

Then it’s onto the Goal of the year (14:49), Angry Goal of the year, under it’s new alias: the ‘Powskas’ award (23:52), plus prizes for Te...

AFCON kicked off in Rabat, as Morocco opened with a 2-0 over Comoros in a game that featured an incredible overhead from Ayoub El Kaabi.

Musa and Ryan begin there, before chatting about Kylian Mbappé, who equalled Cristiano Ronaldo’s Real Madrid record for goals in a calendar year (05:28), as well as how impressive his time at the Bernabéu has been, despite getting off to a tricky start. 

Next up, it’s Leeds’ turn to get the pro...

A little later than usual, but recorded just before the wild Manchester United v Bournemouth game (sorry!), Musa and Ryan quickly round-up some big results from the weekend around Europe (03:24), including the Premier League, Real Madrid getting back to winning ways, St. Pauli getting their first Bundesliga since September and much more. 

Then it’s onto the trip from this weekend (17:11), where they visited Venezia for their wi...

There’s some important admin up top about the upcoming Christmas episodes, a Patreon offer and news on our next show at the Southbank Centre!

Musa and Ryan then chat about Mo Salah’s mixed zone comments that followed Liverpool’s 3-3 draw away at Leeds which look like starting the process of him potentially leaving the club (09:07) and is the latest situation in an already very difficult season. 

The Salah situation mean that the...

There’s a lot to get through today, but Musa and Ryan begin with shouting out Flamengo’s Copa Libertadores win before moving on to the Premier League.

They discuss the scrappy 1-1 draw between Chelsea and Arsenal (06:52), which probably worked out as a good point for both sides in the end, plus wins for Manchester City, Liverpool, Manchester United and all the rest of the Premier League games (18:50).

Elsewhere, the tops of Serie A,...

After a men’s international break that delivered some wonderfully joyful moments, the Eberechi Eze hat-trick for Arsenal, in his first North London derby, was up there. 

Musa and Ryan chat about Eze’s historic feat, during his childhood club’s 4-1 win over Spurs at the Emirates Stadium, which sent the Gunners six points clear.

They then move on to the rest of the Premier League (22:54), including Chelsea moving up to second, New...

Wow. Just wow. Troy Parrott takes the headlines once again!

Musa and Ryan chat about his amazing hat-trick in Budapest to take Ireland to the playoffs for the 2026 World Cup, ahead of Hungary. They also chat about DR Congo’s penalty shootout win, which saw them qualify and means Nigeria will miss the tournament once more.

Then, it’s onto England’s perfect qualifying campaign (16:04), plus a discussion about the weird discourse that c...

It was a rollercoaster weekend in the Premier League, with many clubs being thrown from joy one minute to despair the next.

Musa and Ryan focus on Manchester City’s 3-0 over Liverpool (03:30), which saw another goal for Erling Haaland and arguably Jeremy Doku’s best performance in a City shirt so far. For Liverpool, it was another day to forget and there’s yet more to ponder for Arne Slot during this men's international break. 

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There were some fun results this weekend, so Musa and Ryan begin with a quick recap of some games around Europe (02:00), including more goals and red cards in Germany, Arsenal extending their lead at the top of the Premier and League and a wonder goal from Piotr Zieliński in Inter’s win at Verona (16:42).

They then chat about Haaland’s evolution and the difference between good players and great ones. Finally, with four points separa...

In this clip from today's episode, Musa and Ryan chat about the terrifying trend of long throws haunting this season's Premier League. Are long throws really anything to care about, or will something be done to crack down on the time each one takes? Head over to Patreon to get the full discussion, plus a round-up of some spooky results in the DFB Pokal, Carabao Cup, plus a little more fallout from el Clásico and more!

There will be ...

Here's a clip from today's epiosde, where Musa and Ryan chat about Brendan Rodgers' Celtic resignation, Juventus firing Igor Tudor and how periods of sustained dominance lead to stagnation at both clubs. Check out the full episode on Patreon, for more on this, as well as Hearts’ emergence, Serie A becoming a multi-team race and whether the things that clubs want are the same as what they actually need. Finally, following on from th...

Goals, red cards and spiritual onsides! Musa and Ryan begin with Real Madrid’s 2-1 win over Barcelona at the Bernabéu, in the first Clásico of the season (02:00) and Xabi Alonso’s first as a manager. It opened up a five point gap at the top of La Liga, as Villarreal closed the gap on Barça in third.

It was a wild Premier League weekend too (26:03), as Bournemouth went second, Sunderland went fourth, Liverpool lost again, Villa conti...

Here's a clip of today's episode, where Musa and Ryan chat about Real Madrid’s win over Juventus then Liverpool getting back to winning ways in Frankfurt. Head to the full episode on Patreon, to hear about La Liga cancelling the plan to play the Villarreal v Barcelona game in Miami, following pressure from fans and protests from players, plus big wins for Chelsea and Bayern, Vincent Kompany’s new deal, a story about a legendary goa...

Here's a clip of today's episode, where Ryan is joined by the Athletic's Carl Anka. In this clip, there's part of the discussion about Arsenal's impressive 4-0 win over Atleti in the Champions League, which saw Viktor Gyökeres score a couple, ending his goal drought. Head over to the full episode on Patreon, to hear more on Arsenal, some chat about Barcelona’s 6-1 win over Olympiacos, Fermín Lopéz’s first senior hat-trick, how Marc...

Manchester United have won at Anfield! Musa and Ryan recap Ruben Amorim winning back to back games league games for the first time since his arrival at Old Trafford, thanks to an early Bryan Mbuemo goal and a late Harry Maguire winner. They also wrap up the rest of the Premier League, before chatting about Ange Postecoglou being sacked as Nottingham Forest manager (23:53), Bayern beating Dortmund (28:40) and a few other results fro...

Here's a clip of today's episode, where Musa and Ryan chat about Barcelona's 4-0 win over Roma, to continue their revenge tour, following last season's disappointment in the Champions League final. Head to Patreon to hear discussion about the other games from this week's UWCL, plus a look ahead to Bayern v Dortmund in Bundesliga and Liverpool v Manchester United in the Premier League.

Another reminder for our show at the Southbank C...

Here's a free clip of today's episode, where Musa and Ryan chat all about England becoming the first European team to qualify for the 2026 World Cup, after their 5-0 away win in Latvia (02:09). Head over to Patreon for more on the game, the campaign, Harry Kane, Thomas Tuchel’s job so far, as well as the Jude Bellingham situation and why they think he will still be one of England’s most important players at next summer’s tournament...

A little later than usual, Musa and Ryan chat about some results from the weekend (03:59), including some WSL, Frauen Bundesliga and more. They then move onto some of the men’s World Cup qualifiers, beginning with Erling Haaland reaching 50 international goals in 46 games for Norway (07:58) and his inevitability as a striker. There’s also chat about how the expanded World Cup has had some positives, seeing sides like Cape Verde qua...

Here’s a clip of today’s episode, where Musa and Ryan chat about Sir Jim Ratcliffe saying Ruben Amorim will need three years to prove himself at Manchester United (02:14). Head over to Patreon for the full episode, which also includes a round-up a few games from Wednesday’s UWCL games and one or two World Cup qualifiers. Then, after a question from a listener, they chat about some fun rule changes they would introduce to football, ...