We're into the last nine gameweeks of the Fantasy Premier League campaign, a critical point of the season where mini-leagues are won and lost. On the latest episode of The Fantasy Faithful podcast, Ste and Harry discuss some of the most essential players to have in your FPL team for the run-in and which teams have the most favourable fixtures. We o…

The international break means a week off for Fantasy Premier League managers, but we're still hard at work delivering the podcast for you ahead of the all-important run-in. On the latest episode of The Fantasy Faithful, Ste and Harry discussed the tough decisions that will have to made about premium assets such as Bruno Fernandes, Mo Salah and perh…

With so few teams playing in gameweek 29 of Fantasy Premier League, we look at how best to navigate the blank fixtures this weekend. On the latest episode of The Fantasy Faithful podcast, Ste and Harry discuss who they think are the best players to transfer in for GW29, with particular focus on Arsenal, Spurs and West Ham. We also look back at our …

Following a mixed bag of a gameweek in Fantasy Premier League, we take stock of the big hitters and premium assets across the best teams in the game. On the latest episode of the Fantasy Faithful podcast, Ste and Harry take an in-depth look at the most talked-about sides in FPL right now, with particular focus on Chelsea, Liverpool, Man United, Spu…

Former Sunderland and England player Michael Gray joined us on The Football Faithful podcast to discuss the North East outfit's new owner, 23-year-old Kyril Louis-Dreyfus and why he thinks the French businessman has "the club at heart". Ste and Harry also asked Michael about his fascinating career, during which he spent 12 years at his hometown clu…

On the latest episode of The Fantasy Faithful podcast, Ste and Harry talk about their regrets about DGW26 so far, even though it's gone pretty well for them with several games still to go! The lads look back at their predictions for which players they thought would be essential for the month of February. Some did really well, others were disappoint…

We've got Fantasy Premier League royalty on hand this week, as the 9th ranked manager in the world joined us on the line. On the latest episode of The Fantasy Faithful podcast, Ste interviews Kevin Rose, who is enjoying the fantasy season of his life as he sits inside the top ten. He spoke to us about his incredible form in recent weeks, the secret…

Fantasy Premier League has a massive double gameweek on the horizon, so it's vital to make a plan ahead of gameweek 25. On the latest episode of The Fantasy Faithful podcast, Ste and Harry get their strategic heads in gear to navigate the tricky waters of of a hectic Premier League schedule. We look at the best ways to tackle DGW26, how to get as m…

With the fixture schedule about to get extremely hectic in the coming weeks, the opportunities to get ahead in Fantasy Premier League grow. With another double gameweek this weekend, Ste and Harry on the four teams with two matches in GW24 on The Fantasy Faithful podcast. We looked at which FPL players are on form, what their underlying stats are t…

Fantasy Premier League has returned to being an unpredictable beast, so naturally we try to pick who's going to bang in February well ahead of time. On the latest episode of The Fantasy Faithful podcast, Ste and Harry each pick five players they think are going to impress over the next five gameweeks this month. We look at recent form, the underlyi…

Fantasy Premier League brought incredible highs and devastating lows in Double Gameweek 19. On the latest episode of the Fantasy Faithful podcast, Ste and Harry assess what they got right in the past two gameweeks since we last spoke, whether it was a good idea to activate chips, and why Ugandan FPL players were left to rue GW20. We laud Sir John S…

The latest inductee into the 90's Football Hall of Fame is legendary Italian striker Fabrizio Ravanelli! Poetically known as the White Feather, Ravanelli joined Middlesbrough in 1996 in a sensational transfer that sent shockwaves through English football. After all this was one of the finest strikers in Serie A who had just scored in Juventus' Cham…

The latest inductee into the 90's Football Hall of Fame is Newcastle United cult hero Temur Ketsbaia. Known for his infamous meltdown when he repeatedly kicked the advertising hoardings, the 'Mad Monk' spent three years at St. James' Park in which he only scored eight goals, but left long lasting memories. Ste and Peter were joined by football writ…

Can you feel it? It's finally upon us: the highly anticipated double gameweek 19 in Fantasy Premier League. It's a massively important week in FPL, so on the latest episode of The Fantasy Faithful podcast, Ste and Harry pore over the fixture list and pick out the absolute must-have players for GW19. The two lads discuss Manchester City's newfound a…

After months of anticipation and planning, the blank and double gameweeks in Fantasy Premier League are almost here. On the latest episode of The Fantasy Faithful podcast, Ste is joined by Surya, co-owner of the "9th best fantasy football website in the world", to discuss the blank week in GW18 and the double in GW19 to see what the best options ar…

A pair of masterclass performances from Mo Salah and Bruno Fernandes made it a fruitful gameweek 14 for Fantasy Premier League managers. On the latest episode of The Fantasy Faithful podcast, Ste and Harry extol Liverpool following their thrashing of Crystal Palace and wonder if Roberto Firmino has emerged as an attractive differential, while we sa…

Fantasy Premier League took another swerve in GW12 when none of the Big Six won on the same weekend for the first time in 12 years. On the latest episode of the The Fantasy Faithful podcast, Ste and Harry discussed whether Chelsea are the real deal or not, debated which of Ben Chilwell or Reece James is the better option to own, and wondered whethe…

The latest inductee into the 90's Football Hall of Fame is former Norwich City and Tottenham winger Ruel Fox. Fox was a traditional English winger who bombed down the flank with the ball at feet and swung in crosses for the target man in the box, but he also had a knack for scoring sensational goals from outside the box. A key cog of that brilliant…

Our two hosts were left feeling flat after suffering red arrows despite having a 'good' week in Fantasy Premier League. On the latest episode of the The Fantasy Faithful podcast, we debated whether it's at all possible to get away without having Mo Salah in your team this weekend, bemoaned Timo Werner's inaccuracy (again), showed some love for yet …

A low-scoring gameweek 10 meant frustration for Fantasy Premier League managers across the board, and there might be more pain on the way due to recent events. On the latest episode of the The Fantasy Faithful podcast, we look at what to do with Aston Villa and Newcastle United players now that their match is postponed this weekend - is it worth ta…

There were mixed emotions on the show this week as the two lads experienced wildly differing fortunes with their fantasy teams. On the latest episode of The Fantasy Faithful podcast, Ste McGovern and Dara Curran look back at a week that featured no Mo Salah but plenty of other high-scoring midfielders in Fantasy Premier League, namely Bruno Fernand…

The international break can finally be put behind us and we can look forward to Fantasy Premier League once again with Gameweek 9 on the horizon. In the latest episode of The Fantasy Faithful podcast, Ste was joined by Dara and Harry to survey the wreckage of a disastrous international window which has turned up so many injuries and coronavirus pos…

The latest inductee into the prestigious and totally legitimate 90's Football Hall of Fame is Leicester City legend Muzzy Izzet. Possessing one of the all-time great footballer names in Premier League history, Izzet was a key member of that romantic Leicester team of the nineties that won two League Cups and punched well above their weight in the t…

The Premier League is away for a week to make room for an international break no one asked for, but we are still here to talk everything fantasy football. In the latest episode of The Fantasy Faithful podcast, Ste was joined by regular guest Dara Curran and debutant Srini to take a broad look at FPL. We debate over which teams are genuinely good an…

Mixed fortunes for the respective Fantasy Premier League teams of our two hosts this past week, but one thing is almost always guaranteed: Ste's captain doing absolutely nothing. In the latest episode of The Fantasy Faithful podcast, Ste was joined by Harry to discuss the best forwards to replace the injured Danny Ings, Arsenal's surprisingly solid…

After a frustrating week in which very few of the big hitters got any points, The Fantasy Faithful is back to pick over the bones of the previous week's action and look ahead to the next one. In the latest episode of The Fantasy Faithful podcast, Ste was joined by Harry to discuss the best budget midfielders in FPL right now, why Trent Alexander-Ar…

The latest inductee into the 90's Football Hall of Fame is Crystal Palace cult hero Attilio Lombardo. The Italian was one of a number of exotic big name signings that middling and lower Premier League teams managed to attract to English football with the promise of money, but his arrival still confounds to this day. Lombardo was a serial winner wit…

There is just no slowing down the Premier League this season, as the goals and mad results continue to flow, but have we gotten a better handle on our fantasy teams? In the latest episode of The Fantasy Faithful podcast, Surya joined Dara and Ste to make his debut on the show and discuss a high-scoring Gameweek 5, the amazing stat that shows why Br…

The international break has concluded, which means we can get back to what really matters: Fantasy Premier League. In the latest episode of The Fantasy Faithful podcast, presenter Ste McGovern was joined by Mark Farrelly of Balls.ie to talk about captain's picks, differentials, and potential transfers for gameweek 5. We also discussed how FPL has s…

Ex-Chelsea midfielder and notorious scrapper Dennis Wise is the latest inductee into the 90's Football Hall of Fame. The pint-sized Englishman spent the entirety of the decade at Stamford Bridge, where he won multiple honours including the Uefa Cup Winners' Cup, the FA Cup and the League Cup, making him the club's second most successful captain beh…

We are a month into the 2020/21 Fantasy Premier League campaign and we're left with more questions than answers. Which teams are actually good? Why have Chelsea, Man City and Man United been so disappointing so far? How in God's name did Liverpool lose 7-2 to Aston Villa? Does any of it even matter anymore? To try and answer some of these conundrum…

In a week where very few Fantasy Premier League managers did well, Ste and Dara lick their wounds after a fairly disastrous wildcard and discuss what went wrong. In the latest episode of The Fantasy Faithful podcast, Harry re-joined us after his call-up to the senior squad last week to look back on a weird Gameweek 3, consider what impact the handb…

Sam, Peter and Harry look back a completely ridiculous round of Premier League games. Mad handball decisions, penalties after the final whistle, City's title ambitions end already, Chelsea fall flat, Liverpool put one had on the trophy and Fulham pack their bags. We're only three games in to the season! What's going on? We try to make some sense of…

The latest entrant in to the 90's Football Hall of Fame is Duncan Ferguson, the former Everton striker who was infamous for his physicality and penchant for violence on the pitch. An FA Cup winner in 1995, the Scot got into many scrapes and fights in the years, and is one of very few footballers to have been jailed for an incident on the field. But…

After another week of pain and mediocrity for Stephen and Dara, the two lads have decided its high time they smashed that wildcard button and reinvigorated their Fantasy Premier League teams with wholesale surgery. In the latest episode of The Fantasy Faithful podcast, we look back on a crazy gameweek 2 in FPL that featured a record 44 goals, the d…

Any early writing off of Liverpool may have been a bit premature but what about that Chelsea hype train? Which version of Gareth Bale have Spurs signed? Which teams are the best of the rest in the league? What do City need to reclaim their title and strap in folks, it's an early season rant on Manchester United. Sam. Peter, Dec and Harry look back …

Was the first Fantasy Premier League gameweek of the season a bust for you? Did you foolishly not captain Mo Salah? Tempted to hit that wildcard button already? Well The Fantasy Faithful lads are here to guide you through the myriad dilemmas and choices facing FPL managers ahead of gameweek 2. We agonise over our mistakes, pick apart the early band…

The Premier League is back and so is the Football Faithful Podcast! Normal service resumes as Sam is joined by Peter & Ant to discuss the opening round of fixtures. We got a first look at defending Champions, Liverpool as they took on a newly promoted and much heralded Leeds United. Chelsea got off to a winning start but Lampard may be under some p…

With the Premier League returning this week The Fantasy Faithful presents our big preview of gameweek 1 for FPL managers. Ste McGovern was joined by Will Thomas of Fantasy Football Hub to pore over the must-have players heading into the new season, the best value players in the game, and which ones are flying under the radar. We also discuss which …

In the second of our two-part interview with Fantasy Premier League expert Abubakar Siddiq, The Fantasy Faithful takes a close look at how make the most of transfers and captaincy picks. We discuss the best time to make your transfer during a gameweek, whether it's a good idea to take hits, how to keep track of price changes, and why looking to the…

The Football Faithful is proud to present the latest addition to our podcast stable ahead of the 2020/21 season: The Fantasy Faithful! In our first two episodes Ste McGovern is joined by Abubakar Siddiq (@bigmanbakar), who finished fourth overall in 2015, to give you tips on how to master FPL. In episode one we discuss building the ideal FPL squad,…

The latest inductee into the 90's Football Hall of Fame is Arsenal and England legend Tony Adams. One of the greatest centre-backs of his era, Adams enjoyed a glittering 19-year career with the Gunners, winning multiple major honours, but he also dealt with personal demons, battling alcoholism for over a decade. On the latest episode of our ninetie…

The latest inductee into the 90's Football Hall of Fame is Aston Villa and Middlesbrough legend Ugo Ehiogu. We're joined by podcaster and Villa supporter Stevie Green to discuss Ehiogu's career, the role he played in Villa's success during the nineties, and his untimely passing in 2017. We also ask why his England career never took off the ground, …

Everton and Wales legend Neville Southall is the latest inductee into the 90's Football Hall of Fame. Southall enjoyed a successful 17-year spell with the Toffees, winning two league titles, two FA Cups and the European Cup Winners’ Cup, becoming a club hero in the process thanks to his world-class performances during the eighties. The Welshman is …

Former Celtic striker and Manchester United cult hero Brian McClair is the latest inductee into the 90's Football Hall of Fame. Nicknamed "Choccy" by his teammates because his surname is reminiscent of a chocolate eclair, the Scot enjoyed a trophy-laden decade at Old Trafford where he scored 127 goals and provided 49 assists. McClair joined United …

Former Newcastle United, Man United and England striker Andy Cole is the latest inductee into the 90's Football Hall of Fame. The striker quickly became a star at Newcastle, scoring 34 goals in his first top flight campaign. So good were his performances that he attracted the interest of a certain Alex Ferguson, who paid £6m for his services in a s…

The latest inductee into the 90's Football Hall of Fame is Liverpool legend and former England striker Robbie Fowler. Known fondly as "God" among the Anfield faithful, the Toxteth lad burst onto the scene as an 18-year-old, scoring on his debut against Fulham in the League Cup in 1993 before scoring five against them in the second leg. Fowler clear…

The latest inductee into the 90's Football Hall of Fame is former Arsenal and Netherlands winger Marc Overmars. The Dutch speedster grew up in modest surroundings, helping his grandad pick potatoes on his farm, but went on to become one of the country's most talented and exciting players of his generation. Overmars' career began at Ajax, where he w…

Former Tottenham Hotspur and England wide man Darren Anderton is the latest inductee into the 90’s Football Hall of Fame. Anderton’s big break came as a 20-year-old when he scored a brilliant goal for Portsmouth against Liverpool in the FA Cup semi-finals in 1992, which earned him a £1.75m move to Spurs that summer. Lining out for the north London …

The latest inductee into the 90's Football Hall of Fame is former Chelsea and France libero Frank Leboeuf. Leboeuf was a key member of the exciting and cosmopolitan Blues team that enjoyed great success in the mid to late nineties, winning the League Cup, two FA Cups and the Uefa Cup Winners' Cup during his five year stint in west London. The centr…