The Game

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is a free to download

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podcast produced by ''

The Times ''The Times'' is a British Newspaper#Daily, daily Newspaper#National, national newspaper based in London. It began in 1785 under the title ''The Daily Universal Register'', adopting its modern name on 1 January 1788. ''The Times'' and its si ...

'' newspaper and co-hosted during the 2018-19 season by Natalie Sawyer and

Gabriele Marcotti Gabriele Marcotti (born 28 July 1973) is an Italian sports journalist, sports author, and radio-television presenter. Born in Italy and now based in London, he was raised in the United States (Chicago and New York), Poland, Germany and Japan. E ...

. Launched in September 2006 following a pitch by Marcotti and

Guillem Balagué Guillem Ramón Antonio Balagué (born 2 November 1968) is a Spanish football journalist, author, and pundit. He was a regular pundit on Sky Sports' show ''Revista de la Liga'' and has also written for some of Britain's newspapers as well as seve ...

, and formerly hosted by Balague, Danny Kelly and

Phill Jupitus Phillip Christopher Jupitus (, ''Given name#Name at birth, né'' Swan; born 25 June 1962) is a retired English stand-up comedy, stand-up and Improv comedy teacher, improv comedian, actor, performance poetry, performance poet, cartoonist and podc ...

, the podcast has been described by

Barry Glendenning Barry Glendenning (born 12 March 1973) is an Irish sports journalist who holds the position of deputy sports editor on the ''guardian.co.uk'' website run by UK newspaper ''The Guardian''. Glendenning was born in Birr, County Offaly and atte ...

as featuring “some of the most knowledgeable voices in British football journalism”. Episodes were released weekly during the football season but production increased with the introduction of Sawyer and became daily during the

2018 FIFA World Cup The 2018 FIFA World Cup was the 21st FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial world championship for national association football, football teams organized by FIFA. It took place in Russia from 14 June to 15 July 2018, after the country was awarded t ...

, and twice weekly from August 2018 to coincide with the start of the 2018-19 football season, becoming available on Mondays and Thursdays. Regular guests include

Alyson Rudd Alyson Rudd (born 1963) is a British journalist with ''The Times'' who writes about sport, mainly football, and literature in the book club section. She was born in Liverpool in 1963 and grew up in rural Lancashire. She is a graduate of the Lon ...

Tony Cascarino Anthony Guy Cascarino (born 1 September 1962) is a former professional footballer who played as a striker for various British and French clubs and internationally for the Republic of Ireland national team, with whom he competed in UEFA Euro ...

James Scowcroft James Benjamin Scowcroft (born 15 November 1975) is an English retired footballer who played as a striker. He is currently a European Scout for Crystal Palace. Scowcroft began his career at Ipswich Town, graduating from the club's academy. ...

Julien Laurens Julien Laurens (born 4 October 1980) is a French football journalist and broadcaster based in London. Career Laurens works for the French newspaper '' Le Parisien'', and has featured regularly on BT Sport Talksport and ESPN as well as contrib ...

Jonathan Northcroft Jonathan Northcroft is a Scottish sports journalist and author. He is currently the Chief Football Writer for ''The Sunday Times''. Education Northcroft first attended Newtonhill Primary School, where he regularly turned class writing assignm ...

, and

Henry Winter Henry Winter (born 18 February 1963) is an English sports journalist. He currently writes for '' World Soccer'', having previously been the Chief Football Writer for ''The Times'' and a Football Correspondent for ''The Daily Telegraph''. Ed ...

. Marcotti announced he was leaving ''The Times'' at the end of the 2018-19 season. The Game was nominated for Podcast of the Year at the 2016

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Awards.

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