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Liverpool vs Manchester City felt like a freak show

October 11, 2026 · 17 min

Lawrence Ostlere is joined from Anfield by Miguel Delaney and Richard Jolly immediately after Manchester City’s 3-0 win over Liverpool in a match overshadowed by the recent guilty verdict and ongoing appeal, creating a sense of uncertainty…
The Premier League is back – but will it ever be the same after City's guilty verdict?

October 7, 2026 · 41 min

Are Liverpool about to see the real Alexander Isaak? How long can Carrick last at Man Utd? These questions seem a touch mundane after what we've been through in the last two weeks but the Premier League is back! Even though it may never be…
The great Man City sham

September 29, 2026 · 20 min

Lawrence Ostlere is joined by Miguel Delaney for another impromptu episode of Copa Independent to react hours after an independent commission’s verdict on Manchester City was released, which finds the club guilty of almost all Premier…
Could this be the end of Man City as we know them?

September 26, 2026 · 22 min

In an impromptu episode of Copa Independent, Lawrence Ostlere and Miguel Delaney react to the news that Manchester City are to be found guilty of almost all Premier League charges stemming from the 2018 football leaks revelations. With the…
The United permacrisis - should it be this difficult?

September 23, 2026 · 52 min

Permacrisis: a long period of great difficulty, confusion or suffering that seems to have no end. Lawrence Ostlere, Miguel Delaney and Richard Jolly assess Manchester United’s bleak start to the season after a 1-1 draw at Fulham, leaving…

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Has the VAR debate become bigger than football itself?

September 16, 2026 · 42 min

After Erling Haaland’s controversial winner in the Manchester derby and the inevitable fallout, Kieran Jackson is joined by Miguel Delaney and Jack Rathborn to dissect, eight years on from its rollout at the top level, whether VAR is…
Why the Premier League's financial might still can't bully Europe's giants in the Champions League

September 8, 2026 · 47 min

As the Champions League begins once again, Lawrence Ostlere is joined by Miguel Delaney and Richard Jolly on the latest episode of Copa Independent to debate the reduced jeopardy in the league phase, the value of finishing in the top…
The hard truth behind a CHAOTIC transfer deadline day

September 2, 2026 · 51 min

So, be honest: could you keep up to speed with all the ins and outs in the end? Kieran Jackson is joined by Miguel Delaney and Richard Jolly this week to unpick the frenetic final few hours of the transfer window, as Premier League clubs…
Transfer window special: £100m dominoes, Villa’s woes and the incoming deadline day frenzy

August 27, 2026 · 48 min

The transfer window has been more frenzied than ever this summer, with wild £100m sums being exchanged between Premier League clubs. Who distorted the market, and are clubs over-paying for new recruits? Aston Villa and Newcastle have sold…
The Premier League’s new era

August 19, 2026 · 52 min

In the first episode of the new series, Lawrence Ostlere is joined by Miguel Delaney and Richard Jolly to preview the new Premier League season asking if the league is entering a post-Guardiola, post-Salah era defined by managerial churn…
Doing it their way: lessons from the final curtain in New York

July 20, 2026 · 41 min

In the final episode of Copa Independent, Miguel Delaney and Richard Jolly reflect on Spain winning a second World Cup and argue the best team won both the final and the tournament, with Ferran Torres’ extra-time winner highlighting…
Spain or Argentina? Yamal or Messi? BIG World Cup final preview

July 18, 2026 · 42 min

And so to the 104th and final match. It’s the top two in the world rankings, the European and South American champions and the first World Cup match between Spain and Argentina for 60 years. Not bad, right? Kieran Jackson is joined by…

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About the show

The World Cup series is over, and now Copa Independent is back for the new season. Join chief football writer Miguel Delaney and The Independent’s football team as they debate the biggest stories, arguments and talking points in the game, cutting through the noise to make sense of what matters. Copa Independent is part of the Independent Podcast network. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.