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Nessun Dorma Retro Football Podcast

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  • Euro '88 Episode 1 - The Preview

    October 27, 2026 · 1 hr 38 min

    Our journey reaches the European Championships of 1988 but thankfully, we've already covered it in-depth already. For those of you who haven't already enjoyed it, we are re-releasing it this week. Episode 1 is Martyn's Nessun Dorma debut…

  • Euro '88 Qualifying

    October 23, 2026 · 1 hr 16 min

    In what is fast becoming one of our most enjoyable shows, Aidan Williams joins Martyn to go over how qualifying for Euro '88 took shape. England look like world beaters and the Dutch could have been watching on from home. And for those who…

  • Nessun Dorma Book Club - Rise Of The North: The 1992 European Championship

    October 16, 2026 · 44 min

    It wasn't exactly a goal fest but the closing stages of the 1992 European Championships still held enough dramatic narrative to be worthy of a retrospective. Besides Denmark's fairy tale in the neighbour's back yard it is more the time…

  • Nessun Dorma Book Club - Miles Away: Keeping Up with Newcastle United as an Exile

    October 9, 2026 · 43 min

    We've all read tales from match-going fans where the sights and smells of the ground leap off the page from famous nights. But what about those crucial games where fans cannot make it. Ticketless, on the other side of the world, working or…

  • Nessun Dorma Book Club - Falling For Manchester City: The End of the Main Road Era and the Turbulent 1990s

    October 2, 2026 · 45 min

    It is new book season out there so the ND Book Club returns for a few weeks to highlight some new footballing tomes that are now hitting the shelves. First up Marc Higginson joins Martyn to talk about account of Manchester City in the…

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  • Season 1987/88 Episode 8 - English Football's Aesthetic Peak?

    September 25, 2026 · 1 hr 7 min

    Sir Tom Finney described the 5-0 demolition of Nottingham Forest "one of the finest exhibitions of football" he had ever seen in his life and one that "will never be bettered". After only their second barren season in twelve years…

  • Season 1987/88 Episode 7 - The European Roundup

    September 18, 2026 · 1 hr 2 min

    It was a bonus season for works' teams as Philips and Bayer both got to revel in the reflected glory of PSV and Leverkusen in European competition. There was also the fairytale in Mechelen, some ridiculous comebacks in the UEFA Cup and…

  • The Sport Draft - 1986

    September 14, 2026 · 1 hr 10 min

    After a long wait, Mike, Mac and Gary return to do battle as Martyn is the ultimate judge of their sporting knowledge and strength of argument in choosing the strongest line up from the sporting year of 1986. Sportsman, Sportswoman, Team…

  • Season 1987/88 Episode 6 - When The Crazy Gang Beat The Culture Club

    September 11, 2026 · 1 hr 33 min

    If the 1980's was a high peak for FA Cup Finals then 1988's version arguably made the most impact. Communications Director for AFC Wimbledon now and loyal fan when the biggest waves were emanating from SW19, Marc Jones joins us to retrace…

  • Nessun Dorma Book Club - If I Hadn't Seen Such Riches

    September 8, 2026 · 55 min

    The book club is back at the same time, by sheer coincidence, as European football. Martyn's guest this time is Dan Williamson, whose previous works have focused on South American football but this time is a lot closer to home. It is 35…

  • Season 1987/88 Episode 5 - Sacchi's Milan

    September 4, 2026 · 1 hr 5 min

    Not for the first time, Milan was the city powering change in the game of football. Did season 1987/88 see the birth of the finest club side of all time? Martyn and Dominic Hougham discuss how the shoe salesman assembled and moulded a…

  • Season 1987/88 Episode 4 - Celtic's Centenary Double

    August 28, 2026 · 1 hr 20 min

    On the eve of the 1987/88 Scottish season, few pundits gave Celtic any hope of having a successful year for their 100th birthday. Four of their best players had disappeared for bigger leagues and they had called upon an old hero to take…

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An in-depth, nostalgic celebration of football in the eighties and nineties, where the wider world of sport and popular culture are occasionally welcome visitors. nessundorma.substack.com