Minnows Football
Football results tell you what happened. Minnows tells you what it meant. A weekly podcast about the Championship clubs whose stories go deeper than the table — the inherited weight, the broken promises, the unlikely arrivals, and the seasons that feel like they might just change everything.
A giant FA Cup rd 1 preview feat. Rushden & Diamonds, Alvechurch, Cray, Stafford, and Macclesfield
A deep dive into some of the minnows on show this weekend in the first round of the F.A. Cup, and their historical odds of advancing:
AFC Rushden & Diamonds at Burton AlbionAlvechurch at Plymouth ArgyleCray Wanderers vs Stockport CountyStafford Rangers vs Grimsby Town Macclesfield at Mansfield TownPlus, Belief Index risers and fallers for round 14 games for the EFL Championship.
To check out the Belief Index and the Giant Killer Index, head to MinnowsFootball.com.
What if Cod was one of us? One night in Fleetwood, plus Burnley woes while Blackburn grows.
A minute-by-minute account of Fleetwood Town's dramatic win over Arsenal in the Carabao Cup. Plus, Blackburn's strong start to the season, goodbye Nicky Hayen, Wrexham woes and more.
Find more underdog football stories at MinnowsFootball.com.
Matchweek 11: West Ham vs everyone, plus Birmingham City, Norwich, lower leagues and more.
Is there a gap between West Ham and the rest of the league? Is Birmingham City for real? Is an ownership-mandated top-2 finish out of reach for Norwich City? Burning questions at the top and bottom of the Championship, plus a check-in with the lower leagues in the EFL, EPL Minnows and more.
Find more underdog football stories at MinnowsFootball.com.
Burnley F.C. and the price of ambition
Burnley Football Club has survived 140 years of triumph, relegation, financial hardship and reinvention. Its supporters have demonstrated time and again that their commitment to the club doesn't depend on success.
But can the same be said of its owners?
Five years after Alan Pace and ALK Capital acquired Burnley in a leveraged buyout, the club finds itself at the centre of an increasingly ambitious multi-club investment strategy. With mounting debt, questions about financial transparency, significant player sales and a new ownership platform spanning England and Spain, the relationship between Burnley's supporters and its custodians is...
Fired up, ready to roll: Top to bottom in the Championship as we enter the second phase
We rip through the entire EFL Championship from top to bottom, listing out what's at stake for every team as we exit the international break and enter Matchweek 9.
To check out the Belief Index and more, head to MinnowsFootball.com.
Matchweek 8: Quick hitters from two Championship derbies, Norwich mayhem and more
Inside the Black Country and Dockers Derbies. Plus, what the heck is going on at Norwich City? And Wrexham recovers (barely) while Southampton awaits Tonda Eckert's fate.
Find out more at MinnowsFootball.com.
Matchweek 7: Deep trouble at Deepdale. Plus, Wrexham woes, the game of the season, and Imps4Eva.
After Paul Heckingbottom's firing, what comes next for Preston? Is the Wrexham fairytale "over"? Five burning questions from a news-filled week in the Championship.
Find more underdog football stories at MinnowsFootball.com.
Matchweek 5 & 6: Burnley struggles, Saints fire up, and Nathan Jones crashes out (again)
Three up, three down: The biggest risers and fallers across the EFL Championship this week, plus Champions League minnows and a power rank of the top five Nathan Jones post-match crash-outs of all time.
August, we hardly knew 'ye: A Championship vibe-check after Matchweek 4
We go good to gee, not so good in the EFL Championship, from Swansea to (spoiler alert) Preston North End. How all clubs are feeling at the end of August, what we learnt from Matchweeks 3 and 4, plus a very short reading from Jonathan Franzen's "The Corrections" because why not.
Matchweek 2 of the Championship, plus Hull's sensational debut against Man United
A quick update on Belief Index amendments, plus Hull City's EPL return, Nuno as a one-of-a-kind leader for West Ham, Blackburn and Millwall's hot start, and more.
Chapters
00:00 Updates to the Belief Index04:31 Hull City's Premier League Return08:22 Nuno Espirito Santo's background in Sao Tome16:35 Blackburn Rovers vs. Middlesbrough22:03 Millwall's Energetic Start27:33 Upcoming Matches and PredictionsMatchweek 1 of the Championship, plus underdog storylines as the EPL kicks off
Winners and losers from the first round of EFL Championship games; a preview of this week's games; and, could this be the year an underdog goes all the way again in the Premier League?
Previewing the 2026-2027 EFL Championship
Highlighting the six most interesting stories ahead of the EFL Championship season. Will West Ham bottle it? Can Lincoln stay up? And which manager and ownership stories are on a knife's edge?
