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THE podcast for Football League fans, since 2011. Hosted by Mark Crossley and David Cameron Walker. Features interviews with players, journalists and managers - plus live games, special shows and mini documentaries. Mixes serious interviews, analysis and debate with fun and humour. Covers all 72 clubs.Nominated by The Football Supporters Federation for Podcast Of The Year 2013. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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It's been a pleasure folks. After five years and almost two hundred shows, it's time to hang up our podcasting boots. The final ever We Are Going Up podcast is a two-hour special, as we look back on the 2015/16 Football League season with two of our regular guests, Rob Langham from The Two Unfortunates and Mark O'Haire from We Love Betting. We anal…
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So, the Football League season is nearly over... and so is the We Are Going Up podcast. In our penultimate show, David Cameron Walker is joined by various guests to preview this weekend's three play-off finals at Wembley. On Bank Holiday Monday, Plymouth Argyle take on AFC Wimbledon for a place in League One next season. Ahead of the game DC catche…
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Hello. The boys have a special announcement to make about the show! Does what it says on the tin, this week. Thank you to everyone for listening over the past five years... and we're not done just yet! To contact the show please e-mail via wearegoingup.co.uk or tweet @WAGUpodcast. You can listen on Acast and subscribe here on iTunes (**if you could…
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Following last season's relegation, Wigan Athletic look set for an immediate return to the Championship after a run of eighteen games unbeaten in League One. Gary Caldwell's side are just one point behind the leaders Burton Albion, as they prepare for the final seven games of the season. So how have the Latics things around after a difficult start?…
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This week we take a closer look at the top and bottom of the Football League. With Burnley now four points clear at the top of the Championship, can anyone stop the Clarets making an immediate return to the Premier League? We catch up with Jamie Smith, from the independent Burnley podcast No Nay Never, who gives us his take on Andre Gray, Joey Bart…
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Are Kenny Jackett's days at Molineux numbered? Wolverhampton Wanderers are sliding down the Championship table, after a run of no wins from their last seven games. We find out what's gone wrong for one of the division's promotion favourites this season, by getting the view of Wolves fan and podcaster Richard Hobbs, from the excellent Wolves Fancast…
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This week the boys reflect on the surprise sacking of Derby County manager Paul Clement, who was relieved of his duties after just eight months and 33 games in charge of the Rams. Chairman Mel Morris says promotion 'was not the primary target' this season, but claimed the club hadn't made enough progress under Clement. We get a view from Jonathan R…
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It's been a traumatic season for fans of Bolton Wanderers. After being served with a winding up order by HMRC, this week the club have been given an extension until February 22nd by the High Court, in order to reach an agreement. The club also owe £185m to their owner Eddie Davies and have told their players and staff that they're unlikely to be pa…
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Happy New Year! It's been a while. In our first podcast of 2016, DC finds out more about the ongoing crisis at Charlton Athletic. The Addicks are 23rd in the Championship and facing relegation to League One after a run of ten games without a win. However it's the situation off the field which is now receiving more public scrutiny. The club's owner …
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Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink is set to leave League One leaders Burton Albion to take up the vacant managers position at Queens Park Rangers. We ask, is it the right move for him and the Hoops? Ashley Wilkinson, Burton Albion reporter for the Burton Mail also gives us his thoughts on what it means for the Brewers. After Dean Smith made the decision to s…
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Paul Lambert is back in football management after signing a two and a half year contract to succeed Gary Bowyer as Blackburn boss. With Rovers struggling in 16th place in the Championship (and still under a transfer embargo), the boys are joined by Paul Wheelock - Blackburn reporter for the Lancashire Telegraph, to discuss whether or not Lambert ca…
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We bring you a special mini episode this week, featuring an interview with James Averill of the Northampton Town Supporters' Trust. The Cobblers are in financial crisis, and have been issued with a winding up order by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC), who are owed £166,000 by the club. A date for the case has been set at the High Court for Monday Nove…
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With November almost upon us, the boys pause to reflect on the opening three months of the 2015/16 Football League season so far. What have we learned? Which teams have upset the odds? and how long will Steve Evans last at Leeds? All the big questions are addressed. Our guests are familiar to long term listeners. Rob Langham is the co-founder of th…
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As our special month of themed shows continues, the boys take a trip to one of England's most historic footballing cities, Nottingham. Things aren't exactly going to plan at the moment for either Notts County or Nottingham Forest - we ask, why? In a live special recorded at Meadow Lane during the Magpies' home game against Plymouth in Sky Bet Leagu…
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This week the boys celebrate the cult heroes of the Football League - those players greatly admired by fans, who didn't necessarily get the credit they deserved. We talk everyone from Stuart McCall to Kevin Ellison, Jimmy Glass to Jason Lee and Scotty Murray to Laurent D'Jaffo. Features contributions from fans of various clubs. There's also an inte…
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Apologies for our absence! Technology has conspired against us in the last couple of weeks. However, we're back in October with a month of specials! Next week, it's YOUR cult heroes. We need THE cult hero at your club. All you need to do is e-mail your suggestions via wearegoingup.co.uk , record thirty seconds of yourself talking about the player (…
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The Football League's first two managerial changes of the new season are the big talking points this week. After just one win from their opening six League One games, Doncaster Rovers have sacked boss Paul Dickov. We find out more about the decision from Liam Hoden, sports reporter at the Doncaster Free Press. It's a similar story for Peterborough …
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This week the boys are joined by Iain MacIntosh, football writer for ESPN FC and editor of The Set Pieces and author of 'Football Manager Stole My Life'. On Tuesday morning Iain joined 168 other hardy souls in making the 779-mile round trip to watch Carlisle United lose 4-1 away at Plymouth Argyle in Sky Bet League Two. Iain recounts the story of t…
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This week we bring you a special feature length interview with the multi award-winning sports journalist and author Mike Calvin. Mike is a columnist for The Independent on Sunday and has just published his new book book 'Living on the Volcano: The Secrets of Surviving as a Football Manager'. Mike gives us his unique insight into what life as a Foot…
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We're BACK! The brand new Football League season gets underway on Friday night... and We Are Going Up returns for season number five. Mark Crossley and David Cameron Walker kick off proceedings with a special bumper long preview podcast, looking ahead to the next ten months in The Championship, League One and League Two. The boys are joined by Shef…
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So long, farewell, auf wiedersehen, goodbye. It's a packed final podcast of the 2014/15 season - thank you to everyone who has listened to us and supported us this year, as ever. Norwich City are back in the Barclays Premier League at the first time of asking, after a superb 2-0 win against a below-par Middlesbrough in the Championship play-off fin…
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Wembley awaits! The boys are back, admittedly with a distinctly end of season feel, as we review the drama of the play-off semi finals and look forward to what lies in store for Middlesbrough, Norwich, Preston, Swindon, Wycombe and Southend this weekend. Boro crushed Brentford 3-0 at the Riverside on Friday night to complete a hugely impressive 5-1…
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It's all over for another year. The final weekend of the Football League season saw the usual mix of blood, sweat and tears, not to mention the odd pitch invasion or two (including one with a man on a mobility scooter). The boys are back together in London to look back over an incredible weekend. MK Dons clinched the final automatic promotion spot …
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They have done it! Both Watford and AFC Bournemouth have clinched promotion to the Premier League after an incredible weekend full of twists, turns and let's be honest... really difficult maths. An elated DC explains how he celebrated Watford's promotion in the back of a taxi in Newcastle, plus gets further reaction from long time friend of the sho…
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Thirteen years ago Burton Albion were competing in the Northern Premier League, lining up against teams such as Frickley Athletic, Hucknall Town and Marine. Next season they will be taking on the likes of Coventry City, Bradford City and Blackpool in League One. The Brewers clinched promotion to the third tier of English football for the first time…
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What has happened to the Hatters? After a fantastic first season back in the Football League, Luton Town lost 2-1 at Northampton on Saturday to make it eight defeats out of nine in the league (including six in a row), a run which has seen them drop out of the League Two play-off spots as a result. Mark is joined by Mike Simmonds, sports editor at t…
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Bristol City picked up the Johnstone's Paint Trophy for a record third time with a 2-0 win against Walsall on Sunday, in front of a crowd of over 72,000 people at Wembley Stadium. It marks the first silverware of a remarkable season for the Robins, who are hot favourites to clinch promotion to the Championship (and the League One title) in the next…
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The curse strikes again. Less than twelve hours after recording our latest show, another Football League manager has bitten the bullet. This time the axe has fallen on Ian Holloway, who has been sacked by Millwall following Saturday's 4-1 defeat at home to Norwich. The Lions sit 23rd in the Championship table after five defeats from their last six …
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With just ten games of the season remaining, the Championship promotion race looks set to be one of the most exciting of all time, with the top five clubs separated by just one single point. Incredible. In fact eight clubs still realistically have their eyes on a place in the Premier League next season, including Steve McClaren's Derby County, who …
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As a follow up to our live special from London Road (make sure you download that show first), the boys catch up with big Peterborough fan and talkSPORT presenter Adrian Durham, for his take on Darren Ferguson's departure. Adrian tells Mark and DC why it went wrong for Ferguson, what needs to change for the Posh to climb up the table again, and why …
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... and it's LIVE! The boys are back with a bumper live podcast, recorded this weekend down at the ABAX Stadium, aka London Road, home of Peterborough United. The Posh have been in the headlines following the sacking of their manager Darren Ferguson last Saturday. In two spells in charge, Ferguson won three promotions for Peterborough, plus the Joh…
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Brentford owner Matthew Benham made his millions as a professional gambler, working as managing director of Smartodds, his company which provides statistical research to customers betting exclusively on football all around the world. However, has he just made his biggest gamble yet? With the Bees just one point outside the Championship play-off spo…
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Last Saturday, after a week of speculation, Gillingham finally announced the identity of their new manager - Justin Edinburgh. The ex Spurs defender, hotly tipped as one of the Football League's brightest young bosses, won 2-1 at Peterborough on Tuesday night in his first game in charge. He has made the move to the Priestfield after a memorable thr…
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The boys are back with a special podcast recorded live at The Anchor Bankside pub in London, as part of #MenUnited with Prostate Cancer UK, the official charity partner of both The Football League and talkSPORT. In 2015 Prostate Cancer UK are turning pubs all over the land into The Men United Arms to inspire you to do something great to help beat p…
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Wolves beat Blackpool 2-0 at Molineux last weekend to make it an impressive five wins from their last six Championship games. However, that run has been completely overshadowed by the sad news last week that their former chairman Sir Jack Hayward had passed away in Florida, aged 91. Hayward owned his boyhood club for seventeen years and pumped in £…
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Happy New Year! It's the first show of 2015, with plenty to discuss. Neil Adams has resigned as Norwich City manager, following their 2-0 defeat at League One Preston in the FA Cup third round on Saturday. Adams was in charge at Carrow Road for nine months and he leaves the club seventh in the Championship, just three points off the play-off spots.…
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On Christmas Eve 1914, all went quiet on the Western Front. The screaming stopped. The rifles relented. The brutality and bloodshed were broken up. British and German troops laid down their weapons and walked out of their trenches. They shook hands, they exchanged gifts and they played football. But one hundred years on from the Christmas Truce, wh…
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Is it almost full time for The Football League Show? According to newspaper reports, the BBC has lost the rights to show weekly highlights from next season, which will instead move to a primetime 9pm Saturday night slot on Channel 5. The reporter who broke the story, broadcaster and journalist Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informa…
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After thirteen consecutive years of Championship football, Ipswich Town fans are starting to dream. The Tractor Boys completed an unbeaten November with a last gasp 1-0 win at Charlton on Saturday (their fourth win in five games), which has lifted them into the automatic promotion places. The question is, can they stay there? We find out more about…
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With no Championship action at the weekend due to the international break, the boys reflect on a stunning couple of months for AFC Bournemouth and their manager Eddie Howe. The Cherries are unbeaten since September and sit second in the table, plus have also knocked out Premier League opposition on their way to the Capital One Cup quarter finals, w…
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With Mark back (just about in one piece) from Japan, the boys headed on down to a freezing cold Craven Cottage for a Bonfire Night clash between two of the Championship's struggling sides, Fulham and Blackpool. After the debacle under Felix Magath, the Cottagers are rebuilding under new permanent boss Kit Symons, with four wins, two draws and two d…
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Following the departure of Birmingham City manager Lee Clark and the subsequent appointment of Gary Rowett in his place, we catch up with talkSPORT presenter and devout Blues fan Ian Danter. Listen to David Cameron Walker getting Ian's thoughts on Rowett's appointment, on Birmingham's prospects on and off the pitch and hear all about the time Dants…
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Following the departure of Birmingham City manager Lee Clark and the subsequent appointment of Gary Rowett in his place, we catch up with talkSPORT presenter and devout Blues fan Ian Danter. Listen to David Cameron Walker getting Ian's thoughts on Rowett's appointment, on Birmingham's prospects on and off the pitch and hear all about the time Dants…
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Six Football League managers have bitten the bullet in just twelve days - Dougie Freedman, Billy McKinlay, Colin Cooper, Russ Wilcox, Rob Edwards and Nigel Worthington have all gone. The boys reconvene to discuss sacking season and a supposedly quiet 'international break'. There's a new man in charge at the Macron Stadium. Neil Lennon was appointed…
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This week the boys shine a light on three of the Football League's surprise packages so far this season: Charlton Athletic, Rochdale and Wycombe Wanderers. All three were tipped to struggle, but collectively they have lost just five out of thirty games so far. We discover more about the great work being done by Bob Peeters, Keith Hill and Gareth Ai…
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The news was confirmed on Wednesday evening that Russell Slade had officially offered his resignation as Leyton Orient manager, presumably in order to go and take up the vacant managers position at Cardiff City. We catch up with the sports writer Terry Phillips, who covers the club for Media Wales, plus Paul Levy, co-host of the 'Orient Outlook Pod…
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In a slight change to our advertised plans, the boys take a Tuesday night trip down to the Cherry Red Records Stadium this week, as AFC Wimbledon welcome League Two table toppers Burton Albion. It's been an underwhelming start by the Dons, with two wins, two draws and three defeats from their first seven games. Can their new strike partnership of T…
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Despite the season being less than a month old, it's already chaos at Leeds United. Following four defeats and four red cards in August, head coach David Hockaday was sacked, just seventy days after taking over at Elland Road. Their 2-1 Capital One Cup defeat by neighbours Bradford last week was the final straw, as Hockaday became the second boss f…
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Following the sudden resignation of Watford manager Giuseppe Sannino over the weekend, we catch up with Frank Smith, Deputy Sports Editor at the Watford Observer, plus Mike Parkin, co-host of the 'From The Rookery End' Podcast. Listen to Hornets fan David Cameron Walker quiz them on the background to Sannino's departure, look back over his tenure i…
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For our first live show of 2014/15, Mark and DC head to Kenilworth Road to see two of League Two's highly tipped promotion favourites go head to head, as Luton Town take on Bury. The Hatters clinched promotion from the Conference as champions last season, after spending five long years in non league. Following their much publicised 30 point deducti…
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