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Not The Top 20 Podcast

Not The Top 20 Podcast
The #1 podcast about the Football League (EFL) from George Elek and Ali Maxwell. Twice nominated for the FSF Awards 'Best Podcast', since 2016 Not The Top 20 Podcast has been dedicated to providing insightful, passionate, detailed coverage of the Championship, League One and League Two, with the Monday Podcast recapping the weekend, and the Betting Show providing carefully considered picks ahead of the weekend. NTT20 Pod's success has led to over 100 TV appearances for George and Ali, on Sky Sports and EFL on Quest, plus radio appearances on BBC Radio 5 Live. A community of EFL lovers has been established through NTT20 Squad, and the launch of NTT20.COM in 2023 provided written EFL coverage to match the podcast.
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Episodes

Anyone Got Any Blu-Tack?

It was a very busy weekend in the EFL - and some notable results especially in the Championship, where some of the bottom clubs went head-to-head. West Brom went crazy against Swansea. Joey Barton did Blackpool's team talk for them. This podcast is sponsored by The Athletic. For a free trial, and 50% off, use the link: theathletic.co.uk/ntt20 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 09, 20191 hr 3 min

Betting Show #18

Selections from the EFL weekend slate. Make sure you get the best value with the Oddschecker app. Download & check out our exclusive picks 👇🏻 bit.ly/OCAppTip #ad Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 05, 201931 min

Michael Or Neil?

Rundown of a brilliant weekend in the Championship, including two games with seven goals. Wayne Rooney is in the building. Plus a look at some FA Cup 2nd Round 'notables' at the end. This podcast is sponsored by The Athletic. For a free trial, and 50% off, use the link: theathletic.co.uk/ntt20 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 02, 201953 min

Who are the most underrated teams in the EFL?

On our way to Spain, we stopped to chat about the EFL weekend. This podcast is sponsored by The Athletic. For a free trial, and 50% off, use the link: theathletic.co.uk/ntt20 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 25, 201958 min

Betting Show #17

Selections from the EFL this weekend. Make sure you get the best value with the Oddschecker app. Download & check out our exclusive picks 👇🏻 bit.ly/OCAppTip #ad Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 21, 201930 min

Most Successful EFL Managers of the Decade?

Loads of questions, some answers & some fence-sitting. Biggest surprises of the season so far? Which managers are/could be most under pressure, seems to be a quite a few chairman pulling the trigger recently. Why over the past few years have teams found it increasingly difficult to bounce back from relegation to the championship at the first time of asking, there don’t seem to be many "yo-yo" teams anymore like there were 10 years ago. Last few years have seen some formations become in vogue...

Nov 19, 201950 min

Betting Show #16

Selections from the EFL this weekend with League One & Two on the agenda. Make sure you get the best value with the Oddschecker app. Download & check out our exclusive picks 👇🏻 bit.ly/OCAppTip #ad Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 14, 201922 min

Tons of Championship Talking Points, L1/L2 Questions & Warnock Leaves Cardiff

As we finished this pod, we got wind of Warnock leaving Cardiff which is as live a reaction as you'll ever hear from us! We had to touch on loads of Championship results and storylines after a fantastic weekend. We also answered some of your League One & League Two. This podcast is sponsored by The Athletic. For a free trial, and 50% off, use the link: theathletic.co.uk/ntt20 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 11, 20191 hr 4 min

Betting Show #15

Selections from the Championship and FA Cup ahead of the weekend. Make sure you get the best value with the Oddschecker app. Download & check out our exclusive picks 👇🏻 bit.ly/OCAppTip #ad This podcast is for 18+ only, please be GambleAware. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 07, 201928 min

Shrimps, Shrimpers, Oysters.

A day late, but twice as good! In this episode, we talk about literally LOADS of things. Stoke & West Brom, Hull & Huddersfield & Reading, concerns for Fulham & Boro, Unmissable Spectacles at Elland Road... In League One: Tisdale OUT, Russell Martin IN at MK Dons, Bolton - could they do it? - Rotherham and wonder who the best team actually is. In League Two, two away wins in derby matches, Colchester, Salford, Morecambe and a young gem at Carlisle. This podcast is sponsored by Th...

Nov 05, 20191 hr 4 min

Betting Show #14

Selections from all three EFL divisions ahead of the weekend. A great start to our Oddschecker picks - 5pts profit in the first two selections. Make sure you get the best value with the Oddschecker app. Download & check out our pick👇🏻 bit.ly/OCAppTip #ad This podcast is for 18+ only, please be GambleAware. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 31, 201926 min

Dan, Jarrod, Jed

We talk about the biggest and best winners from the EFL weekend, plus the departure of its longest-serving manager. This podcast is sponsored by The Athletic. For a free trial, and 50% off, use the link: theathletic.co.uk/ntt20 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 28, 201959 min

Betting Show #13

Selections from all three EFL divisions ahead of the weekend! We're excited to be working with Oddschecker to provide an exclusive weekly EFL selection. This week: a 1st goalscorer pick. Make sure you get the best value with the Oddschecker app. Download & check out our pick👇🏻 http://bit.ly/OCAppTip #ad This podcast is for 18+ only, please be GambleAware. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 24, 201928 min

Things You Love To See

This podcast is sponsored by The Athletic. For a free trial, and 50% off, use the link: theathletic.co.uk/ntt20 Mega weekend in the EFL - mega topics covered. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 21, 20191 hr 6 min

Betting Show #12

The Championship returns and George is all over it for his betting selections ahead of the weekend. This podcast is for 18+ only, please be GambleAware. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 17, 201925 min

Royal Rumbles & Inside Jobs - Answering Your Questions

This podcast is sponsored by The Athletic. For a free trial, and 50% off, use the link: theathletic.co.uk/ntt20 Here are the questions tackled on the pod - it was great fun! Lochlan: After realising that George may not have a bias against Reading I would like to know who he thinks would be the best manager to appoint with our current situation. James: Sunderland managerial candidates, how many do you consider an upgrade on Ross? And which ones might actually get #safc playing the attacking footb...

Oct 14, 20191 hr 1 min

Betting Show #11

George rides again with a team he's backed twice in a row without success. Ali is all about the over/unders. We ask - how can a team top of the league be 4/1 to win? And we reveal who you, the listeners, think will win the three leagues, This podcast is for 18+ only, please be GambleAware. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 10, 201925 min

A Quarter Through The Season - The State of Play

With the Championship pausing for internationals, and League One & League also approaching the quarter-way stage, it's time to zoom out and look at the three divisions as a whole. Looking at the top & bottom of the leagues specifically, which teams are set to maintain their position, which teams might drop off or pick up. This podcast is sponsored by The Athletic. For a free trial, and 50% off, use the link: theathletic.co.uk/ntt20 Let us know your thoughts on Twitter @NTT20Pod. Learn mo...

Oct 07, 201951 min

Betting Show #10

Betting selections ahead of the EFL weekend! This podcast is for 18+ only, please be GambleAware. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 03, 201925 min

Boing, Boing, Bonne

As the lads pack their bags on another EFL Midweeker - taking in Leeds vs WBA and Brentford vs Bristol City - they whistle through the big talking points from a lively weekend across the EFL. New leaders in the Championship (twice!), a stronf whiff of Cod near the top of League One and away performances to die for in League Two. This podcast is sponsored by The Athletic. For a free trial, and 50% off, use the link: theathletic.co.uk/ntt20 Follow us on Instagram.com/NTT20 to follow our Midweek EF...

Sep 30, 20191 hr

Betting Show #9

Selections ahead of the EFL weekend - includes George'= going against an unbeaten team, Ali going down the 'mug double' route, and much more. This podcast is for 18+ only, please be GambleAware. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 26, 201929 min

Dubious Brown Substance

Ahhhh we had to talk about it. We simply had to. Phil Hay wrote a piece for The Athletic with a quite remarkable suggestion about last season's Play-Off Semi-Final between Leeds & Derby and we couldn't ignore it. Elsewhere, some quite tidy away wins in the Championship - in League One we wonder about Ipswich and Donny, we discuss fan manager pressure at Sunderland and Pompey, and League Two is about Miniesta at Crewe, Argyle concerns, manager news at Oldham and Leyton Orient. There's much mo...

Sep 23, 20191 hr 4 min

Betting Show #8

The EFL went mad last week and our selections suffered. Looking to get back in business this week we're talking about: Cardiff v Middlesbrough Reading v Blackburn Rotherham v Shrewsbury Lincoln v Oxford Walsall v Scunthorpe Bradford v Carlisle Port Vale v Mansfield Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 19, 201928 min

Tony Mowbray's Bed & Breakfast

We start with a group of away wins in the Championship, then run through the home wins, before finishing with a longer chat on the new managers at Huddersfield and Sheff Wed. In League One, Posh & Rotherham both scored 6, and there were some impressive away wins. In League Two, some of the early frontrunners got upset... and Swindon are just really, really good. This podcast is sponsored by The Athletic. For a free trial, and 50% off, use the link: theathletic.co.uk/ntt20 Learn more about yo...

Sep 16, 201959 min

Betting Show #7

The Championship returns and we're back in business after a 2/2 NAP week last week. Will Ali finally get a CB FGS up, after two of his previous five picks scored first last week? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 12, 201930 min

Maamria, Cowley - L1/L2 Extravaganza

Quite simply a League One & League Two extravaganza. With the added expertise of Oli Walker and Ed Walker. This podcast is sponsored by The Athletic. For a free trial, and 50% off, use the link: theathletic.co.uk/ntt20 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 09, 20191 hr 26 min

Betting Show #6

International Break - but still L1/L2 action to punt on. We start by asking the question: when is a good time to attack the long term betting markets again, perhaps using performance data as a guide for value, or even where data is misleading the markets? We then each select a NAP, a NB, a bonus & two 'season bets' looking at the long terms markets. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 05, 201932 min

No Luck Beating Them Swans, Then

Weekend EFL reaction includes three unbeaten teams in the Championship, a 16-year-old wonderkid, tasty Warburton, Marcus Maddison, “Flynnedine Zidownes”, Poch-dale and five trains at the top of League Two. This podcast is sponsored by The Athletic. For a free trial, and 50% off, use the link: theathletic.co.uk/ntt20 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 02, 20191 hr 6 min

Betting Show #5

We select: 1x NAP (best bet) 2x NB (next best) 1x bonus Last week: Ali: NAP: Wycombe - won Burton: DNB - stake back Cheltenham - lost Vassell FGS - lost NAP: Reading - won NB: Leeds - won NB: QPR - won Bonus: Fulham -2 - lost Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 29, 201931 min

Gary Lineker was busy

George is joined by a very special guest in Ali's absence. David Jones, Presenter of MNF and former Oxford United Director, is alongside him as they run through the biggest stories from the EFL this week. Paul Taylor, Nottingham Forest writer for The Athletic, is also on the phone to talk though their win at Craven Cottage last week, whilst the current situations as Bury and Bolton are discussed in the hope of a positive outcome. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoic...

Aug 27, 20191 hr 14 min
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