Ian is joined by Carl Anka and Flo Lloyd-Hughes to discuss the ongoing 2024 Africa Cup of Nations. They start by discussing Ghana’s short-lived appearance at the tournament (02:36), as they were knocked out in the group stage after collecting just two points. They give their first reaction to the breaking news that Jürgen Klopp will be leaving Liverpool at the end of the season (12:56). Then South African football journalist Velile Mnyandu joins us from Côte d'Ivoire to give us his insight into ...
Jan 26, 2024•53 min
Ian is joined by Musa Okwonga and Ryan Hunn to chat about two incidents of racist abuse from the weekend, at Milan’s Mike Maignan and Coventry City’s Kasey Palmer (01:00). They then move on to the Premier League, where Liverpool extended their lead at the top (08:34), Arsenal cruised by a disappointing Crystal Palace (14:52), plus Ivan Toney’s return and more VAR drama, before rounding up on some AFCON stuff (35:16). Host: Ian Wright Guests: Musa Okwonga and Ryan Hunn Producers: Ryan Hunn and Ro...
Jan 23, 2024•47 min
Ian is joined by Ryan Hunn and Flo Lloyd-Hughes to react to the news that Sarina Wiegman has signed a new contract to manage the England women’s national team through to the 2027 World Cup (04:14). They discuss Jordan Henderson’s move to Ajax, bringing a premature end to his controversial move to Al-Ettifaq in the Saudi Pro League, and what this means for his future and his reputation (17:59). Then, to celebrate Ian’s role in the new Netflix film 'The Kitchen,' he talks about his experience on s...
Jan 19, 2024•1 hr 3 min
Ian is joined by Ryan Hunn and special guest Kieron O’Connor, a.k.a. Swiss Ramble, to dive into Premier League Financial Fair Play (04:24). They chat about Nottingham Forest profit and sustainability issues, Newcastle United potentially needing to sell in this window, whether Arsenal can actually afford to bring in a top striker, and whether FFP has actually worked in its current form. Then, Ian gives his thoughts on Jadon Sancho’s return to Dortmund and Eric Dier’s surprise move to Bayern (37:4...
Jan 12, 2024•52 min
Ian is joined by Musa Okwonga and Flo Lloyd-Hughes for a Sunday night edition of 'Wrighty’s House' to discuss Arsenal’s 2-0 defeat to Liverpool. They start by reacting to the news that Sam Kerr has injured her ACL in Chelsea’s midseason training camp (01:09) and wondering what Chelsea can do to survive without her. They move on to Arsenal’s troubles in front of goal (06:58), some worrying patterns of play that they’ve fallen into, and what the future holds for this team. Host: Ian Wright Guests:...
Jan 07, 2024•47 min
It’s the first show of the year, and Ian is joined by Flo Lloyd-Hughes and Mayowa Quadri. They begin with a catchup about Christmas and the New Year before discussing Dominic Calvert-Lewin’s sending off against Crystal Palace (07:43). They lose themselves in the aftermath of the PDC World Darts Championship (15:44), where Luke Littler took the world by storm, before looking ahead to the FA Cup third round (25:16) and chatting about some great FA Cup memories. Host: Ian Wright Guests: Flo Lloyd-H...
Jan 05, 2024•50 min
Ian is joined by Clive Palmer and Ryan Hunn to chat about West Ham’s win over Arsenal in what was a first victory at Emirates Stadium for David Moyes (01:10). They analyse Arsenal’s issues, West Ham’s game plan and their efficiency, before moving on to Brighton’s win over Spurs (35:51), Rasmus Hojlund’s first Premier League goal, and more Host: Ian Wright Guests: Clive Palmer and Ryan Hunn Producers: Ryan Hunn, Roscoe Bowman, and Jonathan Fisher Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastcho...
Dec 29, 2023•1 hr 1 min
It’s a special Christmas episode, with almost the full crew! Ian is joined by Flo, Mayowa, Fadumo, Musa, Jeanette, and Ryan, all in the studio! They discuss some football moments, players or specific football things they’ve loved this year (01:20), favourite players of 2023 (20:26), plus some wild predictions for 2024!! From all the crew, Merry Christmas, happy holiday, and we’ll see you for our final episode of the year next week. Host: Ian Wright Guests: Flo Lloyd-Hughes, Mayowa Quadri, Fadumo...
Dec 22, 2023•54 min
Ian is joined by Musa Okwonga and Ryan Hunn to talk about his decision to leave BBC’s Match of the Day at the end of the season (00:30), his punditry career, the highlights of being on the show and some of the friendships made. In part two, Flo Lloyd-Hughes joins Musa and Ian to chat to Taika Waititi (31:54), director of the forthcoming film ‘Next Goal Wins’. They talk about the film itself, plus lessons Taika learnt while making it, that ends up as some great life advice! Host: Ian Wright Guest...
Dec 18, 2023•1 hr 4 min
Ian is joined by Flo Lloyd-Hughes and Musa Okwonga to chat about Arsenal’s win over Chelsea, in front of a record WSL attendance at Emirates Stadium (02:06). They then move onto Manchester United, who suffered a defeat at home to Bournemouth and raise more questions about what is going on at Old Trafford (13:19). There’s love for Aston Villa and Unai Emery, who beat Arsenal to secure a club record 15th straight home win (27:43) , plus some chat about Everton and Chelsea (39:40). Host: Ian Wright...
Dec 12, 2023•57 min
Ian is joined by Flo Lloyd-Hughes and Ryan Hunn to talk about two big results in the Thursday night Premier League games. They start at Goodison Park, where Everton beat Newcastle 3-0 to climb out of the relegation zone despite their 10-point deduction (07:36). Next up, it’s on to West Ham’s win over Spurs, coming from behind to win 2-1 and extend Ange Postecoglou’s side’s winless run to five games (22:03). There’s a look ahead to Sunday’s Arsenal and Chelsea game in the WSL, plus a birthday mes...
Dec 08, 2023•54 min
Ian is joined by Flo Lloyd-Hughes for a special edition of 'Wrighty’s House' recorded at London Colney, Arsenal’s training centre, and the Adidas flagship store on Oxford Street in London. We start with hearing about Ian’s trip to Eastleigh as the National League side beat struggling Reading in the second round of the FA Cup (02:01), with Ian watching on in an enormous coat that went viral after the match. Then, Arsenal Women boss Jonas Eidevall joins us (10:45) ahead of the big clash with Chels...
Dec 05, 2023•1 hr 11 min
Ian is joined by Flo Lloyd-Hughes and Clive Palmer of the 'ArsenalVision' podcast in an emergency Sunday night session to dissect Arsenal’s 1-0 win at Brentford, which took them back to the top of the Premier League. They start by reacting to Manchester United’s win at Everton (01:57) and the wondergoal by Alejandro Garnacho, which opened the scoring. Then, Ian pays tribute to former England manager Terry Venables, who passed away on Saturday at the age of 80. They move on to Arsenal (16:44), wi...
Nov 27, 2023•56 min
This week, Ian is joined by Flo Lloyd-Hughes and Carl Anka. They begin with some chat about Christmas parties and plans, before moving onto discussing the brilliant new documentary, Ronnie O’Sullivan: The Edge of Everything, which was released this week (04:42). They chat about the brilliance of O’Sullivan, the person away from snooker and discuss some other troubled sporting geniues. Then, they discuss the effect of more added time in football this year, off the back of a brilliant Dale Johnson...
Nov 24, 2023•44 min
Ian is joined by Musa Okwonga and Ryan Hunn to chat about the return of the Women’s Champions League, which saw great wins for Ajax, Lyon and Barcelona and two very controversial decisions during Real Madrid’s 2-2 draw with Chelsea (04:59). Then, following last week’s 'Loki' Season 2 finale, they dive into a long discussion about one of Ian’s favourite TV shows (12:32), the highs, the lows, the lessons and much more! Host: Ian Wright Guests: Musa Okwonga and Ryan Hunn Producers: Ryan Hunn, Rosco...
Nov 17, 2023•1 hr 4 min
Ian is joined by Flo Lloyd-Hughes, Musa Okwonga and, making her debut, Fadumo Olow! They begin by surprising Ian with a coveted award that resurfaced this week (03:09), before moving on to talking about Megan Rapinoe and Ali Krieger (05:25), who retired following this week’s NWSL Championship game. They then move on to the England call-ups for Ezri Konsa (15:52), Cole Palmer and Rico Lewis and discuss the omissions, before rounding up with the chaos of Chelsea and Manchester City going 4-4 (29:0...
Nov 14, 2023•56 min
Ian is joined by Flo Lloyd-Hughes and Musa Okwonga to chat about dinner at Roy Keane’s and watching this week’s Champions League games (05:37), including praise for Dortmund and Arsenal. Ian chats about being at Borehamwood for Arsenal’s win over Bristol City (31:47), plus the ongoing row between Manchester City boss Gareth Taylor and Jonas Eidevall following last weekend’s WSL game (43:28), before wrapping up on a brief chat about Evan Ferguson and Eberechi Eze’s new contracts (53:14). Host: Ia...
Nov 10, 2023•1 hr 1 min
Ian is joined by Flo Lloyd-Hughes and Mayowa Quadri to chat about the chaos at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, where Chelsea beat the nine-man Spurs 4-1, thanks to a Nicolas Jackson hat trick (04:36). They wrap up some other Premier League results from the weekend (20:37), including a bit about Newcastle’s win over Arsenal (27:00), before discussing Emma Hayes leaving Chelsea for the USWNT at the end of the season (33:59) and, finally, giving some flowers to Harry Kane following his hat trick against...
Nov 07, 2023•52 min
Ian is joined, on his 60th birthday, by Musa Okwonga to reflect on Ian’s journey so far, gathering his thoughts on family, grief, faith, legacy, and, of course, football. Host: Ian Wright Guest: Musa Okwonga Producers: Roscoe Bowman and Jonathan Fisher Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Nov 03, 2023•1 hr
Ian is joined by Carl Anka and Musa Okwonga to discuss the aftermath of the Manchester Derby, which left the red half of Manchester asking yet more questions about the current state of the club, as well as manager Erik ten Hag (01:43). They then chat about last night’s Ballon d’Or ceremony (25:33), where Lionel Messi and Aitana Bonmatí took home the top prizes, before finishing up on the news that Luis Rubiales has been banned from all football activities for three years (37:40). Host: Ian Wrigh...
Oct 31, 2023•51 min
Ian is joined by Mayowa Quadri and Musa Okwonga, and they begin by informing Ian that Bukayo Saka could break a record Wrighty holds if he scores or assists this weekend! They then move on to the news that Newcastle’s Sandro Tonali is banned for 10 months for illegal betting, as well as the sad passing of Everton chairman Bill Kenwright. Finally, they look ahead to the Manchester derby before Ian gets a surprise fake trade. Host: Ian Wright Guests: Mayowa Quadri and Musa Okwonga Producers: Ryan ...
Oct 27, 2023•37 min
Ian was at the Ramón Sánchez-Pizjuán for Arsenal’s 2-1 win against Sevilla and is joined by Ryan Hunn to chat about the experience of being in Seville (04:32) and attending the UEFA Youth League fixture, before they move on to the game itself. They discuss Gabriel Martinelli’s opening goal (10:45), which involved all three Arsenal Gabis, the passages of dominance, Gabriel Jesus’s wonderful second and very impressive performances from William Saliba and Declan Rice. Finally, they give some flower...
Oct 25, 2023•41 min
Ian is joined by Musa Okwonga and Clive Palmer from the 'ArsenalVision' podcast to react to Arsenal’s 2-2 draw with Chelsea, in which Arsenal had to come back from 2-0 down to claim their point. They discuss how Chelsea’s game plan disrupted Arsenal and how they had to shake things up in order to get a foothold in the game. They also remember Sir Bobby Charlton, one of England’s, and football’s, greatest ever players. Host: Ian Wright Guests: Musa Okwonga and Clive Palmer Producers: Roscoe Bowma...
Oct 22, 2023•36 min
Ian is joined by Ryan Hunn to dive into the 'Wrighty’s House' mailbag! They answer questions about assembling a player from the best parts of other players (3:05), which of his friends Ian would bring to battle David Beckham’s six-a-side team (7:19) as well as his time watching AFL in Australia (15:32). There’s also talk about where they would like to see a World Cup (18:35), thoughts on the U.K. and Ireland Euros in 2028 and who will manage England (21:29), songs to sum up the season so far (27...
Oct 13, 2023•36 min
Ian is joined by Ryan Hunn to record straight after Arsenal’s first win over Manchester City since December 2015 (00:30). They talk about being in the Emirates Stadium for the game, some key performances from both teams, and what this could mean for Arsenal’s season going forward. Host: Ian Wright Guest: Ryan Hunn Producers: Ryan Hunn, Roscoe Bowman, and Jonathan Fisher Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Oct 08, 2023•38 min
Ian is joined by Flo Lloyd-Hughes and Musa Okwonga to chat about the issues around Manchester United’s poor start to the season (04:31) and whether this run shows any signs of stopping, following the home defeat to Galatasaray. Then, after Jürgen Klopp’s remarks about replaying last week’s fixture against Spurs, they chat about which historic fixtures they would like to see be replayed and why (22:03), before finishing off with some discussion about Gareth Southgate’s latest England squad (30:59...
Oct 06, 2023•48 min
Ian is joined by Carl Anka, Musa Okwonga and Ryan Hunn to chat a little bit about Ian’s conversation with Jonas Eidevall following Arsenal’s opening day WSL defeat to Liverpool at Emirates Stadium (02:04). They then move on to the VAR controversy from the weekend (04:39) and give out a huge bunch of flowers to Unai Emery and Aston Villa following their 6-1 thrashing of Brighton (17:54), as well as to Real Sociedad’s Takefusa Kubo following his great performances this season, including another go...
Oct 03, 2023•45 min
Ian is joined by Musa Okwonga and Mayowa Quadri to talk about Victor Osimhen following the social media posts put up by Napoli on their official Tiktok, one of them comparing him to a coconut (03:10). They discuss the disconnect between the club and the fans on the issue, analyse the impact he’s had on the pitch for the club at an historic time for the city as a whole and consider what might come next for him. They also look ahead to the start of the WSL season (29:34) and set out expectations f...
Sep 29, 2023•48 min
Ian is joined by Ryan Hunn for a big North London derby debrief (01:04), where the points were shared at Emirates Stadium, Ange Postecoglou’s Spurs side continued their great start to the season, and Arsenal were left ruing a missed chance or two. They then round up the rest of the Premier League, where Manchester City maintained their 100 percent start (16:49) and Chelsea suffered another defeat, this time to Aston Villa. Ian went back to Turf Moor on Saturday, to watch his old club Burnley hos...
Sep 25, 2023•46 min
Ian is joined by Flo Lloyd-Hughes and Musa Okwonga to discuss Arsenal’s 4-0 win over PSV as Champions League football is played for the first time since 2016-17 under the floodlights at the Emirates (02:05). They try to put their finger on the main issues at Manchester United as their struggles continue with a 4-3 defeat at Bayern Munich (18;37), before Flo brings us up to speed on the state of play in Spain (31:45), as the women’s national team are forced to report for duty ahead of their Natio...
Sep 21, 2023•52 min
