SWYW - a fantasy football league oddity

SWYW Episode 61: GW16 'Never keep the home fires burning while you walk alone' Ft Mark Morriss

On the week everyone has been talking about the Mo Salah fallout at Liverpool, we're delighted to welcome Liverpool fan and The Bluetones legend, Mark Morriss onto this week's pod to hear this thoughts on the situation.
We discuss plans for an exciting 2026 for The Bluetones and play a brand new chatgpt fuelled quiz called 'In The Mix' which you won't want to miss.
Have you decided how to use your 5 free transfers thanks to AFCON? If not, we've got some top tips about how to make the most of the extra boost this week.
There's also random praise for ABBA Voyage and an interesting discussion about merchandise. Tune in and subscribe to your new favourite FPL pod now!
 

SWYW Episode 62: GW17 'December will be modgic again' Ft Magic Mod

'Twas the gameweek before Christmas and all through the pod,
the festive vibes were flowing and we're joined by Magic Mod!
Yes, the king of magic and rock and roll, Ben Taylor aka Magic Mod shares his thoughts on Fulham, his own FPL team and possible touring plans for 2026.
The panel shares what they want for Christmas and go all Saturday kitchen about yorkshire puddings.
Don't miss our festive preview of GW17, score predictions and a shocking ChatGPT Boxing Day fixtures quiz to keep you entertained.
And there might even be a special guest appearance from Santa himself. Merry Christmas!

SWYW Episode 63: GW18 'Save it for the turkey sandwiches' Ft The SWYW Pod Panel

The Boxing Day fixtures weekender is here and we're celebrating with another festive football FPL pod.
Tune in for some top tips including a reminder to use your chips before this Tuesday at 6pm and find out details of the FPL GW deadlines over the hectic schedule!
As it's Christmas we finally answer Mikey's listener question and debate which rule change we would bring into FPL to add a bit more spice to the game
We also play a random Mastermind-style ChatGPT quiz featuring some surprising non-football rounds to keep you entertained this festive season.
And don't miss our panel predictions on Who the hell knows?

SWYW Episode 64: GW20 'New Year predictions' Ft The SWYW Pod Panel

It's the first podcast of 2026 and this week's episode features members of the regular panel sharing new year's resolutions and hopes for this month's transfer window.
There's a big focus on predictions as we look forward to the World Cup in the summer and ponder whether Donald Trump might take the Diana Ross-style penalty at the opening ceremony
The panel also predict Wolves' first win of the season this weekend against West Ham
And this week's chat gpt-fuelled quiz looks at New Year football from the past and we discover which Premier League team is the most successful at this time of the year - it might surprise you.

SWYW Episode 65: GW20 review 'Cupsets' Ft The SWYW Pod Panel

The chips are refilled and in the spirit of the January sales our FPL panel look at which players you should be buying and selling over the next week while FPL takes a break for the FA Cup 3rd round.
Speaking of the 3rd round, we predict scores in 'who the hell knows?' and play a very niche ChatGPT-fuelled quiz about BBC televised 3rd round matches in history. Perhaps it's something to keep you entertained while watching Spurs and Villa are likely to play their reserves live on primetime Saturday night telly.
We also share thoughts on the managerial madness over the last week and ask which SWYW manager we would like to see take the reins at Manchester United. 
Tune in and subscribe now!

SWYW Episode 66: GW22 'VAR pile on' Ft Maddox Jones and Mikey Austin-Riley

In this week's FPL pod we welcome our first guests of the year as musicians Maddox Jones and Mikey Austin-Riley join us to discuss a very busy week in the world of football.
We cast our experienced eyes over the VAR nonsense at St James' Park in the Carabou Cup this week and discuss the quality of refereeing in our beautiful game.
Man Utd fan Maddox shares his thoughts on the Carrick appointment ahead of the Manchester derby on Saturday lunchtime.
We also hear about Maddox' new single plans and Mikey and Maddox tease their new music project.
And as it's Blue Monday in a few days time we talk about the bluest moments weve seen on a football pitch, but then balance it all with some toilet humour at the end of the show. 
Tune in and subscribe now for another entertaining episode!

SWYW Episode 67: GW23 'Pea wet' Ft the SWYW pod panel

Tangents and traitors are the focus of this week's FPL pod.
We warm up the football chat with our no spoliers/a little bit spoiler-ish The Traitors chat ahead of this weekend's final, and ask the panel who is the biggest traitor who left their football club. 
We discuss whether Carrick has unlocked a new Manchester United ahead of the Arsenal game this weekend, and predict more scores in 'who the hell knows?'
As Haaland fails to score again last weekend, we ask if there's any decent strikers to turn to.
And the tangents continue as we celebrate National Pie Day this Friday.
 

SWYW Episode 68: GW24 'Better the wildcard chip on fantasy football' Ft Graeme Swann and Adam Devlin

We've got a bumper edition of this week's FPL podcast. Double the guests, double the quizzes and double the fun, etc
We're joined by Graeme Swann to discuss the recent Ashes controversy and play a chatgpt fuelled one off game 'Snicko or Thicko'
And Adam Devlin shares his frustrations about the Ashes but is happier about Brentford's performance this season.
We also discuss The Bluetones 30th anniversary tour and much much more including Adam and Swanny's varying experiences in The Groucho Club
We look ahead to GW24 in FPL and try to predict a few scores in 'Who the hell knows?'
And don't miss the bonus clip at the end

SWYW Episode 69: GW25 'Niall Quinn's Disco Pants' Ft Tom Bird

As another exciting weekend of FPL kicks off we're joined by Tom Bird from Sheffield Theatres to talk about life in the SWYW Champions League and we also hear news of an upcoming new play coming soon to The Crucible telling the story of the rise of women's football during the first world war.
It's the first round of the SWYW Potions Cauldron Cup too this weekend and we look ahead to some tasty fixtures.
The actual transfer window closed earlier this week and we ask if any of the big transfers has had an effect on our own FPL teams, and does anyone have 5 City players in their team
Throw in another round of 'Who the hell knows' and a chat gpt quiz focused on north-east football, and it's another cracking episode of your favourite FPL podcast!

SWYW Episode 70: GW26 'Going into 7 days injury time' Ft Steve Wybrant

It's Leeds, Leeds, Leeds this week as we're joined by Steve Wybrant and mostly Leeds United panel. So make sure you don't miss the Leeds focused Chat Gpt quiz to test your knowledge and see if you fare better than the panel.
As it's Valentines weekend, we also discuss the players you can't help falling in love with at your club, both past and present. Even if some of them go onto break your heart, etc...
Steve Wybrant shares the success of his season so far, and proves how good old pen and paper can work just as well as an excel spreadsheet.
We also debate the VAR farce at Anfield last weekend and if you tune in this week you'll already know how well we did in predicting the midweek fixtures in 'who the hell knows?' Plot spoiler - we all do now.
Tune in and subscribe today!