Half The World Away Days
By: HTWAD
Language: en-gb
Categories: Sports, Soccer, Football
A football podcast produced by two long suffering football fans who find themselves 6000 miles away from their beloved clubs. We discuss all things football, mainly for our own entertainment and - well - it gets us out of the house.
Episodes
A new year and a new series
Jan 11, 2026The lads are back after their winter break and discuss the managerial changes and the latest round of fixtures
Duration: 00:33:25In danger of becoming football therapy!
Nov 28, 2025Liverpool's demise continues; Arsenal strolling to the league title - there is definitely a divide in the moods of the lads this week.
Duration: 00:24:33Back and excited about England again
Nov 22, 2025The lads discuss Liverpool's demise and how impressed they have been everyone's favourite German - Tuchel.
Duration: 00:27:09SLOT(ting) into mid table
Oct 31, 2025The lads discuss Liverpool and their poor run. They also have a chat about Arsenal.
Duration: 00:28:47An International break ramble and a look ahead to some big games.
Oct 18, 2025The lads talk about Tuchel's England and look at the fixtures coming up.
Duration: 00:24:51Saudi showing the way with VAR - surely not!
Oct 03, 2025The lads discuss Liverpool's horrendous week and then VAR!
Duration: 00:27:28Bring back Allardyce, Pulis and Curbishley
Sep 28, 2025The lads discuss how the opening of the season hints at a move away from possession football.
Duration: 00:27:12Clean sheets and last minute goals
Sep 19, 2025The lads discuss last weekend's results and look ahead to a couple of potential barn stormers this weekend.
Duration: 00:31:49Afraid to win and rolling the financial dice
Sep 10, 2025The lads discuss Arsenal and Liverpool's approaches to matches and who were the winners and losers in the market.
Duration: 00:28:07Amor-GRIM times at United
Aug 28, 2025The lads discuss what was a humbling night for United and the second weekend of footy fixtures. They also look ahead to the HTWAD derby on Sunday
Duration: 00:39:05The Big Six Cartel
Aug 21, 2025The lads discuss last weekends results and if the big six are back!!
Duration: 00:28:11HTWAD - Kids Special
Aug 18, 2025We challenge our kids to come up with their own predication for the season - they are clearly better informed than we are!
Duration: 00:29:49Who will be celebrating in May? A look at the 25/26 EPL season
Aug 18, 2025The lads take look at the new football season and predict the winners and losers.
Duration: 00:38:41Another Season Done - Was it a good one?
Jun 13, 2025The lads discuss the 24/25 season and whether it was in fact 'boring'!
Duration: 00:25:37The Team of the Year and Britain's sporting shame
May 23, 2025The lads discuss the Europa League Final and have a say on their team of the year.
Duration: 00:30:36The sun sets on Arsenal's season and to boo or not to boo...that is the question
May 14, 2025Th lads discuss the TOP 4 run in and the fall out from the Liverpool v Arsenal game.
Duration: 00:21:52Liverpool are Champions and Arsenal have a bit to do...
May 02, 2025The lads discuss Liverpool's title procession and react to the Champion's League semi finals.
Duration: 00:26:04Dave does not like Madrid!
Apr 25, 2025The boys discuss the fast approaching end to the season and Dave does not like Madrid as a football club - perhaps we are due a 4-4-2?
Duration: 00:26:19Is football getting boring?
Apr 16, 2025The lads take a look at some of the recent results and discuss Gary Neville's comments about football becoming boring.
Duration: 00:23:23The final sprint - who is going to win the big prizes?
Apr 01, 2025The lads welcome the return of the Premier League and discuss what might happen now. They also solve the playing fixtures abroad debate.
Duration: 00:27:27The wheels have fallen off and Manchester's circus tent
Mar 19, 2025The lads discuss Liverpool's challenging week and the new stadium in Manchester. They also touch upon the England squad.
Duration: 00:31:20The FA Cup, Michael Oliver and establishing a way of playing
Mar 04, 2025The lads have a little rambling chat about the FA Cup and the disaster that is Michael Oliver. They also look at why clubs need a 'way of playing'.
Duration: 00:25:42Depressed Dave is down on the Gunners
Feb 25, 2025The lad discuss their respective team's mixed fortunes and look ahead to this week's fictures.
Duration: 00:24:30The Big One Hundred!
Feb 21, 2025The lads are joined by some guests - old and new to celebrate their 100th podcast!
Duration: 00:49:02(Anti) Social Media and FA Cup shocks
Feb 11, 2025Dave has an 'old man' moan about the media and social media. Ben discusses the Plymouth result and looks ahead to the derby.
Duration: 00:24:19Be humble?
Feb 06, 2025The lads discuss the week's fixtures and Arsenal's 'humble' win.
Duration: 00:33:31Red card controversy!
Jan 29, 2025The lads discuss the red card controversy in last week's Arsenal game. They also look at the other fixtures.
Duration: 00:30:15Dave doesn't like taking his shirt off!
Jan 24, 2025The lads disagree on celebrations and discuss this week's football.
Duration: 00:31:07A little round up and is Pep as great as they say?
Jan 17, 2025The lads round up the midweek fixtures and discuss some of the big talking points.
Duration: 00:22:06The FA Cup, VAR, Bad refs...what is there not to love about football?
Jan 14, 2025The lads have a chat about the experience of VAR as a supporter and the impact of no FA Cup Replays.
Duration: 00:25:35Festive period is over...who wants to win this thing?
Jan 09, 2025The lads open the new season (pod season) by discussing this week's games.
Duration: 00:26:15New Year Special
Jan 01, 2025The lads chat about some of the fixtures and who have been the winners and losers over the festive period.
Duration: 00:32:30Christmas Special from Blighty!
Dec 23, 2024The lads are back in England and chat about the Christmas fixtures so far.
Duration: 00:28:34Chelsea are back and so is Ben's ranting!
Dec 10, 2024The lads discuss the weekend's results and chat about the chaos at Old Trafford and Chelsea's underdog status.
Duration: 00:32:44Too many grey areas in the beautiful game?
Dec 03, 2024The lads discuss recent results as well as some key talking points
Duration: 00:28:16The women's game gets a mention...
Nov 27, 2024Ben offends more people, and the lads discuss last week's results.
Duration: 00:28:34We mentioned Coote, and football is back!
Nov 20, 2024The lads have their say on referees and preview an exciting weekend of footy
Duration: 00:24:42Can we mention Coote?
Nov 14, 2024The lads do a full round up of the weekend's footy and eventually mention Coote!
Duration: 00:35:56Plastic Rogers!
Nov 06, 2024The lads discuss Arsenal's slump in detail
Duration: 00:28:06Late Goals Galore!
Oct 29, 2024The lads discuss this weekends fixture, the HTWAD Derby and Erik Ten Hag!
Duration: 00:24:54The HTWAD Derby...Arsenal v Liverpool
Oct 27, 2024The lads discuss the weekend's BIG game.
Duration: 00:25:47We eventually get Dave to mention Arsenal!
Oct 22, 2024The lads run through last weekend's results and discuss some of the talking points.
Duration: 00:22:45Es Kommt Nach Hause!
Oct 20, 2024The lads discuss the appointment of the new England manager
Duration: 00:24:24Has Football Died?
Oct 20, 2024The lads discuss the recent legal battle between City and the Premier League.
Duration: 00:21:157 games in...Two happy hosts!
Oct 07, 2024The lads discuss the weekend's games and look at the table after 7 games!
Duration: 00:21:34What is going on at Old Trafford? Luke will know...
Oct 02, 2024The lads welcome Luke onto the podcast to discuss his love of Man United and their current stormy seas.
Duration: 00:24:06The big game...spoilt by the petty ref??
Sep 24, 2024he lads discuss the big games from last weekend and come up with some footy one liners for Ben's mate back home.
Duration: 00:27:23Too Many Games??!!
Sep 21, 2024The lads discuss the recent news headlines of players being overworked and possible solutions
Duration: 00:21:49Footy Round Up and Ben's bubble burst...
Sep 17, 2024The lads round up this week's results.
Duration: 00:27:14International Breaks are Bobbins...
Sep 10, 2024The lads discuss the international break and England
Duration: 00:23:24Premier League Weekly Round Up - Consistency and being human
Sep 03, 2024The lads discuss the weekend's results and look at inconsistent refs and whether they should be more human in their approach.
Duration: 00:23:58Premier League Weekly Round Up - Smooth sailing (so far!)
Aug 28, 2024The lads discuss the results of match week 2 and look ahead to another exciting weekend of football.
Duration: 00:25:12The good, the bad and the Everton
Aug 22, 2024The lads discuss the weekend's results and some talking points.
Duration: 00:18:07Proper Football is back and so are we!
Aug 16, 2024The gents chat about the upcoming season and discuss how they see the season unfolding - with a few bold predicatons.
Duration: 00:19:46England v Spain - Preview (Special)
Jul 13, 2024The lads invite a few guests on to discuss their thoughts on how the Euro 2024 final will unfold.
Duration: 01:07:45England make the final…reaction
Jul 11, 2024The lads catch up to react to England’s massive win.
Duration: 00:22:56England v Netherlands - Preview
Jul 09, 2024The lads discuss England’s huge semi final and what they see happening.
Duration: 00:19:49England much improved…France to make the final?
Jul 09, 2024The lads discuss England’s big win and what they see happening in the Spain v France semi
Duration: 00:25:01Euro 24 Quarter Finals - Preview
Jul 04, 2024The lads take a look at the other Quarter Finals in 2024.
Duration: 00:14:42England v Switzerland - Preview
Jul 03, 2024The lads discuss the big Quarter Final and s England can go any further.
Duration: 00:19:40England v Slovakia - Pod-a-long
Jul 01, 2024Dave is joined by Tom for the pod a long of England v Slovakia with Ben experiencing some technical issues in the Phoenix Club!
Southgate escape elimination by 30seconds!
Duration: 00:30:58England v Slovakia - Preview
Jun 29, 2024Preview for England's round of 16 match against Slovakia. Is football coming home? or maybe limping home??!!
Duration: 00:15:18England v Slovenia Pod-A-Long
Jun 26, 2024The lads sat down to watch the latest England display. Maybe more 'tepid' than 'turgid' - is that an improvement?
Duration: 00:34:01England v Slovenia - Preview
Jun 24, 2024The lads discuss the BIG game on Tuesday and look at what they think Sounthgate might do.
Duration: 00:16:05England v Denmark Pod-a-Long - Tournament Management or Turgid?
Jun 21, 2024The lads are joined by Tom for the pod-a-long of Englands second match of Euro 2024 against Denmark.
Lets see if we can breath some life into this match!!!
Duration: 00:36:27England v Denmark - Preview
Jun 19, 2024The lads look at Englands upcoming match v Denmark at Euro 2024
Duration: 00:14:38Pod-A-Long - England v Serbia...solid three points or underwhelming
Jun 17, 2024The lads stayed up to the early hours, with their families, and watched England's opening fixture.
Duration: 00:33:57England v Serbia - Preview
Jun 13, 2024The lads preview England's opening game of Euro 2024
Duration: 00:16:41POD-A- LONG - We stayed up to watch Iceland beat us...AGAIN!
Jun 11, 2024The lads trial out recording a live (recorded) watch-a-long of an England game. Let us know what you think.
Duration: 00:34:30Southgate and England's Dilemma - Who makes the squad?
Jun 05, 2024The lads take a look at the 33 players selected by Southgate and consider who might make the final Euro 24 squad.
Duration: 00:30:51Spurs Fans, Talksport...Club 115...it is never boring off the pitch
May 27, 2024The lads discuss the final week of the season, with a look at Spurs fans and what the title means for City, Arsenal and football.
Duration: 00:32:14Klopp is leaving...what is his legacy and what next?
May 14, 2024The lads have a chat about Liverpool and Jurgen Klopp. What is a legacy and what went wrong this year?
Duration: 00:27:14The Championship, the Play-Offs and all to play for in the Prem!
May 09, 2024The lads round up the final day of the Championship and look ahead to the last two weeks of the football season
Duration: 00:24:374-4-2 - What winds us up in football?
May 06, 2024The lads try to argue their latest football gripes into the 4-4-2 vault. In no way is this linked to Room 101!
Duration: 00:24:32EFL - the Winners and Losers
May 02, 2024The lads do a round up of what has happened in the EFL - we are not just a Premier League podcast after all!
Duration: 00:23:36FA Cup Replays...where do we start!
Apr 30, 2024The lads welcome back Tom, to discuss the decision to scrap FA Cup Replays.
Duration: 00:25:18The North London Derby
Apr 26, 2024Dave is joined by a Spurs fan (Allie) and fellow Gooner (James) to discuss the North London Derby. Ben - still seething from his own derby experience - does not make an appearance.
Duration: 00:26:30Play Up Pompey - South Coast's finest are back!
Apr 24, 2024The lads welcome Tom back to the podcast to discuss a memorable season for Portsmouth FC.
Duration: 00:26:48We meet a Spurs fan and Dave is on his best behaviour
Apr 22, 2024The lads welcome Allie onto the Podcast and chat about his experiences growing up as a Spurs fan.
Duration: 00:22:50We are back for a new season...and Dave has a script!
Apr 22, 2024The lads have a rambling chat about football in general and where they see the season going.
Duration: 00:16:0111 Games to Go! Are we too serious about football?
Mar 07, 2024The lads discuss the 'dodgy decisions' that are affecting the season and many fans' emotional state. They also touch upon the title run in, in what is a rambling chat.
Duration: 00:25:46Best of Enemies
Mar 03, 2024The lads put eachother on the spot and ask them to pick their favourite players from their closest rivals - they also try and find something nice to say about them.
Duration: 00:25:51Billionaire Bottle Jobs v Klopp's Kids - Fair or unfair?
Feb 29, 2024The lads discuss the recent cup final and whether it is indeed a worthwhile trophy.
Duration: 00:23:35What are Arsenal and Liverpool’s all time XI’s
Feb 20, 2024The lads take turns to pick each other's all time XI's. With the Arsenal fan inexplicably putting a certain Sky pundit at right back.
Duration: 00:34:54Where would the Old Firm fit in?
Feb 14, 2024The lads chat about the Glasgow clubs and the hypothetical question of them joining English football.
Duration: 00:19:08The fairest January on record
Feb 04, 2024The lads discuss the January transfer window and the impact of FFP on transfers.
Duration: 00:22:07Klopp's bombshell!
Jan 27, 2024The lads discuss the shock news that Klopp is leaving Liverpool.
Duration: 00:28:06The return of the icons discussion - with a special guest
Jan 18, 2024The lads revisit their icons discussion from last season, this time with a guest.
Duration: 00:27:48What makes an 'elite manager'?
Jan 18, 2024The lads discuss comparisons between managers and what makes a good manager, a great manager.
Duration: 00:26:19How will the second half of the season unfold?
Jan 12, 2024The lads look at their predictions from the start of the season and put a little wager on how they will pan out
Duration: 00:26:14Winter breaks and the not so Super League - jealousy is a terrible thing.
Jan 02, 2024The lads bring Season Two to close with a discussion about winter breaks in footy, the Super League rearing its head and the plans for next year.
Duration: 00:25:37Ben tries to get City into 4-4-2 again...
Dec 06, 2023The lads open up the vault of 4-4-2 again and see what pet hates in football can be cast into the depths.
Duration: 00:30:55The one where Norflok takes over
Nov 27, 2023The lads welcome a special guest onto the pod and discuss Norwich and what it is like for a recent 'Half the World Away Football Fan'.
Duration: 00:25:48A rambling chat about Everton and footballing sanctions
Nov 20, 2023The lads have a chat about the news of Everton's 10 point deduction and what it means for football.
Duration: 00:22:44Managers, hypocrisy and passion
Nov 16, 2023The lads discuss whether managers are inherently hypocritical. Or is it just the passion that we all want to see?
Duration: 00:20:59Footballing sliding doors
Nov 10, 2023The lads welcome back James and discuss those moments in football that they wish they could change.
Duration: 00:28:22Footballing Icons - Part 2
Nov 09, 2023The lads continue their focus on icons and turn their attention to who would be successful in the modern game.
Duration: 00:26:11What makes a footballing icon?
Nov 03, 2023In the wake of Sir Bobby Charlton's death, the lads discuss what it takes to be considered a footballing icon.
Duration: 00:23:59Style over substance
Oct 26, 2023The lads discuss what is more important...playing the right way or winning?
Duration: 00:24:23Politics + Football = #?!*
Oct 20, 2023The lads take a look at football's relationship with politics.
Duration: 00:22:21