Portuguese Football in English
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The Long Ball Futebol Podcast: Big win for Porto, reality check for Mourinho, and taxi for Vicens
It’s a bumper episode this week as we discuss all the action from a fascinating weekend of Primeira Liga football. Porto put four past Arouca...
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The Long Ball Futebol podcast: Gil Vicente’s best ever start to a season!
This week we discuss Porto, Sporting, and Benfica’s respective 3-0 victories as José Mourinho takes charge of Benfica for the first time. We also...
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Long Ball Futebol podcast: The Special One returns! José Mourinho returns to Portugal as Benfica manager
In this special episode of the Long Ball Futebol Podcast, Portuguese football experts Albert Carter Phillips, Kevin Fernandes, Andrew Batista and...
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The Long Ball Futebol podcast: What next for Benfica and Bruno Lage?
This week we discuss Porto and Sporting as they overcome potential obstacles to earn valuable wins, whilst Benfica and Braga’s deficiencies catch up...
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The Long Ball Futebol podcast: Porto beat Sporting in the first Clássico of the season!
This week we discuss Porto’s 2-1 win over Sporting in the first clássico of the season, Benfica beat Alverca but still flatter to deceive, Braga...
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The Long Ball Futebol Podcast: Sporting & Porto win to set up exciting Clássico!
We’re back to discuss Jornada 3 of the 2025/26 season as Sporting come from behind at the Choupana to beat Nacional, Porto brush aside Casa Pia,...
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The Long Ball Futebol podcast: Sporting viva la vida Arouca!
This week the boys are back to discuss Sporting’s 6-0 demolition of Arouca, Porto’s win over a stubborn Gil Vicente, and Benfica’s important but...
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The Long Ball Futebol podcast: 2025/26 Jornada 1 – Samu takes centre stage
The Primeira Liga is back! And we’re here to digest all the action from Jornada 1 of the 2025/26 Liga Portugal. Sporting and Porto get off to...
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The Long Ball Futebol Podcast: 2025/26 Season Preview show
The 2025/26 season is nearly upon us, and the Long Ball Futebol podcast is back to preview what is sure to be another blockbuster season of Primeira...
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The Long Ball Futebol Podcast: 2024/25 End-of-Season Awards
In part 1 of an end-of-season special, the Long Ball Futebol podcast presents the annual awards show discussing who to crown as the Player of the...
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The Long Ball Futebol Podcast: Sporting Bicampeões
This week Albert and Barney are joined by the Tom Kundert, Patrick Ribeiro and Andrew Batista to discuss all the action from the final weekend of...
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The Long Ball Futebol Podcast: Lisbon derby draw sees title race go down to the final day!
This week Albert and Patrick sit down to discuss all the action from the penultimate weekend of the Primeira Liga season, as Benfica and Sporting...
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The Long Ball Futebol Podcast: The title race and relegation battle go down to the wire!
This week Albert & Barney discuss Sporting’s remarkable late win against Gil Vicente that saw them stay on par with Benfica in the race for the...
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The Long Ball Futebol Podcast: Boavista buses can’t stop goal-machine Gyökeres!
This week the boys are joined by Patrick Ribeiro to discuss Viktor Gyökeres’ four goal demolition of Boavista, whilst Benfica stay hot on Sporting’s...
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The Long Ball Futebol Podcast: Benfica go two points clear at the top
This week host Barney is Joined by Kevin Fernandes and Patrick Ribeiro to discuss a huge weekend in the Primeira Liga. Benfica defeat Porto 4-1 in O...
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The Long Ball Futebol Podcast: Rodrigo Mora shines for Porto
This week Albert, Barney and Andrew are back to discuss Jornada 27 of the Primeira Liga season, as Porto overcame a solid Estoril side to win 2-1...
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The Long Ball Futebol Podcast: A weekend of BIG wins!
This week Albert & Barney run you through all the action from the weekend’s Primeira Liga football. There are wins all round for the big three and...
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The Long Ball Futebol Podcast: Simply Debast!
This week we’re joined by Ricardo Sousa from ‘Remate Cruzado’ to discuss Jornada 24 of the Primeira Liga season. Sporting get a much-needed win over...
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The Long Ball Futebol Podcast: Arouca ‘rob’ two points from Sporting
This week we’re joined by friend of the show Andrew Batista (@andrewgbatista) and Arouca expert and journalist Simão Duarte (@SimoDuarte3) to...
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The Long Ball Futebol Podcast: Not exactly a classic ‘Clássico’
This week The Long ball Futebol Podcast is joined by Andrew Batista and Kevin Fernandes to discuss the Clássico between Porto and Sporting, but what...