Welcome to the finale of Lifting The Lid, on the Official Emirates FA Cup podcast.The show, hosted by Tubes and Steve Sidwell, that explores the unique experience of taking part in the world’s oldest and best club competition. It’s been amazing to have a chance to really get into it with these guys and learn about their careers on and off the pitch… but we’re not done yet. We’ve got one more hero and he doesn’t hold back, it’s big Stan Collymore! He’s played for, among others, Palace, Liverpool, Forest and Villa, and played a few games for England too, in a career that took him in all kinds ..read more

Welcome to the fifth episode of Lifting The Lid, on the Official Emirates FA Cup podcast.The show, hosted by Tubes and Steve Sidwell, that explores the unique experience of taking part in the world’s oldest and best club competition. It’s a big one today, one of the true greats of the game, and one of the nicest gents around to boot. A born goalscorer, an FA Cup winner, and a genuine hero for so many players and fans alike. It’s Ian Wright Wright Wright! Wrighty’s had an amazing career, coming to the game later than most but coming in like a freight train to be voted player of the century fo ..read more

Welcome to Lifting The Lid, here on the Official Emirates FA Cup podcast, and our fourth episode of the season.The show, hosted by Tubes and Steve Sidwell, that explores the unique experience of taking part in the world’s oldest and best club competition. After having the pleasure of Jermaine Beckford’s company in our first episode, now we’ve got our second Jermaine, Jermaine ‘Penninho’ Pennant.  Jermaine has played for 15 different clubs across his career, from Arsenal to Billericay Town, with Liverpool, Stoke and Real Zaragoza in between. He was a brilliant player, making his Arsenal ..read more

Welcome to the third edition of Lifting The Lid, here on the Official Emirates FA Cup podcast. The show, hosted by Tubes and Steve Sidwell, that explores the unique experience of taking part in the world’s oldest and best club competition. It’s a huge episode this week, a real giant of the game, in more ways than one. It’s the big man. We’ve got Peter Crouch! Crouchy is a hilarious and delightful man, as well a true legend of the game. He’s played for England, in a Champions League final, and has an FA Cup winners medal to his name to boot. In this episode we discuss pressure, and Crouchy kn ..read more

Welcome to the second episode of Lifting The Lid, here on the Official Emirates FA Cup podcast. The show, hosted by Tubes and Steve Sidwell explores the unique experience of taking part in the world’s oldest and best club competition. For this show we got to speak to Blackburn, Ipswich and, most notably, Stoke legend Jonathan Walters about his life in Football, and perhaps the lesser known challenges he was dealing with off the field throughout his career and the big steps football needs to take to address mental health in the game.  In an honest and inspiring conversation, Jonathan ope ..read more

Welcome to the first episode of Lifting The Lid, here on the Official Emirates FA Cup podcast. Over the next six weeks we’ll be bringing you in-depth conversations between our two hosts, Tubes and former Fulham, Chelsea and Reading player Steve Sidwell and some of the greats of the game about their lives in football and, in particular, their experiences playing in, watching, and in some cases, winning the FA Cup, the world’s oldest and best club competition. In our first episode we kick off with a double dose, by speaking to not one, but two legends of the game. We’ve got FA Cup finalist and ..read more

Welcome to Lifting The Lid, the official Emirates FA Cup Podcast.  Over six episodes, Tubes and former Chelsea number 9, Steve Sidwell, will sit down with a bunch of massive former players to talk about their lives in football and, in particular, the joy and heartbreak of playing in the FA Cup. Coming up, we’ve got podcast stalwarts Ian Wright and Crouchy, as well as legends Bobby Zamora, Jermaine Pennant, Jermaine Beckford, Jonathan Walters and Stan Collymore.  Subscribe now to Lifting The Lid, the Official Emirates FA Cup Podcast, wherever you get your podcasts. Hosted on A ..read more