The midweek derby between Hull City and Sheffield Wednesday at the KCOM Stadium is oikely to have been a significant occasion for the future of Tigers boss Tim Walter – and our podcast panel of Stuart Rayner and Leon Wobschall give their take on the season so far for the East Yorkshire club and what is likely to happen next. They also cast their co…

On this week’s podcast, The YP’s football writing team of Stuart Rayner and Leon Wobschall join host Mark Singleton to discuss the current form of Barnsley in League One and how genuine a play-off contender they might be – as well as the form of Kelechi Nwakali in the game against Cambridge United. They also cast an eye over Doncaster Rovers’ home …

In another big week for Yorkshire derbies, The YP’s football writers, Stuart Rayner and Leon Wobschall cast their eyes over how the games between Barnsley and Rotherham United and Sheffield United and Sheffield Wednesday ended up going the way they did. They then take a look at Leeds United’s form going into the latest international break, plus tha…

On this week’s show, YP football writers Stuart Rayner and Leon Wobschall cast an eye over the first round of the FA Cup and salute Harrogate Town for their victory over League One Wrexham, while also looking at the decision to abandon the option of replays, as Guiseley AFC found to their cost against Stevenage. Leeds United proved dominant against…

Having come head-to-head at the Riverside Stadium last week, The YP’s football writing team of Stuart Rayner and Leon Wobschall assess the season so far for Middlesbrough and Sheffield United – Boro wprevailing 1-0 in midweek over the Blades, who then responded with a confident 2-0 win over Stoke City at Bramall Lane. There was another Yorkshire de…

On this week's show, YP football writers Stuart Rayner and Leon Wobschall assess the respective promotion chances in the Championship of both Leeds United and Sheffield United, a few days after the two teams met at Elland Road. The panel also cast an eye over Sheffield Wednesday's stop-start season, with a winning run difficult to come by PLUS they…

On this week's show, YP football writers Stuart Rayner and Leon Wobschall join host Mark Singleton to discuss the reasons behind Sheffield United’s stunning start to the Championship season and how close they and Yorkshire rivals Leeds United will push each other this season – the two sides face each other after the international break on Friday, O…

In this week’s show, YP football writers Stuart Rayner and Leon Wobschall discuss why Barnsley might be glad to hit the road for this weekend’s derby clash at League One rivals Huddersfield Town, given their struggles so far this season at Oakwell. How satisfied will Leeds United be in the Championship after they followed up a resounding 3-0 win at…

On this week’s episode, our panel of Stuart Rayner, Leon Wobschall and host Mark Singleton zone in on Sheffield United’s promising start to the Championship season, following their 1-0 win over Derby County at Bramall Lane. But, one tier below, there are frustrations for Rotherham United and Huddersfield Town – the Millers suffering a stop-start ca…

On this week’s show, Harrogate Town hit the rwind button with yet more Yorkshire derby success, this time over League Two rivals, Doncaster Rovers – will the 2-0 win spark their season into life. In the Championship, our panel of Stuart Rayner, Leon Wobschall and host Mark Singleton assess the contrasting starts to the 24-25 campaign for Sheffield …

Lee Carsley had a promising start to life as England’s interim manager as the national team moved on from the Gareth Southgate era. Stuart Rayner was at Wembley for the Nations League over Finland and, along with Leon Wobschall, assesses both that performance and the win in Dublin over the Republic of Ireland on Saturday. The team then turn their a…

With Leeds United having got the better of Hull City in their Elland Road Yorkshire derby, YP football writers Stuart Rayner and Leon Wobschall assess the season so far for both teams as we head into the first international break of the 2024-25 campaign. Another derby battle provides the material for the next discussion as Rotherham United finally …

As we near the end of the first month of action in the EFL, football writers Stuart Rayner and Leon Wobschall assess the story so far for a number of our teams, starting with Leeds United and Sheffield Wednesday, whose meeting last weekend produced a comfortable win for the Whites. They also turn their attention to a tough start to the season for H…

On this week's show, there was a bit of a reality check for Sheffield United, Sheffield Wednesday and Middlesbrough - the FootballTalk team of Mark Singleton, Stuart Rayner and Leon Wobschall assess the implications. The panel also cast an eye over the start of what Rotherham United hope will be a promotion campaign in League One.…

On this week's show, we assess Barnsley's continuing struggles at home and Hull City's struggles to find a win, while Leeds United followed up a thrilling 3-3 draw with Portsmouth with defeat to Middlesbrough in the EFL Cup. What can be read into Sheffield Wednesday's 4-0 thrashing of newly-promoted Plymouth Argyle and should Sheffield United fans …

In the last podcast of the 2023-24 campaign, YP football writers Leon Wobschall and Stuart Rayner get together with host Mark Singleton to discuss the final talking points of the season. They start at Wembley and yet more play-off heartache for Leeds United who were edged out by Southampton in the Championship play-off final, missing out on an imme…

On this week’s show, YP football writers Stuart Rayner and Leon Wobschall join host Mark Singleton to look forward to Sunday’s Championship play-off final clash between Leeds United and Southampton at Wembley. They also reflect on the end of Sheffield United’s miserable return to the Premier League, a campaign which saw them suffer an immediate rel…

On this week’s show, The YP’s Stuart Rayner and Leon Wobschall join host Mark Singleton to reflect on the latest few days of the Yorkshire football scene. They start in the Championship and Huddersfield Town where, soon after Andrew Breitenreiter’s passing through the exit door following the Terriers’ relegation to League One, former Barnsley boss …

On this week’s show, Stuart Rayner and Leon Wobschall join host Mark Singleton to reflect on the closing of the Championship regular season and the onset of the League One and Two play-offs. Not surprisingly, they start with the shock sacking of Liam Rosenior by Hull City after the Tigers missed out on the play-offs by three points and one place. W…

On this week’s podcast, YP football writers Stuart Rayner and Leon Wobschall join host Mark Singleton to discuss the relegation of Sheffield United – confirmed with a 5-1 defeat at Newcastle United. Where did it go wrong for the Blades and where do they go from here? On a similar theme, Huddersfield Town are also heading down – save for some goalsc…

On this week’s show, The YP’s football writers, Stuart Rayner and Leon Wobschall, join host Mark Singleton to discuss the latest news from around the Yorkshire football scene. They discuss the shock sacking of Neill Collins by Barnsley, the Reds in a poor run of form, but still in the play-off places with just one game to go. Huddersfield Town’s 4-…

In this week’s show, Stuart Rayner and Leon Wobschall join host Mark Singleton to discuss Hull City’s chances of making the Championship play-offs. With Just three games to go, they remain six points adrift of sixth spot. Leeds United’s hopes of clinching a top-two automatic spot took a hit at the weekend with a home defeat to Blackburn Rovers – bu…

On this week’s show, The YP’s football writers Stuart Rayner and Leon Wobschall, join host Mark Singleton to discuss the latest issues surrounding the Yorkshire football scene. They start at the New York Stadium and what needs to happen next at Rotherham United after relegation after just two seasons in the Championship was confirmed and how they a…

Sheffield United looked to have found the winning formula only to be denied by Fulham in a 3-3 draw at Bramall Lane meaning they now sit 10 points from safety with nine games remaining and ahead of Thuesday’s trip to Anfield to take on Premier League high-fliers, Liverpool. Is there any hope of survival? Continuing the theme of those teams from the…

On this week’s podcast, Yorkshire Post football writers, Stuart Rayner and Leon Wobschall, join host Mark Singleton to cast their eye over the latest news and issues surrounding Yorkshire’s leading football clubs. They look at the fallout for both Harrogate Town and Bradford City following their latest derby meeting, as well as looking at Hull City…

On this week’s YP football writer Leon Wobschall joins host Mark Singleton to discuss the rise of Leeds United to the top of the Championship, what has got them there and whether they can cement a top two space and earn an immediate return to the Premier League. They also reflect on the fallout from the 0-0 Yorkshire derby draw between Rotherham Un…

On this week’s podcast, The YP’s football writers, Stuart Rayner and Leon Wobschall, join host Mark Singleton to discuss the latest news and issues surrounding the Yorkshire football scene. This week, they start at Hillsborough and the Yorkshire derby between Sheffield Wednesday and Leeds United and the implications for each team’s respective fight…

On this week’s show, The YP’s football writers, Stuart Rayner and Leon Wobschall, pick over the bones of another surrender at Bramall Lane by Sheffield United – a ‘dreadful’ performance against Arsenal seeing them crash to a 6-0 defeat on Monday. Also, they discuss why Leeds are so well-positioned for their push for automatic promotion from the Cha…

On this week’s show, The YP’s football writers, Stuart Rayner and Leon Wobschall, join host Mark Singleton to discuss everything from Premier League to League Two football. They start off in the top-flight and assessing the further dent to Sheffield United’s already-slim hopes of avoiding relegation following their 1-0 defeat to Wolves. In the Cham…

On this week’s podcast, YP football writers Stuart Rayner and Leon Wobschall join host Mark Singleton to discuss whether the point of no return has now arrived for Sheffield United in the Premier League, following their 5-0 defeat to Brighton. They also look at what the future holds for Rotherham United who suffered two one-goal defeats this week, …

On this week’s show, Stuart Rayner and Leon Wobschall join host Mark Singleton to discuss whether the overdue away win for Sheffield United at relegation rivals Luton Town could be the kick-start to their Premier League survival battle that the Blades so desperately need. Is there any stopping Leeds United? So far unbeaten in the Championship in 20…

On this week’s show, YP football writers Stuart Rayner and Leon Wobschall run through who Yorkshire’s winners (Hull City?) and losers (Sheffield Wednesday?) were in the January Transfer Window. They go on to assess Middlesbrough’s chances of making the Championship play-offs before working out how Sheffield United and Sheffield Wednesday respond to…

On this week's show YP football writers Stuart Rayner and Leon Wobschall discuss the sacking of Darren Moore by Huddersfield just two days before the closing of the January Transfer Window. They also cast an eye over whether Sheffield United are good enough to pull themselves out of the relegation hole they find themselve in in the Premier League a…

On this week’s show, YP football writers Stuart Rayner and Leon Wobschall join host Mark Singleton to look at the fortunes of Yorkshire Championship rivals Middlesbrough and Rotherham United and how the rest of the season is likely to pan out for them. Leeds United are on a roll at the top-end of the Championship and are now just two points off sec…

On this week’s podcast, The YP’s football writing team of Stuart Rayner and Leon Wobschall join host Mark Singleton to discuss Barnsley’s position – both in the League One table and in term of holding onto their best players during the January transfer window. They also cast an eye over the up-and-down fortunes of Doncaster Rovers, just two games f…

On this week’s show, Stuart Rayner and Leon Wobschall join host Mark Singleton to reflect on the recent Yorkshire derbies between Huddersfield Town and Middlesbrough and Sheffield Wednesday and Hull City and where the results leave all four teams and their aims for the remainder of the 2023-24 season. The return of striker Patrick Bamford to the Le…

Looking ahead to the festive schedule for Yorkshire's Premier League and Football League teams

On this week’s show – Episode 125 – The YP’s football writing team of Stuart Rayner and Leon Wobschall hook up with host Mark Singleton to discuss the latest issues in and around the Yorkshire football scene. They start in the Premier League to discuss whether Sheffield United have already turned a corner on the returning Chris Wilder following a v…

On this week’s show, our panel of Stuart Rayner and Leon Wobschall discuss the change in the dugout at Sheffield United, with Chris Wilder returning to replace the axed Paul Heckingbottom, whose time at Bramall Lane, they say, should be remembered findly after getting the club back into the Premier League. They also cast an eye in the direction of …

On this week’s show, host Mark Singleton is joined by The YP’s Stuart Rayner and Leon Wobschall, who start off by assessing the below-par performance by Sheffield United against Bournemouth and how the players owe manager Paul Heckingbottom better performances in the coming weeks if they are to avoid an instant return to the Championship. In the Ch…

On this week’s show, The YP’s football writing team of Stuart Rayner and Leon Wobschall join host Mark Singleton to discuss the size of the task in front of new Bradford City manager Graham Alexander, as he looks to end a losing run in League Two, one extended to four games with last weekend’s defeat at Notts County. They also cast their eye over H…

On this week’s show, host Mark Singleton is joined by YP football writer Leon Wobschall to discuss a variety of topics in Yorkshire football, starting with Sheffield United inching their way off the foot of the Premier League table after a 1-1 draw at Brighton. Rotherham United’s decision to fire manager Matt Taylor after the team’s 5-0 loss at Wat…

On this week’s show, The YP’s football writing team of Stuart Rayner and Leon Wobschall start by celebrating a first Premier League win of the season for Sheffield United before moving on to the ‘statement victory’ for Leeds United in beating the Championship’s runaway leaders, Leicester City. They also consider how Rotherham United can improve the…

On this week’s show, Stuart Rayner and Leon Wobschall pay tribute to Sir Bobby Charlton after his recent death, reflecting on his career and life and the wonderful legacy he leaves behind, both on and off the pitch. Elsewhere, our team assess the promise shown at Hull City under Liam Rosenior, the issues that Darren Moore needs to tackle at a stop-…

On this week’s show, YP football writing duo Stuart Rayner and Leon Wobschall assess England’s latest international break, one which saw them qualify for Euro 2024 with an international break. They also discuss the confirmed appointment of Danny Rohl as the successor to the axed Xisco Munoz at Sheffield Wednesday and whether he will succeed in turn…

The YP’s football writers, Stuart Rayner and Leon Wobschall, join host Mark Singleton to discuss the latest topics surrounding Yorkshire football, starting with the top priority for Sheffield United in the next few weeks as they continue their search for a first Premier League win of the season. Leeds United head into the international break on a h…

WITH this week’s managerial departures at Sheffield Wednesday and Bradford City, the FootballTalk team have recorded an extra podcast to cover the events.The YP’s chief football writer Stuart Rayner joins ‘caretaker’ host Phil Harrison to discuss Xisco Munoz’s sacking by Sheffield Wednesday and the departure of Mark Hughes at Bradford, as well as f…

Darren Moore has already experienced the good and the bad from his Huddersfield Town side, ahead of this weekend’s return to former club Sheffield Wednesday, from where he surprisingly departed in the summer after steering them to promotion from League One via the playoffs. The Yorkshire Post’s Stuart Rayner and Leon Wobschall also discuss the prom…

On this week’s show, The YP’s football writers, Stuart Rayner and Leon Wobschall, join host Mark Singleton to survey the latest on the Yorkshire football scene, starting with whether Sheffield United are capable of bouncing back from their record 8-0 defeat to Newcastle United on Sunday. In the Championship, Leeds United seem to have turned a corne…

On this week’s show The Yorkshire Post’s chief football writer Stuart Rayner joins host Mark Singleton to discuss life in Leagues One and Two for Yorkshire’s clubs, plus looking at England’s contrasting performances against Ukraine and Scotland during the recent international break. In League Two, how do Bradford City breathe more life into their s…