Set Piece Menu Football Podcast

This week's edition of Set Piece Menu - the podcast where four friends talk football over food. The football: After recent talk of burnout amongst Premier League players who appeared at the World Cup, we ask if there's too much football. The food: open breakfast granary baps, with sausage, bacon and a peppered poached egg. Provided - as the description suggests - by Nicky Hinchcliffe. Get in touch with the podcast via twitter @setpiecemenu Email setpiecemenu@gmail.com Or we're on Facebook - just search for Set Piece Menu

This is Set Piece Menu - the podcast where four friends talk football over food. The football: What I said last week - Part Two. Such was the response to our episode about the legitimacy of who you support, we decided to carry on the conversation, thanks to your correspondence. The food: chilli and lime chicken wraps, with no avocado (contrary to the recipe's suggestion), as Steve doesn't like it, and Rory thinks it's nature's most pointless fruit. Oh, and chocolate from the Cadbury's staff shop, which may or may not be out of date. As hopefully has been illustrated this week, your correspondence is very welcome! Get in touch via twitter @setpiecemenu Email: setpiecemenu@gmail.com facebook.com/setpiecemenu

Time for the latest Set Piece Menu - the podcast where four friends talk football over food. The football: If you don't support your local or inherited team, can you still be called a legitimate fan? Has localism and tradition made way for a more modern way to select your favourite club, and if it is, is it being frowned upon ? The food: Rory's oven-bottom muffins filled with a selection of meats and additional optional items (a combination apparently known as a sandwich), with a range of lubrications on offer to satisfy the more particular members of the group. Keep your suggestions coming for our Atteveld XIs and our 100th episode: @setpiecemenu, setpiecemenu@gmail.com, facebook.com/setpiecemenu

This is Set Piece Menu - the podcast where four friends talk football over food. The football: Does European football need fixing? The Champions League and Europa League are back as the latest forms of European club competition, and they've undergone several tweaks in recent years, but do they need to change further to work? Plus - Rory's big idea. We commit to tape the competition format Rory thinks will change the face of European club football. Mainly because he's worried someone will steal it, and prevent him from making millions. The food: Well, drink. Luwak coffee from Indonesia. Hugh insists it's fancy and expensive, everyone else thinks it smells of toilets. Get in touch via twitter @setpiecemenu Email us setpiecemenu@gmail.com And we're on facebook - just search Set Piece Menu

This is the latest episode of Set Piece Menu - the podcast where four friends talk football over food. The football: S**thouses. Does every team need one, and do we all grudgingly respect their prowess in the dark arts? Comes in association with Sergio Ramos, and with apologies to Ray Atteveld. The food: falafel, samosas and hummus (so much hummus). These are provided by Rory's wife Kate, and are served with homemade cookies, which are made at home, by Kate's husband Rory. Thanks for all your tweets and emails, keep them coming @setpiecemenu and setpiecemenu@gmail.com Our new facebook page can be found at www.facebook.com/setpiecemenu - get involved with the conversation!

The latest episode of Set Piece Menu - the podcast where four friends talk football over food. The football: in what guise is the game at its most beautiful - and who's to say what style of football we should admire above all others? Plus Chinch reveals the zen-like preparation that helped him hone a left foot that could "open a can of beans", and Set Piece Menu bingo returns for the 2018/19 season. The food: chocolatey goodness from Mrs Ferris' latest business trip to Croatia. Trips that are in no way becoming suspiciously frequent... Your correspondence remains crucial to the content. @setpiecemenu on twitter, Facebook.com/setpiecemenu on email setpiecemenu@gmail.com

The latest episode of Set Piece Menu - the podcast where four friends talk football over food. The football: Anatomy of a Pundit. We've had Andy Hinchcliffe masterclasses before, now for a mission statement. Chinch analyses what makes a successful football pundit and co-commentator, and details the dos and don'ts of the gantry. He's so determined to raise the standard that there's bullet points, pie charts and a strangely feminine pair of reading glasses. The food: Bacon sandwiches - cold for Rory because he's late - and two types of muffin. They're served in Andy's house, but obviously made by other members of the Hinchcliffe family. As always your correspondence is welcome and encouraged. @setpiecemenu on twitter, Facebook.com/setpiecemenu and email setpiecemenu@gmail.com

The latest episode of Set Piece Menu - the podcast where four friends talk football over food. The football: Was it a good idea to shorten the Premier League's transfer window? And if not, is it the fault of the Premier League clubs who voted for the change? The team also wonders if it's possible to win or lose in a transfer window, and features a slightly upsetting daydream about Daniel Levy. The food: Rory (he's back!) provides a salted caramel cheesecake, because he's on a cured meats and hard cheese detox after a month in Italy. Plus Chinch joins in from Portugal, just before he embarks on a back and biceps session with his personal trainer Joao*. Get in touch via twitter @setpiecemenu And email setpiecemenu@gmail.com And don't forget the SPMPLPL closes to entries on 31st August at 6pm. Get your predictions of how the final Premier League table will look at www.tinyurl.com/setpiecemenu *This is all true, even though it sounds like a subplot from an episode of Days of our Lives.

This is Set Piece Menu - the podcast where four friends talk football over food. The football: SPM Book Club. Writer Sanj Shetty becomes the first guest in pod history, as he's invited on to talk about the tactics discussed in his book Total Football, a book that Chinch has actually read. The food: An abundance of Indian snacks, provided by Sanj, and an abundance of banoffee pie, provided by (Mrs) Chinch. Everybody finds room for an abundance of both. Get in touch: @setpiecmenu setpiecemenu@gmail.com Don't forget the SPMPLPL entry window closes on 31st August at 6pm. Get your Premier League teams in the order you think they'll finish in May, and enter our high-profile, low-reward competition at www.tinyurl.com/setpiecemenu And check out our new Facebook page at www.facebook.com/setpiecmenu

This is the latest Set Piece Menu - the podcast where four friends talk football over food. The football: Thanks to your help, we complete our 'Inappropriately Skilled XI', named after Shane Long, managed by Paul Jewell. We get some extra help from a Tuscany-touring Rory Smith, and also find out who Andy Hinchcliff is. Yes, without the 'e'. The food: The final thing to be cooked in Steve's oven before the builders get at it, and the first thing to be cooked for the team by Steve's kids. The Premier League may have started but there's still time to enter your team in the SPMPLPL! Head to www.tinyurl.setpiecemenu before the 31st August to register your final Premier League table predictions. And get in touch with the podcast @setpiecemenu on twitter, or setpiecemenu@gmail.com

The latest Set Piece Menu - the podcast where four friends talk about football over food. The football: Relegation - should we be so hung up on not going down? The team are reunited (kinda) to bring in the new Premier League season, and to ask whether relegation is all that bad after all. The food: chocolates from Croatia. A gift from Hugh's wife, not a consolation present from the country to four Englishmen. We'll have your suggestions for our 'Inappropriately Skilled XI' next week, so keep sending them in to @setpiecemenu or setpiecemenu@gmail.com And don't forget to register your team in the SPMPLPL! Head to www.tinyurl.com/setpiecemenu to select the final positions of the Premier League clubs this season - you could win a massive (not at all massive) prize!!!

The latest episode of Set Piece Menu - the podcast where four friends talk football over food. The football: SPM's Inappropriately Skilled XI. We'd like your help in constructing a team of players who are good footballers, but just not in the position they play. You know - keepers who can't save, strikers who can't score. The team make a few suggestions, and you can make yours to @setpiecemenu or setpiecemenu@gmail.com The food: a choice between a white chocolate and lemon tart and a tiramisu cake, which have both happily fallen off the back of the Waitrose truck, and within Andy's grasp. The Set Piece Menu Premier League Predictions League is back! Enter your team and predictions of how the Premier League final table will look at www.tinyurl.com/setpiecemenu

This is the latest Set Piece Menu - the podcast where four friends talk football over food. The football: The England World Cup debrief. Football didn't come home, but why, how, and should it even have been a thing in the first place? Hugh and Steve get all sanctimonious, while Chinch admits he didn't even notice it happening from his Woodford bubble... The food: Biscotti from, as the label says, Eataly. Next week we open entries to the Set Piece Menu Premier League Predictions League - yes it's back! Get in touch via twitter on @setpiecemenu Or email setpiecemenu@gmail.com

The latest Set Piece Menu - the podcast where four friends talk football over food. The football: an 'I can't believe THAT happened' post-World Cup special. Yes our predictions during the tournament were terrible, but despite that lack of foresight, we can deliver plenty of hindsight on a World Cup that had plenty of surprises (including actually being quite good). The food: chicken and gammon pie, bought from one of those fancy farm shops in the countryside. Please get in touch via twitter: @setpiecemenu Or email: setpiecemenu@gmail.com The Set Piece Menu Premier League Predictions League is coming back on the 1st August!

This is the final part of a Summer Special Series from Set Piece Menu - the podcast where four friends talk football over food. The football: The People Who Helped To Shape Modern Football (Part Four) - Silvio Berlusconi. Rory proposes the TV magnate turned football club owner turned politician as one of game's (albeit self-serving) visionaries. The food: a two, maybe three, course lunch at local vegetarian establishment Greens, that Chinch pays for because he has a very understanding accountant. Thanks for downloading our summer specials! If you have anything to add get in touch @setpiecemenu or setpiecemenu@gmail.com

The latest edition of the Summer Special Series from Set Piece Menu - the podcast where four friends talk football over food. The football: The People Who Helped To Shape Modern Football (Part Three) - Arsene Wenger. The former Arsenal boss transformed a team, a country, and a way that both prepared for and played their football. The food: the team are now perusing the menu for their lunchtime treat, courtesy of Chinch, while trying to convince Steve that he is indeed allowed to eat vegetarian food. Next week brings the final part of our summer series!

This is the latest episode of a Summer Special Series from Set Piece Menu - the podcast where four friends talk football over food. The football: The People Who Helped To Shape Modern Football (Part Two) - Walter Crickmer. Steve tells the story of the man, who as Manchester United club secretary, helped Matt Busby to begin the journey of English teams in Europe. The food: we are a step closer to our lunch-on-Chinch. Two more episodes and we'll be gourmet dining, veggie-style. This is the second part of four on the people who helped shape modern football, and we'll be back with part three next week!

This is a Summer Special Series from Set Piece Menu - the podcast where four friends talk football over food. The football: The People Who Helped To Shape Modern Football (Part One) - Jimmy Hill. The team discusses how as a player, manager, chairman, presenter and pundit, Jimmy Hill changed the game almost like no other. The food: a promise from Chinch to take us all out for lunch, as a reward for completion of our summer spectacular. This is the first part of four on the people who helped shape modern football, so stand by for part two next week!

Enjoy the latest edition of Set Piece Menu - the podcast where four friends talk football over food. The football: World Cup Special (Part Two) - is the World Cup still the pinnacle of the game, and are the football and tactics we see as developed as at club level? The food: Rory's "peppers and onions" have miraculously become Huevos Rancheros, the first repeat meal in 80 episodes of Set Piece Menu (apart from minibites), which Rory claims is because brunch is a limiting meal concept. Send us a tweet! @setpiecemenu Send us an email! setpiecemenu@gmail.com And please write us a review at iTunes! Next week we'll be back with the first part of a summer special series about the people who have shaped modern football. Something to distract you while your team faces inevitable defeat and ignominy at the World Cup...

This is the latest Set Piece Menu - the podcast where four friends talk football over food. The football: World Cup Special (Part One) - is the World Cup a blessed relief from all the tribalism and twitter trolling of club football? The food: peppers and onions, as described by Rory, which until Hugh was able to purchase peppers en route, was going to be just onions. Get in touch with the team via twitter @setpiecemenu Or email setpiecemenu@gmail.com Please rate and review us on iTunes, we really like knowing that you care...!