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The Beautiful Game, Unfiltered is a global soccer podcast that brings you inside the stories shaping football today—through conversations with the people who actually live it.

From club chairmen and front-office decision-makers to current players, journalists, and influential voices across the sport, this show goes beyond headlines to uncover what’s really happening in the world’s game. Every episode dives into the most interesting topics of the day in football, blending breaking news with deeper, personal stories that define careers, clubs, and the global game itself.

This isn’t just another Premier League recap or transfer rumor show. The Beautiful Game, Unfiltered is built for fans who care about the full spectrum of football—from the biggest clubs in the world to the overlooked stories that deserve attention. No team is too big. No club is too small. If the story matters, it’s here.

With a focus on engaging, entertaining, and insightful interviews, each episode delivers authentic perspectives you won’t hear anywhere else. Whether it’s a chairman explaining the business side of the sport, a player opening up about their journey, or a journalist breaking down the biggest stories in football, this podcast gives listeners direct access to the voices shaping the game.

Perfect for passionate soccer fans across the globe, The Beautiful Game, Unfiltered is where football’s biggest stories meet the people behind them.

If you love the game—not just the scores, but the stories—this is your podcast.

For media requests, advertising options, or if you think you have a great story for the show, feel free to reach out at: media@underdogpodcasts.com

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Episode 0: 2026 World Cup Special

Saison 1

mercredi 10 juin 2026 • Durée 56:01

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0:47 – Chris Horwedel opens The Beautiful Game, Unfiltered with an episode-zero World Cup special, introducing the new soccer podcast and setting up a full group-by-group preview using odds from oddsmakers.

1:49 – Expanded World Cup format explained, including the 48-team field, 12 groups of four, automatic advancement for the top two teams, and the importance of third-place teams in this year’s tournament.

3:54 – Group A preview covers Mexico, South Korea, Czech Republic, and South Africa, with discussion of home-field energy, Mexico’s attacking options, South Korea’s star power, Czech physicality, and South Africa’s defensive foundation.

7:19 – Group B breakdown features Switzerland, Canada, Bosnia-Herzegovina, and Qatar, focusing on Switzerland’s reliability, Canada’s host-nation advantage, Bosnia’s veteran quality, and Qatar’s tournament experience.

10:53 – Group C preview looks at Brazil, Morocco, Scotland, and Haiti, including Brazil’s elite talent, Morocco’s recent tournament pedigree, Scotland’s experienced core, and Haiti’s tough draw.

14:44 – Group D discussion covers the United States, Turkey, Australia, and Paraguay, with Chris examining U.S. pressure at home, Turkey’s young attacking talent, Australia’s structure, and Paraguay’s ability to make the group chaotic.

20:48 – Group E preview features Germany, Ecuador, Ivory Coast, and Curaçao, highlighting Germany’s creativity, Ecuador’s balance, Ivory Coast’s athleticism, and Curaçao’s underdog World Cup story.

25:07 – Group F breakdown covers Japan, Netherlands, Sweden, and Tunisia, with a focus on Japan’s tactical growth, Sweden’s attack, the Netherlands’ star names, and Tunisia’s ability to stay organized.

29:19 – Group G preview looks at Belgium, Egypt, Iran, and New Zealand, including Belgium’s transition from its golden generation, Egypt’s balance around Mohamed Salah, Iran’s experience, and New Zealand’s long-shot path.

32:49 – Group H discussion covers Spain, Uruguay, Saudi Arabia, and Cape Verde, with Spain’s title-contender profile, Uruguay’s intensity, Saudi Arabia’s tournament experience, and Cape Verde’s difficult challenge.

35:43 – Group I preview features France, Norway, Senegal, and Iraq, including France’s tournament favorite status, Kylian Mbappé’s star power, Norway’s attacking talent, Senegal’s balance, and Iraq’s difficult draw.

40:36 – Group J breakdown covers Argentina, Austria, Algeria, and Jordan, with discussion of Argentina’s tournament know-how, Austria’s pressing system, Algeria’s creative talent, and Jordan’s uphill path.

44:34 – Group K preview looks at Portugal, Colombia, DR Congo, and Uzbekistan, focusing on Portugal’s depth beyond Cristiano Ronaldo, Colombia’s attacking quality, Congo’s physical edge, and Uzbekistan’s first-time World Cup story.

49:39 – Group L discussion covers England, Croatia, Ghana, and Panama, including England’s attacking talent, Croatia’s tournament experience, Ghana’s dangerous core, and Panama’s veteran group.

53:58 – Chris wraps the group preview by revisiting his boldest tournament angles, notable team futures, player award markets, and World Cup betting storylines from oddsmakers.

55:26 – Final thoughts introduce The Beautiful Game, Unfiltered as a new soccer show, preview upcoming guests, and close the World Cup episode-zero special.

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The New Saints Chairman Mike Harris

Saison 1 · Épisode 1

lundi 29 juin 2026 • Durée 01:00:30

On this episode of The Beautiful Game: Unfiltered, Chris Horwedel is joined by The New Saints chairman Mike Harris for a wide-ranging conversation about one of the most successful and debated clubs in Welsh football.

The interview centers on TNS’s rise from domestic powerhouse to European regular, beginning with Harris’ documentary, The New Saints: The Road to Europe — The Mike Harris Story, and how it captures both the club’s ambitions and Harris’ personal role in building the project. Chris and Mike discuss the origins of TNS, Harris’ background as an entrepreneur, the sale of Total Network Solutions to BT, and the mindset that has driven him to professionalize a club operating inside the Cymru Premier.

The conversation also explores what makes TNS so dominant, from financial investment and recruitment to structure, standards, staff, and the day-to-day professionalism behind the scenes. Harris is asked about Craig Harrison’s success as manager, the club’s player profile, the challenges of recruiting to the Cymru Premier, and how TNS keeps pushing itself domestically while chasing bigger nights in Europe.

Chris and Mike also dig into the club’s historic Conference League run, Park Hall’s long-term stadium ambitions, UEFA Category 4 requirements, and whether the club can become a regular league-phase European side. The interview goes deeper into the bigger identity questions around TNS: whether they are the best club in Wales, whether they would ever consider entering the English pyramid, and how the club balances its Oswestry and Llansantffraid roots.

The episode closes with a look at the future of Welsh domestic football, TNS’s role in raising standards, the club’s attendance challenges, Mike Harris’ wider football ambitions, and what his legacy at the club may ultimately look like.

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Nick Vanderpump Explains Cardiff Met’s Dual-Career Model

Saison 1 · Épisode 5

lundi 27 juillet 2026 • Durée 51:07

On this episode of The Beautiful Game: Unfiltered, Chris Horwedel sits down with Cardiff Met Football Club general manager Nick Vanderpump for an in-depth conversation about the club’s evolution, its place within Welsh football and its ambition to become the leading destination for dual-career footballers.

Vanderpump begins by discussing his lifelong connection to football, his academic background in sports science and sports psychology, and the lessons he learned working with wounded, injured and sick military veterans through Help for Heroes. He also reflects on his time with Bath Rugby and explains why the opportunity to help shape Cardiff Met convinced him to move into football management.

The conversation explores what a general manager actually does at a semi-professional club, from player registrations, transportation and commercial planning to matchday safety, ticketing and supporter experience. Vanderpump explains how his role allows Cardiff Met’s players and coaches to concentrate on their work on the pitch while he manages the many operational demands behind the scenes.

A major focus is Cardiff Met’s transition from a traditional university team into a contracted semi-professional football club. Vanderpump discusses how the club can continue improving without losing the student pathway that makes it unique. He outlines Cardiff Met’s dual-career model, which allows talented players to pursue higher education while competing at a high level and potentially progressing into professional football.

Chris and Nick also examine the financial realities of operating the club, including university investment, commercial partnerships, the creation of an experienced new board and Cardiff Met’s five-year development plan. Vanderpump explains the value the football program provides through student recruitment, brand exposure and practical opportunities in coaching, performance analysis, sports media, strength and conditioning, and club management.

On the pitch, the discussion covers the men’s difficult previous season, the expansion of the Cymru Premier, the move toward Friday night matches, Cardiff Met’s ambition to return to European competition and the academy’s qualification for the UEFA Youth League.

Chloe Ankers on Wrexham and New Opportunities

Saison 1 · Épisode 4

lundi 20 juillet 2026 • Durée 41:49

From making her senior debut for Wrexham at just 16 years old to beginning a new chapter as a player-coach, Chloe Ankers is building one of the most fascinating young careers in Welsh women’s football.

On Episode 4 of The Beautiful Game: Unfiltered, Chris Horwedel sits down with the new Wrexham Foresters goalkeeper and coach for an in-depth conversation about her football journey, the evolution of Wrexham AFC Women and her ambitions on both sides of the touchline.

Chloe reflects on her memorable Wrexham debut against Cardiff Met, where she kept a clean sheet in a historic 3–0 victory, and discusses the patience required to develop behind experienced goalkeepers. She also takes listeners inside Wrexham’s run to the 2025 Hong Kong Soccer Sevens final, where she recorded four clean sheets and was named the Women’s Player of the Tournament.

The conversation explores how goalkeeping is changing, including the importance of playing with the ball at your feet, aggressive sweeping, positioning and decision-making. Chloe also explains why she became interested in coaching at such a young age, the influence of Del Morgan and whether her long-term future lies in goalkeeper coaching, broader first-team coaching or continuing to combine both roles.

Chris and Chloe also discuss her decision to temporarily step away from playing, what brought her back, and why the opportunity to join newly promoted Wrexham Foresters as a player-coach was the right next step.

Plus, Chloe shares her perspective on the growth of the Adran Premier, Wrexham’s ambition to become fully professional, the importance of The Rock as a permanent home for Wrexham AFC Women and the challenges players face while balancing football with university, work and life away from the pitch.

How far can Chloe Ankers go as a player and coach—and what could the future hold for Welsh women’s football?

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Jack Worswick Talks Leicester City's Downfall

Saison 1 · Épisode 3

lundi 13 juillet 2026 • Durée 49:33

On this episode of The Beautiful Game: Unfiltered, Chris Horwedel talks with Jack Worswick of Last Word on Sports about one of the wildest collapses in modern English football: Leicester City’s fall from Premier League champions to League One.

Jack explains his background as a Leicester supporter and writer, and how difficult it has become to cover the club analytically while also having an emotional connection to it. The conversation frames Leicester’s journey through the impossible 2015-16 Premier League title, the FA Cup win, European nights, and a Champions League quarterfinal run — followed by relegations, financial problems, supporter frustration, and a toxic atmosphere around the club.

Chris and Jack dig into how Leicester’s miracle success changed expectations and pushed the club into a different transfer market. Jack points to the summer of 2021 as a major turning point, when Leicester stopped selling one key player per year and instead spent heavily on players like Patson Daka, Boubakary Soumaré, Jannik Vestergaard, and Ryan Bertrand. Those moves failed to deliver the next step, and without Champions League revenue, the financial damage began to stack up.

The episode also breaks down Leicester’s recruitment issues, including overpaying for the wrong profiles, failing to sell players at the right time, losing players for free, and carrying Premier League-level wages into the Championship and now League One. Harry Winks, Wout Faes, Jannik Vestergaard, Oliver Skipp, Jordan Ayew, and others come up as examples of the kinds of squad-building decisions that have frustrated fans.

A major focus is Leicester’s relegation to League One. Jack says the 6-point deduction hurt, but supporters see the bigger issue as years of mismanagement, poor recruitment, coaching instability, a fractured squad, and players who lacked the fight needed for a Championship survival battle. The disconnect between fans, players, and ownership is described as one of the biggest changes from the title-winning era.

Chris and Jack also discuss the managerial picture, including the failed Steve Cooper appointment, Gary Rowett’s short spell, instability around Marti Cifuentes, and the arrival of Russell Martin. Martin is viewed as ambitious but divisive, with questions about whether his possession-heavy style can work in League One’s more physical, set-piece-driven environment.

Warshan Hussin of Soccer Without Borders

Saison 1 · Épisode 2

lundi 6 juillet 2026 • Durée 40:08

On this episode of The Beautiful Game: Unfiltered, Chris Horwedel sits down with Warshan Hussin of Soccer Without Borders for a powerful conversation about soccer, refugee identity, community, trauma, belonging, and the life-changing impact of the beautiful game.

Warshan shares his journey from Iraq to the United States after his family was forced to flee when his father was kidnapped and tortured by Al-Qaeda. After spending several years in Syria, Warshan arrived in Baltimore as a young refugee trying to learn a new language, adapt to a new school system, and understand where he fit in. He explains how Soccer Without Borders became much more than a soccer program — it became a family, a safe place, and the first space where he felt like he could breathe, connect, and simply be a kid again.

The conversation explores how Soccer Without Borders uses soccer as a tool for mentorship, education, emotional support, and community-building for immigrant and refugee youth. Warshan talks about the challenges newcomer families face, from navigating school and bills to building a life in a country where parents and children are often learning the system at the same time. He also explains how SWB coaches provided the kind of support, guidance, and cultural understanding that helped keep him and many others on the right path.

Warshan reflects on becoming a team captain, high school standout, Maryland Player of the Week, college player at Stevenson, coach, staff member, and eventually a member of the Soccer Without Borders Board of Directors. He opens up about the injury that ended his playing path, the difficult period that followed, and how returning to Soccer Without Borders as a coach helped him rediscover purpose by mentoring kids who reminded him of himself.

Chris and Warshan also discuss racism, discrimination, the immigrant experience in America, the power of representation in coaching, and what it means for former participants to return and lead the next generation. Warshan explains why alumni coaches can read the room differently, build trust quickly, and help newcomer youth believe that they can dream beyond survival.

Bernard Vere on How Supporters Built Clapton Community FC

Saison 1 · Épisode 7

lundi 10 août 2026 • Durée 55:31

On this episode of The Beautiful Game: Unfiltered, Chris Horwedel is joined by Bernard Vere of Clapton Community FC to tell the remarkable story of one of English football’s most distinctive supporter-owned clubs.

Clapton Community FC was founded in 2018 after supporters of Clapton FC became increasingly frustrated with how their club was being run. After attempts to gain a meaningful voice and two separate home-match boycotts, supporters decided to create something of their own: a football club built around one member, one vote, democratic decision-making, affordability and community ownership.

Bernard explains how CCFC operates without traditional ownership or a conventional board structure, instead using member-led committees to run virtually every part of the club. He discusses the advantages and challenges of running a football club democratically, how more than 1,500 members across 30 countries can participate and why the club remains almost entirely volunteer-run.

The conversation explores CCFC’s commitment to making football accessible through its pay-what-you-can admission system, equal support for its men’s and women’s teams and an explicitly inclusive philosophy built around opposing racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia and fascism. Bernard also explains the club’s approach to accountability, restorative justice and its response to the FA’s restrictions on trans players in women’s football.

Chris and Bernard dive into the story behind Clapton’s famous Spanish Republic-inspired away shirt, which became an international symbol of anti-fascism and sold tens of thousands of copies around the world. Its unexpected success helped CCFC secure the Old Spotted Dog, London’s oldest continuously used senior football ground, bringing supporters back to a stadium they once believed they might never call home again.

They also discuss the separate charitable trust that operates the Old Spotted Dog for community benefit, CCFC’s rapid rise through the English football pyramid, crowds exceeding 2,000, the club’s first appearance in the FA Cup, and the difficult question of how far a supporter-run amateur club can climb without compromising the principles that made it special.

Louis Jones on Creating a Surprise Shirts Empire

Saison 1 · Épisode 6

lundi 3 août 2026 • Durée 54:47

On this episode of The Beautiful Game: Unfiltered, Chris Horwedel sits down with Louis Jones, founder of Surprise Shirts, to explore how a teenage football-shirt obsession became a seven-figure global business.

Louis shares how he launched Surprise Shirts at 16. He explains how the company grew from Twitter DMs, Depop and a dining-room table into a mystery football shirt business carrying more than 11,000 authentic jerseys. The conversation covers building the company alongside his father, scaling a family business and using technology to match supporters with the perfect surprise shirt.

Chris and Louis unpack what makes mystery football shirt boxes so addictive, how Surprise Shirts verifies authenticity and why its model offers fans an alternative to counterfeit football kits. Louis also explains how one shirt can introduce a supporter to a club on the other side of the world.

The discussion turns to football shirt culture and collecting, including the greatest kits ever made, the best shirts from the 2026 FIFA World Cup, iconic sponsor combinations, overrated classics and Louis’s ultimate Coventry City grail. He also reflects on Coventry City’s return to the Premier League, the club’s controversial new home kit, widening financial gaps across English football and the future of EFL clubs.

Finally, Chris and Louis assess England’s 2026 World Cup campaign under Thomas Tuchel, the roles of Jude Bellingham and Harry Kane, and which World Cup jerseys could become future collectors’ items.

Whether you collect soccer jerseys, love football kit design, follow Coventry City or want the inside story of a fast-growing football business, this episode offers a fascinating look at the shirts, clubs and communities connecting the global game.

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Website: https://surpriseshirts.co.uk

Instagram: @surprise_shirts — https://instagram.com/surprise_shirts

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