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Playmaker

Playmaker

Tortoise Media

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Sports

Frequency: 1 episode/2d. Total Eps: 195

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The Playmaker from Tortoise - one story every day to make sense of the beautiful game. 


Tortoise is a news start-up devoted to slow journalism. We take news slowly. We tell stories that really matter, and take time to see the full picture.


If you want more slow and considered journalism, you can become a member of Tortoise and get access to more of our stories, contribute to our journalism and join us at events in our newsroom, in person and online. Just go to tortoisemedia.com/friend and use the code Chloe50 for membership for just £50 per year.

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  • 🇬🇧 Great Britain - sportNews

    08/06/2026
    #67

  • 🇬🇧 Great Britain - sportNews

    07/06/2026
    #54

  • 🇬🇧 Great Britain - sportNews

    05/06/2026
    #26

  • 🇬🇧 Great Britain - sportNews

    04/06/2026
    #99

  • 🇬🇧 Great Britain - sportNews

    03/06/2026
    #77

  • 🇬🇧 Great Britain - sportNews

    02/06/2026
    #62

  • 🇬🇧 Great Britain - sportNews

    01/06/2026
    #51

  • 🇬🇧 Great Britain - sportNews

    31/05/2026
    #29

  • 🇬🇧 Great Britain - sportNews

    30/05/2026
    #20

  • 🇫🇷 France - sportNews

    23/05/2026
    #94

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Introducing: Sport Sensemaker from Tortoise

mardi 23 août 2022 • Duration 01:40

Sign up to our new free weekly newsletter here: https://torto.se/3Ag3MfV


We're delighted to announce the launch of a new, free weekly newsletter covering the inner workings of global sport.


Each week, award-winning sports writer Paul Hayward will bring analysis of how the world of sport really operates, asking: where does the power lie? How will sports evolve? What is their role in modern life?


Sign up for free here: https://torto.se/3Ag3MfV

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Ep 190: End of season review - part two

Season 1 · Episode 190

vendredi 20 mai 2022 • Duration 07:48

Chloe Beresford and Andrew Butler continue to reflect on the 2021/2022 season. In this final episode of the Playmaker they discuss club ownership, diversity in football and the overall state of English football.

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Ep 181: Moustapha Cisse’s extraordinary season

Season 1 · Episode 181

lundi 9 mai 2022 • Duration 05:42

Football is awash with stories that describe one player’s improbable rise through the ranks to sporting fame. But none quite come close to Moustapha Cisse’s rise.

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Ep 91: Maldini's Milan

Season 1 · Episode 91

mardi 14 décembre 2021 • Duration 06:34

Paolo Maldini helped AC Milan win the Champions League five out of the seven times they've won it. But the last time they won was 2007. So why are the team now a shadow of their former selves?

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Ep 90: What's going on at the PFA?

Episode 90

lundi 13 décembre 2021 • Duration 06:44

The Professional Footballers Association is the players' union. But how well does it represent their interests? And why isn't it more open about its activities?

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Ep 89: Sergio Ramos - a galactico too far?

Episode 89

vendredi 10 décembre 2021 • Duration 05:13

The Real Madrid legend Sergio Ramos signed for Paris Saint Germain, and pocketed a fortune. Then he disappeared.

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Ep 88: Sergio Aguero and the anti-vaxxers

jeudi 9 décembre 2021 • Duration 05:45

How a new conspiracy – about the Covid-19 vaccine causing players to collapse on the pitch – has taken hold.

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Ep 87: The grand old team

Season 1 · Episode 87

mercredi 8 décembre 2021 • Duration 06:11

Everton's majority owner, Farhad Moshiri, puts the club's poor performance down to injuries. But what does hiring eight managers in six years really tell us?

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Ep 86: The Newcastle snub

mardi 7 décembre 2021 • Duration 05:17

Former Aston Villa striker Gabby Agbonlahor has said Newcastle United might struggle to attract big talent because players don’t want to live in the north east. It didn't go down well – but is he right?

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Ep 85: Rainbow laces

Episode 85

lundi 6 décembre 2021 • Duration 06:16

The rainbow laces campaign is a fixture in the Premier League calendar. But how far can it go to change the game for LGBTQ+ fans and players?

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