The Final Countdown - AFR Voice. Ep 19

The pod wraps up all of the last day action of the Premier League with a focus on the North London scrabble for a Champions League place and we wave off Sir Alex Ferguson, Jamie Carragher, Paul Scholes and Michael Owen to name a few. We even highlight the chance to own Sir Alex’s final piece of gum chewed as the Manchester United manager.

With the final day in the English top tier proving relatively sedate, we headed to Europe for some end of season drama: AC Milan and Schalke stealing a last gasp Champions League spots, Atletico Madrid grabbing the Copa del Rey, and a tearful farwell in Paris to one man; one beautiful, moisturised man. Across the pond meanwhile, there’s all the breaking developments with NYC FC, and AFR chief Eric Beard’s not so subtle ways of potentially recruiting players for the new franchise.

The European love-in continued at great pace courtesy of pod member and Chelsea fan Alex who regaled his experience of watching the Europa League final live in the Amsterdam Arena. Armed with the trusty AFR dictaphone, he provided an entertaining and pulsating account of another glorious night on the continent for The Blues. Whilst the match was a memorable one (no matter how much Benfica fans will want to forget it), the final is no match for the big daddy of them all – the Champions League final at Wembley this Saturday. As if you needed any further encouragement, we whet your appetite for the colossal clash with a match preview and prediction.

Keep an ear out for our show next Tuesday, our final podcast of the season, when we’ll give a full debrief of the Munich-Dortmund game and pour out some champagne as we fondly (and hazily) look back on another sensational season of football.

As always, you can get in touch with the team by tweeting @AFRvoice, or emailing afrvoice@gmail.com

(Source: SoundCloud / A Football Report Voice)