{"id":297457,"date":"2025-11-20T17:07:15","date_gmt":"2025-11-20T17:07:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/297457\/"},"modified":"2025-11-20T17:07:15","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T17:07:15","slug":"was-this-the-best-week-of-the-season-so-far-football-weekly-extra-world-cup-2026-qualifiers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/297457\/","title":{"rendered":"Was this the best week of the season so far? \u2013 Football Weekly Extra | World Cup 2026 qualifiers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Rate, review, share on <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/podcast\/football-weekly-the-guardian\/id188674007?mt=2\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Apple Podcasts<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/guardianfootballweekly\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Soundcloud<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/audioboom.com\/channel\/football-weekly\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Audioboom<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mixcloud.com\/guardianfootballweekly\/\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mixcloud<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.acast.com\/footballweekly\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Acast<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stitcher.com\/podcast\/guardianuk\/football-weekly\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Stitcher<\/a>, and join the conversation on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/GuardianPodcasts\/\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/guardianaudio\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/football\/audio\/2025\/nov\/20\/mailto:footballweekly@theguardian.com\" data-link-name=\"in body link \" https:=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">email<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">On today\u2019s pod, the panelists extol what must be one of the most drama-packed international breaks in years. Max Rushden, Barry Glendenning, Paul Watson and Seb Hutchinson enjoyed every minute of it from last-minute winners and multi-goal pile-ups to minnows on the verge of qualification.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">But as the week recedes into the rear-view mirror, the Premier League is back this weekend with the north London derby being the pick of the matches. Both sides are beset by injury crises at both ends of the park as Arsenal look to extend their lead at the top of the table. Elsewhere, Manchester City head to Newcastle and Liverpool host Nottingham Forest.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Support the Guardian <a href=\"https:\/\/theguardian.com\/euro-support\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">You can also find Football Weekly on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/guardian_footballweekly\/\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@guardian_footballweekly?lang=en\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">TikTok,<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@FootballWeeklyPodcast\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Scotland v Denmark - FIFA World Cup 2026 QualifierGLASGOW, SCOTLAND - NOVEMBER 18:  Scott McTominay of Scotland scores a goal to make it 1-0 during the FIFA World Cup 2026 qualifier match between Scotland and Denmark at Hampden Park on November 18, 2025 in Glasgow, Scotland. (Photo by Robbie Jay Barratt - AMA\/Getty Images)\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1733.jpg\" width=\"445\" height=\"355.8972879399885\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"dcr-evn1e9\"\/> Photograph: Robbie Jay Barratt\/AMA\/Getty Images<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Rate, review, share on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Audioboom, Mixcloud, Acast and Stitcher, and join the conversation on Facebook,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":297458,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[563],"tags":[64,63,596,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-297457","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-football","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/297457","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=297457"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/297457\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/297458"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=297457"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=297457"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=297457"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}