<p>When<strong> Football Ruined My Life</strong> started back at the beginning of 2023 it was the new podcast about old football. </p><p><br></p><p>In it, distinguished football journalist<strong> Patrick Barclay </strong>joined with <strong>Colin Shindler</strong>,<strong> </strong>author of the best selling <em>Manchester United Ruined My Life</em>, and the Super Agent<strong> Jon Holmes </strong>(think Gary Lineker, Peter Shilton, Tony Woodcock etc.) to talk about football as it used to be in the days before the invention of the Premier League. </p><p><br></p><p>For over 80 weekly episodes, the podcast viewed those days fondly - though not uncritically - in comparison to today's game, which it views critically though not unfondly. And it welcomed everyone who wants to remember Jimmy Greaves and Bobby Charlton, Brian Clough and Bill Shankly and the days when you went to a Football League ground to watch your football and didn't wait for it to arrive on television. </p><p><br></p><p>A
