Say it ain't so!
James Richardson - the Podfather to us humble fans - is set to leave the Guardian's Football Weekly, according to a story by Daniel Storey of Football365.
Ben Green, known to listeners as Producer Ben, is also leaving - he is resigning, while Richardson has been out of contract since the end of the most recent season.
Richardson has hosted Football Weekly since 2006, and in that time it has become the most popular football podcast in the U.K.
They are off to host and produce another podcast, entitled The Totally Football Show. It is slated to be one of a number of podcasts slated to be under the aegis of Muddy Knees Media, a new podcasting consortium headed by football writer Iain Macintosh, best known for his writing about Football Manager. Richardson and Green are both shareholders in the business, too.
The first episode of The Totally Football Show is set to be available from Monday, August 7th.
Macintosh told Storey about what fans can expect:
We know the power and popularity of podcasts. What we want to do now is to harness that power. We want to put James and Ben in the driving seat. They are shareholders in the business, they have full creative control and we can’t wait to hear what they do with it.
But it’s not just about the main football podcast. We want to build on that. If all goes well in these opening weeks, we’ll look to expand, and that could mean good news for people who, like me, support teams outside of the Premier League. And perhaps across Europe too. Ultimately, we want to be the home of football audio, from podcasts to audiobooks. These are exciting times.
The full story is on F365.
