Not The Top 20 Podcast

Betting picks ahead of the EFL weekend: best bets, goalscorer picks, Ali's Eggman, and acca swerve, a BTTS six fold & goals galore. -- Sponsored by SBK. Sign up to SBK here to get £60 in Free Bets when you sign up and place your first bet of £20: https://bit.ly/4hl1a7F T&Cs apply. 18+. Please Gamble Responsibly. -- Want more EFL preview content? Sign up to NTT20.COM and read our weekend preview every Friday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ollie Watkins. Ethan Ampadu. Matt Grimes. How does Exeter City keep producing players who reach the top? From the “must-haves” Exeter demand of every youngster to their ambition to develop a Champions League winner, this is a guide to youth development for fans of every club. Why isn’t the best under-18 player always the best prospect? When should clubs be patient and when must they let a player go? What can non-league football teach that academy matches can’t? And is joining a Premier League club always the right move? Ali Maxwell speaks to Exeter City Academy Director Arran Pugh to explore what goes into developing a professional footballer. This episode is one of a two-part series highlighting the EFL’s Raised in the EFL campaign, celebrating the academies, people and opportunities that shape football’s next generation, on and off the pitch. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

George and Ali break down the Championship weekend that started with West Ham 6-0 Wrexham. Middlesbrough 4-3 Norwich was highly entertaining, while Swansea City, Southampton, Stoke City, Lincoln City, Blackburn Rovers, Birmingham City, Bolton Wanderers and Wolves also picked up wins. -- The Monday Pod is sponsored by Loaded. Get more gaming for your money at Loaded.com. Join the Derby County FM26 Challenge and track progress on the NTT20 Gaming Club on Discord: https://discord.gg/uvBjuHHHu -- Need more quality EFL content? NTT20.COM has you covered! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We chat through a big away win for Leicester City and Russell Martin at Stockport. Then: Stevenage beat Luton, Wycombe win their first match after sacking Michael Duff and Oxford United beat Burton. Cambridge United, Plymouth Argyle, Bradford City and Wimbledon also picked up victories. -- The Monday Pod is sponsored by Loaded. Get more gaming for your money at Loaded.com. Join the NTT20 Gaming Club on Discord: https://discord.gg/uvBjuHHHu -- EXCLUSIVE NordVPN Deal ➼ ⁠⁠⁠https://nordvpn.com/ntt20⁠⁠ ⁠Try it risk-free now with a 30-day money-back guarantee. -- Need more quality EFL content? NTT20.COM has you covered. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Cheltenham Town and Chesterfield the only away winners in League Two this weekend. Grimsby Town and York City both log statement wins, with Gillingham, Port Vale and Shrewsbury Town logging home wins. -- The Monday Pod is sponsored by Loaded. Get more gaming for your money at Loaded.com. Join the NTT20 Gaming Club on Discord: https://discord.gg/uvBjuHHHu -- Need more quality EFL content? NTT20.COM has you covered. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ali chats with EA Sports FC EFL Young Player of the Month winner for August, Jimmy-Jay Morgan (West Bromwich Albion). Two goals and two assists in three Championship games, to add to a brace in the Carabao Cup, got Morgan off to an incredible start to life at WBA and won him this award. He discusses his form, the qualities shown by James Morrison and the WBA coaching staff and playing squad, as well as his perspectives on his pathway to this point, from Southampton to Chelsea to Gillingham to Peterborough. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Betting picks ahead of the EFL weekend: best bets, goalscorer picks, Ali's Eggman, George's Egglady & a BTTS six fold. -- Sponsored by SBK. Sign up to SBK here to get £60 in Free Bets when you sign up and place your first bet of £20: https://bit.ly/4hl1a7F T&Cs apply. 18+. Please Gamble Responsibly. -- Want more EFL preview content? Sign up to NTT20.COM and read our weekend preview every Friday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

George and Ali reflect on a lively first five games of the Championship this season. Who is good? Who is not? They also recap a busy weekend with wins for Bristol City, Millwall, Preston North End, Stoke City, Portsmouth, Middlesbrough, West Ham United, Norwich City & West Bromwich Albion. -- The Monday Pod is sponsored by Loaded. Get more gaming for your money at Loaded.com. Join the Derby County FM26 Challenge and track progress on the NTT20 Gaming Club on Discord: https://discord.gg/uvBjuHHHu -- Need more quality EFL content? NTT20.COM has you covered! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We chat through big away wins for Sheffield Wednesday, Stockport, Stevenage, Oxford and Plymouth Argyle, and home victories for Reading and Bradford City. Then we zoom out, check out the league at the five game mark, and ask: who is good, and who is not? -- The Monday Pod is sponsored by Loaded. Get more gaming for your money at Loaded.com. Join the NTT20 Gaming Club on Discord: https://discord.gg/uvBjuHHHu -- EXCLUSIVE NordVPN Deal ➼ ⁠⁠⁠https://nordvpn.com/ntt20⁠⁠ ⁠Try it risk-free now with a 30-day money-back guarantee. -- Need more quality EFL content? NTT20.COM has you covered. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Lots of home wins this weekend: Bristol Rovers, Swindon, Fleetwood, Tranmere, Salford, Accrington and Northampton. Congrats to Gillingham, the only away winners. We take a look at the league after five games, and ask: who is good and who is not? — The Monday Pod is sponsored by Loaded. Get more gaming for your money at Loaded.com. Join the NTT20 Gaming Club on Discord: https://discord.gg/uvBjuHHHu -- Need more quality EFL content? NTT20.COM has you covered. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Betting picks ahead of the EFL weekend: best bets, goalscorer picks, Ali's accumulator & BTTS six fold. Some big games are discussed, including West Ham v Derby, Portsmouth v Cardiff, West Brom v Watford and Millwall v Bolton. -- Sponsored by SBK. Sign up to SBK here to get £60 in Free Bets when you sign up and place your first bet of £20: https://bit.ly/4hl1a7F T&Cs apply. 18+. Please Gamble Responsibly. -- Want more EFL preview content? Sign up to NTT20.COM and read our weekend preview every Friday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Only one team left on maximum points in the Championship: Charlton Athletic. But there were a ton of massive wins: Swansea thumped Derby at Pride Park, and we also had: Southampton 5-1 Millwall, Wolves 4-1 Stoke, Norwich 4-1 Burnley. QPR, Lincoln and Birmingham got good away wins, and Bristol City and Middlesbrough logged home wins. -- The Monday Pod is sponsored by Loaded. Get more gaming for your money at Loaded.com. Join the Derby County FM26 Challenge and track progress on the NTT20 Gaming Club on Discord: https://discord.gg/uvBjuHHHu -- Need more quality EFL content? NTT20.COM has you covered! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oh boy. Sheffield Wednesday 7-2 Bromley is a hell of a scoreline. Big wins for Blackpool, Stockport County and Mansfield, away wins for Barnsley, Huddersfield, while Notts County, Plymouth Argyle and Wimbledon picked up three points as well. -- The Monday Pod is sponsored by Loaded. Get more gaming for your money at Loaded.com. Join the NTT20 Gaming Club on Discord: https://discord.gg/uvBjuHHHu -- EXCLUSIVE Incogni deal: Get 60% off an annual plan at incogni.com/notthetop20, using code NOTTHETOP20, with a 30-day money-back guarantee. -- Need more quality EFL content? NTT20.COM has you covered. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oldham Athletic were the most impressive winners of the L2 weekend. Shrewsbury Town won the ‘Don’t Lose’ derby v Salford City. Bristol Rovers got the only away win of the weekend, while Rotherham United, Colchester United, York City and Walsall also logged home wins. — The Monday Pod is sponsored by Loaded. Get more gaming for your money at Loaded.com. Join the NTT20 Gaming Club on Discord: https://discord.gg/uvBjuHHHu -- EXCLUSIVE NordVPN Deal ➼ ⁠⁠⁠https://nordvpn.com/ntt20⁠⁠ ⁠Try it risk-free now with a 30-day money-back guarantee. -- Need more quality EFL content? NTT20.COM has you covered. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Betting picks ahead of the EFL weekend: best bets, goalscorer picks, Ali's accumulator & BTTS six fold. Some big games are discussed, including Wrexham v Birmingham City, Middlesbrough v West Brom and Southampton v Millwall. -- Sponsored by SBK. Sign up to SBK here to get £60 in Free Bets when you sign up and place your first bet of £20: https://bit.ly/4hl1a7F T&Cs apply. 18+. Please Gamble Responsibly. -- Want more EFL preview content? Sign up to NTT20.COM and read our weekend preview every Friday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Three teams are on maximum points in the Championship: Charlton Athletic beat West Ham, West Bromwich Albion beat Burnley despite Aune Heggebo’s suspension, and Millwall thumped Norwich. Elsewhere there were wins for Wolves, Portsmouth, Southampton and Blackburn, and Dom Ballard may have scored goal of the season already… -- The Monday Pod is sponsored by Loaded. Get more gaming for your money at Loaded.com. Join the Derby County FM26 Challenge and track progress on the NTT20 Gaming Club on Discord: https://discord.gg/uvBjuHHHu -- Need more quality EFL content? NTT20.COM has you covered! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Bradford are top of League One, the only team with maximum points, after beating Sheffield Wednesday. Burton Albion beat Leicester City away from home, and Blackpool did the same against Stockport County. Leyton Orient and Oxford United got away wins and Peterborough United won for the first time since March. -- The Monday Pod is sponsored by Loaded. Get more gaming for your money at Loaded.com. Join the NTT20 Gaming Club on Discord: https://discord.gg/uvBjuHHHu -- EXCLUSIVE Incogni deal: Get 60% off an annual plan at incogni.com/notthetop20, using code NOTTHETOP20, with a 30-day money-back guarantee. -- Need more quality EFL content? NTT20.COM has you covered. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A nutty weekend in League Two. We start with Barnet and Crewe both on maximum points, Chesterfield beating Salford and Bristol Rovers beating Newport 5-3 with Bobby Kamwa going full Adebayor. Crawley won at Rochdale, while there were home wins for Exeter City, Colchester United and Swindon Town, and a CB performing heroics in goal. -- The Monday Pod is sponsored by Loaded. Get more gaming for your money at Loaded.com. Join the NTT20 Gaming Club on Discord: https://discord.gg/uvBjuHHHu -- EXCLUSIVE NordVPN Deal ➼ ⁠⁠⁠https://nordvpn.com/ntt20⁠⁠ ⁠Try it risk-free now with a 30-day money-back guarantee. -- Need more quality EFL content? NTT20.COM has you covered. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Betting picks ahead of the EFL weekend: best bets, goalscorer picks, Ali's accumulator & BTTS six fold. -- Sponsored by SBK. Sign up to SBK here to get £60 in Free Bets when you sign up and place your first bet of £20: https://bit.ly/4hl1a7F T&Cs apply. 18+. Please Gamble Responsibly. -- Want more EFL preview content? Sign up to NTT20.COM and read our weekend preview every Friday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Queens Park Rangers, West Brom, Swansea City and Millwall got big away wins, while Watford, Charlton Athletic, Bolton Wanderers and Middlesbrough also got off to winning starts. -- The Monday Pod is sponsored by Loaded. Get more gaming for your money at Loaded.com. Join the NTT20 Gaming Club on Discord: https://discord.gg/uvBjuHHHu -- Need more quality EFL content? NTT20.COM has you covered. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices