lost pages

So many options, so little time.

If you do not follow football, there are two rival podcasts with the first image you see being The Overlap co-founded by Gary Neville which has a new majority owner: Global (sports media business) that took control of the channel in January 2026. The Overlap featuring the likes of former professionals Jamie Carragher, Ian Wright, Roy Keane and Jill Scott with many special guests appearing on the show.

The second image is the The Rest Is Football which was co-founded by Gary Lineker, alongside former television producers Tony Pastor and Jack Davenport (under Goalhanger productions). Within this podcast, Gary Lineker is joined by co-hosts Alan Shearer and Micah Richards to discuss all things football.

The reason I wish to mention both of these podcasts, were on how they both started on YouTube and have taken diverging paths. In this case The Rest Is Football joins Netflix, with The Overlap joining Disney+.

Normally this would not be so contentious, but I specifically have some gripes with The Rest Is Football in that the Netflix deal as lucrative as that is, has lost the YouTube audience to an extent with it being a regular thing where you would get consistent uploads covering the recent weekend games of Premier League action (primarily).

The Overlap in this regard has the better draw, in that it preserves the YouTube audience it has cultivated with Disney+ feeling more of an extension as you can still watch the main content on its YouTube channel with certain segments being exclusive to Disney+ for a period of time before dropping on YouTube. This approach I believe is far better and it is a shame, as it seems like I am not the only person in dismay, when you look at the YouTube comments wishing for The Rest Is Football to continue posting its regular podcast episodes on YouTube.

Now I understand that the recent World Cup Coverage for The Rest Is Football had a special Netflix set in-house (based in New York, Times Square Manhattan) with many special guests. But that was more of a special event with regular episodes now being exclusively tied to Netflix. The recent episodes is really not that different from what you had seen on YouTube, but I guess less in video advertisements.

It is a sad day as YouTube has become a great home for The Rest Is Football and to see it no longer have regular podcast episodes feels more like a squandered opportunity, regardless of the huge appeal Netflix provides. With many people opting out of pricey subscriptions (Netflix being no stranger to this), continued exposure on YouTube, which many can access for free seemed like a very good move.

So I guess now many people will be out-priced to watching The Rest Is Football.