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Aug 2023
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Premier League season preview: Part One

THE TIMES
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The Game: Season preview - part one 


The Premier League season is back and The Game podcast previews the new season with a special two-part show. 


In Part 1 Tom Clarke is joined by Alyson Rudd, Gregor Robertson and Tom Roddy to talk Luton, Sheffield United and Burnley and their hopes of survival as the League's new arrivals. 


The team also tackle some London clubs going through change this summer: West Ham, Chelsea and Tottenham. 


Finally they react to England's penalty shootout victory against Nigeria in the Women's World Cup. 




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