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Sep 2024
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09/26/24: Manchester United humbled in E...

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This is Early Kick Off from the Men in Blazers media network and presented by our great friends of the pod STōK Cold Brew Coffee, all your global football stories straight from the back pages of Europe's newspapers in around 10 minutes.

On today’s episode: The Europa League group stage got underway on Wednesday night, and Manchester United fell to a 1-1 draw against Erik Ten Hag’s old side, FC Twente, at Old Trafford; in the Carabao Cup, Liverpool put five past West Ham, and Arsenal do the same against Bolton Wanderers at the Emirates; Barcelona extend their 100% start to the season in the league; Mbappe will miss three weeks of action due to his injury, including the Madrid derby; we preview the Europa League ties on Thursday; and the community rally around AFC Wimbledon to support their pitch repairs after flooding.

Football don't sleep, and neither do we.

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Host: Sammy James 

Producer: Mikey Watson

Assistant producer: Elizabeth Barnard

Researcher: Jack Collins

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