In the week Manchester United were sensationally dumped out of the Capital One Cup by MK Dons and Arsenal (less) sensationally reached the Champions League group stages for the 17th consecutive year, James Richardson has Barry Glendenning, Paul MacInnes and Ian McCourt in the pod to make sense of it all in this jam packed edition of Football Weekly Extra.

If that wasn't enough, Sid Lowe tells us about Xabi Alonso's move to Bayern Munich, and we discuss fish fingers, the king of condiments, and the secrets of Jimbo's man bag.

There are now, quite literally, not very many tickets left for our live show in Manchester next Thursday. If you want to see us up come close and personal, head here, where you can also find out who else is appearing at the Manchester Football Writing Festival