The Football Interview

14min

Talk

The biggest names in sport and entertainment join host Kelly Somers for bold, in-depth conversations about the nation’s favourite sport.

Episodes

Cast

Wayne Rooney

1. Wayne Rooney

15min

16th Aug 2025

Former England captain Wayne Rooney talks to Kelly Somers about his love of musicals, family life and more.

Marc Guéhi

2. Marc Guéhi

14min

23rd Aug 2025

Kelly Somers talks to Marc Guéhi, the Crystal Palace and England defender. They chat about his desire to keep on playing until he’s 40, how he’d love to be a WWE wrestler if he wasn’t a footballer, plus his love of drumming and music.

Jarrod Bowen

3. Jarrod Bowen

14min

30th Aug 2025

West Ham captain Jarrod Bowen talks about his Dad’s potato field ‘boot camp’, family life with wife Dani Dyer and winning the Europa Conference League trophy with the Hammers.

Lucy Bronze

4. Lucy Bronze

14min

6th Sep 2025

Kelly Somers chats to England’s most decorated female footballer Lucy Bronze. She talks about being rejected by England as a young player, her proud Portuguese heritage, about winning Euro 2025 with the Lionesses and playing the entire tournament with a fractured leg.

Bruno Fernandes

5. Bruno Fernandes

14min

13th Sep 2025

Kelly Somers in conversation with Bruno Fernandes.

Alessia Russo

6. Alessia Russo

15min

20th Sep 2025

Kelly Somers speaks to Alessia Russo, two-time European champion with the Lionesses and a Champions League winner with Arsenal last season.

Andoni Iraola

7. Andoni Iraola

14min

27th Sep 2025

Kelly Somers speaks to the Bournemouth manager Andoni Iraola. He talks about life growing up in the Spanish city of San Sebastián, his love of reading books and why family is so important to him.

Hugo Ekitike

8. Hugo Ekitike

14min

4th Oct 2025

Kelly Somers sits down with the Liverpool forward, Hugo Ekitike. The Frenchman joined the Premier League champions this summer from Eintracht Frankfurt. He chats to Kelly about his childhood, playing alongside Mo Salah and how he loves to draw!

Brendan Rodgers

9. Brendan Rodgers

14min

18th Oct 2025

Kelly Somers talks to Brendan Rodgers about the 'unique pressure' of managing his current club, Celtic, his hope of managing 1,000 games, and how winning the Championship play-off with Swansea City in 2011 to take them to the Premier League propelled his career to another level.

Reece James

10. Reece James

11min

25th Oct 2025

Kelly Somers in conversation with Reece James.

Jordan Pickford

11. Jordan Pickford

14min

1st Nov 2025

Kelly Somers in conversation with Jordan Pickford.

First air date

16th Aug 2025

Last air date

14th Sep 2025

Status

Returning Series

Type

Talk Show

Original language

en

Networks