Stel interviews former Arsenal, Reading, Hereford United & Crawley Town midfielder Ben Smith and author, editor James Barrett about upcoming book “Journeyman: One man’s odyssey through the lower leagues of English football”

Do you despair of the bloated hype that has infested the modern game?
Have you tired of sterile and formulaic football debate?
Shoot the Defence’ aims to be honest, hard hitting and involve the listener and reader in real football talk.
Listening to our show and reading our website you will be immersed into a world of intelligent opinion where a deep knowledge about the beautiful game is interspersed with witty and cutting humour.
Join us as we discuss the week’s news, indulge in our ‘bite-back’ feature, hear from our correspondents all over the world (no, really) and reminisce as we choose our ‘sticker-swap’ players.
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