Picture: Gary Lineker, Alan Shearer and Micah Richards, the hosts of The Rest is Football – Goalhanger Podcasts – Pictured by Gary Jones
As excitement builds for the 2026 FIFA World Cup next summer, Netflix has just announced that the incredibly popular podcast The Rest is Football will be coming to the streaming service as a daily show during the tournament, offering fans game analysis, interviews, guests, and more. Here’s what we know so far.
The Rest is Football is one of the world’s most popular football podcasts. Hosted by former professional footballers from three distinct eras of the game, Gary Lineker (1978-1994), Alan Shearer (1988-2006), and Micah Richards (2005-2019), who provide news, analysis, and interviews on all things football-related. The podcast is one of the most-streamed football podcasts, with 7 million monthly streams.
Picture: Gary Lineker playing for Tottenham Hotspur (left), Alan Shearer for Newcastle United (centre,) and Micah Richards for Manchester City (right)
Fans of the podcast and football fans in general will be delighted to learn that The Rest is Football is coming to Netflix as a daily television show for the highly anticipated 2026 FIFA World Cup next summer.
The Rest is Football on Netflix will be filmed “in a studio in the heart of New York” where hosts Lineker, Shearer, and Richards will offer daily in-depth analysis and insights of the games featured throughout the tournament. Not to mention they will be joined by special guests, likely former and current professional footballers, coaches and other sports journalists.
Gary Lineker had the following to say about The Rest is Football coming to Netflix:
“We can’t wait to bring The Rest Is Football to Netflix for the 2026 World Cup. It’s a fantastic opportunity for the three of us to do what we love — talk football every day — but on a truly global stage. Expect all the usual analysis, honesty and plenty of laughs… just with a few more cameras pointed at us, all from the Big Apple.”
The iconic trio also shared a promotional message on Instagram.
The FIFA World Cup is hosted once every four years and is the biggest sporting event on the planet. Watched by billions around the world, all eyes will be on the host countries of the 2026 FIFA World Cup, which is co-hosted by Canada, Mexico, and the United States of America. Next year’s World Cup promises to be the biggest yet in the competition’s 96-year history, as the tournament has been expanded from 32 to 48 teams, with 16 cities across the three host countries hosting matches from June 11, 2025, to July 19, 2025. The incredible tournament will culminate with a climactic finale at the MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey.
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