Copy linkFacebookXPinterestEmailShare this article 0Join the conversationFollow usAdd us as a preferred source on GoogleNewsletterSubscribe to our newsletterYou can barely avoid Stick To Football if you're at all interested in football these days.The YouTube show, fronted by Gary Neville, Roy Keane, Jamie Carragher, Ian Wright and Jill Scott - sometimes with guests filling in or joining the studio - has become the go-to source of punditry wisdom and football banter.But as the show's founder, Neville admits he was not certain it would work before a proof of concept episode proved to be a hit.Neville told FourFourTwo: "Initially [The Overlap] was just me for two years. I was interviewing people and got to a point where I thought Im a bit of a busy fool here, Im just wandering around talking to people."I thought Id run out of guests and Id get bored. I get bored easily. You may like The 27 best football podcasts you need to listen to - from dressing room secrets to the game's funniest stories Chris Kamara on why he never thought Soccer Saturday would be a hit The Manchester United misery economy is holding the club back - and there's an awkward paradox "But we did something before one of the tournaments, with a few of us round a table I thought it worked well and it grew from there.Sometimes you have to do things remotely, but generally I always think youre better off being in the room with people, then you can see their faces and their excitement.Get FourFourTwo NewsletterThe best features, fun and footballing quizzes, straight to your inbox every week.Contact me with news and offers from other Future brandsReceive email from us on behalf of our trusted partners or sponsorsBy submitting your information you agree to the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy and are aged 16 or over.I want five people sat around the bar, as if its almost like a pub after a match, and I just want us to have a chat.Five people shouldnt really work, people would say its too many, but the one thing I was insistent upon was it would be five people and who theyd be.Getting them all together and to agree was difficult. It took time, but we did it. What to read next NEW ISSUE: FFT spend 24 hours with the stars of The Overlap, Kenny Dalglish reflects on his career, Alex Ferguson tells us about the games of his life, the footballers swapping the pitch for the boxing ring and Mark Schwarzer answers YOUR questions Chris Kamara on why he packed in coaching Why Barry Hearn is back in football with Brentwood Town and promising success "I was so nervous before the first recording, thinking Hows this going to go? It was a massive gamble for us, but within the first couple of weeks I could see it was working."After we did the David Beckham episode, the first guest episode, I thought This works.Its informal, its authentic, were just having a conversation, theres no real order to it, which is what I wanted. I just want to Stick to Football to be free you press record, press stop, and everything in between is fair game, whatevers said."If someone walks in with a pot of tea, if someone walks in to do someones makeup or the sound engineer walks in, we just keep going."We dont stop, everythings filmed. Theres a team in this room delivering this programme, and we just went for it from day one.TOPICSGary NevilleSteven ChickenSocial Links NavigationSteven Chicken has been working as a football writer since 2009, taking in stints with Football365 and the Huddersfield Examiner. Steven still covers Huddersfield Town home and away for his own publication,WeAreTerriers.com. Steven is a two-time nominee for Regional Journalist of the Year at the prestigious British Sports Journalism Awards, making the shortlist in 2020 and 2023.With contributions fromJames AndrewEditor
