A brisk EFL betting card with a clear point of view.
The betting show stays focused on an EFL weekend that comes after a dramatic midweek slate, and it keeps the sense that the weekend may settle a few things.

Fast, forensic Football League talk.
Not The Top 20 Podcast tracks the EFL with speed, detail, and a sharp feel for momentum. Results become table pressure, tactical patterns, playoff permutations, relegation nerves, and price-checking betting arguments.
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Not The Top 20 Podcast is EFL coverage for people who follow the details after the full-time whistle. It is brisk. The show moves across the Championship, League One, and League Two with the assumption that every division has its own logic, pressure points, and late-season madness. A derby win, a smash-and-grab away result, a nil-nil, or a late equaliser can all become part of the same bigger argument. The focus is rarely just the score. Table position matters. So do fixtures, form, defensive shape, squad continuity, missed opportunities, and whether a team’s recent chaos is sustainable or just loud. League Two is treated with full seriousness, from Bromley, MK Dons, Cambridge, Notts County, Swindon, Salford, Chesterfield, Grimsby, and Barnet to relegation six-pointers involving Newport and Harrogate. League One episodes find drama in Cardiff’s push, Stevenage’s wins, Huddersfield’s late-goal frenzy, Reading’s fade, Doncaster’s recovery, and the squeeze around the playoff places. Championship talk can turn quickly from Ipswich at Carrow Road to Portsmouth at Middlesbrough, Southampton’s wins, Leicester’s stumble, West Brom’s points issue, or QPR against Bristol City. The betting shows bring a different rhythm. Odds are weighed against motivation, player role, shot volume, recent scoring patterns, and match state rather than tossed out as tips for decoration. There is dry humour, but the analysis usually comes back to evidence. The show also makes room for interview-led episodes, including Dom Ballard reflecting on goals, loans, senior football, movement off the shoulder, link play, and becoming more complete. That player-development angle fits the wider identity. This is a show about the texture of the Football League: the teams building patiently, the clubs wobbling under pressure, and the players turning small moments into season-shaping ones.
Made for: For EFL followers who want more than highlight reactions: Championship, League One, and League Two fans who enjoy form lines, table pressure, tactical detail, and betting context.
What sets it apart: It gives lower-league football the density and urgency often reserved for the top flight, moving from match detail to season implications without flattening the divisions into one story.
The #1 podcast about the Football League (EFL) from George Elek and Ali Maxwell. Twice nominated for the FSF Awards 'Best Podcast', since 2016 Not The Top 20 Podcast has been dedicated to providing insightful, passionate, detailed coverage of the Championship, League One and League Two, with the Monday Podcast recapping the weekend, and the Betting Show providing carefully considered picks ahead of the weekend. NTT20 Pod's success has led to over 100 TV appearances for George and Ali, on Sky Sports and EFL on Quest, plus radio appearances on BBC Radio 5 Live. A community of EFL lovers has been established through NTT20 Squad, and the launch of NTT20.COM in 2023 provided written EFL coverage…
Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
George Elek and Ali Maxwell connect EFL results, tactics, club decisions and betting prices without losing sight of the table.
Not The Top 20 Podcast turns EFL results into an argument about why matches and seasons are moving the way they are. George Elek and Ali Maxwell work through the Championship, League One and League Two in conversation, moving from decisive goals and table pressure to defensive…
A 101st-minute equalizer, and suddenly you need the playoff arithmetic as badly as the goal.
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A brisk EFL betting card with a clear point of view.
The betting show stays focused on an EFL weekend that comes after a dramatic midweek slate, and it keeps the sense that the weekend may settle a few things.
A sharp League 2 review that uses one early throw, seven shots, and a Tuesday fixture to clarify the table.
League 2's promotion race turns on small margins here, with Bromley one win from confirming promotion before MK Dons alter the tone almost immediately.
Cardiff edge past Bolton, Stevenage stay in the mix, and League One's playoff race tightens.
This Sports episode follows the League One race at the top, where Cardiff move past Bolton and edge closer to the Championship mission, while Stevenage remain in the thick of the playoff picture.
A sharp Championship round-up that connects late drama with the playoff picture.
Not The Top 20 Podcast frames a packed Championship recap around how quickly one result can change the feeling around a club. Portsmouth's late smash-and-grab at Middlesbrough, Ipswich's controversial win at Carrow Road, and Southampton rising from the bottom give the episode…
Lincoln City's squad-building story frames patience as a practical competitive edge.
Lincoln City's success comes through as a study in patience, with recruitment, development, and continuity treated as the quiet work behind a coherent side.
A brisk EFL review that uses Cardiff's win and Huddersfield's upheaval to test form, structure and managerial blame.
Cardiff's win at Bradford's Valley Parade gives this single-episode review a clear point of tension: first against third, with Cardiff carrying decent form into a game that mattered.
A clear look at how Ballard's five-goal March connects loans, movement, and a sharper Orient role.
Dom Ballard's five-goal March gives this single-episode review a clean way into a productive spell at Leyton Orient. The conversation moves from his hat-trick against Wimbledon, including a first goal he calls lucky, to the brace at Stevenage, where the ground's difficulty…






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Cardiff beat Bolton and take a big step toward the Championship mission.
Portsmouth take all three points at Middlesbrough with a late smash-and-grab that stings.
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