Show overview
The Kickabout With Johnny Vaughan has been publishing since 2016, and across the 10 years since has built a catalogue of 524 episodes, alongside 5 trailers or bonus episodes. That works out to roughly 330 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a weekly cadence.
Episodes typically run thirty-five to sixty minutes — most land between 35 min and 41 min — and the run-time is fairly consistent across the catalogue. It is catalogued as a EN-language Comedy show.
The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed 6 days ago, with 22 episodes already out so far this year. Published by Radio X.
From the publisher
Join Johnny Vaughan and Gavin "The Woodman" Woods for an alternative build-up to the weekend's sport, plus a look at off-the-ball news, quirky stories and, more often than not, bizarre impressions of Rugby League fans. The boys celebrate sporting superstars, interview athletes and most importantly shine a spotlight on grass roots warriors plying their trade on hungover sundays. Tune in to Radio X at 11am on Saturdays to hear the show - Radio X is available across the UK on digital radio, 104.9 FM in London, 97.7 FM in Manchester, on your mobile or via www.radiox.co.uk
Latest Episodes
View all 524 episodesEpisode 516 - The Champions League Final Special with Michail Antonio!
Episode 515 - The Chariots Of Fire Premier League Judgement Day Special
Episode 514 - The Dion Dublin FA Cup Final Special
Episode 513 - The Giro D'Italia Ringside Special
Episode 512 - The Miami Grand Prix EFL Final Day Special
Episode 511 - The FA Cup Wembley Weekender Special
Episode 510 - The Super Duper Soccer Sunday Special with Alex Horne
Episode 509 - The Grand National Green Jacket Masters Special with Wayne Bridge
Episode 508 - The Hibernian vs Kilmarnock Special, with Irvine Welsh!
Trainspotting author & Hibs superfan Irvine Welsh joined Johnny & Gav for this Hibernian vs Kilmarnock special.You can hear The Kickabout live on Radio X from 11am every Saturday. Get in touch on [email protected]
Episode 507 - The World Cup Wildcard Weekend Special
It's a World Cup Wildcard Weekend Special which features a very limited amount of World Cup content, unfortunately.What it does have though, is another of TJ’s Terrifically Topical Kickabout Top 10s. However, Gav's usual opponent, Toby Tarrant, was ruled out of this week's encounter after picking up a knock in training, so there was a new opponent for The Woodman to contend with...!You can hear The Kickabout live on Radio X from 11am every Saturday. Get in touch on [email protected]
Episode 506 - The Six Nations Judgement Day Postmortem Special
Following last weekend's genuinely 'Super Saturday', this week on The Kickabout it's a Six Nations Judgement Day Postmortem Special. And joining us for that post tournament debrief is none other than John 'Six Nations' Inverdale.Plus, there's an all-important update from our South American Football correspondent, Dave Windsor.You can hear The Kickabout live on Radio X from 11am every Saturday. Get in touch on [email protected]
Episode 505 - The Six Nations Judgement Day Special (With Lawrence Dallaglio)
This week on The Kickabout, (for one week only) we stopped being an alternative to the main stream and actually became “the stream”. As for our Six Nations Judgement Day Special, we were joined by our third former England Captain and World Cup Winner of the year so far… Lawrence ‘The Thing’ Dallaglio was on the show to preview Super Saturday.You can hear The Kickabout live on Radio X from 11am every Saturday. Get in touch on [email protected]
Episode 504 - The All England Badminton Championships T20 World Cup Final Special
Every day's a school day on The Kickabout. Today we learned that the badminton net is the Christmas tree lights of sports equipment, and that you can take the darts out of the pub but you can’t take the pub out of the darts.There’s also an all important Tyre Talk from "Graeme Tash" and "Jez Markem". Plus, we speak to Mr Six Nations himself, John Inverdale, mainly about transport links ahead of this weekend's big games.You can hear The Kickabout live on Radio X from 11am every Saturday. Get in touch on [email protected]
Episode 503 - The Welsh League Cup Final Special
In high performance sports radio, you need to stay hungry.Johnny and Gav were joined by Toby Tarrant for another Terrifically Topical Kickabout Top 10. Plus, Mr Six Nations aka John Inverdale was on the line to unpack what happened last weekend.You can hear The Kickabout live on Radio X from 11am every Saturday. Get in touch on [email protected]
Episode 502 - The 2026 T20 World Cup Super 8s Special (with John Inverdale)
A break from tradition this week as The Kickabout T20 World Cup Super 8s Special actually discusses the T20 World Cup Super 8s - BRIEFLY! More importantly, Johnny and Gav were joined by Mr Six Nations himself, John Inverdale. Plus, Winter Olympics improvements, and Gav's reaction to THAT Arsenal-Wolves game...You can hear The Kickabout live on Radio X from 11am every Saturday. Get in touch on [email protected]
Episode 501 - The Valentines Day Calcutta Cup Special
It may be a Valentines Day Calcutta Cup Special of The Kickabout but those of you looking for romantic 6 nations rugby content should probably look elsewhere... because this week Johnny and Gav were joined by rugby leeeeague legend, Brian Carney, as they opened the refrigerated door to The Meat Locker.You can hear The Kickabout live on Radio X from 11am every Saturday. Get in touch on [email protected]
Episode 500 (ish) - The Kickabout 500 Special with Chris Jericho, Martin Johnson, Jason Robinson & Michael Vaughan
Yeah that's right, 500 Kickabouts and counting baby! To celebrate reaching this historic milestone, we had more England Captains and more World Champions on the show than ever before:Rugby World Cup Winners - Martin Johnson and Jason Robinson were on, as was Johnny's 2nd cousin and Ashes winning captain - Michael Vaughan… PLUS the first ever WWE Undisputed Champion, Chris Jericho was on the show. That's some box office entertainment right there.Keep your Winter Olympic Mexican Handbags coming to [email protected] can hear The Kickabout live on Radio X from 11am every Saturday.
The Team GB Winter Olympics Special
Ahead of next week's Winter Olympics, Johnny caught up with two British 'Bobbers looking to bag gold at Milano Cortina 2026. Plus, Gav went hunting for the ghost of Jose Mourinho... You can hear The Kickabout live on Radio X from 11am every Saturday. Get in touch on [email protected]
Episode 499 - The Will Arnett Bradley Cooper X Games Special
When you have Will Arnett and Bradley Cooper on your show, you tell people...!And, if it's not working; add long hair, that's what we say on The Kickabout.You can hear The Kickabout live on Radio X from 11am every Saturday. Get in touch on [email protected]
Episode 498 - The AFCON Final Masters Snooker Special
A dart is simply a pin dropping, makes you think doesn't it...Speaking of the arrows, Johnny & Gav take a deep dive in how they could 'Darts up' the snooker game.You can hear The Kickabout live on Radio X from 11am every Saturday. Get in touch on [email protected]