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Their names are part of football folklore. They are often turned to in times of need. They can be a fan’s last resort... but who are “The Football Gods”? This podcast gives famous faces the ultimate footballing role: total power over the beautiful game. Listen as they shape football to their whim and ultimately become The Football Gods. Join our hosts, broadcaster Kate Mason and journalist Tim Spiers, as we ponder the all-important questions such as; “Which player would you send to hell?”, “ ...
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This week’s Football God is British comedian, game-show panellist, comedy screenwriter, television director, radio dramatist, and novelist Andy Hamilton. Best known for writing the BBC Radio 4 comedy series Old Harry's Game (in which he plays an amusing version of Satan himself), and the BBC One sitcom Outnumbered, about a middle-class family with …
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This week’s Football God is three-time Olympic medallist Kelly Sotherton. Kelly compares athletics tactics to football ones, praises Bergkamp and reveals the royal family member she’d watch the game with. Kelly is also host of the podcast Inside Track – the exclusive, access-all-areas platform for everything athletics. The Football Gods gives famou…
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Does Ryan Garcia stand a chance against Devin Haney this weekend? The two fight on DAZN and I can’t really give Ryan Garcia much credit after all these shenanigans in the build up. Chapters:0:00 Intro1:00 Devin Haney vs. Ryan Garcia: the resume4:55 The new, aggressive Devin Haney11:06 Ryan Garcia’s path to victory13:56 Be coachableThe resume of Dev…
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Max Holloway stole the show at UFC 300. Sure, Alex Pereira smashed away Jamahal Hill but it was Holloway’s knockout of Justin Gaethje that broke the most waves. Chapters: 0:00 Intro1:00 Max Holloway slumps Justin Gaethje8:08 Alex Pereira’s one-hitter-quitter15:08 Weili Zhang has a tough night18:47 Arman Tsarukyan breaks through the static22:01 Bo N…
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UFC 300 is finally here! In today’s podcast we’re breaking down some of the cards best fights including Alex Pereira vs. Jamahal Hill.Chapters0:00 Intro0:48 What’s on the line for Alex Pereira?4:38 Jamahal Hill’s path to victory10:09 Weili Zhang showcase fight13:34 Gaethje and Holloway’s violence bowlMore than a win is on the line for Alex Pereira …
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Brendan Allen has won seven straight but lacks a marquee win. What’s next for the Louisiana middleweight? Let’s look at that as well as what else UFC Vegas 90 has to offer!Chapters:0:001:01 Brendan Allen has a tough night with Chris Curtis10:25 Damon Jackson has a new W and hairline13:23 Morgan Charriere is not elite18:22 Ignacio Bahamondes’ highli…
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This week’s Football God is cricketer Mark Wood. He reveals who on his team is best at football, why Vinnie Jones is his boy and how he became a supporter of AFC Wimbledon. When he’s not bowling for England, Mark is also the co-host of cricket podcast Middle Please, Umpire and has an award-winning book The Wood Life: A Not So Helpful How-to Guide o…
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Erin Blanchfield really ran onto Manon Fiorot’s jabs and crosses all night. Didn’t try much different. Just ate them all night. Now it’s back to the drawing board for the 24 year old.Chapters0:00 Intro0:10 Manon Fiorot deserves a title shot6:07 Erin Blanchfield needs some work9:50 Joaquin Buckley gets career best win14:02 Chris Weidman combination …
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Tim Tszyu and Rolly Romero were both dethroned in two very different fights. In today’s podcast, we talk about the first PBC card on Amazon Prime. Chapters: 0:00 Intro0:10 Tim Tszyu gashed up5:05 Sebastian Fundora vs. Terence Crawford?9:51 Isaac Cruz is a terminator13:55 Rolly Romero’s fraudulent title reignTim Tszyu was one of the higher regarded …
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Your new motoring podcast featuring 3 petrolheads and some beer. In Episode 3, the lads tackle the sensitive topic of poster cars both old and new. They manage to disagree on almost everything and do arguements. Jeff, the elusive & inebriated car designer who is responsible for some of the world's weirdest cars (or so he claims) also makes his debu…
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Justin Moorhouse is a stand-up comedian and radio DJ from Manchester. He’s appeared in Looking for Eric and in Peter Kay’s Phoenix Nights as Young Kenny - who’s an avid Man City supporter - but in this episode he’s a Man United-loving Football God. Before working in TV and radio, Justin was a salesman for many years until he contacted a comedy club…
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Rose Namajunas notched a win over Amanda Ribas in the main event of UFC Vegas 89 last night. With a win at 125, “Thug” Rose is looking for her way to a title shot in her second division.Chapters: 0:00 Intro0:10 Rose Namajunas isn’t the same at 1256:37 Amanda Ribas fought well11:55 Edmen Shahbazyan REALLY wants to grapple14:57 Youssef Zalal returns!…
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Matt Murray is a former professional footballer, sports reporter and pundit. As a player he was a football goalkeeper who spent his entire career at Wolves, making 100 appearances for the club. The Football Gods gives famous faces the ultimate footballing role: total power over the beautiful game. Listen as they shape football to their whim and ult…
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Sean O’Malley put on a masterclass against Chito Vera in the two’s long awaited rematch. That doesn’t mean Chito Vera didn’t fight like a moron. Let’s talk about his performance for a minute.Chapters:0:00 Intro0:10 Chito Vera is braindead9:17 Dustin Poirier is braindead too12:55 Welcome to the UFC, MVP15:58 Jack Della Maddelena is for real18:58 Pet…
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It took Anthony Joshua two rounds to do what Tyson Fury couldn’t: knock out Francis Ngannou. And in spectacular fashion, he did it in the second round. In this episode we will recap the fight between Anthony Joshua and Francis Ngannou and compare it to Tyson Fury’s body of work against the former UFC champion.Chapters: 0:00 Intro0:10 Francis Nganno…
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Your new motoring podcast featuring 3 petrolheads and some beer. In Episode 2 - Roadtrippin', the lads discuss the bizarre return of the rotary engine, they reminisce about their epic roadtrip through France, and they argue over what the best European roadtrip car is. Oh, and they offend many more people. (Probably.) Stay tuned for more slightly ju…
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Alex Lowe explains his love for two teams, how he’s making half time more interesting and why he’ll always support an underdog. Alex Lowe is an English actor, comedian and voice artist. He is the creator and performer of the character Barry from Watford on BBC Radio 2, as well as also being the creator and performer behind the character Clinton Bap…
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Brandon Royval snagged a sketchy split decision win over former flyweight champion Brandon Moreno this weekend at UFC Mexico. His fight was at elevation and “Raw Dog” put on a torrid pace of volume with a lot of variety. The question now is the following: Is Brandon Royval 125’s Max Holloway?Chapters:0:00 Intro0:10 Brandon Royval’s volume5:55 Brand…
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You might know Actor Bradley James from the TV series Damien where he plays the antichrist or the BBC’s Merlin but he is also an Arsenal fan and a massive England fan. In today’s Football Gods he talks salary caps, local players for local teams and the joy of tailgating. The Football Gods gives famous faces the ultimate footballing role: total powe…
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Welcome to your new motoring podcast featuring 3 petrolheads and some beer. During Episode 1 - 'The Pilot', you can get to know your new hosts a bit more; our worst cars , our best cars and our dream cars. Plus we will find out what really grinds your cams. Stay tuned for more slightly juvenile but highly opinionated motoring content. Support the S…
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Ilia Topuria is your new king of the featherweight division. He knocked out the long-reigning champion Alexander Volkanovski in round two to take home the title to his native country of Spain. Let's talk about the fights!Chapters0:00 Intro0:57 Ilia Topuria is the king of 14511:37 Bobby Knuckles violence15:10 Ian Garry stunk up the joint18:46 Merab …
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Tubes discusses his early memories of football and his deep connection to Chelsea. No subject is off limits, from hotdogs to blue cards and how being sober has changed his experience of going to matches. Peter “Tubes” Dale is a former presenter on Sky Sports’ Soccer AM. He started out as an assistant producer on the programme before moving in front…
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Alexander Volkanovski must be what, 80 by now? The talk going into UFC 298 has been that Volkanovski is too old. He’s over 35, the curse for champions. He faces Ilia Topuria this weekend and the matchup couldn’t be tougher.Chapters0:00 IntroAlexander Volkanovski is a master at switching from southpaw to orthodox. In this video we will look at a few…
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Jack Hermansson is a tough fight for anyone. Some come and rise to the occasion (Sean Strickland, Jared Cannonier) and some fall short (Kelvin Gastelum, Chris Curtis). Joe Pyfer fell short.0:00 Intro0:17 Joe Pyfer was not fraud checked4:34 Jack Hermansson is a trap fight8:16 Dan Ige earns his 50K10:14 Loma Lookboonmee is always funJack Hermansson c…
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Emile Heskey discusses his early athletic endeavours, his transition to football, supporting Leicester City and meeting his football idols. Emile Heskey is an English former professional footballer who currently serves as head of football development of Leicester City Women. As a striker, he made more than 500 appearances over an 18-year career sta…
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Teofimo Lopez is good until he's not. For such a talented fighter, he consistently under performs against lesser competition, especially that loss to George Kambosos Jr. His win over Jamaine Ortiz last Thursday was exactly that: under performing.0:00 Intro0:13 Teofimo Lopez has a focus problem7:51 Will Jamaine Ortiz ever be champion?11:24 Keep Teof…
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Comedian Jim Daly recalls Crystal Palace's glory season under Steve Bruce, expresses his admiration for Jack Grealish’s calves and reveals who he’s damning to hell. Jim Daly is a standup comedian, presenter and podcaster, hosting JOE.co.uk’s weekly football show Football Friday and also the Crystal palace FC themed FYP podcast. His 2022 debut Edinb…
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Conor Coady discusses his move from Wolves to Leicester, his early football memories, banning racism from the game and expresses how he'd improve VAR as his first act as Football God. Conor Coady started at Wolverhampton Wanderers in 2015 and it was at Molineux where he made the switch from midfield to defence. He played over 300 games for the club…
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UFC 297 was a card that happened. It wasn't a great card, really not even a good card. But it happened. The main event saw Dricus Du Plessis edges Sean Strickland over five rounds and take the UFC middleweight title. This sets up that long(ish)-awaited matchup with two time former champion Israel Adesanya. Dricus Du Plessis is the second fighter bo…
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This week’s Football God is sports journalist Lynsey Hooper. In her role as God, Lynsey is banishing the 1921 FA President, wiping a 2012 West Brom, Wolves match from history and introducing klaxons and pedometers to the game. Lynsey is a broadcaster for Sky Sports and 10 years ago she set up a unique podcast the Offside Rule - a hugely successful …
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In this week’s Football Gods, Wolves' legend Steve Bull sets out to make refereeing fairer, recommends his favourite UK town for fish and chips and recalls football training stories from the 80s. In 1986 Steve Bull joined Wolves from arch-rivals West Bromwich Albion for £65,000, alongside Andy Thompson, and so a legacy began. What followed over the…
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Ismael Barroso is the old man we all want! This weekend, he took on Ohara Davies and put him away in the first round. He reminded everyone that he may be 40, ancient in the sport of boxing, but he's got the mythical old man strength. With the win, Ismael Barroso captured the interim WBA World Super Lightweight title and possibly a rematch with Rola…
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This week’s Football Gods are football finance expert Kieran Maguire and comedian Kevin Day, also known as the hosts of the ever popular podcast, The Price of Football. As well as looking at football from a financial perspective they also touched on dad dancing, the power of communities and violence in football. The Football Gods gives famous faces…
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Happy new year everybody from the Football Gods. If you’re just joining us, we wanted to give all of you brand new listeners a taste of what you’ve missed so far on the show. Here’s a few of our favourite stories from the end of last year - from David Seaman's faith healer to Shaun Derry's pre-match rituals. Enjoy! The Football Gods gives famous fa…
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Joseph Parker defeated Deontay Wilder and ruined everyone’s most wanted Christmas present that is Anthony Joshua vs. Deontay Wilder. The performance from Joseph Parker was nothing short of fantastic and Parker deserves all the praise and big name fights he gets going forward. Not to take away from Jospeh Parker but Deontay Wilder looked like HOT GA…
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This week’s Football God is former striker turned co-commentator Don Goodman who is changing the game with a sin bin, eating fried chicken and watching the match with some of history’s most famous faces. He’s also bringing up a Wolves game that any Wolves fan would like to forget. Don racked up 586 appearances and 162 goals during his 20 career whi…
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UFC 296 featured two title fights in Leon Edwards vs. Colby Covington and Alexandre Pantoja vs. Brandon Royval as well as the return of Shavkat Rakhmonov. We will discuss all this on today's episode. In the main event of UFC 296, Leon Edwards cruised to a decision over perennial number 2 Colby Covington. We will talk about why Leon Edwards was so e…
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Jesse Bam Rodriguez is the best boxer that most of you don't know. The casual boxing fan tends to ignore the smaller fighters. But Jesse Rodriguez is one you have to hop on now! Last night on DAZN, he dominated Sunny Edwards with a ninth round RTD that unified his reign at flyweight. Now the next challenge may be back at his higher weight class aga…
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Jake Paul returned to action last night and knocked out Andre August in the first round. In today’s podcast we will discuss Jake Paul vs. Andre August and see what we can glean from the one round of action. Jake Paul was lighter on his feet, added some new tools like that nice uppercut, and showed some old bad tendencies. After beating REAL BOXERS …
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This week’s Football God is QI writer and podcaster Anna Ptaszynski. She’s armed with facts about football, a very worthy contender to damn to hell and a new school curriculum for kids. Anna is the host of one of the podcast world’s earliest successes - No Such Thing as a Fish - which has had over 400 million listens. She is one of QI’s researchers…
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Chris Gutierrez makes any exciting boring. No more main events, please? Maybe after his one sided defeat to Song Yadong we will be spared just that. On the other hand, Song Yadong has bright things ahead with his second straight win. Song Yadong took on a tough fight in Gutierrez despite fighting severely down in the rankings. Now Song Yadong shoul…
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Devin Haney dominated Regis Prograis to win a unanimous decision to become champion in his second weight class. After going undisputed at 135, Devin Haney moved up to 140 for bigger and better fights. Now, the division is the best in boxing and Devin Haney has options. Teofimo Lopez is the fight to make, sure, but there’s also Subriel Matias who ar…
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Nick Hancock, English actor, comedian, television presenter, podcast host of The Famous Sloping Pitch - and probably television's best known Stoke City supporter is this week’s Football God. Controversially, Nick hates penalties, is banning extra substitutes and is sending some very high profile names straight to hell. The Football Gods gives famou…
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Arman Tsarukyan made a huge statement at UFC Austin with his first round knockout of Beneil Dariush. In under a minute, Arman Tsarukyan made his statement as one of lightweight’s best fighters and a bonafide contender. In today’s podcast, we are going to talk about Tsarukyan’s win as well as future options for the Armenian going forward. Arman Tsar…
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Ryan Garcia knocked out Oscar Duarte in round eight in his return to action last weekend. Today we will discuss Garcia’s performance and ask ourselves why he just seems to be uncoachable. Ryan Garcia has had two of boxing’s best trainers in Eddy Reynoso and Derrick James and he just seems to do what he wants. All criticism aside, Ryan Garcia did ma…
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Boxing is a centuries old sport with a history as old as time. How does a sport that old and established get disrupted in the manner it has? Today we are talking about Jake Paul, Logan Paul, and KSI and how they use their influencer status to change boxing. Jake Paul and Logan Paul are doing nothing different than boxing’s done for forever except f…
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David Benavidez put on a fantastic performance against Demetrius Andrade this past weekend. But what worries me is the false confidence this gives Canelo haters. Benavidez looked good but Demetrius Andrade managed to get the best of him a lot. Don’t think that this performance is indicative of what would happen if David Benavidez took on Canelo. In…
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This week’s Football God is none other than Lightning Seeds front man, Ian Broudie. He’s banishing lots of negativity from the game - songs about the other team are out, as is his own shouting at games plus hear what pie makes him happy. Ian Broudie’s Three Lions anthem will forever be synonymous with football but he’s much more than the song - The…
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Today we are talking PFL’s 2023 tournament championships. While fights like Olivier Aubin-Mercier vs. Clay Collard and Kayla Harrison vs. Aspen Ladd were fun, sitting through the broadcast was mind numbing at best. We will talk about what PFL can do to make the production of their event better. But we can’t talk about just that. We have to talk abo…
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We find out why Chief Football Commentator at ITV and talkSPORT, Sam Matterface gets rid of mobile phones at matches, how he’s reorganising the football calendar and which moment from the Champions League final 2018 still brings him to tears. Sam Matterface has been working on sport radio for over 30 years. In 2010, he was hired as the Chief Footba…
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