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The Upshot
The Upshot
The Upshot

The Upshot pulls back the curtain on your favourite sports and dives into all the stuff BBC and Sky wouldn’t touch with... more

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Episodes

Burglars, bullseyes, and bathtubs of wine: let’s play darts!

Darts was once a humble pub game where tubby punters hustled pensioners for pork scratchings.But in the 1970s, everything changed.As... more

02 Jan 2025 · 1 hour, 6 minutes
Jordan Henderson’s Amsterdam sauna adventures

You’ve opened your presents, polished off the miserable turkey detritus and your racist aunt has finally gone back to Tarrington... more

31 Dec 2024 · 56 minutes
Poison attacks and cannibal scientists: the twisted world of ballet

The word ballet conjures images of dead-eyed aristocrats peering through tiny binoculars at neurotic gymnasts.But behind the velvet curtain, lies... more

27 Dec 2024 · 54 minutes
Drug smuggling wingers and tasered England stars: 2024’s wildest stories

Referees in sex tapes. Neymar slashing his teammate’s tyres. And Cole Palmer’s naked surprise.It’s been a vintage year for sporting... more

24 Dec 2024 · 58 minutes
Liverpool’s coke-fuelled Christmas bash

Plus: A top flight ref drugged by an escort, why Wolves can’t trust their new manager and Hamaroaui and Diallo... more

19 Dec 2024 · 49 minutes
George Best: where did it all go wrong? (part two)

Welcome to part two of our George Best special.At end of part one, both Best and Man United had sunk... more

17 Dec 2024 · 34 minutes
Sobbing and screaming at the Pogba witch trials

Plus: Club president gets his secretary pregnant at the Xmas party, Cucurella tanks Puma’s big launch and Jim Ratcliffe cancels... more

12 Dec 2024 · 47 minutes
George Best: booze, Bond girls and bust-ups (part one)

George Best once said: “If I had to choose between scoring from 40 yards at Anfield or shagging Miss World,... more

10 Dec 2024 · 44 minutes
Mesut Ozil’s mugger speaks out

Plus: The Pogba witch trials begin and the teetotal snooker star KO’d by a pre-match spliffJoin Zach and Jack for... more

05 Dec 2024 · 49 minutes
Hulk Hogan: sex, lies and videotape

Laaaaadiiiiiies and gentleman, From Tampa, Florida. Weighing in 302lb. The fiiiiiive time WWF champion. Serial adulterer, steroid addict and sex tape... more

03 Dec 2024 · 1 hour, 1 minute
Yet another David Coote scandal

Plus: Mauro Icardi's bonking his barrister, Nottingham Forest owner charged with a violent crime and the World champ boxer kidnapping... more

28 Nov 2024 · 51 minutes
Jack Grealish: the best thing since sliced veg

It’s 8am in Tenerife. A hungover tourist is peeling his face off the street as Spanish commuters swerve to avoid... more

27 Nov 2024 · 51 minutes
Conor McGregor tracks down his teenage tormentors

Plus: Mo Farah hunting muggers, yet another BBC dirty dog, and the gory details of Eddie Jones’ reign of terror.Join... more

21 Nov 2024 · 46 minutes
Mike Tyson: I’ll eat your children (part 3)

From threatening to devour Lennox Lewis’ children to coked-up Hollywood cameos, join us for the third and final part of... more

20 Nov 2024 · 53 minutes
Mike Tyson: end of an eara (part two)

1991. After a shock defeat to Buster Douglas, Mike Tyson goes off the rails.And things are about to get much... more

19 Nov 2024 · 51 minutes
Refs on the sesh and Des Lynam’s saucy past

Join Zach and Jack for another edition of Extra Shot, our weekly pod spilling the funniest stories in sport this... more

14 Nov 2024 · 58 minutes
Mike Tyson: the scariest man on the planet (part one)

The year is 1977. An 11-year-old Mike Tyson is high on acid, terrorising the people of Brooklyn with a world... more

12 Nov 2024 · 1 hour, 10 minutes
Jar Jar Bonks: Episode III

Is Jarrell Quansah the horniest man in the Prem? An investigation.Plus: Frank Lampard is the face of crystal meth and... more

07 Nov 2024 · 45 minutes
Erik Ten Hag: the damned United

Since Alex Ferguson retired, Old Trafford has been a graveyard for Europe’s top coaches.Mourinho. Van Gaal. Rangnick.But when Erik Ten... more

05 Nov 2024 · 51 minutes
Vinicius Junior’s sad 7am sesh

Plus: Liverpool youngster propositions pornstars, bent Ballon d’Or voters and Kobbie Mainoo’s miserable Megabus.Join Zach and Jack for another edition... more

31 Oct 2024 · 36 minutes
Hamraoui Affair: civil war at PSG (pt.2)

It’s the true crime tale that shook French football.Two midfield rivals. A vicious twilight assault. And a bitter feud that... more

30 Oct 2024 · 31 minutes
Masked hitmen and flings with Eric Abidal: the Hamraoui Affair (pt.1)

It’s the true crime tale that shook French football.Two midfield rivals. A vicious twilight assault. And a bitter feud that... more

29 Oct 2024 · 34 minutes
Zinchenko’s kitchen nightmares

Plus: David James shatters an 11 year old’s dreams, Kevin Pietersen is barred from an exclusive golf club, and the... more

24 Oct 2024 · 48 minutes
Wife swapping and pitchers on LSD: baseball’s seedy century

These days, baseball is ruled by a solemn army of laptop-wielding spreadsheet gurus.But in its glorious heyday, America’s national past-time... more

22 Oct 2024 · 1 hour,
Thomas Tuchel moaning, groaning and barking

Plus: Fergie’s banned from the United dressing room, Man City’s biggest shaggers revealed and Kyle Walker’s naughty neighbour.Join Zach and... more

17 Oct 2024 · 56 minutes
Duncan Ferguson: I knocked the burglar’s teeth out

He was football’s most terrifying hardman.The Everton legend hospitalised burglars, terrorised German exchange students and was the first footballer jailed... more

15 Oct 2024 · 53 minutes
Celtic striker’s 100 mph police chase

Plus: Bielsa makes Darwin Nunez cry, Conor McGregor banned from the Emirates, and John Arne Riise’s chat-up lines.Join Zach and... more

11 Oct 2024 · 58 minutes
Jamie Carragher: the Red who lost his head

Sure, Jamie Carragher gobs on children and had a Christmas sex party with Ronald McDonald.But we all lose our heads... more

08 Oct 2024 · 1 hour, 6 minutes
Jens Lehmann back in cuffs

Plus: Brooklyn Beckham’s latest brainwave, Glen Johnson shoplifting from B&Q, and a Man City midfielder arrested in Madrid.Join Zach and... more

03 Oct 2024 · 45 minutes
Warmongering soldiers and slum landlords: a Champions League preview

The Champions League is back, and the competition is packed with absolute wrong’uns.Slum landlords. Warmongering paramilitaries. And a man accused... more

01 Oct 2024 · 51 minutes
Oleksandr Usyk’s Ryanair nightmare

Plus: Jim Ratcliffe turns the axe on the boffins, Daniel Dubois’ terrifying dad, and the FA Cup winner smuggling two... more

26 Sep 2024 · 35 minutes
Sven-Göran Eriksson: England’s naughty national treasure

Sven-Göran Eriksson.The name alone transports you to an era of WAGs, fake sheikhs, and a national fixation with Wayne Rooney's... more

24 Sep 2024 · 1 hour,
Jermaine Defoe’s backseat rendezvous

Plus: Eamonn Holmes sleeps on Fergie’s sofa, Katie Price scraps with beloved broadcasters, and the meth dealer doing pilates with... more

19 Sep 2024 · 53 minutes
Kaiser: football’s greatest conman

They call him the greatest footballer who never played: Carlos Henrique Raposo, aka Kaiser.The Brazilian had a glittering career in... more

17 Sep 2024 · 1 hour, 6 minutes
Steve McClaren passes the dutchie

Plus: Wayne Rooney’s on the ciders, Richard Keys is settling old scores and the Old Bill are arresting players on... more

12 Sep 2024 · 45 minutes
Andre Agassi: meth, mullets and a very mental dad

**With returning guest Josh Berry.**Not many athletes can win sport’s biggest prizes while in the grips of a crystal meth... more

10 Sep 2024 · 1 hour, 15 minutes
Quincy Promes breaks out the slammer

Plus: Alan Shearer’s trapped in hell, Ben White’s off to fight the Taliban and Gordon Brown’s negotiating transfersJoin Jack and... more

05 Sep 2024 · 47 minutes
Thomas Gravesen: i’m going to kill you, lad

You probably remember Thomas Gravesen as a wild-eyed Dane who swapped Goodison for the Galacticos.But off the pitch, he was... more

03 Sep 2024 · 48 minutes
Jermaine Jenas’ sexting scandal

Plus: Remembering Sven, managers on coke and Robbie Earle’s 36 blonde modelsJoin Zach and Jack for another edition of Extra... more

29 Aug 2024 · 46 minutes
Ronaldo: booze, burgers and Brazilian booty

Ronaldo put the naughty in noughties. The gap-toothed genius lived on a diet of booze, burgers and Brazilian booty, and still... more

27 Aug 2024 · 1 hour, 4 minutes
Sergio Aguero’s cocaine enquiry

Chelsea in chaos, Nicolas Pepe’s pornstar girlfriend and a Russian chess star poisons her rival mid-gameJoin Zach and Jack for... more

22 Aug 2024 · 54 minutes
Tuesday Club: Arsenal’s naughty nineties

The Arsenal dressing room of the 1990s was absolutely mental. It was ruled by a riotous ring of badly-behaved boozers like... more

20 Aug 2024 · 1 hour, 1 minute
Mikel Arteta’s dressing room crime spree

Managers caught in brothels, Wayne Rooney’s x-rated team talks, and is Vincent Kompany an absolute bastard?Join Zak Attak ‘n Coopz... more

15 Aug 2024 · 36 minutes
Jamie Vardy: chat shit get banged

At 20 years old, Jamie Vardy was playing eighth tier football with an ankle tag on. And at 24, he... more

13 Aug 2024 · 59 minutes
Phil Foden’s ‘out of control’ party

Pole Vaulters doing porn, Neil Lennon’s Bucharest bender and the turd-riddled Seine claims its first victims. It’s another edition of Extra... more

08 Aug 2024 · 42 minutes
Olive oil orgies and athletes eaten by wolves: the unhinged history of the Olympics

The year is 776BC. A naked man soaked in olive oil is being flogged senseless after false starting in the... more

06 Aug 2024 · 37 minutes
Lamine Yamal’s holiday heartbreak

Ederson’s hissy fit. Trouble in paradise for Lamine Yamal. And “sex marathons” in the Olympic Village.It’s another edition of Extra... more

01 Aug 2024 · 45 minutes
Poolside punch ups and Usain Bolt’s ultra-slow shagging: our guide to Paris 2024

The Romans wrestled lions, the Victorians forced monkeys to fight dogs. And in the modern era, we tuck into a bit... more

30 Jul 2024 · 1 hour, 2 minutes
England’s sex scandal epidemic

Multiple shagging rumours about England stars. Patrice Evra’s jail sentence. GB swimming turns saucy. And George debuts his Wimbledon-themed erotic... more

25 Jul 2024 · 41 minutes
Narco football: cartels, kidnaps and coked-up kickabouts

Colombia is known for many beautiful things. Arabica coffee. Cheap breast implants. Glorious Carribean coast.But in the 1980s, the country... more

23 Jul 2024 · 52 minutes
‘You’re all murderers’: the sadistic story of the Tour de France

When you think of cycling, you probably picture lycra-clad lab rats, pumped so full of steroids their blood is congealing... more

18 Jul 2024 · 52 minutes
Southgate’s terrifying visitor and Derek Chisora decks a Deliveroo driver

Sadio Mane’s wife graduates from high school. Fans stealing boats. Snack attack at the Tour de France. It’s another edition of... more

16 Jul 2024 · 30 minutes
Naughty Dorty: a semi final special

Love triangles in the French camp. Wife hunting at wet t-shirt competitions. Boozing with the King of Brazzers in Dortmund.Coming... more

11 Jul 2024 · 37 minutes
Bielsa’s hand grenade and Wimbledon’s simmering sexual tension

Marcelo Bielsa’s violent stand-off with fans. Wimbledon’s simmering sexual tension. Leo Messi giving a wonderkid a bath.It’s a nice, weird... more

09 Jul 2024 · 44 minutes
Andy Carroll’s restaurant scrap and Balotelli’s big night out

Join Zach and Jack for the funniest stories from the Euros this week.On the pod today: footballers at Glasto, rockstars... more

04 Jul 2024 · 25 minutes
Boris Becker: the most expensive 5 seconds of my life

WITH SPECIAL GUEST JOSH BERRY He was the baby-faced megastar who won Wimbledon twice as a teenager.But Boris Becker’s penchant for... more

02 Jul 2024 · 1 hour, 6 minutes
Erling Haaland’s party raided by police

Join Zach and Jack for the funniest stories from the Euros this week.On the pod today: Bradley Wiggins attacks Mickey... more

27 Jun 2024 · 35 minutes
Gazza: what have you done to my ostrich?

The year is 1990. Gazzamania is sweeping the nation. And a bewildered ostrich is on the loose at Tottenham’s training... more

25 Jun 2024 · 50 minutes
Cole Palmer’s naked scare and Ronald Koeman’s despicable deed

Are you a good, funny writer who loves sport? We’re hiring a writer for our newsletter and Twitter threads. It’s... more

19 Jun 2024 · 37 minutes
Ronaldo’s orgy and Southgate’s bender: our guide to Euro 2024

Bastian Schweisteiger’s hot tub trouble, Declan Rice’s IRA sympathies, and the French star’s penis enlargement.Welcome to our alternative guide to... more

18 Jun 2024 · 48 minutes
PSG poison and Scotland star accidentally decks his own mother

Join Zach and Jack for Extra Shot, our Thursday pod spilling the funniest stories in sport this week.On the pod:... more

13 Jun 2024 · 31 minutes
WAGs gone wild: Baden Baden 2006

The year is 2006. Borat is breaking box office records. Hips Don’t Lie is number one in the charts. And in... more

11 Jun 2024 · 50 minutes
Neymar goes too far and Samuel Eto’o’s mafia revolution

Join Zach and Jack for Extra Shot, our Thursday pod spilling the funniest stories in sport this week.On the pod:... more

06 Jun 2024 · 35 minutes
Cocaine and chainsaws: German football’s scandalous century

Lurking beneath its slick, modernising image, German football is hiding some dark secrets.In fact, its 21st century has been truly... more

04 Jun 2024 · 53 minutes
Phone sex in the Man United boardroom and Jamie O’Hara’s dating disaster

Join Zach and Jack for Extra Shot, our Thursday pod spilling the funniest stories in sport this week.On the pod:... more

30 May 2024 · 45 minutes
Fergie’s Man United: the scandalous, erotic and surreal inside story

For 26 seasons, Sir Alex Ferguson was the ruddy cheeked, acid-tounged genius who ruled English football.But behind the trophies and... more

28 May 2024 · 48 minutes
Scott Carson’s 4am scrap and Brazil star marries his own niece

Join Zach and Jack for Extra Shot, our Thursday pod spilling the funniest stories in sport this week.Plus: this week's... more

23 May 2024 · 38 minutes
Jose Mourinho: one day someone will punch you

Jose Mourinho is so charismatic that John Terry said "I'd leave the pitch in a coffin for him".But he's also... more

21 May 2024 · 55 minutes
Alan Shearer’s sordid surprise and Mbappe’s dressing room bust-up

Join Zach and Jack for Extra Shot, our Thursday pod spilling the funniest stories in sport this week.On the pod:... more

16 May 2024 · 39 minutes
Tyson Fury: ya big dosser

Tyson Fury eats hedgehogs, masturbates 7 times a day and warns opponents about his tiny dick.And those are the least... more

14 May 2024 · 52 minutes
Davor Suker caught stealing antiques and snooker champion battered by police

Join Zach and Jack for Extra Shot, our Thursday pod spilling the funniest stories in sport this week.On the pod:... more

09 May 2024 · 34 minutes
Dennis Rodman: she put pasta up my butt

Dennis Rodman is a one of a kind, certified, gold-plated, Grade A, unadulterated nutter.He headbutted refs, went on benders with... more

07 May 2024 · 58 minutes
England star tasered in Majorca and a thirsty sheikh’s seedy bash

Join Zach and Jack for Extra Shot, our Thursday pod spilling the funniest stories in sport this week.Plus: Monty Panesar... more

02 May 2024 · 33 minutes
Neymar: red knobs and broomsticks

Surprise stabbings. Crazed stalkers. Broomsticks up bums.Neymar's life is like a Netflix drama.From punching Parisians to bankrolling his dad's orgies,... more

30 Apr 2024 · 56 minutes
David Haye hunting for hotties and Arda Turan’s secret sex swing

Join Zach and George for Extra Shot, our Thursday pod spilling the funniest stories in sport this week.On the pod:... more

25 Apr 2024 · 39 minutes
Rat poison cocktails and flogging false starters: marathon madness

For most of us, marathon season is a time to hide in the stationary cupboard while Pauline from accounts shakes... more

23 Apr 2024 · 50 minutes
Messi fights Mexicans in Miami and Neymar ruins his daughter’s birthday

Join Zachary Sweeney-Lynch (https://twitter.com/zachary_sl) and Jack Rivlin (https://twitter.com/jackrivlin) for Extra Shot, our Thursday pod spilling the funniest stories in sport... more

18 Apr 2024 · 32 minutes
OJ Simpson: he definitely did it

When you hear the name OJ Simpson, you’ll no doubt recall his famous 1973 NFL season and his supporting role... more

16 Apr 2024 · 1 hour, 1 minute
Loris Karius rejected from Berghain and Matt Le Tissier vs. the shapeshifting lizards

Join Zachary Sweeney-Lynch (https://twitter.com/zachary_sl) and Jack Rivlin (https://twitter.com/jackrivlin) for Extra Shot, our Thursday pod spilling the funniest stories in sport... more

11 Apr 2024 · 38 minutes
John Daly: let’s party cocksucker

He was the big hitting, booze-swigging, chain-smoking bad boy of golf.The blazers tried to ban him, but John Daly was... more

09 Apr 2024 · 51 minutes
Extra Shot: Sven’s boozy breakfast and Brooklyn Beckham sacked again

Welcome back to Extra Shot, our Thursday pod spilling the funniest stories in sport this week. This week: Jesse Lingard’s nightmare... more

04 Apr 2024 · 32 minutes
Kidnapped teammates and McMuffin melees: a Scottish football special

These days, the Premier League is filled with sinister billionaires and Gucci-clad stars doing Tik Tok dances with Salt Bae.But... more

02 Apr 2024 · 52 minutes
Extra Shot: wonderkids in strip clubs and Arteta’s tribute to seedy saunas

Welcome back to Extra Shot, our Thursday pod spilling the funniest stories in sport this week. Club chairmen gobbing on fans,... more

28 Mar 2024 · 38 minutes
Gary Neville: mini-retirements and mashed potato meltdowns

Gary Neville is a seriously intense bloke.He bollocks innocent school boys, yells at potatoes, and humiliates his own brother in... more

26 Mar 2024 · 52 minutes
Extra Shot: when Courtois shagged De Bruyne’s girlfriend and Sean Dyche’s restaurant scrap

Welcome back to Extra Shot, our Thursday pod spilling the funniest stories in sport this week. Ainsley Harriott caught in a... more

21 Mar 2024 · 45 minutes
Brian Clough: feuds, fairytales and fookin’ cheats

There aren’t many football managers who’d start a fight with Muhammad Ali.But Brian Clough isn’t most football managers.The acid-tongued genius... more

19 Mar 2024 · 57 minutes
Extra shot: Messi hungry for blood and Jesse Lingard’s awful chat up lines

Welcome back to Extra Shot, our Thursday pod spilling the funniest stories in sport this week. Samuel Eto’s mafia revolution, Tyson... more

14 Mar 2024 · 38 minutes
Faustino Asprilla: Colombia’s finest export

Faustino Asprilla once summed up his philosophy: "lots of sex, no rules and pure life.”The Newcastle cult hero boozed on... more

12 Mar 2024 · 1 hour,
Extra shot: Jadon Sancho’s playstation addiction and cocaine smuggler Quincy Promes back in cuffs

Welcome back to Extra Shot, our Thursday pod spilling the funniest stories in sport this week. More F1 toilet antics, Pep... more

07 Mar 2024 · 44 minutes
John Terry: Captain, Leader, Bellend

John Terry is a proper wrong'un.The ex-Chelsea captain punches paps, pisses in pint glasses, and shags on motorway hard shoulders.This... more

05 Mar 2024 · 59 minutes
Surprise Shot: the Christian Horner WhatsApp leak

As Christian Horner’s WhatsApp message leak online, Jack brings you a surprise mini-edition on the gory details of a saga... more

01 Mar 2024 · 6 minutes
Extra shot: Mourinho’s undercover nemesis and George Best’s Bond Girl bust-up

Welcome back to Extra Shot, our Thursday pod spilling the funniest stories in sport this week.Jurgen Klopp’s trousers cost him... more

29 Feb 2024 · 36 minutes
F1: the stories Drive to Survive won't tell you

These days F1 drivers have all the personality of a gently steamed leek.But they weren't always so dull. From shootouts with... more

27 Feb 2024 · 47 minutes
Extra shot: Premier League weed farms and a Tinder date gone wrong

Welcome back to Extra Shot, our Thursday pod spilling the funniest stories in sport this week.This week: A Premier League... more

22 Feb 2024 · 47 minutes
Jesé Rodriguez: a wonderkid gone wild

You might remember Jese Rodriguez as a misfiring Stoke striker with a penchant for godawful nightclubs.But his off-field antics are... more

20 Feb 2024 · 51 minutes
Extra shot: Heung-Min Son’s hotel scrap and an FA Cup love triangle

Welcome back to Extra Shot, our Thursday pod spilling the funniest stories in sport this week.This week: Son’s ping pong... more

15 Feb 2024 · 38 minutes
Touré of booty: Kolo and Yaya’s outrageous adventures

The Ivorian brothers hoovered up silverware, shagged in car parks and led secret double lives.From cursing managers to comparing knobs,... more

13 Feb 2024 · 48 minutes
Extra Shot: Beckham hounded out of Hong Kong and Christian Horner’s ‘inappropriate pic’

Welcome back to Extra Shot, our Thursday pod spilling the funniest stories in sport this week.This week: Beckham and Messi... more

08 Feb 2024 · 39 minutes
Hitmen, uzis and nautical gangbangs: the NFL’s biggest wrong’uns

Firing Uzis at snowball fights. Begging cops for blowjobs. Smoking crack on game day.The NFL is filled with some absolute... more

06 Feb 2024 · 46 minutes
Extra Shot: Rashford’s miserable bender and pornstars crash Mahrez’s Eid party

Welcome back to Extra Shot, our Thursday pod spilling the funniest stories in sport this week.This week: Rashford’s awful Belfast... more

01 Feb 2024 · 33 minutes
Harry Redknapp: he’s not a fackin’ wheeler dealer

They don't make 'em like Harry Redknapp any more.The West Ham gaffer struck deals like Del Boy, bollocked players on... more

30 Jan 2024 · 44 minutes
Extra Shot: defenders snogging dogs and Pele's secret lovechild

Welcome back to Extra Shot, our Thursday pod spilling the funniest stories in sport this week.This week: Claire Foden's in... more

25 Jan 2024 · 36 minutes
Graham Stack: Arsenal’s unruly Invincible

There was one player in Arsène Wenger’s Invincibles squad who couldn't be tamed.He punched fans, crashed the team bus and... more

23 Jan 2024 · 47 minutes
Extra Shot: commentators on coke and Ronnie O’Sullivan’s filthy habit

Welcome back to Extra Shot, our Thursday pod spilling the funniest stories in sport this week.This week: The frat boy... more

18 Jan 2024 · 31 minutes
Mario Balotelli: the Italian Nutjob

Mario Balotelli was the Premier League’s most notorious nutcase.From lobbing darts at teammates to burning his own house down, the... more

16 Jan 2024 · 54 minutes
Extra Shot: porn star keepers and that Sadio Mane rumour

Welcome to Extra Shot, our new Thursday show where we discuss the funniest stories in sport this week.On the pod... more

11 Jan 2024 · 27 minutes
Crack pipes and grave robbing: snooker’s golden age

These days, snooker crowds are full of dozing pensioners nibbling corned beef sandwiches.But the sport was once a hotbed of... more

09 Jan 2024 · 57 minutes
Diego Maradona and Napoli: mafia pacts and benders at the Vatican

Diego Maradona and Napoli: it was football's wildest romance.A head-spinning cocktail of devotion, chaos and glory - plus enough drugs... more

03 Jan 2024 · 49 minutes
Unhinged ultras and car chases: the wildest stories of 2023

Cocaine-fuelled car chases. Ultras invading orgies. And Kyle Walker waving his willy around a Manchester bar.It’s been a wild year... more

27 Dec 2023 · 41 minutes
Steve Bruce: The No.1 Geordies’ Detective Agency

He fights gangs, pens murder mysteries and once served a stint in the slammer.Steve Bruce is not who you think... more

20 Dec 2023 · 52 minutes
Joey Barton: This Charmless Man

Joey Barton is fucking mental.He punches children, quotes Nietzsche, and once sunk his teeth into his own club captain. And... more

13 Dec 2023 · 54 minutes
Crazy Gang: how to win cups and traumatise people

It was football’s wildest fairytale: in ten years ramshackle Wimbledon went from non-league to the top flight and FA Cup... more

06 Dec 2023 · 52 minutes
Galácticos: Real Madrid’s sesh-head superstars

The year is 1999 - Real Madrid are at war.Legendary striker Raul brands the dressing room “a cesspit of lies,... more

29 Nov 2023 · 50 minutes
Erling Haaland: I eat the heart and liver (with Lars Sivertsen)

Erling Haaland isn’t like other humans.He gorges on chicken livers, raps about world peace, and wakes up to the Champions... more

22 Nov 2023 · 46 minutes
Ian Botham: weed, wickets and waitresses (with Dom Joly)

Trigger Happy TV creator Dom Joly joins us to discuss a tabloid sensation who smoked weed, punched coppers and made... more

15 Nov 2023 · 50 minutes
Roy Keane: shove it up your bollocks

Everyone knows Roy Keane is a mad bastard.The United legend humiliated teammates, knocked out opponents and scrapped with his own... more

08 Nov 2023 · 52 minutes
Adrian Mutu: all the gear but no idea

You might remember Adrian Mutu as a promising Chelsea striker with a taste for cocaine.But Class As weren’t his only... more

01 Nov 2023 · 46 minutes
Serie A stalkers and rugby-playing cannibals: a Halloween special

Rugby playing cannibals. Stalkers in Serie A. Ghostly visitations from the late George Best.As Halloween draws near, we’ve braved the... more

25 Oct 2023 · 45 minutes
David Beckham: the stories Netflix won’t tell you

With his good looks, magic right boot and penchant for queueing, David Beckham is a national treasure.But you didn’t tune... more

18 Oct 2023 · 54 minutes
Sacre Bleu! French football’s strange and sordid decade

Masked hitmen. Sex tape blackmail. Organ harvesting allegations.It’s been an incredibly weird, sexually charged, and occasionally glorious decade for French... more

11 Oct 2023 · 55 minutes
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With his good looks, magic right boot and penchant for queueing, David Beckham is a national treasure.But you didn’t tune in to... more