The Socially Distant Sports Bar is a comedy/sports podcast hosted by sports journalist and academic Steffan Garrero with comedians Elis James and Mike Bubbins.[1] It was created in response to the lack of live sport during the COVID-19 pandemic.[2][3]
| The Socially Distant Sports Bar | |
|---|---|
| Presentation | |
| Hosted by | Steffan Garrero Elis James Mike Bubbins |
| Genre | Sport, Comedy, Pop Culture |
| Language | English, occasional Welsh |
| Updates | (Weekly) |
| Length | 120-190 minutes |
| Production | |
| Audio format | MP3 |
| No. of episodes | 200 regular, 41 MOMC specials |
| Publication | |
| Original release | March 31, 2020 |
| Ratings | M- Mature |
| Provider | Nata Media |
Premise edit
Each of the presenters picks a short clip, then take turns to pick a feature-length documentary, followed by a second short clip each, ending with one of them choosing a book (originally three books were discussed) all related to sport.[4] They discuss the clips, documentary and book as well as taking various detours to discuss a diverse range of subjects loosely related to the original clips.[5] In March 2021 the second round of clips were made available to Patreon subscribers only and in April 2023 the Non-Patreon version of the podcast was split into two episodes, made available on Wednesdays and Fridays. The Patreon version continues to be released on Tuesdays.
Reception edit
The podcast was included in The Telegraph's 50 Best Cultural Events of 2020 poll, being praised for its "unreasonably hilarious lockdown laughs".[6] In January 2021 the Podcast won a Pod Bible poll winners award for best podcast in the Sport & Leisure category.[7] In February 2022 the podcast was nominated for Best Comedy Sports Podcast at the Sports Podcast awards;[8] an award they subsequently won.[9]
The podcast has been commended for 'giving back' to the sporting community in Wales and sponsor a number of sports clubs including Cardiff Met Ladies and the academy sides at Carmarthen Town.[10]
2021 UK Tour edit
In April 2021 it was announced that the podcast would tour the UK in the Autumn of that year, visiting venues including The Hackney Empire, The Lowry in Salford and Cardiff's New Theatre.[11] Following the original tour selling well, (including having multiple shows at Hackney and Cardiff) an extra arena show was added at Cardiff's Motorpoint Arena in February 2022. This show was re-arranged for February 2023 due to the continuing COVID-19 pandemic.[12]
Down The Clubhouse edit
Following the positive reception to the podcast the team were given the opportunity by BT Sport to take the format to television. In 2022 they recorded eight episodes of 'Down The Clubhouse' using the same format of choosing sport related video clips and discussing them. The show was filmed on location at the clubhouse of Cowbridge RFC in the Vale of Glamorgan in the spring of 2022 and aired through the summer of 2022.[13]
Sponsorships edit
The Patreon income has allowed for sponsorship of sports teams and other charitable causes. Teams sponsored include Carmarthen Town Academy, Cardiff Blue Dragons rugby league kids, Welsh Under 16 Rugby League Team, Anglesea Netball Team, Cardiff Schools Rugby, Cardiff Met Womens and Mens, and Blackwood Bowls.[14] They also funded cabinets to house defibrillators at local sports clubs.[15]
Episodes edit
| Episode | Title | First Clip | Second Clip | Third Clip | Documentary | Fourth Clip | Fifth Clip | Sixth Clip | Book(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Do We Not Like This? | Jonathan Davies (Mike) | Kevin Keegan on Superstars (Elis) | Euro 88 Final (Steff) | "An Impossible Job" about Graham Taylor (Elis) | Wigan Winning the Middlesex Sevens (Steff) | Shane Warne's ball of the century (Mike) | Barry McGuigan (Elis) | Life Of Evel (Mike), McIlvanney On Boxing (Elis), In Sunshine or in Shadow (Steff) |
| 2 | Covfefe 19 | Paul Thorburn's kick 1986 (Elis) | Terry Wogan holes the world's longest televised putt (Mike) | James Scott - prison boxer (Steff) | Small Potatoes: Who Killed the USFL (Mike) | Steve Robinson (Elis) | Wales & England V Scotland & Ireland 1980 (Steff) | Daley Thompson at the 1984 Olympics (Mike) | The Football Man (Elis), Friday Night Lights (Mike), Barbarian Days (Steff) |
| 3 | Milk and Biscuits | Angry John Sitton (Elis) | Magic Johnson in the 1992 All Star Game (Steff) | Stirling Moss interview from 2010 (Mike) | The Test (Steff) | Aston Villa favourite food 1995/96 (Elis) | Paul Sykes (Mike) | Serena's Golden Slam (Steff) | Instant Replay - The Green Bay Diary of Jerry Kramer (Mike), Those Feet (Elis), This Bloody Mary is the Last Thing I Own (Steff) |
| 4 | Oh Bobby! | Dick Butkus (Mike) | Derek Redmond at Barcelona '92 with his dad (Elis) | 1987 Football League XI V Rest of the World (Steff) | Home & Away the 1984 Milk Cup Final (Elis) | Sam Burgess in the NRL Grand Final 2014 (Steff) | West Brom in China 1978 (Mike) | Francesco Totti playing 8 a side with his mates (Elis) | Brilliant Orange (Steff), Bobby Dazzler (Mike), The Glory Game (Elis) |
| 5 | You've Got to Die of Something | Jonah Lomu V England 1995 (Elis) | 1973 Shamrock Rovers V Brazil (Steff) | John Facenda reads "If" (Mike) | Ice Guardians (Mike) | Bernard Hopkins confronts Joe Calzaghe (Steff) | Leeds Utd V West Brom 1971 (Elis) | Derek Quinnell debut (Mike) | The cyclist who went out in the cold (Steff), Barry Sheene (Mike), Born to run (Elis) |
| 6 | Waking up Next to a Bag of Cement | Shaun Williamson, singing before the Bowls (Mike) | Andy Powell's message to the troops (Steff) | England 3 Hungary 6, 1953 (Elis) | Next Goal Wins (Steff) | Chuck Wepner V Andre the Giant, 1976 (Elis) | Junior Kickstart, 1985 (Mike) | Kellogg's Start advert (Steff) | Knowing the Score (Steff), Today We Die a Little (Elis), 90 minutes of freedom (Mike) |
| 7 | Mother Teresa's Debit Card | Michael Owen & Neville Southall (Steff) | Simone Biles 2019 (Mike) | The Haka, 1973 style (Elis) | Panorama Millwall 1977 (Elis) | Chicago Cubs - Steve Bartman (Steff) | Eddie The Eagle... with added Burt Reynolds (Mike) | The Peter Reid clip about Lawrie Cunningham (Elis) | Up Pohnpei (Steff), Snake (Mike), Soccernomics (Elis) |
| 8 | 14 Seconds | John Fury (Mike) | Wrexham 2 Arsenal 1, FA Cup 3rd Round, January 1992 (Elis) | Blues V Crusaders (Steff) | The Rugby Codebreakers (Mike) | The Tartan Flash (Mike) | Ian Wright meets his old teacher (Elis) | Mark Hughes' missing goal (Steff) | In the Mad Pursuit of Applause (Mike), Pants of Perspective (Steff), The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (Elis) |
| 9 | Dr Z | Moe Norman's Golf Swing (Mike) | Robbie Savage phones in to chat with Leighton James (Steff) | Kerri Strug's vault at the 1996 Olympics (Elis) | 9.79* (Steff) | The world's oldest ultra (Steff) | Bullseye's worst prize ever (Mike) | Sunshine on Leith sung by Hibs fans (Elis) | The Fight (Steff), Living on the Volcano (Elis), Bringing the Heat (Mike) |
| 10 | Wimbledon or Bust | 1969 League Cup Final (Mike) | Herman Maier crashing and then winning 2 Gold medals (Steff) | 1987 Battle of Cardiff (Elis) | 89 (Elis) | The Crawl (Mike) | Football scene from Kes (Elis) | Jonty Rhodes fielding (Steff) | Fever Pitch (Elis), Messi (Steff), Barry John's World of Rugby (Mike) |
| 11 | Podding for Pears | Chris Froome at Giro D'Italia (Steff) | Kimbo Slice punches David Blaine (Mike) | Blackpool V Manchester City (Elis) | Cliff (Mike) | Gloucester Cheese Rolling (Mike) | Jimmy Anderson back in the nets (Steff) | Wales goal in a qualifier for the Women's World Cup (Elis) | Raging Bull, My Story (Elis), Shoe Dog (Steff), Mean on Sunday (Mike) |
| 12 | Underarmer Karma | Calcio Storico (Steff) | England squad sing 'All the Way' on Wogan (Mike) | Robert Jones fighting with Nick Farr Jones (Elis) | Be Water (Steff) | Wales beat the All Blacks in 1978 (Mike) | Underarm ball (Steff) | Maradona warming up for Napoli (Elis) | A Fighter's Heart (Steff), Rugby Football (Mike), How to Watch Football (Elis) |
| 13 | Grandstanding | Snooker Loopy (Mike) | Alan Jones test match debut (Steff) | Grandstand, April 1, 1989 (Elis) | Kevin Allen's World Cup video diary (Elis) | Brazil Airport Advert (Steff) | Zola Budd 'trips' Mary Decker, LA 1984 (Elis) | Danny MacAskill's brilliant bike trickery (Mike) | Danish Dynamite (Steff), Only A Game? (Elis), The Lost Soul of Eamonn Magee (Mike) |
| 14 | 40 Bags of Pom-Bears | Jurgen Klopp's first press conference (Mike) | Jan Molby's 'Lost Goal' during a 1985 TV strike (Elis) | Ice Hockey sub goalie makes NHL debut at 36 (Steff) | Lyle Alzado (Mike) | Carragher & Neville running (Steff) | NRL tackling (Mike) | 17yr old Michael Chang underarm serve, French Open 1989 (Elis) | The Breakaway (Steff), The Topical Times Football Book (Elis), Football Shirts Book (Mike) |
| 15 | Half a Family Cheesecake, Two Ribeye Steaks and a Lion Bar | Ali and Frasier on the Dick Cavett Show (Elis) | Brian Shaw and Eddie Hall on diets (Steff) | Wales team celebrating England loss (Mike) | Gati V Ward Legendary Nights (Steff) | JPR (Mike) | Australian Speedskater Gold (Steff) | Manchester Utd 3 Barcelona 0, ECWC 1984 (Elis) | Das Reboot (Elis), The Art of Resilience (Steff), Paper Lion (Mike) |
| 16 | Seven Times a Night | Ireland at Italia '90 (Elis) | Roy Jones touching his toes (Steff) | Atherstone ball game (Mike) | Gascoigne (Elis) | Why do Ajax sing Bob Marley's Three Little Birds? (Steff) | Agnew and Johnstone (Mike) | Bert Trautman plays 1956 FA Cup final with broken neck (Elis) | Playground of the Gods (Steff), War, Baby: The Glamour of Violence (Elis), Distant Replay (Mike) |
| 17 | Doing a Geldof | George North V Israel Folau (Steff) | 10 cent beer night (Mike) | Eddie Hall doing a 500 kg deadlift (Elis) | The Best That Never Was (Mike) | NHL Press Conferences (Mike) | Gary Sobers hits six sixes (Elis) | Real Zaragoza V Ajax 1987 ECWC semi (Steff) | What I Talk About When I Talk About Running (Steff), I am the Secret Footballer (Elis), No Spin - Shane Warne (Mike) |
| 18 | Ripped Like a Chimp | Will Carling gets a surprise (Elis) | Tony Bellew on SAS Who Dares Wins (Steff) | Brian Close (Mike) | The Opposition (Steff) | Blyth Spartans reach the 1978 FA Cup fifth round (Elis) | Crossfit fails (Mike) | Geraint Thomas crying after winning the Tour De France (Steff) | Toshack's Way: My Journey Through Football by John Toshack (Elis) |
| 19 | On My Mother's Life | Tina Turner Aussie RL Promo (Mike) | Greg Lemond wins the Tour De France after being shot by his brother (Elis) | Larry Merchant and Floyd Mayweather (Steff) | Once in a Lifetime (The Extraordinary Story of The New York Cosmos) (Elis) | Jens Adler's 2 minute international career (Steff) | Hagler V Hearns Round 1 1985 (Elis) | Gary Newbon gets called a c*nt (Mike) | The Greatest Footballer You Never Saw: The Robin Friday Story by Paolo Hewitt & Paul McGuigan (Mike) |
| 20 | The FourPiece Bathroom Suite | Scott Jurek talking about his attitude to running (Elis) | Castleford Wigan commentary (Mike) | GB relay team gold in 2004 (Steff) | America's Game Super Bowl I 1966 (Mike) | A collection of Ieuan Evans' tries (Elis) | Millionaire Pitcher who lives in a Van (Steff) | Dana Kunze High Diver (Mike) | The Rider by Tim Krabbé (Steff) |
| 21 | Sohcahtoa, Sohcahtoa | Cliff Jones teaching his twitter followers to exercise at the age of 85 (Elis) | Ronnie 147 V Selby shot (Mike) | Donald Trump on Saint & Greavsie (Steff) | The Barkley Marathons: The Race That Eats Its Young (Steff) | 11mins of absolute magic from David Campese (Elis) | Nancy Kerrigan and Tonya Harding (Mike) | David Rudisha Gold 2012 (Steff) | The Picador Book of Sports Writing (Elis) |
| 22 | The Redemption of Peter Reid | Eric Cantona at his best (Elis) | Sergey Bubka (Mike) | GB Hockey gold medal shoot out 2016 (Steff) | Everton: Howard's Way (Elis) | Superhuman (Mike) | Adam Ondra, The hardest route in the world (Steff) | Jane Couch beating up Michael Barrymore (Elis | Scoop Sports Annual 1982 by D C Thomson (Mike) |
| 23 | Love Caldey Island | The Glasgow Diamonds. Best Song Ever (Mike) | The Strange Case of Sonny Pike (Elis) | George Weah solo goal for AC Milan (Steff) | The Marinovich Project (Mike) | Marcelo Bielsa orders his players to concede a goal (Elis) | Northwestern fitness coach (Mike) | Jossy's Giants Theme tune (Steff) | Doctor Socrates: Footballer, Philosopher, Legend by Andrew Downie |
| 24 | Getting off with Iain Dowie | Ali Dia (Mike) | Reporter says sex (Steff) | Jimmy Glass (Elis) | Of Miracles and Men (Steff) | Wrigglesworth and Rodgers (Mike) | Colin Jackson wins gold at the World Championships (Elis) | Tony Hawk (Steff) | Soccer and Society in South Wales, 1900-1939 by Martin Johnes |
| 25 | A Room With a View | Indoor League (Mike) | The Two Sides of Rene Higuita (Elis) | Kevin Peterson: Switch Hitting (Steff) | Welsh Greats, Carwyn James (Elis) | Terry Butcher bleeding like a pig, 1989 (Elis) | Wales lose to Leyton Orient in 1996 (Steff) | John Charles singing (Mike) | The Rise and Fall of the London Monarchs by Alex Cassidy (Mike) |
| 26 | We Cannot Be Serious | John McEnroe You Cannot Be Serious (Elis) | The MCG Brawl, State of Origin, 1995 (Mike) | John Williams wins sprint race (Steff) | The Battered Bastards of Baseball (Mike) | The science of Michael Jordan (Mike) | Luis Suarez Handball (Steff) | Newport beat the All Blacks, 1963 (Elis) | The Chimp Paradox by Dr Steve Peters (Steff) |
| 27 | Spielberg: Catch Me If You Can | Lee and Hunter having a scrap, 1975 (Elis) | Leighton Rees winning the world title (Steff) | Gavin Henson (Mike) | Chasing Tyson on ESPN (Steff) | Vets Rugby (Mike) | Swansea City fan scores a goal at Anfield, January 1990 (Elis) | Aussie Rugby League finish (Steff) | Red Dragons: The Story of Welsh Football by Phil Stead (Elis) |
| 28 | Mo & Elv | Jack Nicklaus & Gary Player (Mike) | Jeff Cranton's awful tackle (Elis) | Dock Ellis on LCD (Steff) | The 72nd Hole (Losers series) (Elis) | Richard Harris and Peter O’Toole on Rugby (Steff) | Insane Fielding (Mike) | Brian Clough v Muhammad Ali (Elis) | Chasing a Rugby Dream: Book One: Kick Off by David Brayley & James Hook (Mike) |
| 29 | Hindu or Hin Don't | Bike Fail (Mike) | Nigel Benn and Chris Eubank signing a contract to fight (Steff) | Keegan and Bremner fight at the 1974 Charity Shield (Mike) | The Band That Wouldn't Die (Mike) | Darts Fart (Mike) | Fiji sand dune training (Steff) | Glenn Hoddle the manager (Elis) | A Lot of Hard Yakka: Triumph and Torment - A County Cricketer's Life: Simon Hughes (Steff) |
| 30 | Semen World of Sport | Old School Weight Lifting (Mike) | Jimmy Wilde - Self-Defence (Elis) | Brian O'Driscoll (Steff) | Katie (Steff) | PBR Bull Riding Wrecks 2014 (Mike) | The worst 20 seconds of football of all time! (Elis) | Premier League launch (Steff) | Brian Flynn: Little Wonder (Elis) |
| 31 | Remind me of Your Name | Fish and a Rice Cake (Mike) | Retrieving lost balls in a coracle (Elis) | Tommy Lawrence before the Merseyside derby (Steff) | Football's Greatest: Ronaldo (Elis) | Jason McAteer (Steff) | Brian Clough trying to sign Dean Saunders (Elis) | Rossi vs Lorenzo MotoGP 2009 (Mike) | The Mavericks: English Football When Flair Wore Flares (Mike) |
| 32 | Sexual Smorgasbord #Sport | Maurice Flitcroft (Mike) | Stuart Pearce Penalty Redemption (Elis) | Troy Deeney goal v Leicester (Steff) | Straight Outta LA (Mike) | Shankly retires, fan reaction (Elis) | Geoffrey Boycott on Pakistan (Mike) | Kabaddi on Transworld Sport (Steff) | Heaven Is a Playground (Steff) |
| 33 | If You've Got Something To Say To Me, Say It To My Face | Ally McCoist on Sean Connery (Mike) | Denis Law backheel v Man Utd (Elis) | Iwan Thomas and Jamie Baulch (Steff) | November 16 (Steff) | Schumacher on Battiston (Elis) | Colombian cyclist (Mike) | Stormzy and Anthony Joshua (Steff) | When Saturday Comes: The Half Decent Football Book (Elis) |
| 34 | Doing it for Free | Jon Rahm, Hole in One (Mike) | Robbie Fowler goes back to Toxteth (Elis) | Dean Jones on scoring 210 v India in Chenai in 50 degrees (Steff) | Maradona (Elis) | The Alston turn (Steff) | Dean Saunders goal for Sheffiled Utd (Elis) | Bill. 96 and going strong (Mike) | Badasses: The Legend of Snake, Foo, Dr Death and John Madden's Oakland Raiders (Mike) |
| 35 | Shunkies | Daredevil, UK style (Mike) | Dick Fosbury changing the high jump forever (Elis) | Nate Ebner NFL/Rugby Player (Steff) | Buffalo Bills, The Missing Rings (Mike) | Planking (Steff) | Fernando Torres missing an open goal against Utd at Old Trafford (Elis) | Argentina training (Mike) | Blood and Circuses (Steff) |
| 36 | The Famous Dennis Catering DistantPod | Cliff at Wimbledon 1996 (Mike) | Adebayor (Elis) | Drop goal fun (Steff) | The Way of the Wildcard (Steff) | 1981 Rollercycling Championship (Mike) | Spurs players playing cricket (Elis) | What happened to Park Si Hun (Steff) | The Art of Boxing (Elis) |
| 37 | Giving Geraint Thomas A Backie | Clive Rowlands on the importance of playing for Wales (Elis) | Tommy Morrissey (Mike) | NFL drop-kick (Steff) | Hero: The Official Film of the 1986 World Cup (Elis) | Rugby League Final highlights (Mike) | Scotland own goal (Steff) | Roy Jones Jr v Mike Tyson (Elis) | How to become a first class Batsman (Mike) |
| 38 | Sex And Lions | Graeme Souness plants a Galatasaray flag in the centre circle at Fenerbahce in 1996 (Elis) | O Canada, Las Vegas style (Mike) | Barefoot Kicking (Steff) | Storyville - The Red Penguins (Mike) | Peter Alliss at Steve's house (Mike) | Rivaldo play-acting at the 2002 World Cup (Elis) | Simon Jones bowling in 2005 (Steff) | From The Jaws Of Victory (Steff) |
| 39 | I Couldn't Bare To Think Of You Eating Cold Beans | Iceland celebrate after knocking England out of Euro 2016 (Elis) | Newcastle's Bowyer v Dyer in 2005 (Mike) | Andre Agassi on how to beat Boris Becker (Steff) | Wrighty & Rocky, From Brockley to the Big Time (Steff) | NFL's Greatest Characters: Joe Namath (Mike) | Robbie Fowler honesty from 1997 (Steff) | Sunderland fans enjoying themselves at Wigan, 1988 (Elis) | And The Sun Shines Now (Elis) |
| Highlights | Best of... Part 1 | ||||||||
| Highlights | Best of... Part 2 | ||||||||
| 40 | To Feet Terry | Urdd XV (Steff) | The Ice Bowl 1967 (Mike) | San Marino defender cries in a post match interview (Elis) | The Three Kings by Jonny Owen (Elis) | Long ball football (Steff) | Mitchell Johnson Golden Duck (Mike) | Mark E. Smith of The Fall reads the final scores (Elis) | The Dynasty by Jeff Benedict (Mike) |
| 41 | I Blame Vic | Aussies in the Snow (Steff) | Gerwyn Price scores a try in the Swalec Cup Final (Mike) | Cardiff City The Movie (Elis) | Shoulder to Shoulder on BT Sport (Mike) | Gerwyn wins the Darts (Steff) | Cricket Redemption (Mike) | Colin Bell tries to recover from injury (Elis) | Gareth: An Autobiography (Steff) |
| 42 | Minestrone Soup and Soldiers | Liam Williams responding to Chris Eubank Jr (Mike) | Roy Keane Quiz Night (Steff) | Addiscombe Boys Club 1975 (Elis) | Undefeated (Steff) | Brett Lee v Piers Morgan (Mike) | Motherwell FC fans (Steff) | Derek Chisora compares himself to a laxative (Elis) | Football Clichés by Adam Hurrey (Elis) |
| 43 | No Woman, No Cry, Dai | New Detroit Lions Head Coach, Dan Campbell (Mike) | Remember the name, Wayne Rooney! (Elis) | Jose Mourinho at FC Porto | Finding Jack Charlton (Elis) | George Best chatting to Barry John 1972 (Mike) | Leeds United fan goes flying as Chris Fairclough scores against Oxford United, 1988 (Elis) | Dickie Davies says cocksucker (Steff) | Green Bay Packers: The Complete Illustrated History (Mike) |
| 44 | Very Blue Danube | Scott Quinnell on SOHK (Mike) | An absolutely extraordinary moment of slapstick at Chester City FC (Elis) | Enzo Maccarinelli inspiring people to work out on Twitter (Steff) | House of Flying Arrows (Steff) | Some seriously hard American football hits (Mike) | Jonathan Pearce commentating on Eric Cantona’s kung fu kick at Selhurst Park (Elis) | David Beckham says goodbye (Steff) | The Card: Every Match, Every Mile (Steff) |
| 45 | Stealing a Living | Steven Gerrard’s slip (Elis) | Buck Shelford. Tough (Mike) | Gerald Cordle, Martin Offiah and Will Carling in action (Steff) | Golazzo: The Football Italia Story (Steff) | Middlesbrough legend Wilf Mannion (Elis) | Sean Taylor in the Pro Bowl. (Mike) | Milner and Klopp (Steff) | Curt: The Alan Curtis Story (Elis) |
| 46 | The Referee's a Plonker | Wales v Scotland 1971 (Mike) | Dan James nearly signs for Leeds (Steff) | Wales 3 Belgium 1 October 1990 (Elis) | Inspired to Ride (Elis) | Robot Hole in One (Mike) | Scottish Rugby Players singing Calon Lan. (Steff) | Pembrokeshire’s traditional game Cnapan (Elis) | Secret Sins: Sex, Violence and Society in Carmarthenshire 1870-1920 (Mike via Elis) |
| 47 | Top Vocal Act from the East | Sky Sports Analysis, 1970s style (Mike) | Train track inside the ground (Steff) | Tom Dumoulin, when you've got to go, you've got to go (Elis) | The Dawn Wall (Mike) | Aerobics. So pointless (Mike) | Willis Halaholo highlights (Steff) | Roger Milla at the 1990 World Cup, at the age of 38 (Elis) | Chasing Dean: Surfing America's Hurricane States (Steff) |
| 48 | Paper Pants | Mike Kearney and Stephen Garcia at Anfield (Mike) | Long Jumping Redefined (Steff) | The great Edgar Davids makes his debut for Barnet (Elis) | Free Solo (Steff) | Eric Morecambe commentating on Luton Town vs Bristol City, December 1973 (Mike) | Lake Tahoe hosts NHL (Steff) | Usain Bolt wins 100m gold at the 2008 Olympics (Elis) | The Mixer: The Story of Premier League Tactics, from Route One to False Nines (Elis) |
| 49 | Hopeless. Romantic | Bowling (Mike) | Lou Reed after his first cap (Steff) | Llanelli 13 Australia 9 1992 (Elis) | Bruno v Tyson (Elis) | Spurs Ballboy (Mike) | Roberto Carlos Free Kick Science (Steff) | AS Roma fan writes ‘I could have scored that!’ on the club's Facebook page, the club invite him to prove it (Elis) | King of the World: Muhammad Ali and the Rise of an American Hero (Mike) |
| 50 | #JusticeforCnut | Katherine Switzer runs the 1967 Boston Marathon (Elis) | Ernestine Shepherd, 80 year old bodybuilder (Mike) | Rose Reilly (Steff) | The Merthyr Mermaid (Mike) | England cricketers (Steff) | Flo Jo, Seoul 1988 (Mike) | Martina Navratilova at Wimbledon (Elis) | Curveball: The Remarkable Story of Toni Stone (Steff) |
| Episode | Title | First Clip | Second Clip | Third Clip | Documentary | Fourth Clip | Fifth Clip | Sixth Clip | Book(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51 | The Jane & Finch Candle Company | Gareth Bale announces himself to the world against Inter Milan, 2010 (Elis) | Sabine Schmitz on Top Gear (Mike) | Newport County A.F.C. player celebrates in front of former manager (Steff) | One Man and His Shoes (Elis) | Phil Vickery on being dropped as a Lion (Steff) | Tony Sibson on Marvin Hagler (Mike) | Linford Christie wins gold at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics (Elis) | Hard Man Hard Knocks: Terry Yorath (Elis) |
| 52 | You've Got Your Piggles, Your Daisies, Your Boos, Your Pakkas | Succulent Chinese Meal (Mike) | Cofio Dai Davies (Elis) | Joe Frazier the singer (Steff) | My Name Is Francesco Totti (Elis) | 1960s Men's Gym (Elis) | Frank Worthington tribute (Mike) | Bermuda catch (Steff) | An Illustrated History of Welsh Rugby (Mike) |
| 53 | Barry McGuigan | Don't Make Devon Angry (Mike) | Martin Compston watching Scotland win (Steff) | Jonny Williams scores his first goal for his country (Elis) | Ocean's Apart (Mike) | Max Latiff (Mike) | Amy Williams wins Gold in 2010 winter Olympics (Steff) | Fan saves woman from being hit by a baseball (Elis) | The Extraordinary Life of Serena Williams (Steff) |
| 54 | British Dessert Tie | Gordon Strachan narrates Arsène Wenger kicking a bottle in disgust (Elis) | Ali v Marciano (Steff) | Real Sociedad manager (Mike) | Mike and The Mad Dog (Steff) | Bale and Rodon (Steff) | Cycling at the 1948 Olympics (Mike) | World record ski jump (Elis) | Inverting the Pyramid: The History of Football Tactics (Elis) |
| 55 | David Ginola. The Handsome Bastard | Dougie Smith books Gazza (Mike) | Alex Scott taking the piss out of Jamie Carragher (Elis) | Rachel Atherton, greatest downhill MTB rider (Steff) | Bosman - The Player that Changed Football (Elis) | Alex Murphy 80s RL clip (Mike) | Team America v England - a combined NASL team play v England, Italy and Brazil in 1976 (Steff) | Sarevi playing 7s (Elis) | Race Against Time (Mike) |
| 56 | Taking Pyjamas to a Nightclub | The Future of Football 1994 (Mike) | Barcelona 6 PSG 1 (Elis) | The start of E-Sports (Steff) | I Believe In Miracles (Mike) | Danny McAlinden wins British heavyweight title in 1972 (Mike) | NI v England: Best v Banks (Steff) | Duncan Ferguson tells a kid to stop slacking off at school (Elis) | Cassius X, The Transformation of Muhammad Ali (Steff) |
| 57 | Shower When Necessary | Non Evans (Mike) | Two adverts, Bobby Moore and Nike (Elis) | Man City 1999 beating Gillingham in the playoffs (Steff) | Casuals: The Story of Legendary Terrace Fashion (Steff) | Kaká turns up to 5 a side in London (Elis) | Storm Warriors NRL (Mike) | James Simpson, Hero (Steff) | AJ Leibling: The Sweet Science (Elis) |
| 58 | What Good's That To Me? | Roger Daltrey training (Mike) | Nigel Kennedy trying his best to entertain the England squad at Italia ‘90 (Elis) | John Lennon on Monday Night Football (Steff) | Whatever Happened to the Knockers? (Elis) | Llanelli Warriors (Mike) | Keith Cooper getting ready to referee the South Wales derby (Elis) | Emlyn Hughes and Princess Anne (Steff) | Death Row All Stars: A Story of Baseball, Corruption, and Murder (Mike) |
| 59 | Meet My Family: Rusty, Cheeky, Dirty, Smelly, Complete, Massive & Hard | Karren Brady at Birmingham City, 1993 (Mike) | Alun Evans, Darts (Steff) | Horrific video celebrating Man City's title win (Elis) | Steelers, The World's First Gay Rugby Club (Mike) | Ian McGeechan and The Lions (Mike) | UFC 1 (Steff) | George Best builds a £36k house in Bramhall, Cheshire (Elis) | Goodfella:Craig Bellamy (Elis) |
| 60 | “So I Did: The Peter Shilton Story” | Ryan, and Rob, and Maxine (All) | Swindon Town, 1963. (Mike) | Stuart Pearce sticks David James up front (Elis) | Being Evel Knievel (Steff) | Lerrone Richards singing (Steff) | Baseball-94 mph fastball in the face (Mike) | Llanelli v Neath, Schweppes Cup Final 1989 (Elis) | I think therefore I play:Andrea Pirlo (Elis) |
| 61 | Laughterhouse-Five | Tumble v Penclawdd, WRU Challenge Cup Final, 1971-72 (Elis) | Harry Redknapp talks up a 17 year old Frank Lampard (Mike) | Tony Bellew dealing with his kids before an interview on Zoom (Steff) | Sherpa (Elis) | Gary Lineker on Parents in Football (Steff) | Al Charron scores for Canada at RWC95 (Mike) | Alan Shearer chicken and beans (Elis) | Gordon's Game:Gordon D’Arcy (Miike) |
| 62 | Annwyl Bloke | Jordan Henderson and his Dad (Mike) | Dunfermline Athletic singing the Eastenders theme on Pebble Mill (Elis) | Panenka (Steff) | Another Bloody Sunday (Mike) | Joe Marler interview (Mike) | Liverpool's Kit Man (Steff) | Hearts go for the double in 1985-86 (Elis) | Bunce's Big Fat Short History of British Boxing (Steff) |
| 63 | I'm a Bonnie Tyler/Snooker/White Dog Poo/Tommy Cooper SuperFan | State of Origin intro (Mike) | George Best on the frustration of not playing in a World Cup (Elis) | John Barnes recreates World in Motion (Steff) | Elis James: Football Nation (Steff) | Sneaky running x2 (Steff) | Marcus Armitage wins his first European Tour event (Mike) | Ricky Hatton on Floyd Mayweather (Elis) | The Accidental Footballer:Pat Nevin (Elis) |
| 64 | Dick and Willy Seaman | S4C Newyddion chats to Wales fans in North Wales (Mike) | Aaron Ramsey goal v England U21 (Elis) | Colin McRae making a rally car dance (Steff) | Different League: The Derry City Story (Elis) | Leeds Rhinos Learning Disability Team (Mike) | Simon Davies for Fulham v Hamburg (Elis) | Kasper Schmeichel (Steff) | A Race with Love and Death (Mike) |
| 65 | Absolutely Ingrammed | Piper Down (Mike) | Joe Rodon's ‘WOSS ‘E ON ABOUT?’ (Elis) | Las Vegas Raiders defensive end Carl Nassib announces that he is gay (Steff) | Ref: Stories From the Weekend (Mike) | British Umbrella Opening & Closing Champion (Steff) | Alwyn the 85 year old boxing coach (Mike) | Gareth Bale apologising to the team for missing a penalty (Elis) | Stronger:Gareth Thomas (Steff) |
| 66 | Outsprinting Mozart | Billericay Town 'Shut your eyes!" (Mike) | Fan causes enormous crash at the Tour de France (Elis) | Lauren Price (Steff) | Get Shirty (Steff) | Mark Cavendish winning Stage 3 at the Tour De France (Steff) | Choir practicing at a Porthcawl U12 match (Mike) | All 97 goals John Charles scored in Serie A (Elis) | Keane: The Autobiography by Roy Keane (Elis) |
| 67 | Are You Not Looking At My Missus? | Rucking (Elis) | Basketball clip (Mike) | Life of Riley (Goal of the Month Music) | Skid Row Marathon (Elis) | Precious McKenzie (Steff) | Giorgio Chiellini’s shithouse tactics prior to the Italy v Spain penalty shoot out (Elis) | Leatherhead after beating Billericay (Mike) | Legacy of the Lions: Lessons in Leadership from the British & Irish Lions (Mike) |
| 68 | Saluting the Urn | Cricket in the rain (Elis) | England fans riot before final (Mike) | England players congratulate Marcus Smith on Lions call up during interview | Mr Calzaghe (Mike) | John Akhwari (Steff) | Tom O'Flaherty try (Mike) | The most legendary voice crack ever (Elis) | Relentless, 12 Rounds to Success by Eddie Hearn (Steff) |
| 69 | Cofficionado | Speed Rollerskating 1973 (Mike) | Ireland qualify for Olympic 7s (Steff) | Michael Johnson’s reaction at Usain Bolt's 9.58 (Elis) | Strike Team (Steff) | Geoff Capes (Mike) | Bobby Robson’s words to Gazza after losing to Germany at Italia ‘90 (Elis) | 1991 Carl Lewis v Mike Powell (Steff) | Forever Young: The Story of Adrian Doherty, Football's Lost Genius (Elis) |
| 70 | Failed P.E. Teacher I Am | Adult tries to steal signed basketball shoes that have been given to a kid (Elis) | Two Way MLB player (Steff) | Birmingham Grand Prix 1971 (Mike) | Slaying the Badger (Elis) | Six and an Oh... (Mike) | James Bond and the Queen - London 2012 (Steff) | Are athletes getting faster? (Elis) | No Helmets Required: The Remarkable Story of the American All Stars (Mike) |
| 71 | A Million Bees | Insane robot dance (Elis) | Luke Treharne on not making the Olympics (Steff) | Cleveland Guardians (Mike) | Forty Seven Summits (Mike) | Best ever Sunday League tackles (Elis) | Andy Murray calls out sexism (Steff) | Cyclist gets bike from crowd (Mike) | You Are a Champion: How to Be the Best You Can Be (Steff) |
| 72 | Michael Owen's Movie Club: Field of Dreams | Michael Owen's Movie Club special episode | |||||||
| 73 | This Is Our Live Aid | Messi and Neymar (Steff) | Carting With Ronnie Corbett (Mike) | Ruby Tui interview (Elis) | 20 Seconds of Joy (Steff) | Chase Tag (Steff) | High jump double Gold (Mike) | Brian McClair’s penalty miss, Arsenal v Man Utd 1988 (Elis) | Etape by Richard Moore (Elis) |
| 74 | I Am The Catman | Roy Keane on Ronaldo going back to Man Utd (Elis) | Team GB wheelchair rugby (Mike) | Olympic Cheat (Steff) | Malice at the Palace (Elis) | Imran Tahir hat trick (Mike) | Wales v Lions rugby (Steff) | Cathy Freeman wins gold at the 400m Sydney Olympics (Elis) | Motorcycles by Charles E Dean (Mike) |
| 75 | Gangsters Can Be Good Dads Too | Turbo Tommy try in the NRL (Mike) | Stuart Pearce in the new Stranglers video (Elis) | Brian Johnson on a rollercoaster (Steff) | Untold: Crime and Penalties (Mike) | College Football returns (Mike) | Cardiff Met goal v Swansea City (Steff) | France preparing to face Ronaldo, 1998 WC Final (Elis) | Too Many Reasons to Live by Rob Burrow (Steff) |
| 76 | Hackney Empire (a) 1st Leg (live show special) | Paul 'Thornburn' kicking for the Rams at Wembley in 1987 (Steff) | Jimmy Greaves talking about poor weather forecasting prior to the Hurricane of 1987 (Elis) | Paralympic Table Tennis (Mike) | |||||
| 77 | Hackney Empire (a) 2nd Leg (live show special) | Demba Ba reveals the secret to his success (Elis) | Jasmine Joyce tackle for GB Women's Sevens (Steff) | Village Cricket (Mike) | Jimmy Greaves and his dog (Elis) | ||||
| 78 | Salford: The Lowry (a) (live show special) | Ipswich Town goal against Sheffield Wednesday (Listener clip) | Tyson Fury’s come back to Deontay Wilder (Mike) | Phil and Gary Neville ignore each other for ages (Steff) | Mario Balotelli messes up a trick shot (Elis) | ||||
| 79 | The New Theatre, Cardiff (h) 1st Leg (live show special) | BBC Wales press box, 2015 Rugby World Cup (Mike) | Clive Sullivan v George Best v Geoff Capes (Steff) | Cardiff City goal (Elis) | Buffon, Paper, Scissors, Stone (Listener clip) | ||||
| 80 | The New Theatre, Cardiff (h) 2nd Leg (live show special) | Ray French on Billy Boston (Mike) | Dai and his goal celebrations (Steff) | Neil Warnock (Elis) | Jose (Elis) | Angharad James goal (Listener clip) | |||
| 81 | The New Theatre, Cardiff (h) 3rd Leg (live show special) | That Barbarians Try 1973 (Mike) | Newport County fan (Steff) | Malcolm Allen commentary skills (Elis) | Sorba Thomas first cap (Mike) | Kimbo Slice (Listener clip) | |||
| 82 | Tyne Theatre & Opera House, Newcastle (a) (live show special) | Geordie Boys, Gazza, TOTP (Mike) | Peter Beardsley - World in Motion (Steff) | Newcastle fans (Elis) | Worst goal ever (Elis) | Newcastle fan at the Stadium of Light (Elis) | |||
| 83 | The EICC, Edinburgh (a) (live show special) | Scotland cricket players singing (Steff) | Wales v Scotland Rugby on BBC Wales (Mike) | Yes Sir, I Can Boogie (Mike) | Scotland players after qualifying for Euro 2020 (Steff) | Allan Wells 1982 Commonwealth Games (Elis) | Graeme Souness tackle | ||
| 84 | The Alexandra Theatre, Birmingham (a) (live show special) | Chinos (Steff) | Steward scores with a dildo (Mike) | Geraint Jones catch 2005 Ashes 2nd Test (Steff) | Commonwealth Games advert (Steff) | The Bullring shopping centre (Elis) | |||
| 85 | The Ulster Hall, Belfast (a) (live show special) | Rory McIlroy at the Ryder Cup | James Nesbitt drunk at the Carl Frampton fight (Steff) | Football in the snow (Mike) | The Shamen (Elis) | Dana and 1982 Northern Ireland squad (Listener clip) | |||
| 86 | Bitten By A Radioactive Sandy Lyle | Wimbledon v Manchester United, FA Cup 1994 (Elis) | Fallon Sherrock 170 finish (Mike) | Joe Ledley Dancing (Steff) | Long Shot - Netflix (Steff) | Footballers missing follow-up shots (Elis) | First cap (Mike) | Best referee (Steff) | Full Gas by Peter Cossins (Elis) |
| 87 | Harry Potter and the Goblet of Puke | Jordan Mailata (Steff) | Seve at The 1979 Open (Mike) | Dai Bishop interview (Elis) | Too Good To Go Down (Elis) | Kevin Sinfield run (Steff) | The Perfect Spiral (Mike) | Behind the scenes at Anfield (Elis) | Cardiff Schools Rugby 2019-2020 (Mike) |
| 88 | You Trample The Dead… You Hurdle The Weak… | Rugby Header (Mike) | Carwyn James singing in Russian (Elis) | Carl Frampton eats a Mince Pie for the first time (Steff) | As Good As It Gets on Prime Video (Mike) | Caerau Ely RFC (Mike) | Ice Hockey in Scotland in the 60s (Steff) | Thiago and Rodri warming up (Elis) | No Hunger in Paradise by Michael Calvin (Steff) |
| 89 | The Cat Will Think It's a Worm And Try To Eat It | Steven Page & Ryan Reynolds (Mike) | Keane and Carr (Elis) | Newport High School try (Steff) | Flight Mode by Tom Pages (Steff) | The San Diego Splash (Mike) | Storm in Kerry (Steff) | Steve Ford (Elis) | Geronimo! Riding the very terrible 1914 Tour of Italy by Tim Moore (Elis) |
| 90 | From Russia with Bubbs | Frank Rijkaard spits at Rudi Voller, Italia ‘90 (Elis) | Welsh Bobsleigh (Steff) | Billy Vunipola 20m march (Mike) | Trent's Vision (Elis) | David Michael Clough (Mike) | Welsh Football Revolution (Steff) | The best of Steve Bull (Elis) | Steve Fenwick: Dragons and Lions (Mike) |
| 91 | Bilbo Bubbins | Yellow Pages ad with Taylor and Robson (Elis) | Matchbox Rugby (Steff) | Sam Kerr vs Wa**er (Mike) | Faster, on Prime Video (Mike) | Robbie Savage on Charlie Savage (Mike) | Rock, Paper, Scissors for ice hockey stick (Steff) | David Ellery refereeing with a mic (Elis) | It's Always Summer Somewhere: A Matter of Life and Cricket by Felix White (Steff) |
| 92 | The Gold Blenders | Brian Moore "Oh my Goodness" (Elis) | Jones Boys beating USA (Steff) | Cliff Davies Diving (Mike) | The Kings on Discovery+ (Steff) | Clydebank FC (Mike) | Efe Obada story (Steff) | Klaus Fischer demonstrating a bicycle kick in the studio at the age of 66 (Elis) | Above Head Height: A Five-A-Side Life by James Brown (Elis) |
| 93 | Carry On Up The Butts | Wayne Mardle "Why wasn't I told?" (Mike) | Jogging (Steff) | Two of the best disallowed goals ever, both by Andy Carroll (Elis) | 14 Peaks on Netflix (Elis) | Mike Rayer and Ieuan Evans scoring tries in the mud, Wales v Scotland 1994 (Elis) | Mark Williams eight balls his son (Mike) | Son waves at kid (Steff) | Mickey Thomas - Kick-ups, Hiccups, Lock-ups (Mike) |
| 94 | Grubs and Slobs | Swansea in the 1990s (Elis) | Clara Hughes - medalist at Summer and Winter Olympics (Steff) | John Higgins and Mark Williams, then and now. (Mike) | 'Everybody's Game', on Prime Video (Mike) | Max Rushden talking about Cambridge Utd in the FA Cup (Elis) | Scott Boland's Ashes 6 for 7 (Mike) | Pat Cummins and Usman Khawaja (Mike) | All American Murder by James Patterson (Steff) |
| 95 | A Black Cowboy Shirt With White Pearl Buttons And A Red Paisley Yoke. With A Bootlace Tie With A Big Eagle On It | Holder of the Year (Mike) | Richard Hibbard retires from rugby (Steff) | Graham Stack hitting a fan (Elis) | The Other Dream Team (Steff) | Tim Rosaforte's Righteous Pint (Mike) | Harry Redknapp gets kissed by pitch invaders (Elis) | British Skier FINALLY wins a World Cup Race (Steff) | The Unstoppable Rise of Women's Sport by Sue Anstiss (Elis) |
| 96 | Any Blood In Your Semen? | Jack Nicklaus. The Master (Mike) | Sepak Takraw (Steff) | What Pep has learnt from rugby (Elis) | Robbo on Prime Video (Elis) | Matthew Stafford, 2009 (Mike) | McEnroe v spectator (Elis) | Ten Pin Bowling arrives in the UK (Steff) | Wales international comes out of retirement at 53 to play in same team as his son (Mike's 'not a book' choice) |
| 97 | I'd Rather Be A Eunuch | Adrian Clifton, Boreham Wood FC (Mike) | Swiss Shot Putter, World Champion Werner Gunthor in training (Steff) | How Alex Ferguson tactically adapted at Manchester United (Elis) | The Trails of Muhammad Ali on Prime Video (Mike) | Bill Murray golfing (Mike) | Athlete Jake Smith buys footballs for kids in Uganda (Steff) | Gareth Edwards try v Scotland 1972 (Elis) | Alun Yr Arth (Steff), (Elis’ Extra Book Choice: Language Death by David Crystal) |
| 98 | You're Sitting On My Catheter | Scotland at the 1986 World Cup (Elis) | Bobby Jones Golf Lesson 1933 (Mike) | Lindsey Jacobellis wins gold (Steff) | Home Game - Pehlwani on Netflix (Steff) | Bobby Robson finds out Ron Saunders has resigned from his job at manager of Aston Villa (Elis) | Ieuan and Shane talk Bill McLaren (Mike) | Super Bowl Half-Time Show (Steff) | The Homes of Football: Where The Heart Is by Stuart Roy Clarke (Elis) |
| 99 | Tell Me About Cantre'r Gwaelod Again Richard | Richard Burton and Liz Taylor in Cardiff for the rugby (Elis) | Jimmy Watkins and Running Punks (Steff) | Llewelyn Williams, Surfer (Mike) | Max meets the Dallas Cowboys (Elis) | THE tackle (Mike) | Wales 2 England 1 1955 (Elis) | Tomos, 11 years old. Loves Rugby, Sausage and Chips (Steff) | An Illustrated History of Welsh Rugby (again) by James Stafford (Mike) |
| 100 | The Dick, Kerr Ladies Social Media Department (International Women's Day special) | Dick, Kerr Ladies and Lily Parr (Elis) | Ms Fitz the baller (Mike) | Botille Vette-Welsh has arrived (Steff) | Venus and Serena on Amazon Prime (Mike) | The latest Tuipulotu (Steff) | Great pass by Vivianne Miedema (Elis) | Beth Tweddle Floor Gold 2009 World Championships (Mike) | Out and Back: A Runner's Story of Survival Against All Odds by Hillary Allen (Steff) |
| Episode | Title | First Clip | Second Clip | Third Clip | Documentary | Fourth Clip | Fifth Clip | Sixth Clip | Book(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 101 | "Bowling Warnie" (Shane Warne Special) | Warne reading a batsman's mind (Elis) | Shane Warne to Ricky Ponting, Ian Healy keeping (Mike) | Fan angry at Warne out for 99 (Steff) | Shane on Amazon Prime | Shane Warne spin bowling masterclass (Elis) | Shane Warne's Top 5 Wickets (Mike) | Warne playing AFL (Steff) | On Warne by Gideon Haigh (Steff) |
| 102 | "Listen To You With Your Chilean Merlot" | Two Kevin Keegan clips (Elis) | Menna Fitzpatrick (Steff) | Liam Livingstone. Double ouch. (Mike) | The Story of The Kop | NFL Players playing with their idols (Mike) | Tadhg Furlong sidestep (Elis) | Mark Wood (Steff) | Collision Low Crossers: A Year Inside The Turbulent World of NFL Football by Nicholas Dawidoff (Mike) |
| 103 | There Are More Deer In This Country Than There Were In The Days Of King Henry VIII. Fact. | Bulging Disk (Steff) | Super Rugby red cards (Mike) | Man who identifies obscure sporting events in TV and movies (Elis) | Beefy | Flintoff singing (Steff) | Football before the backpass rule (Elis) | Capuozzo and Adams (Mike) | Looking for a Fight by David Matthews (Steff) |
| 104 | A Really Sharp Hat | Dafydd Iwan singing Yma o Hyd, Wales v Austria (Elis) | NHL Ref tells Haydn Fleury to fuck off (Mike) | Goalkeepers Hoofing it (Steff) | Spirit Game: Pride of a Nation | Frost Clough (Mike) | Moustapha Cissé (Steff) | Let's pretend we scored a goal (Elis) | Resilience by Elise Christie (Steff) |
| 105 | End Of The Road | John Noakes (Mike) | Jeff Wilson (Steff) | Louis Van Gaal referring to QPR as Queen's Park Raisins (Elis) | Lost in the Desert on Netflix | Refugee find out is he eligible to enroll for his local team (Elis) | RG Snyman (Mike) | Tiddleywinks (Steff) | A Delicate Game, by Hana Walker-Brown (Mike) |
| 106 | Feeding The Rabbits | Doncaster Rovers ‘Shot of the Month’ (Elis) | Qatar and FIFA (Mike) | Wales C beating England C (Steff) | Netflix Losers 'Black Jack | The Art of the Chop Tackle (Mike) | Gary Lineker on playing for Barca (Elis) | Barcelona v Real Madrid, Women's Champions League Quarter Final (Steff) | The Perfect Distance: Coe and Ovett by Pat Butcher (Steff) |
| 107 | Sugar Cubes And Chill | Duncan Ferguson remix (Elis) | First Ball of the Season (Steff) | Forgeside RFC game winning conversion by Connor Griffiths tighthead prop (Mike) | Norton's Coin | Kick it off! (Steff) | Surfing, bloody hell (Elis) | Mark Williams back to back 147s (Mike) | Fat City by Leonard Gardner (Elis) |
| 108 | You Throw Like A 120 Year Old Man | Adam Rickitt 100m and The Big Race, 2045(Mike) | Katie Taylor v Amanda Serrano (Elis) | East Germany beating West Germany (Steff) | Legends of Welsh Sport: John Dawes | Dad at the Reds game (Mike) | Joe Rodon and Ben Davies visit Ryley Keys (Elis) | Luton Town winning the League Cup (Steff) | The Wit of Cricket by Barry Johnston (Mike) |
| 109 | It's A Lot Smaller, But A Lot Harder | Michael Barrymore and Freddie Starr utter dross at Wembley (Mike) | Rangers fan on the news (Elis) | Ugo's Drop Goal (Steff) | Game Changers on Netflix | AFL press conference (Mike) | Man City are relegated (Elis) | How to make a cricket bat and ball in 1949 (Steff) | We Go Again by Tim Cooper (Steff) |
| 110 | I Came, I Saw, I Coasted | Argentinian commentator who sings about goals (Elis) | Saint and Greavsie (Mike) | How Michael and Bruce Buffer found out they were brothers (Steff) | Audible on Netflix | Real Madrid fans trying to get back in (Mike) | Canada Qualifies for the FIFA World Cup (Steff) | Liverpool and Chelsea fans after the FA Cup Final (Elis) | Where The Cool Kids Hung Out by Steven Scragg (Elis) |
| 111 | You Don't Look At The Tele When You're Texting | Blackpool’s Jake Daniels (Elis) | 7s Shithousery (Mike) | GB captain Jonathan Phillips pre-match instructions (Steff) | Tosh | Jack Grealish (Steff) | #50 for World Leader (Mike) | 1990/91 Club Videos (Elis) | The Lost World Of Football by Derek Hammond (Mike) |
| 112 | Weather Guessers | Evel Knievel UK style (Eddie Kidd) (Mike) | Gambling, the start (Steff) | Unseen limbs: Man Utd win the treble at the Nou Camp, Man Utd 2 Bayern Munich 1, 1999 (Elis) | The Jaws of Victory on Netflix | Motivation, 1980s Rugby League style (Mike) | BBC News say Manchester United are Rubbish (Steff) | How Football Positions Are Evolving (Elis) | Playing to Win by Michael Lewis (Steff) |
| 113 | I Know it's Only Bits | Joe Cordina wins World Title) (Steff) | Ethan Ampadu leads the singing (Mike) | Rob Page (Elis) | Croatia, Defining a Nation | Pride Month/Wales Women's Team (Steff) | Young Isla gets a place in the Aston Villa Academy (Mike) | The Three Dutchmen at AC Milan (Elis) | How a Welshman won the Tour De France by Phil Stead (Elis/Steff) |
| 114 | I'm Gonna Be In Trouble Now For Losing A Card (Phil Bennett Tribute Special) | Eddie Butler on Phil. Beautiful. (Mike) | Bennett on ‘that try’ (Elis) | From Phil's 70th Birthday (Steff) | We Beat The All Blacks | Phil Bennett BBC Wales (Mike) | ITV tribute to Phil (Elis) | Phil Bennett tells the speech story (Steff) | Phil Bennett: The Autobiography by Phi Bennett and Graham Thomas |
| 115 | You're On Drugs, Old Man | American comic Orny Adams on Rugby Union (Mike) | Russian slapping (Elis) | Roger Federer fan shows Roger his tattoo of Roger (Steff) | Stone Cold | Seve being Seve (Mike) | Oldest footage of Baseball outside of USA (Steff) | Ronaldo turns up for a game of five a side (Elis) | Eagle Sports Annual 4: 1954 |
| 116 | Tim, I'm Leaving The Charlatans To Join the Beatles | Best saves at the Euros (Steff) | Jess Fishlock (Elis) | Scotland v England (Mike) | The Future of Women's Football | BBC Sport Trailer (Mike) | Iceland captain (Steff) | Marie-Antoinette Katoto (Elis) | The Rise, Fall and Rise Again of Women's Football by Suzy Wrack |
| 117 | Use Your Probes On Newbon | Remarkable baseball kid (Mike) | John Aldridge v Mexico in 1994 World Cup (Steff) | Amazing bit of volleyball (Elis) | Losers The Miscast Champion on Netflix | Football kits (Elis) | Filbert Bayi smashes the 1500m world record (Steff) | Ian Wright on Alan Sugar (Mike) | The Uncomfortable Truth About Racism by John Barnes |
| 118 | Wooing A Woman Made Of Flowers | Elvis playing football (Mike) | Pre-match huddle, Lions 1997 (Elis) | Geoff Thompson Karate (Steff) | Legends of Welsh Sport: Alan “The Arrow” Evans | Ice Rugby (Mike) | Tier 2 rugby teams scoring crackers (Steff) | Rugby League limbs (Elis) | My Turn: The Autobiography by Johan Cruyff |
| 119 | His and Hers Matching Porn Rooms | The Simpsons on football (Elis) | Detroit Lions do BVs on What’s Going On (Steff) | Justin Harrison’s Silver Medal (Mike) | LEADMAN: The Dave Mackey Story | Eden Hazard. Unbelievable (Mike) | Jamie Carragher and Roy Keane - Agree to Disagree (Elis) | Player Cam (Steff) | The Bleus Brothers by Mike Pearce |
| 120 | That’s Earnie From The Two Ronnies | Bale’s first touch in the MLS (Elis) | Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (Steff) | Bumble and Nasser Umpiring (Mike) | Daily Euros: All About Van Basten | Kohli v Anderson battle of words (Elis) | CBS NFL Today, 1977 (Mike) | Lloyd Lewis (Steff) | Breakfast Club Adventures: The Beast Beyond The Fence by Marcus Rashford & Alex Falase-Koya |
| 121 | Trust Your Body | David Ginola (Elis) | Coolest catch ever (Steff) | Fred’s not bitter (Mike) | The Real Mo Farah | Gary Lineker on training (Elis) | Smooth Baseball slide (Steff) | Jake Wightmans Dad | Two Brothers by Jonathan Wilson |
| 122 | Smooth, Like A Fruit Bowl From Habitat | Iwan Thomas gets Commonwealth Games crowd to sing Happy Birthday to Cindy Sember (Steff) | Jordan Spieth and Michael Greller (Mike) | Tuchel and Conte acting like twats (Elis) | The Lost Final by Pat Nevin | Poser (Steff) | YNWA AC Milan vs Real Madrid (Mike) | 5 a side rebound (Elis) | Slipless in Settle by Harry Pearson |
| 123 | The Party Line | Castleford v St Helen’s, 2002. Mick Morgan reading out the teams (Elis) | Gaelic football handshake (Mike) | Dina Asher Smith on Periods (Steff) | The Figo Affair: The Transfer That Changed Football | Leon Edwards UFC Title win (Steff) | Carl Leaburn is given a telly (Elis) | Mondo Duplantis 10 year journey (Mike) | Tokyo Junkie by Robert Whiting |
| 124 | Shakespeare At The Castle, What A Farce | Penrith Panthers (Mike) | School in the morning (Steff) | Smelling like a dishwasher (Elis) | Soccer 99ers | Savannah Marshall and Claressa Shields (Steff) | Richarlison (Elis) | Road bowling 1997 (Mike) | Endure: Mind, Body and the Curiously Elastic Limits of Human Performance by Alex Hutchinson |
| 125 | Twelve Pint Mike | Steve Davis, snookerstar DJ (Elis) | Siarad Cymraeg (Mike) | 10 Siblings! (Steff) | The Toughest Trade | Lad from Bridgend plays NCAA football (Steff) | Tom Brady hole in one (Mike) | Eric Cantona: Philosopher (Elis) | The Nearly Men by Aidan Williams |
| 126 | You’d Think I Was Trying To Decipher The Rosetta Stone | Boca fans (Elis) | Eddie Butler Voice Over (Steff) | Bobby Knight on bunkers (Mike) | Rulon | Gaelic Football ending (Elis) | Defibrillator (Steff) | Klopp on Todd Boehly and The Worst Idea Ever (Elis) | Dickie Bird Autobiography by Dickie Bird |
| 127 | If You Put A Gun To My Head I’d Have To Say Caravaggio | Mary Peters and Heide Rosendahl (Mike) | Phil Bennett at 41 (Elis) | Sir Viv (Steff) | Elway to Marino on Disney+ | Kammy (Steff) | Scottish jackpot (Elis) | Peter Wright tipsy at the Darts | The Blizzard Quarterly |
| 128 | You Ruin All Of This Goodwill In Two And A Half Years Time With One Truly Horrific Tweet | Mark Noble's Neighbour calls him a horrible little bastard (Steff) | Geelong Cats win AFL (Mike) | Brian Williams tribute (Elis) | Deion's Double Play on Disney+ | Faces of the terraces (Elis) | Mankading for the win (Mike) | Singing Policeman at Arsenal | In The Heat of the Midday Sun by Steven Scragg |
| 129 | Thank God For Roy Keane (Eddie Butler tribute episode) | "Oh England what have you done. Wales…what are you doing?" (Elis) | Eddie Butler & Jonathan Davies very upset with the attitude of the Brive players (Steff) | NFL Show (Mike) | The Valleys Fighter | Golf, The Open (Steff) | Eddie’s tribute to Phil Bennett (Elis) | 2012 Olympic Montage - Full Clip (Mike) | The Head Of Gonzo Davies by Eddie Butler |
| 130 | Or I Could Just Drive You | Javeno McLean (Mike) | Jess Fishlock being Jess Fishlock (Steff) | Unintentional chip (Elis) | Obree | Bundee Aki hit (Mike) | Bottle-man helps world record (Steff) | Bobby Charlton training with Manchester United team at 60 (Elis) | Blood on The Crossbar by Rhys Richards |
| 131 | When The Pears Are Nice, Eat All Of Them | Tony Adams and Katya Jones on Strictly (Mike) | Bob Mortimer and Sean Hughes watch Middlesbrough v Crystal Palace, 1994 (Elis) | Swimming lessons in Ireland, 1971 (Steff) | This Was The XFL | Erling Haaland (Elis) | School reception for junior boxer (Mike) | RIP Robbie Coltrane (Steff) | Expected Goals by Rory Smith |
| 132 | Shouting Up The Chimney | Diego rounding up stadium Workers at The Maracana (Steff) | Football in the street (Mike) | Jamaica score a try in the RLWC (Elis) | Human Playground on Netflix: The Big Business Episode | Danny Cipriani (Steff) | Greavsie and Tyson (Mike) | John Devereaux hand off (Elis) | Max Baer and Barney Ross: Jewish Heroes of Boxing by Jeffrey Sussman |
| 133 | A Sponge on a Stick | Ronnie Lawson shouting (Mike) | Ruud Van Nistelrooy on Italian defences (Elis) | Rio Mitcham 400m runner and musician (Steff) | Clive Sullivan:Rugby League Legend | Tom Dempsey (Mike) | Match of the Day 1974 (Steff) | Sending off, Scottish style (Elis) | When Two Worlds Collide: The InterContinental Cup Years by Daniel Williamson |
| 134 | He Knows Exactly Where His Life Jacket Is | Rob Page meets Cliff Jones (Elis) | Toronto Maple Leafs StickMan (Steff) | Jack Grealish meets Finlay (Mike) | Women of Steel | Adam Hills playing at the World Cup (Steff) | The best baseball argument ever (Mike) | Paul Moulden (Elis) | The Tour According to G by Geraint Thomas |
| 135 | Berry Gordy Snaps Your ACL | Great Sneaky Goal (Steff) | Paul Thorburn kick (Elis) | "Best Clip Ever" (Mike) | There’s Only One Joey Allen | Cracking Throw-Ins (Steff) | Hatton's ring walk (Elis) | Joe's first Wales game (Mike) | World In Their Hands by Sarah Hunter and Martyn Thomas |
| 136 | Who Are We Not Telling? The Tax Man | We’re all the same (Steff) | Rainbow Bucket Hats (Mike) | Neco Williams (Elis) | Unknown Runner on Netflix | Allan Border to his own player (Mike) | GAA skills (Steff) | Ireland at Italia 90 as told by BBC Three (Elis) | Penguins Stopped Play by Harry Thompson |
| 137 | A Great Idea And A Big Sack Of Cash | Rob Burrow (Mike) | Bristol Bears Women names on shirts (Steff) | Cardiff schoolgirl reacts to Wales v Iran (Elis) | Matthews | Cardiff Schools Rugby (Mike) | Steffi Graf being very funny (Steff) | Pitch invasion, 1970s style (Elis) | Against All Odds: The Greatest World Cup Upsets |
| 138 | I’ll Be A Tooled Up Vegan Burglar On Mondays | Barry Davies telling off Italy (Elis) | Jack Leach (Steff) | Doddie (Mike) | Living With The Lions | Judith Hann dismisses the science behind frisbee (Elis) | Good Stoke Fan (Steff) | Rooney being a dick (Mike) | All Shapes and Zebras |
| 139 | You’re Going To Actual Hell | Bobby Robson, 1990 (Elis) | The Art of Persuasion (Mike) | Revels (Steff) | How to Win The World Cup | RTE Clip about Niall Quinn (Mike) | World Upside-down Beer Drinking Champion (Steff) | Roy Keane scores for ITV versus BBC (Mike) | Masters Of Modern Soccer by Grant Wahl |
| 140 | $illy | Coaching chat (Elis) | Solenne Piret (Mike) | Barmy Army play Ghost Town for Terry Hall (Steff) | Wild Waters | England v Wales 1990 (Elis) | "You should still be F-ing playing!" (Steff) | Scottish commentary on the 1966 World Cup Final (Mike) | There's Only Two Tony Cotteys by David Brayley |
| 141 | Little Tommy Two Kormas | Terry Venables forgets the lid is on (Steff) | Saint and Greavsie football gaffs (Elis) | Ironman (Mike) | Heathens | Brian Clough advertises Oribis stickers (Elis) | Finnish Baseball (Steff) | Jeremy Reaves makes the Pro Bowl (Mike) | How to Win the World Cup by Chris Evans |
| 142 | Oh! Rich, Mun | Mike Bubbins, Green Bay Packers super fan (Mike) | Dog stops play (Steff) | Pele on Blue Peter (Elis) | 1970 FIFA World Cup film | Frank Lampard gets his own back (Elis) | Lovely NFL player (Steff) | Alexis Mac Allister arrives back in Brighton (Mike) | Becoming Kareem by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar |
| 143 | Milk Pod, Gloop Episode | Batman and The Joker compete in a surfing competition (Steff) | The Darts. THAT Leg (Mike) | Battle of The Gnoll (Elis) | 30 for 30 Podcast The Six Who Sat | Graeme Souness on Gianluca (Mike) | George Blanda (Steff) | 5-a-side (Elis) | Never Stop Dreaming by Stuart Pearce |
| 144 | I Was Briefly In The Freemasons | Bike race on a 3,400m-high glacier. (Steff) | Here’s to Lancashire, 1933 FA Cup final toast (Mike) | Shadow play at Newcastle United (Elis) | Franco Harris: A Football Life | Somersault Touchdown (Mike) | Seamus Power takes on the one-club challenge at the iconic 18th hole at Kapalua(Steff) | The greatest crowd noise ever (Elis) | Ivor Allchurch MBE by Peter Stead |
| 145 | I’m Buying Sudocrem In Commercial Quantities | Scott Quinnell POSTCODE LOTTERY!! (Steff) | Andy Murray (Elis) | Ferret-legging (Mike) | Legends of Welsh Sport: Neville Southall | Mark Hudson getting, and losing, the Cardiff City job. Oof. (Mike) | This may just be the greatest TikTok ever uploaded (Steff) | Erik ten Hag arguing with Johan Cruyff age 13 (Elis) | The Art of War by Sun Tzu |
| 146 | Too Many Cooks Make Good Broth | Colin Cummings Air Hockey World Champion (Steff) | Boxer fails to fight his way out of a paper bag (Elis) | Cheerleading (Mike) | Breaking Through | 1990 London Division vs Northern Division. (Steff) | Judith Chalmers tour of Wembley, 1980 (Elis) | Gary Player and the experts (Mike) | Superstars of Autumn by Jack Clary |
| 147 | Cwtchella | Portia Woodman-Wickliffe (Steff) | Bill McLaren (Elis) | Sheffield Wednesday ballboy (Mike) | Codebreaker | “Wild” Swimming 1972 style (Steff) | USA Rugby League (Mike) | Frank Rothwell, the most Northern man ever (Elis) | Play Forever by Dr Kevin Stone |
| 148 | TODGERS (Live episode special) | TV soaps continually getting sport wrong (Elis) | NFL Ringo (Mike) | Alex Ferguson being scared of a balloon (Elis) | East v West (Steff) | WRC Finland (Mike) | Fan isn’t happy (Elis) | ||
| 149 | Carriages of Justice (Live Episode Special) | Leeds United's new signing Weston McKennie admits that espresso makes him shit himself (Elis) | Aussie rules team talk. More is less (Mike) | Toddler fouling (Steff) | Matt Williams Texas Tech Story (Steff) | Dickie Davies (Mike) | Motty's 5 Best moments (Elis) | ||
| 150 | Best Of Distant Pod July 2022 - March 2023 | A selection of the best clips from recent episodes to celebrate the 150th episode |
| Episode | Title | First Clip | Second Clip | Third Clip | Documentary | Fourth Clip | Fifth Clip | Sixth Clip | Book(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 151 | Box Kicks To Nowhere | Duncan Ferguson on not playing for Scotland (Elis) | Hazal Nehir (Steff) | Morecambe and Wise and Hunt (Mike) | De Ronde 100 | Jordan Conroy sliding (Steff) | Mark Hughes top 10 goals (Elis) | BOD and Jamie explain centre play (Mike) | Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing - Audiobook version (Steff) |
| 152 | A Circle Thank | Crazy cycling descent (Elis) | Lou Macari. Just brilliant. (Mike) | Micah Richards barber (Steff) | Ovett | Jordan Pickford and his biggest fan (Elis) | Stringing a racket (Steff) | Cory Allen interviewing Mason Grady (Mike) | Fibber in the Heat by Miles Jupp (Mike) |
| 153 | I Will Make An Absolute Star Out Of That Cow There | Ken Owens (Elis) | Stuart Broad v Neville and Carragher (Steff) | Canucks clip (Mike) | Le Mans 100 Years of Passion, on YouTube | Newcastle United penalty (Elis) | The Jann Mardenborough Story (Steff) | Canada half time RWC 87 (Mike) | How I Won the Yellow Jumper: Dispatches from the Tour de France by Ned Boulting (Elis) |
| 154 | *Doubles | Richard Burton narrates match day 1980 (Steff) | It counts because it namechecks Tessa Sanderson and Victor Ubogu. The funniest video I have seen for years (Elis) | Ken Sema post match clip (Mike) | BreakPoint on Netflix episode 1: The Maverick about Nick Kyrgios | Scary Snowboarding (Steff) | Aaron Ramsey on Wales captaincy (Elis) | Vinnie Jones on Gladiators (Mike) | More Fuel You by Renee McGregor (Steff) |
| 155 | Some Of My Best Friends Are Trees | Coal Carrying in the 1970s (Steff) | Tiger and Cub (Mike) | Frank Bough singing The Sporting Event of the Year (Elis) | Good Sport, Something in the Water | World Baseball Classic finally takes off (Steff) | Roy Keane on Alex Ferguson (Mike) | Nathan Broaaadheeeeeaaad! (Elis) | Longy by Sean Long (Mike) |
| 156 | Most Of The Stones Left Unturned | Skateboarding Duck (Steff) | Ian Holloway talks about his deaf daughter (Mike) | Sheffield United fan finally snaps (Elis) | Glenn Webbe Legends of Welsh Sport | They Haven’t Seen Me (Steff) | No arms golfer (Mike) | Clive Thomas being booed (Elis) | Second Yellow by John Smith |
| 157 | Sam Warburton (Guest Special) | Jonny Wilkinson's drop goal (Sam) | Michael Owen goal v Germany 2001 (Sam) | QRL Under 7s (Mike) | No documentary | Lennox Lewis beating Mike Tyson (Sam) | Charlie Faulkner try v Ireland (Elis) | No book | |
| 158 | Making a Porno, Is It? | Wales Under 17s qualify for the Euros for the first time (Elis) | Wrecsam going up (Mike) | Canal jumping (Steff) | Another Sunday in Hell | Niall Quinn in goals (Elis) | Basketball comeback (Mike) | No boots (Steff) | A Runners High by Dean Karnazes |
| 159 | I Would Prefer to Have My Left Wrist Broken By Two Men in Hoods With a Bat | Chris Sutton (Steff) | John Virgo (Mike) | Fans rush to get the winners golf ball (Elis) | This could go anywhere on Netflix | Chris Vaughn calls Deuce Vaughn (Mike) | Crystal Palace fan (Steff) | Fans complain in 1993 (Elis) | Welsh Warriors by Fred Deakin |
| 160 | Parking The Bus | Drew Maggi makes his MLB debut after 1155 Minor League games (Steff) | Terry Griffiths, John Spencer, Len Ganley (Mike) | Walking backwards record attempt (Elis) | The Evolution of The Quarterback | Man gets hit in the groin by cricket ball (Steff) | Aidan Hutchinson (Mike) | First girl to play Rugby League at Wembley (Elis) | Mundial Magazine |
| 161 | Kate Mason (Guest Special) | Snooker interruption (Kate) | Band chases runners (Kate) | Jamie Carragher tries talking to Rafael Leao (Elis) | No documentary | Downhill Mountain Biking (Kate) | No book | ||
| 162 | Let’s Settle This Like Men With No Girlfriends | Mr Le Maitre (Mike) | Max Rushden broadcasts as Cambridge United battle relegation (Elis) | Napoli fans on scooters (Steff) | Meanwhile back in Sunderland | The Hoff (Mike) | Bobby Robson after Gazza's first England goal (Elis) | Mic'd up refs (Kate Mason) | Failure is an Option by Matt Whyman |
| 163 | What Kind Of Carling Goes Well With Fish? | Indoor League Supercut (Mike) | Clothes Show covers footballers, 1996 (Elis) | NFL fun (Steff) | Battling the Waves | Don't Mess with this girl (Steff) | Sunderland and Leeds United FA Cup Final 1973 player intros (Mike) | Darren Moore (Elis) | Pod Almighty by Craig Douglas, Andrew Nickolds & Nick Newman |
| 164 | Mr Titchmarsh. It’s Been Done. | Tina Turner(Mike) | Jamie Carragher’s perfectly timed tackle on Soccer AM (Elis) | G helps out Cav at the Giro (Steff) | Anfield 1977 | Mad Biking (Steff) | Cyclist's world class swearing (Mike) | Bike skill (Elis) | Bloody Casuals, Diary of a Football Hooligan by Jay Allan |
| 165 | Felix White (Guest Special) | I EXPECT WINS! (Felix) | Jomboy on The Astros sign stealing in MLB(Felix) | Mark Nicholas gets Murali to bowl in an arm brace to prove he doesn't chuck (Felix) | No documentary | No book | |||
| 166 | Help Me Out Mate, This Is My Lowest Ebb | Portugal advert for World Cup (Steff) | Rory O'Connor (Mike) | Could Thierry Henry take on Kyle Walker? (Elis) | Tour de France Unchained | Rocket Ronnie and the ringpiece | Seinfeld on Golf Whispers (Steff) | One in a million moments in sport (Elis) | Cocaine + Surfing by Chas Smith |
| 167 | Richard Herring (Guest Special) | Subbuteo World Cup (Rich) | York City beat Manchester United 3-0 (Rich) | Richard playing snooker against himself (Steff) | No documentary | Free kick fun (Elis) | No book | ||
| 168 | Josh Widdicombe (Guest Special) | Princess Diana winning on Sports Day (Josh) | Honey Monster wins the cup (Josh) | Mr Blobby and Will Carling (Josh) | No documentary | Des, Italia 90 (Josh) | No book | ||
| 169 | We're Known For Our “Say Die" Attitude | 1970 World Cup Final (Steff) | LFC video (Mike) | Brandi Chastain scores winning penalty in 1999 World Cup Final (Elis) | Matildas: The World at Our Feet on Disney+ | Beverly Ranger (Steff) | Fouls (Mike) | Fara Williams scores from the halfway line (Elis) | She Shoots, She Scores by Catriona Clarke |
| 170 | Hoffi Pod | Blake’s 7 Theme (Mike) | The Sex Pistols in Caerphilly (Elis) | Damon Albarn, the creative process… (Steff) | Elvis: That's the Way It Is | John Cleese and Michael Palin explaining Life of Brian (Steff) | Kurt Russell in Tombstone (Mike) | Alan Partridge at the racing (Elis) | The Lion and The Unicorn by George Orwell |
| 171 | Gordon Smart, Islington (a) (Guest Special) | Gordon’s memories of Hibs winning the Cup (Gordon) | Scott Brown. I Dunno (Gordon) | John Jeffrey playing for Wales (Steff) | No documentary | John Conteh, Dudley Moore, Peter Cook on Parky (Elis) | Micheal Block hole in one at US PGA (Mike) | Sean Connery in a lift | It’s Been Emotional by Vinnie Jones |
| 172 | Or Will You Choose Number Three? | Cilla Black singing Eye of The Tiger (Mike) | Lee Trundle (Elis) | Fatima Witbread sets a Javelin World Record (Steff) | 40 Minutes episode on the Bodyline Ashes Series | Jeremiah Azu wins the 100m U23 European Championship (Elis) | 1986 NRL Grand Final (Mike) | Alexander Robertson and three generations of Socceroos (Steff) | Exercised by Daniel Lieberman |
| 173 | Greg Jenner (Guest Special) | Spectacular misses in 5-a-side football match in Turkey (Greg) | Gareth Bale's best moments (Greg) | Bill Bailey plays the Match of the Day theme (Greg) | No documentary | White Bear falls over A LOT (Greg) | Ski Sunday theme tune | No book | |
| 174 | The Golden Helmet | Reid and Hewett win doubles title for fifth time (Steff) | Best advert ever (Elis) | Stone skipping with Kurt (Mike) | The Dragon On My Shirt on Red Wall+ | Under the Covers (Steff) | Aaron Ramsey joins Cardiff City (Elis) | Speedball Masterclass (Mike) | Jean-Pierre Rives by Peter Bills |
| 175 | Adam Hurrey (Guest Special) | You can't give the opposition a sniff (Steff) | Saint and Greavsies's last shows (Elis) | Bill Leslie gently promotes Dove (Adam) | No documentary | Gary Lineker in Japan (Adam) | A tour of Richard Keys home in Doha | No book | |
| 176 | Who Was The Welsh One Who Discovered America? | Top Fiji RWC moments (Elis) | USA, Double World Champions (Steff) | Non Evans interview (Mike) | XV: Beyond The Tryline on Amazon Prime | Chile (Steff) | France v New Zealand 1999 (Elis) | Eddie Jones (Mike) | The Hardest Test by Scott Quinnell |
| 177 | Do You Like Thinking? Thank A Philosopher | Dickie Bird on Parky (Mike) | when you lose a Grand Slam Final (Elis) | Femke Bol at the World Championships (Steff) | The Deepest Breath on Netflix | George Best talking about his dad (Elis) | Doug Wood Snooker Theme Dragracer (Mike) | Get The Ball (Steff) | The Men On Magic Carpets by Ed Hawkins |
| 178 | I’ve Been On Tele For 39 Years | Siya Kolisi being brilliant (Mike) | Rugby League comes to Cardiff (Elis) | Steve Jones World Record (Steff) | The Loophole | Martin Brundle gets frightened by a tall man (Elis) | Alex Steele, cricketer (Mike) | Cycle ball (Steff) | My Sporting Life by Michael Parkinson |
| 179 | Develop A Relationship With The Ball | Jonny on drop goals (Mike) | 8 year old breaks 1500m world record (Elis) | Danny Dyer in Dundee (Steff) | Quarterback on Netflix | Lazio goalkeeper scores incredible goal (Elis) | Nicky Little (Mike) | Bo knows (Steff) | Touching Distance by James Cracknell |
| 180 | I Do Not Get DOMS, I Don’t Believe In It | Eddie Jones (Mike) | Ange Postecoglou (Elis) | Camera angle shows sport at its best (Steff) | Legends of Welsh Sport: Carwyn Williams | Brighton (Elis) | World Bowls (Mike) | Adam Beard's 50th cap (Steff) | Belonging by Owen Eastwood |
| 181 | What's That Biggins? | Don't jinx it (Mike) | Scott Gibbs (Elis) | Nigel Mansell (Steff) | The Engineer on Sport Explains The World | What happened to the fastest boys in history (Elis) | Kenny Rogers tests my devotion (Mike) | Carl Frampton's kids (Steff) | Football is a funny game by Saint and Greavsie |
| 182 | After About Two Hours I Just Gave Up And Slept In A Hedge | Kyra Poh, indoor sky diver (Mike) | Fonzie shouting out Ange Postecoglou (Elis) | South Sudan Basketball team make the Olympics (Steff) | Arnold on Netflix | Mascot has to be stretchered off after being rugby tackled (Elis) | Shane Lowry, Ryder Cup (Mike) | Guy who jumped in the water at the Ryder Cup jumps in the water again… twice (Steff) | Riding With The Rocket Men, by James Witts |
| 183 | Would You Like To Join Steffan’s Show? | John Curry (Steff) | Scottish fan (Elis) | Arnold on aging (Mike) | Beckham on Netflix | Swansea City balllboy gets kicked (Elis) | Barry John on drop goals (Mike) | Birmingham City fans (Steff) | Becoming Forrest, by Rob Pope |
| 184 | A Bit of Apples | Goalkeepers from the 70s doing odd things (Steff) | Cian Ashford relives his first goal for Wales (Elis) | Zion Clark (Mike) | The Lights of Wrigleyville | Boomerang (Elis) | Jim Hamilton on TT with Craig Doyle (Mike) | Bad ideas on social (Steff) | Nobody Beats Us, by David Tossell |
| 185 | Self-Styled Hulkamaniac | Flag Football at 2028 Olympics (Steff) | Gianfranco Zola on Jude Bellingham (Elis) | Brian Doby, Manitoba Bisons on Maya the kicker (Mike) | Welcome to Wrexham, Series 1 Episode 9 | Referee becomes injured, Wales v Scotland 1976 (Elis) | Ray Parlour. Obviously. (Mike) | Cornwall at the RWC (Steff) | Everybody Wants To Rule The World by Roger Domeneghetti |
| 186 | No Such Thing As a Fish (Guest Special) | Javelin technique | German Bobsleigh | The battle of the sexes | No documentary | The Balloon World Cup | 1971 Women's World Cup | Tug of War | Everything to Play For: The QI Book of Sports |
| 187 | I Think She Could Believe Her Luck | Cool reporter (Steff) | Ange Postecoglou (Elis) | Seve on Americans (Mike) | Tanni Grey Thompson: Legends of Welsh Sport | Carlisle United commentator (Elis) | Tommy Lasorda (Mike) | Motorbikes and football!! (1959) (Steff) | Everything To Play For: The QI book of Sports by James Harkin & Anna Ptaszynski |
| 188 | A Mug Of KenCafé | Jason Bowen shirt (Steff) | Angry non league manager (Elis) | Dr Vaughan Thomas. 1970s sports science (Mike) | Grandstand x The Beatles 22 February 1964: | Daniel Sturridge on wide forwards (Elis) | 100 year old England fan (Mike) | Issy Bunyan (Steff) | When Lions Roared by Tom English and Peter Burns |
| 189 | I’d Rather Go To A Galatasaray Match, Wearing An Away Shirt | Ainsley Harriott getting caught in the middle of a Besiktas/Fenerbahce riot (Steff) | Welsh football team chucking a rugby ball around (Elis) | General Melchett does football (Mike) | Paul Merson: Football, Gambling and Me | Johnny Giles being interviewed after a game (Elis) | Mike McDaniel presser (Mike) | EEC football match in 1973 ”The Three" v "The Six" (Steff) | Nowhere to Run by Jonathan Sayer |
| 190 | Clapham Grand, London (a): Live Show Special | Burn! (Mike) | WTF (Mike) | Cook Island kicker proves commentator wrong (Steff) | No Documentary | Mary Earps F**k Off (Steff) | Cans (Elis) | Skills (Elis) | No Book |
| 191 | Humphrey Ker Live at William Aston Hall, Wrexham (h): Live Show Special | Goalposts (Elis) | The Super Bowl Shuffle (Humphrey) | Superbowl Shuffle Tribute, The Superbroker Shuffle (Humphrey) | No Documentary | Sex Offender Shuffle (No-one) | Tottenham, Tottenham (Humphrey) | Anfield Rap (Humphrey) | No Book |
| 192 | The Outdoor Amusement Committee | John Noakes Cresta Run (Mike) | Ellis Jenkins on mic (Steff) | Romario at 57 (Mike) | Wonderland: The Alice Street Story | Cool Footballs (Steff) | Kevin Sinfield at CRFC (Mike) | Cilla playing football (Elis) | The Poetry of Benjamin Zephaniah |
| 193 | His Guts Split Open And It Was The King Of Spades | That’s your job (Elis) | Surfer takes her gran surfing (Steff) | El Tel. If I Can Dream (Mike) | Frozen Out | Emma Finucane (Steff) | Padraig Harrington (Mike) | Football to non fans (Elis) | Good For A Girl: A Woman Running In A Man’s World by Lauren Fleshman |
| 194 | Stuck In The Middle With Poo | Jocky Wilson vs Cliff Lazarenko (Mike) | The Chase - Fanny Chmelar (Steff) | Hristo Stoichkov being taught to skip by Johann Cruyff (Mike) | The Men Who Jump Off Buildings | F1 pit times (Elis) | Frank Dick (Mike) | How to run hills faster (Steff) | Althea by Sally H Jacobs |
| 195 | Pork Baguette Club | JPR (Mike) | Jurgen Klopp on Franz Beckenbauer (Elis) | Beckenbauer using just the outside of his boot (Steff) | JPR | Wolves first team training with the under 8s (Elis) | Danny Blanchflower (Mike) | Colin Walker 1970 (Steff) | We Lose Every Week by Andrew Lawn |
| 196 | Qwaylog 9 | Harry Redknapp (Elis) | LRZ on move away from Rugby (Steff) | Allrounder (Mike) | Mark Cavendish: Never Enough | The art of defending by Paolo Maldini (Elis) | Peyton Manning and Jeff Saturday (Mike) | Golf Dad Joke (Steff) | The Race Against The Stasi by Herbie Sykes |
| 197 | Whelk | Drinking at the 1962 Tour de France (Elis) | Speed Golf (Steff) | Trust (Mike) | Aliy on Netflix | Steve Heighway looking for his tooth (Elis) | Ronan O'Gara (Mike) | Should we close the roads? (Steff) | Tarbuck on Golf by Jimmy Tarbuck |
| 198 | The Nerd Net | Craig Johnston’s new baby (Elis) | West Indies win in Australia (Steff) | Calvin Peete (Mike) | NFL International Player Pathway Program, Undiscovered | F1 drivers training their necks (Elis) | Handre Pollard (Mike) | Women’s Lions Squad (Steff) | The Silence Of The Stands by Daniel Gray |
| 199 | The 1% Club | Luke Littler’s 9 darter (Elis) | Des (Steff) | Daf Jenkins (Mike) | 30 for 30 Podcast, No Rules. The Birth Of UFC | News report gone wrong (Elis) | NFL to NRL, Tom Brady to Reece Walsh (Mike) | Walking a Mile in 5:31 (Steff) | The Silent Season of a Hero by Gay Talese |
| 200 | It's Been On The Radio Since 1942 Mike Barry John tribute episode | The Cefneithin Boys (Elis) | Barry John to the music of John Barry (Steff) | Barry the reporter (Mike) | Desert Island Discs, Barry John in 1978 | Vimy John (Elis) | Alan John (Mike) | Sam and Ugo on Barry John (Steff) | The Barry John Story: An Autobiography |
Bubbins Bulls**t edit
During episode 121, Mike inducted a new segment of the show for clips that he keeps meaning to discuss on the podcast but forgets about, this was to be known as "Bubbins Bulls**t"[17] acknowledging that some of the BS that Mike mentions is worth remembering for future episodes. The first of these was Tom Brady throwing The Vince Lombardi Trophy between boats celebrating Tampa Bays win at Super Bowl LV.
Michael Owen's Movie Club Patreon Specials edit
In July 2020, in addition to bonus Patreon content on the main podcast a sister podcast, “Michael Owen's Movie Club” was introduced, the hosts watch a fictional sporting themed film and discuss it. The title comes from Michael Owen’s admission that he has only ever seen 8 films and didn't like them because they aren't real.[18]
Pint Sized Distant Pod edit
In November 2022, the podcast started to look back through their archive of episodes and selected some favourite stories, anecdotes and funny bits. The first clip was taken from "Episode 39: I Couldn't Bare To Think Of You Eating Cold Beans" recalling Mike's story of buying a camping stove for an optician he had just met.
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