The Upshot pulls back the curtain on your favourite sports and dives into all the stuff BBC and Sky wouldn’t touch with a bargepole: drunken antics, dressing ro...
Plus: A top flight ref drugged by an escort, why Wolves can’t trust their new manager and Hamaroaui and Diallo come face to face at last.Join Zach and Jack for another edition of Extra Shot, our weekly pod spilling the funniest stories in sport this week.Get ya pubes in order for grandma and 20% off when you use code UPSHOT at http://www.manscaped.com Subscribe to our newsletter and get a five min rundown of the funniest stories in sport in your inbox every Friday:https://www.upshot.email/subscribe?utm_source=pod Links from the pod:Matheus Cunha stealing glasses: https://x.com/WolvesTalk/status/1868233601248047137 Gary Neville hates Christmas dinner: https://x.com/AMonFootball/status/1560409480390664192 Avram Glazer’s strange haircut: https://images.app.goo.gl/JL6quekmMgU7tKM69 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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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 into a spiral that would drive them apart.The year is 1974. Now more devoted to sex and booze than football, George has walked out on the club. And his insatiable appetite for booze and shagging is about to get him into real trouble…With guest Vittorio Angelone (https://www.instagram.com/vittorioangelone)Vittorio’s podcast: https://www.youtube.com/@guidetoparentingLinks from the pod:Alex Best talking about his ghost: https://youtu.be/RTI8Nsv_jMc?si=q0pn7IzfcIMZpZSJ&t=267 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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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 Christmas.Join Zach and Jack for another edition of Extra Shot, our weekly pod spilling the funniest stories in sport this week.We’re hiring a video producer, details here: https://www.upshot.email/p/we-re-hiring-a-video-producerGet ya pubes in order for grandma and 20% off when you use code UPSHOT at http://www.manscaped.com Links from the pod:Michail Antonio emerging unscathed from car crash in a snowman outfit: https://content.api.news/v3/images/bin/c40708cc924fa7bcb0b8d06f022ed526Get a five min rundown of the funniest stories in sport in your inbox every Friday:https://www.upshot.email/subscribe?utm_source=pod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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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, it’d be a hard choice. Thankfully, I’ve done both.”And he did far more than that.The United legend knocked out Michael Caine, bedded Bond girls and partied so hard his wife stabbed him in the arse.From “postal sex” to stints in the slammer, this is the story of Georgie Best…With guest Vittorio Angelone (https://www.instagram.com/vittorioangelone)Vittorio’s podcast: https://www.youtube.com/@guidetoparentingLinks from the pod:David Healy mural: https://www.davidlyonsphotography.com/image/I0000A8sFl96uB8kGeorge Best dancing at Top of the Pops: https://youtu.be/27ouOE4RvUc?si=onvOxflonQBvYg4x&t=84 Wondergoal against Benfica: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZoL3m8KF8Y4 Eggs advert: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NeXlaN8hUZM Push up bra advert: https://www.retrojunk.com/c/90LGxlnzJX/body-language-bra-by-playtex-feat-george-best 1968 cup final highlights: https://youtu.be/WMZ9EVFJRZk?si=_1KaxdsTaAAuQzYk&t=239 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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44:46
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 another edition of Extra Shot, our weekly pod spilling the funniest stories in sport this week.We’re hiring a video producer, details here: https://www.upshot.email/p/we-re-hiring-a-video-producerGet ya pubes in order for grandma and 20% off when you use code UPSHOT at http://www.manscaped.com Links from the pod:Ozil’s mugger speaks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CnTwnz9IG0k&t=951s Get a five min rundown of the funniest stories in sport in your inbox every Friday:https://www.upshot.email/subscribe?utm_source=pod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
The Upshot pulls back the curtain on your favourite sports and dives into all the stuff BBC and Sky wouldn’t touch with a bargepole: drunken antics, dressing room squabbles and the simmering sexual tension of the French football team.Check out our semi-legendary newsletter that goes to 100,000+ subscribers: http://www.upshot.email?utm_source=poddescriptionAnd our Twitter account, where we dig into the archives and spill classic tales from the past: http://www.twitter.com/upshottowers Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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