On the pod today: Drug smuggling Arsenal strikers, Arctic Monkeys trash the Emirates and a Mexican poisoning scandal...Unlock the rusty door to Tuchel’s Dungeon, our patreon where we spill stories too spicy for the pod.Get an extra weekly episode right now plus extended cuts and no more pesky ads:www.patreon.com/upshottowers?utm_source=shownotes(Sign up in your browser, not the patreon app - it’s cheaper).Links from the show:Dad pretending to score in front of the Kop - https://www.instagram.com/p/DKo2bensyrI/ Dreadlock holiday - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUNTk5xsxk4 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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45:17
Spice Boys: Liverpool’s naughty 90s
Support the pod and unlock an extended cut and exclusive weekly patreon episode: www.patreon.com/upshottowersThese days, Liverpool are a well oiled football machine.But back in the mid-90s, the likes of Robbie Fowler, Jamie Redknapp and Razor Ruddock were the ultimate Premier League playboys.They dated Page 3 girls, necked 25 pints after matches and pissed themselves to ward off defenders.From shagging the manager’s daughter to guzzling 212 steak and kidney pies a year, meet the Spice Boys…Links from the pod:Louise’s One Kiss from Heaven video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITBvflS2KBs&t=119sFowler snorting celebration: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E36FJk4OQaw Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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1:07:54
Salt Bae kicked out of the Champions League afterparty
Unlock the rusty door to Tuchel’s Dungeon, our patreon where we spill stories too spicy for the pod. Get an extra weekly episode right now plus extended cuts and no more pesky ads:www.patreon.com/upshottowers?utm_source=shownotes(Sign up in your browser, not the patreon app - it’s cheaper).On the pod today: The former Villa midfielder who hospitalised two teenage players after bursting into their dressing room drunk.Plus: Ian Rush’s score-settling musical, Man United’s miserable summer holiday and Eric Cantona’s Links from the pod:Guam FA chief asleep on Zoom call: https://x.com/UpshotTowers/status/1605537356316131328 Rasputin’s cock in a jar: https://easycomeseasygoes.blogspot.com/2011/08/rasputins-legendary-13-inches-penis-on.html Napoleon’s cock in a box: https://images.app.goo.gl/HkMikhU2L8BomBSR7 Jack after Glastonbury: https://images.app.goo.gl/UHPTNtknVUQqZKzh9 Luke Littler lookalike pizza advert: https://x.com/mcOOey/status/1929182488091414641 Get 15% off and free shipping at manscaped.com when you use code UPSHOT Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Drug lord midfielders and strikers sold for sausages: The Upshot v Rest of the World
With special guest Paul Watson.Listen to the Sweeper Pod: https://linktr.ee/sweeperpod With its vapid commercialism and unhinged fans, it’s easy to lose faith in modern football.But venture beyond the major leagues, and you’ll find the freewheeling chaos that once made it great.They pick drug lords in midfield, blame ghosts for their sex scandals and sell stars for sausage meat.Dig out your passport for the weirdest stories in world football…Support the pod and unlock an extended cut and exclusive weekly patreon episode: www.patreon.com/upshottowersLinks from the pod:Harry Redknapp Jordan interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OT8BQxC8_okMan blocks camera during Uganda v Mali: https://cdn.standardmedia.co.ke/images/tuesday/pojw8adi0wbax961372c9a50862.jpgZamalek fans make sad face: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FslIguBWYAIpq-Q.jpg Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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1:02:21
A drunken dressing room scrap with two teenagers
Unlock the rusty door to Tuchel’s Dungeon, our patreon where we spill stories too spicy for the pod. Get an extra weekly episode right now plus extended cuts and no more pesky ads:www.patreon.com/upshottowers?utm_source=shownotes(Sign up in your browser, not the patreon app - it’s cheaper).On the pod today: The former Villa midfielder who hospitalised two teenage players after bursting into their dressing room drunk.Plus: Ian Rush’s score-settling musical, Man United’s miserable summer holiday and Eric Cantona’s Links from the pod:United Strand letting his hair dry: https://www.instagram.com/p/DJ_4nDLojxo/Ian Rush musical: https://bsky.app/profile/uglygame.bsky.social/post/3lplt3vmixc2lIan Rush musical explained: https://theuglygame.wordpress.com/2025/05/21/they-never-called-old-rushie-back-no-mate-to-mate-hello/Ian Rush in the bath: https://icdn.empireofthekop.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Screenshot-2021-12-27-7.17.44-AM-768x384.jpg Get 15% off and free shipping at manscaped.com when you use code UPSHOT 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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