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: Kolo and Yaya Toure’s tremendously kinky escort is back and the Putin-backed Scottish chairman who threatens to disappear his captain Join Zach and Jack for another edition of Extra Shot, the weekly pod spilling the funniest stories in sport this week.Get 20% off plus free shipping with Manscaped: use code UPSHOT at https://uk.manscaped.com/ If you’re enjoying the pod please share it with your friends on WhatsApp.Links from the pod:Cole Palmer’s jam sandwich interview: https://x.com/dank_ackroyd/status/1895383298404462616 Rodrigo Muniz Madame Tussauds: https://x.com/BBCMOTD/status/1776135178441597306 Man Utd fan not cutting his hair: https://www.instagram.com/p/DGvIzekI5FZ/ Gervonta Davis hair grease excuse: https://x.com/ChampRDS/status/1896074390972084320 RFK’s dodgy mates: https://x.com/highbrow_nobrow/status/1851288828113297454 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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48:49
Gazza: dancing naked on the table
May 1998.England manager Glenn Hoddle is cowering in the wreckage of his Spanish hotel room, surrounded by broken furniture and shards of glass.As astonished teammates survey the wreckage, hoddle blood-stained assailant storms out the room. It’s Paul Gascoigne.But how did it come to this?From spiking his teammates with laxatives to joining the hunt for Raoul Moat, this is the story of Gazza: the later years…Buy Roisin’s acclaimed book here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Want-Home-But-Already-ThereLinks from the show:Disgrace-fool front page: https://inews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/sun-frontpage.jpgGoal against Scotland: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Op4zA-RWZQcNarrowly missing chance to score golden goal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mie0ZL1vsFk&t=296s Flute gesture to Celtic fans: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjT6vOvCAt4 Admits to wanking in Number 10 downing street: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/nxatSvpImlY Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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59:18
Diego Costa’s Bible bonk
Plus: Jim Ratcliffe starves the youth team and Zelensky deploys Bonnie Blue in the Donbas.Join Zach and Jack for another edition of Extra Shot, the weekly pod spilling the funniest stories in sport this week.Get 20% off plus free shipping with Manscaped: use code UPSHOT at https://uk.manscaped.com/ If you’re enjoying the pod please share it with your friends on WhatsApp.Links from the pod:Gabriel Jesus and Diego Costa polaroids found in Bible: https://x.com/Tagelca/status/1889088646864937066 Pensioners with porn subscription photo: https://images.app.goo.gl/FzAx6w5zVxasa7YG8 Steve Smith’s dirty texts (NSFW): https://x.com/MikeyTBH/status/1893752107699777902 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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51:16
David Icke: a goalkeeper gone gaga
In his 80s heyday, David Icke was the friendly face of Match of the Day and Grandstand.Then one day, everything changed.The retired goalkeeper stood up on national television, and declared himself “the son of the Godhead”.And that was just the start.From three way relationships to dumping his wife for being a shape-shifting lizard, this is the story of a goalkeeper gone gaga…Get tickets for the Trigger Happy TV 25th anniversary tour here: www.cuffeandtaylor.comLinks from the show:Turquoise tracksuit: https://www.shutterstock.com/editorial/image-editorial/MaT0gf06Nbj1kc18ODY5/david-icke-wife-linda-daughter-kerry---1500w-184609a.jpgWogan interview: https://youtu.be/NapHiWsoFXI?si=c5CtPjh50htHVhzr&t=330 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Mr Bean sparks a bitter sporting feud
Plus: Lucas Paqueta’s miserable birthday present, Lazio’s eagle handler barricades himself in the training ground, and an NFL star sued for breaking a pornstar’s leg.Join Zach and George for another edition of Extra Shot, the weekly pod spilling the funniest stories in sport this week.If you’re enjoying the pod please share it with your friends on WhatsApp.Links from the pod:Pak Bean in Harare: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=5213881825392356 Pak Bean’s apology to the people of Zimbabwe: https://x.com/AdamTheofilatos/status/1585946122735845377 Iranian Roberto Baggio: https://x.com/HatamDaddy/status/1865703661252563393 Patrick Bamford at trampoline world: https://www.instagram.com/the72clubs/p/DGIk1R1grJo/?img_index=2 Joe Cole’s dream dinner party: https://x.com/HITCSevens/status/1891439055214174236 Brooklyn Beckham’s truffle pasta: https://www.instagram.com/p/DGJRzf6ScQa/?hl=en 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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