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This episode of Quickly Kevin, Will He Score is a pre-season special featuring hosts Chris Gold, Josh Whittacombe, and Michael Marden discussing their favorite football-related TV shows from the 1990s. The trio debates the merits of shows ranging from Match of the Day to the obscure Standing Room Only, plays their game 'Do I Like That?', and shares listener correspondence including a hilarious Marcel Desailly story. The episode culminates in a quiz about England's Euro 96 match against Holland.
Marcel Desailly's Window Power Move
The hosts read a listener story about an extraordinary encounter with Chelsea legend Marcel Desailly. As teenage fans excitedly approached Desailly at a traffic light in his convertible Mercedes, the defender deployed a brilliantly cold move - rolling up only the driver's side window in their face while keeping the roof down and all other windows open. This perfectly encapsulates Desailly's cool, calculated demeanor both on and off the pitch.
- Marcel Desailly was spotted in a convertible Mercedes with the top and all windows down on Fulham Road
- When a young fan approached excitedly calling his name, Desailly rolled up only the driver's side window without looking
- The roof and all other windows remained down as Desailly drove away
" At this point, without hesitation, without taking his eyes off the road for a second, Desailly simply put up his driver's side window right in front of Will's face all the while keeping the roof and all the rest of the car's windows down. "
John Wark and the Escape to Victory Time Paradox
In a delightful twist of internet chaos, the hosts discover that their running joke about accidentally following the wrong John Wark on Instagram has altered reality itself. When someone googles the cast of Escape to Victory, the film starring Sylvester Stallone and Pelé, the photo for footballer John Wark has been replaced by their John Wark - a regular actor. It's a Back to the Future 2-style moment where they've inadvertently changed history through social media.
- The podcast only follows one person on Instagram - John Wark, but it's not the footballer John Wark
- Google Images now shows the wrong John Wark (an actor) when displaying the cast of Escape to Victory
- The hosts compare it to Back to the Future 2, where they've gone back in time and changed history
" It's like Back to the Future 2. We've gone back in time and we've changed history. "
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