Summary
Overview
A hilarious deep dive into 'That's Football,' a 1993 Channel 4 documentary following Swindon Town's championship season. Comedian Ivo Graham, a lifelong Swindon fan, joins hosts Chris Scull, Josh Widdicombe, and Michael Marden to analyze this bizarre, poorly-narrated yet occasionally cinematically brilliant piece of 90s football television featuring player-manager Glenn Hoddle and his intimidating assistant John Gorman.
Introduction and Show Updates
The hosts kick off with sponsored messages before diving into show announcements. They reveal an upcoming Halloween special episode called 'Quickly Kevin Will Be Scared' launching November 2nd, featuring haunted stadium stories and Michael's supernatural experiences. They also announce a new Patreon forum for listeners and address ongoing banter about Michael's controversial takes on Peter Schmeichel's goalkeeping abilities.
- Halloween special episode 'Quickly Kevin Will Be Scared' announced for November 2nd featuring haunted stadiums and Michael's ghost stories
- New Quickly Kevin forum launching on Patreon for members to discuss 90s football
- Continued mockery of Michael's defense of Peter Schmeichel getting chipped
" You've become a defender of probably the greatest goalkeeper of all time. It's really our rewriting of history is disgusting but there we go "
" Do you remember who was the Iraqi war general who kept saying the Americans are nowhere near Baghdad as the tanks rolled in behind him? That's Michael, that's your position at the moment "
Correspondence and Religious Footballers
The hosts read listener emails, focusing on a treasure trove of responses about footballers turned preachers. Highlights include Phil Mulryne becoming a priest, David Icke's conspiracy theories, and the remarkable story of Argentina goalkeeper Carlos Roa who walked away from football to prepare for the apocalypse, refusing to work Saturdays on religious grounds when he returned.
- 64 listeners wrote in to confirm Phil Mulryne is now a priest
- Argentina goalkeeper Carlos Roa quit football to join religious retreat preparing for Y2K apocalypse
- When Roa returned to football after the world didn't end, he refused to work Saturdays on religious grounds
" As he waited for the apocalypse, he turned to preaching. When the end of the world turned out not to be nigh, he returned to Real Mallorca claiming to feel refreshed from his time away, but now with the added complication that he wouldn't work on Saturdays from religious grounds "
" You know, you've got to stand at, like, a two-meter distance from the people in front of you. And every time someone looks around as if to judge me for not being at the appropriate distance, in my head I go, I'm in my meter, I'm in my meter "
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