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A lively and entertaining podcast episode featuring humorous personal anecdotes, football stories, and listener emails. The hosts discuss their lockdown activities, share incredible stories from Pat NevDes, Ellis James on the state of Welsh football at the vetch, and Graham McAuley's tales from the premier league title winning season, all peppered with nostalgia about 90s football culture and quirky behind-the-scenes details.
Opening Chat and Richard Keys Email
The hosts kick off with casual banter about their lockdown activities, including making pesto ice cubes and building a tiny replica of Old Oxford. They then dive into a remarkable listener email about Richard Keys' aggressive behavior during a charity football match at a secondary school in St. Oakland, where he was substituted at half time for violently challenging and threatening a teenage player. The story sets the tone for the episode's mix of humor and revealing anecdotes about football personalities.
- Michael has been making pesto ice cubes and building a tiny replica Old Oxford that's quite fiddly and stressful
- Chris completed his first 1,000 piece jigsaw but found it ultimately a waste of time when he just folded it up afterward
- Richard Keys two-footed challenged a teenager in a charity match, grabbed his shirt, wrestled him down, and threatened to wait for him afterward
- The John Watson charity match at the school never happened again after the Richard Keys incident
" Everything's a waste of time, Michael. Everything is a waste of time. Everything is arbitrary. Nothing is that important. "
" He grabbed the back of my shirt and wrestled me to the ground. By now the game had descended into chaos. At half time Mr. Willis had to ask John Watson to substitute Richard Keys, which he did, but Richard remonstrated and threatened to wait for me afterwards. "
90s XI of an-capped English players
The discussion turns to an interesting team selection puzzle - creating an XI of English players from the 90s who were established in the Premier League but never received international caps. This sparks a fascinating conversation about how the influx of foreign players changed opportunities for English players, and includes a shocking revelation about Tony Cotton being denied an England cap because a chairman didn't want to pay a bonus fee.
- The team includes Tony Cotton in goal, David May at right back, Paul Warren and Ian Pierce as center backs, and John pairs for it left back
- Chris Armstrong and Lee Chapman would have definitely played for England if they were around these days
- Manchester City's chairman asked Graham Taylor not to pick Tony Cotton for England to avoid paying watford a £350,000 bonus
" Manchester City's chairman and FA bigwig put the squeeze on Graham not to pick Cotton, as they would have to pay Ford an extra £350,000 bonus if he made a senior England appearance. "
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