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A lockdown-era episode of the 90s football nostalgia podcast where hosts Chris, Josh, and Michael discuss how their relationship with football has changed during the break, revisit their Panini Rising Stars research, and feature clips from previous guests including Alex Brooker's worst Arsenal XI, Bobby Gould's Stuart Pearce discovery story, and Gary Neville's revelation about Paul Scholes.
Life Without Football During Lockdown
The hosts reflect on how quickly football disappeared from their lives during the pandemic. They discuss checking transfer gossip out of habit despite no games being played, Fantasy Premier League becoming pointless, and discovering they've lost interest in contemporary football but remain obsessed with matches from 2010 and earlier. They debate whether managers under pressure will get a grace period when football returns.
- Checking football news headlines has completely disappeared from daily routine after being a default phone crutch
- Fantasy Premier League game weeks still running but meaningless - everyone has a free wildcard but no way to know who'll be in form
- No interest in contemporary football or replays from last 3 years, but watch everything from 2009-2010 and before
- Managers under pressure might get more of a honeymoon period when football restarts
" I watch the sport update with a morbid curiosity. So I'm just like, what are you going to talk about today? "
" It's very quick how you can totally kind of write football out of the narrative of your life when it was quite central to it "
The Merlin Rising Stars Mystery Solved
Following last week's call-out, listeners provided detailed research on the seven players Merlin predicted would be stars in 1994-95. The hosts play a game ranking them by Premier League appearances, revealing surprising statistics. Neil Shipley topped the list with 149 appearances, while Jamie Forrester managed just nine, vindicating or destroying Merlin's predictions depending on the player.
- Ian Selley had 41 Premier League appearances and won FA Cup, League Cup, and UEFA Cup Winners' Cup medals with Arsenal
- Steve Frogart made 75 Premier League appearances and was called up for England in 1999 during Coventry spell
- Darren Eadie achieved 81 appearances, was called up for England in 1997 for Le Tournois but got injured, and is in Norwich City Hall of Fame
- Neil Shipley had the most success with 149 Premier League appearances
" Steve Frogart was also called up for England in 1999 during his time at Coventry. For the Euro 2000 playoff with Scotland, but he was an unused sub. "
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