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Chris Gold, Josh Widdicombe, and Michael Mardin discuss underappreciated 90s footballers, highlighting their careers and memorable moments. The episode features deep dives into Hristo Stoichkov's aggressive brilliance at Barcelona, Jan Molby's transformation into a Scouse-speaking playmaker, and Georgi Kinkladze's mesmerizing skills for a struggling Manchester City. They also discuss correspondence about unique football ground experiences, players' politics, and the peculiarities of Championship Manager.
Letters: Watching Football from Overlooking Houses
The hosts discuss correspondence about fans who could watch football matches from nearby houses. A listener shares their experience living in a house overlooking Exeter City's St James's Park during university, where they could see most of the pitch from a Velux window on the roof. However, the novelty quickly wore off after several low-scoring, cold matches, and they eventually preferred watching Champions League at home instead.
- A house at 110 St James's Road in Exeter overlooked most of St James's Park except the away end goal mouth during 2011-12 season
- Local season ticket holders would regularly chant about the students being freeloaders
- After five to seven low-scoring games in increasingly cold weather, the students preferred watching Champions League indoors
" After five to seven low-scoring games and increasingly cold, the perk of this cramped student of ours started to diminish and actually watching the Champions League on a Tuesday night in the warm appealed vastly more than watching Exeter battle relegation against Gunthorpe. "
90s Footballers' Politics and Personal Lives
Discussion turns to a book tracking Tottenham players' interests across decades, revealing quirky details like Ian Walker's political preference for either the Monster Raving Loony Party or any party offering low income tax. The hosts express fascination with learning about footballers' voting habits and political leanings, noting how little is known about most players' political views compared to modern players like Gary Neville.
- Hunter Davis' The Glory Game tracked changing interests of Spurs squads from the 70s, 80s, and 90s
- Andy Sinton's last holiday was in Algeria, Clive Wilson was into computers
- Ian Walker's politics were listed as Monster Raving Loony Party or any party offering low income tax
- Rufus Brevitt allegedly told protesting students to 'get a job' in social media comments
" Ian Walker's politics being monster raving loony party or any party which offers low income tax. It's really two ends of the spectrum there from Walker. "
" I want complete nihilism or more money in my pocket. "
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