Summary
Overview
This is the season finale quiz episode of Quickly Kevin, a 90s football podcast. Hosts Chris Scull and Josh Widdicombe are joined by quiz master Michael Marden and guests Matthew Crosby and Ed Gamble for an entertaining football quiz featuring rounds on True/False, Starting 11, Big Man Little Man, footballer film choices, and Mastermind specialist subjects. Despite the guests knowing very little about football, the episode delivers comedy gold through their creative guesses and reasoning, particularly during the Starting 11 round where they attempt to name players from England's famous Euro 96 4-1 victory over Holland.
Opening Banter and Gladiators Controversy
The episode begins with the hosts discussing a fascinating Twitter revelation from Craig Charles, who accused John Fashanu of stealing his catchphrase 'Awuga' from the 90s TV show Cyberzone for use on Gladiators. The conversation meanders through Craig Charles's DJ management company (also called Awuga Management), his football abilities, and various catchphrase-related tangents before the hosts announce their upcoming live online show and reveal that Dario G has agreed to appear on the podcast despite not remembering much of the 90s.
- Craig Charles tweeted in 2018 that John Fashanu stole 'Awuga' from his show Cyberzone for Gladiators, calling him a 'knobhead'
- Craig Charles's DJ booking agency is called Awuga Management
- Dario G has agreed to do an interview on the podcast but warned he doesn't remember much of the 90s
- Live online show announced for June 11th at 8pm, tickets £5
" Cyberzone, I used Awuga as the catchphrase, which had been spoken by Holly in Red Dwarf as the replacement sound of Claxton. we had fashioning one as a guest and he nicked it for gladiators the man's a knobhead "
Euro 96 Tactical Revelation
A listener named Gav Chandler writes in with an astonishing observation about England's Euro 96 semi-final against Germany - Terry Venables made zero substitutions during the entire 120 minutes, despite having quality players like Fowler, Ferdinand, Barnby and Steve Stone on the bench. This leads to a discussion about why this happened, with theories ranging from momentum management to being frozen by the moment. The hosts are genuinely shocked by this revisionist discovery.
- Terry Venables made no substitutions in 120 minutes of the Euro 96 semi-final against Germany
- Germany made three substitutions, with two of the subs taking the first two penalties
- Gareth Southgate, who missed the decisive penalty, played the entire match
- In the quarter-final against Spain, England had made a treble substitution at 109 minutes
" Terry Venables didn't make a single substitution in 120 minutes. What? No way. That is mad, isn't it? "
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