Comedians Talking About Football

"Winning Euro 2024 would be like the ending to an incredible movie... Which is why it probably won't happen"

As England's Euro 2024 campaign kicks-off, comedian and football funny-man Jim Daly discusses Southgate's 8 year reign as England manager... Has it been a success...?

From missed penalties, to Pizza Hut, to managing England to their first major tournament final - How will the Southgate story end?

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Presented/Edited by: Sam Michael 

Music By: David Hoare

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"So I was standing in Wales wearing an England shirt..."

Comedian's Talking About Football Episode 34 with Lynsey Smart talking about the Scotland National Team

With Euro 2024 upon us, Scottish comedian Lynsey Smart talks all things Tartan Army.

From how to guess a Scottish person's pin number to re-living De Amitri's 'Don't come home too soon' Lynsey shares what it's really like to be a Scot married to an Englishman during a major tournaments...

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Presented/Edited by: Sam Michael

Music By: David Hoare

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"I've never known a fantasy Arsenal team to include Danny DeVito..."

Comedian Katie Price, who recently made the final of the LGBTQ Comedian of the Year talks all things Arsenal FC

From visiting Highbury with her Mum as a child to attending regular games at the Emirates Stadium with fellow-comic and previous ComTalkFootyPod guest Jamie D'Souza

As usual, Katie picks her own, personal, fantasy team which includes one of the most outrageous call-ups in the history of the podcast!

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Music By: David Hoare

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"Ali Dia has the biggest brag of all time, blagging his way on to a premier league pitch..."

Comedian and football coach, Lee Hudson talks all things Southampton FC

From a non-football family, the busiest man Sam Michael knows on the circuit talks about coordinating comedy gigs with football fixtures (once getting to watch 3 games within 24 hours!) with tales of his best and worst Southampton away days.

Lee covers Southampton legends from his (now) controversial childhood hero Matt Le Tissier to players he's gone on to play along side, to the football urban legend himself, Ali Dia!

An ex-player who nearly turned pro, Lee is also a qualified coach and talks about balancing that with the comedy circuit.

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Artwork Created By: Candy Jay 

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"My team on FIFA were called Young Boys... Then I found out there was a team called Young Boys... I also think I invented the Mini..."

Ollie Young is a young comedian who despite not remembering the 'Invincibles' talks all things (post 2007) Arsenal Football Club 

A very funny chat with this up and coming star of the UK comedy circuit, Ollie gives us his brutal opinion of Arsenal Fan TV and his incredible 5-year-plan prediction for the Gunners in Europe.

As always, we take a look at Ollie's 'personal 5-a-side dream team' which includes no defenders...

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"So... my mum pulls out a knife"

Bristol based comedian Phil Wathern talks about his Bristol based team... Rovers!

A life-long fan of the Gas, Phil talks about the highs and the lows of supporting the City's underdog and reflects on their rivalry with City.

Phil also relives some of the worst away days and some of the best, including his mum brining a 'foreign object' into the stands...

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"I tried to catch a packet of peanuts and nearly fell through the roof of the Gallowgate End stand..."

Comedian and award-winning actor, as seen in Fisherman's Friends and I, Daniel Blake talks all things Newcastle United FC.

Born and Bread, Tyneside Dave has been going to watch the Mighty Toon for over 60 years and in this fantastic episode of the podcast, he talks us through his experience as a fan of Newcastle from the 1960s, to the 1990's 'Entertainer's' and today's Saudi take over, making the Magpies one of the richest clubs in the Premier League!

Dave also talks about how the recent takeover, may have had an impact on a recent acting role...

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"I went to school with the chairman of Bristol City but didn't realise it was him until he knew a bit too much about the Leroy Lita transfer move to Reading..."

Comedian, elite football shirt collector and Robins fan, Matt Hobbs talks all things Bristol City FC

A proper Bristolian Boy (but from North Brizzle, shh...) the club runs through Hobs veins from playing along side (but never speaking to) Bristol City Youth prospects and attending school with Robins Chairman and owners son, Jon Lansdown.

We also talk about what's more realistic, City one day winning the Premier League or man re-visiting the moon.

As always, we take a look at Matt Hobs 'personal 5-a-side dream team' which FINALY includes more than one defender.

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Comedian and Para Lions' partially-sighted player Josh Pugh talks about representing England at international Futsal

We take a look back at our chat with Josh, where he shared his experience of losing his vision at an early age and being introduced to the Men's Partially Sighted England Team. He talks of his successes as a player, his teammates who inspired him and how the FA are really getting behind the Para Lions.

Josh and the England Futsal Team have recently finished runner up in the IBSA World Games, with an excellent campaign which took them all the way to the final.

More on England partially sighted football here: https://www.englandfootball.com/play/Disability-Football/Partially-Sighted-Football

More from Josh Pugh here: https://joshpughcomic.com/

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"So tell us what happened on Adrian Chiles's stag do..."

Kicking off a new series of the podcast for the 2023/2024 season is comedy circuit legend Karen Bayley chatting all things West Bromwich Albion 

A follower of the Albion since having a childhood crush on Brian Robson, Karen takes us through her many years supporting the club, from the glory era to the yo-yo area to the (in her words) the 'we've been crap recently' era! 

A close friend of WBA fan Adrian Chiles, we also get exclusive info on what went down on the former MOTD 2 and ITV Football pundit's stag do! 

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