Is the game gone? Is there too much money in football? Is American Football kinda communist? Beer Christianity talks to sometime sports journalist and head of Be With Community, Jamie Cutteridge, about the Super League controversy, why we support sports teams and how capitalism may or may not be ruining soccer.

In honour of that, here's the official Beer Christianity football jersey:

We also cover: why Chiltern Brewery is so cool for Christians; a Beer Christianity OnlyFans; how to game the Beer52 system, really without trying at all; whether all footballers are good looking; Harry Kane's hair; performative masculinity and white male working class identity in sport and whether any other word prefixes 'hooligan' better than 'football'.

You can find out more about Jamie's community at BeWith.community and read the book he recommended, And the Sun Shines Now, now. You can also hear cool local football thoughts from at least one Christian on the We Found a Game podcast. And don't forget to read that Tribune Magazine article on fan-owned football and think about subscribing to a good socialist publication.

This episode powered (but not sponsored) by: a great sparkling ale from Chiltern Brewery and some Inferno by Oakham brewery, among other things. Here's a pic of a bad from their excellent beer shop (check out the slogan!):

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We don't really want to preach at you, but some people like to know what we believe. It's this: Jesus Christ is the Son of God and came to teach us a better way to be while reconciling us to God and each other in a way we could never do without Him. He also changed water into wine. Nice.