Fit & Proper

Elis James’s Swansea City legacy runs deep. From marking himself out as comedy’s most loyal travelling fan, wearing as many retro shirts as possible on BBC sitcom Josh, to creating a completely different (ludicrous) identity for the forums. The man has so much to say, he has prompted our first ever two part episode. That’s bagsman level stats on the pitch AND the podcast charts. Unreal.

Make sure to check our Part 2 to find out how he'll run the club himself.

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Proper hammer Laura Smyth (who grew up the film set Green Street) educates Lloyd and Rhys on the wide ranging culinary options surrounding the old gaff, before returning there to really lean into the nickname of the owners she’s following.

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South coast Spice Boy Josh Widdicombe hits everything possible on his own bingo card (even Blur) with a Plymouth takeover focussed solely on nostalgia. And what’s more nostalgic than the Yo-Yo? He trades his clubs recent success for the ‘more fun’ uncertainty of his youth, gets muddled in the Pasty wars (soon to be called Ginster-gate) and makes a convincing case for lower league shirt brands being capped. Or Kappa.

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One of comedy’s greats, Sean McLoughlin, has always been incredibly hard working. So why should he expect any less of his manager-cum-player-cum-half-time entertainer? Taking over QPR, with several viable options for what the Q means, Sean puts club legend Gareth Ainsworth to work in as many departments as possible. While of course, taking the opportunity to maximise his own following and protect the legacy of Chicago Town Pizzas.

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If there’s a club in need of a new owner at this very moment, it’s Tottenham Hotspur. Enter, Ania Magliano. Very little the way of football-watching experience, but maybe a fresh pair of eyes is the exact way to go? Leading with the 3 Gs policy of Gossip, Ghouls and Grandma - it’s absolutely generational. And when someone with a name like Magliano wants to ‘keep it in the family’, you shut up and let it happen.

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The very week they’re crowned National League champions, Wrexham’s executive director (and comedian/actor/writer) Humphrey Ker joins us from the stadium’s Aviation gin suite to tell us the tale of one of football’s most talked about takeovers. And if you pay attention, it’s pretty clear without him it never would’ve happened. Then, buoyed by Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenny’s success - he goes it alone with RCD Mallorca. Old school fighting tactics, crows nest viewing points, cannons and planks. Anything to protect the island, it’s the way of the ‘piratas’.

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Back to football heritage on this episode of the podcast with inventor of OptaJoe, Duncan Alexander. From really leaning into the nickname ‘choirboys’, to Simpsons style transport links. From an incredibly literal interpretation of the phrase “give the fans what they want”, to some very unappealing mascot options. From High Wycombe, to Silicon Valley. Journey.

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This week on Fit and Proper, Ed Gamble takes over Manchester United to try and make a TV series about the gradual demise of a huge club.

It involves lookalikes and a scary away day for travelling fans.

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Andrew Mensah is a rare breed: a massive football fan who doesn’t have a club. But he does have a cousin, and he’ll follow him to the ends of the earth, provided the ends of the earth are quite easily accessible on public transport from his house. He takes over Palace in aid of his family and bamboozles Rhys and Lloyd with an un-mess-with-able managerial staff. Impossible to pick holes in, every issues solves itself immediately. We’re only 19 episodes in, and Andrew Mensah may have already completed the podcast.

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