Tony Blair's spin doctor confesses to his love for unfashionable Burnley, defends the notorious Burnley Chairman Bob Lord and surprises us with stories of David Blunkett's shrewd analysis of Sheffield Wednesday

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Was the England team that defended the 1970 World Cup in Mexico better than the team that won it in 1966? (Spoiler Alert: yes!)

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Bert Trautmann, Alan Gilzean, Davie Gibson, and Colin Bell.

Welcome to the first ever episode of Football Ruined My Life with Jon Holmes, Patrick Barclay, and Colin Shindler.

In today's episode, Jon, Patrick and Colin discuss the first ever football matches they attended and the heroes who emerged out of them.

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Football Ruined My Life is the new podcast about old football. 

Colin Shindler, author of the best selling Manchester United Ruined My Life, joins with the distinguished football journalist Patrick Barclay and the Super Agent Jon Holmes (think Gary Lineker, Peter Shilton, Tony Woodcock etc.) to talk about football as it used to be in the days before the invention of the Premier League. 

The podcast views those days fondly - though not uncritically - in comparison to today's game, which it views critically though not unfondly. We welcome everyone who wants to remember Jimmy Greaves and Bobby Charlton, Brian Clough and Bill Shankly and the days when you went to a Football League ground to watch your football and didn't wait for it to arrive on television. 

Nostalgic? Yes. Well informed? Certainly. But above all, it glories in the football of our youth when the game seemed charmingly innocent, full of skilful, good hearted, kindly men like Norman Hunter, Ron Harris and Peter Storey.

Join us every week for a romp through the 1960s, 70s and 80s that will warm you like a cup of scalding hot Bovril. 

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