No Easy Games

No Easy Games

By Tom O'Brien and Aaron GalesSportsSoccerFootball
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No Easy Games episodes

  • Denmark: A digital Viktor Fischer #13

    Time to wrap up our third group now - with a look at the 1995 King Fahd Cup winners. Our countdown to the 2018 Fifa World Cup continues with a look at Denmark - they're in their first world cup for eight years, how will they get on in Russia? Join us as we discuss the Laudrups in speedos, the digital version of Viktor Fischer and the proper way to eat Danish sausages. Contains some mild language. Theme music - Dirt by Jahzzar, provided under CC-BY SA Creative Commons License creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

    25 min
  • Peru: Alpacas as snacks #12

    They're making their return to the world cup after a 36 year absence - what can the sexy-shirt wearing Peru achieve at this summer's feast of football? We continue our look at Group C at Russia 2018 by previewing our second South American side. Join us as we discuss yeast spreads, Martina Navratilova and alpacas as snacks. Contains some mild language. Theme music - Dirt by Jahzzar, provided under CC-BY SA Creative Commons License creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

    27 min
  • Australia: One beach or many beaches? #11

    There's just 100 days to go until the 2018 Fifa World Cup gets underway - so what better way to mark it than with a preview of one of the tournament favourites? Sadly, it's time for Australia instead - can the Socceroos get out of their group and will Tim Cahill make history by becoming the fourth player to score at four world cups? Join us as we discuss the Chuckle Brothers, the Fox in the Box and whether Australia has many beaches or just one massive beach. Contains three slightly angry uses of the word bollocks. Theme music - Dirt by Jahzzar, provided under CC-BY SA Creative Commons License creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

    29 min
  • France: Blue Powerade #10

    Not long until the greatest show on Earth gets underway in Russia this summer - so we'd better stop having holidays and start cracking on with episodes. Our first team in Group C is France - how will the 1998 world cup winners get on 20 years later? Join us as we discuss smooth Des Lynam, blue Powerade and terrible footballer Paul Pogba. Contains some mild swearing. Theme music - Dirt by Jahzzar, provided under CC-BY SA Creative Commons License creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

    31 min
  • Iran: Violent David Prutton #9

    No Easy Games brings Group B to its conclusion with a Persian flavour by previewing the best team in Asia's chances in Russia this summer. It's all about Carlos Queiroz's Iran in episode 9 as we take a look at how they might get on at their second successive world cup. Join us as we discuss questionable human rights records, whether Tom could be a big part of Wales' Euro 2020 bid and the violent tendencies of David Prutton. Contains some mild swearing and a single use of the F word to incorrectly disparage the city of Liverpool. Theme music - Dirt by Jahzzar, provided under CC-BY SA Creative Commons License creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

    23 min
  • Morocco: Cycling to Ghana in tight jeans #8

    Our exploration into Arabian football continues with the third team in Group B at the 2018 Fifa World Cup - Morocco. We battle with malfunctioning batteries and a lack of enthusiasm to bring you red hot football analysis of one of Africa's contenders in Russia. Join us as we discuss the only Eurovision entry sung entirely in Arabic, whether setting Cambridge United on the path to relegation should qualify you to manage at a world cup and whether it would be wise for a man with tight jeans to cycle to Ghana on a tandem. Contains some mild swearing and a solitary quiet f-bomb. Theme music - Dirt by Jahzzar, provided under CC-BY SA Creative Commons License creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

    20 min
  • Spain: The ham museum #7

    Not even the threat of locusts can prevent us from continuing our exploration of the 32 teams at the Fifa World Cup in Russia this summer. We're continuing our preview of Group B with a look at Spain. Join us as we discuss whether Nicolas Cage can lead Spain to a second world cup title, why the ham museum is Madrid's equivalent of the Eiffel Tower and head deeper into Aaron's obsession with Gareth Southgate. Contains some mild swearing. Theme music - Dirt by Jahzzar, provided under CC-BY SA Creative Commons License creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

    33 min
  • Portugal: Carefree drug policing #6

    After a brief Uefa Nations League interlude, we return to the 2018 Fifa World Cup and move into Group B in our preview of all 32 nations set to compete in Russia. It's the European champions Portugal first - can they make it back-to-back international tournament victories? Tom O'Brien and Aaron Gales discuss all the big topics - including whether Cristiano Ronaldo's museum is good value, if the SkyDome Cup is more prestigious than Euro 2016 and the carefree attitude of Lisbon policeman to drug deals. Theme music - Dirt by Jahzzar, provided under CC-BY SA Creative Commons License creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

    34 min
  • Uefa Nations League: San Marino on the march #5

    We're back with a bonus podcast and we're putting all that world cup nonsense aside for one episode as we take a look at the all new Uefa Nations League. The draw for European football's newest tournament has taken place - but what on earth is it, who plays who and what does it all mean? We discuss whether the trophy lives up to the standard of sexy silverware, if San Marino could use the Nations League as a springboard for world domination and if Ryan Giggs is just the men's Phil Neville. Theme music - Dirt by Jahzzar, provided under CC-BY SA Creative Commons License creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

    25 min
  • Uruguay: Supermarket mobility scooters #4

    Concluding our journey through Group A of the 2018 Fifa World Cup, Tom O'Brien and Aaron Gales preview two-time world champions Uruguay. Semi-finalists eight years ago before crashing out to Colombia in Brazil, Uruguay's ageing squad have got the gang back together for one last heist. We discuss whether or not they really were the first world champions, just how wonderful life in Uruguay seems and the danger of supermarket mobility scooters. Theme music - Dirt by Jahzzar, provided under CC-BY SA Creative Commons License creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

    31 min

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No Easy Games - an alternative guide to world football. Tom O’Brien and Aaron Gales bring you the least comprehensive coverage of football from all four corners of the globe. It’s the greatest sport…