Nostalgia Ultras

Nostalgia Ultras

By Ste McGovern
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Nostalgia Ultras episodes

  • #33: Farewell, Diego
    Following the sudden passing of Diego Maradona, we decided we had to pay tribute to the Argentina legend.
    Ste McGovern and Colm Boohig caught up to discuss our reaction to his passing, why he avoided the sad fate of George Best, look at the problematic side of a “raging dickhead”, and why the England game in 1986 defined his career.
    We also revisited the podcast we recorded about Maradona in 2018 in the aftermath of his antics at the World Cup in Russia, so you can listen to that in the second half of this episode. Or not. I’m not the boss of you.
    RIP Diego, we’ll miss you.
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    Screw it, Maradona thread pic.twitter.com/EmtqwOotVk

    — Nostalgia Ultras (@NostalgiaUltra5) November 26, 2020

    Intro theme by The Shaker Hymn

    Cover artwork by Michael Raisch

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    1 hr 28 min
  • #32: Neville Southall on football, not putting up with idiots, and the “biggest liars in the world”
    Yes, that’s right. The actual Neville Southall – the goalkeeping legend once considered the best in the world for a period in the eighties – joins us on the Nostalgia Ultras podcast.
    Needless to say this is the biggest interview I have done in the two year existence of this show. The former Everton and Wales player joined us to promote his new book, Mind Games: The Ups and Downs of Life and Football, a fantastic read in which he takes the lessons he learned in the game and masterfully applies them to everyday life.
    Once you get Neville going, it’s hard to get him to stop – not that you’d want him to anyway. I got to ask him about the causes he cares about, including mental health, LGBT rights, and discrimination against Transgender people in sport, before moving onto the “biggest liars in the world” (Hint: their first names are Boris and Donald), and “the shit that people actually believe” in the absence of genuine truth.
    We also talked about his life after football, working in education, and why young footballers are being psychologically set up for failure.
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    Intro theme by The Shaker Hymn

    Cover artwork by Michael Raisch

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    48 min
  • #31: Football stadia old and new
    What is about football stadiums that we hold so dear to our heart?
    They’re only bricks and mortar after all. But it’s also so much more than that. It’s where memories are made, where we make our fortnightly pilgrimage, where individuals come together as one homogenous mass to get behind a common goal.
    The football ground plays a huge role in the local community, one that often goes unnoticed. It’s never truly felt until it’s gone.
    In the latest episode of the Nostalgia Ultras podcast, I was joined by Chris Lee of Outside Write to discuss why stadiums are so important, what makes a good stadium, the soullessness of modern arena, and special ones from the past that we dearly miss.
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    Brunton Park, Carlisle United's ground, was redeveloped in 1996 with the idea that the rest of the ground would move with the new east stand.

    Never happened and they've been stuck with this ever since: pic.twitter.com/Y8YN9wp5OQ

    — Nostalgia Ultras (@NostalgiaUltra5) July 21, 2019

    Intro theme by The Shaker Hymn

    Cover artwork by Michael Raisch

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    40 min
  • #30: Barcelona, Guardiola and the legacy of the 2009 Champions League final
    We’re back with a new episode of the podcast and this time we’re talking about one of the most dominant teams in football history: Pep Guardiola’s Barcelona.
    I was delighted to be joined by Darryl Geraghty, a football writer who covers the League of Ireland, but is also mad about Spanish football and is a bit of an expert when it comes to Barça.
    We focused on the 2009 Champions League final between the Catalan outfit and Manchester United, the match that lit the fire on the greatest side we have probably ever seen in the sport.

     

    Darryl and I talked about the final, why it was such a unique event (only to be reenacted two years later), how Man United could have approached the game differently, and the lasting legacy of the team.
    Freelance football writer David Sneyd also contributed to this podcast to give us the United side of things and to let us know what it was like to attend the match itself.
    And yes, this only happened in 2009, but it was over a decade ago so it counts as nostalgia for us.
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    Intro theme by The Shaker Hymn

    Cover artwork by Michael Raisch

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    1 hr 4 min
  • #29: Atalanta and Italian football culture
    Just like the bus, you wait ages for a Nostalgia Ultras podcast and two come along in quick succession. Well, quick for us anyway. 
    This is a special edition of the podcast, as it signals the return of the original trio: Ste McGovern, Colm Boohig and the immaculate emigrant himself, Conor Clancy.
    In celebration of the return of The Artist Formerly Known As Concalcio, we’ve decided to talk about his favourite team (other than the mighty Bray Wanderers, obviously) Atalanta and Italian football culture, his raison d’etre.
    We ask Conor how he even began supporting this provincial club from Bergamo, what makes it so special, the reasons for their recent surge these past few seasons, what makes Italian football good (and bad), why it’s different from British and Irish football, and the worst type of fans in the country he now calls home.
    Yeah, this basically turned into an AMA with Conor.
    We also discuss the four players that mean something to us, Colm’s adoration of the “high octane Lee Trundle”, otherwise known as Ronaldinho, classic football boots, retro video games and Ludo.
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    And now you can finally find us on Spotify! Hurrah!

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    Intro theme by The Shaker Hymn

    Cover artwork by Michael Raisch

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    Nostalgia Ultras is made with Jetpack Podcast. Full show notes and every episode at https://nostalgiaultras.wordpress.com/

    1 hr
  • #28: Bielsa at Bilbao and beyond with Ben Jarman
    Marcelo Bielsa is one of the most influential football managers in the modern era, shaping many of the tactical trends that pervade the game today. 
    Ste McGovern is joined by Ben Jarman to discuss his amazing legacy and intense obsessiveness on the latest episode of the Nostalgia Ultras podcast. 
    We touch on his time at Athletic Club de Bilbao, how his upbringing in Argentina impacted his methods, how he influenced players like Gabriel Batistuta and Alexis Sanchez, why he will never manage a ‘big’ club, how his failure to win major honours has affected his reputation, and his current work at Leeds United.
    Ben is co-host of the Fulhamish podcast and a Spanish football aficionado.
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    Intro theme by The Shaker Hymn. (They’re great, check out their stuff!)
    Cover artwork by Michael Raisch. (He’s great, check out his stuff!)
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    49 min
  • #27: Where have all the hard bastards gone?
    Your typical hard man of football — the no-nonsense, hard tackling, kick-it-into-Row-Z, tough bastard of a footballer — used to be a staple of the game. Every team in England needed one if you were to win a game of football.
    Some players, like Vinnie Jones, made a career out of it when they had little else to offer. Others, such as Stuart Pearce and Roy Keane, were magnificent players who brought an edge to proceedings. Sometimes they went well over that edge, but they wouldn’t have been the same players without it and fans loved them for it.
    Over time, however, these hard men of football have been phased out. Where did they go? Why don’t we see them at the top levels of the game?
    Ste McGovern, Colm Boohig (Off The Ball) and Peter Henry (TheFootballFaithful.com) investigate the causes of this, how football has changed through the decades, and how popular culture has had its effect too.

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    1.00: Who is the quintessential football hard man?
    8.19: The difference between hard bastardry and shithousery.
    15.30: The fine line between toughness and cowardice.
    19.40: Why did the hard men of football get phased out?
    28.40: Why VAR will be the death of shithousery.
    32.20: The time Vinnie Jone’s arse fell out.
    36.40: Was David Beckham and metrosexuality the catalyst for change?
    41.46: The dissipation of toxic masculinity.
    49.18: Listing off the hardest football men of them all.

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    56 min
  • #26: The Best Premier League Title Races Ever
    What was the greatest title race of all time?
    Was it 1996 when Manchester United and Newcastle United went head to head? Perhaps it was Arsenal overcoming an 11 point deficit in 1998 to win their first league title under Arsene Wenger? Or maybe it was Liverpool slipping up to Manchester City in 2014?
    In light of the insanely close battle between Liverpool and City for this year’s title, Ste McGovern, Peter Henry (The Football Faithful) and Maurice Brosnan (Balls.ie) discuss some of the most entertaining, thrilling and dramatic title races over the years.

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    Huge thanks as per usual to The Shaker Hymn, who provided the intro theme for the show, and Michael Raisch who created our incredible logo and artwork.

    For the love of football! https://t.co/gL1hCm9L0L

    — Maureen (@RaischStudios) May 15, 2019

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    1 hr 13 min
  • #25: Christmas Selection Box

    Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from everyone at Nostalgia Ultras! To celebrate our first year as a podcast and somehow reaching 25 episodes, Ste McGovern and Colm Boohig bring you the first annual Christmas Selection Box.

    Rather than focus on one subject as we usually do, we talked about a number of things for which we didn’t have to do any research, and for that, we are truly grateful this holiday season.

    We each revealed our favourite Irish footballers of the Premier League era, talked about Ireland’s footballing diaspora, our favourite sports books of the year, some choice moments from our first few months in podcasting, and gave our unpopular opinions.

    Listen to our latest podcast here:

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    #25: Christmas Selection Box

    Currently we have no time frame for when the pod will return in the New Year, but we will be taking some time to improve the podcast, get it on more platforms, and bring you more content in the future. Thanks to everyone who invested their time in following our work throughout 2018. Hope you all have a wonderful 2019 and continue listening to our show!

    Nostalgia Ultras is made with Jetpack Podcast. Full show notes and every episode at https://nostalgiaultras.wordpress.com/

    1 hr 3 min
  • #24: Liberty, Egality, Thierry

    Thierry Henry is one of, if not the, greatest strikers in the history of the Premier League and English football as a whole. We covered his glittering career on the latest podcast:

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    Ste McGovern (Balls.ie, Football.London, MARCA), Maurice Brosnan (Balls.ie, Irish Examiner, Irish Times) and Kevin Beirne (Football.London, UK Independent, BBC) talk about the Frenchman’s special qualities, how he revolutionised the forward position, and why Arsene Wenger was the perfect manager for him at the right time in his career. 

    We also wonder why great players like Henry struggle to adapt to punditry, his fourth great evolution at Barcelona, and an extended chat on how athletes and sports personalities are allowed to get away with reprehensible actions and behaviour.

    Here are a select few of the goals we mentioned on the podcast: 

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    1 hr 4 min

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