The Famous Sloping Pitch (or Is Football F**ked?)

By Nick Hancock and Chris EnglandSports Soccer

The Famous Sloping Pitch (or Is Football F**ked?) episodes

August 26, 2022 Ep. 2.4 - Ryan Giggs’ poetry corner
Nick Hancock and Chris England discuss Ryan Giggs’ poem, the Man United and Liverpool relegation battle, and the Man City and Newcastle game. They also rake through some Oldham shit, some Stoke shit and the tough time all the England squad are having. AND SOME ON AIR BREAKING NEWS
Come and join us for our first ever live show show at 7pm on Sunday 11th September as part of the brilliant London Podcast Festival at Kings Place in King's Cross. Tickets available here...
https://www.kingsplace.co.uk/whats-on/comedy/the-famous-sloping-pitch/
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45 min
August 19, 2022 Ep. 2.3 - Erik Ten Games
Nick Hancock and Chris England discuss Tuchel-vision, Conte, Souness, and apologetically more Man United. They also chat about Oldham, Stoke, the Ukrainian league, and stories from a football concierge.

Come and join us for our first ever live show show at 7pm on Sunday 11th September as part of the brilliant London Podcast Festival at Kings Place in King's Cross. Tickets available here...

https://www.kingsplace.co.uk/whats-on/comedy/the-famous-sloping-pitch/

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46 min
August 12, 2022 Ep. 2.2 - Chris Sutton United 0 - 1 All Of Them
Nick Hancock and Chris England discuss the demise of football results on the wireless, some Oldham shit, some Stoke shit, hashtag empty Old Trafford, and some surprising defence of Harry Maguire.
Come and join us for our first ever live show show at 7pm on Sunday 11th September as part of the brilliant London Podcast Festival at Kings Place in King's Cross. Tickets available here...
https://www.kingsplace.co.uk/whats-on/comedy/the-famous-sloping-pitch/
We’re now on Twitter. Please, please, please follow us @slopingpitch
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49 min
August 05, 2022 Ep. 2.1 - It came home
Nick Hancock and Chris England catch up after their summer break. The big story is, of course, England beating Germany in the Euros. They also discuss the crazy world of Frank Rothwell, the new Oldham owner, Stoke’s start to the season, and some of the big Premier league transfers.

Come and join us for our first ever live show show at 7pm on Sunday 11th September as part of the brilliant London Podcast Festival at Kings Place in King's Cross. Tickets available here...
https://www.kingsplace.co.uk/whats-on/comedy/the-famous-sloping-pitch/

We’re now on Twitter. Please, please, please follow us @slopingpitch

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51 min
June 02, 2022 Ep. 41 - Monty Panesar - Season one finale
Nick Hancock and Chris England discuss Mark Lawrenson, the Champions League final debacle, and Scotland v Ukraine.
Nick and Chris speak to former England cricketer, journalist, podcaster, all round legend, and Luton and Arsenal fan, Monty Panesar. They chat about supporting two teams, growing up playing both football and cricket, and how TV has affected sport for both the good and bad.
Monty’s podcast is available here - https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/monty-meets/id1574181623

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53 min
May 26, 2022 Ep. 40 - Simon Brodkin - Being arrested is a result.
Nick Hancock and Chris England discuss Oldham’s new opponents (new grounds Chris will get to attend), pitch invasions, England call ups, and the last day of the season.
Chris speaks to comedian, writer, actor and Man City fan, Simon Brodkin. They discuss Simon’s club, how he became a City fan, their awesome season and the amazing last day of the premier league. Simon also tells us about the inspiration behind his character Jason Bent, and his history making hoax.
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Tickets to Simon’s Edinburgh show are available here - https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/simon-brodkin-screwed-up?day=10-08-2022
And Simon's website is here - https://www.simonbrodkin.com/
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1 hr 5 min
May 19, 2022 Ep. 39 - Jack Docherty - Mainly Pies
Nick Hancock and Chris England discuss Chris’ sanguine attitude towards Oldham’s fate, the FA cup final, penalty chat strategies, a Premier league round-up, and the play offs.
Nick and Chris are also joined by comedian, writer, actor, and Hibernian fan, Jack Docherty. They discuss his club, their revolving manager situation, going to see Scotland play, and the possibility of making Qatar.
Tickets to Jack's Edinburgh run are available here - https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/jack-docherty-nothing-but
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1 hr
May 12, 2022 Ep. 38 - Rob Sprackling: England Manager
Nick Hancock and Chris England discuss Peter Andre, Oldham’s final curtain, the various title fights, Haaland, and the relegation battle at the bottom of the Premier league.
Nick and Chris are also joined by writer, and QPR fan, Rob Sprackling. They discuss his team’s season, the inspiration behind Mike Bassett: England Manager and who actually scored the very last goal and lifted the last ever trophy at the old Wembley.
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56 min
May 05, 2022 Ep. 37 - Ned Boulting - Steven Gerrard’s Carpet
Nick Hancock and Chris England discuss Maradona’s fat, cheating shirt auction, the Champions League semi-finals and Chelsea’s existential crisis.
Nick and Chris are also joined by sports broadcaster, journalist and author of ‘Square Peg, Round Ball’, Ned Boulting. They discuss St. Pauli, George Best, Steven Gerrard's carpet, and watching football with Phil Collins and Rodney Marsh
Ned’s book is available here - https://rb.gy/tmrtev
And tickets to his tour are available here - https://www.nedboulting.com/
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1 hr 11 min
April 28, 2022 Ep. 36 - Mike Keegan - Oldham relegation souvenir edition.
Nick Hancock and Chris England discuss quite inevitably Oldham’s relegation, the Champions League, the Merseyside derby ‘controversies’, and PSG’s deflated title win.
Nick and Chris are also joined by journalist, author of ‘This is How it Feels’, and Oldham fan, Mike Keegan. They discuss how Mike came to write his book, how the behind the scene story of Oldham’s glory days is as fascinating as what we saw on the pitch, the present situation, and the future of Oldham.
Mike’s book is available here - shorturl.at/npzNW
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1 hr 8 min

About The Famous Sloping Pitch (or Is Football F**ked?)

From the publisher's feed

Nick Hancock and Chris England are old friends who have both been struck by the same soul-shattering thought: "how is it that everything that has changed about football since I started watching it has made it a little bit more s**t?".