The Scoreless Thriller Podcast

The Scoreless Thriller Podcast

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  • Beautiful Bridesmaids Dressed in Oranje - Talking Netherlands 1974 with Gary Thacker

    This week I was joined by Gary Thacker, author of the book Beautiful Bridesmaids Dressed in Oranje. The book charts the unfulfilled glory of the Dutch National side. We focused on the great team of 1974, with Cruyff et al, and how exactly they lost that final to West Germany. We also talked about what exactly is total football, what made that team so special as well as if they should have won the World Cup in 1978. A really interesting discussion looking at one of the most influential sides of football history.

    If you enjoyed the podcast, check out our back catalogue as well as leave a rating and review, we would love to hear from you.

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    57 min
  • Senegal's Eastern Promise - No Longer Naive w/Ibrahim Mustapha
    This week I was delighted to be joined by Ibrahim Mustapha author of "No Longer Naive - African Football's Growing Impact at the World Cup" on the show. We focused on the remarkable story of Senegal's run at the 2002 World Cup, which included the memorable opening game victory of France. We spoke about the journey of the time, harmful stereotypes about African players and when an African team will go to the next stage of the competition. We also spoke a little about the African Cup of Nations, which is currently exciting fans at the moment.

    If you are further interested in the subject, definitely check out Ibrahim's book, which is well worth reading. And again thanks to him for sparing the time to join the podcast.

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    44 min
  • Christmas Quiz Special!
    Back again for a second year! We gathered the regular crew for the second annual Christmas Quiz, as Rob, Lion, Colbyn and Scottish Alex battled it out to win the prized Christmas gnome. Alex found his most difficult brain teasers, with questions such as the ones below answered:
    - In 2005, a sunday league match between Peterborough North End and Royal Mail AYL was abandoned, as the referee left the field. What caused the ref to go?
    - Which Political leader did Diego Maradona famously have a tattoo of on his left leg?
    - 1970’s Zaire dead ball specialist Mafuila Mavuba had a strange ritual before taking a free kick - what was it?

    Thank you to everybody who listened in the past year, and we look forward to hopefully entertaining you in 2022!

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    1 hr 13 min
  • Seán McCabe - World football's first Climate Justice Officer
    An exciting and thought provoking conversation for you on our newest podcast. In January this year Bohemian FC in Ireland made news around the world when they appointed Seán McCabe as the world's first climate justice officer at a football club. Having worked with climate issues for close to a decade, the partnership with the fan owned club with the aim to incorporate more climate focused policies into the club's plans.

    In a conversation that had the failed super league in mind, we talked about what it means for a community focused club to take the lead on this issue, the banter which followed his appointment, and Seán's hopes for what football can do to tackle the coming climate crisis.

    A fascinating conversation which tackled everything from the decline of trade union support to what football club's can do in their communities.

    We really enjoyed covering this topic with Seán and hope you do too. If you would like to support the podcast in any way, feel free to buy us a coffee here (but of course no obligations!) https://www.buymeacoffee.com/theSTpod

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    42 min
  • Film Club - United Passions Review - The worst movie ever made?
    In a lighter episode, we sat down with the guys from the Field of Screens pod to discuss the infamous FIFA propaganda film, United Passions. Recorded on the Monday of the ill fated SuperLeague attempt, we looked for some beauty in the story of a few men, who's only dream was that the whole world would play football by the same rules and regulations. Seriously.

    We discussed what exactly they were trying to achieve with this project, how Tim Roth got Sepp Blatter's walk down and whether commercial deals are in fact the most exciting aspect of the beautiful game.

    On this journey there were laughs aplenty along with a lot of pain as we tried to understand this ridiculous film.

    If you have enjoyed any of our shows remember to leave us an iTunes review or share the podcast on social media.

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    1 hr 10 min
  • Euro2020 Quarter-Final Preview - We make our Predictions!
    After an insane round of last 16 fixtures, Alex sat down with Sebastian from Campfire Football again to make our predictions for the Quarter-Finals. We also reviewed what went wrong for France, whether England have what it takes and how Spain overcame Croatia.

    Get it in your ears before this weekend's games!

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    41 min
  • Euro2020 Round 1 Review - w/Campfire Football
    It's been a hell of a week so far in the Euros, and we chatted to friend of the show and great guy Sebastian from Campfire football to try and make sense of it all.

    We talked about Germany losing to France, Schick from the halfway line and found time for some Stephen A. Smith chat! We also looked ahead to the next round of fixtures, looking at Germany vs Portugal and Scotland vs England.

    Get it in your ears while it's still hot!

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    45 min
  • Euro2020 Fan Previews - Group F
    We have made it! The last of our Fan Previews is ready, as we look at Group F.

    We spoke to Tomasz about Hungary, Mathieu about France, Tiago about Portugal and Lukas on Germany.

    Timestamps:
    France 1:10 - 21:44
    Hungary 21:51 - 37:10
    Portugal 37:20 - 51:09
    Germany 51:12

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    1 hr 35 min
  • Euro2020 Fan Previews - Group E
    Today and every day up until the Euros we are going to be released previews of each of the groups. We spoke to a fan of every country competing at the Euros to give you a unique and personal perspective on all of the teams.

    On the opening day of the tournament, we are looking at Group E, with Manu on Spain, Samuel on Sweden, Boris on Slovakia and Adam on Poland.

    Timestamps here:
    0:00 - 1:10 Intro
    1:10 - 15:02 Spain
    15:06 - 26:18 Sweden
    26:28 - 43:06 Slovakia
    43:08 - Poland

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    57 min

About The Scoreless Thriller Podcast

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The podcast which brings you the most interesting stories from the world of football which combine history, society and politics. Often light-hearted, but not afraid to cover more contentious aspects of the beautiful game. Episodes out twice a month (ideally).