The Socially Distant Sports Bar

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The Socially Distant Sports Bar is an award-winning comedy podcast hosted by Elis James, Mike Bubbins and Steff Garrero — and you don’t need to like sport to be completely hooked.<

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Number 1: Sacked From The Voiceover
Welcome to this week’s Socially Distant Sports Bar with Elis James, Mike Bubbins and Steff Garrero. This week’s documentary and book both take us into much more personal sporting territory. Mike brings in a documentary about Howard Winstone, the great Welsh boxer from Merthyr Tydfil who became world featherweight champion and one of the defining figures in Welsh boxing history. Elis has chosen Without Robbie by Luke James, a deeply personal story about football, family and grief. As ever, the documentary and book are merely the starting points, as the conversation heads off into sporting memories, families, Wales and whatever else occurs to Mike, Elis and Steff along the way. DocumentaryMike: Howard Winstone https://youtu.be/RrmkMI6WBNkBookElis: Without Robbie by Luke James https://www.withoutrobbie.co.uk/ That’s it for the regular feed this week. If you want Part 3, along with the whole podcast early and advert-free every Tuesday, subscribe to Distant Pod Bonus Club on Apple Podcasts. Thanks for listening. 🛍️ NEW MERCH ALERTWe’ve launched a brand new merch store — mugs, hoodies, prints and more! If you fancy supporting the pod that way, head here 👇 🛒 sdsb2025.myshopify.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
August 20, 202629min
Number 2: Squash Court
xWelcome to this week’s Socially Distant Sports Bar with Elis James, Mike Bubbins and Steff Garrero. This week Mike revisits one of the most famous deliveries in Ashes history, Elis brings us the story of why Bobby and Jack Charlton’s dad missed England’s 1966 World Cup semi-final, and Steff has a clip from a brilliant advert campaign. Three clips, several sporting eras, family stories, changing attitudes and, inevitably, a fair amount of stuff that has absolutely nothing to do with any of them. ClipsMike: Gatting Ball https://www.instagram.com/reel/DZozFRRy3GO/?igsh=OXJidXBpYjY3MXBh Elis: Bobby and Jack Charlton’s dad missing the 1966 semi-final https://www.instagram.com/reel/Da0PuX3IySh/?igsh=aml5bHBvdW8wcHR3 Steff: Like A Girl https://www.instagram.com/reel/DZ2y8eEoFMX/ The boys spoke about Prostate Cancer during this episode. If you want more information then click here https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/prostate-cancer/ Alos if you wish to donate to Prostate Cymru then click here https://www.prostatecymru.com/ Coming in the next Distant Pod Mike brings in a documentary about Howard Winstone, the brilliant Welsh boxer and world featherweight champion from Merthyr Tydfil. Elis has chosen Without Robbie by Luke James, a moving book about football, family, grief and the bond between two brothers. Sacked From The Voiceover will be out on Friday. And if you want the whole episode early and advert-free every Tuesday — including the subscriber-only Part 3 — subscribe to Distant Pod Bonus Club on Apple Podcasts. 🛍️ NEW MERCH ALERTWe’ve launched a brand new merch store — mugs, hoodies, prints and more! If you fancy supporting the pod that way, head here 👇 🛒 sdsb2025.myshopify.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
August 18, 20261h 12min
Number 3: Training In A Shed
More from Mike Bubbins, Elis James and Steff Garrero on this week's Socially Distant Sports Bar. It's Documentary time and it's Elis' choice this week. From the BBC archive it's an edition of "Man Alive" in 1969 contrasting the lives of two football managers. Bertie Mee of Arsneal and Laurie Brown at Bradford Park Avenue. It also includes former Wales manager Bobby Gould getting a bit upset at a referee. It's Steff's choice for the "Book of the Week", James Briggs' "From Ibiza To The Norfolk Broads" takes James and his bicycle on a David Bowie-inspired journey around Europe. Elis Documentary: 1969: The Life of a Football Manager | Man Alive https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qX6YS6CxzE0&ra=m Steff Book: From Ibiza To The Norfolk Broads by JAmes Briggs https://link.amazon/B0dXKMUxe 🛍️ NEW MERCH ALERTWe’ve launched a brand new merch store — mugs, hoodies, prints and more! If you fancy supporting the pod that way, head here 👇 🛒 sdsb2025.myshopify.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
August 27, 202638min
Number 4: The Apologising Dog: Pint Size
Welcome to Pint-Sized Distant Pod. We’ve been back through our archive of episodes and picked out some of our favourite stories, anecdotes, and funny bits. If you’re new to the pod, these are a perfect way to dip your toe in and then dive back into the full episodes from our early days. This is from Patreon Tapes 2: The Shower Seat - we did 5 episodes that you will only ever be able to hear on our Patreon site - you can hear them here https://www.patreon.com/collection/1782817 🛍️ NEW MERCH ALERTWe’ve launched a brand new merch store — mugs, hoodies, prints and more! If you fancy supporting the pod that way, head here 👇 🛒 sdsb2025.myshopify.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
August 15, 202610min
Number 5: Where's Danny Gabbidon? Pint Size
Welcome to Pint-Sized Distant Pod. We've been back through our archive of episodes and we've selected our favourite stories, anecdotes and funny bits. If you're new to the pod, then feel free to use these as a jump off point to find your way around our earlier episodes. This clip is taken from "Episode 246: The Race Is Back On" 🛍️ NEW MERCH ALERTWe’ve launched a brand new merch store — mugs, hoodies, prints and more! If you fancy supporting the pod that way, head here 👇 🛒 sdsb2025.myshopify.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
August 29, 202613min