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On the show today:

- Kylian Mbappe is ERASED from China

- Lamine Yamal’s dad has an airport scrap

- Bank-robbing club owner who subs himself on

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Mbappe meme - https://sm.mashable.com/t/mashable_me/photo/default/untitled-2026-10-27t201048811_9efh.1248.jpg

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Brunswijk goal - https://x.com/MatthijsSneppie/status/2116877856852815898

Championship rings - https://www.instagram.com/reels/DexFaY-spWf/

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This is the first ever episode of Famously, a new podcast from The Upshot about famous rogues, rockstars and wrong'uns.

Get part two right now on the Famously feed:

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He was the most famous rockstar of the 20th century.

So how did Elvis end up an obese wreck, dead on the toilet at 42, surrounded by sex books and prescription pills?

We're charting the first half of his life - as he turns from a Mississippi mamas boy into an amphetamine-addled music star with a teenage girlfriend.

Links from the show:

Elvis as a child - https://www.mshistorynow.mdah.ms.gov/sites/default/files/imported-images/68.gif

That's Alright - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCP_g7X31nI

Elvis t-shirt - https://www.instagram.com/p/DUTzUUUEpIq/

Elvis and Anita - https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRM_Ty0VEwZrr4QmrlPv0N3AfZ7EOm84RRV7y4L2KAkzyzPZfvis0FcowY&s=10

Hair cut - https://images.imagerenderer.com/images/artworkimages/mediumlarge/2/elvis-presley-receives-an-army-crew-cut-bettmann.jpg

Priscilla waving goodbye - https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/rockcms/2022-06/priscilla-presley-fashion-young-bn-220627-3a2e78.jpg

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On the show today:

- The Ballon d’Or hero who shagged a communist spy

- Jim Ratcliffe’s meddling in the Old Trafford kitchens

- China turns on Kylian Mbappe 

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Links from the show:

Jason Tindall handshake - https://tenor.com/en-GB/view/tindall-jason-tindall-tindall-handshake-jason-tindall-handshake-tindall-snub-gif-18317446107002502978 

Wham t-shirt - https://www.facebook.com/newcastleunitedblackandwhite/posts/jason-tindall-wearing-a-mocked-up-wham-hoody-with-his-and-eddie-howes-faces-on-i/1038490438319161/ 

Last Christmas - https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fi.redd.it%2Fypv1dt5lb14g1.png 

Children’s hospital joke - https://x.com/MagpieJoe_/status/1871811440937709874 

Banbury United - https://x.com/FlynnPB69/status/2113670922607436098 

Jermaine Pennant - https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/jermaine-pennants-dog-1118397149_def1a4.jpg?resize=819,1024&quality=90&strip=all 

Back tattoos - https://www.instagram.com/p/De79oFzILe0/ 

Jimmy Bullard - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tnca5gse8Nk 

Kompany - https://x.com/secondtierpod/status/1822932103379464543

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On the show today:

- Richarlison has his private island stolen

- Ian Botham is electrocuting people’s knobs 

- Gary Neville is stealing from The Upshot

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Links from the show:

Overlap Daily - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKIwq6rgtmU 

Coma Svensson - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1Fn_A8balE 

Ronaldinho pic - https://imagez.tmz.com/image/1f/o/2014/01/16/1f399262792e5243a4fa131cdb17f8d5_md.jpg 

Richarlison haircut - https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/richar-e1584465458462.png 

Richarlison tattoo - https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/richar-e1584465458462.png 

Jamie O’Hara - https://www.tiktok.com/@jas_82005/video/7496992108344085782 

PAOK gun - https://www.theguardian.com/football/2018/mar/12/greek-football-match-stopped-after-team-owner-invades-pitch-with-a-gun 

LASK cups - https://www.facebook.com/GiveMeSport/posts/liverpool-fans-have-cleaned-up-in-austria-earning-3-per-returned-cup-at-lask-fai/1680310216792564/ 

Bonnie Blue, Lee Andrews - https://metro.co.uk/2026/10/12/bonnie-blue-tells-katie-prices-ex-lee-andrews-wants-deep-inside-her-29702995/ 

Katie Price to Emily Atack - https://www.tiktok.com/@emily.martin_/video/7059742699695508741?lang=en-GB 

Grégoire Akcelrod - https://www.sportbible.com/football/gregoire-akcelrod-fake-footballer-transfer-471112-20230116 

Now a football agent - https://ad.linkedin.com/in/gregoireakcelrod 

Hartepool fans - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlJk8kbyTOg 

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Links from the show:

Man City puns - https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/40651470/man-city-liverpool-banners-charges-insults-anfield/ 

https://cdn-media.theathletic.com/cdn-cgi/image/width=1440%2cquality=70%2cformat=auto/https://cdn-media.theathletic.com/uXpwDtWMTrBS_jaOGjHT0gKle_1440x960.jpg 

Mourinhome - https://i.guim.co.uk/img/static/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2013/8/18/1376854525152/Chelsea-v-Hull-City-008.jpg?width=1020&dpr=2&s=none&crop=none 

Crewe - https://www.instagram.com/p/Dbk5XtmKOkg/ 

Simon Jordan - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/xQmGIHSXlCs 

Ronaldo response - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/1QbUruxbc14 

Benin selfie - https://www.facebook.com/nativereportersng/videos/984721471334833/ 

Lee Andrews - https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/40617392/katie-price-ex-lee-andrews-faked-death-prison-release/ 

Karl Bushby - https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/standard/976/cpsprodpb/6551/live/60fd3180-461c-11f0-9942-8ded1e77a695.jpg.webp 

Marathon cheat - https://cms.runrepublic.com/assets/uploads/images/_1600xAUTO_crop_center-center_none_ns/48604/Bicycle-Ride.webp 

Evra’s chickens - https://youtu.be/8_yKUtzclto?is=dj-VpnXnZrzAeC83 

Dyche - https://www.instagram.com/reel/DePmZtioFw9/ 

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On the show today:

- Cristiano Ronaldo’s tantrum in Copenhagen

- Messi’s miserable farewell tour

- And Dennis Rodman banned from North Korea

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Ronaldo banners - https://www.instagram.com/p/DeAL3_JiNs2/?img_index=2 

Ian Holloway - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVfRP_TfwAo 

Claudio Tapia - https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Claudio_Fabi%C3%A1n_Tapia_-_2020_%28cropped%29.jpg/500px-Claudio_Fabi%C3%A1n_Tapia_-_2020_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=en.wikipedia.org&utm_campaign=parser&utm_content=thumbnail 

Sorriano - https://x.com/City_Chief/status/2104987349507854590 

Spanish basketball team - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/stories-58598677 

Rui Pinto GoFundMe - https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-save-rui-pintos-life-football-leaks-whistleblower?cp_src=d

Richard Keys - https://www.tiktok.com/@keysandgrayunleashed/video/7691370998720957718

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On the show today:

- Mauro Icardi’s 73-year driving ban

- Vinnie Jones’ Siberian hunting trip

- And the sniper-dodging renegade who brought down Man City

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Links from the show:

Maresca feet - https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/man-city-charges-enzo-maresca-37705462

Man Utd’s sexiest fan - https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/40502879/man-utd-city-breaches-therese-gudmundsen/

Rui Pinto - https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/standard/976/cpsprodpb/18501/production/_110658599_gettyimages-1128742687.jpg.webp

HMP Hull smuggling - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cj9xjmvyjrmo

Mo Salah rock - https://www.instagram.com/reels/DdkKyikq91f/

Salah rock bench and sign - https://www.turkiyetoday.com/lifestyle/bench-and-sign-stolen-from-salah-photo-spot-in-turkiyes-trabzon-3229047

Mauro Icardi driving ban - https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=2166483154216194

Porto - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhKN206ICt4

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On the show today:

- Mourinho’s having a meltdown

- Liam Rosenior gets his revenge

- And English football has a new bastard genius

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Andros Townsend steamrollered - 

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Mourinho ref - https://x.com/footballontnt/status/2102153555494793487 

Rosenior Strasbourg - https://www.reddit.com/r/soccer/comments/1wlhxmo/alternate_angle_of_liam_rosenior_celebrating_in/?utm_source=www.upshot.email&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=flattened-by-big-food&_bhlid=a0cfedf987b1d7c8d4621ea90ef11cfc9ad816ee 

Police Millwall v West Ham - https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.reddit.com/r/soccer/comments/1wkm2vc/before_the_millwall_vs_west_ham_derby_west_ham/&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1790067488887075&usg=AOvVaw0_CRtqIDDXWF78GfgKxH-_ 

Gaddafi pingers - https://realnewsmagazine.net/libya-seizes-100000-ecstasy-pills-bearing-gaddafis-image/ 

Boys printing pingers - https://youtu.be/zZMETFXFE24?si=qFGM5lAW2iOpCf7Q 

United 93 - https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/sep/18/oxford-united-apology-united-93-clothing-range-9-11-anniversary 

Hyrox - https://x.com/nexta_tv/status/2099248001063792830

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On the show today:

- Wayne Rooney’s hotel room sesh

- The West Ham star accused of kidnapping a film director

- And why are coke dealers roping in Premier League footballers?

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Links from the show:

Eagle snatches baby - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZaXI57qpasM 

Aguero coke - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/xzVnbsbnios 

Ecuador Haaland drugs - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Oz3k4sF4huw 

Cole Palmer leaving Stamford Bridge - https://www.instagram.com/reels/DdODJS4o9ZH/ 

Ron Hayward - https://www.facebook.com/AdTurds/posts/ten-year-anniversary-of-this-story-meme/744792374306479/ 

Nathan Jones defends comment - https://www.tiktok.com/@cafcofficial/video/7684298662599462166 

Nathan Jones tattoos - https://x.com/EamoV1/status/1086679508525162498 

Otley Run Kurt Zouma stag do - https://www.indy100.com/news/cats-protection-kurt-zouma-leeds 

JP in Sicily - https://www.reddit.com/r/theupshotpodcast/comments/1we8or8/jp_spotted_in_sicily/

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On the show today:

- Jim Ratcliffe threatens to burn his enemy’s house down

- Bernie Ecclestone caught smuggling guns again. 

- What’s on Yaya Toure’s camera roll?

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Links from the show:

Kygo Jo - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYJWkDFzEXA 

Seecamp - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seecamp 

Silvio Santos - https://www.uol.com.br/splash/noticias/ooops/2018/12/08/silvio-santos-sai-de-ferias-e-sbt-teme-surto-de-mudancas-na-grade.htm 

Lee Andrews memoir - https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/40092202/lee-andrews-book-deal-katie-price/

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