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The Upshot The Upshot
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4.7 • 236 Ratings
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The Upshot pulls back the curtain on your favourite sports and dives into all the stuff BBC and Sky wouldn’t touch with a bargepole: drunken antics, dressing room squabbles and the simmering sexual tension of the French football team.Check out our semi-legendary newsletter that goes to 100,000+ subscribers: http://www.upshot.email?utm_source=poddescriptionAnd our Twitter account, where we dig into the archives and spill classic tales from the past: http://www.twitter.com/upshottowers
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Cole Palmer’s naked scare and Ronald Koeman’s despicable deed
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Join Zach and Jack for Extra Shot, our Thursday pod spilling the funniest stories in sport this week.
On the pod today: Gael Kakuta’s evil twin, Landon Donovan’s awful hair transplant and scandal hits the hot dog eating championship.
Videos from the pod:
Serbian president’s son trying to fight England fans: https://x.com/MyLordBebo/status/1802645963250479344
England fan woke up in stadium: https://x.com/FBAwayDays/status/1802735705996636235
Scotland fan horror movie hotel: https://x.com/RoryB96/status/1802282705406640637
Ronald Koeman picking his nose: https://x.com/JaNe6X/status/1802808103068704923
Landon Donovan’s hair transplant: https://x.com/magee18/status/1802881523231641717
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Ronaldo’s orgy and Southgate’s bender: our guide to Euro 2024
Bastian Schweisteiger’s hot tub trouble, Declan Rice’s IRA sympathies, and the French star’s penis enlargement.
Welcome to our alternative guide to the Euros…
Videos from the pod:
Grealish looking for Birmingham on a map: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e75rmX2Scv4
Grealish encyclopaedia: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWLnQYvU6zA
Scotland fan hit by motorbike: https://x.com/CrimeLdn/status/1405772662194917377
Artem Dzyuba pilots draw penis: https://x.com/ODDSbible/status/1329722263839576066
Peter Beardsley World in Motion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPh63Y6sSKA
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PSG poison and Scotland star accidentally decks his own mother
Join Zach and Jack for Extra Shot, our Thursday pod spilling the funniest stories in sport this week.
On the pod: Goalkeepers accused of modern slavery, the Brentford legend turned undercover ultra and boxer Ryan Garcia is in cuffs.
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WAGs gone wild: Baden Baden 2006
The year is 2006. Borat is breaking box office records. Hips Don’t Lie is number one in the charts.
And in the sleepy German spa town of Baden Baden, England touch down for the World Cup.
But the tranquil resort is about to be turned upside down by a posse of WAGs led by Posh Spice, Cheryl Cole and Coleen Rooney.
From secret affairs to cocaine scandals, this is the story of WAGs gone wild…
Videos from the pod:
England’s official anthem: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vShTd-zjS4o
Sven, Sven, Sven: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q33sNrncVmI
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Neymar goes too far and Samuel Eto’o’s mafia revolution
Join Zach and Jack for Extra Shot, our Thursday pod spilling the funniest stories in sport this week.
On the pod: Ronaldo’s crying, Messi’s movie debut and more misery for Man United staff
Videos from the pod:
Rio Ferdinand’s commentary: https://x.com/footballontnt/status/1797178287413702885
Neymar’s prank: https://x.com/FootballJOE/status/1796464271599288433
El Chiringuito on Mbappe in 2022: https://x.com/ElChiringuitoEN/status/1797683460129391084
El Chiringuito on Mbappe in 2024: https://x.com/ElChiringuitoEN/status/1797682504419414248
Messi’s cameo: https://x.com/Messilizer/status/1795312142385877178
IShowSpeed v Man United fans: https://x.com/FBAwayDays/status/1794410443966124440
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Cocaine and chainsaws: German football’s scandalous century
Lurking beneath its slick, modernising image, German football is hiding some dark secrets.
In fact, its 21st century has been truly scandalous.
From chainsaw rampages to managers on coke, welcome to a mental 20 years of German football…
Videos from the pod:
Christoph Daum Romania meltdown: https://www.youtube.com/watch?si=Jo4gaXGtpmsobz_s&t=113&v=XUeOhGOD7z8&feature=youtu.be
Schalke’s final day heartbreak: https://youtu.be/X-5VI7Mq3uQ?si=_75ckV4UOcx-bqbK&t=91
Joachim Low’s scratch n’ sniff: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NtMpU5mo2U
Schalke ultras attack their own players: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRslSinqWFQ
Jens Lehmann chainsaw cartoon: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FpfaHM2WIAA2t9G.jpg:large
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Customer Reviews
Excellent Listen
Always humorous, light-hearted and informative. Well produced & easy-to-listen-to presenters.
Great pod
Funny, well researched and not run by dick heads
Really good stuff this.
Tales of scandal, drunkenness and general chaos from the sporting world. It’s very laddish, lighthearted and thus far, unspoiled by wokeness. They sound like they’re having a lot of fun making this and that carries over really well. Great accompaniment for the email newsletter of the same name.