Rightbankwarsaw podcast Christopher Lash

The pod is back for a special retro series of pods during the corona virus pandemic. First up Maciej and I take on the dark but colourful period of match-fixing in Polish football when anything was possible if you knew how to go about it. We talk about the title decider of the 1981-1982 season, the famous 1992-1993 denouement of the Polish league, the hair-dresser who built a match-fixing empire from the mid-1990s and how Poland cleaned up its act. The smell of vodka, kiełbasa and oorruption is all around us as we enter the Polish football house of ill-repute...

The pod is back after a month's break as Maciej, Tomek and I cover all the latest news in the Polish Ekstraklasa, Poland's European failures (yet again) and make a half-hearted attempt to talk about the national team. Along the way we find out that Tomek watched Śląsk Wrocław's pre-season friendlies, how Legia Warsaw were big meanies in not letting Piast Gliwice sign Tomasz Jodłowiec earlier and how John Paul II bears a canny resemblance to Phil Collins. We also discussed the timeless genius of Paweł Brożek, the wonderful Marko Vejinović and the less wonderful Sandro Kulenović. Enjoy!