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Pods don't come more special than this one. And teams don't come more special than United's legendary 2013/14 promotion-winning team. To celebrate a whole decade since Delano day, "Are you not entertained?", "Donaldson with a curler" and 10 minutes of stoppage time that felt like an hour, we've put together a two-part special looking back at that season month-by-month.

Alongside Julian, Jack, Tom and Jordan reminiscing on their memories of that year, we had the pleasure of speaking to key members of that team that finally took the U's back into the football league after an agonising 9 year absence. Episode One starts in the summer and looks at how Money and Jez built the team and prepared it for the first half of the season, including the 16-game unbeaten start and two cup runs, one of which would end in glory.

Thanks very much to Richard Money, Tom Champion, Kwesi Appiah, Josh Coulson, Delano Sam-Yorke, Harrison Dunk and Doug Shulman for their time and contributions. To help clarify the speaking voices, the first time each person speaks is listed below:

Josh Coulson: 12:22
Richard Money: 16:32
Tom Champion: 20:08
Doug Shulman: 25:34
Kwesi Appiah: 39:59
Delano Sam Yorke: 52:22
Harrison Dunk: 55:43

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Well, that was some season, wasn't it? Three managers, not many wins, and one striker we'd all like to forget in a hurry, it's been a year of change and upheaval in CB5. 

But some things always stay the same. For the third year running, join Jules, Jordan, Swindle and Tom as they recap all the highs and lows from the 2023/24 season with the UTAS End of Season Awards ceremony. We dish out awards for the best goal, player and match as well hero and villain, and best and worst moment, with the help of trusted friends of the pod Matt Ramsay, Doug Shulman, Matt Gooding and Max Rushden.

Thank you for all of your support this season. It's been a bumper year for the pod and we hope to continue that next year.

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2024 retained list! FA Cup replays! Non-British United players! The last mailbag of the season has it all. Join Tom and Jules as they pick through the United retained list for 2024 and discuss the big talking points about who is leaving the Abbey this summer. They also have a chat about the farce of scrapping FA Cup replays, and pick through the best and worst non-British players to have played for United.

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We made it harder than we needed to, but in the end it was all quite easy for United. They cruised to a 0-0 draw at Vale Park, giving them the point they needed to confirm survival for a fourth season in League One, no matter what results elsewhere were. Jules, Matt and Tom get together for the last review show of the year to talk a little bit about the very little that happened in the game, and touch on Monk's time at the Abbey so far and the imminent retained list.

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It's the last Preview Show of the year, and just when we thought we might be able to preview a totally meaningless end of season fixture, the U's get up to their old tricks again. Jord and Jules look back at Tuesday's draw against Wycombe which means that United still need something at Vale on Saturday, or results to go their way, to survive. They're joined by the Ale and the Vale podcast to preview our opponents.

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Into the last week of the season with safety still not assured. How are your nerves? Friend of the pod Matt Gooding joins Tom and Jules to help pick apart a 1-0 defeat to Derby, and look ahead to a huge Tuesday night at home to in-form Wycombe - previewed with the help of George from The Wycombe Way podcast. 

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