The Broken Metatarsal - A 2000s Football Podcast The Broken Metatarsal
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Planet Football and guests reminisce about the beautiful game in the noughties.
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Christmas Special - Our favourite interview moments so far
As we approach the Christmas break, Rich, Mark and Pete discuss some of their favourite moments from the show's interviews so far.
Running order:
Intro
Dom Matteo on the lasagna 4m 16s
Graham Stack and Arsene banning Werther’s 10m 28s
Jose Mourinho + the laundry basket 14m 05s
Michael Ball on Sven and team talks from the chairman 16m 40s
Paul Konchesky on England 21m 23s
Cherno Samba on his FM stats 24m 19s
Stiliyan Petrov and the burger van 29m 32s
Danny Mills and the Beckham’s World Cup Party 35m 36s
Martin Laursen on Ricardo Fuller 44m 44s
Homzy's numbers nightmare 47m 56s
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Stiliyan Petrov: Nights in Newcastle, and the beauty of The Old Firm
In player special number four, we sit down with the inspirational Stiliyan Petrov.
RUNNING ORDER:
Pre-Interview chat about Stan 1m 13s
Martin O’Neill’s thoughts on lateness 3m 25s
Stan’s memories of the 00’s, and how it all began for him 4m
Nights out in Newcastle and moving to Glasgow 5m 20s
His struggles at start at Celtic 13m 50s
How the tough times shaped him & massive phone bills 16m 40s
The friendship with a Celtic security guard that helped him 19m 18s
The Burger Van story and learning the language 20m 31s
What it’s like playing at Celtic Park 23m 54s
Martin O’Neill & getting fit 25m 47s
O’Neill improving Stan’s contract without being asked to 29m 21s
The Old Firm 30m
Deciding to move to the Premier League 33m 27s
Almost signing for Portsmouth 36m 42s
Knowing O’Neill when others didn’t 39m 21s
The Premier League players that stood out 41m 50s
- Gerrard
- Lampard
- Scholes
The Premier League playing who might stand on him 44m 16s
- Danny Murphy
- Savage
THAT long range goal 45m 55s
Positional change from O’Neill 47m 52s
Favourite moment of Unity 50m
Villa’s demise 51m 38s
Illness, and how Player 4 Player can help players after retirement 53m 22s
Outro
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The podcast is sponsored by Football Index, the world’s first football stockmarket. Sign up today and take advantage of their seven-day £500 money-back guarantee (New customers 18+ in UK only. Min. deposit £10. Max. refund of up to £500 to be claimed within 7 days). T&Cs available on https://trade.footballindex.co.uk/moneybackguarantee/.
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Gaizka Mendieta: Chaos at Lazio & Barcelona, & The Boro Project
In our third player special of the series, we sit down with one of the greatest midfielders of his generation, Gaizka Mendieta.
RUNNING ORDER:
Intro
Champions League battle against Leeds 4m 11s
That incredible Valencia Squad 5m38s
A quick trip to 1999 7m
The type of goals Gaizka scored 9m 35s
UCL Final v Bayern 10m 30s
How Gaizka takes losing 12m 30s
The two unlucky moves to Lazio and Barcelona 14m 40s
What it’s like when Barca fans see failure 19m
The ego’s around him 20m 28s
Why he chose Boro 23m 10s
What’s attractive about not signing for a big club 27m 14s
Why it ended so badly at Boro 29m 30s
How Southgate dealt with the situation 32m 02s
Player 4 Player 33m
Outro 35m 17s
E-mail: contact@planetfootball.com
Make sure you head to www.planetfootball.com for more 2000s nostalgia, including expanded interviews with many of the show's guests.
The podcast is sponsored by Football Index, the world’s first football stockmarket. Sign up today and take advantage of their seven-day £500 money-back guarantee (New customers 18+ in UK only. Min. deposit £10. Max. refund of up to £500 to be claimed within 7 days). T&Cs available on https://trade.footballindex.co.uk/moneybackguarantee/.
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2000s Cult Heroes: Bullard, Toure, Barthez, Benjani, Tofting...
After two fantastic interview episodes, this week we got the gang together to discuss our (and your) favourite cult players of the 2000s...
Mark, Rob and returning guest Danny McLoughlin each give two of their choices before Rich tests the lads' cult hero knowledge with a game of 'Who Am I?'
We then run through some of the listeners' choices before the triumphant return of Fact or Fiction, featuring a Gary Doherty grime tune, Danny Mills' fridge and a miniature Range Rover for Harry Redknapp.
RUNNING ORDER:
Some Danny Mills extras 1m 35s
What makes a cult player 3m 16s
Rob’s first choice - Benjani 7m 20s
Danny’s first choice - Fabien Barthez 11m 58s
Mark’s First choice - Kolo Toure 14m 48s
Danny’s second choice - Stig Tøfting 19m
Rob’s second choice - Andy Hughes 22m 28s
Mark’s second choice - Jimmy Bullard 26m 20s
Guess the cult hero - 28m 23s
Cult hero #1 - 28m 45s
Cult hero #2 - 31m 54s
Cult Hero #3 - 34m 15s
Cult Hero #4 - 36m 23s
Cult Hero #5 - 38m 10s
Suggestions from you! - 40m 30s
Fact of Fiction is back! - 45m 29s
Make sure you head to www.planetfootball.com for more 2000s nostalgia, including expanded interviews with many of the show's guests.
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Danny Mills: Partying with Beckham and Steps - and scaring wingers
In the second of our player specials, this week we speak to former England, Leeds, Man City and (sort of) Derby defender Danny Mills.
RUNNING ORDER:
Intro
Interview - How a Broken Metatarsal helped Danny play for England 4:09
Playing in that World Cup squad 6:34
The Beckhams' Pre-Tournament Party 7m 39s
Were there England cliques? 11m 16s
The ramifications of Rio's missed drug test 13m
Beckham penalty v Argentina 14m 15s
Getting merchandise in the wake of Beckham, and isolation in Japan 17m 40s
That Brazil game and Danny's role in the Ronaldinho red card 20m 30s
Meeting Cafu and Ronaldinho in a drugs test room 21m 40s
Leeds in Europe 24m 44s
The Ashley Cole sending off and the disciplinary process 26m 56s
O'Leary's love of luxurious hotels 30m 48s
Leeds v Arsenal & Did Viduka lift Keown off the ground? 31m 21s
Runs in with Pires, that tackle, and the birth of modern diving 33m 35s
Danny's favourite shithouses & messing with Savage 35m 39s
Ways to be a shithouse 37m
The deserved Bellamy red & what Bellamy was like 39m 39s
A nice story about Graeme Le Saux 43m 19s
Why Leeds and Arsenal clashed 44m 54s
Danny's short spell in that terrible Derby side 46m 25s
Paul Jewell's Sex Tape 50m 09s
Looking back quickly at Danny's career 51m 04s
Mark brings up a Mills story about Stoke
Outro
E-mail: contact@planetfootball.com
Make sure you head to www.planetfootball.com for more 2000s nostalgia, including expanded interviews with many of the show's guests.
The podcast is sponsored by Football Index, the world’s first football stockmarket. Sign up today and take advantage of their seven-day £500 money-back guarantee (New customers 18+ in UK only. Min. deposit £10. Max. refund of up to £500 to be claimed within 7 days). T&Cs available on https://trade.footballindex.co.uk/moneybackguarantee/.
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Martin Laursen: From Verona to Villa
After the enforced break, The Broken Metatarsal is back with a new format as Martin Laursen joins Rich Williams and Mark Holmes for our first player special.
The 2000s icon talks us through his career from moving to Italy with Verona as a youngster to being half-owned by Parma, somehow engineering a move to AC Milan, the nightmare of life under David O'Leary and then finally the wonderful times he experienced under Martin O'Neill and the incredible bond he formed with Aston Villa fans.
RUNNING ORDER:
Intro
Hello Martin Laursen and the weather 5m 25s
The King of Headers 5m 41s
Obligatory and Unprofessional Leeds & Stoke mentions 7m 49s
The Premier League in the 2000s 10m 1s
Moving from Denmark to Italy 10m 58s
The start of the injuries and settling in 12m 30s
How dual ownership works 15m 40s
Amazing story of signing for AC Milan 17m 47s
Poor relationship with O’Leary 20m 18s
Milan to Birmingham 23m 00s
Relationship with Villa fans 25m 45s
The Serie A relegation play-off 27m 04s
The AC Milan squad 29m 44s
Carlo Ancelotti 31m 31s
The 5yr contract offer from AC Milan 33m 16s
Great relationship with Martin O’Neill 34m
The Villa squad 36m 54s
A word on Milner 38m 55s
Enduring career memories 40m 10s
Outro
E-mail: contact@planetfootball.com
Make sure you head to www.planetfootball.com for more 2000s nostalgia, including expanded interviews with many of the show's guests.
The podcast is sponsored by Football Index, the world’s first football stockmarket. Sign up today and take advantage of their seven-day £500 money-back guarantee (New customers 18+ in UK only. Min. deposit £10. Max. refund of up to £500 to be claimed within 7 days). T&Cs available on https://trade.footballindex.co.uk/moneybackguarantee/.
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