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The Upshot

The Upshot

A podcast spilling the funniest stories in sport. Drunken antics, dressing room squabbles and everything else BBC Sport won’t touch with a bargepole.

The Upshot

277 episodesENExplicit

Show overview

The Upshot has been publishing since 2023, and across the 3 years since has built a catalogue of 277 episodes, alongside 2 trailers or bonus episodes. That works out to roughly 240 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a several-times-a-week cadence.

Episodes typically run thirty-five to sixty minutes — most land between 48 min and 59 min — and the run-time is fairly consistent across the catalogue. The publisher flags most episodes as explicit, so expect adult themes or strong language throughout. It is catalogued as a EN-language Sports show.

The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed 1 weeks ago, with 38 episodes already out so far this year. The busiest year was 2024, with 107 episodes published.

Episodes
277
Running
2023–2026 · 3y
Median length
53 min
Cadence
Several per week

From the publisher

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.

Latest Episodes

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World Cup 2026 gets its first sex scandal

Jun 24, 202651 min

The secrets & scandals of Brazil's 2002 World Cup winners

Jun 19, 202636 min

World Cup ‘26: Wife stealing strikers & Ecuador’s strip club sesh in NYC | Week one

Jun 16, 202658 min

Thomas Tuchel’s World Cup dogging hotspot

Jun 10, 202649 min

England 2007-2017: that’s why mugs lose to Iceland (part two)

Jun 9, 202654 min

Raheem Sterling’s 9am balloon arrest

Jun 3, 202659 min

England’s terrible 2010s: wallies, WAGs and webcams

Jun 2, 202648 min

Arsenal wrong’uns XI: Pizza Hut scraps and Hong Kong police chases

May 29, 202649 min

Pep’s drug scandal and a twist in the Katie Price kidnap saga

May 27, 202657 min

Rat poison cocktails: an Enhanced Games special (bonus ep with Redhanded podcast)

May 21, 20261h 25m

Bukayo Saka and Declan Rice’s 5am bender

May 20, 202655 min

Mason Greenwood has finally gone too far

May 13, 20261h 3m

Roman Abramovich: poisoned by the KGB (part two)

May 12, 202648 min

Roman Abramovich: a murder every 3 days (part one)

May 5, 20261h 6m

Has Matt Le Tissier finally lost his mind?

Apr 30, 20261h 9m

F1’s naughty 90s: prison, princesses and pitlane punch-ups

Apr 28, 20261h 13m

Michael Jordan: f*** them kids | Part two

Apr 21, 202644 min

Michael Jordan: he still owes me that 75 cents | Part one

Apr 14, 202647 min

Ashley Cole: one call changed everything | Part two (with George Cooper)

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It’s 2005 and Ashley Cole is riding high, tearing up the Premier League and shacked up with Britain’s biggest heartthrob. But the papers are out to get him… Download SAILY in your app store and use our code UPSHOT at checkout to get an exclusive 15% off your first purchase! For further details go to https://saily.com/upshot Links from the episode: Gaudy wedding pics: https://share.google/8L0PzHOVPkZupUl5V Lottery advert photo: https://share.google/QRoUIEl9cwLedDk7i Roma team photo: https://share.google/xdVoozIdnS3XwfIx9 Europa League draw: https://x.com/UpshotTowers/status/1431213166814453768 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 7, 202651 min

Ashley Cole: girls allowed | Part one (with George Cooper)

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In the naughty noughties, no one did tabloid scandal like Ashley Cole… Get part 2 instantly when you join The Upshot’s Patreon: www.patreon.com/upshottowers Access content not available in your region with Nord VPN: Go to nordvpn.com/upshot - our link will also give you 4 extra months on the 2-year plan. Links from the episode: Van Nistlerooy nearly breaks his leg: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3J6hdSpwTtQ Shuts down Ronaldo in 04: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1654617821561524 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 31, 202651 min
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