The Upshot

Join Zach and Jack for Extra Shot, our Thursday pod spilling the funniest stories in sport this week. On the pod: Chinese spies recruiting horny England fans, Arsenal fans turn on Gunnersaurus and John Fury is still absolutely mental Use code UPSHOT at https://uk.manscaped.com/ to get 20% off plus free shipping. Videos from the pod: John Fury head-butts Usyk’s pal: https://youtu.be/FrV-iXiqTG0?si=3HGfkpFN0OhF0Kdg&t=30 Arsenal Fan TV turn on Gunnersaurus: https://twitter.com/CEtchingham77/status/1788846305483083927 Sign up for our Friday newsletter spilling more of sport’s funniest stories: http://www.upshot.email?utm_source=podlink Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Tyson Fury eats hedgehogs, masturbates 7 times a day and warns opponents about his tiny dick. And those are the least weird things about him. As he bids to become the undisputed heavyweight champion of the world, meet the Gypsy King… Videos from the pod: This Klit is getting licked: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jrqjNnc0Ma8 Sauna story: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TsMWXZJQ6Rg&feature=youtu.be Threatening journalist: https://youtu.be/MHAZYz-xcPo?si=DcFW3fCW43Dd9oUk&t=399 Trash talk with Deontay Wilder: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=406053490892065 John Fury trash talking: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DavF0eLCNwc Get the week’s funniest stories in sport in 3 minutes with our free Friday email: http://www.upshot.email?utm_source=podlink Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Join Zach and Jack for Extra Shot, our Thursday pod spilling the funniest stories in sport this week. On the pod: Emmanuel Frimpong is the housemate from hell, Jamie Vardy’s sweary daughter, and footballers with gangster dads. Links from the pod: Dennis Rodman face tattoo: https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/tulsaworld.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/c/69/c69e01c7-134e-50e9-8bd7-a2d2aa3d9088/64aae357acb59.image.jpg Vardy’s daughter saying fuck off: https://www.instagram.com/p/C6nz77-MRyh/?igsh=cWZ1NXJ0YXJvenYz&img_index=1 Jack Butland arguing with fans: https://twitter.com/jaymurray67/status/1787741946045243415 Mark Goldbridge defending himself: https://www.instagram.com/reel/C6pGNk_qDRb/?igsh=cHdlbjAxd3JnbTNp Sign up for our Friday newsletter spilling more of sport’s funniest stories: http://www.upshot.email?utm_source=podlink Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dennis Rodman is a one of a kind, certified, gold-plated, Grade A, unadulterated nutter. He headbutted refs, went on benders with Kim Jong Un and flew 5,000 miles to shag Madonna. For cash. From pasta up the bum to 9 day marriages, buckle in for his utterly insane story… How he broke his dick: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3zDKkoNMcg Fighting alongside Hulk Hogan at Bash on the Beach Wrestling: https://youtu.be/EYSyHdeG5wY?si=F_1tnhyo_IpXiF6d&t=201 Calls radio phone in while getting blowjob: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igbDAybNcfo Get the week’s funniest stories in sport in 3 minutes with our free Friday email: http://www.upshot.email?utm_source=podlink Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Join Zach and Jack for Extra Shot, our Thursday pod spilling the funniest stories in sport this week. Plus: Monty Panesar in the corridors of power, a Sheffield United star’s crime spree and Rodrigo Muniz meets Princess Diana… Links from the pod: Billy Vunipola getting tasered: https://twitter.com/MailOnline/status/1785230252253302802/video/1 Monty Panesar on Mastermind: https://twitter.com/AndyHa_/status/1083832017979142144 Rodrigo Muniz Madame Tussauds video: https://twitter.com/BBCMOTD/status/1776188030333964396 Rodrigo Muniz Birmingham safari park video: https://twitter.com/BBCMOTD/status/1776135178441597306 Sign up for our Friday newsletter spilling more of sport’s funniest stories: http://www.upshot.email?utm_source=podlink Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Surprise stabbings. Crazed stalkers. Broomsticks up bums. Neymar's life is like a Netflix drama. From punching Parisians to bankrolling his dad's orgies, welcome to ludicrous life of Sao Paolo’s most salacious son… Ultras chanting “Neymar fuck off” outside his house: https://twitter.com/UpshotTowers/status/1678729050381058049 Get the week’s funniest stories in sport in 3 minutes with our free Friday email: http://www.upshot.email?utm_source=podlink Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Join Zach and George for Extra Shot, our Thursday pod spilling the funniest stories in sport this week. On the pod: Boxers marrying porn stars, gun-wielding gangsters stalk New Zealand’s rugby league, and is Mark Clattenburg being held hostage? Links from the pod: Wine drinking marathon runner: https://twitter.com/NikHunt_/status/1782861259873849675 Sign up for our Friday newsletter spilling more of sport’s funniest stories: http://www.upshot.email?utm_source=podlink Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

For most of us, marathon season is a time to hide in the stationary cupboard while Pauline from accounts shakes the tin for her local donkey sanctuary. But things were a little different in the old days. They drank rat poison, got chased by wild dogs and flogged false starters. Buckle in for marathon madness… Thomas Hicks carried across finish line: https://images.app.goo.gl/CJxzoyPErKtfxsdv5 Uncle Chen smoking: https://news.sky.com/story/chinese-chain-smoking-marathon-runner-completes-26-miles-in-less-than-three-and-a-half-hours-12748278 Runner shitting on the lawn in Boston: https://twitter.com/BabzOnTheMic/status/1648028215657525250 Guy knocking down the water bottles: https://twitter.com/1Fubar/status/1424970964069015553 Sign up for our newsletter: http://www.upshot.email?utm_source=podlink Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Join Zachary Sweeney-Lynch (https://twitter.com/zachary_sl) and Jack Rivlin (https://twitter.com/jackrivlin) for Extra Shot, our Thursday pod spilling the funniest stories in sport this week. This week: the top flight keeper blinding opponents with a laser pen, Di Canio’s run in with a Millwall taxi driver, and Joey Barton is still an absolute scumbag. Links from the pod: Neymar playing poker at his daughter’s birthday: https://twitter.com/KyKySZN/status/1778461735663342062 Al-Ittihad player whipped by a fan: https://twitter.com/AJE_Sport/status/1778684205968368118 Nahuel Guzman shining a laser: https://twitter.com/absalon78/status/1779398512423153862 Sign up for our Friday newsletter spilling more of sport’s funniest stories: http://www.upshot.email?utm_source=podlink Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

When you hear the name OJ Simpson, you’ll no doubt recall his famous 1973 NFL season and his supporting role in Naked Gun 2. But did you know he once got in a little bit of trouble with the police too? Join Jack, Zach and Roisin Lanigan for the true crime tale of a sporting icon and the trial of the century… Ruby Wax interview 1998: https://twitter.com/mrkphllps1/status/1778458736614371809 Opening scene to Juiced: https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x33r1ox Sign up for our newsletter: http://www.upshot.email?utm_source=podlink Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Join Zachary Sweeney-Lynch (https://twitter.com/zachary_sl) and Jack Rivlin (https://twitter.com/jackrivlin) for Extra Shot, our Thursday pod spilling the funniest stories in sport this week. This week: QPR’s mascot sacked for flirting with female fans, Graham Potter’s brush with the criminal underworld, and the inside scoop from the Hardest Geezer’s afterparty. Links from the pod: Hardest geezer fundraising page: https://givestar.io/gs/PROJECTAFRICA? Loris Karius Berghain outfit: https://www.instagram.com/p/C487lKILwHt/?hl=en&img_index=1 Hardest Geezer finish line video: https://www.instagram.com/p/C5d201bo2uJ/ Sign up for our Friday newsletter spilling more of sport’s funniest stories: http://www.upshot.email?utm_source=podlink Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

He was the big hitting, booze-swigging, chain-smoking bad boy of golf. The blazers tried to ban him, but John Daly was the people’s champion. From knife-wielding lovers to tossing $55k off a bridge, meet the Wild Thing… Trump discusses “hitting Moscow” with Daly: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1o5FKR_xH1o Hitting balls on to motorway video: https://twitter.com/NUCLRGOLF/status/1738251320933437935 Music albums: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLmmi59IUEY&pp=ygUPam9obiBkYWx5IG11c2lj Sign up for our newsletter: http://www.upshot.email?utm_source=podlink Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Welcome back to Extra Shot, our Thursday pod spilling the funniest stories in sport this week. This week: Jesse Lingard’s nightmare in Seoul, unhinged Old Firm fans, and the inside scoop from Quincy Promes’ jail cell. Get your tickets to the live show on Saturday 15th June: https://tickets.halfmoon.co.uk/events/b8a44a6a-5f31-466c-af79-8dc762a488a3 Links from the pod: UFC fighter sacks coach on TV: https://twitter.com/oscarswillis/status/1756753626301972800 Sign up for our Friday newsletter spilling more of sport’s funniest stories: http://www.upshot.email?utm_source=podlink Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

These days, the Premier League is filled with sinister billionaires and Gucci-clad stars doing Tik Tok dances with Salt Bae. But up in Scotland, football is how it should be. They kidnap their teammates, scrap with tea ladies and catch hypothermia on post-match benders. From knocking out fishermen to smuggling coke, welcome to the wild world of Scottish football… Duncan Ferguson symphonic orchestra song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpsooG5Ef-s Anti Niemi TalkSport caller: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvreCDC61Zw Sign up for our newsletter: http://www.upshot.email?utm_source=podlink Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Welcome back to Extra Shot, our Thursday pod spilling the funniest stories in sport this week. Club chairmen gobbing on fans, Luke Littler turns on his hero and another Luis Rubiales scandal. Get your tickets to the live show on Saturday 15th June: https://tickets.halfmoon.co.uk/events/b8a44a6a-5f31-466c-af79-8dc762a488a3 Links from the pod: Kendry Paez strip club: https://twitter.com/Itismourinho/status/1772622591091495115/video/1 North London Forever song: https://youtu.be/wjCJv4W4kvw?si=C2F-psW06_k2fMpf&t=26 Regretamine song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1sHq1KxEY4 Michael Owen’s Sven message: https://twitter.com/LesseJingard/status/1771343138713387200 Bright Osayi–Samuel mural: https://twitter.com/ProjectFootball/status/1770146790404141113 Trabzonspor fan: https://twitter.com/ajansfenercom/status/1770442759247122510 Sign up for our Friday newsletter spilling more of sport’s funniest stories: http://www.upshot.email?utm_source=podlink Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Gary Neville is a seriously intense bloke. He bollocks innocent school boys, yells at potatoes, and humiliates his own brother in front of millions of fans. This is his story… Schoolboy prank call: https://twitter.com/UpshotTowers/status/1664588028990431235 Rio’s World Cup wind up: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-481ff3OGqU Valencia fans giving him the middle finger: https://twitter.com/UpshotTowers/status/1664587924720025606 Blanking Phil in the tunnel: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/c6m2WX52SZI Sign up for our newsletter: http://www.upshot.email?utm_source=podlink Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Welcome back to Extra Shot, our Thursday pod spilling the funniest stories in sport this week. Ainsley Harriott caught in a football riot, beloved broadcasters on booze-fuelled benders, and the latest from the shitmunchers derby. Get your tickets to the live show on Saturday 15th June: https://tickets.halfmoon.co.uk/events/b8a44a6a-5f31-466c-af79-8dc762a488a3 Links from the pod: Fenerbahce players fight fans: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoRotWeO_Mw Ainsley Harriott at a Turkish football riot: https://twitter.com/EvanMcFarlane/status/1724133358613983726?utm_source=www.upshot.email&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=it-s-a-madhouse Millwall fans interrupt choir: https://twitter.com/FBAwayDays/status/1769345816043425938 Sign up for our Friday newsletter spilling more of sport’s funniest stories: http://www.upshot.email?utm_source=podlink Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

There aren’t many football managers who’d start a fight with Muhammad Ali. But Brian Clough isn’t most football managers. The acid-tongued genius decked Roy Keane, scrapped with hooligans and terrorised tea ladies. And they all still loved him. Welcome to the Life of Brian… Muhammad Ali video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_EHlzd63R8 Don Revie chat show: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxsRt2yG8Es Punching pitch invaders: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4ABVVvPlr0 Sign up for our newsletter: http://www.upshot.email?utm_source=podlink Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Welcome back to Extra Shot, our Thursday pod spilling the funniest stories in sport this week. Samuel Eto’s mafia revolution, Tyson Fury’s playground insults and “the most scandalous incident in the history of mankind”. Links from the pod: Jesse Lingard’s training camp TikToks: https://www.tiktok.com/@jesselingard/video/7328033421496831264 John Fury vs. Logan Paul: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DavF0eLCNwc Brereton Diaz Pepsi ad: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2wQzNeQGJ4 Sign up for our Friday newsletter spilling more of sport’s funniest stories: http://www.upshot.email?utm_source=podlink Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Faustino Asprilla once summed up his philosophy: "lots of sex, no rules and pure life.” The Newcastle cult hero boozed on the team bus, brought a gun to training, and faced down bloodthirsty drug lords. Meet Colombia's finest export… Sign up for our newsletter: http://www.upshot.email?utm_source=podlink Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Welcome back to Extra Shot, our Thursday pod spilling the funniest stories in sport this week. More F1 toilet antics, Pep insults Foden, and a moose on the loose disrupts the week’s biggest sporting event. Get tickets to The Upshot live show on 12th June here: https://tickets.halfmoon.co.uk/events/e15b41b3-2b8b-4d48-a071-81f5eb8cbada Pics we mentioned in the pod: Chiefsaholic bank robber in wolf costume: https://mcusercontent.com/5b3a0380100d0a826c937bcf4/images/bc0c9832-3b28-c16b-870e-28a0f6d96493.jpg Italian fans’ ballistic missile: https://twitter.com/UpshotTowers/status/1633807516915187712 Sign up for our Friday newsletter spilling more of sport’s funniest stories: http://www.upshot.email?utm_source=podlink Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

John Terry is a proper wrong'un. The ex-Chelsea captain punches paps, pisses in pint glasses, and shags on motorway hard shoulders. This is the story of John Terry: Captain, Leader, Bellend… Pics from the episode: Jayne Connery and Sue Terry: https://imgur.com/a/rfTOL3q The FBI e-fit: https://twitter.com/nocontextfooty/status/1664732128855089154/photo/1 Sign up for our newsletter: http://www.upshot.email?utm_source=podlink Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

As Christian Horner’s WhatsApp message leak online, Jack brings you a surprise mini-edition on the gory details of a saga they're calling Google Drive to Survive... Sign up for our newsletter: http://www.upshot.email?utm_source=podlink Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Welcome back to Extra Shot, our Thursday pod spilling the funniest stories in sport this week. Jurgen Klopp’s trousers cost him a job, the espionage epidemic in Italian football and booze-fuelled benders on the baize. Follow us on Insta: http://www.instagram.com/upshottowers Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

These days F1 drivers have all the personality of a gently steamed leek. But they weren't always so dull. From shootouts with drug lords to “intimate relations with dolphins”, meet F1's biggest shaggers, wrong'uns and hell-raisers… Sign up for our newsletter: http://www.upshot.email?utm_source=podlink Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Welcome back to Extra Shot, our Thursday pod spilling the funniest stories in sport this week. This week: A Premier League weed farm, Erling Haaland’s lucky escape and a Tinder date gone wrong. Want to come to our Euro 2024 live show? Sign up here: https://forms.gle/W9igoBZSUELVXDVp8 Vids from today’s episode: Kalvin Phillips fan chant: https://twitter.com/City_Chief/status/1759194692988584018n Roy Hodgson angry interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFr_hFklf5s Michael Buble on mushrooms: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOBTFDuLIcE Tinder date gone wrong: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9g_POqu6vc Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

You might remember Jese Rodriguez as a misfiring Stoke striker with a penchant for godawful nightclubs. But his off-field antics are worthy of a soap opera. From exploding apartments to getting run over by his fiancée, this is the story of his truly ludicrous life… Sign up for our newsletter: http://www.upshot.email?utm_source=podlink Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Welcome back to Extra Shot, our Thursday pod spilling the funniest stories in sport this week. This week: Son’s ping pong ding dong, Fergie’s spouting gibberish to Luke Littler, and how Jurgen Klopp invented pancake day. Want to come to our Euro 2024 live show? Sign up here: https://forms.gle/W9igoBZSUELVXDVp8 Vids from today’s episode: Curtis Jones thinks Klopp invented fist pumps: https://twitter.com/arsenaltweeta/status/1755929933212262497 Liverpool Echo claims Scousers invented Pancake Day: https://twitter.com/notbirdappdylan/status/1757511704089366891?s=48&t=AYJ7rh4FQSV3LrWsojYohw Luke Littler meets Fergie: https://www.tiktok.com/@dailymailsport/video/7331743955698142496 Beckham Chinese New Year message: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/video/davidbeckham/video-2354572/Video-David-Beckham-speaks-Chinese-wish-Happy-Lunar-New-Year.html Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Ivorian brothers hoovered up silverware, shagged in car parks and led secret double lives. From cursing managers to comparing knobs, this is the story of football's friskiest fraternity… The Kolo Toure shower photo: https://i2-prod.mirror.co.uk/incoming/article1455418.ece/ALTERNATES/s1200b/0_Kolo-Toure.jpg Sign up for our newsletter: http://www.upshot.email?utm_source=podlink Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Welcome back to Extra Shot, our Thursday pod spilling the funniest stories in sport this week. This week: Beckham and Messi face the rabid mob in Hong Kong, Christian Horner’s on trial for an “inappropriate photo” and John Terry’s training ground tyranny. Follow us on Insta: http://www.instagram.com/upshottowers David Beckham booed as he tries to give speech on the pitch: https://twitter.com/GanglaniJay/status/1754089103749173412 Christian Horner v Martin Brundle: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qeAF7gAJCCM Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Firing Uzis at snowball fights. Begging cops for blowjobs. Smoking crack on game day. The NFL is filled with some absolute mad dawwwwgs. As the Super Bowl rolls into Las Vegas, we’ve dug through the bozos and badboys to bring you American football’s most unhinged superstars… The Kansas City Chiefs bank robber: https://mcusercontent.com/5b3a0380100d0a826c937bcf4/images/bc0c9832-3b28-c16b-870e-28a0f6d96493.jpg Sign up for our newsletter: http://www.upshot.email?utm_source=podlink Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Welcome back to Extra Shot, our Thursday pod spilling the funniest stories in sport this week. This week: Rashford’s awful Belfast bender, Riyad Mahrez’s sordid gatecrasher and the Man United target turned cocaine trafficker… Follow us on Insta: http://www.instagram.com/upshottowers Riyad Mahrez’s porn-star gatecrasher: https://www.tiktok.com/@threesixtytv/video/7327701859177663777 "Anthony’s the greatest" chant: https://twitter.com/Aaronnn_96/status/1751924617118191901/video/1 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

They don't make 'em like Harry Redknapp any more. The West Ham gaffer struck deals like Del Boy, bollocked players on live TV, and sent fans on as substitutes. From pornstar transfer targets to karate kicks in training, meet football's most triffic manager... Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/upshottowers/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Welcome back to Extra Shot, our Thursday pod spilling the funniest stories in sport this week. This week: Claire Foden's in cuffs, Pele’s secret lovechild and why is Nuno Tavares snogging his dogs? Follow us on Insta: http://www.instagram.com/upshottowers Nuno Tavares video: https://twitter.com/La_Esterisco/status/1749346054770733136 Brighton press officer proposal video: https://www.tntsports.co.uk/football/premier-league/2023-2024/beautiful-moment-as-brighton-staff-member-proposes-in-tunnel-before-wolves-match_vid2070888/video.shtml Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

There was one player in Arsène Wenger’s Invincibles squad who couldn't be tamed. He punched fans, crashed the team bus and flogged fake Gucci to Thierry Henry. Meet the ticket touting enfant terrible: backup keeper Graham Stack… Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/upshottowers/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Welcome back to Extra Shot, our Thursday pod spilling the funniest stories in sport this week. This week: The frat boy who took down Ajax, Wesley Fofana runs over TV royalty in his Lamborghini, and Mauro Icardi’s exhausting love life goes up another notch. Join the Instagram pile on: http://www.instagram.com/upshottowers Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mario Balotelli was the Premier League’s most notorious nutcase. From lobbing darts at teammates to burning his own house down, the striker wreaks havoc wherever he goes. But you haven't heard it all. Buckle in for the full manic story of Mario Balotelli… Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Welcome to Extra Shot, our new Thursday show where we discuss the funniest stories in sport this week. On the pod this week: footballers dragged into the Epstein scandal the real reason James Rodriguez quit Qatar, and *that* Sadio Mane rumour… Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

These days, snooker crowds are full of dozing pensioners nibbling corned beef sandwiches. But the sport was once a hotbed of booze, crack pipes and shagging. From foursomes with fans to benders with the Rolling Stones, meet the bad boys of snooker… Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Diego Maradona and Napoli: it was football's wildest romance. A head-spinning cocktail of devotion, chaos and glory - plus enough drugs to kill a horse. From prosthetic penises to doing coke in the Pope's bathroom, this is the story of Diego in Naples… Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Cocaine-fuelled car chases. Ultras invading orgies. And Kyle Walker waving his willy around a Manchester bar. It’s been a wild year in the world of sport. And today we celebrate all of it, with our annual awards ceremony: the Shotties… If you’re enjoying the pod, please answer this quick survey to help us improve. It’s all multiple choice and takes 30 seconds: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe4IEGuJLGn8V0TvfEXY2hjVr-oC2bRgsiWY3fLS7jWzfveXQ/viewform?usp=sf_link Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

He fights gangs, pens murder mysteries and once served a stint in the slammer. Steve Bruce is not who you think he is. From con tricks to cabbage crimes, this is his story… For more tales of sporting scandal, join 100,000+ subscribers who get our free weekly email: https://www.upshot.email/subscribe?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=poddescription Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Joey Barton is fucking mental. He punches children, quotes Nietzsche, and once sunk his teeth into his own club captain. And that’s just the tame stuff. From cigars in eyes to zoo animals on the loose, this is the story of the Premier League’s biggest wrong’un… For more tales of sporting scandal, join 100,000+ subscribers who get our free weekly email: https://www.upshot.email/subscribe?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=poddescription Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It was football’s wildest fairytale: in ten years ramshackle Wimbledon went from non-league to the top flight and FA Cup glory. But that’s only half the story. Vinnie Jones, John Fashanu and co were a bunch of absolute animals. They torched cars, held press conferences naked, and hospitalised each other with dressing room beatings. This is the story of the Crazy Gang… For more tales of sporting scandal, join 100,000+ subscribers who get our free weekly email: https://www.upshot.email/subscribe?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=poddescription Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The year is 1999 - Real Madrid are at war. Legendary striker Raul brands the dressing room “a cesspit of lies, treachery and whispers”. Something has to change... From murderous hitmen to pigs heads on the pitch, this is the story of the Galacticos… For more tales of sporting scandal, join 100,000+ subscribers who get our free weekly email: https://www.upshot.email/subscribe?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=poddescription Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Erling Haaland isn’t like other humans. He gorges on chicken livers, raps about world peace, and wakes up to the Champions League anthem. Every day. As the Robo-Viking smashes every record under the sun, we’re joined by Haaland expert Lars Sivertsen to explore the weird world of Erling Haaland… If you’re enjoying The Upshot podcast, please share it with your friends. It really helps us grow. For more tales of sporting scandal, join 100,000+ subscribers who get our free weekly email: https://www.upshot.email/subscribe?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=poddescription Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Trigger Happy TV creator Dom Joly joins us to discuss a tabloid sensation who smoked weed, punched coppers and made magic on the pitch. From drug scandals to accidental dick pics, this is Beefy’s story… If you’re enjoying The Upshot podcast, please share it with your friends. It really helps us grow. And for more tales of sporting scandal, join 100,000+ subscribers who get our free weekly email: https://www.upshot.email/subscribe?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=poddescription Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Everyone knows Roy Keane is a mad bastard. The United legend humiliated teammates, knocked out opponents and scrapped with his own manager. But there’s more. So much more. From drunken headbutts to kung fu kicks in the dressing room, this is his story… For more tales of sporting scandal, join 100,000+ subscribers who get our free weekly email: https://www.upshot.email/subscribe?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=poddescription Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

You might remember Adrian Mutu as a promising Chelsea striker with a taste for cocaine. But Class As weren’t his only vice. From high speed car chases to drinking a porn star's blood, meet the Bad Boy of Bucharest… Jack (http://www.twitter.com/jackrivlin) and Zach (http://www.twitter.com/zachary_sl) are joined by JP Lockwood (http://www.twitter.com/jplockwood) to discuss the cokey Chelsea striker. For more tales of sporting scandal, join 100,000+ subscribers who get our free weekly email: https://www.upshot.email/subscribe?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=poddescription Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Rugby playing cannibals. Stalkers in Serie A. Ghostly visitations from the late George Best. As Halloween draws near, we’ve braved the haunted crypts of Upshot Towers, digging up a selection of macabre, gruesome and terrifying tales. Gather round, children, for the scariest stories in sport… For more tales of sporting scandal, join 100,000+ subscribers who get our free weekly email: https://www.upshot.email/subscribe?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=poddescription Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices