The Upshot

The Arsenal dressing room of the 1990s was absolutely mental. It was ruled by a riotous ring of badly-behaved boozers like Tony Adams, Paul Merson and Ray Parlour. They called themselves "The Tuesday Club". From machete-wielding gangsters to stints in the slammer, this is the tale of Gooners Gone Wild… Links from the pod: Ray Parlour aged 12: https://x.com/football_mumble/status/1271410319848587264 Charlie Nicholas’ awful banter with Jeff Stelling: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5FsadHcoVA Ray Parlour cobra bomb: https://x.com/UpshotTowers/status/1574720819187564546 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Managers caught in brothels, Wayne Rooney’s x-rated team talks, and is Vincent Kompany an absolute bastard? Join Zak Attak ‘n Coopz for another edition of Extra Shot, our weekly pod spilling the funniest stories in sport this week. Videos from the pod: Vincent Kompany bollocking Gudmundsson: https://x.com/secondtierpod/status/1822932103379464543 Non-league manager having a pint in an interview: https://www.instagram.com/p/C-kviZuInhO/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

At 20 years old, Jamie Vardy was playing eighth tier football with an ankle tag on. And at 24, he was still working at a prosthetic limbs factory. Five years later he was a Premier League champion. From skittles vodka every night to the Wagatha Christie saga, this is the far-fetched fairytale of a Premier League legend… Links from the pod: Play off semi-final against Watford 2013: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJYtDPcd-fU Nigel Pearson strangling James McArthur: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=342055126509288 Pearson calling journalist an ostrich: https://youtu.be/4xfdk3MliFc?si=auo9JQRzfbehtxJm&t=16 Vardy’s daughter playing rock, paper, scissors: https://youtu.be/OP7vlyxxBtM?si=zQLn0Tudt644Tz_q&t=22 Vardy courtroom sketch: https://i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk/incoming/article26992221.ece/ALTERNATES/s615b/1_FS-k5s3XsAEBRCX.jpg Rooney courtroom sketch: https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2022/05/18/14/57878627-10828547-Coleen_Rooney_sits_next_to_her_husband_Wayne_Rooney_on_May_12_in-a-1_1652880025532.jpg Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Pole Vaulters doing porn, Neil Lennon’s Bucharest bender and the turd-riddled Seine claims its first victims. It’s another edition of Extra Shot, our weekly pod spilling the funniest stories in sport this week. Videos from the pod: Dutch runner who sounds like Mickey Mouse: https://www.tiktok.com/@almost.co/video/7346062164878298401?lang=en Hungover pole vault winner: https://x.com/SiavoushF/status/1820812332722688141 Steve McClaren’s dutch accent: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZnoP4sUV90 Irish rowers interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFvT-KoGgEM The Kloppelganger: https://www.reddit.com/r/soccer/comments/1ei6vqj/shakhtar_donetsk_on_twitter_clarifies_no_its_not/ Pole vaulter’s knob denies him spot in final: https://twitter.com/pauloMDtweets/status/1819714571688677404 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The year is 776BC. A naked man soaked in olive oil is being flogged senseless after false starting in the pentathlon. Two millennia later, in a sleepy corner of Oxfordshire, civilised adults are clubbing each other to death in the name of Olympic revival. From contestants eaten by wolves to Eric the Eel, this is the unhinged 3,000 year history of the Olympic Games… Links from the pod: Eric the Eel at Sydney 2000: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0ZePJy_nZw Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ederson’s hissy fit. Trouble in paradise for Lamine Yamal. And “sex marathons” in the Olympic Village. It’s another edition of Extra Shot, our weekly pod spilling the funniest stories in sport this week. Videos from the pod: Rene the piss goblin made it to Korea: https://www.instagram.com/p/C8_5WCCJPlN/ Lamine Yamal’s girlfriend BETRAYS him: https://x.com/ayeejuju/status/1817596869997908328 Get ya coffee: http://www.Angliacoffeesolutions.co.uk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Romans wrestled lions, the Victorians forced monkeys to fight dogs. And in the modern era, we tuck into a bit of artistic swimming and pretend to know what a pommel horse is. But the Olympics is far more than just a freakshow of sobbing sprinters, doped up communists and Swiss aristocrats forcing horses to dance. From poolside punch ups to Usain Bolt’s ultraslow shagging technique, this is the Upshot’s guide to Paris 2024… Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Multiple shagging rumours about England stars. Patrice Evra’s jail sentence. GB swimming turns saucy. And George debuts his Wimbledon-themed erotic fan fiction. It’s another edition of Extra Shot, our weekly pod spilling the funniest stories in sport this week. Videos from the pod: Tom Daley’s saucy Insta caption: https://www.instagram.com/p/C9uw4y5Nbor/?img_index=1 Argentina racist song: https://x.com/NosyBuzzer/status/1813264257506812245 Mbappe and Ines Rau frolicking: https://english.cdn.zeenews.com/sites/default/files/2024/01/02/1344423-aus-8.png Asparagus woman predicting a female president: https://x.com/DannyParkinson/status/1815084737519591547 David Moyes on Carsley and Gravesen: https://youtu.be/JDxd0d3l6eg?si=HcHLvtlfY0oFPUVt&t=2831 Patrice Evra’s prison vid: https://www.instagram.com/p/C9VarmTSG9A/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Colombia is known for many beautiful things. Arabica coffee. Cheap breast implants. Glorious Carribean coast. But in the 1980s, the country was infamous for one thing… cocaine. And Colombian football was ruled by terrifying druglords like Pablo Escobar. From kidnapping referees to prison kickabouts with Maradona, this is the story of narco-football… Read Ryan Ferguson’s excellent article about the era: https://ryanferguson.co.uk/blogs/blog/narco-soccer-pablo-escobar-football-nacional Videos from the pod: Rene Huguita’s scorpion kick at Wembley: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRj3dKKp9tI Carlos Valderrama with straightened hair: https://x.com/paddypower/status/1154324102737551360 Topless model kicks off friendly: https://x.com/sid_lambert/status/1532270708843323393 Asprilla v Chilavert fight: https://youtu.be/qseaJOsAKnY?si=UNnA94IlantJlCn8&t=57 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

When you think of cycling, you probably picture lycra-clad lab rats, pumped so full of steroids their blood is congealing into a thick ketchup-like goo. But it wasn’t always a sick science experiment: for most of its history, the Tour de France was a sadistic cocktail of cheating, violence and scarcely believable disasters. From itching powder in the shorts to selling children for cheese, this is its unhinged story… Videos from the pod: Chasse a cannette: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7UhT6-GntcY 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

Sadio Mane’s wife graduates from high school. Fans stealing boats. Snack attack at the Tour de France. It’s another edition of Extra Shot, our weekly pod spilling the funniest stories in sport this week. Videos from the pod: Derek Chisora headbutts a Deliveroo driver: https://x.com/UpshotTowers/status/1812882512630186418 Cucurella singing about himself: https://x.com/CFCPys/status/1812781201725247753 Copa America fans breaking into stadium: https://x.com/ivanopanetti/status/1812765327802986786 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Love triangles in the French camp. Wife hunting at wet t-shirt competitions. Boozing with the King of Brazzers in Dortmund. Coming to you live from (near) Dortmund, another special edition of Extra Shot, where we spill all the funniest gossip we picked up in Germany. Slag us off and request episodes on The Upshot subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/theupshotpodcast/ Videos from the pod: Darwin Nunez fighting Colombia fans: https://x.com/feratthesix/status/1811416932987662635 Bentancur lobbing a bottle and hitting his own fans: https://x.com/ASTOUNDlNGMessi/status/1811241235908088243 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Marcelo Bielsa’s violent stand-off with fans. Wimbledon’s simmering sexual tension. Leo Messi giving a wonderkid a bath. It’s a nice, weird set of stories for a special edition of Extra Shot, our pod spilling the funniest stories in sport this week. Slag us off and request episodes on The Upshot subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/theupshotpodcast/ Videos from the pod: Trent saying “he didn’t want to take one”: https://x.com/CounterPressers/status/1809704180145390004?utm_source=www.upshot.email&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=watching-from-their-jail-cell James Corden delays his show to watch penalties: https://x.com/cjfelt13/status/1809697097240965335 Dutch fans watching from jail: https://www.reddit.com/r/soccer/comments/1dxqamy/dutch_football_fans_watching_netherlands_v_turkey/?utm_source=www.upshot.email&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=watching-from-their-jail-cell Leo Messi bathing Lamine Yamal: https://www.tbsnews.net/sports/story-behind-lionel-messis-viral-photo-lamine-yamal-2007-894786 Terry Venables and a young Pep: https://www.reddit.com/r/soccer/comments/184c4ab/a_15yearold_pep_guardiola_in_awe_of_terry/ Douglas Luiz penalty: https://x.com/jnevesera/status/1809788612172451973?utm_source=www.upshot.email&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=watching-from-their-jail-cell Jaden Philogene agent photoshoot: https://x.com/victor_nahe/status/1808822248108670988 Dembele’s agent ‘accidentally’ shows his phone call: https://x.com/GFFN/status/1486348192245559299 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 the funniest stories from the Euros this week. On the pod today: footballers at Glasto, rockstars in the England camp, and somehow the biggest wreckheads of the week are Andy Carroll and Mario Balotelli… Videos from the pod: Ed Sheeran singing to England squad: https://x.com/itsjudithworld/status/1807962013424906356 Conor Gallager loves Ed Sheeran to be fair: https://www.instagram.com/p/C55iPMqNteM/ Balotelli drunk: https://x.com/DiarioOle/status/1807754343992480118 American pundits comparing Pulisic to Messi: https://x.com/a1exii_/status/1803849850426978528 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

WITH SPECIAL GUEST JOSH BERRY He was the baby-faced megastar who won Wimbledon twice as a teenager. But Boris Becker’s penchant for sex, mansions and dodgy dealings took him from centre court to the slammer. From bonking in broom cupboards to death threats from murderers, this is the story of Boom Boom Boris… Videos from the pod: Boom Boom Boris song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mav6MEY-yeY Andy Murray rap song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xT74EJ8vbw Defending fake passport on Andrew Marr: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-44581763 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 the funniest stories from the Euros this week. On the pod today: Bradley Wiggins attacks Mickey Mouse at Disneyland, grans gone wild at the Euros and does Geoff Hurst like Budweiser by any chance? Videos from the pod: Geoff Hurst shilling Budweiser: https://x.com/WeahsCousin/status/1805564686147960989 Bradley Wiggins at Disneyland: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/sportsnews/article-7991199/Sir-Bradley-Wiggins-bizarre-foul-mouthed-rant-Disneyland-Paris-families.html 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

The year is 1990. Gazzamania is sweeping the nation. And a bewildered ostrich is on the loose at Tottenham’s training ground. The culprit? Paul Gascoigne, a Geordie midfield maestro with a craving for chaos. From breaking into bank vaults to wanking in 10 Downing Street, this is the scarcely believable story of Gazza: the early years… Videos from the pod: Gazza on turning down Alex Ferguson: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HUqSfdZQFo Italia 90 yellow card: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tt0xx3So6zw 10 Downing Street story: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/nxatSvpImlY FA Cup final tackles: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aww54AjXiMA 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

Are you a good, funny writer who loves sport? We’re hiring a writer for our newsletter and Twitter threads. It’s a paid role - email a sample of your writing to [email protected]. Join Zach and Jack for Extra Shot, our Thursday pod spilling the funniest stories in sport this week. On the pod today: Gael Kakuta’s evil twin, Landon Donovan’s awful hair transplant and scandal hits the hot dog eating championship. Videos from the pod: Serbian president’s son trying to fight England fans: https://x.com/MyLordBebo/status/1802645963250479344 England fan woke up in stadium: https://x.com/FBAwayDays/status/1802735705996636235 Scotland fan horror movie hotel: https://x.com/RoryB96/status/1802282705406640637 Ronald Koeman picking his nose: https://x.com/JaNe6X/status/1802808103068704923 Landon Donovan’s hair transplant: https://x.com/magee18/status/1802881523231641717 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

Bastian Schweisteiger’s hot tub trouble, Declan Rice’s IRA sympathies, and the French star’s penis enlargement. Welcome to our alternative guide to the Euros… Videos from the pod: Grealish looking for Birmingham on a map: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e75rmX2Scv4 Grealish encyclopaedia: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWLnQYvU6zA Scotland fan hit by motorbike: https://x.com/CrimeLdn/status/1405772662194917377 Artem Dzyuba pilots draw penis: https://x.com/ODDSbible/status/1329722263839576066 Peter Beardsley World in Motion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPh63Y6sSKA 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: Goalkeepers accused of modern slavery, the Brentford legend turned undercover ultra and boxer Ryan Garcia is in cuffs. 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

The year is 2006. Borat is breaking box office records. Hips Don’t Lie is number one in the charts. And in the sleepy German spa town of Baden Baden, England touch down for the World Cup. But the tranquil resort is about to be turned upside down by a posse of WAGs led by Posh Spice, Cheryl Cole and Coleen Rooney. From secret affairs to cocaine scandals, this is the story of WAGs gone wild… Videos from the pod: England’s official anthem: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vShTd-zjS4o Sven, Sven, Sven: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q33sNrncVmI 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: Ronaldo’s crying, Messi’s movie debut and more misery for Man United staff Videos from the pod: Rio Ferdinand’s commentary: https://x.com/footballontnt/status/1797178287413702885 Neymar’s prank: https://x.com/FootballJOE/status/1796464271599288433 El Chiringuito on Mbappe in 2022: https://x.com/ElChiringuitoEN/status/1797683460129391084 El Chiringuito on Mbappe in 2024: https://x.com/ElChiringuitoEN/status/1797682504419414248 Messi’s cameo: https://x.com/Messilizer/status/1795312142385877178 IShowSpeed v Man United fans: https://x.com/FBAwayDays/status/1794410443966124440 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

Lurking beneath its slick, modernising image, German football is hiding some dark secrets. In fact, its 21st century has been truly scandalous. From chainsaw rampages to managers on coke, welcome to a mental 20 years of German football… Videos from the pod: Christoph Daum Romania meltdown: https://www.youtube.com/watch?si=Jo4gaXGtpmsobz_s&t=113&v=XUeOhGOD7z8&feature=youtu.be Schalke’s final day heartbreak: https://youtu.be/X-5VI7Mq3uQ?si=_75ckV4UOcx-bqbK&t=91 Joachim Low’s scratch n’ sniff: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NtMpU5mo2U Schalke ultras attack their own players: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRslSinqWFQ Jens Lehmann chainsaw cartoon: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FpfaHM2WIAA2t9G.jpg:large 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: The MLS star knocked out by a pro boxer in a restaurant, Todd Cantwell ends racism and hooligan scraps at motorway toll booths… Videos from the pod: Lyrics to the Champions League anthem: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UEFA_Champions_League_Anthem Jamie O’Hara on Love Undercover: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-13443863/jamie-ohara-love-undercover-peacock-soccer.html Todd Cantwell’s tireless struggle for racial equality: https://www.instagram.com/stories/highlights/17846426849171340/?hl=en David Guetta’s BLM song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEI7oX0XxJw Lyon and PSG ultras torch each other’s buses: https://x.com/Lambdactu/status/1794413255299051998 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 26 seasons, Sir Alex Ferguson was the ruddy cheeked, acid-tounged genius who ruled English football. But behind the trophies and the bollockings, the United gaffer presided over a relentless torrent of sex, drugs and mindless violence… 25 years on from Fergie’s famous treble, this is the story the history books won’t tell… Videos from the pod: Cantona karate kick in France: https://twitter.com/UpshotTowers/status/1616050468597239810 Rhodri Giggs Paddy Power advert: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBlkxsbtlgw 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: this week's managerial bloodbath, Klopp compared to Martin Luther King Jr., Scott Carson’s kicked out of Man City’s party, Brazilian stars knobbing each other’s girlfriends and the latest scoops from Mr Pants. Links from the pod: Rob Draper on the It Was What It Was podcast: https://x.com/WeAreTheOverlap/status/1792812704010289230?t=VP27EMivkrySeEc-LPG2IQ&s=08 Dutch ref: https://x.com/dannykorporaal/status/1789688408341619148 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jose Mourinho is so charismatic that John Terry said "I'd leave the pitch in a coffin for him". But he's also a ruthless bastard who threatens ball boys, fights staff and spits poison at his enemies. This is the story of Jose Mourinho v The World… Videos from the pod: Old Trafford touchline sprint: https://twitter.com/footballontnt/status/1236932988606148609 Celebrating at the Nou Camp as Inter manager: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eC7Rxy0G4U8 Poking Tito Villanova in the eye: https://twitter.com/UpshotTowers/status/1655898058758946817 Roma fan proposes in front of him: https://twitter.com/UpshotTowers/status/1660947761443774467 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: 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