On this week’s episode of That Peter Crouch Podcast, Pete, Sids, and Chris express their absolute dismay towards the Community Shield’s double booking, and ask whether Manchester City’s 3-0 defeat to Arsenal is anything to worry about for Pep’s replacement Enzo Maresca.
The Gunners’ strong start has the lads wondering if they could run away with a consecutive Premier League title, and we also get into the Championship - with Millwall backed to make a serious push for the playoffs and plenty of love for the players expected to light up the season.
Sids signs off from the Maldives before the lads are joined by singer-songwriter Ben Cipolla, whose football-inspired songs have taken social media by storm. Ben explains how a joke about Brighton’s Deniz Undav turned into a growing catalogue of football songs, before revealing how his Djed Spence song exploded after an appearance on 606. He also talks about becoming a full-time musician, his ambitions to take the football songs even further, and Chris reveals his dream of Ben reaching the Christmas Number One spot.
And if that wasn’t enough, Ben brings along some homemade dips from his mate Paddy (in classic random pod fashion), performs his brilliant football songs live in the studio, and then unveils an EXCLUSIVE new song written especially for the podcast – ‘Back Stronger’.
Chumbawamba
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00:00 - Sids joins from the Maldives after a day of coaching
02:22 - The lads discuss the recent eclipse and whether they looked at the sun
04:50 - The conversation moves towards the weekend’s football
07:17 - Manchester City’s Community Shield defeat and whether Maresca should worry
09:57 - The lads discuss the Community Shield and its importance
12:15 - Have we completely neglected the Community Shield?
14:44 - Jack Grealish gets a big positive mention after returning to action
17:11 - Could Arsenal run away with the Premier League title?
19:58 - Championship talk begins and the lads assess the early season
20:18 - Watford impresses massively and gets the lads talking
21:50 - Millwall backed for a Championship playoff push
22:31 - The Jack Rudoni name mix-up is addressed
25:29 - The lads get family involved in the Arsenal vs Coventry prediction
26:33 - More predictions: Brentford vs Spurs and Newcastle vs Liverpool
27:54 - Ben Cipolla joins the podcast
29:10 - How Ben’s football songs started with Deniz Undav
30:20 - From TikTok chants to full football songs
30:37 - That Djed Spence song
31:50 - Ben explains the 606 appearance that changed everything
32:56 - How going viral changed Ben’s life
33:30 - Ben’s career as a full-time singer-songwriter
34:11 - Could football songs take Ben all the way to the charts?
35:49 - Is Djed Spence actually aware of the song?
36:23 - Ben arrives with homemade dips from his mate Paddy
37:29 - The lads put Paddy’s dips to the ultimate test
39:16 - Ben performs the viral Djed Spence song LIVE
40:45 - Ben performs a Dan Burn inspired song
42:18 - “Nothing But An Arm Break” gets it’s live debut
43:38 - Ben reveals he has written a song about Crouchy and the pod
44:10 - The EXCLUSIVE first play of “Back Stronger”
46:18 - The lads react to one of the best songs they’ve heard
48:01 - The lads discuss Ben’s future and a potential Crouch Fest rumour…
48:24 - The episode wraps up
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