{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/641338125bde790011089c5b/68f966e87f8d776a0b9f959c?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Maccabi Tel Aviv - the most misunderstood football hooligans in the world","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/641338125bde790011089c5b/1761174813774-103a34d2-77c6-435b-a8b6-cfd72fd7a8c1.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>When Birmingham City Council announced that they would ban Maccabi Tel Aviv fans from attending the football match against Aston Villa next month, Keir Starmer was quick to react.</p><p>Not as quick as Kemi Badenoch or Nigel Farage, but Starmer was soon promising that he would be doing everything in his power to overturn the ban.</p><p>On <strong><em>Free State</em></strong> today we look at the truth about Maccabi Tel Aviv. What is it about this club that seems to attract a certain type of football fan? What it it about Maccabi Tel Aviv that has led Tommy Robinson to say he will be supporting them in Birmingham next month?</p>","author_name":"Gold Hat Productions"}