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Marcos Aranda A.K.A. Carles Puyol
Season 2, Ep. 18
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This week Marcos Aranda joins the pod, stepping in for the mysteriously unavailable Carles Puyol. From youth football in Scotland with Harmony Row to playing for nearly every senior side at Oratia United, Marcos has done the miles in the game.
A two-time Oratia United Coach of the Year, he’s the definition of a proper club man and football lifer. Expect stories of stoaters getting walloped, teams getting gubbed, the odd bit of mince football, and plenty of muddy pitch sclarft along the way, if you did not understand that you might need a Scottish Translator!
Big thanks to Elyte Hydration for keeping the pod going.
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