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9: European Trophies, West Ham, Man City, Barca and Sport Washing

Ep. 9

Bottom Line Up Front: Joey Fitz joins us to discuss this week's football news. Joey is on loan from the Game Club podcast - could he make the switch permanent?


  • European Trophies: We discuss West Ham United and Manchester City as they go on European glory
  • Joey on Villa: Joey takes us through his journey with Villa and why Douglaz Luiz and Jacob Ramsey aren't Villa's player of the season. We touch upon Unai emery's time at Arsenal


You can find Joey on Twitter @joeyfitz91 or listen his podcast here.


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