Please Don't Take Me Home

IDLES bassist and lifelong Newcastle supporter Adam "Dev" Devonshire joins Piers and Jim to celebrate football shirts, famous goals and the beautiful madness of following a team from the opposite end of the country.Dev reveals how he amassed a collection of around 1,000 football shirts before giving them all away, remembers seeing Tony Yeboah score one of the greatest goals of the 1990s and explains why he wears Newcastle shirts on stage. He also talks about watching football while touring the world, being related to West Ham legend Alan Devonshire and flying from Bristol to Newcastle for home games.Plus, which footballer would fit into IDLES, Sir Bobby Robson’s similarities to Dolly Parton and the surreal afternoon Dev spent learning modular synths at Steve Davis’ house.

Comedian Annie McGrath joins Piers and Jim to talk about supporting Arsenal, playing up front for Clapton CFC and appearing in Ted Lasso.Annie remembers Arsenal winning the league while she was backstage at a gig, watching England win the Euros at Wembley with her mum and getting a football tattoo alongside Jill Scott. She also reveals her phobia of half-time oranges and the former coach who compared her to Alexis Sánchez.Plus, which England manager would make the best James Bond, the footballers Annie would choose as her maid-of-honour and best man.

Comedian, actor and musician Doc Brown joins Piers and Jim to talk about his lifelong love of Crystal Palace.Doc remembers Wayne Routledge denying him a goalscoring moment in a charity match, meeting Ian Wright at the end of his street and seeing John Barnes at his first ever football game. He also explains how Three Lions influenced the song he wrote for Palace’s FA Cup final and nominates Stoke as one of football’s most miserable away days.Plus, the perfect time to score a goal, “Gherkin’s in a pickle” and an important update on the "Akabusi effect."Please Don’t Take Me Home is a football podcast about the day, not the game.

Singer-songwriter and lifelong West Ham supporter Chesney Hawkes joins Piers and Jim to celebrate the joy, pain and beautiful nonsense of following the Hammers.Chesney remembers losing 4-0 at Spurs on his first away day, following West Ham home and away throughout the 1980s and performing for 50,000 supporters before the Conference League final in Prague. He also reveals why Matt Le Tissier keeps turning up at his gigs, attempts to build a touring band from former footballers and introduces us to the fearsome West Ham hard man known as The Mallet.Plus, naming a dog after Julian Dicks, forcing your children to support the correct club and the mysterious disappearance of babies called Phil, Nigel and Keith.

Former Away Days co-host and Bastille drummer Woody returns to find out what Piers and Jim have done to the place.They look back at England’s World Cup campaign, before Piers makes the horrifying discovery that neither Jim nor Woody watched the Mexico game live. There is also an examination of a vintage Billericay shirt, some shameless Wembley bragging and an important debate about the greatest bald footballer of all time.Plus, the remarkable 34-year playing career of Barry Hayles, the footballers they first spotted in public, Dave Benson Phillips at Chessington’s reptile house and Cliff Richard struggling with a cashpoint in Portugal.

Comedian, Taskmaster contestant and lifelong Crystal Palace supporter Chloe Petts joins Piers Hewitt and Jim Daly to celebrate FA Cup glory, mysterious Roy Hodgson sightings and living on a desert island with Paul Scholes.Chloe explains why she trained to become a referee before deciding the job required too much “cop energy” and reveals how corrupt she would be if asked to run the line at Palace.She also relives the overwhelming emotion of watching Palace finally win the FA Cup, remembers the Arsenal defeat that taught her about boundaries and self-esteem, and Jim tells us about the goalless away day that ended with Bovril running down the back of his white T-shirt.You can watch Chloe on Taksmaster on Channel 4, and give her a follow, here

Taskmaster creator Alex Horne joins Jim Daly and Piers Hewitt at Chesham United for the first-ever episode of Please Don’t Take Me Home, the new name for Away Days with Woody and Piers.Alex reveals how a Taskmaster event led to him joining the club’s board, why he thinks football is “90% dull” and whether Chesham now means more to him than Liverpool. He also picks his dream football Taskmaster line-up, recalls the club’s famous FA Cup giant-killing and explains how he was stood up by Peter Crouch.Meanwhile, Jim reveals the Egg United tattoo that gave his wife “the ick”, Piers shares his unexpected love of away-day pyjamas, and the three of them attempt to establish what the numbers on a toaster actually mean.

Please Don’t Take Me Home is a football podcast about the day, not the game.Each week, Piers Hewitt and Jim Daly are joined by a notable football fan to celebrate the joy, pain and beautiful nonsense of supporting a team, from unforgettable matches and disastrous away days to pies, pints and questionable decisions.