Reminding You Why You Love Football - The MUNDIAL Podcast

Live from Spotify, Owen Blackhurst, Seb White and Tommy Stewart are joined by a returning Asad Raza to chat ‘A little place called heaven’ Hatti, a hat, Manchester Piccadilly, “rain sodden bowels of the city”, a spiritual experience, the Gunfight at the OK Corral, “I’m your Huckleberry”, Josh Wood, Bill Murray’s haircut in Kingpin, Glenn Hoddle v David Beckham, the sunglasses emoji, England U-17 winning the World Cup, Phil Foden, Jadon Sancho, Kendal Mint Cake, Garrincha, The Maracanã, “dealers choice”, Alessandro Del Piero, Battle of Agincourt, Plymouth, Portsmouth, MDMA v Huel, “internal latrine”, Popeye’s, Ronnie ‘Chicken Biryani’ Irani, “wears his banter on his sleeve”, Stephen Merchant, Vince McMahon, Diego Armando Maradona, “How am I doing, Boss?”, “speaking out loud”, performance-enhancing drugs, playing football on ketamine, Seville, Carlos Billardo, Bukta, camera super lenta, Nick Hancock, the forgotten Maradona goal, Diego Simeone, the Enigma machine, football’s Alan Turing, Davor Šuker, Boca Juniors (A), Marseille, ring binders, Maradona or Messi, Monchi, The Frying Pan of Spain—Sevilla v Real Betis, gastric bands, Sporting Enigma, Shaolin Soccer, Golden Leg, Steel Leg, Team Evil, disillusioned monks, Armageddon, Michael Bay, Harry Porter, Graham Potter, “Who cut your hair? Dynamo?”, Mizuno Wave Riders, The Hong Kong Cup, sweeper-keepers, ’The legends of The Football Factory’, Marching Powder, Cocaine Bear, This American Life, John Wayne, Church Party at Stage & Radio Manchester, Asad’s terrible accents, Texas Joe’s, jalapeño cornbread, pretending to like baseball, Eastbound and Down, Jay Gatsby, “cut and shut cars”, and so much more.Get the latest issue of MUNDIAL Mag hereFollow MUNDIAL on Twitter - @mundialmagFollow MUNDIAL on Instagram - @mundialmag

** This week Owen Blackhurst, Seb White, James Bird, and Tommy Stewart chat about football but also discuss mental health issues. If you are affected by any of the issues discussed, please visit thecalmzone.net or samaritans.org or phone the Samaritans on 116 123 **Live from Spotify, the old gang are back together as Owen Blackhurst, James Bird, Seb White and Tommy Stewart talk Roy Orbison, Ghetts, Joy Guidry, Puressence, Metallica, trainspotters, Francis Bourgeois, MUNDIAL digital, Héctor Bellerín, West Didsbury & Chorlton FC, Owen Blackhurst’s Goal of the Month, trains, Dave and Sharons, Matthew Le Tissier, Seb on the Spot, allies, conspiracy theories, Bill Gates, George Weah, Alan Brazil, Ray Parlour, Pulp Fiction, David Beckham, Arsène Wenger, John Hartson, John Travolta, Les Dennis, Extras, Ronaldo, Xherdan Shaqiri, Barclaysmen, Stoke City FC, Basel, Bayern Munich, Kolkata, vodka & tonics, Liverpool v Manchester United, José Mourinho, Jürgen Klopp, Turkey hair, Goodison Park, David Beckham, Daniel Podence, Charlie Adam, The Masters, Duck magazine, BMX, Marko Arnautović, the Stoke accent, the Black Country, Bojan, BoJack Horseman, hyperbole, Hermione, misled, Elliot Hackney, Seb and the Queen, Donald Trump, Bill Clinton, George H. W. Bush, Tiger Woods, Walt Disney, Colin Montgomerie, blue slacks, World Mental Health Day, talking to your mates and strangers, CALM, Jonny Sharples, Manny Singh Kang, coming out, LGBTQ+ in football, the Rainbow Devils, Old Trafford, NFL, Miami Dolphins, the noise away fans make, pooptracking, “Man on!”, Arne Slot’s outfits, Lee Carsley, the national anthem, Erik ten Hag, LimeBikes, The Avengers, and somehow so much more.Get the latest issue of MUNDIAL Mag hereFollow MUNDIAL on Twitter - @mundialmagFollow MUNDIAL on Instagram - @mundialmag

Due to holidays, Oasis fever and being too bloody busy, we've got another special episode from the archives for you. At Hotel MUNDIAL, our week-long event during the start of EUROs, we sat down with our mates Statman Dave and Flo Lloyd-Hughes for our series of talks, 'Home and Away, Near and Far', in partnership with Marriott Bonvoy. In the first half of this episode, Statman Dave talks about living with James Bird at university, why he ended up in Dresden because of Football Manager, and watching Manchester United at home and abroad. In the second part, Seb White chats with Flo Lloyd-Hughes about the joys of Loftus Road, planning the perfect away day, and why Manchester is the perfect football city. There’s that and so much more in the following chats that will absolutely remind you why you love football.Get the latest issue of MUNDIAL Mag hereFollow MUNDIAL on Twitter - @mundialmagFollow MUNDIAL on Instagram - @mundialmag

Owen Blackhurst, Seb White, and Tommy Stewart talk proper listeners, the glory years, oiling Asad up, Machine Gun Kelly and the G-men, background checks, the mechanism of war, The Last Samurai, pouring one out for James, Milan, Wife Swap, a DM from Héctor Bellerín, Jack Grealish’s spiritual advisor, Nuno’s man management, multi-talented Joe Hart finding love and peace at Celtic and Natasha Meikle’s homage to the man, hanging out at the skate park, Grebos and Townies, moths to a flame, a boiled sweet in a garish T-shirt, Sidders, goalkeeping angst, pogoing with a megaphone, Bedknobs and Broomsticks, red nobs and glow sticks, the Mary Poppins for boys, Seb under a spell, Dirty Yellows v True Blues, dodgy Disney videos on YouTube, ostrich Ronaldinho, setting fire to the ref’s boots, Owen the Leonine, beating the Nazis in Dorset, watching a film recorded on a phone on your phone, Inglourious Basterds, buying meat and wellies in a pub, the decline of the meat raffle, Tommy lowering the tone (again), gambling madness in Brisbane, Pachinko and Loot, Paul Tisdale on scouting for Exeter, Brassic, Alan Partridge swimming in the zeitgeist, Big Beacon, Richard Keys and Andy Gray, wearing shorts all year round, The Clothes of Winter by Church Party, Shropshire’s Mordor, parents on the pitch, Owen’s crutch-swinging, The Hot Box Sauna, being bad at your job, standing your ground, the loveliness of Gabby Roslyn and Sandi Toksvig, and somehow so much more.Get the latest issue of MUNDIAL Mag hereFollow MUNDIAL on Twitter - @mundialmagFollow MUNDIAL on Instagram - @mundialmag

Owen Blackhurst, Seb White and Tommy Stewart discuss awards, good reviews, Elon Musk, AI, texts from Donald Trump, pirates, received pronunciation, little tractors, Jürgen Klopp, adidas Spezial, SPZL F.C, Kevin Cummins, Emi Martínez, Jhon Duràn, Colombian players in the Premier League, Juan Pablo Ángel, Radamel Falcao, Jarvis Cocker, David Seaman, Sheffield, Liam Gallagher, Seb sticking to football, Roy Keane, Gary Neville, Ian Wright, Andrei Kanchelskis, Everton, Sir Alex Ferguson, the Russian Mafia, mucky business, PJ Smith, Algorithm Party, Damien John Kelly House, Lizz Brady, the cold Mersey, Claudio Ranieri, Rangers, Goodison Park, The Horseshoe, “No red s***e on match days”, Slim Charles, Issue 31, supporting MUNDIAL now, Oasis, Liam’s Umbro drill top, Roberto Baggio, Robbie Fowler, The Replicators, wedding bands, systemarosa, World Soccer, Football Italia, making magazines, Microdot, Brian Cannon, fever dreams in pencil, “And, finally…”, Asad and Tommy’s Highlands road trip, blame the bladder, Henry VIII, long drives, 1000 grounds, Scott Barbour, Vietnamese Dragon Balls, Algerian Coffee Stores, Wayne Rooney in Puma Kings, Fantasy WSL, Cristiano Ronaldo, horse s**t, goalkeeping errors, cricket catches, EPL, Alan Partridge, and somehow so much more.Get the latest issue of MUNDIAL Mag hereFollow MUNDIAL on Twitter - @mundialmagFollow MUNDIAL on Instagram - @mundialmag

In this week’s episode of Reminding You Why You Love Football, media liberal left-wing elite Owen Blackhurst is joined by James Bird and Tommy Stewart to talk about Waiting for Birdo, John Aldridge capturing Basque hearts and banging in goals wherever he went, Seb’s dinner for two, Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner, Cartman and Butters, Carlos Tazez and other cartoon footballers, James’s uncle MBE, Federico Casotti on the wonder of Wesley Sneijder, Owen’s swazz, being robbed of the Ballon d’Or, Jose Mourinho’s Weirdos, dangerous underdogs, clickbait transfer rumours, a great ghost game, Mario Balotelli, presenting your business card, Dutch caps, triumphant Tommy trouncing James, street football, manscaping your body hair, Tenerife 08, Corporal Cockout’s bellyflop challenge, Dong McEnroe, Asad the Hirsute, questionable tournament formats, Stade Brestois 29 confounding expectations, watching pirates training, Qarabağ Ultras in the Exmouth Arms, the dearth of stardust, they’re not laughing now, achieving your dreams, backflips at Goose Mansions, just play, attic finds, signed certificates, being in the local paper, coconut water v tap water, solicitors, doing your research, and somehow so much more.Get the latest issue of MUNDIAL Mag hereFollow MUNDIAL on Twitter - @mundialmagFollow MUNDIAL on Instagram - @mundialmag

In this week's episode of Reminding You Why You Love Football, Owen Blackhurst, Tommy Stewart, and James Bird discuss the glory of Carlos Tevez and his bulldog-like approach, awards, lazy producers, the MUNDIAL Army, DOAC, an old-fashioned grifter, Henry VIII holding court, The Sickly Knight, being the best man, a pint-and-a-half of Troll Botherer, Robbie Fowler’s four minutes, hat-tricks, wonderful Wolverhampton, third keepers, bonging on the bus, crap college courses, total recall, false modesty, being blackballed, Seb’s contagious Oasis fever, dog worming tablets, Wojciech Szczesny’s kids, teenage bedrooms, slogans, halcyon days, the power of music, Tevez and Mascherano at West Ham, magic over murk, pipping Chelsea, Jose Mourinho, Rafael Benitez's wheeling and dealing, loving what you do, tearing Manchester United a new one, transfer-window delight, knowing ball, Tom Bird's bedroom, wardrobe incidents, brothers, ripping off your dad, dodgy driving lessons, The Big Match, Bend It Like Beckham, British cinema, James’s dad’s verbal tics, insulting Inzamam-ul-Haq, coming for Kermode and Mayo, Millennial optimism, busking Nessun dorma, Indian weddings, illicit booze, E. coli, a better world, triumph over adversity, startled in Soho, finding new music, PhoneShop, old-school raw-dogging the car, thinking for yourself, gym mirrors, car-hire madness, Roy!, Tommy’s moody audiobooks, and somehow so much more.Get the latest issue of MUNDIAL Mag hereFollow MUNDIAL on Twitter - @mundialmagFollow MUNDIAL on Instagram - @mundialmag

Listeners to last week’s RYWYLF will know about the ‘studio incident’ and understand that in place of our regular format, this week’s episode is a special we recorded at Hotel Mundial, featuring Owen Blackhurst talking to Elis James about earliest memories, a crash course in football, a round-ball epiphany, seeing a grown man cry, Italia 90, the Kop, Ian Rush and his Sondico shin pads, why Swansea?, an underground oddball, time travelling, true grit, lager, fried onions, fags, terrible owners, being up in front of the beak, five managers in six months, going away, avoiding bricks live on air, a great era, doing the 92, Everton, a stag do sandwich, the Nou Camp bats, beating United twice, 58 years, being within a whisker of qualifying, Gareth Bale the Saviour, Dean Saunders’ parking tickets, taking Wales by surprise, where’s Wales?, Valencia, the best 24 hours in your life, half-time protests, being in a gang, breaking Denmark, the Ki Sung-yueng faithful, fickle fans, the best kept secret in Wales, getting nicked for just being there, chess with a captor, finding your people, Albania's fourth biggest city, going to places you wouldn’t normally go, crying like a baby, having a real passion, and somehow so much more.Get the latest issue of MUNDIAL Mag hereFollow MUNDIAL on Twitter - @mundialmagFollow MUNDIAL on Instagram - @mundialmag