Reminding You Why You Love Football - The MUNDIAL Podcast

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

In this week's episode of Reminding You Why You Love Football, Owen Blackhurst, Tommy Stewart, James Bird, and Asad discuss busking it, double bookings, an SOS to Sicily, broken air conditioning, Saving Private Football, custard, the birth of the WWW, favourite sites, Reddit, Asad’s personal grooming anxieties, the MUNDIAL Discord Photoshoppers, Owen’s birthday (again), candied salmon, dainty headphones, Manchester United Muslim Supporters’ Club, Iftar, disappointing dates, locking your kid in a car and condemning them to Hell, Asad’s funky prayer mat, Old Trafford’s toilets, the dearth of halal food at footy grounds, going for an English, Brother Tommy, disgracing yourself at a free buffet, Owen’s paean to Torres, the gelding of Tal Ben Haim, “Screens please, nurse.”, a barking dog, the wheeler-dealing Benítez, never walking alone, the second coming, conflicting feelings, messy endings, Dan Nicholson: one of the good guys, Seb bursting with brioche and granita, the Torres bounce, knowing where the net is, remembering the good times, losing your superhero powers, two-year-old tyrants, playing with yourself in the car, Reminding Asad Why He Loves London, having a Bear-shaped hole in your life and finding something to fill it, uncool characters, going off script, Tommy’s arse trumpet, breaking the shackles of the algorithm, not being able to bite your tongue, 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 chat pundits crossing the divide, football pie, Carlos Roa, World Cup 98, David Brent, Zinedine Zidane, Redondo at Old Trafford, Dwight Schrute, Creed Bratton, Steve Carell, the US Office, crossing swords, Henrik Larsson, Manchester United, Sir Alex Ferguson, a touch of the Pruniers, Alan Smith, Wayne Rooney, Cristiano Ronaldo, Louis Saha, Martin O’Neill, Celtic, Helsingborgs IF, the Goosewagon, Eric Cantona face paint, George Weah, Carl Anka, World Cup 94, The Big Match, Eastenders, Queen Vic FC, Barbara Windsor, the Mitchell Brothers, The Sopranos, The Wire, Sad Ricky, Wellard, Bouncer, Lassy, dipsticks, Harrow Borough FC, pub football teams, Harry Redknapp on Albert Square, Sonia Fowler, Danny Dyer, Bobby Moore, West Ham, Harold ten-Pinter, photobombing Billy Mitchell, Gary Johnson, respecting the turf, Steven the squirrel, OtterPilot, Expected Pints, basketball, the Chicago Bulls, Five Guys, milkshakes, Seb shakes, Dumb and Dumber, Nutribullet coffee, Snatch, GRUB in Sheffield, Gilles Peterson, broken ribs, work summer Olympics, therapy twice a week, the wet bandits, CBD gel, arnica, foam hands, pebbly beaches, sand, homemade showers, Hugh Gleave, Gareth Jones, 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 are back again to talk Tommy’s outfit, Seb’s anniversary, Mrs White, hot curries on hot days, fish and chips, Kentish Town, Keir Starmer, the Spice Girls, 1996, Three Lions, Gary Barlow, Fugees, Oasis, Spaceman, Niko Kranjčar, Joe Rogan, Miley Cyrus, The Undertaker, The Rock, South Park, Christmas Day for football fans, Test cricket, Fabrizio Ravanelli, Reading Festival, Juventus, adidas, acid, Middlesbrough, Spice Boys Liverpool, Reebok, Juninho, Food of the Cods, David Beckham, Match of the Day, Raith Rovers, Gordon Brown, the Bayern Munich scoreboard, East Anglia, King Charles the Cnut, Norwich, Paul Lambert, 3–0 down back to town, The Dam Busters, World War II in Colour, Nigeria’s Olympic immortals, King Nwankwo Kanu, Portsmouth, Paul Merson, the FA Cup, the UEFA Cup, AC Milan, Ronaldo & Rooney, Theirry Henry, heat maps, Celestine Babayaro, sex before kick off, Tommy’s bucket list, Owen’s birthday, Reservoir Logs, Viz, WrestleMania in London, Wembley, Sadiq Khan, Crocs, Birkenstocks, Harry Potter, Steve Coogan as Mick McCarthy, Roy Keane, broken cars, SEAT Ibizas, Van Life UK, The Goosemobile, Pep Guardiola, cutting the sole of your foot, Tenerife 2008, My Little Pony plasters, water polo, The Inbetweeners, the little general, and somehow so much more. Get the latest issue of MUNDIAL Mag hereFollow MUNDIAL on Twitter - @mundialmagFollow MUNDIAL on Instagram - @mundialmag

The main man, Owen Blackhurst, is back in the hosting hot seat and is with Seb White and Tommy Stewart to talk military history, gallivanting in Indonesia and Norfolk, middle-aged children, Owen’s birthday, test tube babies, David Preece, Henrik Larsson, Celtic, Toni Duggan, Felix Magath, the Bundesliga, Antonio Conte, Rob Holding, Andros Townsend, Shane Warne, Pat Cash, Wayne Rooney, Jürgen Klinsmann, the Rolling Stones, Mick Jagger, Wesley Snipes, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Alan Shearer, GIANT, Harry Harris, pre-season, Football Manager, the EUROs final, Seb’s bike crash, drink breaks, orange slices, Yorkshire Three Peaks, Sam Aiston, Ajax, Luís Figo at Millwall, Bolton, Hibs, Roy Wegerle, Goalie Wars, Landon Donavan, Iraq v Chelsea, Gareth Southgate, Reuben Dangoor, John Murray, Clinton Morrison, Lucy Bronze at Chelsea, Wild Dips and Waterfalls UK, no snotty admins, David Lynch, Twin Peaks, Hulk Hogan and somehow so much more.Get the latest issue of MUNDIAL Mag hereFollow MUNDIAL on Twitter - @mundialmagFollow MUNDIAL on Instagram - @mundialmag

Seb White is with Tommy Stewart and James Bird to discuss ten years and no testimonials, Owen’s return, biscuits, Seb’s mother, WhatsApp groups, Alan Pardew, Jesse Lingard, Gareth Southgate, Seb’s sledgehammer, Deutschland 83, Real Betis, Joaquín, Jimmy Anderson, Kappa kits, Nick Barmby, moving across Merseyside, Mike Tyson, Spike Lee and Bukayo Saka, EURO 2000, Sainsbury’s England coins, Aliens, the Trocadero, Signs, Ridley Scott, James Cameron, Terminator 2, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, special pin numbers, recording Countdown, those channels, Ronaldinho at PSG, the Olympics, Grêmio, Dunga, hard-launching, Jay-Jay Okocha, Nikolas Anelka, Mikel Arteta, Mauricio Pochettino, Luis Fernández, Fête de la Musique, Manchester United, Barcelona, Paris nightlife, holiday newspapers, Cristiano Ronaldo, GIANT, Graham Hunter, Take the Ball Pass the Ball, panic attacks, writing in the pub, the power of the pen, Ernest Hemingway, Marc Jones’ Wimbledon kits, World Wide Seb and Microsoft Bird, Vicki Sparks, Chappers, John Murray, long throws, the Neville brothers, 909 or 693, invented terminology, muted celebrations, getting back on the bike, taking it easy, Lily Allen, car cigarettes, pie and mash shops, Munchies, stag dos & stens and loads more.Get the latest issue of MUNDIAL Mag hereFollow MUNDIAL on Twitter - @mundialmagFollow MUNDIAL on Instagram - @mundialmag

Producer Tommy Stewart hosts this week's episode and is with James Bird and Asad Raza to chat Juan Sebastián Verón, David Beckham, Thomas Gray, handsome Harrison Ford, “what is the best thing?”, the Fresh Prince, mates, Spiritland’s orange juice, Juventus, cheating, lying, theft, diving, Luis Suárez, Michael Owen, Mauricio Pochettino, the 2002 World Cup, England v Argentina, shorthand, Marco Tardelli, running away, Emmanuel Adebayor, goal celebrations, plastic chairs, Patrick Stewart, Extras, Hugo Sánchez, Mousa Dembélé at Fulham, Felix White, cricket friends, Craven Cottage, Mark Hughes, Martin Jol, The Avengers, Mario Melchiot, Jay Jay Okocha, Ronaldinho, Diego Maradona, Louis van Gaal, painting, musical theatre, Manchester United, Dimitar Berbatov, Paul Scholes, Steven Gerrard, Joleon Lescott, Clint Dempsey, Kevin De Bruyne, Granit Xhaka, Harry Kane, Kyle Walker, Gareth Bale, remembering old players, researching the opposition, getting to the game, EURO 2024, road trips, Gelsenkirchen, Jude Bellingham, squats, Schalke, sticky 4G, offside confusion, ferries, chess, Sam Smith, dreams, leather wallets and loads more.Get the latest issue of MUNDIAL Mag hereFollow MUNDIAL on Twitter - @mundialmagFollow MUNDIAL on Instagram - @mundialmag