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14: 40 Bags of Pom-Bears
Ep. 14
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Elis James, Mike Bubbins and Steff Garrero meet in the Bar to talk about weight loss, underarm serving and why swimming is pointless.
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Mike: Jurgen Klopp's first press conference at Liverpool https://youtu.be/J-Re0BihMy4
Elis: Jan Molby’s ‘Lost Goal’ (there was a TV strike) 1985 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5laOqk-ku0A
Steff: Ice hockey sub goalie (available to both teams) makes his nhl debut at 36 - conceded no goals and is motm https://youtu.be/tG-IGNvfrg8
Documentary Choice from Mike - Lyle Alzado https://youtu.be/N_KYJnnOUGg
Steff: Carragher & Neville running https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=GJmsMEMyC6A
Mike: NRL Tackling https://youtu.be/bZyHt6nYAbw
Elis: 17yr old Michael Chang bamboozling Ivan Lendl with an underarm serve, French Open 1989 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9_smUdMqI4
Books
Steff: The Breakaway by Nicole Cooke https://amzn.to/31bu1nI
Elis: The Topical Times Football Book -1959 edition.
Mike: Football Shirts Book by Neil Heard https://amzn.to/3eVZazq
With thanks to Rhyd Lewis for the closing theme.
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