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91: Bilbo Bubbins

Ep. 95
Elis James, Mike Bubbins and Steff Garrero meet up in the bar to talk about “sports”. Head to www.patreon.com/distantpod or https://anchor.fm/nata-media/subscribe for the second round of clips. The boys are playing an arena gig in 2022 so if you didn’t see them on their 2021 tour you can buy tickets for The Motorpoint Arena in Cardiff on February 11th 2022. https://www.ticketmaster.co.uk/event/36005B389C0E48C5?brand=motorpointarenacardiff This week’s show Mike’s Documentary Choice:: Faster, on Prime Video https://www.amazon.com/Faster-Ewan-McGregor/dp/B017UN31MS Steff’s Book Choice: It’s Always Summer Somewhere: A Matter of Life and Cricket by Felix White https://amzn.to/3EHWlOA First Round of Clips Elis: Yellow Pages ad with Taylor and Robson https://twitter.com/FootballInT80s/status/1464286885350629386 Steff Clip: Matchbox Rugby https://www.facebook.com/watch/?ref=search&v=501613360211699&external_log_id=06315205-dc41-4a11-b9c0-8fd078a5e7d4&q=east%20wales%20west%20wales%20rugby Mike clip: Sam Kerr vs Wanker https://twitter.com/ktrain_11/status/1468729292439830535?t=VmlPB6m9GOm-iAOLta5IRQ&s=19 Second Round of Clips (via https://anchor.fm/nata-media/subscribe & https://www.patreon.com/distantpod ) Mike Clip: Robbie on Charlie Savage https://twitter.com/btsportfootball/status/1468660874697228292?t=Pb-iNYKpyAMPt0Bouyz4lw&s=19 And when he came on 😁 https://twitter.com/btsportfootball/status/1468702058060693512?t=D5cWrY_lThlqEbRZ6H3RtQ&s=19 Elis: David Ellery https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FnQ16KFDoA4 Steff Clip: Rock, Paper, Scissors for ice hockey stick https://twitter.com/SabresPlays/status/1465526884318470148 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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