The Upshot

Unlock the rusty door to Tuchel’s Dungeon, our patreon where we spill stories too spicy for the pod. Get an extra weekly episode right now plus extended cuts and no more pesky ads:www.patreon.com/upshottowers?utm_source=shownotes(Sign up in your browser, not the patreon app - it’s cheaper).On the pod today: The former Villa midfielder who hospitalised two teenage players after bursting into their dressing room drunk.Plus: Ian Rush’s score-settling musical, Man United’s miserable summer holiday and Eric Cantona’s Links from the pod:Guam FA chief asleep on Zoom call: https://x.com/UpshotTowers/status/1605537356316131328 Rasputin’s cock in a jar: https://easycomeseasygoes.blogspot.com/2011/08/rasputins-legendary-13-inches-penis-on.html Napoleon’s cock in a box: https://images.app.goo.gl/HkMikhU2L8BomBSR7 Jack after Glastonbury: https://images.app.goo.gl/UHPTNtknVUQqZKzh9 Luke Littler lookalike pizza advert: https://x.com/mcOOey/status/1929182488091414641 Get 15% off and free shipping at manscaped.com  when you use code UPSHOT

With special guest Paul Watson.Listen to the Sweeper Pod: https://linktr.ee/sweeperpod With its vapid commercialism and unhinged fans, it’s easy to lose faith in modern football.But venture beyond the major leagues, and you’ll find the freewheeling chaos that once made it great.They pick drug lords in midfield, blame ghosts for their sex scandals and sell stars for sausage meat.Dig out your passport for the weirdest stories in world football…Support the pod and unlock an extended cut and exclusive weekly patreon episode: www.patreon.com/upshottowersLinks from the pod:Harry Redknapp Jordan interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OT8BQxC8_okMan blocks camera during Uganda v Mali: https://cdn.standardmedia.co.ke/images/tuesday/pojw8adi0wbax961372c9a50862.jpgZamalek fans make sad face: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FslIguBWYAIpq-Q.jpg

Unlock the rusty door to Tuchel’s Dungeon, our patreon where we spill stories too spicy for the pod. Get an extra weekly episode right now plus extended cuts and no more pesky ads:www.patreon.com/upshottowers?utm_source=shownotes(Sign up in your browser, not the patreon app - it’s cheaper).On the pod today: The former Villa midfielder who hospitalised two teenage players after bursting into their dressing room drunk.Plus: Ian Rush’s score-settling musical, Man United’s miserable summer holiday and Eric Cantona’s Links from the pod:United Strand letting his hair dry: https://www.instagram.com/p/DJ_4nDLojxo/Ian Rush musical: https://bsky.app/profile/uglygame.bsky.social/post/3lplt3vmixc2lIan Rush musical explained: https://theuglygame.wordpress.com/2025/05/21/they-never-called-old-rushie-back-no-mate-to-mate-hello/Ian Rush in the bath: https://icdn.empireofthekop.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Screenshot-2021-12-27-7.17.44-AM-768x384.jpg Get 15% off and free shipping at manscaped.com  when you use code UPSHOT

With special guest Kieran MaguireSupport the pod and unlock an extended cut and exclusive weekly patreon episode: www.patreon.com/upshottowersFrom East End porn kings to South American bank robbers, football's biggest clubs have been run by some absolute wrong'uns.They burned down stadiums, smuggled cocaine and started themselves up front for crunch cup ties.Meet football's craziest owners…Unlock the rusty door to Tuchel’s Dungeon, our patreon where we spill stories too spicy for the pod. Get an extra weekly episode right now plus extended cuts and no more pesky ads:www.patreon.com/upshottowers?utm_source=shownotesLinks from the pod:Stoyle Manolov: https://x.com/SundayShoutsFC/status/1529092232564858881 Ronnie Brunswijk: -https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=195443586020909Barry Fry: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4Nbc5zNr5oLaurence Bassini on Talksport: https://x.com/talkSPORT/status/1545364774262808578

Unlock the rusty door to Tuchel’s Dungeon, our patreon where we spill stories too spicy for the pod. Get an extra weekly episode right now plus extended cuts and no more pesky ads:www.patreon.com/upshottowers?utm_source=shownotes(Sign up in your browser, not the patreon app - it’s cheaper).Plus: Steven Gerrard’s miracle water startup  and the World’s Strongest Man is rocked by a sex scandalGet 15% off and free shipping at manscaped.com when you use code UPSHOT

Leicester Market, 1974. A old lady in a tartan headscarf haggles over a knobbly turnip with two cheeky chappies.But little does the veg-hunting gran know, one of these young lads will reach the pinnacle of his field, delighting hordes of drunken brits and bedding hundreds of women in the process.And the other boy? Well, that was Gary Lineker.From dogging down country lanes to breaking out of prison in a limo, this is the story of the brothers Lineker…Links from the pod:Working on the veg stall: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZbDxmmtgqc Gary Lineker drives a Fiat: https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQasfuGaKx3VvMUiqeDjGIzRRmaBrC-GUbU7w&szHat trick in first clasico: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGieB5_avOoMissed panenka: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2-Nkc8-Kig Brass Eye paedogeddon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RcU7FaEEzNU Ocean Beach Club:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7YnsawP0mQ&t=2sShufflin launch party: https://youtu.be/MnnYUxwT3CY?si=dFbk0Smo6CY78adP&t=40Queen tribute: https://x.com/ichlugebullets/status/1568317330945343489

Unlock the rusty door to Tuchel’s Dungeon, our patreon where we spill stories too spicy for the pod. Get an extra weekly episode right now plus extended cuts and no more pesky ads:www.patreon.com/upshottowers?utm_source=shownotes(Sign up in your browser, not the patreon app - it’s cheaper).On the show today: Michael van gerwen’s backstage brawl and did Villa legend JLloyd Samuel fake his own death?Get 15% off and free shipping at manscaped.com  when you use code UPSHOTLinks from the pod:Virat Kohli pimple ad: https://x.com/UpshotTowers/status/1437370482257379329?utm_source=www.upshot.email&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=walking-like-a-dude-feeling-all-coolBellichik interview: https://youtu.be/_oRmlLbpepo?si=CBKRT4XOS_mQRpz8&t=14

Welcome to part two of the Giggs saga, as we devour the juicy details of a bombshell family sex scandal, Ryan embarks on a career as a poet, and we ask the big question… who’s worse: Ryan or Rhodri?Links from the pod:Sunday Herald Ryan Giggs frontpage: https://images.app.goo.gl/1rvnCWj2TPCH3Mah6 Ryan Giggs named in parliament: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWEEiz19LSI BBC media lawyer names him again: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDvKFO1k0bs&t=34s Rhodri’s Paddy Power advert: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBlkxsbtlgw Rhodri on Good Morning Britain: https://youtu.be/zrWeB5obIuQ?si=gCJtorH0_xN-zrOS&t=20 Ryan’s horrible purple mansion: https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/8326862/ryan-giggs-selling-mansion-after-divorce/ 

Unlock the rusty door to Tuchel’s Dungeon, our patreon where we spill stories too spicy for the pod. Get an extra weekly episode right now plus extended cuts and no more pesky ads:www.patreon.com/upshottowers?utm_source=shownotes(Sign up in your browser, not the patreon app - it’s cheaper).On the show today: Furious neighbours spoil David Beckham’s birthday bash, Glen Johnson’s nicking toilet seats and Dutch football’s crime wave has a new villain.Get 15% off and free shipping at manscaped.com when you use code UPSHOTLinks from the pod:Luke Littler being rude to girls: https://x.com/AFC_Iddy/status/1916919883578647002 Ian Brightwell at an Icke event: https://dispatch-media.com/email/f43bf57f-1ebb-4ee8-99cf-0691b79bdb2d/?ref=dispatch-article-newsletter