Episode 1731: The English Game, So Bad Its Good, All You Can Eat Elements And Solidarity Donks
The English Game, a new period drama on Netflix based around two 19th century footballers on opposite sides of the class divide. What’s that all about?
We show some solidarity with our fellow small business owners in the only way we know how… by putting a donk on it!
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Ken chats to Miguel Delaney and Jonathan Wilson about football movies, chippy northerners, trouble at the mill and the Maradona movie.
Plus there’s the so bad its good debate, all you can eat elements and podcast pedants.
If you love football, drama and a good bit of history, I think you should check out “The English Game” on Netflix. A mini-series about the origins of modern football.
Just finished episode one and it looks solid already. pic.twitter.com/MdASHIi4O2
— Emmanuel Adigwe (@EmmanuelCAdigwe) March 21, 2020
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You have been warned: Wednesday’s fare from Achill Island has been described by @phlaimeaux himself as being VERY sexy
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Why are hundreds of academics and economists calling on the EU to introduce Eurobonds as the pandemic continues on? And is the concept of ‘free money’ an idea whose time has come?
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Go to PatreonThe country can breathe a sigh of relief – Conor McGregor has at last offered his epidemiological advice to all in an address to the nation
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