Episode 2399: Lionesses Win Euros, Hearts And Ratings, Darwin’s Conclusions, Helping Haaland
England are European champions, after a final that attracted the biggest-ever UEFA tournament crowd and the biggest UK TV audience of the year.
Liverpool won the Community Shield as Darwin Nuñez enjoyed a better debut than Erling Haaland – what wild conclusions about the season to come can be extrapolated from this one friendly?
Richie Sadlier joins us to talk about England’s Euros win and to give his impressions of a highly successful tournament.
Seeing it circulated without crediting the photographer, and that has to be put right – @LisiNiesner‘s iconic pic of @Chloe_Kelly98‘s celebration is one of the best you’ll ever see. #WEURO2022 #ENG #Lionesses pic.twitter.com/O0VuxTC3jC
— Philip O’Connor (@philipoconnor) July 31, 2022
Plus there’s the job the FAI aren’t doing with women’s football, (men’s) 2020 Euros yobs, Messi’s top form and when are Newcastle United gonna spend some of that Saudi money?
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You can listen back to Eoin and Murph’s chat with the brilliant Anne Enright now ??https://t.co/sLpPM4zOSm pic.twitter.com/2LZ6gGuscq
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This week news emerged that US authorities will free an imprisoned Russian arms dealer named Viktor Bout, aka The Merchant Of Death, in order to secure the release of WNBA star Brittney Griner, who has been charged with smuggling cannabis oil into Russiahttps://t.co/zvAWBLmOTZ pic.twitter.com/aKoIjgo9iS
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Ken is both confused and frightened by Man City’s “smart scarf”https://t.co/2CtFEYWB7g pic.twitter.com/ZEDXdHHQga
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