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| S13 EP26: Matt Willis | 16 Oct 2026 | 01:02:38 | |
Joining us this episode to discuss the highs and lows of parenting (and life) is the musician Matt Willis.
Matt's new book Mending: Busted, Burnout, and Getting Better is available online and at books shops now.
Parenting Hell is available to watch on Spotify every Tuesday and Friday. Please subscribe and leave a rating and review you filthy street dogs... xxx
If you want to get in touch with the show with any correspondence, kids intro audio clips, small business shout outs, and more.... here's how:
EMAIL: Hello@lockdownparenting.co.uk
Follow us on instagram: @parentinghell
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| S13 EP25: Josh locks himself out and has to sleep in the car... | 12 Oct 2026 | 00:50:16 | |
More adventures in parenting (and life) from Rob and Josh...
This week Josh locks himself out of the house and has to sleep in the car.
If you want to get in touch with the show with any correspondence, kids intro audio clips, small business shout outs, and more.... here's how:
EMAIL: Hello@lockdownparenting.co.uk
Follow us on instagram: @parentinghell
Parenting Hell is a Spotify Podcast, new video episodes available everywhere every Tuesday and Friday.
And now Footballing Hell is also available every Monday.
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| ⚽ El Sackio and the Man City Transfer Draft Punishment⚽ | 12 Oct 2026 | 00:57:14 | |
The Premier League is back (thank f*ck!) but the Man City cheating controversy rumbles on. We decide a way to punish them for their indiscretions.
Elsehwere we ponder which former Manchester City manager has the hairest bottom?
We check in with Spurs fan Bill off the back of a 1-1 draw between Spurs and Man United (AKA El Sackio)
And there's Cristiano Ronaldo's very bizarre press release.
Enjoy!
If you want to get in touch with the show you can;
Email us: footballinghellpodcast@gmail.com
And follow us on Instagram and Tiktok: @footballinghell
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| S13 EP24: I Just Can't See It Happening | 08 Oct 2026 | 00:48:39 | |
More adventures in parenting (and life) from Rob and Josh...
If you want to get in touch with the show with any correspondence, kids intro audio clips, small business shout outs, and more.... here's how:
EMAIL: Hello@lockdownparenting.co.uk
Follow us on instagram: @parentinghell
Parenting Hell is a Spotify Podcast, new video episodes available everywhere every Tuesday and Friday.
And now Footballing Hell is also available every Monday.
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| S13 EP23: Great British Banter | 05 Oct 2026 | 00:45:31 | |
More adventures in parenting (and life) from Rob and Josh...
If you want to get in touch with the show with any correspondence, kids intro audio clips, small business shout outs, and more.... here's how:
EMAIL: Hello@lockdownparenting.co.uk
Follow us on instagram: @parentinghell
Parenting Hell is a Spotify Podcast, new video episodes available everywhere every Tuesday and Friday.
And now Footballing Hell is also available every Monday.
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| ⚽ Is Pep Guardiola actually a bad manager? ⚽ | 05 Oct 2026 | 00:49:07 | |
The endless internatioanl break rumbles on...
England smash Croatia 7-0 but honestly, does anyone really care?
And elsewhere we discuss whether Pep Guardiola is actually a goodd manager in light of the rampant cheating?
Enjoy!
If you want to get in touch with the show you can;
Email us: footballinghellpodcast@gmail.com
And follow us on Instagram and Tiktok: @footballinghell
FPL team - join the Footballing / Parenting Hell mini league
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Leave us a 5* review and subscribe to the podcast please.
You know the score by now.
Footballing Hell is a Spotify Podcast, new video episodes available everywhere every Monday (don't worry - it's business as usual on Tuesday and Friday with the usual Parenting Hell episodes)
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| S13 EP22: Nina Conti | 02 Oct 2026 | 00:54:28 | |
Joining us this episode to discuss the highs and lows of parenting (and life) is the brilliant actress, comedian, and ventriloquist - Nina Conti.
You can watch Nina's directorial debut 'Sunlight - HERE
Parenting Hell is available to watch on Spotify every Tuesday and Friday. Please subscribe and leave a rating and review you filthy street dogs... xxx
If you want to get in touch with the show with any correspondence, kids intro audio clips, small business shout outs, and more.... here's how:
EMAIL: Hello@lockdownparenting.co.uk
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Sales, advertising, and general enquiries: hello@keepitlightmedia.com
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| S13 EP21: Sneaky Sasquatch | 29 Sep 2026 | 00:56:13 | |
This week the lads have been on a trip to Stockholm for a podcasting event and had a lovely time. Elsewhere Rob takes his daughters to the football (hear the full story HERE) and Josh's son is obsessed with Lego.
If you want to get in touch with the show with any correspondence, kids intro audio clips, small business shout outs, and more.... here's how:
EMAIL: Hello@lockdownparenting.co.uk
Follow us on instagram: @parentinghell
Parenting Hell is a Spotify Podcast, new video episodes available everywhere every Tuesday and Friday.
And now Footballing Hell is also available every Monday.
A 'Keep It Light Media' Production
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| ⚽ The Worst Thing To Happen To Football (The Nations League) ⚽ | 28 Sep 2026 | 00:55:37 | |
This week we discuss the utter pointlessness of the Nations League and the international break.
Elsewhere the hot topics are football kits and smelly players
Man City being found guilty of FFP charges
And Manchester United selling the grass at Old Trafford.
Enjoy!
If you want to get in touch with the show you can;
Email us: footballinghellpodcast@gmail.com
And follow us on Instagram and Tiktok: @footballinghell
FPL team - join the Footballing / Parenting Hell mini league
LEAGUE CODE: 1a5fc7
Leave us a 5* review and subscribe to the podcast please.
You know the score by now.
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| S13 EP20: A Couple of Vanilla Dudes | 25 Sep 2026 | 00:47:02 | |
More adventures in parenting (and life) from Rob and Josh...
This episode we go through some more of the listener playground / workplace sh*ggers emails and stories.
If you want to get in touch with the show with any correspondence, kids intro audio clips, small business shout outs, and more.... here's how:
EMAIL: Hello@lockdownparenting.co.uk
Follow us on instagram: @parentinghell
Parenting Hell is a Spotify Podcast, new video episodes available everywhere every Tuesday and Friday.
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| S13 EP19: It's Exhausting Having an Opinion | 22 Sep 2026 | 00:39:17 | |
More adventures in parenting (and life) from Rob and Josh...
If you want to get in touch with the show with any correspondence, kids intro audio clips, small business shout outs, and more.... here's how:
EMAIL: Hello@lockdownparenting.co.uk
Follow us on instagram: @parentinghell
Parenting Hell is a Spotify Podcast, new video episodes available everywhere every Tuesday and Friday.
A 'Keep It Light Media' Production
Sales, advertising, and general enquiries: hello@keepitlightmedia.com
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices | |||
| ⚽ El Snapico: Jose Mourinho and the Real Madrid printer ⚽ | 21 Sep 2026 | 00:54:43 | |
This week we discuss the latest Jose Mourinho circus - including him bringing printed pictures of referee decisions to his post match press conference.
Big news elsewhere as Andros Townsend somehow gets run over by a pitch steam roller?!?
And is it too ealry to be Carrick out? Michael went to the game at Craven Cottage at the weekend and gives us his verdict.
And Bill's upbeat approach to live as a Spurs fan gets tested...
Enjoy!
If you want to get in touch with the show you can;
Email us: footballinghellpodcast@gmail.com
And follow us on Instagram and Tiktok: @footballinghell
FPL team - join the Footballing / Parenting Hell mini league
LEAGUE CODE: 1a5fc7
Leave us a 5* review and subscribe to the podcast please.
You know the score by now.
Footballing Hell is a Spotify Podcast, new video episodes available everywhere every Monday (don't worry - it's business as usual on Tuesday and Friday with the usual Parenting Hell episodes)
A 'Keep It Light Media' Production
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| S13 EP18: We've sold our dogs | 18 Sep 2026 | 00:53:20 | |
More adventures in parenting (and life) from Rob and Josh...
This week we discuss the big topics;
- It's weird how you can sell a horse but not a dog.
- Are baby cucumbers a different breed to regular big cucumbers?
- Some classic temporary / permanant
If you want to get in touch with the show with any correspondence, kids intro audio clips, small business shout outs, and more.... here's how:
EMAIL: Hello@lockdownparenting.co.uk
Follow us on instagram: @parentinghell
Parenting Hell is a Spotify Podcast, new video episodes available everywhere every Tuesday and Friday.
A 'Keep It Light Media' Production
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Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices | |||
| S13 EP17: Your dog is skinny, but you is fat... | 15 Sep 2026 | 01:06:53 | |
More adventures in parenting (and life) from Rob and Josh...
If you want to get in touch with the show with any correspondence, kids intro audio clips, small business shout outs, and more.... here's how:
EMAIL: Hello@lockdownparenting.co.uk
Follow us on instagram: @parentinghell
Parenting Hell is a Spotify Podcast, new video episodes available everywhere every Tuesday and Friday.
A 'Keep It Light Media' Production
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| ⚽ Tony Mowbray’s Favourite Chocolate ⚽ | 14 Sep 2026 | 00:56:01 | |
Welcome to Footballing Hell... Rob and Josh discuss the weekend football (or the bits that interest them) in the only way they know how. Chaotically, with not enough sleep, prep or insight...
This week the question everyone has been asking - what is Tony Mowbray's favourite chocolate bar?
The Manchester derby. How much Rob loves a massive bast*ard.
How is Donnarumma only 27 years old? Should Maresca get a haircut like Gerry Francis? Why nobody will ever like Wrexham. And is Florian Wirtz good at football yet?
Enjoy!
If you want to get in touch with the show you can;
Email us: footballinghellpodcast@gmail.com
And follow us on Instagram and Tiktok: @footballinghell
FPL team - join the Footballing / Parenting Hell mini league
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Leave us a 5* review and subscribe to the podcast please.
You know the score by now.
Footballing Hell is a Spotify Podcast, new video episodes available everywhere every Monday (don't worry - it's business as usual on Tuesday and Friday with the usual Parenting Hell episodes)
A 'Keep It Light Media' Production
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| S13 EP16: I Love Doing The Big Shop | 11 Sep 2026 | 00:48:12 | |
More adventures in parenting (and life) from Rob and Josh...
Today we ask the big questions...
Are curtains under rated? (YES)
Would Josh like to run a small cafe? (NO)
And could the guys do nothing with a week off? (MAYBE)
If you want to get in touch with the show with any correspondence, kids intro audio clips, small business shout outs, and more.... here's how:
EMAIL: Hello@lockdownparenting.co.uk
Follow us on instagram: @parentinghell
Parenting Hell is a Spotify Podcast, new video episodes available everywhere every Tuesday and Friday.
A 'Keep It Light Media' Production
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| S13 EP15: I've completed parenting (and a voicenote from Lou) | 08 Sep 2026 | 00:55:14 | |
More adventures in parenting (and life) from Rob and Josh...
Rob gets into a dilemma trying to buy some cheese. There's a voicenote from Lou regarding the hair extensions / making a sandwich in the car on the way back from Germany.
And sadly, Flufball has crossed the rainbow bridge...
xx
Parenting Hell is a Spotify Podcast, new video episodes available everywhere every Tuesday and Friday.
Please subscribe and leave a rating and review you filthy street dogs... xxx
If you want to get in touch with the show with any correspondence, kids intro audio clips, small business shout outs, and more.... here's how:
EMAIL: Hello@lockdownparenting.co.uk
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| ⚽ I don't like teams in blue⚽ | 07 Sep 2026 | 00:59:53 | |
Welcome to episode four of Footballing Hell... where every Monday Rob and Josh discuss the weekends football (or the bits that interest them) in the only way they know how. Chaotically, with not enough sleep, prep or insight...
This week we (sort of) discuss the stories from the weekend of football that have interested us.
Including a deep dive into why Josh doesn't like teams who play in blue, and the new Michael Owen reality TV show.
Enjoy!!
If you want to get in touch with the show you can;
Email us: footballinghellpodcast@gmail.com
And follow us on Instagram and Tiktok: @footballinghell
FPL team - join the Footballing / Parenting Hell mini league
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Leave us a 5* review and subscribe to the podcast please.
You know the score by now.
Footballing Hell is a Spotify Podcast, new video episodes available everywhere every Monday (don't worry - it's business as usual on Tuesday and Friday with the usual Parenting Hell episodes)
A 'Keep It Light Media' Production
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| S13 EP14: Do I Love You? | 04 Sep 2026 | 00:48:11 | |
More adventures in parenting (and life) from Rob and Josh...
In this episode we get through some of your brilliant emails as Josh has had a really bad week and some sad news :(
Parenting Hell is a Spotify Podcast, new video episodes available everywhere every Tuesday and Friday.
Please subscribe and leave a rating and review you filthy street dogs... xxx
If you want to get in touch with the show with any correspondence, kids intro audio clips, small business shout outs, and more.... here's how:
EMAIL: Hello@lockdownparenting.co.uk
Follow us on instagram: @parentinghell
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| Dr. Martha Deiros Collado - Online Safety Expert (Teenagers) | 03 Sep 2026 | 00:41:22 | |
In the 2nd of a series of special interviews with leading experts (and lets face it, people far more qualified than us!) to discuss important and relevant topics that impact and inform modern parenting - we had the pleasure to sit down again with the brillaint Dr. Martha Deiros Collado to discuss online safety, device and screen usage - this time amongst teenagers and also parents, and what they can do to help.
We loved speaking with Dr Martha in collaboration with @Tescomobile.
If you’re looking for advice on how to have that chat or tools to help keep your family safer online, visit the Tesco Mobile Online Safety Hub.
https://www.tescomobile.com/online-safety
@Tescomobile - Keeping up keeps them safe.
Parenting Hell is a Spotify Podcast, new video episodes available everywhere every Tuesday and Friday.
Please subscribe and leave a rating and review you filthy street dogs... xxx
If you want to get in touch with the show with any correspondence, kids intro audio clips, small business shout outs, and more.... here's how:
EMAIL: Hello@lockdownparenting.co.uk
Follow us on instagram: @parentinghell
A 'Keep It Light Media' Production
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| S13 EP13: I LOVE / HATE the summer holidays | 31 Aug 2026 | 00:49:35 | |
More adventures in parenting (and life) from Rob and Josh...
The end of the summer holiday is approaching and it's safe to say it's taken a different toll on Rob and Josh as they approach the final hurdle....
Parenting Hell is a Spotify Podcast, new video episodes available everywhere every Tuesday and Friday.
Please subscribe and leave a rating and review you filthy street dogs... xxx
If you want to get in touch with the show with any correspondence, kids intro audio clips, small business shout outs, and more.... here's how:
EMAIL: Hello@lockdownparenting.co.uk
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| ⚽ I've got so many football opinions...⚽ | 31 Aug 2026 | 00:51:57 | |
Welcome to episode three of Footballing Hell... where every Monday Rob and Josh discuss the weekends football (or the bits that interest them) in the only way they know how. Chaotically, with not enough sleep, prep or insight...
This week we (sort of) discuss the stories from the weekend of football that have interested us. Including;
Haaland's hair // Pep documentary // Spurs are rubbish. Why? (Cameo by Rhys James) // FPL update - Josh has a great week // De Zerbi looks like a sad hamster // Embarrassing football icks // Harry Maguire - yes or no? // Do I now like Chelsea?
Enjoy!!
If you want to get in touch with the show you can;
Email us: footballinghellpodcast@gmail.com
And follow us on Instagram and Tiktok: @footballinghell
FPL team - join the Footballing / Parenting Hell mini league
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Leave us a 5* review and subscribe to the podcast please.
You know the score by now.
Why football? Why now? We hear you ask...
“Finally we can bring our unique brand of unprofessionalism, distractedness and inability to get things right to the until now slick and professional world of football pods. Get ready for no tactical analysis, zero discussion of VAR and a surprisingly high level of Neil Warnock chat. For people who find other football pods too informed.”
- Josh Widdicombe
"After 6 years of discussing my wife and children on Parenting Hell it's such a liberating feeling to finally have a podcast where I chat about something I truly love and care about in football"
- Rob Beckett
Footballing Hell is a Spotify Podcast, new video episodes available everywhere every Monday (don't worry - it's business as usual on Tuesday and Friday with the usual Parenting Hell episodes)
A 'Keep It Light Media' Production
Sales, advertising, and general enquiries: hello@keepitlightmedia.com
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| S13 EP12: Andy Parsons | 28 Aug 2026 | 00:58:43 | |
Joining us this episode to discuss the highs and lows of parenting (and life) is the brilliant comedian - Andy Parsons.
See Andy on live on tour with his enw stand-up show
Andy Parsons: Please #@!$ Off To Mars
Tickets: www.pleasance.co.uk/event/andy-parsons-please-mar
Parenting Hell is available to watch on Spotify every Tuesday and Friday. Please subscribe and leave a rating and review you filthy street dogs... xxx
If you want to get in touch with the show with any correspondence, kids intro audio clips, small business shout outs, and more.... here's how:
EMAIL: Hello@lockdownparenting.co.uk
Follow us on instagram: @parentinghell
Sales, advertising, and general enquiries: hello@keepitlightmedia.com
A 'Keep It Light Media' Production
(Copyright 2026)
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices | |||
| Dr. Martha Deiros Collado - Online Safety Expert (Pre Teens) | 26 Aug 2026 | 00:46:04 | |
In the first of a series of special interviews with leading experts (and lets face it, people far more qualified than us!) to discuss important and relevant topics that impact and inform modern parenting - we had the pleasure to sit down with the brillaint Dr. Martha Deiros Collado to discuss online safety, device and screen usage amongst pre-teens, and much much more. In the 2nd ep next week we discuss teenagers.
We loved speaking with Dr Martha in collaboration with @Tescomobile.
If you’re looking for advice on how to have that chat or tools to help keep your family safer online, visit the Tesco Mobile Online Safety Hub.
https://www.tescomobile.com/online-safety
@Tescomobile - Keeping up keeps them safe.
Parenting Hell is a Spotify Podcast, new video episodes available everywhere every Tuesday and Friday.
Please subscribe and leave a rating and review you filthy street dogs... xxx
If you want to get in touch with the show with any correspondence, kids intro audio clips, small business shout outs, and more.... here's how:
EMAIL: Hello@lockdownparenting.co.uk
Follow us on instagram: @parentinghell
A 'Keep It Light Media' Production
Sales, advertising, and general enquiries: hello@keepitlightmedia.com
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices | |||
| S13 EP11: Other podcast beef | 25 Aug 2026 | 00:53:37 | |
More adventures in parenting (and life) from Rob and Josh... this week we catch up with some of your emails and messages from the PH inbox.
**WARNING: Please do not attempt the cinnamon challeneg at home**
Parenting Hell is a Spotify Podcast, new video episodes available everywhere every Tuesday and Friday.
Please subscribe and leave a rating and review you filthy street dogs... xxx
If you want to get in touch with the show with any correspondence, kids intro audio clips, small business shout outs, and more.... here's how:
EMAIL: Hello@lockdownparenting.co.uk
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| ⚽ A story for another time...⚽ | 24 Aug 2026 | 00:58:18 | |
Welcome to episode two of Footballing Hell... where every Monday Rob and Josh discuss the weekends football (or the bits that interest them) in the only way they know how.
Chaotically, with not enough sleep, prep or insight...
This week we (sort of) discuss (some of) the opening fixtures of the PL season. Including Arsenal's win against newly promoted Coventry and why a football season should not start on a Friday night.
Elsewhere, is it always funny when a big team is rubbish?
And did Alan Shearer get that new top on MOTD as a birthday present?
Enjoy!!
If you want to get in touch with the show you can;
Email us: footballinghellpodcast@gmail.com
And follow us on Instagram and Tiktok: @footballinghell
FPL team - join the Footballing / Parenting Hell mini league
LEAGUE CODE: 1a5fc7
Leave us a 5* review and subscribe to the podcast please.
You know the score by now.
Why football? Why now? We hear you ask...
“Finally we can bring our unique brand of unprofessionalism, distractedness and inability to get things right to the until now slick and professional world of football pods. Get ready for no tactical analysis, zero discussion of VAR and a surprisingly high level of Neil Warnock chat. For people who find other football pods too informed.”
- Josh Widdicombe
"After 6 years of discussing my wife and children on Parenting Hell it's such a liberating feeling to finally have a podcast where I chat about something I truly love and care about in football"
- Rob Beckett
Footballing Hell is a Spotify Podcast, new video episodes available everywhere every Monday (don't worry - it's business as usual on Tuesday and Friday with the usual Parenting Hell episodes)
A 'Keep It Light Media' Production
Sales, advertising, and general enquiries: hello@keepitlightmedia.com
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices | |||
| S13 EP10: I wouldn't change a thing | 21 Aug 2026 | 00:55:44 | |
More adventures in parenting (and life) from Rob and Josh...
Parenting Hell is a Spotify Podcast, new video episodes available everywhere every Tuesday and Friday.
Please subscribe and leave a rating and review you filthy street dogs... xxx
If you want to get in touch with the show with any correspondence, kids intro audio clips, small business shout outs, and more.... here's how:
EMAIL: Hello@lockdownparenting.co.uk
Follow us on instagram: @parentinghell
A 'Keep It Light Media' Production
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| S13 EP9: In Loving Memory of Beryl the Cat - R.I.P. xxx | 18 Aug 2026 | 00:43:34 | |
More adventures in parenting (and life) from Rob and Josh...
There's sad news on the podcast today as Beryl the cat passed away this week. xXx
Elsewhere theres the eclipse, the heatwave, and the lauch of the new Footballing Hell podcast out every Monday.
Parenting Hell is a Spotify Podcast, new video episodes available everywhere every Tuesday and Friday.
Please subscribe and leave a rating and review you filthy street dogs... xxx
If you want to get in touch with the show with any correspondence, kids intro audio clips, small business shout outs, and more.... here's how:
EMAIL: Hello@lockdownparenting.co.uk
Follow us on instagram: @parentinghell
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| ⚽ A Whole New Ball Game ⚽ | 17 Aug 2026 | 00:54:59 | |
Sutton and Shearer. Heskey and Owen. Yeboah and Masinga.
The history of football is dominated by great duos who elevated and transformed the game...
With that in mind, welcome to Footballing Hell... where the duo you know and love undo all that heritage with their footballing knowledge, as every Monday Rob and Josh discuss the weekends football (or the bits that interest them) in the only way they know how.
Chaotically, with not enough sleep, prep or insight...
Why football? Why now? We hear you ask...
“Finally we can bring our unique brand of unprofessionalism, distractedness and inability to get things right to the until now slick and professional world of football pods. Get ready for no tactical analysis, zero discussion of VAR and a surprisingly high level of Neil Warnock chat. For people who find other football pods too informed.”
- Josh Widdicombe
"After 6 years of discussing my wife and children on Parenting Hell it's such a liberating feeling to finally have a podcast where I chat about something I truly love and care about in football"
- Rob Beckett
In the first ever episode we discuss...
Plymouth versus Exeter
The Milk Cup / What is Caribou? / Neil Warnock's hair / Community shield (one of us didn't watch it) / What’s the sexy Nigerian Gk been up to? / Predictions for the season including who will win what cups and finish where? /
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If you want to get in touch with the show you can;
Email us: footballinghellpodcast@gmail.com
And follow us on Instagram and Tiktok: @footballinghell
Leave us a 5* review and subscribe to the podcast please.
You know the score by now.
Footballing Hell is a Spotify Podcast, new video episodes available everywhere every Monday (don't worry - it's business as usual on Tuesday and Friday with the usual Parenting Hell episodes)
A 'Keep It Light Media' Production
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| S13 EP8: The greatest trick the devil ever pulled... | 14 Aug 2026 | 00:52:11 | |
More adventures in parenting (and life) from Rob and Josh...
Lego obsessions, new family car chats, photography hobbies, and a nits outbreak are all on the agenda this weel...
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| S13 EP7: The one where Rob gets a speeding ticket in Germany | 10 Aug 2026 | 00:57:04 | |
More adventures in parenting (and life) from Rob and Josh...
Rob has driven all the way back from Germany with the family after a trip to Europa Park. Josh tries to record the podcast while kids in the house play with whistles and bells.
**Please excuse the section in the middle with poor video quality on Rob's feed - there were some extreme tech issues with the episode**
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| S13 EP6: You can't be enjoying life | 07 Aug 2026 | 00:52:56 | |
More adventures in parenting (and life) from Rob and Josh...
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| S13 EP5: You seem really unhinged | 04 Aug 2026 | 00:53:42 | |
In this episode Josh gets into a minor car accident when a lorry smashes off his wing mirror, the cat needs a trip to the vet, and Rob gets spooked by a screensaver on his computer.
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| S13 EP4: Rob Beckett: The Toast Thief | 31 Jul 2026 | 00:54:15 | |
In this episode Rob gets accused of stealing a childs toast at a breakfast buffet on holiday....
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| S13 EP3: Camera on a yoghurt | 28 Jul 2026 | 01:00:33 | |
More adventures in life and parenting with Rob and Josh.
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| S13 EP2: Big Pants Update and a seagull attacks Josh | 24 Jul 2026 | 00:50:48 | |
More adventures in life and parenting...
Rob and Josh both get spooked by diffeent things at the window.
Josh's full body scan reveals his pant choices, and Rob nearly wrecks the podcast room he records in... so it's business as usual at Parenting Hell Towers!!
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| S13 EP1: Hotdogs for Breakfast | 21 Jul 2026 | 00:51:35 | |
We are back!! After a short break for the summer holiday we're ready for more adventures in life and parenting.
Josh gets into a dispute on the plane, and Rob almost gets stranded on holiday trying to watch the football...
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| It's all ego | 17 Jul 2026 | 00:57:53 | |
More adventures in parenting and beyond with Rob and Josh...
This ep it's a bit of inbox correspondence from the listeners and some of the best bits from our guests this series while we take a short break.
We'll see you on Tuesday 21st July for the new series!
1. Hal Cruttenden
2. Laura Smyth
3. Eddie Marsan
4. Jack Savoretti
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| When all else fails... | 14 Jul 2026 | 00:55:12 | |
More adventures in parenting and beyond with Rob and Josh...
This ep it's a bit of inbox correspondence from the listeners and some of the best bits from our guests this series while we take a short break.
Back very soon with series 13!!!
1. Ray Bradshaw
2. Jessica Hynes
3. Jaime Laing
4. Michelle Wolf
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| It started with a mix | 10 Jul 2026 | 00:58:23 | |
More adventures in parenting and beyond with Rob and Josh...
This ep it's a bit of inbox correspondence from the listeners and some of the best bits from our guests this series while we take a short break.
Back very soon with series 13!!!
1. Harry Hill
2. Lauren Laverne
3. Tom Davis
4. Chantel Nash
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| I like a thin cheese | 07 Jul 2026 | 00:56:42 | |
More adventures in parenting and beyond with Rob and Josh...
This ep it's a bit of inbox correspondence from the listeners and some of the best bits from our guests this series while we take a short break.
Back very soon with series 13!!!
1. John Bishop
2. Kamille
3. Harry Hill
4. Emma Doran
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| S12 EP52: I am spent | 03 Jul 2026 | 00:52:06 | |
More adventures in life and parenting. Josh turns into a street party based social animal, and Rob gets stuck waiting for a broken lift...
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| S12 EP51: The Ransom Is My Ego | 30 Jun 2026 | 00:53:11 | |
Josh lives a holiday booking nightmare in real time, Rob stealth buys a swimming pool and gets into some Park Run beef.
Enjoy!
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| S12 EP50: My daughter broke her arm | 26 Jun 2026 | 00:55:18 | |
In this episode we're in the midst of the summer heatwave...
Josh's daughter has broken her arm!
And elsewhere Rob and Josh record a pilot for a new TV show and Beryl the cat goes missing.
It's been one hell of a week....
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| S12 EP49: I love the buffet | 23 Jun 2026 | 00:53:37 | |
More misadventures in parenting, life, and beyond with comedians Rob Beckett and Josh Widdicombe...
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| S12 EP48: Stop me if you've heard this one before | 19 Jun 2026 | 00:51:34 | |
More misadventures in parenting, life, and beyond with Rob Beckett and Josh Widdicombe... there's a playground shaggers voicenote, some more of our new feature - Imagine This, and plenty more from the listener inbox. Keep them coming in!
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| S12 EP47: The Juggle Is Real | 15 Jun 2026 | 01:02:07 | |
More misadventures in parenting, life, and beyond with Rob Beckett and Josh Widdicombe... in this episode Josh is feeling a bit under the weather.
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| S12 EP46: Laura Smyth (The Return) | 12 Jun 2026 | 00:48:43 | |
Joining us this episode to discuss the highs and lows of parenting (and life) is the brilliant comedian and writer - Laura Smyth
Following a meteoric rise through the comedy ranks, Laura Smyth – the brutally honest, blisteringly funny, working-class voice from East London – is back with a brand-new national tour. Off the back of her critically acclaimed and sell out debut tour Living My Best Life, Laura is hitting the road again in 2026 with ‘Born Aggy’.
Tickets will be available from www.laurasmyth.com
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| S12 EP45: Chat 'N That | 09 Jun 2026 | 00:46:47 | |
More misadventures in parenting, life, and beyond with Rob Beckett and Josh Widdicombe... in this episode Josh checks into the bleakest hotel sounding hotel room in existence.
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| S12 EP44: Jack Savoretti | 05 Jun 2026 | 00:58:01 | |
Joining us this episode to discuss the highs and lows of parenting (and life) is the brilliant singer, songwriter and musician - Jack Savoretti.
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