Reminding You Why You Love Football - The MUNDIAL Podcast – Details, episodes & analysis

Listeners to last week’s RYWYLF will know about the ‘studio incident’ and understand that in place of our regular format, this week’s episode is a special we recorded at Hotel Mundial, featuring Owen Blackhurst talking to Elis James about earliest memories, a crash course in football, a round-ball epiphany, seeing a grown man cry, Italia 90, the Kop, Ian Rush and his Sondico shin pads, why Swansea?, an underground oddball, time travelling, true grit, lager, fried onions, fags, terrible owners, being up in front of the beak, five managers in six months, going away, avoiding bricks live on air, a great era, doing the 92, Everton, a stag do sandwich, the Nou Camp bats, beating United twice, 58 years, being within a whisker of qualifying, Gareth Bale the Saviour, Dean Saunders’ parking tickets, taking Wales by surprise, where’s Wales?, Valencia, the best 24 hours in your life, half-time protests, being in a gang, breaking Denmark, the Ki Sung-yueng faithful, fickle fans, the best kept secret in Wales, getting nicked for just being there, chess with a captor, finding your people, Albania's fourth biggest city, going to places you wouldn’t normally go, crying like a baby, having a real passion, and somehow so much more.

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In this week's episode of Reminding You Why You Love Football, Owen Blackhurst, Tommy Stewart, James Bird, and Asad discuss busking it, double bookings, an SOS to Sicily, broken air conditioning, Saving Private Football, custard, the birth of the WWW, favourite sites, Reddit, Asad’s personal grooming anxieties, the MUNDIAL Discord Photoshoppers, Owen’s birthday (again), candied salmon, dainty headphones, Manchester United Muslim Supporters’ Club, Iftar, disappointing dates, locking your kid in a car and condemning them to Hell, Asad’s funky prayer mat, Old Trafford’s toilets, the dearth of halal food at footy grounds, going for an English, Brother Tommy, disgracing yourself at a free buffet, Owen’s paean to Torres, the gelding of Tal Ben Haim, “Screens please, nurse.”, a barking dog, the wheeler-dealing Benítez, never walking alone, the second coming, conflicting feelings, messy endings, Dan Nicholson: one of the good guys, Seb bursting with brioche and granita, the Torres bounce, knowing where the net is, remembering the good times, losing your superhero powers, two-year-old tyrants, playing with yourself in the car, Reminding Asad Why He Loves London, having a Bear-shaped hole in your life and finding something to fill it, uncool characters, going off script, Tommy’s arse trumpet, breaking the shackles of the algorithm, not being able to bite your tongue, and somehow so much more.

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In this bonus LIVE episode, Owen Blackhurst, Seb White, Tommy Stewart and James Bird take to the stage on the final night at Hotel MUNDIAL. In front of a packed crowd, the lads talk about all their favourite IN-GER-LAND moments from history that will have you singing ‘World in Motion’, reminiscing about EURO 96 and hopefully getting excited about it actually coming home…at some point.

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Seb White’s in Owen’s hot seat and is with James Bird and Tommy Stewart to discuss a successful Hotel MUNDIAL, Fabien Barthez, Player of the MUNDIAL x Daily Paper Tournament, to be recognised by one’s peers, Raúl, Phil Bardsley, QR codes on gravestones, Stevenage (A), James’s football birthday party (again!), Sir Alex Ferguson, Richard Lewis, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Howard Stern, International Federation of Football History and Statistics, Ruud van Nistelrooy, Louis Saha, Real Madrid, Ronaldo, Antonio Cassano, Júlio Baptista, Hugo Sánchez, Bilbao (A) and a Basque flag with Capital Glovers on it, The FA Disability Cup, EE, Dexter McLean, Khalida Popal, Will Child x Khalida Popal,, PRO GK x MUNDIAL goalkeeper gloves, having a crack, leaving one in, Mafia Only Kills in Summer, TjTUCKER, TsTUCKER, and why can’t people just put Lime bikes away properly.

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Seb White’s in Owen’s hot seat and is with James Bird and Tommy Stewart to discuss Hotel MUNDIAL, Dom’s Subs, InBev, Allpress Espresso, throwing shapes not pints, EURO Fever, slushies, Alan Carr, Alan Brazil, Alan Pardew, banter, rapport, Charles the Bald and Fat, Escape to Victory, war and football, Donald Trump, Darius Vassell, being love bombed by fans, England losing on penalties, the Cruyff turn, the Hal Robson-Kanu turn, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang at AS Saint-Étienne, AC Milan, David Brent, Christophe Galtier, Euro Goals, cartoon goals, diamond-encrusted Nikes, Jurgen Klopp, the Golden Boot, football pirouettes, the magic of green and white teams, Borussia Dortmund on FIFA 13, Adriano on Pro Evo, Spiderman, Richard Nixon, Looking For Eric, Fran Kirby, Bruno Fernandes, David Squires’ Guardian cartoons, Gordon Brown, Manchester United, Michael Head, superstitions, Nike Cortez, Adidas Sambas, baps in pubs, the Gloucestershire Cheese Roll, woke jokes, pink noise, cats and foxes, Sam Fox, Diesel Jeans, Bench., Firetrap, Fawlty Towers, nostalgia and somehow so much more.

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Owen Blackhurst, Seb White, James Bird, and a returning Asad Raza chat Trafalgar Square triumph, climbing raves, Carlo Ancelotti, making Real Madrid likeable, Javier Mascherano, D-Day, Donald Duck, Francis Bourgeois, falling off trains, John Sitton, Saturday trains, metal zoos, Mick Hucknall, Prince, Chuck Norris at Yeovil, David Beckham, Predator Manias, Michael Scott, Matt Sellers, Liverpool, Luke Modrić, Liam Gallagher, Frank Rijkaard, Ronaldinho, Virgil van Dijk, EURO 2024, Roma, Radja Nainggolan, smoking footballers, mohawked footballers, Juventus, scorpion tackles, Tyson and John Fury, FIFA, short hardmen, Gennaro Gattuso, Gary Medel, Gordon Strachan, Daniele De Rossi, spitting blood and mud, Arda Güler, short corners, ten years of MUNDIAL, La Décima, offside, bad adverts, Manchester United’s T20 kit, counselling, walks in the park, step count, Tommy’s sweat, hay fever, pints, and somehow so much more.

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Owen Blackhurst, James Bird, Seb White, and Tommy Stewart discuss Jake “The Snake” Roberts, a hotel DDT, Seb’s fault, Nike's Secret Tournament adverts, the 2024 Mundial Cage Tournament, Los Dribblos, the road to Lisbon, the hobbies of Serhiy Rebrov, David de Gea, Phil Foden, and Dion Dublin, the best World Cup poster ever, the Battle of Santiago, Obafemi Martins at Birmingham City F.C., Obafemi Martins Day, triple somersaults, the League, Milk, Worthington, Carling or Carabao Cup, being a substitute, Roxy Music, David Bowie, The Clash, chatting to your neighbours, Ebro in the Morning, Apple Music, Seb’s energy bill, backflushing your espresso machine, Hotel MUNDIAL, shinpads as big as cricket pads, torn goal nets and tragic curtains, Anthony Gordon, Tommy as Donald Trump, and somehow so much more.

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Owen Blackhurst, Seb White, James Bird and Tommy Stewart talk the UEFA Champions League final, Trafalgar Square, Big Ben, Glasgow, Star Wars, Seb’s C-3PO energy, Noel Gallagher’s Poznań rejection, match-day hangovers, Oasis, John Lennon on GB News and the red meat diet, Olivia Rodrigo, ‘A Day in the Life’ by Sir Matt Busby in the style of George Formby, Give Meat a Chance, Eric Cantona at Leeds, Sheffield Wednesday, the Square Ball Fanzine, Howard Wilkinson, Trevor Francis, Gordon Strachan, pre-Premier League title races, Denis Irwin, Chris Whyte on a stag do, Owen getting chased by bouncers and bosses, Teletext transfer news, Tommy’s “Tintin” tattoo, tearful goodbyes, shin pads, sock tape, Tetley’s sponsor boards, Ken Loach, XG, XP, Zidane’s kick-ups, playing instead of watching, weaklings, dead legs, broken fingers, Battleships Monthly, being “papped”, Knight of the Round Heads, pink noise, falling asleep to podcasts, Ghostface Killah, James’ dad’s cricket team, fielding in a deckchair, Jimmy Anderson, Welsh Chapel Dream, the Paris Olympics Committee, Strictly Come Dancing, and somehow so much more.

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Owen Blackhurst, Seb White, Tommy Stewart, and James Bird congregate to talk World in Motion, a vexatious vest, Uma Thurman, copper rivets and double denim, workplace fails, falling asleep on the toilet, leaving a well-paid job, Seb disappointing his granddad, deserting your post, sending snotty messages from the wrong account, reinventing yourself, the two Nobbys, questionable photoshoots, Tommy's love of truckers, The Divine Ponytail, red-carded keepers, Champions League cock-ups, John Terry's pratfall, spindly arms, Joe Rogan, extreme rules wrestling, decking Roy Keane, The Tragic Curtains v Centreist Dads, Sylvain Wiltord at Arsenal, 2000 France v 2008 Spain, the genius of Wenger, making the position your own, THAT gold away kit, erudite fans, Pill Clinton, Marbella madness, drooling over dribblers, being wowed by a warmup, Lawro's Woke League, getting old, George Borewell, the glory of the SNCF, Ellie and Natasia, poncey Instagram chefs, diss tracks, The Wurzels, unexpected items in the bagging area, Seb's dismal wardrobe and somehow so much more.

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The boys are back for season 2 as Owen Blackhurst, Seb White, James Bird and Tommy Stewart talk Seb’s garage, James’ curtains, Dennis Bergkamp, Louis van Gaal’s trench coat, Kate Moss, a very important listener email, fighting in 4K, tables, ladders and chairs, Andrés Iniesta, Elton John, Guy Garvey, Graham Taylor, pintmen, Tommy as Manchester United chairman, Kendrick Lamar in Tettenhall, tattoos, Barry White brawling with Evangelos Marinakis, the Evertonian Richarlison family, Fraiser, Steven Gerrard, Lee Westwood, Tony Hawk, Limp Bizkit hoodies, Dan Burn, Yeovil, respecting the turf, Benni McCarthy, José Mourinho, FC Porto, the Fresh Prince, Graham Hunter, Wes Brown, Blackburn, Jesper Grønkjær, the gangster leagues, Sonic the Hedgehog, Sega Mega Drive, Seb as Scooby Doo, Alan Pardew, Mark Robins, surprise pints, walking football, Dimitar Dadatov, British radio abroad, FA Cup replays, nutmegs, red cards, Dial F for Football, Duolingo, Luke Littler, bad trains, varicose veins, food poisoning and somehow so much more.

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