The Upshot

You might remember Eric Cantona as a philosopher-king with a penchant for kung fu kicks. But there's more. So much more. In 14 glorious years, King Eric scrapped with crooked coppers, had an affair with a United teammate’s wife and threatened to piss on the Pope.From nightclub threesomes to bong hits on military service, this is his story…Links from the pod:The infamous Karate kick: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpLaEASoTmsJonathan Pearce’s commentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHld_7DqMd8Seagulls follow the trawler: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTq6aApCBnALiam Gallagher on Cantona’s music video: https://youtu.be/v92s2Vextvw?si=XCw7unn0SbEu8wtY&t=50 Champions League draw speech: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=INiT1cA_Eqk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Plus: Luke Littler deluged by DMs from Insta hotties, Kyle Walker slides into Berlusconi’s lair, and Donald Trump is drooling over Coleen Rooney.Join Zach, Jack and special guest JP Lockwood for another edition of Extra Shot, the weekly pod spilling the funniest stories in sport this week.If you’re enjoying the pod please share it with your friends on WhatsApp.Links from the pod:If you want to nosh off JP, contact him at: https://www.instagram.com/jp_lockwood/Man United fan turning into Peter Sutcliffe: https://www.instagram.com/p/DFSXr0so6-N/ Kyle Walker’s huge rodent at Berlusconi Airport: https://www.reddit.com/r/soccer/comments/1i8q88y/while_fans_and_media_waited_outside_milan_linate/ Sergio Concecaio attacking his players at full time: https://x.com/Angelo_ACM99/status/1883509533798273225 Barron Trump playing football: https://x.com/DefiantWorld/status/1865141665523970449 Ray Parlour’s Cold War mix up: https://x.com/AndyHa_/status/1882752832933437898 Danny Green holocaust memorial selfie: https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2014/oct/08/san-antonio-spurs-danny-green-holocaust-selfie Ray Parlour 15 going on 50: https://x.com/80sAging/status/1219945264955494403 American fans tailgating with a jacuzzi in the pick up truck: https://rutgers.forums.rivals.com/threads/ot-a-tailgate-must-have-lmao.126849/ Qualigating with a candelabra at Royal Ascot: https://www.reddit.com/r/mildlyinteresting/comments/vfunq6/ascot_horse_race_attendees_brought_a_candelabra/ Philadelphia Eagles fan shopping trolley hog roast: https://x.com/FrancesPatano/status/1883569984322097188  https://x.com/OnPattison/status/1883570198483272151 And firing a gun at the celebrations: https://x.com/philly_captain/status/1883731840072376451  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

You might remember Eric Cantona as a philosopher-king with a penchant for kung fu kicks.But there's more. So much more. In 14 glorious years, King Eric scrapped with crooked coppers, had an affair with a United teammate’s wife and threatened to piss on the Pope.From nightclub threesomes to bong hits on military service, this is his story…Links from the pod:Kung fu tackle on opponent: https://x.com/UpshotTowers/status/1616050468597239810 Calling France manager a “sac a merde” on TV: https://youtu.be/iTQf1Iz4NMM?si=VDT9cB4KAVx2QYzx&t=46 Throwing the ball at the ref: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=734qFO0OnJc Eric’s very normal house and radioactive insect fleece: https://www.reddit.com/r/CasualUK/comments/pno4c4/watching_this_football_thing_on_bbc2_anyone_else/ Galatasaray match buildup: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tn4sCkjDKU8&t=95sRed card v Galatasaray: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUkdgmQaHJs&t=98s  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Plus: Emmanuel Petit condemns his Arsenal coach to death, a Real Madrid legend caught smuggling illegal seafood and a Brazilian star’s bonking calendar.Join Zach and Jack for another edition of Extra Shot, the weekly pod spilling the funniest stories in sport this week.If you’re enjoying the pod please share it with your friends on WhatsApp.Links from the pod:KSI trash talking Wayne Bridge: https://x.com/HappyPunch/status/1881364413514756161 Emmanuel Petit “RIP Pat Rice”: https://x.com/ChrisPrice_86/status/1881476716851531989 Fabio Coentrao arguing with reporters: https://x.com/_hilikus_/status/1879891169704112391 Devyerson diving when the referee touches him: https://x.com/Rainmaker1973/status/1863264377878560869  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

With guest Josh Berry (@joshberrycomedy)The world of tennis is filled with highly-strung oddballs. But no one is quite like Nick Kyrgios.The Aussie maverick terrorises umpires, scraps in the locker room and shags fans on a weekly basis.From masked gunmen to pre-match benders at Wimbledon, meet the bad boy of the baseline…Links from the pod:Bollocking umpires: https://youtu.be/P0dKBZNzxog?si=n-YAw9A7qX6Pu3K1&t=10 “Kokkinakis banged your girlfriend”: https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2015/aug/13/kokkinakis-banged-your-girlfriend-nick-kyrgios-sledges-stan-wawrinka Wanking with a water bottle at Queen’s: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5GHkg5Xx18s Press conference after night at the pub with journalists: https://www.tiktok.com/@nickkyrgios/video/7331678792403995905And spotting a friend: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/R3tRpQiVRyIScrapping with Croatian coaches in the locker room: https://youtu.be/Mj-y_g8xQTY?si=pLVvCSFQqlwdxkzr&t=340 “She’s had about 700 drinks bro”: https://youtu.be/gHKvubR5-Cs?si=sYA19mjigvyrabVh&t=35 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Plus: Pep’s bollocking teenagers, Ray Parlour’s WW2 punditry and Lazio sack their mascot over his penis operation photoshoot.Join Zach and Jack for another edition of Extra Shot, the weekly pod spilling the funniest stories in sport this week.If you’re enjoying the pod please share it with your friends on WhatsApp etc so our audience numbers shoot up faster than Juan Bernabe’s prosthetic.Links from the pod:Lazio falconer’s prosthetic penis (NOT suitable for work): https://x.com/Zenxkami/status/1878780545376948298Ray Parlour’s WW2 punditry: https://x.com/AJ_909/status/1878021868940071212 Graeme Souness “that cat’s done nothing wrong”: https://x.com/SkySportsPL/status/1492913779151151105 Pep bollocking autograph hunters: https://x.com/Football__Tweet/status/1878518572357501283 Joe Biden Black and Tans blunder: https://x.com/DazmanOnline/status/1646233718544007187  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Welcome back to part two of Diego in the dugout.At the end of part one, Maradona had left football behind to wallow in a life of booze, burgers and booty.But in 2008, he returns to Argentine football for the biggest job of all. And that’s where the chaos really starts…With guest JP Lockwood.Links from the pod:Belly sliding down the touchline against Peru: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4sdPODn4S0 Running over a reporter: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xU_QQBoSphc&t=6s Diego off his face at the 2018 World Cup: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cY7S4ex-7BM Post match interview for Dorados: https://x.com/ESPNUK/status/1066991711929466880 Doing coke on the touchline: https://www.reddit.com/r/DanLeBatardShow/comments/f63x9t/diego_maradona_getting_a_bag_of_coke_on_the/  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Plus: The FA Cup manager keeping crocodiles in his bungalow, Brazil striker Hulk finally marries his niece, and what do Adrian Mutu, Friedrich Nietszche and Hitler have in common?Join Zach and Jack for another edition of Extra Shot, our weekly pod spilling the funniest stories in sport this week.Subscribe to our newsletter and get a five min rundown of the funniest stories in sport in your inbox every Friday:https://www.upshot.email/subscribe?utm_source=pod Links from the pod:Messi speaking English in the Bad Boys 4 trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JY1K5pxcX5k Southampton fan booed for predicting 5-0 defeat: https://x.com/HugoScheckter/status/1875613672359522817  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

When you unleash the pure chaos of Diego Maradona in the dugout, it's going to be a wild ride.As a manager, Diego ran over reporters, threatened to kill Liam Gallagher and snorted coke on the touchline.Meet Maradona the manager...With guest JP Lockwood.Links from the pod:Giving two middle fingers to the crowd at Racing Club: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/AU1jy8Af1EI Liam Gallagher recalls meeting Diego: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUNHaq_xOEk Partying at Rio Carnival: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWlLEdgP2EA Shooting journalists with an air rifle: https://youtu.be/bGDhj26Onq4?si=nYujSHOoDQphgDPs&t=25 Maradona at 19 stone: https://images.app.goo.gl/hw79TiRxmbgSX2ZW9 Doing headers with Pele: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjtA1J9XxpA Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Darts was once a humble pub game where tubby punters hustled pensioners for pork scratchings.But in the 1970s, everything changed.As darts went prime time, a rabble of chain-smoking boozehounds were catapulted to a life of mega stardom, from bathtubs of wine to sex-starved American groupies.Laaaaaaaaaaadieeeeeessss and gentlemeeeeeeeeeeen. Let’s. Play. Darts. With guest Ruth Husko.Links from the pod:Bobby George nipple flap shirt: https://x.com/joshpearson180/status/1692225614252552702  Jocky Wilson popping out false teeth: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zau1C6wtcc0 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices