The Upshot

There aren’t many football managers who’d start a fight with Muhammad Ali.But Brian Clough isn’t most football managers.The acid-tongued genius decked Roy Keane, scrapped with hooligans and terrorised tea ladies. And they all still loved him. Welcome to the Life of Brian…Muhammad Ali video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_EHlzd63R8 Don Revie chat show: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxsRt2yG8Es Punching pitch invaders: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4ABVVvPlr0 Sign up for our newsletter: http://www.upshot.email?utm_source=podlink Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome back to Extra Shot, our Thursday pod spilling the funniest stories in sport this week. Samuel Eto’s mafia revolution, Tyson Fury’s playground insults and “the most scandalous incident in the history of mankind”.Links from the pod:Jesse Lingard’s training camp TikToks: https://www.tiktok.com/@jesselingard/video/7328033421496831264 John Fury vs. Logan Paul: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DavF0eLCNwc   Brereton Diaz Pepsi ad: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2wQzNeQGJ4 Sign up for our Friday newsletter spilling more of sport’s funniest stories: http://www.upshot.email?utm_source=podlink Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Faustino Asprilla once summed up his philosophy: "lots of sex, no rules and pure life.”The Newcastle cult hero boozed on the team bus, brought a gun to training, and faced down bloodthirsty drug lords.Meet Colombia's finest export…Sign up for our newsletter: http://www.upshot.email?utm_source=podlink Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome back to Extra Shot, our Thursday pod spilling the funniest stories in sport this week. More F1 toilet antics, Pep insults Foden, and a moose on the loose disrupts the week’s biggest sporting event.Get tickets to The Upshot live show on 12th June here: https://tickets.halfmoon.co.uk/events/e15b41b3-2b8b-4d48-a071-81f5eb8cbadaPics we mentioned in the pod:Chiefsaholic bank robber in wolf costume: https://mcusercontent.com/5b3a0380100d0a826c937bcf4/images/bc0c9832-3b28-c16b-870e-28a0f6d96493.jpgItalian fans’ ballistic missile: https://twitter.com/UpshotTowers/status/1633807516915187712 Sign up for our Friday newsletter spilling more of sport’s funniest stories: http://www.upshot.email?utm_source=podlink Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

John Terry is a proper wrong'un.The ex-Chelsea captain punches paps, pisses in pint glasses, and shags on motorway hard shoulders.This is the story of John Terry: Captain, Leader, Bellend…Pics from the episode:Jayne Connery and Sue Terry: https://imgur.com/a/rfTOL3qThe FBI e-fit: https://twitter.com/nocontextfooty/status/1664732128855089154/photo/1Sign up for our newsletter: http://www.upshot.email?utm_source=podlink Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

As Christian Horner’s WhatsApp message leak online, Jack brings you a surprise mini-edition on the gory details of a saga they're calling Google Drive to Survive...Sign up for our newsletter: http://www.upshot.email?utm_source=podlink Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome back to Extra Shot, our Thursday pod spilling the funniest stories in sport this week.Jurgen Klopp’s trousers cost him a job, the espionage epidemic in Italian football and booze-fuelled benders on the baize.Follow us on Insta: http://www.instagram.com/upshottowers Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

These days F1 drivers have all the personality of a gently steamed leek.But they weren't always so dull. From shootouts with drug lords to “intimate relations with dolphins”, meet F1's biggest shaggers, wrong'uns and hell-raisers…Sign up for our newsletter: http://www.upshot.email?utm_source=podlink Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome back to Extra Shot, our Thursday pod spilling the funniest stories in sport this week.This week: A Premier League weed farm, Erling Haaland’s lucky escape and a Tinder date gone wrong.Want to come to our Euro 2024 live show? Sign up here: https://forms.gle/W9igoBZSUELVXDVp8Vids from today’s episode:Kalvin Phillips fan chant: https://twitter.com/City_Chief/status/1759194692988584018n  Roy Hodgson angry interview:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFr_hFklf5sMichael Buble on mushrooms: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOBTFDuLIcE Tinder date gone wrong: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9g_POqu6vc Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

You might remember Jese Rodriguez as a misfiring Stoke striker with a penchant for godawful nightclubs.But his off-field antics are worthy of a soap opera.From exploding apartments to getting run over by his fiancée, this is the story of his truly ludicrous life…Sign up for our newsletter: http://www.upshot.email?utm_source=podlink Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.