The Upshot
The Upshot pulls back the curtain on your favourite sports and dives into all the stuff BBC and Sky wouldn’t touch with a bargepole: drunken antics, dressing room squabbles and the simmering sexual tension of the French football team.Check out our semi-legendary newsletter that goes to 100,000+ subscribers: http://www.upshot.email?utm_source=poddescriptionAnd our Twitter account, where we dig into the archives and spill classic tales from the past: http://www.twitter.com/upshottowers Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Latest episodes
Feb 20, 2024 • 51min
Jesé Rodriguez: a wonderkid gone wild
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.
Feb 15, 2024 • 38min
Extra shot: Heung-Min Son’s hotel scrap and an FA Cup love triangle
Welcome back to Extra Shot, our Thursday pod spilling the funniest stories in sport this week.This week: Son’s ping pong ding dong, Fergie’s spouting gibberish to Luke Littler, and how Jurgen Klopp invented pancake day.Want to come to our Euro 2024 live show? Sign up here: https://forms.gle/W9igoBZSUELVXDVp8Vids from today’s episode:Curtis Jones thinks Klopp invented fist pumps: https://twitter.com/arsenaltweeta/status/1755929933212262497 Liverpool Echo claims Scousers invented Pancake Day: https://twitter.com/notbirdappdylan/status/1757511704089366891?s=48&t=AYJ7rh4FQSV3LrWsojYohw Luke Littler meets Fergie: https://www.tiktok.com/@dailymailsport/video/7331743955698142496 Beckham Chinese New Year message: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/video/davidbeckham/video-2354572/Video-David-Beckham-speaks-Chinese-wish-Happy-Lunar-New-Year.html Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Feb 13, 2024 • 48min
Touré of booty: Kolo and Yaya’s outrageous adventures
The Ivorian brothers hoovered up silverware, shagged in car parks and led secret double lives.From cursing managers to comparing knobs, this is the story of football's friskiest fraternity…The Kolo Toure shower photo: https://i2-prod.mirror.co.uk/incoming/article1455418.ece/ALTERNATES/s1200b/0_Kolo-Toure.jpgSign up for our newsletter: http://www.upshot.email?utm_source=podlink Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Feb 8, 2024 • 39min
Extra Shot: Beckham hounded out of Hong Kong and Christian Horner’s ‘inappropriate pic’
Welcome back to Extra Shot, our Thursday pod spilling the funniest stories in sport this week.This week: Beckham and Messi face the rabid mob in Hong Kong, Christian Horner’s on trial for an “inappropriate photo” and John Terry’s training ground tyranny.Follow us on Insta: http://www.instagram.com/upshottowersDavid Beckham booed as he tries to give speech on the pitch: https://twitter.com/GanglaniJay/status/1754089103749173412Christian Horner v Martin Brundle: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qeAF7gAJCCM Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Feb 6, 2024 • 46min
Hitmen, uzis and nautical gangbangs: the NFL’s biggest wrong’uns
Firing Uzis at snowball fights. Begging cops for blowjobs. Smoking crack on game day.The NFL is filled with some absolute mad dawwwwgs.As the Super Bowl rolls into Las Vegas, we’ve dug through the bozos and badboys to bring you American football’s most unhinged superstars…The Kansas City Chiefs bank robber: https://mcusercontent.com/5b3a0380100d0a826c937bcf4/images/bc0c9832-3b28-c16b-870e-28a0f6d96493.jpgSign up for our newsletter: http://www.upshot.email?utm_source=podlink Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Feb 1, 2024 • 33min
Extra Shot: Rashford’s miserable bender and pornstars crash Mahrez’s Eid party
Welcome back to Extra Shot, our Thursday pod spilling the funniest stories in sport this week.This week: Rashford’s awful Belfast bender, Riyad Mahrez’s sordid gatecrasher and the Man United target turned cocaine trafficker…Follow us on Insta: http://www.instagram.com/upshottowersRiyad Mahrez’s porn-star gatecrasher: https://www.tiktok.com/@threesixtytv/video/7327701859177663777 "Anthony’s the greatest" chant: https://twitter.com/Aaronnn_96/status/1751924617118191901/video/1 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jan 30, 2024 • 45min
Harry Redknapp: he’s not a fackin’ wheeler dealer
They don't make 'em like Harry Redknapp any more.The West Ham gaffer struck deals like Del Boy, bollocked players on live TV, and sent fans on as substitutes.From pornstar transfer targets to karate kicks in training, meet football's most triffic manager...Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/upshottowers/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jan 25, 2024 • 36min
Extra Shot: defenders snogging dogs and Pele's secret lovechild
Welcome back to Extra Shot, our Thursday pod spilling the funniest stories in sport this week.This week: Claire Foden's in cuffs, Pele’s secret lovechild and why is Nuno Tavares snogging his dogs?Follow us on Insta: http://www.instagram.com/upshottowersNuno Tavares video: https://twitter.com/La_Esterisco/status/1749346054770733136Brighton press officer proposal video: https://www.tntsports.co.uk/football/premier-league/2023-2024/beautiful-moment-as-brighton-staff-member-proposes-in-tunnel-before-wolves-match_vid2070888/video.shtml Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jan 23, 2024 • 48min
Graham Stack: Arsenal’s unruly Invincible
There was one player in Arsène Wenger’s Invincibles squad who couldn't be tamed.He punched fans, crashed the team bus and flogged fake Gucci to Thierry Henry.Meet the ticket touting enfant terrible: backup keeper Graham Stack…Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/upshottowers/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jan 18, 2024 • 32min
Extra Shot: commentators on coke and Ronnie O’Sullivan’s filthy habit
Welcome back to Extra Shot, our Thursday pod spilling the funniest stories in sport this week.This week: The frat boy who took down Ajax, Wesley Fofana runs over TV royalty in his Lamborghini, and Mauro Icardi’s exhausting love life goes up another notch.Join the Instagram pile on: http://www.instagram.com/upshottowers Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
