The Upshot

The Upshot
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Feb 29, 2024 • 39min

Extra shot: Mourinho’s undercover nemesis and George Best’s Bond Girl bust-up

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Feb 27, 2024 • 51min

F1: the stories Drive to Survive won't tell you

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Feb 22, 2024 • 50min

Extra shot: Premier League weed farms and a Tinder date gone wrong

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Feb 20, 2024 • 54min

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Feb 15, 2024 • 41min

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Feb 13, 2024 • 51min

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Feb 8, 2024 • 42min

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Feb 6, 2024 • 49min

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Feb 1, 2024 • 36min

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Jan 30, 2024 • 48min

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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