In this week’s episode of Reminding You Why You Love Football, Owen Blackhurst is joined by Seb White and, by popular demand, the moonlighting ex-pat James Bird, in a remotely recorded episode to talk about feeling hard, Tribe West, your people, Powerpodz, MOTD, Jogo Bonito v Mighty Machine, Christiana, taking the shilling, saying what you see, Birdo on the Spot, missing your mates, Judy Dench’s a Toffee, eating a takeaway in an away pub, Goodison, memories, nipple cripples, waiting for your balls to drop, fish finger sarnies, shopping in Milan, 7-Yerlevens, big birthdays, Valentine’s Day conceptions, COVID, the Great Smog of ’52, French Lick, Michael Jordan, Paul Ince at Inter and the Paul Ince room, un'anatra all'acqua (eventually), Ince & Hodgson: Football Detectives, causing mischief, bicycle kicks, a real fizzer, Family 1–0 Ronaldo, Pagliuca’s comeuppance, a bromance, losing the dressing room, big time Charlie, Paul and Denis at the Mol, Glenn and Eileen in Tettenhall, General Stones in the trenches, I’ll be back, a wonderful 0–0, another Gazza gaffe, Inter me-nan, taking things too seriously, living the dream, get the keepnet, The Sopranos, Meadow in goal and actors playing keepers, defending the volatile Janice, negative football parents, side quests and Asad’s dearth, lovely football schmutter, Sopranos XI, a Grobbelaar doppelganger, Aprile at right-back, a crazy-looking winger, terrifying eyebrows and threats, pairing two from three, dressing Hesh, just annoying, Kneecap, Darwin Núñez, footballers writing about football, Héctor’s insights, the cashless society, airports being crap, toilet seats, a hole in the ground, duty-free extravagance, a sea of cars, and somehow so much more.

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In this week’s Reminding You Why You Love Football, Owen Blackhurst is back in the big chair, and is babysitting Asad Raza and Matt O’Connor-Simpson to talk about dark times, audience retention, 5 stars, the joy of Discord, the skip incident, James in Milano, three pints and 18 fags, Asad Bird-White, The Legion of Gloom of Longform, two internationals in 48 hours, an audience with Tommy Gravesen, hats off to Hummel, having no skin in the game, coaching mode, Marc Cucurella, quiz-meister Seb on the ale, Matt on the Spot, Colin Wanker, Asad’s peak, The Naked Gun, PlayStation memories, FIFA fallouts and sulky losers, throwing down the gauntlet, bumbling around Germany, Baller League, KSI, a wooden Figo and Ronaldinho in a kimono, dodgy promos, a Trump trivela, Salah’s torso, Owen on the Jack Kerouac in size 14s, the Bukowski of badge kissing, the Hemingway of hat-tricks—Van Hooijdonk, knowing your value, telling it straight, banging in goals and banging kits, Turkish fans on social, Chris Wood, build your own St Pierre, outing Matt, Claude Puel, Arda in the limelight, Hooijdonk at Fenerbahçe, right place: right time, Peep Show, warm-ups, photo evidence, hard balls, football lingo, Dobby Club, Matt on the Spot again!, Arne Slott penitentiary candidates, Ancelotti at Everton, power cuts, “air quotes”, Craig Bellamy in his element, characters, nice cults, Keane at Ipswich, being rude, Owen giving the eye, phoning it in, falling off your bike, a cupping session, wellness, listening to your elders, looking up a setlist, Seb on the line from his sick bed, shit on the pillow, and somehow so much more.

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In this week’s Reminding You Why You Love Football, host Tommy Stewart is joined by Asad Raza and Sebastian White to discuss the bloody trains in this country, having a dry mouth, a banging review, drinking the Kool-Aid, non-league love, Highland League action, mad crab fishermen, Seb behind bars, obstructing a copper, hyperbole, The Figo Affair, a John O’Shea nutmeg, mad scorelines, 8–2!!!!, leaving early, being stuck in the carpark, Danny Welbeck, not having a Saloman, Toy Story, Lancashire Day, an honest man, putting a hitman on Drogba, 3–3, Marshal Josip Broz Tito, balding producers and handsome men, legendary marquee signing Del Piero Down Under and a love letter from Sydney, a beer shower, watching the A League, a Middlesborough legend, Ian Crook, banging free kicks, BOYS!, Aussies being lovely, co-commentator bants, Sydney FC in Italy, Elvis in Copa Mundials, Luca Toni on his knees, Filippo ‘Offside’ Inzaghi, Rise United, football culture and cultural pride, cool stickers, creating memories, gorgeous footy tops, DRIP, a brilliant Google map, Asad’s mum’s dhal, TEFL in Thailand, pasta and pizza, amuse-bouche, a glossary of football terms, Shaolin Soccer, massive animals down a wormhole, The Gooser and The Mooser, swimming with turtles, OJ’s Football Shirt Restorations, Shelbourne United, Jordan North, losing your favourite shirt, crap quizzes, quiz team names, Life Leadership and Love: A Faux Legend, gaslighting Jimmy Anderson, and somehow so much more.

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