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Jon Holmes, Patrick Barclay, Colin Shindler, Paul Kobrak
Football Ruined My Life
Football Ruined My Life is the now not-so-new podcast about old football.  Colin Shindler, author of the best selling Manchester United Ruined My Life, joins with the distinguished football journalist Patrick Barclay and the Super Agent Jon Holmes (think Gary Lineker, Peter Shilton, Tony Woodcock etc.) to talk about football as it used to be in the days before the invention of the Premier League.  The podcast views those days fondly - though not uncritically - in comparison to today's game, which it views critically though not unfondly. We welcome everyone who wants to remember Jimmy...
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Ratings & Reviews
4.7 stars from 53 ratings
Fabulous
All of the best pods are simply tremendous conversations and Football Ruined My Life is amongst the best of these. Totally delightful.
JONK1875 via Apple Podcasts · Great Britain · 10/04/24
Shilton
I Shilton was a manufactured goal keeper He made a big mistake against Poland 73 qualifying He was slow in 1986 for Maradona and very very very slow wc semi 1990 he lost the spring IMHO Clemence was a different class Shilton was all muscle Thanks you good show Alan Hudson said Shilton cost stoke...Read full review »
Arthur King USA via Apple Podcasts · Great Britain · 08/24/24
Superb
Fairly new to this podcast, could listen to Patrick Barclay talk football all day. Do yourself a favour & get listening top drawer
Rybeno via Apple Podcasts · Ireland · 03/20/24
Recent Episodes
Paddy Barclay, Jon Holmes and Colin Shindler talk about their favourite match and, to help them to do so, each of them invites as a guest on the podcast a player who took part in that match.  If we could all take 8 matches to a desert island populated only by Roy Plomley and at some point you...
Published 11/15/24
Published 11/08/24
Whatever happened to outside rights and outside lefts?  You remember those speedy tricky wingers who beat their full backs on the outside, got to the dead ball line and centred so that their centre forward could charge at the ball and force it into the net.  The men ploughing those lonely furrows...
Published 11/08/24
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