Episodes
Back again from Spotify, Owen Blackhurst, Seb White, Tommy ‘Friend of the Stars’ Stewart, and Matt O’Connor-Simpson discuss Hall Owen, Halloween, Mischief Night, Goose Night, Banter Night, Theresa May, Garrincha’s Goat, E.T., Keith Laird, yellow cards, Matt the Referee, mental career decisions, speeding tickets, the relegation zone, knock-door run, Sebby on the Spot, skeletons, Scream masks, Francesco Totti, Borat, Raging Bull, Sacha Baron Cohen, Oscars for banter, 24, Prison Break, Alejandro...
Published 10/31/24
Live from Spotify, Owen Blackhurst, Seb White and Tommy Stewart are joined by a returning Asad Raza to chat ‘A little place called heaven’ Hatti, a hat, Manchester Piccadilly, “rain sodden bowels of the city”, a spiritual experience, the Gunfight at the OK Corral, “I’m your Huckleberry”, Josh Wood, Bill Murray’s haircut in Kingpin, Glenn Hoddle v David Beckham, the sunglasses emoji, England U-17 winning the World Cup, Phil Foden, Jadon Sancho, Kendal Mint Cake, Garrincha, The Maracanã,...
Published 10/23/24
Live from Spotify, Owen Blackhurst, James Bird, Seb White and Tommy Stewart are joined by a new signing in Matt O’Connor-Simpson to chat the Queen’s relationship with the Beautiful Game, Leeds United, The Banter Years, Seb on the Spot, Oooh Arrggh, Oooh Arrgh Arrgh, tractors, turf respecting, Diego Armando Maradona, little onions, Babel fish, El Pibe de Oro, The Dungeon Master, Sam Allardyce, Robbie Savage, The Gates of Hell, The London Beer Flood, snooping, El Pibe de Weirdo, football origin...
Published 10/16/24
** This week Owen Blackhurst, Seb White, James Bird, and Tommy Stewart chat about football but also discuss mental health issues. If you are affected by any of the issues discussed, please visit thecalmzone.net or samaritans.org or phone the Samaritans on 116 123 **
Live from Spotify, the old gang are back together as Owen Blackhurst, James Bird, Seb White and Tommy Stewart talk Roy Orbison, Ghetts, Joy Guidry, Puressence, Metallica, trainspotters, Francis Bourgeois, MUNDIAL digital, Héctor...
Published 10/09/24
Due to holidays, Oasis fever and being too bloody busy, we've got another special episode from the archives for you. At Hotel MUNDIAL, our week-long event during the start of EUROs, we sat down with our mates Statman Dave and Flo Lloyd-Hughes for our series of talks, 'Home and Away, Near and Far', in partnership with Marriott Bonvoy. In the first half of this episode, Statman Dave talks about living with James Bird at university, why he ended up in Dresden because of Football Manager, and...
Published 10/02/24
Owen Blackhurst, Seb White, and Tommy Stewart talk proper listeners, the glory years, oiling Asad up, Machine Gun Kelly and the G-men, background checks, the mechanism of war, The Last Samurai, pouring one out for James, Milan, Wife Swap, a DM from Héctor Bellerín, Jack Grealish’s spiritual advisor, Nuno’s man management, multi-talented Joe Hart finding love and peace at Celtic and Natasha Meikle’s homage to the man, hanging out at the skate park, Grebos and Townies, moths to a flame, a...
Published 09/25/24
Owen Blackhurst, Seb White and Tommy Stewart discuss awards, good reviews, Elon Musk, AI, texts from Donald Trump, pirates, received pronunciation, little tractors, Jürgen Klopp, adidas Spezial, SPZL F.C, Kevin Cummins, Emi Martínez, Jhon Duràn, Colombian players in the Premier League, Juan Pablo Ángel, Radamel Falcao, Jarvis Cocker, David Seaman, Sheffield, Liam Gallagher, Seb sticking to football, Roy Keane, Gary Neville, Ian Wright, Andrei Kanchelskis, Everton, Sir Alex Ferguson, the...
Published 09/18/24
In this week’s episode of Reminding You Why You Love Football, media liberal left-wing elite Owen Blackhurst is joined by James Bird and Tommy Stewart to talk about Waiting for Birdo, John Aldridge capturing Basque hearts and banging in goals wherever he went, Seb’s dinner for two, Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner, Cartman and Butters, Carlos Tazez and other cartoon footballers, James’s uncle MBE, Federico Casotti on the wonder of Wesley Sneijder, Owen’s swazz, being robbed of the Ballon d’Or,...
Published 09/11/24
In this week's episode of Reminding You Why You Love Football, Owen Blackhurst, Tommy Stewart, and James Bird discuss the glory of Carlos Tevez and his bulldog-like approach, awards, lazy producers, the MUNDIAL Army, DOAC, an old-fashioned grifter, Henry VIII holding court, The Sickly Knight, being the best man, a pint-and-a-half of Troll Botherer, Robbie Fowler’s four minutes, hat-tricks, wonderful Wolverhampton, third keepers, bonging on the bus, crap college courses, total recall, false...
Published 09/04/24
Listeners to last week’s RYWYLF will know about the ‘studio incident’ and understand that in place of our regular format, this week’s episode is a special we recorded at Hotel Mundial, featuring Owen Blackhurst talking to Elis James about earliest memories, a crash course in football, a round-ball epiphany, seeing a grown man cry, Italia 90, the Kop, Ian Rush and his Sondico shin pads, why Swansea?, an underground oddball, time travelling, true grit, lager, fried onions, fags, terrible...
Published 08/28/24
In this week's episode of Reminding You Why You Love Football, Owen Blackhurst, Tommy Stewart, James Bird, and Asad discuss busking it, double bookings, an SOS to Sicily, broken air conditioning, Saving Private Football, custard, the birth of the WWW, favourite sites, Reddit, Asad’s personal grooming anxieties, the MUNDIAL Discord Photoshoppers, Owen’s birthday (again), candied salmon, dainty headphones, Manchester United Muslim Supporters’ Club, Iftar, disappointing dates, locking your kid...
Published 08/21/24
Owen Blackhurst, Seb White and Tommy Stewart chat pundits crossing the divide, football pie, Carlos Roa, World Cup 98, David Brent, Zinedine Zidane, Redondo at Old Trafford, Dwight Schrute, Creed Bratton, Steve Carell, the US Office, crossing swords, Henrik Larsson, Manchester United, Sir Alex Ferguson, a touch of the Pruniers, Alan Smith, Wayne Rooney, Cristiano Ronaldo, Louis Saha, Martin O’Neill, Celtic, Helsingborgs IF, the Goosewagon, Eric Cantona face paint, George Weah, Carl Anka,...
Published 08/14/24
Owen Blackhurst, Seb White and Tommy Stewart are back again to talk Tommy’s outfit, Seb’s anniversary, Mrs White, hot curries on hot days, fish and chips, Kentish Town, Keir Starmer, the Spice Girls, 1996, Three Lions, Gary Barlow, Fugees, Oasis, Spaceman, Niko Kranjčar, Joe Rogan, Miley Cyrus, The Undertaker, The Rock, South Park, Christmas Day for football fans, Test cricket, Fabrizio Ravanelli, Reading Festival, Juventus, adidas, acid, Middlesbrough, Spice Boys Liverpool, Reebok, Juninho,...
Published 08/07/24
Owen Blackhurst is with Seb White and Tommy Stewart to chat being Merk’d, Rio Ferdinand, Seb’s steamy glasses, Bruno Fernandes, John Stones, Northern grit, Tinder, Jack Grealish, Bukayo Saka, splinter groups, coups, Nicolas Anelka, Thierry Henry, Arsenal, Real Madrid, Juventus, France’s Olympic football team, Wenger’s double, Gary Neville, Peter Schmeichel, Robbie Fowler, Woody from Toy Story, Davor Šuker at Arsenal, Maradona at Sevilla, Guardians of the Galaxy, Marvel, Harry Potter, the 1966...
Published 07/31/24
The main man, Owen Blackhurst, is back in the hosting hot seat and is with Seb White and Tommy Stewart to talk military history, gallivanting in Indonesia and Norfolk, middle-aged children, Owen’s birthday, test tube babies, David Preece, Henrik Larsson, Celtic, Toni Duggan, Felix Magath, the Bundesliga, Antonio Conte, Rob Holding, Andros Townsend, Shane Warne, Pat Cash, Wayne Rooney, Jürgen Klinsmann, the Rolling Stones, Mick Jagger, Wesley Snipes, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Alan Shearer, GIANT,...
Published 07/24/24
Seb White is with Tommy Stewart and James Bird to discuss ten years and no testimonials, Owen’s return, biscuits, Seb’s mother, WhatsApp groups, Alan Pardew, Jesse Lingard, Gareth Southgate, Seb’s sledgehammer, Deutschland 83, Real Betis, Joaquín, Jimmy Anderson, Kappa kits, Nick Barmby, moving across Merseyside, Mike Tyson, Spike Lee and Bukayo Saka, EURO 2000, Sainsbury’s England coins, Aliens, the Trocadero, Signs, Ridley Scott, James Cameron, Terminator 2, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, special...
Published 07/17/24
Producer Tommy Stewart hosts this week's episode and is with James Bird and Asad Raza to chat Juan Sebastián Verón, David Beckham, Thomas Gray, handsome Harrison Ford, “what is the best thing?”, the Fresh Prince, mates, Spiritland’s orange juice, Juventus, cheating, lying, theft, diving, Luis Suárez, Michael Owen, Mauricio Pochettino, the 2002 World Cup, England v Argentina, shorthand, Marco Tardelli, running away, Emmanuel Adebayor, goal celebrations, plastic chairs, Patrick Stewart, Extras,...
Published 07/10/24
Don't say we don't treat you listeners—we've only got another EXTRA TIME episode for you! MUNDIAL Editor-at-Large Seb White regales James Bird and Tommy Stewart about going to the EURO 2020 final at Wembley in the adidas box alongside some of England's great and good. Noel Gallagher, Mick Jagger, Toni Duggan, Bernard Sumner, and... Goldie, who Seb suspects gave him Covid due to an out-of-control embrace.
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Published 07/05/24
Seb White, James Bird and Tommy Stewart talk Goldie’s Instagram, Super Hans, Wolverhampton, Björk, Beverley Knight, the NHS, West Ham United, black cabs, Dame Vera Lynn, the World Cup, Dolly the sheep, metal dragons, DIY fireworks, Hotel MUNDIAL, Steve Bunce, Independence Day, Guy Fawkes, Paul Merton, The Beatles, John Lennon presenting GB News again, Oleksandr Usyk, Robbie Keane, Santos, Steve Bull, Don Goodman, accessible acrobatics, BBC West Midlands, Tim Spiers, The Pink, Wayne Rooney,...
Published 07/03/24
In this bonus LIVE episode, Owen Blackhurst, Seb White, Tommy Stewart and James Bird take to the stage on the final night at Hotel MUNDIAL. In front of a packed crowd, the lads talk about all their favourite IN-GER-LAND moments from history that will have you singing ‘World in Motion’, reminiscing about EURO 96 and hopefully getting excited about it actually coming home…at some point.
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Published 06/28/24
Seb White’s in Owen’s hot seat and is with James Bird and Tommy Stewart to discuss a successful Hotel MUNDIAL, Fabien Barthez, Player of the MUNDIAL x Daily Paper Tournament, to be recognised by one’s peers, Raúl, Phil Bardsley, QR codes on gravestones, Stevenage (A), James’s football birthday party (again!), Sir Alex Ferguson, Richard Lewis, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Howard Stern, International Federation of Football History and Statistics, Ruud van Nistelrooy, Louis Saha, Real Madrid, Ronaldo,...
Published 06/27/24
Owen Blackhurst, Seb White, James Bird and Tommy Stewart are joined by a VERY special guest: England and Chelsea legend Joe Cole LIVE from Trafalgar Square for Expedia Live. They discuss football trips, Gdańsk, Marseille, Dortmund, Manchester, Valencia, pizza, Jude Bellingham, Birmingham City F.C, non-league legends, local newspapers, Wayne Rooney, the number 22, dream careers, Joe Cole, Ruud Gullit, Real Madrid CF, Zinedine Zidane, London, Camden, Upton Park, Stamford Bridge, the UEFA...
Published 06/19/24
Seb White’s in Owen’s hot seat and is with James Bird and Tommy Stewart to discuss Hotel MUNDIAL, Dom’s Subs, InBev, Allpress Espresso, throwing shapes not pints, EURO Fever, slushies, Alan Carr, Alan Brazil, Alan Pardew, banter, rapport, Charles the Bald and Fat, Escape to Victory, war and football, Donald Trump, Darius Vassell, being love bombed by fans, England losing on penalties, the Cruyff turn, the Hal Robson-Kanu turn, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang at AS Saint-Étienne, AC Milan, David...
Published 06/12/24
Owen Blackhurst, Seb White, James Bird, and a returning Asad Raza chat Trafalgar Square triumph, climbing raves, Carlo Ancelotti, making Real Madrid likeable, Javier Mascherano, D-Day, Donald Duck, Francis Bourgeois, falling off trains, John Sitton, Saturday trains, metal zoos, Mick Hucknall, Prince, Chuck Norris at Yeovil, David Beckham, Predator Manias, Michael Scott, Matt Sellers, Liverpool, Luke Modrić, Liam Gallagher, Frank Rijkaard, Ronaldinho, Virgil van Dijk, EURO 2024, Roma, Radja...
Published 06/05/24