Owen Blackhurst, Seb White, James Bird, and Tommy Stewart are together once again and rip up the running order and end up just riffing for what ends up being the Christmas Special where we discuss what a Christmas dinner with Eric Cantona, Jürgen Klopp, Mick McCarthy, Emma Hayes, Micah Richards, Louis van Gaal, Steve McManaman, Robbie Fowler, Sir Bobby Robson, Terry Venables and Diego Maradona (obviously) would actually be like. We round off this festive special with an Ins and Outs in an...

Owen Blackhurst, Seb White, Tommy Stewart, and a returning Asad Raza get together this week to chat about MUNDIAL’s Discord, Mike Leigh doing the Inbetweeners, Nostradamus, Quasimodo, Ratatouille, Chris Waddle, Ivan Zamorano, Marcelo Salas, France ‘98, The Flintstones, The Simpsons, British Bulldogs, Devo, Copa Iberoamericana, Bebeto, Grange Hill, Chris Sutton & Alan Shearer, Dwight Yorke & Andrew Cole, Romário & Stoichkov, getting family members into football, José Mourinho,...

Owen Blackhurst, Seb White, James Bird, and Tommy Stewart are together once again to chat about Shane MacGowan, kicking the cans, chainsaws and treadmills, Mr. Tickle, Paul Lambert, man-marking jobs, Juventus dream kits, Paulo Sousa, pre-match nerves, Zidane, Terry Venables, The Queen’s Gambit, Charlton v Beckenbauer, Roy Keane’s insanity beard, Glasgow’s greatness, football history, Rain Man Seb, Hampden Park, walking tours, Celtic and Rangers, Madonna, geeks, cricket, William Randolph...

Owen Blackhurst, Seb White, James Bird, and Tommy Stewart catch up this week to chat about Lucia Roberta Tough Bronze, Winston Churchill, Operation Mincemeat, “The finest hour of your week”, Olympique Lyonnais Féminin, Ballon d’Or, Cafu, North Carolina Tar Heels, Alessia Russo, Lotte Wubben-Moy, Barcelona, The Armies of the North, a good old fashioned kickabout, Headers and Volleys, Guns N’ Roses, ‘Jumpers for Goalposts’, crash mats, Skullhead, Eric Cantona, Dimitar Berbatov, “How’s Your...

Owen Blackhurst, Seb White, James Bird, and Tommy Stewart catch up this week to chat about Billy the Kid, Kris Kristofferson, Big Smoke, “I’ll be your Huckleberry”, Wyatt Earp, Xabi Alonso, Bayern Munich, Bayer Leverkusen, Real Sociedad, Whisky and Rye, Devon, Monty Python, José Mauricio Cienfuegos, US Open Cup, Sunil Gulati, David Beckham, Angel City Brigade, Cobi Jones, Jorge Campos, MLS All-Star, the Rose Bowl, El Tráfico, Kermit the Frog, Neil Morrissey, Men Behaving Sadly, Deepdale Duck,...

Owen Blackhurst, Seb White, James Bird, and Tommy Stewart catch up this week to chat about evergreen episodes, busking, Dr. Dre, The Chronic, Gianfranco Zola, NOT voting Conservative, Diego Maradona, Glenn Hoddle, Henri Camara at Wolves, sweatbands, Patrick Bamford, Diego Forlán, Hassan Kachloul, sucking the ball into the net, 3–0 down, 4–3 up, Fernado Torres, Senegal at the 2002 World Cup, Rio Ferdinand, 50 Cent, flicking the Vs, bowling at cricket, too much ecstasy, Phil Babb, John O’Shea,...

Owen Blackhurst, Seb White, James Bird, and Tommy Stewart catch up this week to chat about Jude Bellingham’s Dad, Kemy Agustien, Stockholm Syndrome, Acne Studios, Hector Bellerin, Primavera, Real Betis, Benson & Hedges Gold, The German Gymnasium, the Old Firm, Brian Laudrup, Michael Laudrup, Finn Laudrup, Oleksiy Mykhaylychenko, ‘Nine in a Row’, Archibald Leitch, turning down Barcelona, a cruise liner, Bobby Charlton and Jack Charlton, Abedi Pele, the Steins, meeting your heroes, Eric...

Owen Blackhurst, Seb White, James Bird, and Tommy Stewart catch up this week to talk about audio monsters, a few less swears, The Cartridge Family, Mexico v Portugal, El Mariachi, Chief Wiggam, ‘Do You Come Here Often?’, Rainy Miller, Mike Skinner, Big Bad John, Martin O’Neill, silencing Anfield, annus mirabilis, the Wolf button, chest control, Jerzey Dudek, meerkats, George Graham, wildlings, watching your team play abroad, airport pints, The Ibiza Cup, Royal Antwerp, The Yerevan 48, ON TO...

Owen Blackhurst, Seb White, James Bird, and Tommy Stewart catch up this week to talk about Kaiser Chiefs, Future Classic Football Shirts, Vasilis Hatzipanagis, The Backwater Barthez, The Bridgnorth Beckenbauer, pretend Italians, Mario Kart, yo-yos, Daniele Massaro, The Pichichi, watching France 98 in the kitchen, Alan Border, BOBO TV, 9-a-side, making a difference, Joe Hart, the Ian Stewart Pitch, Goose Park, enjoying retirement, black Nikes with a green tick, Shredded Wheat, cinnamon buns,...

Owen Blackhurst, Seb White, James Bird, and Tommy Stewart catch up this week to talk about international breaks, the beaches of northern France, Pikes Ibiza, Faustino Asprilla, Palmeiras, Copa Libertadores, Felipe Scolari, Intercontinental Cup, Parmalat, Tino condoms, Fluminense, inverted commas, birthday parties, getting sent off at your birthday party, superspreader events, please buy Issue 27 at mundialmag.com, Ecuador, chest kernels, Diego Simeone, Gabriel Batistuta, sweetcorn vibes,...

Owen Blackhurst, Seb White, James Bird, and Tommy Stewart catch up this week to talk about management styles, The Rhythm of the Night, Doctor Khumalo, Kaiser Chiefs, Columbus Crew, Brad Freidel, 16-valve, Orlando Pirates, DJ Black Coffee, pitch invasions, the play-offs, mixing booze with medication, Yeovil True, Ed Upson Day, bouncing, respect for the turf, David Campese, Portland Bill, Patrick Trueman NFT’s, Luke Ayling, the Banter Years, Marcelo Bielsa, Lockdown, Desert Storm, murderball, ...

Owen Blackhurst, Seb White, James Bird, and Tommy Stewart catch up this week to talk about Cristian Fabbiani, Number 10s, Club Palestino, Shrek, Mean Machine, meandering around the Lake District, “the worst miss of all time”, Diego Maradona the manager, face slaps at half-time, Héctor Bellerín disciples, starting your own chant, going method, The Haunted Lads, Ángel Di María, Abba, Blondie, Manchester United’s away support, Gooser’s back, humans being 80% water, Alastair Cook the cake...

Owen Blackhurst is back in the hot seat. He catches up with Seb White, James Bird and Tommy Stewart to talk about Dino’s Bar and Grill, Napoli blue, Sócrates at Fiorentina, Democracia Corinthiana, dressing room splits, Redondo’s long hair, Carnival parties, Lança-Perfume, Fiorentina kit launches, Poundshop Plato, Hammarby Fotboll, Godzilla, El Goblino, LA Galaxy, Portland Timbers, Samosa Saturdays at Molineux, pork scratchings, men in white coats, the Subway Army, bratwurst, ketchup fingers,...

Seb White, James Bird, and Tommy Stewart catch up this week to talk about the latter being at the wheel, Luka Modrić, Louis van Gaal, buttoned-up polo shirts, bad stag dos, SHARP, American Apparel hoodies, 101 Things To Do In Football Before You Die, behind enemy lines, The Demon Headmistress, West Brom curtains and Wolves watches, Carlos Vela, Faithless, Vitória de Setúbal, Sir Bobby Robson, Sunday Oliseh, Top Trumps, Fletch & Sav, Steve McManaman, Alassane Pléa, a circling shark, Larry...

In this episode, Owen Blackhurst, Seb White, James Bird, and Tommy Stewart celebrate the launch of the latest issue of MUNDIAL—a Cult Heroes special. They chat about the new magazine, Face Mashups, Trifon Ivanov, Through the Keyhole, Peter Brackley, Easter eggs, The Ogre, Dakota, Adel Taarabt, a QPR pick 'n’ mix, Terry Connor, swings, The Hawthorns, roadkill, RIP Arthur Boyt, the European Golden Shoe, Mário Jardel, Sporting Lisbon, Porto, Benfica, going to the match with your daughter,...

Owen Blackhurst, Seb White, James Bird, and Tommy Stewart catch up this week to talk about being on the clock, Jock Stein, the Tasmanian wolf, the Albanian national team, the 2004 Carling Cup Final, Pablo Zabaleta, Ratatouille, Save the Dolphins, taxis in Tirana, Norman Wisdom, Samuel Eto’o being brilliant at Real Mallorca, Eiður Guðjohnsen, Thierry Henry, Jenny the Giraffe, walking the coals, Nicolas Anelka, getting booed by your own fans, kefir, unnecessary handshakes, no extra time and...

Owen Blackhurst, Seb White, James Bird, and Tommy Stewart catch up this week to talk about Full Metal Jacket, The Full Monty, Back to the Future, Stade Vélodrome, Marseille Train Station, football fanzines in 2023, pies, Hamit Altintop, retrospective Puskás Awards, George Ndah, Rüştü Reçber, “Lads, lads, lads”, Xavi Simons, PSV, PSG, Ruud van Nistelrooy, Dream Careers, Puma Kings, port cities, Zinedine Zidane, tear gas, Ultras, Basile Boli, French cricket, Alexander Hleb, Sondico shinpads,...

Owen Blackhurst, Seb White, James Bird, and Tommy Stewart catch up this week to talk about Tugay, the Bundesliga, the German Civil Service, pre-glow-up Jürgen Klopp, FC Heidenheim, FC Hollywood, Talk to Frank, the excellent Bundesliga YouTube channel, Andreas Brehme, Belleville Park Pages, Thomas Hitzlsperger, THAT Emmanuel Adebayor celebration, Raúl at Schalke, Felix Magath, a pint of Gazprom, El Ferrari, Ruel Fox, Erling Haaland, Borussia Dortmund, chips and Northern gravy, Architectural...

Owen Blackhurst, Seb White, James Bird, and Tommy Stewart catch up this week to talk about Animal Farm, pole-vaulting, the brilliant 2023/24 AFC Wimbledon shirts by umbro and our mate Marc, coffee tins from Naples, the preliminary round of the FA Cup, up to Bedfordshire, Gay Meadow, Robbie Fowler, John Hartson v Eyal Berkovic, indie nights in Cologne, Craig Charles Funk & Soul, Manumission, Salvatore Schillaci in Japan, Zidane’s France debut, Marcel Desailly on Zoom, Eric the Eel,...

Owen Blackhurst, Seb White, James Bird, and Tommy Stewart catch up this week to talk about dogs, José Mourinho, Roy Keane’s hair, Luton Town in the 80s, Telford United, Mick Harford, Drake, New Year’s Eve being rubbish, fairs, moonshine, notBigSam on Twitter, Jimmy Floyd Hasslebaink, Barrington Belgrave, Hot Shot Hamish, Josimar, Ricardo Quaresma, Will Mellor, Phoenix Nights and somehow so much more. Subscribe to CLUB MUNDIAL now https://mundialmag.co Sign up for the...

Owen Blackhurst, Seb White, James Bird, and Tommy Stewart catch up this week to talk about mad Mexican shirts, Brave Crabs, lucha libre, Leyton Orient, dead foxes, Walton & Hersham, Sham 69, Rock Against Racism, Ravel Morrison, Atlas F.C., Wayne Rooney, BC & AD, Ronnie Whelan, garden sheds, Ray Houghton, Diego Armando Maradona at White Hart Lane, Canadian radio appearances, Martyn Tyler, being back in the skips, Alessandro Del Piero as you’ve never seen him before, embracing the...

** This week Owen Blackhurst, Seb White, James Bird, and Tommy Stewart chat about football but also discuss mental health issues. There are references to suicide and depression. If you are affected by any of the issues discussed, please visit thecalmzone.net or samaritans.org or phone the Samaritans on 116 123 **   As well as some very important stuff, they also discuss midfield moshers, Virtus Verona, Flying Donkeys, Campaign Against Living Miserably, ClubCall, Kelme, Axl Rose, Morrissey...

Owen Blackhurst, Seb White, James Bird, and Tommy Stewart catch up this week to talk about Viennetta, Wales Bonner, Michelle Akers, Bex Smith, Kate Markgraf, Kelly Smith, Mia Hamm, the Lionesses, retro adidas Astros, Robert Prosinečki at Portsmouth, Gary Pallister, smoking in the changing room, Carl Tiler, Fratton Park, Marlboro reds, The New Inn, opening day hat-tricks, goatees, George Michael, Gabriel Batistuta’s speedboat, a night out with Faustino Asprilla, getting the hairdryer from Aad...

Owen Blackhurst, Seb White, James Bird, and Tommy Stewart catch up this week to talk about Live Aid, cornhole, purple y-fronts, Uncle Sam’s Army, tailgating, nosebleeds, AFC Croydon being taken over by South London’s finest, Rivaldo at Deportivo La Coruña, goose grease, Deadwood, Dad jokes, Sven, Flash Gordon, never leaving the match early, the word police, La Brujita, Morrissey v Kermit, a crocodile in a baseball cap, Gunnersaurus, Ancient Rome, 606, Larry David, Sophie and Asad doing bits,...

Owen Blackhurst, Seb White, James Bird, and Tommy Stewart catch up this week to talk brilliant Germany kits when Brazil got battered 7–1, Lothar Matthäus, La Bombonera, Juan Román Riquelme, Godwin’s Law, Diego Armando Maradona, Carrefour, no look nutmegs, Copa Mundials, rabonas, Coerver Coaching, Daniel Sturridge having the time of his life on and off the pitch, scissor-kicks, hitting the bar, the joy of going back home, glass World Cups, punk and hardcore kids, The One Glove on NTS,...