Crack open a bottle! Because it's the first episode of 2024 and we're celebrating by reading Alan Brazil's champagne-laden, 2006 memoir 'There's An Awful Lot of Bubbly In Brazil'. Joining us to read it is podcasting royalty and star of Beef and Dairy Network & Three Bean Salad - Ben Partridge, who was mesmerised by Alan's tall tales from Talksport and beyond, including Alan and Mike 'Porky' Parry fighting their way out of a Latvian engagement party, run-ins with Simon Jordan and Alan Brazil versus the terrorists. Plus - is Rod Stewart real? Find out now! CW: Contains brief discussion of sexual abuse Enjoy the show and want to hear more? Join the Football Book Club *Club* at www.patreon.com/footballbookclub Follow us on Twitter - https://twitter.com/FootieBookClub Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/footballbookclub/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.