243: No Guile, No Subterfuge (Pt 1)
The Socially Distant Sports Bar
Nata Media
4.8 • 3.3K Ratings
🗓️ 18 December 2024
⏱️ 80 minutes
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🎙️ Welcome to The Socially Distant Sports Bar!
Looking for the perfect mix of sports chat, hilarious anecdotes, and unforgettable stories? You’ve found it! Join Elis James (Fantasy Football League), Mike Bubbins (Mammoth), and Steff Garrero every week for a deep dive into sports, life, and everything in between.
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PART 1 (OUT WEDNESDAY):
- Elis: Kath Morgan’s reaction to Wales qualifying for a major tournament for the first time.
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- Steff: Spot the Distant Pod hat in the stands at the Las Vegas Raiders vs. Kansas City Chiefs NFL game.
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- Mike Documentary: Doug Mountjoy: Legends of Welsh Sport.
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- Steff: He’s No’ Finish’! – Funniest talkSPORT caller ever?
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- Mike: Mark Gastineau confronts Brett Favre for ‘diving’ against Michael Strahan.
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- Elis: Terry Griffiths talks about Kenfig Hill like it’s Hollywood.
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| 0:00.0 | Wonderry Plus is better than ever, with updates just for our UK listeners. |
| 0:03.9 | Wondry Plus subscribers can listen to episodes of the socially distance sports bar early and ad-free. |
| 0:08.4 | Join Wondry Plus in the Wondry app or on Apple Podcasts. Start your free trial now. |
| 0:17.3 | Hello everybody. Welcome to episode 243 of the socially dist distant sports bar. This week we are looking at Wales qualifying for the women's euros next year. Ellis chosen a clip around that. Mike has chosen a clip around jogging in the 70s. I've chosen a clip of one of you guys, two of you guys, probably, but maybe three. |
| 0:40.4 | I'm just trying to think, yeah, I think it might be three of you guys at an NFL game in the |
| 0:45.0 | States. Big Welsh flag, distant pod hat on, loving it. Mike also goes to town on why he doesn't |
| 0:51.2 | like basketball, the intro section. It's a lot about his trip to the States. |
| 0:55.6 | We recorded the one with Chesney Hawks straight after his trip to the States. |
| 0:59.3 | Didn't really want to talk about it too much there. |
| 1:01.6 | So Mike's sporting trip, including a bit of NFL, a bit of NHL. |
| 1:06.2 | And unfortunately for Mike, a bit of NBA, will be part of this episode. |
| 1:10.7 | Yeah, Wales qualifying for the Euros is a bit of this episode as well. |
| 1:16.0 | If you want to get ahead of time, ahead of part two, then the documentary on the episode |
| 1:22.5 | description is a Doug Mountjoy one about snooker. Legends of Welsh Sport episode. |
| 1:28.2 | There's a link in the episode description. |
| 1:30.1 | Click on that ahead of part two. |
| 1:32.3 | After you have listened to Part 1, which comes after these adverts. |
| 1:37.8 | Who can I talk to? |
| 1:39.5 | Can anyone relate to what I'm going through? |
| 1:42.8 | Who else understands what it's like to have cancer? |
| 1:46.3 | Sometimes you don't want to talk about cancer with people you know. |
| 1:49.8 | You just want to talk with someone who knows how you feel. |
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