252: Just Put A Towel Over My Head (Pt 1)

The Socially Distant Sports Bar

Nata Media

Comedy, Game Of Thrones, Rugby, Alt Schwift X, Sports, A Clash Of Kings, Football, Arts, A Song Of Ice And Fire, Sport

4.9 • 3.1K Ratings

🗓️ 19 February 2025

⏱️ 75 minutes

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Summary

🎙️ Welcome to The Socially Distant Sports Bar – Episode 252

Elis James (Elis & John, Oh What A Time), Mike Bubbins (Mammoth), and Steff Garrero return with another round of sporting nonsense, barely-researched takes, and clips that will leave you questioning everything. This week, we’re covering everything from rugby legends to DIY football stands and the life story of a boxing icon. Grab a drink, get comfy, and enjoy the chaos.

"Like eavesdropping on a pub conversation where sport is just the excuse for the chat."

✨ What’s on This Week’s Episode?

Jiffy on Shane Williams – Mike kicks us off with a classic bit of rugby chat.
The legend of Nipsy in Barnsley – Elis unearths some grassroots gold.
Peloton's finest fake names – Steff discovers the greatest (and rudest) made-up usernames to ever pop up on a leaderboard.
Plus: DIY stadium building, Tom Brady’s lifestyle obsession, and Claressa Shields making history.

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🎉 THIS WEEK’S SHOW – Don’t Miss It!

PART 1 (OUT WEDNESDAY):

Mike: Jiffy on Shane Williams – Watch here
Elis: Nipsy, the Barnsley game – Watch here
Steff: The best (and rudest) fake names on Peloton – Watch here

PART 2 (OUT FRIDAY):

Steff’s Documentary Pick: The Arctics – Watch here
Elis’ Book Recommendation: The TB12 Method by Tom Brady – Get it here

PART 3 (PATREON EXCLUSIVE):

Elis: A man in Barnoldswick builds his own football stand – Watch here
Mike: Ronnie – Watch here
Steff: Claressa Shields becomes a three-weight undisputed champion – Watch here
Bonus: The film about Claressa Shields’ life – Watch here

📺 TV from Mike and Elis:

Mike’s latest on Scrum V Top 5 – Watch here
Mike’s Throwback Special: Watch on BBC iPlayer
Elis’ Derwydd Special: Watch here

✨ Another week of nostalgia, sporting chaos, and absolute nonsense – only at The Socially Distant Sports Bar! 🎉

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Transcript

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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 distant 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.
0:17.1	Hi everybody. Welcome to the socially distant sports bar before we get into the main action.
0:22.9	It is big rugby time at the moment with the Six Nations going on, so I wanted to point you in the direction of some stuff that Mike is doing on the BBC.
0:33.4	Scrum 5 top fives. He's spoken about it a lot during the recordings that we've done.
0:38.8	It's Mike in his garage. How'd you get a deal like that? You get a series off the BBC where you get to go downstairs, stand in your bar. They'll set it all up. The cameras are all set. Craig setting it all up. You don't have to do anything. Just turn up and there is either a famous rugby player
0:57.2	or a famous person who likes rugby in his bar and he talks to them about stuff. I watched the
1:02.0	Alan Win Jones one the other day and Al doesn't do an awful lot of interviews, but he is brilliant
1:09.4	in this. It's a really lovely series. And if you go to the BBC
1:13.5	I player, if you're not from Wales, like Scrum 5 is a brand around rugby. It's like a thing,
1:20.5	it got the title because there's like a five metre scrum away from a trial. It's just really
1:26.7	bad name. It would be like if match in the day was away from a trial. It's just really bad name.
1:31.1	It would be like if match in the day was called indirect free kick.
1:32.4	It's a bad name.
1:35.0	But it's been there for so long that it just is a thing.
1:37.6	To add to the badness of it in terms of searchability,
1:40.3	and I can say this because I used to do the podcast for them.
1:45.3	So me and Martin Williams used to the Scrum 5 podcast. It's eminently unsearchable because they use the Roman numeral V rather than 5. So it's Scrum V. And then to add to the fun
1:52.5	of searching for this one, the top 5 is the number 5. So Scrum V top 5, if you search for that
1:58.1	in the I player, it will show up.
2:01.0	And it is very, very good because it's our Mike.
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