256: Just Two Spanners & A Hammer Please Mate (Pt 2)
The Socially Distant Sports Bar
Nata Media
4.9 • 3.1K Ratings
🗓️ 21 March 2025
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
🎙️ The Socially Distant Sports Bar – Episode 256
Elis James (Elis & John, Oh What A Time), Mike Bubbins (Mammoth), and Steff Garrero return for another week of sporting chaos, niche nostalgia, and barely relevant tangents. This episode has everything—Welsh rugby battles, vintage cricket, a dash of karma, and an insight into the mind of James Milner.
"Like a sports podcast, if the sport was optional."
✨ What’s on This Week’s Episode?
🏃♂️ Colin Jackson: Resilience – Elis picks a documentary on the hurdles legend, charting his incredible career and missing out on Olympic Gold.
💥 Karma comes for the cocky – Mike presents a glorious example of instant sporting justice.
🏏 Cricket from the 1920s – Elis unearths some grainy footage of the game’s golden age, when men wore blazers, barely ran between the wickets, and no one smiled.
🎧 How to Get Even More of the Pod
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🎙️ Bonus Episodes – 30 minutes of exclusive nonsense every week.
🎬 Hoffi Pod & Michael Owen’s Movie Club – Two of the best bonus pods around, included in your membership.
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💰 Support the Pod – Every penny helps keep the show running (and funds Mike’s ever-growing collection of ‘70s leisurewear).
👉 Join the £8 or £10 Patreon tiers today and unlock it all.
🎥 Bonus Podcasts for Patreon Members
🍿 Michael Owen’s Movie Club – Reviewing sports films, whether they’re classics or crimes against cinema.
🎙️ Hoffi Pod – Elis and Steff dig into their favourite non-sports clips while Mike provides… enthusiastic commentary.
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📌 THIS WEEK’S SHOW – Don’t Miss It!
PART 1 (OUT WEDNESDAY):
📺 Elis: Bridgend v Cardiff 1997 – Watch it here
📺 Steff: Stereotyping in women’s sports – Watch it here
📺 Mike: Karma is a bitch – Watch it here
PART 2 (OUT FRIDAY):
📺 Elis Documentary: Colin Jackson: Resilience – Watch it here
📚 Steff Book: Ask A Footballer by James Milner – Get it here
PART 3 (PATREON EXCLUSIVE):
📺 Steff: Lauren Price – Watch here and here
📺 Elis: Cricket from the 1920s – Watch here
📺 Mike: Blair with THAT try – 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 sporting nostalgia, chaos, and top-tier nonsense – only at The Socially Distant Sports Bar! 🎉
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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. |
| 0:13.1 | Start your free trial now. |
| 0:17.1 | Hey everybody, welcome to part two of this week's socially distant sports bar. |
| 0:22.1 | I would like to point you in the direction of our Patreon before we start this week's episode. |
| 0:27.1 | So patreon.com slash distant pod is where you can find us. |
| 0:31.9 | Now, why should you sign up for the socially distant sports bar Patreon? |
| 0:35.6 | I think you should sign up for it for three, maybe four. |
| 0:39.5 | No, three, three good reasons. |
| 0:41.6 | So you will get, if you sign up to the eight-pound layer or the ten-pound layer, |
| 0:46.6 | you will get Michael Owens movie club, |
| 0:49.9 | which is us talking about movies, |
| 0:52.1 | because Michael Owen has not watched many movies. |
| 0:54.8 | It's about an hour every month, |
| 0:56.8 | and the latest episode is Spinal Tap. |
| 1:00.9 | So the concept is we watch a movie. |
| 1:03.6 | Then we talk about the movie. |
| 1:05.9 | But if you listen to the socially distant sports bar at all, |
| 1:08.5 | you will know that getting sidetracked is kind of our thing as well |
| 1:11.7 | we have done how many episodes have we done do it do that do 53 spinal tap is the 53 edition of |
| 1:19.5 | michael owens movie club we have done such movies as the phantom of the open grand slam tin cup |
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