260: Our Friends At The Ford Motor Company (Pt 1)
The Socially Distant Sports Bar
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4.9 • 3.1K Ratings
🗓️ 16 April 2025
⏱️ 77 minutes
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Summary
🎙️ The Socially Distant Sports Bar – Episode 260: Our Friends at the Ford Motor Company
Elis James (Elis & John, Oh What A Time), Mike Bubbins (Mammoth), and Steff Garrero are back with another week of sporting chaos, niche nostalgia, and tangents that take longer to arrive than a Capri Mk2 in rush hour.
This week we’ve got: Wally losing it in the dugout, rugby underdogs upsetting the giants, Elton John’s autobiography, and a heartfelt poem about Steve Bull delivered by actual rock royalty. Also – the Grand Slam Track, some subtle Rishi shade, and a celebration of Aaron Ramsey’s journey from Caerphilly to Captain.
“Like a sports podcast, if the sport was optional.”
✨ What’s on This Week’s Episode?
📌 PART 1 (Out Wednesday)
Mike:
😡 Wally Backman Meltdown – Baseball manager goes full nuclear. It’s a masterclass in swearing and dugout destruction.
Elis:
🎤 Steve Bull Poem by Tom Parry – Performed by Robert Plant (Yes, that one)
It’s heartfelt, hilarious, and has a Led Zeppelin frontman reading about a Wolves legend.
Steff:
🏉 Moana Pasifika Beat the Crusaders – One of Super Rugby’s greatest underdog moments. Spine-tingling.
📌 PART 2 (Out Friday)
Elis’ Documentary Pick:
Premier League Stories: Aaron Ramsey – From local lad to European stage, with all the drama in between.
Mike’s Book Choice:
🎹 Me by Elton John – Music, madness, tantrums, tiaras… and probably a fair bit of Watford FC.
📌 PART 3 (Patreon Exclusive)
Elis:
💼 Rishi Sunak Banter – Sometimes you just have to let a clip speak for itself.
Steff:
🎵 Grand Slam Track
Mike:
⛳ Ian Poulter & Cam Smith.
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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, welcome to the socially distance sports spa. This is part one of this week's episode. |
| 0:23.8 | We split the episodes up into two parts every single week. |
| 0:27.6 | So what you get in the first part is us talking about various sports clips, |
| 0:32.4 | catching up on what we've been up to over the past week. |
| 0:34.8 | And then in part two, you get us talking about documentary |
| 0:37.5 | that we've all sat around and watched |
| 0:38.9 | and a book that we have all consumed. |
| 0:42.0 | If you would like a little bit more content than that, |
| 0:46.9 | then head over to our Patreon, |
| 0:48.6 | which is patreon.com slash distant pod. |
| 0:50.9 | And on that, every single week you get those episodes bolted together. |
| 0:56.8 | So you get part one and you get part two. But you also get half an hour bonus content every |
| 1:02.6 | single week as well, where we talk about some more sports clips that we've watched that week. |
| 1:06.6 | So if this is your thing and you're really enjoying it, go to patreon.com slash distant pod. |
| 1:11.4 | If you just want the bonus content for the regular episodes, then it's £4 a month plus VAT. |
| 1:17.2 | If you want to also get Huffy Pod, which is where we talk about stuff that isn't sports, |
| 1:22.2 | and Michael Owens Movie Club, where we talk about movies, then you need to go to the eight pound layer to get it at a certain |
| 1:29.8 | point in the month. And if you want it earlier in the month, you go to the 10 pound layer. All sorts of |
| 1:33.5 | different opportunities, all sorts of different levels to what we do. Crucially, you'd be supporting us |
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