262: Oh My God, He’s 52! (Pt 1)
The Socially Distant Sports Bar
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4.8 • 3.3K Ratings
🗓️ 30 April 2025
⏱️ 80 minutes
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Summary
🎙️ The Socially Distant Sports Bar – Episode 262: Oh My God, He’s 52!
Elis James (Elis & John, Oh What A Time), Mike Bubbins (Mammoth), and Steff Garrero return for another week of vintage sporting clips, niche nostalgia, and the usual barely-relevant chaos.
This week there’s Gen Z player confusion, outrageous tries, rally car legends, and Baker & Kelly.
"Like a sports podcast, if the sport was optional."
🎟️ We’re Going on Tour in 2026!
We’re hitting the road with a brand-new live show in 2026!
Tickets are on general sale – head to distantpod.com/live for full info.
📍 Tour Dates:
- Fri 20 March 2026 – Cardiff, New Theatre (Tickets)
- Sat 21 March 2026 – Cardiff, New Theatre (Tickets)
- Tue 7 April 2026 – London, Hackney Empire (Tickets)
- Wed 8 April 2026 – London, Hackney Empire (Tickets)
- Fri 24 April 2026 – Carmarthen, Lyric Theatre (Tickets)
✨ What’s On This Week’s Episode?
📌 PART 1 (OUT WEDNESDAY)
Steff:
📻 Baker and Kelly – Classic radio chaos from two absolute legends.
Elis:
👶 Trying to Explain Gen Z – Elis vs the modern world.
Mike:
🏉 What a Try! – “Vintage” rugby brilliance in one brilliant move.
📌 PART 2 (OUT FRIDAY)
Mike’s Documentary Choice:
🏁 Legends of Welsh Sport: Nicky Grist – A deep dive into the world of rally co-driving.
Steff’s Book Choice:
📚 Warming Up by Madeleine Orr – A timely look at sport and climate change.
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Steff:
⚽ Flip Throw Madness – A stunning throw-in from the BBC archive.
Mike:
🎥 Peter Williams: Cameraman, Darts Legend
Elis:
🏉 Rob Howley and Neil Jenkins, 1982 – Two future Welsh legends, looking very different.
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| 0:00.0 | Wonderry Plus is better than ever, with updates just for our UK listeners. |
| 0:03.9 | Wonderly 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. |
| 0:18.3 | Hello, welcome to the socially distant sports bar. |
| 0:22.4 | Before we get into part one of this week's episode, we have some exciting news for you. |
| 0:27.3 | We are off on a tour in the spring of 2026. |
| 0:33.1 | We are going to be playing five gigs, I'm going to say around the country, |
| 0:38.1 | but in three different venues, three different areas for you guys to look at. |
| 0:43.2 | We will be playing the Lyric Theatre in Camarthen on Friday, the 24th of April, 2026. |
| 0:50.5 | If you want to get to that gig or any of our gigs, |
| 0:53.4 | if you head to Distantpod.com slash live, there's a link to it in the episode description. |
| 0:58.3 | But if you head there, that is where you can find all of the links out to how you get hold of the tickets. |
| 1:03.6 | Before we go to Kamar, then we will be in London for two nights. |
| 1:07.8 | We will be playing the Hackney Empire. |
| 1:09.5 | We played there on our last tour back in 2021, |
| 1:12.6 | and it was a lot of fun. It's a lovely, beautiful venue. And we are playing there on Tuesday, |
| 1:18.0 | the 7th of April and Wednesday, the 8th of April, 26. Before that, in March, we are back |
| 1:25.2 | at Cardiff's new theatre. |
| 1:30.4 | Kind of our home venue, I think. |
| 1:33.6 | Although Ellis will probably view the Carmarthen gig as his home venue. |
| 1:33.9 | Maybe. |
| 1:34.4 | Yeah, okay. |
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