263: Choking Out O’Toole (Pt 1)
The Socially Distant Sports Bar
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4.9 • 3.1K Ratings
🗓️ 7 May 2025
⏱️ 77 minutes
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Summary
🎙️ The Socially Distant Sports Bar – Episode 263: Choking Out O’Toole
Elis James (Elis & John, Oh What A Time), Mike Bubbins (Mammoth), and Steff Garrero are back with another week of niche sporting brilliance, vintage clips, and beautifully off-topic chaos. Expect flying tackles, Scottish football nostalgia, racket sport wars, and a bit of Brian Blessed for good measure.
"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 sale now — head to distantpod.com/live for all the details.
📍 Tour Dates:
- Fri 20 March 2026 – Cardiff, New Theatre
- Sat 21 March 2026 – Cardiff, New Theatre
- Tue 7 April 2026 – London, Hackney Empire
- Wed 8 April 2026 – London, Hackney Empire
- Fri 24 April 2026 – Carmarthen, Lyric Theatre
✨ What’s On This Week’s Episode?
📌 PART 1 (OUT WEDNESDAY)
Mike:
💥 Maddison Levi tackle – A clever hit you’ll want to see.
Elis:
⚽ Craig Bellamy: Pure passion – Classic Bellamy in full flow.
Steff:
🎾 Padel and Pickleball: The new badminton and squash – The rise of racket sports madness.
📌 PART 2 (OUT FRIDAY)
Elis Documentary:
🏴 That Was The Team That Was: Scotland ’74 – A brilliant look back at a legendary squad.
Mike Book:
📚 Absolute Pandemonium by Brian Blessed – Loud, chaotic, and very Brian.
📌 PART 3 (PATREON EXCLUSIVE)
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Mike:
🤸♀️ Ashlyn Pinner & Brandon Gray (USF Cheer Team) – Pure athleticism.
Elis:
⚽ Ajax youth team brilliance – The future of football on show.
Steff:
🎾 Stefan Edberg magic – A slice of tennis nostalgia.
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| 0:17.8 | Hello, welcome to the socially distant sports bar. |
| 0:21.9 | Before we get into part one of this week's episode, we have some exciting news for you. |
| 0:26.8 | We are off on a tour in the spring of 2026. |
| 0:32.6 | We are going to be playing five gigs, I'm going to say around the country, |
| 0:39.5 | but in three different venues, |
| 0:46.0 | three different areas for you guys to look at. We will be playing the lyric theatre in Camarthen on Friday the 24th of April, 26. If you want to get to that gig or any of our gigs, |
| 0:52.9 | if you head to Distantpod.com slash live, there's a link to it in the episode description. |
| 0:57.8 | But if you head there, that is where you can find all of the links out to how you get hold of the tickets. |
| 1:03.2 | Before we go to Kamar, then we will be in London for two nights. |
| 1:07.3 | We will be playing the Hackney Empire. |
| 1:08.9 | We played there on our last tour back in 2021 and it was a lot of fun. |
| 1:13.6 | It's a lovely, beautiful venue. And we are playing there on Tuesday, the 7th of April and Wednesday, the 8th of April, 2026. |
| 1:22.1 | Before that, in March, we are back at Cardiff's new theatre. |
| 1:29.9 | Kind of our home venue, I think. |
| 1:33.1 | Although Ellis will probably view the Carmarthen gig as his home venue. |
| 1:33.9 | Maybe, yeah, okay. |
| 1:35.8 | All right, maybe this is Mike's home venue. |
| 1:42.9 | The new theatre in Cardiff, Friday the 20th of March, Saturday, the 21st of March. |
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