272: Due In No Small Part To Barbara Bush (Pt 1)
The Socially Distant Sports Bar
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4.8 • 3.3K Ratings
🗓️ 9 July 2025
⏱️ 77 minutes
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Summary
🎙 The Socially Distant Sports Bar – Episode 272: Due In No Small Part To Barbara Bush (Pt 1)
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Elis James (Elis & John, Oh What A Time), Mike Bubbins (Mammoth), and Steff Garrero are back with another expertly chaotic dive into the world of sport — this time featuring Serie A glory, Barbara Nicklaus, Spartan scraps, McTominay madness, and one of the great Sean Dyche clips.
“Like a sports podcast, if sport was filtered through pub chat, obscure clips, and occasional tears.”
🎧 What’s In This Week’s Episode?
PART 1
🟢 Steff: Scott McTominay – Goals, grit, and glory
🟢 Mike: Barbara Nicklaus tribute from Jack
🟢 Elis: Sampdoria win Serie A in 1991
📚 Documentaries & Books (PART 2 – Out Friday)
🎥 Mike Doc: Spartan Bare Knuckle – raw and brutal
📖 Elis Book: The Turning Season: DDR-Oberliga Revisited by Michael Wagg
🏉 More Clips (PART 3 – Patreon Exclusive)
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🟢 Steff: Tears
🟢 Mike: France vs Australia – Rugby League, 1964
🟢 Elis: Sean Dyche, football philosopher
🗳️ VOTE FOR US – British Podcast Awards
We’d love your support in the Listeners’ Choice Award at the British Podcast Awards.
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🎟️ 2026 LIVE TOUR – Tickets On Sale Now!
We’re hitting the road with a brand-new live show in 2026!
📍 Tour Dates:
- Fri 20 March – Cardiff, New Theatre
- Sat 21 March – Cardiff, New Theatre
- Tue 7 April – London, Hackney Empire
- Wed 8 April – London, Hackney Empire
- Fri 24 April – Carmarthen, Lyric Theatre
🎫 Grab your tickets now → distantpod.com/live
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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 by 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 | Hey, Podders, Steph here. I hope you're doing good. Just a couple of messages before we get into the main meet of this week's episode. First thing to say is we have tickets on sale to see us live in 2026. And the second thing to say is that we would like you to vote for us at the British Podcast Awards. |
| 0:38.2 | The Listeners Choice Award in particular is where we would like to focus your attention. |
| 0:43.6 | So ticket-wise, you go to Distantpod.com live and immediately it comes up. |
| 0:48.1 | Live shows, exciting news. |
| 0:50.0 | We are off on tour in spring of 2026. |
| 0:53.1 | And it says, we are playing and there are links straight away. So whichever one you want to go, you just click on that in spring of 2026. And it says, we are playing, and there are links straight away. |
| 0:55.7 | So whichever one you want to go, you just click on that, |
| 0:57.6 | and you head off over to the theatre's website. |
| 1:00.5 | Cardiff New Theatre, Friday the 20th of March. |
| 1:02.9 | Cardiff New Theatre, Saturday, the 21st of March. |
| 1:06.3 | London's Hackney Empire, Tuesday, the 7th of April. |
| 1:09.8 | London's Hackney Empire, Wednesday, the 7th of April. London's Hackney Empire, Wednesday the 8th of April. |
| 1:12.6 | Camarthen Lyric Theatre, Friday the 24th of April. |
| 1:17.1 | A bunch of gigs. |
| 1:18.3 | Hopefully there'll be a lot of fun. |
| 1:20.0 | Hopefully you'll all turn up and it will be fun for us too. |
| 1:23.8 | So the second thing I want you to do is head over to British Podcast Awards.com. |
| 1:30.0 | Click on the pink button at the top left that says listeners choice vote. |
| 1:34.7 | Now, do you know what I'll do? |
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