273: Get A Bigger Waist And A Pair Of Socks (Pt 1)
The Socially Distant Sports Bar
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4.9 • 3.1K Ratings
🗓️ 16 July 2025
⏱️ 72 minutes
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🎙 The Socially Distant Sports Bar – Episode 273: Get A Bigger Waist And A Pair Of Socks (Pt 1)
🏆 We’d love your vote!
We’re up for the Listeners’ Choice Award at the British Podcast Awards — and we need your support to make it happen.
👉 Cast your vote now: www.britishpodcastawards.com/voting
It takes 10 seconds, costs nothing, and means the world to us. Thank you!
🎧 This Week: From Wimbledon legends to touchline rants, rugby tackles to golf caddies…
Elis James (Elis & John, Oh What A Time), Mike Bubbins (Mammoth), and Steff Garrero are back for another helping of sporting chaos, heartfelt admiration, and niche nostalgia.
“Like a sports podcast… if your uncle ran it from the back of a pub with a dial-up connection.”
📌 PART 1
🟢 Mike: “Proper Rugby”
🟢 Steff: Fred Perry wins Wimbledon – and makes British tennis history
🟢 Elis: “You’re too close, man!”
📌 PART 2 (OUT FRIDAY)
🎥 Elis Documentary: No Más – the story behind Roberto Durán's most infamous moment
📖 Steff Book: Soul by Jonathan Harding
📌 PART 3 – PATREON EXCLUSIVE
🎧 Get access to bonus episodes, spin-offs, and early tour ticket access on
🟢 Steff: Brent Stevens
🟢 Mike: Rory McIlroy on caddie Harry Diamond
🟢 Elis: 800m gold medal warm up room
🎟️ 2026 TOUR DATES – ON SALE NOW!
We’re taking the pod on the road with a brand-new live show in 2026.
Come for the laughs, stay for the tangents.
📍 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
🎫 Tickets → 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 distant 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, and you head off over to the theatre's website. Cardiff New Theatre, Friday the 20th of March. Cardiff New Theatre, Saturday, the 21st of March. London's Hackney Empire, Tuesday, 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? |
| 1:35.6 | I'll put a link in the episode description, so it's far easier for you to do. |
| 1:39.1 | And then it says search for the podcast you want to vote for. |
| 1:41.5 | Cast your vote below. |
| 1:42.9 | The time has come for you to rally your |
| 1:44.6 | loyal listeners and encourage them to get behind your podcast. That's what I'm doing. Get behind your |
| 1:48.5 | podcast now and vote. To qualify for the listeners choice award, podcasts must have been available |
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