Hello, this is the game podcast from The Times and I'm Natalie Sawyer.

Joining Gregor Robertson and I today it is Allison Rudd.

Allison, good to have you with us.

Are you still basking in the glory of Liverpool?

I've taken my flag down. Have you? No. I took it down because I was tired of going out in the street and people stopping me and saying how long is your

flag staying up.

So I decided a week after being presented with the actual trophy was a good time to say goodbye to the flag.

And what have we done with the flag? Is it neatly wrapped up and pressed?

In silver paper with a nice bow, yeah absolutely.

In a draw.

I actually do have drawers for football stuff.

Do you?

Memorabilia stuff? Oh, it's mainly... ball stuff.

It's mainly, mainly shirts and flags.

Do you have a lot of flags?

I've got thousands of them.

Have you? What, Liverpool or all different flags?

This is so intriguing to me. I have flags of flags of flags of every nation that's competed in a European Championship World Cup.

And they're all they're all they're all they're all five foot by three foot.

Ah now this is fascinating to me that would make you would not

and I'm not I'm not I'm not I'm going to say this wrong isn't it a vexillologist or

something someone that collects flags I think or designs like something to do with that I don't know I could be wrong I vex people I do vex people may hear the neighbors I think that might be what you're

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