Abolish VAR: Bringing Happiness Back to Football
Hawksbee and Jacobs Daily
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4.5 • 808 Ratings
🗓️ 30 March 2026
⏱️ 41 minutes
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Summary
Paul Hawksbee and Andy Jacobs are back with another afternoon of sporting stories and nonsense.
Former pro Gregor Robertson joins the show to explain why he thinks the only way to bring happiness back to football is to abolish VAR once and for all.
Fresh off a massive upset win in Manchester, middleweight star Brad Pauls drops in to discuss his incredible comeback victory over Shakiel Thompson and what’s next for the "Newquay Bomb."
Plus, the brilliant Philippe Auclair is in the studio to give us the lowdown on his new book, The Mbappé Project, and why the Real Madrid star's career was mapped out before he could even speak Spanish.
And Andy Jacobs takes us on a journey through the day’s most bizarre headlines, including a very deep dive into all things Brad Pitt.
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| 0:00.0 | This is Paul Hawksby and Andy Jacobs. |
| 0:01.7 | And this is the H&J Daily with some of the best bits of this afternoon's show. |
| 0:06.6 | We were joined this afternoon by Gregor Robertson. |
| 0:09.2 | He's a former forest player. |
| 0:11.5 | He's now a journalist on The Times. |
| 0:12.9 | And he was drilling down into that survey by the Football Supporters Association |
| 0:17.2 | into matchgoing fans take on VAR some interesting stuff hopefully emerged from |
| 0:23.7 | that Brad Pauls is a boxer had a fine win on the Talma Franklin undercar the other day |
| 0:30.5 | and a interesting backstory and the power of the corner man was to the fore. So you're here from Brad. |
| 0:38.7 | Brad Pitt got a mention. |
| 0:39.9 | Brad Pitt, all the brands are on today. |
| 0:42.1 | Philippe O'Clair, a friend of the show, |
| 0:44.1 | French football journalist, popped in to talk about his new book, |
| 0:47.1 | the Mbapé Project. |
| 0:49.7 | And we had a bit of a chat, |
| 0:51.0 | including that Brad Pitt nonsense. |
| 0:55.3 | So here it all is. |
| 1:01.6 | Good afternoon, everyone. |
| 1:02.7 | Good afternoon, Andy. |
| 1:03.9 | Yes, good afternoon, Paul. |
| 1:05.1 | And we haven't been on since England played. |
| 1:07.1 | No. |
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