Ben White’s Recall and Home Nations Heartbreak
Hawksbee and Jacobs Daily
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4.5 • 808 Ratings
🗓️ 27 March 2026
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
Paul Hawksbee and Andy Jacobs return to reflect on a massive night of World Cup playoff drama that saw the tournament dreams of the Home Nations go up in smoke.
We also dive into the big talking point from the England camp as Thomas Tuchel hands Arsenal’s Ben White a shock recall for the Wembley friendlies against Uruguay and Japan. Stan Collymore joins the show to give his unfiltered reaction to White ending his four-year international exile—discussing whether he deserves a second chance and if he’s the right fit for Tuchel’s new-look side.
The England chat continues with a twist as comedian Maisie Adam joins the show. Fresh off her own footballing travels, Maisie gives her take on the national side before spiralling into a brilliantly random discussion about the extreme anxieties of parking.
Plus, we go stateside as US international Kellyn Acosta drops into the studio to talk about the growth of soccer in America and the mounting pressure as the USA prepares to co-host the 2026 World Cup. All this, plus the usual news and nonsense from the boys.
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| 0:00.0 | This is Paul Hawksby. |
| 0:03.8 | And Andy Jacobs. |
| 0:04.9 | And this is the H&J Daily. |
| 0:06.4 | We're some of the best bits of this afternoon show. |
| 0:09.3 | We were joined by a man who's got 58 caps for the US national team, |
| 0:13.8 | midfield of Kellyn Acosta. |
| 0:15.5 | He hopes to squeeze into the squad for the World Cup. |
| 0:20.8 | He's moved to Europe. |
| 0:21.9 | He's playing in Poland in an effort to get noticed. |
| 0:25.0 | And he was really interesting guy. |
| 0:26.3 | So you'll hear from him. |
| 0:27.4 | Talked about playing against Leonel Messi, which was fascinating. |
| 0:29.8 | That was interesting, yeah. |
| 0:31.6 | Amon Devlin and Ashley Gumbril from Minute 9. |
| 0:34.7 | They do lots of research, work with lots of people at clubs in football, in basketball, |
| 0:40.4 | working with the gaffers and the coaches to get the very best out of them. |
| 0:44.7 | They talked about touchline behaviour, and it was fascinating stuff. |
| 0:49.0 | Stan Colleymore joined us, wading on the Ben White debate, And Maisie Adam, comedian, you're seeing her in |
| 0:54.9 | last one standing, currently big Leeds fan joined us for a chat as well. We had a chat. |
| 1:00.1 | We did, yeah? Here it all is. |
| 1:06.0 | Good afternoon, everyone. Good afternoon, Andy. Good afternoon, Paul. And yeah, that was |
| 1:10.0 | very disappointing, really last disappointing really last was really |
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