Encore: Gazza | Game Over | 3
British Scandal
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🗓️ 11 September 2024
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Summary
Glenn Hoddle has a decision to make. As the England team's new manager, it’s time to select his 1998 World Cup squad. Include Gazza, and he’ll have to take drastic action to stop him going off the rails. But exclude the star player and the country could well turn against him. Gazza played a blinder in the qualifying matches, but will it be enough to get him to France?
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| 0:00.0 | I'm |
| 0:05.0 | hmm. |
| 0:07.0 | hmm. |
| 0:08.0 | Hi Alice. |
| 0:11.0 | Hi, Matt, you all right? Yes, I'm just centering myself. I just thought we could change the energy in the studio today. |
| 0:19.0 | The energy? What do you mean? Well, I just think with some crystals and with some chanting we can just |
| 0:25.4 | Open up our chakras? I don't really know if I want to open up my chakras to you. Okay, well we're trying to just improve your performance okay so I think we need to perhaps have less |
| 0:34.4 | negative energy you usually love negative energy if you want to go to the |
| 0:38.2 | podcast world cup you've got to change your ways okay fine I'll give it a go |
| 0:41.8 | well you can start by pouring that down the drain. |
| 0:43.6 | It's tea. July 2010 a hotel new castle. Paul is roused from a deep sleep by the sound of his mobile phone ringing. |
| 0:56.4 | His head panned so hard he doesn't dare lift it from the pillow. |
| 1:00.3 | He rubs his eyes, reaches his arm out to grab the phone. |
| 1:04.0 | Instead, he touches something long and narrow. |
| 1:07.0 | Go on. |
| 1:08.0 | You've got my attention. |
| 1:11.0 | Paul forces his eyes open wider. A fishing rod. |
| 1:15.0 | No comment, I can see why you're leading me. |
| 1:19.0 | Beside it is a rose chicken, still in its cellophane rappy. |
| 1:23.0 | Next to that some empty beer cans and a loaf of tiger bread. |
| 1:27.0 | That's a mad version of ready steady cook isn't it? |
| 1:30.0 | Paul feels a burning sensation in his nostrils. |
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