EP. 345 | Evolution of Football: Long Throws, Pep Ball & Has Data Officially DESTROYED the Game?

That Peter Crouch Podcast

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Football, Sports

4.4 • 2.5K Ratings

🗓️ 29 October 2025

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Summary

On this week’s episode of That Peter Crouch Podcast, Pete, Chris, and Sids take a hilariously chaotic deep dive into how football has evolved — from Sunday League chaos to Pep-inspired tactical revolutions. The lads debate how analytics, player freedom, and “DNA” have changed the game forever, reminiscing about the days when defenders could “absolutely destroy” someone without a hundred cameras watching.

Expect sidetracks galore — from Center Parcs chaos, dodgy camera angles, and “missionary” score predictions to the invention of Crouchy’s Skill of the Week. There’s also a serious football chat about how big clubs influence playing styles, why corners are “ruined forever,” and how long throws are making a comeback.

To top it all off, the boys pitch their next big idea: turning their paint colours into reality… any paint companies out there fancy it?

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00:00 – Chris’ chaotic intro from the floor at home

02:00 – Sidwell’s “in memoriam” photo mix-up

07:00 – The new time-wasting punishment no one understands

09:00 – Why Brits go wild for corners (and why Crouchy won’t stand anymore)

14:00 – United’s fan who won’t cut his hair until 5 wins in a row

16:40 – Shoutouts and hilarious name readings from Instagram

24:00 – A profound metaphor about “trusting your first wipe”

34:30 – The changing face of football and Pep’s influence

36:30 – Why copying City’s system ruins smaller clubs

38:30 – Club DNA vs Manager DNA – has football lost its roots?

45:00 – Have players lost freedom because of over-analysis?

51:30 – The ‘Skill of the Week’ idea is born

55:30 – The lads pitch a Peter Crouch football training camp

01:03:20 – Why long throws are making a comeback

01:12:00 – The ‘Tancock’ paint idea takes over the podcast

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0:00.0	This podcast is part of the A-Class Creator Network.
0:04.2	Hello and welcome to that Peter Crouch podcast with me, Peter Crouch.
0:08.1	I've got Chris Stark and Steve and Sidwell with me as usual.
0:13.4	Chris, you look like you're on Onlyfans.
0:15.4	In a minute.
0:17.7	I don't know if you look like you're on Onlyfans or it's like Babe Station or something. Obviously, it's a bit of look like you're an only fan or it's like babe station or something obviously
0:22.4	it's a bit of a remote record um today it's that one just call me call me please call me it's a nightmare
0:34.2	it's basically what's this podcast is going to be a mess by the way because basically because basically a little later later on, it's going to cut to something we recorded. Because we've had to be all about it because Crouchy's, various side quests and trips and whatever it is. So anyway, I've just come back from Centre Park to jump on for this first bit of first bit of the record but I forgot we're getting work done in my house right so the room where I've got the stuff in I've had to go full yo-co-o-o-no I'm just lying on the floor like it's pathetic with a camera in front of me the only way I can be comfortable is getting off my knees and sort of adopting the
1:11.3	you know when David Brent's having his photo taken and he poses indifferent that
1:16.6	that's going to be me throughout this because I can't stay in one position too long
1:19.7	because the knees have gone so it's all in all just an absolute nightmare here but you did
1:24.4	insist on recording this now so we'll have to run with it.
1:30.9	Love it. Babe station is tickled me.
1:39.3	The only reason we recorded, obviously, we recorded a fantastic episode about the evolution of football. We did that just before we come away. But obviously, with the Friday pod, as we like to call it, or the league that we have going,
1:48.4	you know, we have to wait until the results kind of Saturday and Sunday to see what happens
1:52.4	to talk about the following week and obviously then get the predictions in our head so the league matters.
2:00.2	Yeah, well, absolutely, absolutely.
2:02.4	So look, we'll crack on because it's been an unbelievable weekend for me anyway.
2:07.8	I've got three points at a time where I desperately needed them.
2:11.8	But even sweeter than that was the manner in which they were won.
2:16.3	Taking them from you there, Crouchy.
2:19.0	It was one all into the dying embers of the game.
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