EP. 356 | “They Didn’t Want It!” - Insight Into Macclesfield’s FA Cup Miracle & January Transfer Sagas
That Peter Crouch Podcast
Tall or Nothing
4.4 • 2.5K Ratings
🗓️ 14 January 2026
⏱️ 60 minutes
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Summary
On this week’s episode of the Peter Crouch Podcast, Pete, Sids, and Chris dive headfirst into the magic — and madness — of the FA Cup. Fresh off an unforgettable third round, the lads break down one of the greatest underdog stories you’ll ever hear, as non-league Macclesfield stun Crystal Palace and remind everyone why this competition still matters.
Crouchy opens up about why these moments genuinely move him, sharing his love for the underdog and why football stories like this never lose their power. We hear firsthand from FA Cup hero Sam Heathcote — a PE teacher by day — as he joins the pod straight from the car en route to his next game, still buzzing from the biggest moment of his life.
Elsewhere, the conversation turns darker as the lads unpack the brutal realities of the January transfer window. Sids delivers a painfully honest story about a training-ground moment that changed everything, revealing just how quickly confidence, careers, and clubs can turn… From muddy six-yard boxes to that infamous line — “we won’t stop you” — this episode has it all.
FA Cup magic, transfer trauma, darts obsession, Spanish songs, and absolute chaos. This is football in all its glory.
00:00 - Welcome back, energy and settling in
03:42 - Crouchy’s holiday glow and chaotic catch-up
06:40 - Back in the studio and the pod’s evolving setup
09:27 - FA Cup third-round draw reactions
10:16 - The Macclesfield vs Palace shock explained
12:14 - Why non-league FA Cup stories hit harder
14:57 - Calling FA Cup hero Sam Heathcote and teammates live
18:00 - A PE teacher by day, giant-killer by night
21:35 - Was there belief before the upset?
24:00 - The aftermath: celebrations, chaos and reality
26:30 - Coming down from the FA Cup emotional high
29:23 - FA Cup fallout and Tottenham reaction
32:10 - Sidwell’s January transfer experiences
36:54 - The training-ground moment that changed everything
39:06 - “I’ve never felt so degraded” — career crossroads
42:10 - The phrase players fear: “We won’t stop you”
46:30 - Why January transfers mess with your head
47:20 - Paddy Power segment
53:40 - Will the heat affect our World Cup?
58:40 - Final reflections on FA Cup magic and January reality
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| 0:15.7 | Hello and welcome to that Peter Crouch podcast with me, Peter Crouch. |
| 0:19.6 | Notorious, this idea, and Chris Stark are with me |
| 0:21.7 | it's great to be back in a Chumber One bar lads really is you've got a great glow oh yeah |
| 0:26.0 | I'd have a little winter glow in it you know oh I stayed out there too long and I apologize |
| 0:30.5 | you always I knew it was going to be an extended did you know oh man I knew I actually called it |
| 0:36.4 | I called it it was an extension but you know it was just one of those ones where we were having such a lovely time, really were. The kids were having a lovely time. So much to do and see. Which is great. But I think the best thing to come from it is you've now got the number for the PSG. That's it, yeah. |
| 1:12.0 | Passing the pod on the global scale. Yeah. Work hard, play hard. Exactly right, right? And the extension came because I looked at the weather back here and it was horrendous. And I didn't have actually how much to do. The only thing was this. And I thought, if I could do that remotely, I didn't think you'd have to much. That's lovely to hear, but not a priority. |
| 1:12.0 | No, no, hear, but not a priority. |
| 1:19.7 | No, no, no, no, definitely not. Well, welcome back to the Chumber One, but I don't think much has changed. |
| 1:25.3 | It's all so familiar and lovely here as we sort of get deep into 2026. The one thing I did say to SIDS when we turned up, the Fanny Fart Lane sign, |
| 1:28.4 | I don't know how long we can keep it here. It's a major distraction. And also I worry it sounds like our version of White Hart Lane. Yeah, okay. Do you know what I mean? It sounds like the name of a ground. It does a bit, doesn't it? I don't know if you really see it on the cameras if you watch on YouTube, it's not doing it's a bit... |
| 1:44.1 | But it is, it's kind of just... |
| 1:46.1 | It's, it but it is, |
| 1:44.7 | it's kind of just, |
| 1:46.1 | it's, |
| 1:46.4 | it's, |
| 1:46.5 | it's in our eye line. |
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