Episode 70 – Elis James & Gordon Smart sit in…for 50 billion pounds

The Kickabout With Johnny Vaughan

Radio X

Comedy

4.9 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 19 August 2017

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

No Johnny & Gav this week but off the bench were stand-up comedian Elis James and Evening Show presenter Gordon Smart. The boys took on the Good, the Bad and the Ugly of the sporting week, engaged in a Wales vs Scotland clash, and chatted to Big John Hartson – what a hero. If you enjoyed the show, you can get Gordon’s podcast – The Radio X Evening Show with Gordon Smart – which sees him chatting to big guests like Kings Of Leon, The Killers, Biffy Clyro and Sir Patrick Stewart. Or tune in every weeknight from 7pm to 10pm on Radio X. Elis co-hosts the hilarious Elis James & John Robins Show, on air every Saturday afternoon from 1pm to 4pm – or grab the Elis James & John Robins on Radio X podcast. Johnny & Gav are back next week. You can hear The Kickabout live on Radio X from 11am every Saturday, and if you want to take the boys Around Your Ground or introduce them to your mates in the Sunday League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen then get in touch on kickabout@radiox.co.uk

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0:00.0	Radio X.
0:02.2	The Kickabout with Johnny Vaughn.
0:04.8	Hello, thank you for downloading the Kickabout podcast.
0:07.9	It's Gordon Smart and I standing in for Johnny and Gav this week.
0:10.9	We had an awful lot of fun.
0:12.1	We did Johnny and Gav's regular features, talked about that.
0:15.1	There was a Scotland, Wales element to the proceedings,
0:18.7	but I think that's always going to happen when you've got Gordon and I in a room. And we are a cracking chat with Big John Hartson, who is a hero to both
0:25.5	of us, I think. Oh, he's a great bloke, great boy. I've got a growing resentment towards Wales.
0:29.9	You know why, you know why, Al? Let me just explain. Let me explain. In 1998, I sat in the pub
0:34.1	of my friends, and we made a decision about going to France 98 and we agreed unanimously that it was too expensive for us
0:39.7	we couldn't afford to go.
0:40.6	Yeah, if you're 18.
0:41.9	And we said, I remember the conversation ending,
0:43.9	don't worry, we'll go to the next one.
0:46.0	That was 20 years ago.
0:47.5	Well, okay.
0:48.2	Well, if we want to bring in Scottish resentment,
0:52.5	we had to beat Scotland in a playoff to qualify for the 1978 World Cup at Anfield.
0:59.0	We were going to be a home game for Wales.
1:00.1	We couldn't play in Cardiff because of crowd trouble against Yugoslavia and the 1976 European Championships.
1:05.5	He played in Anfield.
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