Football’s Elite and the Chicken City Derby
Hawksbee and Jacobs Daily
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4.5 • 808 Ratings
🗓️ 7 May 2026
⏱️ 61 minutes
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Summary
Paul Hawksbee and Charlie Baker are in the chairs for this edition of the podcast.
We start with French football expert Julien Laurens, who drops by to give us his expert take on all the latest action from the Champions League.
Then, comedian and Taskmaster star Alex Horne joins the guys to talk about a very special charity game. He fills us in on the details for Chicken City vs. Egg United, which kicks off this Saturday, May 16th, at Chesham United.
Crystal Palace fan and comedian James Gill also checks in to preview a massive night for the Eagles as they prepare to face Shakhtar Donetsk in the Conference League semi-final.
We finish things off in the usual way as Geoff Peters and Andy Jacobs for another competitive round of the Birthday Spread.
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| 0:00.0 | Well, this is Paul Hawksby. |
| 0:01.0 | And Charlie Baker's here. |
| 0:01.9 | And this is the H&J League. |
| 0:04.8 | The podcast, of course, with some of the best bits H&B Daily, which is easier to say. |
| 0:10.2 | Julian Laron joined us. |
| 0:11.7 | He was good. |
| 0:12.6 | The most conflicted man heading into the Champions League final, as you'll discover. |
| 0:18.2 | So many Arsenal and PSG connections. |
| 0:20.6 | It's not true. We were also joined by comedian |
| 0:23.8 | James Gill, a massive palace fan. Big palis. I expected it to be a bit more confident than he was. |
| 0:31.0 | Three one up from the first leg. This game may be over while you're listening to that. And you could |
| 0:35.6 | say, well, his pessimism was absolutely right. Wish I'd listened to him. What was he worried about? But that, you know, I don't know. What else did we do? Who else did we have on today? Birthday spread, Paul. We had a birthday spread. Alex Horn we had on. We had a birthday spread we enjoyed. And there was something else. Alex Horn? Alex Horn we loved. Yeah, Alex Horn, again, a comedian, Leiborne and Chesham fan, |
| 0:54.8 | puts on a big charity game everywhere. we enjoyed. And there was something Alex Horn? Alex Horn, we loved. Yeah, Alex Horn, again, |
| 0:56.8 | a comedian, Liverpool and Chesham fan, |
| 0:59.6 | puts on a big charity game every year that Charlie plays in. |
| 1:02.7 | And he talked to some of the bizarre laws that they introduced for this match. |
| 1:05.2 | So here it all is. |
| 1:27.8 | Good afternoon, everyone. Good afternoon, Charlie. Afternoon, Paul, that was a bit desperate then. You are asking Tom. I don't think Tom has any, Tom's the Leeds United. He is, yeah, yeah. Well, he was pointing out that, you know, he said, everybody seems to be thinking, they're just going to roll over. Yeah. And I said, oh, I don't think that, Tom. |
| 1:29.7 | He said, we've only lost four games since November. |
| 1:41.7 | I've said, can we have a word with Daniel Farkin and go back to that back four that wasn't working before November? I don't think Tom has that access, Paul. No. I don't think you can just call up Daniel Farcon. Maybe if Daniel's listening now. |
| 1:42.5 | Come on, Monday. If you're listening, Daniel. |
| 1:43.8 | Yeah. |
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