meta_pixel
Tapesearch Logo
Log in
5 Live's World Football Phone-in

Funny Football Phrases

5 Live's World Football Phone-in

BBC

Sports

4.61.2K Ratings

🗓️ 23 July 2024

⏱️ 158 minutes

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Now the dust has settled from the Euro’s, Dotun and Tim are joined by Algerian football journalist Maher Mezahi to discuss which phrases you only hear in football, and why there is no Team GB presence at this year’s Olympics in Paris.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0

BBC Sounds, music radio podcasts. George Jeremy. Football fan. I am a soccer fan. I can to see it in a car with the rest of the band.

0:27.0

I am a soccer fan. Did you hear me?

0:32.0

Yes. We've come to see I am a soccer fan, did you hear me?

0:41.0

Yes, we've come to see Maradonna, but sadly he's no longer with us, so let's talk wider issues in different players in football. As always, legendino Tim Vickery is in Rio.

0:45.2

Tim how are you? As always as never he's in Greece at the moment. How you doing

0:50.3

how you doing dot and you're right? I'm doing very well thanks very much

0:52.8

hey you spuds have been signing people left right and center apparently so although this is a

0:59.1

question I have to pose when is it all right to start thinking about club football again after a tournament?

1:05.2

Do you have to because I always think that thinking about club football during a tournament is a yellow car defense.

1:10.4

You know when you get through to the final I think it's a red car defense and it's hard didn't it you know just to flick the switch and get back to get back to get back to club football afterwards. So when is that possible? When is that desirable?

1:21.3

Just to flick the switch and leave the national teams

1:23.3

behind and go on to club football?

1:26.3

I think it's time that we can talk about club football, although there's still Olympic

1:29.9

football to talk about and of course there is still the World Cup to talk about and

1:33.0

there'll be also of course the Champions League to talk about as well which is

1:39.4

club football okay but not necessarily domestic club football I think it's time that we can start

1:44.9

talking about there there's a lot to talk about though

1:48.6

There certainly is including the death of Duke Fakir are the four tops

1:52.8

World hero I was gonna mention the four tops top's world hero.

1:53.8

I was going to mention there.

1:54.8

The first groups that I got into as a result getting to the Beatles.

1:57.8

You know it kind of leads you back.

...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from BBC, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of BBC and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.

Copyright © Tapesearch 2025.