Gazza | Game Over | 3

British Scandal

Wondery

Scandal, Alice Levine, Great Britain, Society & Culture, Exhibit C, British, England, History, Matt Forde, Documentary

4.5 • 6.5K Ratings

🗓️ 16 May 2023

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Glenn Hoddle has a decision to make. As the England team's new manager, it’s time to select his 1998 World Cup squad. Include Gazza, and he’ll have to take drastic action to stop him going off the rails. But exclude the star player and the country could well turn against him. Gazza played a blinder in the qualifying matches, but will it be enough to get him to France?

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0:00.0	Hello Prime Members, you can listen to British scandal one week early and ad free on Amazon
0:05.1	music or via the OneDrew Plus subscription on the OneDrew app or Apple podcasts.
0:21.2	Hi Alice. Hi Matt, you alright? Yes, I'm just centering myself. I just thought we could
0:27.7	change the energy in the studio today. The energy, what do you mean? Well I just think with some crystals
0:33.4	and with some chanting we can just open up our shakras. I don't really know if I want to open up
0:38.5	my shakras to you. Okay well we're trying to just improve your performance okay so I think we need
0:43.8	to perhaps have less negative energy. You usually love negative energy. If you want to go to the
0:48.7	podcast World Cup you've got to change your ways. Okay fine I'll give it a go. Well you can start
0:53.1	by pouring that down the drain. It's tea. July 2010 a hotel new castle. Paul is roused from a deep
1:03.6	sleep by the sound of his mobile phone ringing. His head pounds so hard he doesn't dare lift it from
1:09.4	the pillow. He rubs his eyes reaches his arm out to grab the phone. Instead he touches something
1:16.7	long and narrow. You've got my attention. Paul forces his eyes open wider. A fishing line.
1:27.6	No comment I can see where you're leading me. Beside it is a roast chicken still in its cellophane
1:33.0	wrapping. Next to that some empty beer cans and a loaf of tiger bread. That's a mad version of
1:38.7	ready steady cook isn't it? Paul feels a burning sensation in his nostrils. He eyes the empty
1:44.6	wrap of coke on the dresser. He feels a familiar sense of impending doom.
1:50.8	The phone stops ringing but now it pings urgently with a text alert. Then another. And another.
1:58.6	Paul's eyes widen when he takes in the screen. There are over 200 miscails, endless text messages.
2:05.5	There's that nice feeling of being popular and then there's a number where it pushes over into
2:09.6	just being an anxiety spiral. How many is it for you? Over four.
2:14.9	Paul opens the most recent message. Paul what the fuck? Turn on sky news.
2:21.8	Paul turns on the TV. His heartbeat quickens as he takes in the news footage. It shows a vast
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