Is Mike Ashley Finally Out?
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The Times
3.2 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 7 October 2021
⏱️ 66 minutes
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Summary
Hugh Woozencroft is joined by Gregor Robertson, Tom Roddy and Tom Clarke.
Newcastle United could very soon be the richest club in the world as the Saudi-backed takeover appears to be close to completion. The Times’ Martyn Ziegler joins us to discuss what’s changed since the deal stalled, last year (00:00)
While the Saudi deal may be good for Newcastle fans who want Mike Ashley out of their club - is the deal good for English football and is it right to turn a blind eye to some of the wider issues it brings up? (09:35)
There’s been a lower-than-average uptake in Covid vaccinations in the Premier League and the EFL. What’s the reason behind players being hesitant to get the jab and could clubs be punished for low vaccination rates? (31:55)
Molly Hudson joins us to discuss an exciting week in the Women’s Champions League (49:16)
We end with a quiz based on Bill Edgar’s article in The Times on red cards. Can you name the player with the most dismissals in EFL history? (54:31)
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| 1:00.2 | Hello and welcome back to the Game Football Podcast from The Times. Today, how concerned should |
| 1:06.0 | we be about the mega-takeover happening at Newcastle United? Why aren't players getting vaccinated |
| 1:13.3 | in the Premier League? We'll check in on the opening week of the UEFA Women's Champions League |
| 1:18.6 | and a special quiz regarding red cards. Stay tuned for that. This is the game. |
| 1:26.1 | Hello, welcome back once again to the Game Podcast. I'm Hugh Wasncroft alongside three fantastic |
| 1:32.0 | talents from The Times, Tom Clark, Tom Roddy and Gregor Robertson and Tom Clark. Welcome back |
| 1:38.4 | from your two weeks away. I hope you spent it well. You did do something that we're all thankful |
| 1:44.2 | for. You finally got that Barnet shot. I'm so good to see you looking so clean, |
| 1:49.7 | shaven and neat now. Thank you, and as Gregor Robertson said, taken years off me, which is the |
| 1:54.5 | main thing. Obviously, when you're a 32-year-old single man, you need to look as young as possible, |
| 2:00.5 | I think, so that's the main thing. But yeah, no, a significant moment, almost as significant |
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