The Athletic. Hello, I'm Mark Chapman.

Welcome to the Athletic Football Podcast.

Each week I'm joined by a selection of writers from the Athletic

to bring you unrivaled access and insight into the biggest stories in football.

We're joined today by David Ornstein, Adam Crafton, Jack Pitt Brook,

after an exciting weekend of football,

stand-out moment of the weekend, Jack, you can go first?

Being at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.

Being?

Just being.

Just being.

Just being. No, being at Tottenham Hotsma Stadium as a fan

yesterday afternoon, being amongst, what, 61, 62,000 people,

I think, having, you know, I was lucky enough to be at the euros for work and that was very special of course but

but yeah being back at a Premier League game with a huge crowd and having a good game that was really well contested and which everybody was emotionally invested in.

It was, yeah, it kind of felt like the last 18 months hadn't happened. It was great.

David, one of two for me, traveling to the Brentford Arsenal game on Friday night and the sort of sights and sounds of football and fandom and going to the game which had become part of our life for so many of us for so many years

and we took it for granted I guess became a bit complacent and I just had sort of flashbacks to being a youngster again and experiencing it all for the first time and it was wonderful aside from some of the language and behaviour but honestly the Brentford fans by and large were amazing and

also the staff around the stadium and that new ground it was just a really happy moment

that none of us have experienced or very few of us in in such a long time since

before the outbreak of the pandemic but in terms of a single moment I would have to say

Thomas Frank going up to the the supporter whose name escapes me,

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