Calling all grassroots footballers, every club and every community has its grassroots

goat.

You know, the players who are out at 7 a.m. putting the nets up whatever the weather.

The coaches who dedicate their spare time to teaching kids the beautiful game, the managers

that deal with last minute dropouts and the people washing the kit.

The athletic recognises these unsung football heroes and we want to hear about them.

Create a free account at theathletic.com slash goat, give us some details about your

football club sport community's grassroots goat and our award-winning journalist

may just tell that story on theathletic.

Find out more at theathletic.com slash goat.

Breaking news from the athletic.

What's up, welcome in an emergency live Hogan John's episode.

Our second Khalil Mac emergency episode, much different than the first one.

I want to say I missed the first one.

I was at a wedding, but did I do some of it?

I can't remember.

Yeah, I don't remember.

We had to do something, maybe it wasn't an immediate emergency, maybe it was just an

unscheduled podcast aspect then.

I vividly remember holding the door because I was an usher in my brother-in-law's wedding

when the news broke that day and holding the door to the church for people coming in, texting

people with the bears to get details on the actual trade like the compensation and what

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