Men in Blazers 12/26/23: European Nights with Rory Smith Boxing Day Special, Presented by New Balance
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🗓️ 26 December 2023
⏱️ 57 minutes
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BOXING DAY AND FOOTBALL. THAT'S WHAT ENGLAND DOES. On the latest European Nights with Rory Smith, presented by New Balance, Rog and Rory deep dive into the history of the greatest of all Christmas hangover cures...Boxing Day football. Find out why this marvelous British tradition started, how other countries around the world have tried (or tried not) to replicate it, and what the wider implications of the massive slate of holiday games are for both the Premier League and for Europe as a whole.
Then, Rory breaks down the non-stop controversy surrounding VAR, shares his predictions for what the year 2024 holds for world football, and then finally answers the question on everybody's mind...what does the Smith household eat for Christmas dinner? Presented by New Balance.
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| 0:00.0 | This episode is presented by Our Friends at New Balance, |
| 0:05.3 | independent, since 1906, new balance empowers people |
| 0:09.7 | through sport and craftsmanship to create positive change in communities around the world. |
| 0:16.0 | New balance we got now. |
| 0:36.0 | You're listening to the Menin' Blazer's media network, Suboptimal Radio. Ah Humbug, but that's too strong because it is my favorite holiday, but all this year's been a busy player don't think I have the energy play. |
| 0:40.4 | It's Roo and you're listening to European Night presented by New Balance and |
| 0:50.3 | you're also listening to the fine Fine Sax solo on the waitresses Christmas |
| 0:55.4 | Rapping which is scientifically, objectively a story of love, longing, Loss and Crampy Source, the greatest holiday song of all time. |
| 1:06.7 | That's right, this is our Boxing Day Pod Special because, despite the express frustration of every Premier League manager ever, |
| 1:16.9 | Boxing Day football is back baby with 10 Premier League teams set to kick off throughout the day on December 26. |
| 1:26.0 | I mean, what else the British people are going to do on a bank holiday in winter? |
| 1:29.5 | Spend time with their families! Spread Christmas cheer. I don't think so. Here to spend time away from |
| 1:37.7 | his family and talk to us instead is the single generator of holiday cheer around Yorkshire, |
| 1:44.6 | the mischievous, marvelous, magnificent, New York Times, |
| 1:47.5 | Chief Soccer Correspondent, and festive delight. |
| 1:51.1 | Oh, it's Rory Smith. |
| 1:53.0 | Merry Christmas. |
| 1:54.0 | And a happy New Year to you, Raw, on this Moose Festive |
| 1:58.0 | podcast special that we've possibly ever done, |
| 2:00.0 | seeing as an incredibly miserable human being. So to wish joy to the world is |
| 2:05.6 | it's just not in my golf bag. We are going to talk about the history of Boxing Day, |
| 2:10.4 | which is quite an anathema, too many American football fans in the |
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