Off-duty Peter Drury, Big Sam's call of nature and mistranslating Mourinho, with Ned Boulting
For Our Sins: The Clichés Pod Archive
The Athletic
4.8 • 538 Ratings
🗓️ 28 April 2022
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
The Athletic's Adam Hurrey and Charlie Eccleshare are joined by sports broadcaster and author Ned Boulting for the latest edition of Mesut Haaland Dicks.
Among Ned's selections for his footballing fascinations and irritations are his good friend Peter Drury, the unique tenses used in footballspeak, the misunderstood Jose Mourinho and elite players' obsession with golf.
Meanwhile, Ned reveals how he pioneered the divisive art of pre-match TV poetry and the mundane secrets of interviewing footballers.
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| 0:00.0 | The Athletic |
| 0:02.0 | I'm sorry, you can sit there and look and play with all your silly machines as much as you like. |
| 0:09.0 | Is gas going to have a crack? |
| 0:12.0 | He is, you know. |
| 0:13.0 | Oh, he's there! |
| 0:14.0 | Brilliant! |
| 0:18.0 | He's round the goalkeeper! |
| 0:21.0 | He's done it! |
| 0:22.6 | Absolutely incredible! |
| 0:24.6 | He launched himself six feet into the crowd, and Kung Fu kicked. |
| 0:30.6 | A supporter who was eye with without a shadow of an out giving him lip. |
| 0:35.2 | Oh, I say, it's amazing. |
| 0:38.3 | It does it tame, and tame, and tame again. |
| 0:41.2 | Crank up the music, charge a glass. |
| 0:45.2 | This nation is going to dance all night. |
| 0:49.5 | The football pheromones of the early Sky Sports era, |
| 0:53.4 | the previously untold stories of an off-duty Peter Drury, |
| 0:57.5 | the relentless footballing present tense, |
| 0:59.9 | managers who can whistle with their fingers, |
| 1:01.8 | where players should look during a post-match interview, |
| 1:04.6 | the misunderstood Jose Marino, |
| 1:06.5 | Premier League stars at the Gulf or the snooker, |
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