Political Football

Podlitical

BBC

Government, News

4.6 • 157 Ratings

🗓️ 21 April 2021

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

As the European Super League is met by a less-than-super reception from fans, Lucy and Phil are joined by sports broadcasters Amy Irons and Chris McLaughlin to discuss the politics of football and the reaction to the ESL announcements in Scotland and the wider UK. The team discuss how the sport can be used by politicians to win over voters, as well as creating some political own goals.

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds
0:02.0	You're listening to BBC Scotland
0:09.8	Hi, you're listening to Podlitical BBC Scotland's podcast
0:16.0	That brings you an inside look at the biggest stories coming out of Holyroods and Westminster.
0:20.7	It is six minutes past three
0:22.5	on Wednesday the 21st of April. I'm Lucy White. I'm in Glasgow
0:26.4	today and I'm also joined by. I'm Phil Sim. I'm a reporter in
0:30.4	Edinburgh. I'm Amy Irons and I'm with Lucy here in Glasgow.
0:34.3	And I'm Chris McLaughlin. I'm the BBC Scotland
0:37.1	sports news correspondent and I am in my spare room.
0:40.4	So, you could almost call us, I don't know, let me think of a phrase, like a super league
0:45.5	of journalistic talent that have come together today.
0:48.5	I don't know where I got that from.
0:49.9	Where have you plucked that from, Lucy?
0:51.1	I don't know.
0:51.4	I don't know.
0:51.8	It could be that all I've heard about for the past week.
0:55.4	We decided now it was the perfect time to talk about that lovely, nice and calm intersection between politics and football.
1:05.1	What could possibly go wrong?
1:06.8	It's been the biggest whirlwind in recent football history.
1:10.6	So we had these plans for this European Super League.
1:12.9	They were announced, protested against and finally ditched in the space of two days.
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