Record cup runs, raucous Rodney Parade and ridiculous red cards

Feast of Football

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4.8 • 564 Ratings

🗓️ 25 September 2025

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

For the first time in history, three Welsh clubs have reached the fourth round of the EFL Cup in the same season - cementing some encouraging and improving early-season form for Cardiff City, Swansea City and Wrexham.

There's not much to shout about at Newport County, though. Sam's Gillingham record-breaking side were the latest to increase the pressure on manager Dave Hughes, but at least the Rodney Parade faithful made their presence felt on the away dugout.

Iwan recalls having to play with a retired goalkeeper in an FA Cup semi-final, and Carl confesses to shameful red cards in his parks football days.

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds, music, radio, podcasts.
0:07.2	This is Radio One's All Day Breakfast with Greg James.
0:12.1	That sounds awesome.
0:13.3	Breakfast show highlights with an extra serving of silly stuff.
0:16.6	I'm going to eat six bags of crisp.
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0:22.3	It's Tyler Swift.
0:23.2	I was like we got to call Greg.
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0:27.3	And all the important questions.
0:29.4	What's the length of my FEMA?
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0:34.0	With Radio 1's All Day Breakfast.
0:36.3	New episodes, weekdays on BBC Sounds.
0:38.3	And it's, it's, it's half past seven. Welcome to the Feast of Football. It's, uh, it's Wednesday night.
0:55.5	And it's, uh, it's, it's, it's Wednesday night. And it's half past seven.
0:58.1	It would be better, actually, if we could do this at half past ten after the draw for the Carabau Cup.
1:02.4	But I suppose it would all be in bed in different locations, I'm sure.
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