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This is a podcast from The Times. Go to The Times. Go to The Times.co.

UK. Please give a big warm welcome then for one of the most knowledgeable men in football,

the host of the game

podcast, Gab Marcotte. Thank you all for having me here. When he did say one of the most knowledgeable better football I immediately started looking around for Giam Balaget but you'll have to

make do with me tonight and I'm glad nobody laughed too much at that joke because it

makes me feel better but let me introduce the rest of the gang who's

going to be coming up here tonight. First of all, a man who's been in the

business a very long time and bears a striking resemblance to Captain

Jean-Luke Picard and that would be Patty Barclay. Next up representing not only a much put upon a minority in this sport, qualified referees,

also one of the better feature writers out there, it's Allison Rudd. Next up. Next up, a fine award-winning writer with his biography and also a very talented, I think, ex-pro turned writer, which is a very tricky job

to do, as you can probably tell.

We have former Republic of Ireland International, yes Republic of boss, Tony Evans. Okay, there was one more joke I was supposed to do in my warm-up, which our producer

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