The Spurs Stalemate and the Art of the World Cup
Hawksbee and Jacobs Daily
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4.5 • 808 Ratings
🗓️ 12 May 2026
⏱️ 67 minutes
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Summary
Paul Hawksbee and Andy Jacobs sift through the wreckage of Spurs’ 1-1 draw to find the silver linings, or at least some decent punchlines.
They are joined by Don Charles, the mastermind behind Daniel Dubois, who provides the inside track on that massive heavyweight victory and what’s next for the knockout king.
Comedy legend Omid Djalili stops by the studio to break down his latest film project before shifting gears to offer his take on the Chelsea managerial carousel—specifically whether Xavi Alonso has the tactical DNA to steady the ship at Stamford Bridge.
The conversation takes a poignant and inspiring turn as former footballer and tireless campaigner Shaun Whiter shares his latest journey and the ongoing work he’s doing within the game.
Finally, the duo explores the visual history of the beautiful game with acclaimed sports photographer Michael Donald, who discusses the stories behind the lens in his definitive World Cup book, Goal. From ringside triumphs to cinematic dreams and the frozen moments of footballing lore, it’s a packed afternoon of sport and spirit.
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| 0:00.0 | This is Paul Hawkesby. And Andy Jacobs. And this is the best of, well, yeah, best of today's show. I suppose what it's the best of today show. I can't think of anything else. It's the best of our career. Let's not rename it. We were joined by a photographer, an author of a brilliant book where he traveled the world, photographing and chatting to scorers of goals in world cup finals and he got some |
| 0:23.3 | brilliant stories and he popped in and told us all about that and that was Michael Donald. |
| 0:29.7 | We were also joined by Omid Jolili. He's got a new film out and also talked a bit of Chelsea. |
| 0:34.6 | We'd like to see as the next manager. |
| 0:36.2 | Yeah. |
| 0:36.5 | Don Charles popped in Daniel Dubois's trainee. |
| 0:38.8 | He was really interesting on what went on in the corner |
| 0:41.5 | and the big fight against Fabio Wardley at the weekend. |
| 0:44.8 | And Sean Weiter is a former non-league footballer and campaigner these days. |
| 0:51.5 | And he had quite the story. |
| 0:53.0 | So we'll bring you that. we had a bit of a chat |
| 0:55.8 | and lots more besides here it all is good afternoon everyone good afternoon andy yes good |
| 1:06.4 | afternoon and on the agony goes for us and the west hand fans i know i thought at one nil up i was thinking because i'm sure we're going to be on the agony goes for us and the West Ham fans. I know. |
| 1:30.2 | I thought at 1-0 up, I was thinking, because I'm sure we're going to be on the beach next week after the Cup final. Yeah. And then I thought, when you're winning, we'll both be on the beach. The players can turn out in Hawaiian shirts. That would have been nice. Yeah, margaritas all around. Cocktails at half. The frustration last night is that, although, you know, Leeds didn't down tools, but you just sense that as soon as Tottenham scored, you would just see a slight let up. |
| 1:36.7 | And I was just thinking... |
| 1:37.4 | Even in the first half the commentators were saying, in Leighton... |
| 1:39.9 | I said that you at half time, and you told me they were saying it on telly, there was just |
| 1:42.8 | that feeling that Tottenham had to score. And and they did score and I thought they can get a second |
| 1:46.8 | now leads look they'll put a shift in definitely and they did but you felt it obviously didn't |
| 1:51.3 | matter as much to them and at two nil that would have been it so I spoke to cass and |
| 1:55.9 | Shaband the other week on the on their show weekend And Cass said, Paul, it seems that |
| 2:02.6 | with every passing game, |
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