VAR lies, PFA pay and Barry behaving badly
The Game
The Times
3.2 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 19 February 2018
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
Political behemoth Alastair Campbell is in the studio this week to discuss his new football-based crime novel Saturday Bloody Saturday, out now, as well as his beloved Burnley and the time when Rochdale manager Keith Hill was on Fergie’s radar.
Plus Gab Marcotti has a Very Angry Reaction to VAR mistruths. He’s also joined by Stewart Robson (the business model for Arsenal Fan TV), James Gheerbrant and Gregor Robertson who’s written an article for The Times on PFA chief executive Gordon Taylor’s salary.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and I thank you. |
| 0:03.0 | Thank you. |
| 0:05.0 | Hello and welcome to the game podcast from The Times. |
| 0:11.0 | I'm Gabriel Marcotti and I thank you thank you |
| 0:14.0 | thank you for joining us now I am delighted because with me in the studio |
| 0:19.5 | today it's yes James Gerebrandt or as we like to call him, the only living Gearbrandt in captivity. |
| 0:27.0 | And also joining us, and I should have a word with a producer, Charlie, because you tell me if you're happy with this |
| 0:33.2 | introduction former Coventry midfielder Stuart Robson I think I've played for more |
| 0:40.7 | high profile clubs you might have been slightly more associated with another club too, but I love the Charlie slipped these little things into our script from time to time which delight us. |
| 0:50.0 | Later on, we'll be asking former footballer turned turn times columnist Gregor Robertson about his column on the PFA and the annual subject of Gordon Taylor's wages and former Downing Street Press Secretary, lifelong Burnley fan and now crime |
| 1:04.4 | crime novelist Alistir Campbell will be joining us later to discuss Brexit. |
| 1:08.7 | No, no, no, no, no, he's going to discuss football. |
| 1:10.9 | But we start with the magic of the FA Cup fifth round on |
| 1:15.6 | Saturday night. We're gonna start at Huttersfield I debated should we start at |
| 1:22.0 | Rochdale because that was more magical. |
| 1:25.9 | We will get to Rochdale and Spurs as well, James. |
| 1:30.2 | But I think in terms of talking points and given that that was taught in them B team |
| 1:34.8 | We'll go with the two Premier League teams. Yes? Yeah. All right |
| 1:39.1 | There you go. I thought you might be |
| 1:41.6 | What are we reading to this Robbo? United back on track after their defeat. I mean |
| 1:47.1 | Huntersfield still a Premier League side, still went out there, tried to win, still awkward |
| 1:51.6 | with wags? yeah I think Manchinited played how you |
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