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Off the Ball Podcast

World Cup Ticket Prices, What Does Pittodrie Mean To You? Perfect Xmas Dinner and League Cup Final

Off the Ball Podcast

BBC

Sports

4.6606 Ratings

🗓️ 15 December 2025

⏱️ 94 minutes

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Summary

The most petty and ill informed podcast in the world! All the best bits from Saturday and Sunday's Off the Ball shows in one place. World Cup Ticket Prices, What Does Pittodrie Mean To You? Perfect Xmas Dinner and League Cup Final with football podcaster Erin Grieve, singer songwriter Calum Baird and award winning stand-up Rosco McClelland joining Stuart and Tam

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0:00.0

BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts.

0:05.0

Ellis, our podcast is nearly 500 episodes old.

0:10.0

But what have we learnt?

0:11.0

Ellis James and John Robbins.

0:13.0

I've learnt that when you're doing live radio, if somebody texts in in block capitals, it's very really a good sign.

0:18.0

We've had a confused text, it says, I want to listen to this rubbish.

0:21.9

I learned that if you lose to lose Sanders in a board game,

0:24.8

don't mention her on the show,

0:26.2

you are going to get an unexpected call.

0:28.3

Oh, dear, oh dear.

0:31.2

Ellis James and John Robbins, 500 not out.

0:34.1

Lovely stuff.

0:35.5

Listen on BBC Sounds.

0:38.1

Greetings.

0:39.9

Welcome to another edition of the Off the Ball podcast with Stuart Cosgrove and Tam Cowan.

0:45.2

For full terms and conditions of use, please go to the website, BBC.com.

0:49.4

Dot UK slash Off the ball and follow the links to the podcast page.

0:53.8

I've been a wander all my life and many a sight I've seen.

1:04.4

Ah, I still get goosebumps with that.

1:07.1

You know why, Stuart?

1:08.4

A great memory.

1:09.4

Erin will know the venue when we went up with offside years ago and we did it ahead of a cup final, we did it live in one of those big, big venues out heading the wards of the airport, maybe the big some sort of exhibition centre or whatever. And Duncan Shearer, the great Aberdeen legend, was one of our guests. And what we did, you can't even beat a bit of audience participation at these nights. So what we go, and we go on camera, of course, for the show. I got Duncan to conduct the huge Aberdeen audience in a chorus of the Northern Lights. Excellent. And I still, I go to my game there. I still get goosebumps. It's a great, great, great song.

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