🇪🇸 ⚪️ ⚽️ XABI ALONSO ⚽️ ⚪️ 🇪🇸 (PART 1)

Football For Kids

Darren Rees

Sports, Football, Soccer, Stories For Kids, Kids & Family

4.8 • 756 Ratings

🗓️ 21 November 2025

⏱️ 13 minutes

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to the Football for Kids podcast with me, Darren Reese.
0:25.5	And welcome to another brand new episode and welcome to a two-parter on the legendary player and manager, Shabby Alonzo.
0:36.0	Before we get into this two-parter properly, a massive shout-out goes to everybody who's been
0:41.9	giving the show a five-star review wherever you've been listening, especially those who've
0:47.1	been writing their actual reviews on Apple Podcasts to get a shout-out and to those who
0:52.4	have been doing the Spotify comments, including Sterling
0:56.4	Rendell, who says, day three of asking for an episode on Jesse Lingard. Well, Sterling
1:03.2	Rendell, I think I'll remember you were one of our competition winners. So a hello to you and a big
1:08.2	shout out to you and you're in luck because Jesse Lingard is an episode I'm sure I've already done.
1:14.0	In fact, I'm positive I've done it.
1:16.2	In fact, I'm double sure it's a Patreon only episode and one of the first ones I ever did on Patreon.
1:23.0	So have a look through the long catalogue of episodes on there and I'm sure you'll find it somewhere.
1:29.0	The next one is from Regis Wu who says day four, this is a bit of a theme, isn't it?
1:33.4	Of asking for a shout out on football for kids as it's almost my birthday and I'm turning nine years old on the 10th of December.
1:42.2	Well Regis, a massive shout at you, a huge happy birthday for the 10th of December. Well, Regis, a massive shout at to you.
1:44.6	A huge happy birthday for the 10th of December.
1:47.4	I hope you have a wonderful day and thank you so much
1:50.1	for being a listener of the Football for Kids podcast.
1:53.2	And lastly, I've got one that says,
1:55.2	Hi, I'm Joel.
1:56.3	I live in Spain and I play for Sidi Benegalbon.
2:00.4	Can you give a shout at to my friend Gabby?
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