Pickles The Dog Didn’t Kill Himself (with The Upshot!) | The History of The World Cup (Part 2/4)

11 Jun 2026 · 1 h 10 min · 25 chapters

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In short

This episode (part 2/4 of “The History of The World Cup”) covers the post-war World Cups, focusing on Germany/Japan’s ban, the 1954 “Miracle of Bern,” and Pelé’s rise in 1958 and beyond, before pivoting into a comedic, conspiratorial setup for 1966.

Guests

Zach and Jack from The Upshot podcast. They discuss sports history with heavy research framing, plus frequent jokes and provocative claims.

Key claims

Germany and Japan were banned from the 1950 World Cup for Holocaust-related reasons, but returned in 1954 as West Germany. The 1954 win is framed as Germany’s rehabilitation of the Holocaust, tied to “eugenics” and Nazi-era shadows. The episode also claims the 1954 German anthem was newly played publicly, and that Adidas made longer studs for rain.

Notable examples

Uruguay’s player scoring, collapsing with a heart attack, being resuscitated, and scoring again; Fritz Walter’s malaria during WWII; West Germany beating Hungary to win 1954; Pelé’s 1958 hat-trick vs Sweden at age 17; the “Maracanazo” (Brazil losing to Uruguay in 1950) described as “Brazil’s Hiroshima”; and a “Pickles the dog” conspiracy about the 1966 trophy.

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Chapters

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World Cup Bans: Germany and Japan

0:45 to 2:49

Discussion on the historical banning of Germany and Japan from the World Cup.

The 1954 World Cup and Its Controversies

2:49 to 4:51

Exploring the events of the 1954 World Cup and its implications for Germany.

“I think Russia are banned from the World Cup.”

Fabrice Muamba and Football's Toughness

4:51 to 7:21

Debating the toughness of football players, referencing Fabrice Muamba's incident.

“It's jeans Germany, not cabbage Germany.”

The Miracle of Bern and Adidas' Role

7:21 to 10:25

Discussion on the significance of the Miracle of Bern and Adidas' contributions.

“He had contracted malaria during World War II, which means that he's more comfortable playing in the rain.”

The Miracle of Bern and Adidas' Role

10:27 to 12:08

Discussion on the significance of the Miracle of Bern and Adidas' contributions.

“Now, I've been trying to protect myself online.”

The Miracle of Bern and Adidas' Role

12:11 to 12:39

Discussion on the significance of the Miracle of Bern and Adidas' contributions.

“or use the code fvh that's foxtrot vagina hotel you know it by now Now say it with me.”

Hungary's Dominance in Football

12:39 to 14:00

Analyzing Hungary's impressive performance in the World Cup and its significance.

“I'm Andrew Harrison, and this week, in a special miniseries from The Bunker, I ask experts and eyewitnesses how the consequences of the 9-11 attacks and the war on terror that followed still shape our world.”

The Rise of Germany in Football

14:00 to 16:48

Explore the evolution of German football and its impact on the World Cup.

“I think Hungary had beaten West Germany 8-3 earlier in the tournament.”

Controversies of the World Cup

16:48 to 19:27

Discuss the political implications and controversies surrounding various World Cups.

“And they call that the miracle of the burn, which is an awful name.”

Pele's Legacy and Personal Life

19:27 to 21:56

Delve into Pele's life, including his achievements and personal controversies.

“He won't, I mean, he's dead now, but he wouldn't say how many kids he has.”
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Cultural Significance of Brazilian Names

21:56 to 24:44

Examine the unique aspects of naming conventions in Brazilian culture.

“I'm saying that he's shagging left, right and centre.”

The Brazilian Football Identity

24:44 to 28:00

Investigate Brazil's football history and its influence on national identity.

Exploring Brazilian Identity and the Mongrel Complex

28:00 to 31:20

Learn about Brazil's diverse cultural identity and the psychological impact of its mixed heritage.

“If you're going to bonger a bunda, you're samboring a bunda.”

Exploring Brazilian Identity and the Mongrel Complex

31:24 to 32:39

Learn about Brazil's diverse cultural identity and the psychological impact of its mixed heritage.

“Your to-do list may feel endless with new tasks, and lists can easily begin to overrun your life.”

Pele's Impact on World Cup History

32:50 to 41:39

Dive into the story of Pele's journey in the World Cup and its historical significance.

“What they'd actually found was a 5 ,000-year-old murder victim.”

Brazil's World Cup Strategy in 1966

41:40 to 42:00

Examine Brazil's changing strategies and controversies surrounding the 1966 World Cup.

“where Brazil have an official team brothel in Santiago.”

The Stolen Trophy and Pickles the Dog

42:00 to 43:51

Learn about the theft of the World Cup trophy and the role of Pickles the dog in its recovery.

“But we'll like, make sure the brass, yeah.”

Controversies and Boycotts of the 1966 World Cup

43:51 to 46:02

Explore the political tensions and boycotts surrounding the 1966 World Cup, including North Korea's surprise qualification.

“And the CCTV was turned off at the time.”

Historic Match: England vs. Argentina

46:02 to 48:08

Delve into the infamous match between England and Argentina that set the stage for a fierce football rivalry.

“Yeah, they have tea towels with Pat Duick on it.”

The Final Showdown: England vs. Germany

48:08 to 51:58

Discuss the dramatic final of the 1966 World Cup and its implications in the context of WWII.

“Which no one ever has the guts to do, apart from Ange at Tottenham.”

Shifts in Football Culture and England's Glory

51:58 to 56:00

Examine the cultural shifts in football and the significance of England's victory in the 1966 World Cup.

“Now, the Argentinian captain, Antonio Rattin, he gets sent off by the German referee.”

The 1970 World Cup Highlights

56:00 to 58:02

Dive into the significance of the 1970 World Cup and Brazil's peak performance.

“this World Cup and this is the first time where it's becoming a real commercial operation because they make all the players play at midday in the height of the Mexican sun for TV audiences in Europe.”

Bobby Moore and the 1970 Scandal

58:02 to 1:02:16

Explore the controversies surrounding Bobby Moore and the perception of football in 1970.

“Anyway, so 1970 is the kind of high point of Brazil.”

Pele's Rise and Commercialization

1:02:16 to 1:04:43

Learn about Pele's impact on football and the commercialization of the sport post-1970.

“It's just Hiroshima after another Hiroshima.”

The Dutch Team and Total Football

1:04:43 to 1:08:22

Understand the concept of total football and the Dutch team's revolutionary style in the 1974 World Cup.

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0:12welcome back to fin versus history we're joined by zach and jack from the upshot podcast look at this what an honor boys to finally return the favor yes we've all been on the upshot podcast the only podcast in the world to have all three of us on oh yeah we've had charlie as well yeah yeah how was it having charlie on it was entertaining charlie's a charlie's uh an excellent guest it was nice to get charlie in front of the camera we talked about a bloke who had a spike up his ass which was very much home turf sure home fixture for charlie yeah uh this is part two of our world cup series uh you guys it's terrific podcast the upshot yeah uh it we were saying last episode it's similar to this in that you you pay a researcher and then put it in the bin and call whoever you're talking about a pedophile yeah which is um similar it's a new genre of podcast yeah yeah the heavily researched baseless pedophile accusation podcast uh but you do sports uh now we talked about the world cup uh pre-war last time we're gonna kick off post-war now uh now germany and japan uh had been banned from the 1950 world cup why they've been banned well I don't think Was it because of the Holocaust?

1:17Yes I don't think it's a long enough ban personally It was banned for one tournament One tournament Would it not have been better to get force them to come and then like destroy them because presumably What have they won? Presumably Yeah I guess The problem is is that they win in 54 Yeah And the problem is is that you look at what the generation of politicians were doing before that and their racial laws and it's icky isn't it in the post Yeah That they win What are you saying as an amateur? As an amateur eugenicist I'm saying I'm saying it's an icky result for the post-war consensus not icky for you no I'm I'm trying it's proven everything you've said it's a culmination of my theories for the average Joe it might be icky yes for the for the weak lily-livered average Joe the fact that Germany won in 54 having pursued a 20-year policy of racial sterilization it was sort of the antidote to 1936 Olympics right because that was that was the one where they they were basically trying to prove it prove that eugenics was right and then they got proven wrong and so saying antidote I like that because it's like saying 1936 was an aberration a blip that was a blip and now we're back on track 1936 was a tragedy 1954 everything clicked at the place so how long was the ban?

2:31six matches genuinely it seems that so there's not a tournament for so end of World War 2 45 there's then the next tournament is 1950 in Brazil which we'll deal with shortly uh but that yeah germany and japan are banned for one world cup cycle for committing the holocaust yeah it doesn't feel like enough well i think they should play but they should have some sort of disability either they do it in blindfolds yes they do it dead or like like i don't know or they have it like it's a three-legged race thing like they have to be in potato sacks or they have to do it with less players and they play against israel israel win 20 nil like that could be like a nice bit of closure.

3:10Right now Russia's banned, right? Is it? I think Russia are banned from the World Cup. Well, that's a disgrace. I think it's been like, now it's been a few tournaments that Russia's been out for. Can you just Google how many tournaments Russia have been banned for currently? Because they have not committed the Holocaust. They're just protecting their border. Putin's just protecting his national security. It's a special operation. It's a western border. There's a special operation on his western border. It's just a special operation. It's a police managing situation on this western border so hang on FIFA and UEFA have lifted their ban on Russian under 17 teams I guess it's not their fault no the youth you can't blame the youth my problem is if you ban if you ban a country for one world cup for committing the holocaust then what does a ban mean anymore there's also that's like the naughtiest thing you can do that's the naughtiest thing you can do but how long a ban would you give them then well I don't know a generation you wouldn't have banned them hey you wouldn't have banned them I would have made them hold the tournament in the camps.

4:12Right? Yeah. But also like Mudrick, you know, Mikhailo Mudrick, the Chelsea player, he's just got a four-year ban for potentially doping. But I mean, it's not even entirely That's a Holocaust-length ban. Exactly. What does it mean anymore? I don't actually know what Mudrick gets up to in his spare time, so maybe they know more than we do. He's banned from Fortnite as well, isn't he? Or Counter-Strike. He got banned from Counter-Strike. Was he doping, playing that? Quite possibly, yeah. Those finger muscles never look stronger. So Germany and Japan are banned from 1950, but in 1954, they're back into the fold.

4:50Yeah. But this is West Germany. West Germany. It's a different Germany. Yes, that is true. It's jeans Germany, not cabbage Germany. It's supposed to cabbage Germany. Yeah, sorry. It's jeans versus cabbage. Ultimately, it's a 40-year war and jeans win. Yeah. Just. so I suppose Berlin now is a melting pot of denim and cabbage yeah I guess that's what gives it that distinct flavour that's amazing so the miracle of the burn Switzerland 1954 now this is the the era of the Hungarian team supposedly the greatest the mighty Magyars is that Pushkas then? this is Pushkas right and again this is the 50 this is 50s football so you know total football means passing sideways yeah so for us now it's still like shit yeah two at the back isn't it though is it yeah it's like almost no defenders they're basically wearing ski boots down the wing that's sort of the thing right 54 there was in the in the semi-final one of the it was Uruguay against Hungary and one of the Uruguay players scored a goal and then had a heart attack when he was celebrating and they like they resuscitated him sent him back on and he scored again I mean that's what that's a great celebration that's a real man I mean that's an amazing celebration to die yeah exactly That's incredible.

6:05Now it's FIFA now. Now it's fucking Italians diving at someone brushing past you. He had a heart attack. Christian Eriksen looking quite... Exactly. Get back out there. Get on with it, son. Mwamba, lazy. Always said he's lazy. He never even came back. He never even played again. Yeah, also Mwamba. I'm sorry to slag off Mwamba, but he wasn't the best player. I think he probably was using that as an excuse to end his career. Yeah. So like when you... I want to attack... Fabrice Maramba has not had enough shit. No, he's had it coming for a while actually. Fabrice Maramba. I'm sick of Fabrice Maramba.

6:39He's launched a charity cooking sauce. Does this man have no shame? Okay. You know when you got fouled at school? Or no, rather you made a fuck up and you misplaced pass. You went, ah, and you went down. You're saying that's what Fabrice Maramba did? I'm saying that when he came to, he was like, I might as well end it here because I don't actually have a lot left in my career. Was he playing for Bolton? He was. it was sort of the ball went down the next couple of years styles were changing the play were changing you know Pepcoil is it's a lot of passing football probably not going to be able to keep up oh that really hurts alright Fabrice do me a favour get up mate come on yeah the ultimate dive Fabrice Moramba yeah so just so the Knights didn't get enough for the holocaust and they were like Fabrice that's the real villain Fabrice Moramba should have been banned for life after that that's two tournaments two tournament

7:32so uh yeah now the mag the maguars the there's the f what we'll realize as we go through is that there's every world cup has a team that's never won it that's like the greatest team that ever won the world cup this is probably the first iteration okay it's the hungarians in the 50s they're the first team to beat england at in england right uh six nil at wembley but this is the big change because we don't we think it's embarrassing that other people are playing football and you're like you're taking it too seriously it's a game for amateurs they're taking professionally and we think we're better than everyone right until they come and absolutely spank us yes that was the six nil was it yeah yeah yeah it's basically that's sort of the way it goes with all of our sports every cricket football we can't the french will make a federation yeah like that's gay we're not joining that you ruined it yeah so uh and they batter us then you You have a guy called Fritz Walter, who is the captain of the German team, West German team.

8:27And he... Not Joseph Fritzel. Not Joseph Fritzel. Thank you, Charlie. Not Joseph Fritzel. It's an easy mistake to make. Well, he's cut from the same cloth. Yes. He had contracted malaria during World War II, which means that he's more comfortable playing in the rain. And also... Hey? Why? I don't know. Why are you asking me? I don't know. A decade later, he still understands. This is what the research says. Is that cooling the fever? Don't ask me to explain why malaria makes you better in the rain. Okay. Because actually it doesn't make sense. I don't really know what malaria does. Because there's not a lot of Southeast Asians playing football in Scotland.

9:07Yes. Yeah. You destroyed that with truth and logic. Charlie, malaria can make you thirsty. Thank you, Charlie. Where would we be without you? Oh, so you mean it's the hydration? Right. Anyway. Cheryl Cole had malaria. that's one thing I know Cheryl Cole had malaria yeah do you not know about this how do you not know I'm a straight man with a mortgage I'm not keeping up with Cheryl Cole's diseases not Cheryl Cole's favourite food Charlie it's irrelevant no come on listen it's also the first tournament Sunday roast dinner it's also the first dinner first dinner it's also the first tournament where Adidas have made boots for the Germans now Adi naughty Adi's the naughty one I believe can we just double check that Adolf is so Adolf Dassler was a Nazi party member, card-carrying Nazi, fell out with his brother, Rudolf, who went to make Puma because Rudolf was a traitor.

10:00And so they rightly cut contact with him and cut skies. He's a communist. Yeah, exactly. Straight to coldest. And then Adidas, you know, again, the West Germans are like, well, let's pick the Nazi one. They made longer studs for the German team so they could play better in the rain. This is all called the miracle of the burn. Okay. So you cheated. The longer starts. Yeah, of course. This episode of Finversus History is brought to you by our dear friends at Surfshark. Now, I've been trying to protect myself online. I've been putting condoms over my laptop. I've been mashing up contraceptive pills and putting it in the HDMI port.

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13:48Launching on Friday the 4th of September, you can find Buried Evidence wherever you watch or listen to your podcasts. Subscribe at thecrimedesk.com and get episodes a week before anyone else. And so they beat Hungary in the final. Hungary had wiped everyone. I think Hungary had beaten West Germany 8-3 earlier in the tournament. Then they beat them in the final. And this is the beginning of the Germans just sort of being this ultimate killjoy. of the kind of pure footballing countries, which we'll see. Because the way they organize and just steamroll countries. They're an organized nation. Why is that?

14:22Well, let's look 10 years previously. Well, that energy has to go somewhere. The energy has to go somewhere. Longest starts doesn't seem like a particularly massive innovation. No one had thought of that before. Yeah, but someone only invented passing sideways like two years earlier. Like this is like tri-anary. They were wearing hiking shoes before this. you know that record score 36-0 in Scotland and one of the teams stand up in suits three-piece suits and just smart shoes amazing 36-0 who won who won the team in football wasn't it in the I don't know maybe he talks about this in the last episode but the 1930 World Cup where the Bolivians or something played in berets really I didn't know that yeah and I think the refs had suits and ties as well yeah is this the one where India are invited to play but they're not allowed to play barefoot so they they don't come yeah but isn't yeah yeah also also their chef wasn't allowed to cook meals with their feet either so they were like well i will not i can't come then that's the 1950s i don't think anyone even asked india they just said oh you'll probably want to be barefoot don't bother coming yeah so anyway so the now this is also the first time 1954 that the german national anthem is played publicly Cindy was it new the new one uh yeah but i bet the old instincts kicked in and then the press when they win the press go mental like not even just the daily mail like in denmark they were like oh well the only thing that was missing was zeke hiles at the trophy being lifted everyone's furious right yeah it's embarrassing it is embarrassing yeah because it's a repudiation against the united nations and the end of eugenics right and so no one knows what to make of it yeah so did they so it's a brand new or do they just change the lyrics i think it's just they missed out a few words yeah because there's a pretty dodgy and also this is where they talk about the führer principle as well there's a there's the the coach talks about like when he's coaching them talks about basically says do it for the führer well yeah that's pretty that's well that's the leader prince but does he mean furos in hitler or the idea of the leader like the manager yeah this is the defense that he makes he goes no i just meant fewer in a general sense and we're like guys it's 1954 yeah the royal führer it's 1954 you know hitler still cast a long shadow yeah um but mainly hitler's still a young man in argentina at this point of course yeah he's nailing catinga on the beach um but mainly uh mainly when you talk about brazil that's what this sort of story is also as we're going through i guess the the thing that's becoming clear is every world cup is controversial every world cup is corrupt yes and if we're trying we're trying to find any world cup that is not deeply political yeah 1954 failed fails deeply failed It's the rehabilitation of the Holocaust.

17:07And they call that the miracle of the burn, which is an awful name. So let's talk about Pele. Have you guys done Pele on the upshot? We've done him in bits. Why have you got a naked fucker? Look at his Hulk. Yeah, he's a big shag. That's him and Franz Beckenbauer, apparently. Do they all just shower together, the different teams after the game? That's nice. So that's Pele's cock. Well, if you're listening, Charlie's just found a photo of Beckenbauer and Pele in the shower. And this is Bellini as well. Who's that? Look at that rug. That's a 50s rug. That's Pele and Bellini. Okay. Who's Bellini?

17:42Don't know. Right, it's just a leggy guy. You know about Bellini. I do now. What I will say, if you go back to the first photo, what I will say is that Pele's got a nice hog. Beckenbauer is thick. Wait, wait, where's his thing? That's his arm. That's his arm, isn't it? Hey? Where are you seeing his thing? No, I'm saying like his bum and his waist. He's like a lady. He's juicy. He's got a juicy light. I'm attracted to Beckenbauer's ass. That's the Kaiser. He's like a Renaissance dude. He's got similar size thighs to me. Yes, all right. People always criticize me for my Amazonian thighs. Melon crushes.

18:24There are lots of gay men in the comments asking me, asking to be suffocated by my thighs. There are no women. We've said this before. But now you can understand. Now we're seeing back and back. I think this is something that's changed from football then to now. I can't imagine Cole Palmer stripping off in the shower. I think he's going to be quite prudish. But his knob has like a mouth breather. I think it's the wrong way around. I think he's a mouth breather, but his knob is one of the most articulate philosophers of this generation. Right. So you want it the other way around. All the brain's gone to his cock.

18:59Let's see what Pele did with that knob. Can we get his quote about sex? What did you guys find out when you did... On your podcast, you do deep dives on sporting figures. Yeah. So Pele, nonce, obviously. Nonce? Well, borderline nonce. 41 with a 17-year-old girlfriend. We don't talk about that sort of stuff on this podcast. That's not nonce. No, that's not fair. It's cricket. That's cricket. Wait, 14, 14. 17. 41 for 17. 41 for 17. That's a Jerry Seinfeld stuff. Devastating bowling figures. 17 for 41. Yeah, decent. And face of Viagra. Yes, we know that. And he's got the Boris Johnson thing. He won't, I mean, he's dead now, but he wouldn't say how many kids he has.

19:35Yeah, but it's important to keep your cards close to your chest. It gives you a lot of power. Yes, it does. If no one knows how many kids you have, I think that gives you a very strong hand because no one knows when one of your kids might come out of the woodwork. There was one a few years ago, this woman, it was after Pele died. She popped up and was like, yeah, my mom shagged Pele back in the 70s or something. She was trying to get him dug up. Oh my God. Dug up, dug up. It was an amazing headline. Go exhumed Pele. Exhumed Pele daily mirror headline. It's a tabloid. It's one of the funniest headlines where they were basically started a petition to exhumed Pele to prove that...

20:14Do you have it up? He's been alive. He lived till like 86 or something like that. And it's like, you could have approached him earlier. So dig up Pele. Dig up Pele headline. A woman claiming to be Pele's secret daughter wants the football legend. Woman claimed to be Pelé's secret daughter once football legend dug up for paternity tests. Don't think it got many signatures, the old petition. Yeah, it's just, the way they phrased this headline, there's just something so funny about, like, a riot to it. Let's exhume Pelé. Hashtag exhume Pelé. Dig him up. Is there a picture of her? There is a resemblance, I would say.

20:48But, I mean, he was the face of Viagra. So, you know, get in line. There's going to be a lot of love children. The thing is, though, if you're the face of Viagra, you are going to be you are going to be tarred with nonce accusations you just are especially if you've got a 17 year old girlfriend well look that's by the by that's irrelevant age is just a number yeah it'd be hard to be the face of Viagra without people throwing that sort of stuff at you you would be like the purist man does this work fucking right I've got a 17 year old girlfriend if you're an ambassador for the brand you know then you have to live your life by the brand's values and the value of Viagra is it doesn't matter that I'm fucking 50 I've got a fucking 16 year old girlfriend Fuck stuff.

21:24Is his numbers, does that water down his noncery? For example, if you'd only, if he was 50. Does the scale of Savile's crimes water each one down? Savile was sort of exclusively going for 10. Give it a less love, there's fucking hundreds of you. Is this a sort of like one death is a tragedy? Yeah, it is. A million deaths. A million kids are just a statistic. If you're shagging, if you're putting those numbers up, a 17 year old's down to get fucked. Do you know what I mean? Bound, not down. And as a percentage, it's right. I'm saying that he's shagging left, right and centre. He's probably shagging grannies as well.

22:03So it just, does that, that mean, if you'd only ever shagged, if you're a 50 year old who'd only ever shagged a 17 year old, that's it. That's a nod. If you shagged every moving thing and one of them happens to be 17, that must take away from it. Well, it's collateral damage. Yeah, exactly. Right, so Pele is born in 1940. He's named after Thomas Edison, which makes no sense. Bizarre. it's like Lionel Messi named after Lionel Richie yeah is he actually and Ronaldo's Ronald Reagan genuinely Cristiano yeah Cristiano you know this thing of Brazilian names there's basically two categories there's the sexy Brazilian Roberto Carlos's and then there's like Fred Ian Graham what's going on there why is Fred called Fred good question I think it's just it's just nicknames isn't it yeah it's all nicknames because a lot of them they're also there's a Brazilian player called Mahatma Gandhi as well there's Osama Bin Laden there's a Peruvian a Peruvian player he plays now he's like 20 Osama Bin Laden it's not with a V Spanish V and his brother's called Saddam Hussein no?

23:05are you joking? no I'm serious his dad can we get these shirts? I need a Bin Laden shirt yeah he plays for a team of Bruin has he ever scored two goals because I want to hear the commentary when the second one goes oh it's another that's when you knew he meant it that's when you knew his dad Osama Bin Laden I need to see the back of his shirt because I need that for Christmas. And his brother Saddam Hussein. His brother Saddam Hussein. They had a... This is like when we do like fucking terrorist 11. These are genuinely my... These are my suggestions when my wife was pregnant. For a while. Osama Bin Laden.

23:41Osama Fin Laden. The dad said he wanted to call their next kid George Bush. There was a girl. Why not George Bush? I think just go George Bush. George Bush. What was George Bush's wife? Barbara. Barbara. Barbara Bush. That's his mum. And then so caca means poo. And shit, yeah. Does it? Yeah. Actually. In a lot of languages it does. I don't know if him... Right. I'm cacking it. Yeah. Yeah. But there's Hulk, the footballer. His son is just called Ian. It's sort of like getting your stag do name on the back. Yeah. It is. Yeah, it is. Yeah, that's how Brazilians do it. But it's a very sexual country.

24:18Small cock. Yeah. It's like, it's crazy just having... At the airport, that's your name for life now. Yeah, Fanny Magnet. Yeah, that's your name. Phil Lardin. Yeah, naming a Brazilian is basically an airport T-shirt spot. So Pele is born, his actual full name, there's too many names, it doesn't matter. Anyway, Pele is because his nickname was Bile, and then he was a bit deaf when he was younger or whatever. That's Borat's brother, isn't it, Bile? Is that Bilo? Oh, it's Bilal. It's kind of really dull and strange. story it's kind of a boring story of why he's called pele it doesn't really yeah who cares someone called him belay and they said it wrong yeah it's called pele but he grew up very poor and he basically started playing football with the grapefruit in an alleyway and if you know what i mean he was barefoot uh you know blah blah blah and then he so in 1950 the first world cup which germany and japan are banned for it's in brazil and so brazil haven't come on to the global stage yet uruguay's shown up argentina's become a bit of a force but brazil untouched by war i guess yes starting to show that but they haven't won anything and there's the idea of brazil as this great nation is not there's also there's a historian of brazil who says that you know it's the fifth largest country in the world but there's there's no real and i disagree with this i think bossa nova's a vibe but he says there's no real like intellectual philosophical cultural sort of export until football yeah that is their kind of when did Boston start the 60s 50s 60s I suppose it's about the same ball and bunda and a bit of barbecue actually food ball bunda and barbecue yeah Brazil that's Brazil do we know how football came to Brazil uh do you know Britain I don't know it's Britain is it is it yeah is it Brazil and Argentina are all their soft empire in the 19th century yeah that's why Argentina have got they're really into rugby be in polo they have like country clubs and you know all the trains i think brazil's first international match is against exter city yes all english players yeah not replay it or something they replayed it like on a hundred year anniversary or something so anyway so brazil are playing in white at this point in 1950 uh and they're eager to show their football culture this is i guess this is before maybe the sort of samba caricature sure maybe uh pele's a young boy uh and he remembers how he remembers this tragedy of the final where brazil who are the favorites they lose to is it uruguay again they lose to uruguay at the maracana which is the big stadium yeah and uh they describe this loss as brazil's hiroshima and bear in mind this is this is so recent four and a half years after i mean we do say everything's 9 11 but yeah this this literally is i don't yeah i I don't think you can call it...

27:09I mean, it's a country that clearly hasn't been touched by World War II. Yeah, if you're calling that Hiroshima. And this was... They allowed Japan back for this World Cup and then called it Hiroshima. Wait, which one was it? This is the one after. But there were 200 ,000 people watching, which... What's the death toll at Hiroshima? Does that mean when Brazil lost... 200 ,000 tears. ...7-1 to Germany, that was Nagasaki? Yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah. An estimated 140 ,000 people died. So similar. To be fair, yeah. Their dreams were vaporized. He's got a good understanding of scale. Yes. yes it's a comment on scale really rather than anything else um pele said it was the first time he saw his father cry and he comforted his father by promising that he would win the world cup himself now obviously at this point pele's what fucking 12 yeah so his dad's like just fuck off would you that's bollocks yeah but he turns professional uh at age 16 or something like that and he gets recruited into the national team the psychological trauma from the from hiroshima from the brazilian hiroshima uh is known as the maracanazo yeah and uh there's a thing called the mongrel complex which uh is the second volume of my uh book coming out um this is all this is apparently about because brazilians are uh their psychology is quite it's a strange one because it's such a melting pot yeah it's the most diverse country in the world probably yes the most like truly blended bundes is the greatest range in bunda size yes what because you've got you've got this sort of portuguese white sort of straight down oscar let's get oscar's ass oscar's ass let's have a look at oscar's ass and then you've got you know you've got ronaldino's yeah you've got well you've got amazon yeah and you've got the greatest bundes in the world it's the most famous bundes in the world really the most famous but the most bonga bonga a ball bundas in the world.

28:54If you're going to bonger a bunda, you're samboring a bunda. Yeah, exactly. I mean, that's where it came from. Exactly. You go to Venice to watch See the Art. You go to Southeast Asia for sex. Did you get Oscar's arse up, Charlie? No, I've got Ronaldinho with loads of arse. Yeah. Famous pick. When I actually ask for an arse, he won't give it to me. No, no. But he'll be constantly showing me other people's arse. Yeah, it's a European arse. Yeah, look at me. There's absolutely nothing going on there. Straight down. Straight. Yeah. Yeah, so you've got a real blend. And I imagine culturally, it's like, who are we?

29:26We've got some of those bongo-able bundes in the world. And some of the least. But then that's how you play the vibraphone, is you need a different, you know, the bongos have different... Oh, you're saying that? Well, that's maybe a call for like a rainbow society, right? Yes, a rainbow nation. You know, if it's, you know, Japan, that's just one note. If you're hitting Japan's ass, it's pretty much an ethno state in a way. You're hitting just... You're not making beautiful music. There's no timbre to a Japanese ass. brazil yeah yeah exactly

29:59there's a farty one at the end that was franz becker bar there's a big there's a big how do you get near franz you're not brazilian get out but the mongrel complex is coined by nelson rodriguez who refers to the 1950 loss and sort of psychological um issue they have with it by basically because they're mixed race heritage and at this point you know it's just our it's still we're still in the kind of really haven't been united as a country no it's still so early it's not really clear what the country is exactly and there's so many different it's got i think it's the biggest african population outside of africa is that right yeah in brazil uh and they sort of still believe this kind of psychological shadow of lack of discipline and all those kind of stereotypes that by here we go by mongrel complex i mean the inferiority in which brazilians place themselves voluntarily when they compare themselves to the rest of the world, Brazilians are the backward narcissist who spits in his own image.

30:53Is this you or the... Sorry, that's not my words. Not my words. But do you think this is also because they've had all the Nazis come over from Europe after the war? Did Brazil get a lot of them? Yeah, Argentina welcomed them. Welcomed them. And I think some of them went to Brazil for the... Mengele went to Brazil to experiment in Bundesizes. Yeah, of course. Now Mengele will come into the story in the next part. Surprisingly. The one who got away. The one who... The love of my life. Joseph Mengele. Starting or growing your own business can be intimidating and lonely at times. Your to-do list may feel endless with new tasks, and lists can easily begin to overrun your life.

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34:10This is Sweden and this is Pele's first World Cup. He's 17. When we did the Grincher episode, right? Yeah, so we did Grincher with you, Horatio, who famously lost his virginity to a goat. Yeah. Catholic country. Catholic country. Which apparently in the book about Grincher, the guy says... Sorry, this is my uncle. Everyone knows it. Catholic country. That doesn't happen in Germany. Apparently 99 % of rural teenagers in Brazil lost their virginity to a goat. How many? In the 30s and 40s. 99, according to the book by... Who's collecting that poll? Rui Castro, the author, I think. It's in the census, I think.

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34:46Yeah. Gorincha is hilarious. I mean, he's got like... He's on the borderline between actual mental retardation, right? Yeah, he's got rickets. Yeah, to add insult to injury. He's got weird legs. But he put it away. Huge cock as well. Yeah. So, you know, all the blood's gone to his cock. Yes. Bad news if you're a goat as well. All good news. It depends on what the goat's into. I was on that bad day to be a goat. I was reading this article about goat shagging. And in Colombia, apparently, it's more donkeys. And it was from a farmer who was saying that he used to basically... Sorry, I have to have another scholar on the show.

35:26He basically pipped up. Sorry, come on. Done my research. Sorry, what's higher stakes, a goat or donkey? because it's all donkey. Donkey, but he basically pimped it out to local teenagers. Sometimes if they're sort of early... Yeah, yeah. It's a revenue stream. At the early stages, they have to bring a little box because donkey's a bit taller. Yeah. But there was one rule that you weren't allowed to use a condom because... Catholic country. Catholic country. Catholic country. The Catholic country. The Lord is not true. They're also concerned that the latex might irritate the donkey. God forbid the donkey would have an irritable fanny.

35:58Personally, I think the donkey's got bigger issues than the latex. Charlie's just found, what have you found? A horse sex case. What have you found, Charlie? A guy died after being bummed by a stallion. Oh, there's a video of that. Sorry, being bummed or trying to bum a stallion. From a ruptured colon. Yeah. Okay, right. That's a different kettle of fish. Yeah. Goats are fine. I guess it's like the revenge for Grincher. What, in the Grand National running is Grincher's revenge? It's the horse that killed a man by bumming him. Anyway, so Gorincha has knocked knees or rickets or something. And it basically means when he's a winger, no one actually knows which way he's running.

36:37He doesn't know which way he's running. Because he doesn't know. It's like a cartoon. It's Forrest Gump running away. He's got two left feet. So is he a left or right winger? He's on the wing. Anyway, so he's part of this sort of early amazing Brazil team. But yeah, so what do they say about Gorincha? They say that, and there's actually this footage of this team, which is the first time there's sort of footage. and Pele's scoring amazing goals even for the fifth like this is the first time you recognise these goals and you can go oh that's a goal that's a goal and so when they go to Sweden and Grincha can't believe the women there right?

37:07yeah and he fathers a child there yeah and then is there a new speech? if I was a kid or a child oh okay yeah well that's my goat right because they had this doctor Hilton Gosley who's at the Brazil team doctor and he was really worried that he basically knew that all the Brazil players were massive shaggers yeah And he, before he like went ahead to the hotel in Sweden and got all of the female staff removed. So as only men. And then realized that... That's what I do on tour as well. At the holiday end. Yeah, so they're fine with it. Yeah. Only sexy guys. They got there and then realized that the hotel overlooked a nudist colony.

37:43I thought you were going donkey sanctuary there. Probably have had the same result. In Brazil, they have those adverts for donkey charities, but it's not, I'm so hot. because I'm so horny. I keep getting fucked by national football. Oh, is it to try and stop? Don't fuck your donkey. Don't fuck donkeys. Can you like adopt a donkey in Brazil as a different charity? Different charity. But Sweden's the happy World Cup then, isn't it? I guess so. Is there any politics there? Yeah, let's see if that's a political World Cup. Well, no, because Garincia is, isn't he, what do they say about Garincia? They say that he's basically borderline.

38:17IQ of 70. Wow. And after the final, doesn't Garincia says, who are we playing next? he just thinks it's school that's what you need you need someone who can't think brazil was brazilian 58 was the first time that a team and had like a psychologist and then like specialist like backroom staff charlie is typing cleverest dog iq the report they they make says garincha was not mentally capable of following complex tactics but then the coach viola dismisses the expert saying you might be right but you know fuck all about football, which, to be fair... Well, he'll probably play better in like an Ancelotti system.

38:54He's like a Real Madrid player, Grinch. He's not a tactical. He's more self-expression, a vibes-based player, you know. So, now, Pele is dropped for the first couple of games, but then he comes into the team, starts scoring hat-tricks, and then in the final against Sweden, this is when the first time they play in blue. So after Hiroshima, they got rid of their white shirts and put yellow shirts on. so I just decided not to say a comment about Japan. And then, um, a master in self-control. Yeah. Yeah. Leave. And then, uh, so Brazil, now Sweden turn up in yellow. This is still the time where both teams would turn up in the same shirt and be like, no, I'm not fucking changing.

39:34You change. Yeah. Uh, so Brazil go and buy blue shirts. Uh, and they then beat them five, two, and Pele scores a hat trick. Yeah. And he's 17. He's 17. And he does the first, I think the first time someone ever knocked a ball over someone's head and bullied it. Yes. so everyone just loses their mind the sombrero flick this is the first time European commentators are going cha cha cha Brasilia you know so Pele bursts into tears at the final whistle having fulfilled the promise he made to his father after Hiroshima and he enters the 62 World Cup as the world's best player not after Hiroshima after Brazil's Hiroshima Brazil's Hiroshima yeah America didn't drop a bomb on Japan and Pele said I will win the World Cup there was a story from the from the celebration but why didn't Japan do that yeah they could have taken a leaf out of Pele's book because the only thing Japan have ever done in football from my point of view is when that footage of a hundred Japanese toddlers playing one professional football oh yeah they tidy up after games sorry what were you going to say at that what was it 58 the one in Sweden yeah at the trophy celebration apparently one of the like Brazilian squad players like just on the bench convinced these journalists to call him Pele in front of these like hot Swedish girls and disappeared off with a six foot two blonde apparently.

40:53A six foot two blonde. Who probably fathered a child with him and realised it was actually Fred. Is the 58 World Cup, is it a political? I mean Sweden? Yeah I think it's a happy one. Is it maybe one we can enjoy? Although the Swedes were still doing eugenics then weren't they? They were. Famously. So it's another two eugenics wins back to back. West Germany and Sweden. Fantastic. Fantastic. Yeah. Sweden did not drop sterilization laws until the fucking 70s. And also, look at Sweden's football team now. Look at their results. This is the golden age of Swedish football. Yes, you're true. You're right.

41:26So, Pelé enters 62. Now, 62 is in... Where's 62? Where's that World Cup? Chile? Is it Chile? Chile, I think. No, that's late. It is in Chile. Stay for it. So, Brazil then go on to win... Oh, this is the one where Brazil have an official team brothel in Santiago. Wow. the team doctor has a complete 180 and thinks, all right, didn't work, getting rid of the female staff. So he goes and sets up a deal with a local brothel. If you're going to be doing it, I'd like to know. Yeah. It's like, you know how England picked their team hotel now and take it over, change the bedding. So the opposite of Capello.

41:59Yeah. Just get the brass in. Yeah. But we'll like, make sure the brass, yeah. It does make you wonder what happened to that, that doctor in the intervening years. They had gone from all the female staff out of the hotel. It's a, it's a, it's like, they're basically, want it to be like a nunnery. And then now they're literally bussing in. Maybe he just had some of the best busts of his life. It's Brazil in the 60s. Post-goat. Yeah, I think maybe he saw a blender that changed his whole view of life. We haven't placed any of this. Should we get to the 1966 World Cup, which is probably the most apolitical, purest World Cup there's ever been.

42:40It's the only real World Cup that sort of counts, i think i think everything else before is corrupt everything else afterwards even more corrupt there's eugenicists there's hiroshima there's nazis i'm standing alone is the england 66 once again we stood alone in defiance um so england get the world cup of 66 uh the context for this is that uh everyone england are kind of falling on their ass it's it's it's all sold as like a like the English summer and the high watermark of our kind of cultural zeitgeist 360s. But actually, the economy was in the toilet. Wilson's in power. It's not getting pegged by Marcia yet.

43:20And the World Cup trophy is stolen from like a stamp collecting fair when like a few weeks before. And it's found in suspicious circumstances by a dog called Pickles. I think just around the corner from where we record in South East London. Pickles finds the trophy, gives it back to the FA or the FIFA or whoever because Pickles the dog Pickles the dog so Pickles gives it back to the FA yeah

43:49Pickles right Pickles then only a year later strangles dies his lead gets caught in a branch and he hangs himself now I dispute that what are you saying Pickles didn't kill himself I don't think Pickles killed himself no I didn't kill himself he knew too much Pickles did not kill himself he knew too much okay how did he suspiciously find that trophy pickles did not kill himself it's quite Epstein it is don't they all die the bloke who nicks it dies as well it all stinks it absolutely stinks absolutely stinks Mears Bletchley and pickles they all die say their names say their names pickles was a collie leave pickles the trophy was found in Baloo in Baloo Hill which is just yeah just around the corner from here wrapped in newspaper tied with a string lying under a book Yeah, I don't buy that for a second.

44:38I think it stinks. I wasn't born yesterday, mate. No. So hung himself on his lead. Was that how he felt? Devastately sad. And the CCTV was turned off at the time. Yeah, at the exact time. Now, listen, obviously, 66 in Britain is, it's a fire sale for the colonies. They're all just going to take them all. Music's good, though. Yeah, the music is good. It's starting to kick off now. But this is, so this is the great African boycott because the FA, the FIFA is run by a guy called So Stanley, someone, he's like head of FIFA at this point. And he basically says, right, all of Africa and Asia and whoever else can compete for one spot to play at the World Cup.

45:20And they all go, well, that's racist. We're going to boycott. We're all fine. Just one more team. One more European spot. Idiots. South Africa is the qualifier. Yeah. What about the Rhodesia? so this means that north korea oh even better even better they qualify so this is the purest world cup there's been yes this is the least corrupt yes north korea qualified for the finals even though a peace treaty had never been signed following the korean war and the uk didn't even recognize north korea north korea has a right to defend itself i've always said that i've always said north korea has a right to defend itself um and so the foreign office identifies these three main areas of tension firstly the use of the national anthem the flying of the flag and the official name of the country because diplomatically we don't recognize north korea so eventually it was called they were referred to as the democratic people's republic of korea and the anthems would only be played at the opening match of the tournament and the final so you're basically banking on north korea not making it to the final yeah uh now the big shock is that north koreans beat italy 1-0 huge shock crazy yeah what's the guy called the the guy who scored the goal i want to i want to say it's pack but i just wanted to get it on the screen before i ran into it i want to say chung i think it is pat pat chung is it pat choy what's pat chung and there could be a lee in there is it lee pat choy charlie help us the fuck out there was do pack do it of course yeah national hero lee dong-won pack do it pack sung's in and some prawn crackers for the table thank you anyway uh that's the north korean team now pack do it uh so the north korean team are based in middlesbrough which means live laugh-laving North Korea.

47:15Yeah. Yeah, they have tea towels with Pat Duick on it. Middlesbrough, the locals like fall in love with the North Koreans. Got a lot in common. They do. Yeah. Same, similar architecture. Middlesbrough is the highest stab rate in Europe, I think. In Europe? Yeah. Charlie is from Middlesbrough. Not that Charlie. Not that Charlie. Clever Charlie. Right, clever Charlie. Yes. Even half a century later, cultural exchanges continue between Middlesbrough and North Korea. Wow. So the people in Middlesbrough go over there and take a look at the modern appliances. Yeah, they do. Carry O.T. Wow, God, what's that?

47:50What's that? Is that a banana? I've only ever heard of those. They've got microwaves over there. Fucking hell. And then, so, but the main story, of course, is England, the wingless wonders. Have you done 66 on the upshot? Again, we've done various fragments of the chaos. Yeah. So how much was Alf Ramsey actually an innovator? Well, he said he was going to win it, Which no one ever has the guts to do, apart from Ange at Tottenham. And he was right. So I think he's considered quite good. But Jeff Hurst is the big turn up for the books because he wasn't meant to be playing. Jimmy Greaves got injured.

48:21And Jimmy Greaves is one of our best players. He's an unbelievable goal scoring stats. He was injured. And Jeff Hurst obviously does the business. Have you ever seen Jeff Hurst's advert, his interview on Sky Sports? No. Is this too much of a diversion? No, no. He's very good. You can never have too much of a diversion. What happened? It was just before, I think it was the last Euros final, he did an interview on Sky Sports the day before the final and was going to ask him about it. I think he might have had a sponsorship. It's great to have you here to watch your own pod. Here's what he had to say.

48:54I've just finished off an advert for Budweiser, which has been very interesting. And I think one of the great things about supporting England is you can support England from all over the country, not just at the games, but in pubs and bars. just enjoying a nice glass of Budweiser.

49:14Great advertising to be fair to him. You can support England wherever you are just by having a glass of American beer. America's favourite beer. Wherever you are, not watching football. No. That supports England. He's the only one left though from 66. Is he? Everyone else got like brain damage from hitting the fucking wet balls all of the winter, you know. It's the first World Cup that has a mascot. Willy, World Cup Willy. the line with Union Jack on it and then probably the best I think the best so Pele gets basically kicked off the pitch right Pele gets kicked off the South Americans see England 66 as like the worst World Cup has ever been the most corrupt one all of them we get some very dodgy calls yes so the main one is oh sorry so this is before the invention I thought you were personally getting dodgy I'm not going to say that England's another one that's the camp who is this this is before uh yellow and red cards are invented so we should place 1966 right okay you're aware you're aware of every placement system yeah so let's we'll start by saying it's before yellow and red cards and it was after um last woman to be hanged oh lovely let's just see when was the last one that's gonna be around there isn't it hyung i think is the north korean player actually.

50:31Isn't this your... Lovely 1955. Wow, that is beautiful. Absolutely glorious. Yeah. And now also off the bat just... Ruth Ellis. Say her name. Ruth Ellis. Queen of our hearts. I don't think she killed herself. This stinks. Her and Pickles have been taken out by someone like Bob. No, I think she did kill herself. Sorry, you're right. Pickles did not kill himself. Ruth Ellis was a suicide. She had mental health. She was trying to change a light bulb. anyway why was she hanged why was she hanged she shot a lover outside a pub in Hampstead you can't be doing that yeah woman shooting a man though is kind of baller it feels different what do you mean well it's just if a woman kills her husband you're like what has he done I think he was he was a dirty dog you know what I mean like if a husband kills his wife it's like he didn't need a reason is that what you're saying yeah I get it yeah yeah sure I get it I get it.

51:29It's totally a temper thing. Fucking never stop talking. If a woman gets past her instinct to not kill people and like pushes past that, what has he done to get her to that point? Yeah. You just, you always look at him worse than her, I feel. Yes. Yes. She's building, building that train set. Exactly. It's just like, let's take over the whole house now. Yeah, exactly. So the best thing about this World Cup is the, is the, the match between England and Argentina and is it the quarters? And this is the beginning of our footballing rivalry. with Argentina? Yes, it is. So there's no red or yellow cards.

52:02Now, the Argentinian captain, Antonio Rattin, he gets sent off by the German referee. Rattin refuses to leave the pitch, claiming he didn't understand the order and demands an interpreter, which then, he then goes and sits on the Queen's red carpet at Wembley, which is a disgrace. I mean, that's disgraceful. Absolute disgrace. They're animals. They are animals. which is what Al Framsey says in the press conference he goes he's a fucking animal and this is what in a press conference yeah he says well I think they're just animals this is called like the battle of wherever this is one of the this is one of I think it's the most amount of cards or fouls in a game to this point it's one of the it's one of the shittest games ever basically so this is him trying to send off ratting and they don't understand you need a card you need a card yeah exactly fuck off so So lopsided foul.

52:5833 committed by England to Argentina's 19. So we're going for it as well. I dispute those numbers. I think that's too high. Ref looks so generous. So was it a corrupt, do we get a lot of calls our way basically? Well, it depends who you believe, obviously, but yeah, it was a favourable rubble agreement. Well, I guess this is when an Englishman was the head of FIFA. Yeah. And hence the exclusion of anyone from the developing world. Sir Stanley someone. It's before all the sort of French corruption. It's English corruption. It's before the woke madness of trying to give the World Cup to South Africa or something like that.

53:31So England get to the final, obviously, the Wingless Wonders. Yeah. And then they're playing Germany in 66 in the final. And again, the World War II is still casting a shadow over it. Still? Still. Come on. You know. Go over it. in that in that every uh so helmut schoen who's the german coach he had survived the 1945 basballing of dresden yeah um and uh so west germany had beaten the ussr in the semi-final so i guess this is also which is the world cup where east germany play west germany that's not until later is it yeah anyway obviously england england win they think it's all over it is now two world wars one world cup exactly um and we got a fable rub rub the green there with the ball not crossed the line yeah that sort of stuff before when we insult Saudi Arabia I quite often see comments being like well Jeff Hurst's goal didn't cross the line for Saudi lads from Saudis yeah really fair enough but we got off we got off oh the Lampard one yeah oh this is Lampard yeah so we're even yeah so Pele's kicked out of the game and you know England this is probably the last time that we had any sort of thing to shout about really into the Falklands.

54:49Yeah. This is also the birth of can he do it on a rainy Tuesday in Stoke? Because it's like, Pele, you came. You could do it in Sweden. Of course. You got kicked to death. Yeah. Because a foul at this point is, I mean, assault is allowed. It's not considered a foul. It's me and potatoes football. It's knobbly Englishman called Nobby versus... Yeah, it's the high point of the name Nobby actually, isn't it? Nobby Styles. And like knobbly knees and comb overs. Yeah. Yeah, they're all 20 and they're all bald as fuck. Horrendous hairlines. Horrendous haircuts. Heroes, all of them. For this World Cup, the Brazilian team, they stayed in this village in Cheshire, Limb, I think it was called.

55:27And they apparently, someone told them that Limb was the most dangerous place in the UK. And apparently they just wouldn't leave the hotel for the entire week. They were just like, they'd step out and there'd be some Cheshire farmer. All right, all right, lads. You want to fuck some potatoes? And they're just cowering in their room. Well, they accused them of serving them horse meat. yeah they thought there was a horse that's my girlfriend how dare you but then we get to 1970 so Pele has had it's been kicked to shit in the last two World Cups and in 1970 this is in Mexico this World Cup and this is the first time where it's becoming a real commercial operation because they make all the players play at midday in the height of the Mexican sun for TV audiences in Europe.

56:15Right. So it's also the first World Cup of Colour. Sorry, it's the first World Cup in Colour. Yeah, yeah, sorry. And so this is where like the Brazil are kind of at their pomp. Yes, this is the one where that Colour TV goal, that famous whole team, 1970. The 1970 final, yeah, the right back. Carlos Alberto scores an amazing team goal. But also, so this is where like the, it's also filmed in Technicolour. So it's the yellow shirts, the kind of brightness of the sun this is where I suppose certainly when I was a kid I had this box set of the history of the World Cup and this was the one that felt like the sort of if there ever was a peak it's this and the next one for me where I was like yeah this one feels like the most but also is this where Bobby Moore's tackle was yeah yeah yeah which my dad would talk and then you see it and it's like it's a nice tackle but the way he taught my dad explained this to me for about 45 minutes was it Gordon Banks' save Gordon Banks' save in the same game and this is the one where Bobby Moore gets accused of stealing jewellery really it's the big scandal on the eve of the tournament Bobby Moore's accused of stealing a necklace yeah apparently Bobby Charlton apparently it's the greatest tackle of all time yeah I mean it's a slight tackle slight tackle was slight tackle new then yeah but Bobby Moore right before the tournament they accuse him of stealing a bracelet or a necklace and apparently Bobby Charlton flirted with the shop assistant to distract her do you think that actually happened Bobby Charlton Back at the old eyelash.

57:43Flick the comb over. But Harold Wilson had to intervene, I think. Yeah. It was in Colombia or something. They were over there for a friendly and they went to a jewellery shop and nicked a bracelet or something. Yeah, I mean, it's not fucking goats, is it? Yeah. It's a bit of harmless fun. Catholic country. Anyway, so 1970 is the kind of high point of Brazil. This is what they win the World Cup for the fourth time in 1970, is it? This is when they keep the trophy, isn't it? Oh, this is the third time. 58, 60, yeah, 70. This is what popularizes the phrase Hogger Benito. And now at this point, Brazil is under a repressive military dictatorship.

58:23And so this is kind of sports washing, which had been happening in how long? When did the Brazilian dictators get in to? They've been in since the 60s. 64. 64. So yeah, the famous goal in the final, they beat Italy 4-1 Pele then retires after this he was best mates with Henry Kissinger yeah it's crazy you know that Kissinger's a massive football fan which is also sus if you're an American massive football fan he's German he's German yeah yeah that's why the whole bombing Cambodia thing what he's German isn't he right loves it let's drop napalm on him yeah so they were pals Pele and Henry Kissinger were best mates and Kissinger tries to basically is the missing link in you know we know when Pele goes to America the New York Cosmos Kissinger's getting a moat back he broke his idea do we know how they met Kissinger just came to the I think just isn't the talk of Kissinger Kissinger in Chile I think yeah he had some he had some business in the region at the time yeah he did right wing junters to me yeah exactly they met in 1974 at a hotel in Sao Paulo and he sought out Pele to persuade him to come out of retirement isn't he sat in like with all the families when they win it or something.

59:39Something like that. Anyway, Pele's high point is 1970. Then this is when the game becomes really commercial. And he goes on to be the face of Coke and Viagra. Yeah. And he's in... What's the escape to victory? Oh, yeah. Which I've never seen. I've seen clips of it. No, me neither. It's got loads of hair in it. It's kind of crap. Bobby Moore in it and Gordon Baines. It's a POW. They're playing against Nazis. Yeah. It just seems to... I can't really wrap my head around the premise to be honest Sylvester Stallone Michael Cain Pele playing against Knives I mean I'm watching that so Pele retires in 19 whatever and then yeah 1977 with the mad goal record that's a bit yeah so what's going on there well 500 of his 1300 goals were scored in exhibition matches which is like soccer aid yeah it's like Lee Mack and Steve Bartlett in England's top school Chunks.

1:00:41That does also make me doubt Pelé's shagging numbers as well then. Because if you caught he said he was posting posting a thousand. Is that his number? I don't know. Yeah, it's over a thousand. Where's that quote? If you're counting goals and friendly, are we counting goats? Because I don't think goats go into the total. Is that exhibition sex? Yeah. It was up for charity as well. Donkey sanctuary. He said good forwards only scored. They have sex today. before oh good they all say that don't they yeah or they're two camps yeah there was one i think it's a later one of these who was it someone someone uh someone scored i think it was 94 world cup final brazilian who uh scored in scored like a goal in the world cup final and they asked him like an interview afterwards like what what's your secret he's uh good night good night shagging the night before and his wife was watching back at home in brazil and his world cup was in like america to me america yeah mario mario that was it brilliant diva walson the next day uh so pele just wrap up his story he gets an honorary knighthood by the queen in 1997 uh because he's uh he's honorary because he's an aunt but he's brazilian right so yeah yes or just an honorary knighthood um you know you can't be sir james savile because you weren't born here we like what you're doing abroad um he's named athletes of the century by the ioc quote I was born to play football just like Beethoven was born to write music and Michelangelo was born to paint I think fair enough I mean 1970s when you see that thing he does where he runs past the ball and I mean I love this era of football because it's the first time these things are happening and so or they're being captured it's like the first Cruyff turn you see the people's reaction yeah they're like it's like a cartoon yeah it's like the first time people heard synth music they were like yeah or like when you know in deaf people you can they hear again yeah it is like cry exactly that's the first cry turn yeah nobby nobby styles wasn't doing that no no so uh let's just get to 1974 which uh is was in west germany uh and this is held as an intense time globally uh the post this is like the oil opec crisis yeah the post we're on our knees we are on our knees yeah uh heath's in three-day working we just turned the light off uh they yeah they're on strike yeah yeah exactly not quite yet 79 78 so i think britain don't england don't qualify for this yeah i mean it's pretty bleak yeah you don't even have that uh because the thing is as we've learned from all of these if you if your country can get a sporting success you can like wash all of your failures yeah we had nothing to wash away our failures we couldn't even sports we were like we had nothing no we were shit at cricket as well yeah yeah we we fucked up the 70 world cup we were two nil up against germany got knocked out the english Hiroshima yeah of course so then the low the low begins um the england have england have quite a only snooker the snooker's the only here that's interesting yeah and it does cheapen the analogy yes it's true we It's Hiroshima after...

1:03:59It's just Hiroshima after another Hiroshima. Yeah. So East Germany make their debut in 74, the only World Cup they qualify for, and they beat West Germany, the hosts, 1-0. Huge victory for communism. But mainly, this is about the Dutch team. This is my favourite team to watch, is early total football, where they just basically tear up all the rules, switch positions, and no one can handle it because everyone's been playing systems. and the and Cruyff is the person who inspired Pep the most it's the lineage that's still seen today fully Cruyff says a perfect game ends nil nil what do you mean by that because he means that if you're playing football properly you don't concede a goal really?

1:04:43yeah I thought it was the other way I thought it was all free flying yeah no it's all based on not conceding and keeping the ball if you keep the ball the other team can't score it's possession football possession football but there's a great quote quote by uh i can't remember it's david winner who wrote a book called brilliant orange which i read years ago it was a great quote that the total football uh of the dutch team was it was like the beach boys the hippie movement swinging 60s and the death of john lennon all in one tournament in the dutch play this amazing round of football get to the final score in the first minute and then west germany win and they don't you know it's like the dutch still go on about this yeah as their this is the dutch hiroshima there was you know there was like there was like a sabotage thing the week before the final because they the dutch players had this like pool party at their hotel a few days before the final and these girls like joined them in the pool like took their tops off but i had a great night like slipped off with the dutch players and it then turned out that they had been hired by build you know the german tabloid paper and the day like the night the day of the world cup final the day before the world cup final they did this front page spread like with their head loads like croif champagne naked girls swimming pool and this caused like a massive stir and apparently the night before the final all the dutch players were just on in their hotel on their phone to the wives back home croif was up till like three or four in the morning he's playing final the next day queuing for the paint so they actually just like put them in the doghouse put the whole team in the doghouse stitch them up good work that is pretty good as we do it to our own team that is true that's what we do every england was a bang snap behind bin you ordered me to go and fuck that grandma behind the bin you can't be putting sexy grannies out like that and expect me not what do you think is going to happen bad day to be a grandma while I'm Rooney he's not the most discerning shagger that's why like there's a purity to it what PVC grannies ableistical sort of it's just more like keep politics out of granny bashing would you yeah but it's just more like he doesn't seem like he's not very vapid with how the women look or anything like that it's just it's purely shagging just shagging that's it it doesn't matter who it is it doesn't matter how old they are he's the opposite of a nonce he's only shagging like 90 year olds yeah if you're chasing Pele's numbers then you've got to be like you've got to be yeah you've got to really be getting loads of numbers in those kind of mid-table match FA Cup sucker aid you've got to be doing that pre-season tour of the care homes in America so so Netherlands sorry Netherlands are the best team to not win the World Cup right they've been in three World Cup finals yeah but I suppose you know that's the best country this is the best team in that this is like revolutionary style of football.

1:07:48Some of the best players that ever played the game. Who else was in there apart from Cruyff? Was there anyone else? I looked at it. I'd never heard of any of them. I think they were great. Yeah. But also this is based off the Ajax team which dominated the European Cup. But at this point the World Cup is still the pinnacle of the game. I suppose in the 90s, thousands, it becomes the Champions League really. You wouldn't say the Champions League is the pinnacle of the game compared to the World Cup now. Yeah, in terms of the quality of the competition, a club team is better now than a national team yeah you're probably right but I still think the prestige of the World Cup means more anyway we're going to leave this episode here in our next episode the Upshot boys will still be there and we'll be talking about Maradona South American dictators The Falklands Thatcher comes in The Hand of God The Falklands the whole thing's a disgrace This is one of my favourite episodes is going to be the next one It's an absolute South American disgrace the next episode they should be ashamed of themselves that's already on our Patreon where you can pay£3 a month and get instant access to series.

1:08:46We'll also be doing a bonus episode with Zach and Jack about hooliganism and the Hazel disaster, which is the Liverpool one that we can make jokes about. I'm on tour in Liverpool. Anyway, that's on the Patreon. And if not, we'll see you next time for the continuation of the World Cup story from everyone here. Goodbye.

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