Marcus Mumford on Scoring Past Mourinho, Noel Gallagher’s BRUTAL Advice & Mid-Gig Side Quests

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0:31Without getting subscribed. Absolutely not. Hello and welcome to that Peter Crouch podcast. Me, Peter Crouch. Notorious, I think. Nice to have you back, actually, Sid. No, you lot hung me out to dry last time. Have you heard that? Yeah, I watched it. What did we say, sir? Just like I'm always on holiday. Wow, hold on a minute, right? Whenever I take, like, annual leave. Annual leave? Whenever I take some leave. You did not have a annual leave. It's a stressful environment for you, Sid. I always say, listen, I try to obviously not do it the day that we record, but I also try and say, look, if I can take any equipment because I want to be involved.

1:13Yeah, of course. I watched it, it was great. John Bishop, what a legend. It was really, we did have a lot of fun. In Steve, he was at Steve's house, wasn't he? Claridge. Yeah, we were at Steve Claridge's, yeah. Yeah, it was very good. I was gutted to miss that one. You would have liked it because it was largely just us pissing around in a hotel room. It did seem like that. There we go, we will get, Actually, it's quite fun having the way days. Realise that we need to get out more. Yeah. I think. Yeah. Yeah. And, well, we were talking about backstroke last week. Yeah, we were, yeah. We sort of got onto that for quite a while.

1:46Loads of messages this week from people saying the podcast catchphrase needs to change to backstroker. Backstroker? Nicely done. There's so many people who miss it. Yeah, that's nice. I've got, obviously, seeing your sins is ticking away nicely. We've put a few calls out. Yeah. Yeah. I just need to get the Akui, didn't I? Get that going. Yeah. Yes, if you haven't listened to the pod for a while, we've got a funny situation where Steve Sidwell is potentially going to perform on an Akui at a festival this summer. That's the plan. That's the aim. When Rike Inglasius was mentioned, obviously this goes down to when Sid was talking about his, what are they called, New Year's resolutions.

2:27And he said he'd like to learn Spanish and the guitar. Yeah. So straight away. we've made some calls we're trying to get him on a big show potentially in Finsbury Park or in Hyde Park the dream to the Kasabian gig at Finsbury Park I think that's ideal that would be unreal wouldn't it but you we've got we've actually got your Akui you've brought one in today yeah this is actually my Akui this was a this was a birthday present for my brother for my 30th birthday and I'm 43 and I've not played it really so we're on we're off to a flight it's not going great Chris you're not bad on the guitar do you think you could this is just a taster maybe of what we could expect at Finsbury Park I'd say we'd be we'd probably be on first I think Miles came probably be on just after us I don't think we'll get above Miles we'll warm him up but that would be the dream but you're going to learn the guitar over the next few weeks I'm really surprised how you're really good no I can play a few chords like that's it and then what we've done to help you out is we've booked Marcus Mumford for today's podcast to give a bit of a kind of lesson how to this is what the podcast does that's what it does mate do it properly if we're going to do it you know is there a basic like tuition I think you can get away with playing four single chords for this so you've only got to learn four so it'll be you know would you dance if you saw me and in would you love and then to D Would you tremble if I touch your lips?

4:09I'm not okay. You're sore tonight. Okay. And then it'll be... I can be your sick world, baby. Okay. Let me get the chorus. I can be your sick world, baby. That's amazing. I can kiss away. Go on, sing up. The pain by you. I'm just looking at the four chords. I will stand by you forever.

4:45You can take my breath away. Let me be your hero. Fantastic. I've got a lot to live up to here. That's where it starts. Oh, sorry, mate. That's all right. So anyway, look, that's all hopefully going to lead up to the summer. And I feel like, I don't know, man, we get towards the end of January now. It feels like we can start looking ahead to the summer. That really excites me. Yeah, it really does. Yeah, I think that'll be great. Really exciting. Yeah. Sid, how was your holiday, by the way? It was really good. Nice trip away. Yeah, friends fought with Tiff. I went to Dubai, a bit of golf. I think we're just on the voice notes.

5:23Yeah, I was teeing off literally just after. I thought you were, yeah. They felt sharper than usual. I was late. It was a heavy night before. So we, yeah. But really good. Yeah. Bit of golf, bit of sun. It was nice. Yeah, nice. Back to it now and then what? Next holiday in a couple of weeks. Skiing in a couple of weeks. Yeah. He's not even joking. Are you actually? Have you put in your leave with a big one? I went direct to HR. Got above me. I don't know what's going on. How was your weekend, boys, anyway? Good. Yeah, it was all right, actually. I had a couple of beers yesterday pretty steady nice West Ham game enjoyed that actually good game West Ham played quite well see you had a pie and mash Tony's I saw that pop up yeah Tony's pie and mash yeah just a couple of things I think we're trying to get blue plaque up at Fosse Way as well this is unreal I mean I don't even know why but we're for some reason we've decided to put a blue plaque up where I found out when Andy Cole was going from Newcastle to Man United and I was so shocked I remember the exact house well we've got a blue plaque and we're potentially going on the house.

6:30But what's great is there's people obviously living in the house that don't know that their house is the one that we've been speaking about. So you're going to turn up like, you know, like when Andy Peters does the competition. Yeah. Or what's that? Postcode lottery. Someone's ringing a bell. They're dressed in red, yeah? Yeah. Well, he will be, yeah. Well, postcode lottery. Yeah, you've got to drink. They'll think that they'll actually run the postcode lottery. I can't see you doing that since. What? Postcode lottery. mate what do what do you lot put me up for how do you think that would be nice like I'm getting unwanted attention from carrying a guitar on a train that's something I did not want to like now I was putting with a guitar on the train next thing he's turning up your door in a red fleece can you not see that I can't see it come on please the post postcode lottery get us involved if you are if you are from the postcode lottery just give us a bell that would be a great one because back in the day that was Keith Chegg win as well wasn't it sort of knocking on the door yeah Shane Rich used to do a bit of the Daz doorstep didn't he as well Daz doorstep challenge it's kind of the modern day Daz doorstep isn't it yeah someone's ringing your bill but we're going to be doing that in Ealing to put a blue plaque up on that yeah and then we also talked about the ball of steel as well this is something just to catch you up on yeah I see it I see it yep it was I can't remember if we said was this going to be for an act of bravery in the football after the Watford ball boy who had to stand in front of the Millwall end brilliant tough afternoon for him wasn't it oh my gosh yeah yeah but we might make that a monthly thing on the podcast yeah award a ball of steel yeah it might be a bit difficult that weekly and we've got the games gone board coming in that's just that's all I'm actually looking forward to that yeah so all in all it's a really exciting year ahead it really is just lots going on yeah on the games gone board actually we need people to submit why they think the game's gone is there any that caught your eye recently oh what have we got that's happened recently James just brought one up there the linesman in grip socks yeah Lino in grip socks yeah that game's gone game's gone I mean steward with the studs again yeah that's that's a no where are you at with sort of fireworks before every game yeah the pyros pyros are just standard now aren't they yeah it's becoming like a when you are doing a game on the side of the pitch though I have to say in mid-December when they bang out that fire it is nice yeah they're really hot aren't they yeah it's nice and warm yeah so yeah it's becoming more like American isn't it more like a whole theme light shows and all that even like tailgating and stuff yeah come on we keep saying it's not really about whinging about it all but we're going to have a board here just to kind of keep track because sometimes you know you don't realise and then it'll just be gone the game will be completely gone and at least keep an eye on this thing keep an eye on it you don't know what you've lost till it's gone don't want it to go too far do we no absolutely yeah alright right now lads we've got we've got Marcus Mumford on the pod yeah a bit alleged to be fair isn't it yeah and there's a few people behind the scenes very excited about it I've actually worked with him before on the game for Grenfell he organised it and he had a flat nearby to Grenfell I think him and Les Ferdinand were quite instrumental in getting that game together it's a lot of fun actually my mate's a fireman as well and he saved a penalty from Jose Mourinho no he scored a penalty past Jose Mourinho who's in goal he loves it he's so proud of that he's got a video of him doing the robot in front of Mourinho Eddie

10:29Okay, we're joined here by Marcus Mumford. How are you, mate? Hey, lads. Very well. Thanks for coming on, man. What a privilege. Yeah, listen, I think... I've made it. You've made it. You've made it. I think the last time, well, maybe one of the last times I saw you was the game for Grenfell. Yes. You organised that game. That's right. You were heavily involved in organising. We did, yeah, we did. That was amazing. That was a proper day. incredible Roy Hodgson Les Ferdland it's not what it was about but they gave me a signed Premier League contract for one day really yeah they came together and signed it framed it really I love it it's in my garage I think Maren Farah Maren Farah ran circles around everyone not with a ball but he was amazing he did not stop he's got so much energy yeah he has he can run famous for it the way you describe this game it's almost like a fever dream like all the little headlines of what happened at that Mourinho celebrating yeah thankfully my mate was a fireman and we drafted managed to draft him in you allowed him to play and he scored a penalty past Jose Mourinho unbelievable I'm so pleased with that Mourinho did amazingly that day yeah because it was like as much an opportunity for the community to like come together for the first time on a big scale since obviously the tragedy and it was amazing Mourinho showed up I went to his house to ask him to do it really and he said yes he was so kind and he showed up and he played the perfect like pantomime villain which is all that anyone really wanted from him that day and like put himself in goal and everyone scored against him that's mad so you talk about getting that contract for that day and that experience but going around to Mourinho's house was your experience of getting signed as well yeah it's almost like Mark is at the same he's like I was dead nervous when I went in there as you can imagine because at that time he was like absolute pomp but he made you feel like at ease straight away really welcoming come in like the dog was running around us on the missus lap his wife come in and that it was like it was great great guy good guy did your relationship end well with him yeah fine yeah yeah we still sort of speak every now and again now so yeah I like him a lot I've said that was one charity thing he did Paul Merton Paul Merton that day who was Mers Paul Mers absolutely blew me away how good he is no offence he was unbelievable Damien Duff as well Duffer still got it yeah Paul Mercer was unbelievable I played with Mercer Villa and I think he was probably people forget how good a player he was yeah what a player this game wasn't that long ago what's that this game wasn't that long ago for him to still be it was I mean he's you know he didn't do a lot of running Mo Farah certainly did a lot more yeah but he stood in the middle and he just distributed the ball in a way that I hadn't seen you know up close we did a training day at Carrington once Dennis Irwin played he didn't distribute but he was up and down like and these guys you know they're not young but once you got it you just I'm telling you but you're right Crouchy because you don't you don't really talk about his football so much do you no that's what I mean I just tell you he's not held in the same kind of esteem as some other players but like while training with him first hand he was unbelievable like in that dressing room we had like David Genoa like Dion W we had some great players in there Peter Schmeichel was there it was a lot of older kind of players but Merce was by far for me the best was he?

13:53yeah his right foot he had no left foot in regards to his right but he's all right at the out he had the best outside the right foot his outside was ridiculous yeah yeah anything unreal high, low, anything yeah Marcus, talk us through your new album mate prizefire yeah, that's why I'm here isn't it I keep forgetting I'm like just want to talk about yeah, it's fine but tell me about Mourinho I've only listened on the way here actually Schmeichel Merson Dublin yeah unreal so when I arrived there right so it's the first time I'm ever in the first time I'm in the Premier League because I was in the Championship before like QPR then Portsmouth so now I'm in the Premier League I arrive in the Premier League and it's every single player in that dressing room that I've watched my whole life right we had Peter Schmeichel in goal we had Alan Wright I literally forgot what he was.

14:46Roddy Johnson, Al Pai. The team was Steve Stone, Paul Merson, David Ginola, Leon Dublin, Ian Taylor. Lee Hendry. Lee Hendry, yeah. It was Gareth Barry. Just all the names were just... Of course, Gareth Barry's in every team. Has he still got the record for the most? Soon to be broken. Milner. Do you think he'll break that? He's two away. Two or three away. Is he? Yeah. It's because he doesn't drink, isn't it? that is a big factor at the end of the day that's a big factor legend yeah of course Gareth Burrow is in that team yeah I love Gareth Burrow to be fair absolutely great lad but talk us through it yeah come on talk me through it it's my favourite thing we've ever done actually it's my favourite record we've ever made yeah it's called Prizefighter comes out in February and I love it yeah I love it are you doing some big gigs doing some big gigs playing Hyde Park on July 4th oh yeah very much expect you to be there yeah we will be there Or at least at the after party, which is where you tend to show up.

15:47Invisible during the show, certainly. I've sent you a few of those. Yeah. Well, Sid is actually taking up the guitar. I don't know if you've got any pointers for him, but he's brought his guitar in today. Is this your guitar? Well, there's a... No, it is my guitar. Is it actually? Yeah, there's a backstory to this. So, New Year's resolution, just quickly. So, New Year's resolution, I was like I want to get back into trying to play the guitar and try and get back into learning Spanish so these wallies have obviously gone right well we're going to just combine the two and we're going to get you doing a sort of a Spanish sort of on the Akui so Senior Sid has obviously now begun and yeah the aim is well Crouchy's asking if he can get up for the Kasabian gig you know he had Sir John speaking of great Spanish guitar band no no no but his where the Spanish comes in is what we want him to do we want him to perform Enrique Inglesi's hero amazing we've changed the words slightly I can be your Sidwell baby we'll perform it to you at the end we can perform it at Marcus at the end yeah we'll perform it for you at the end yeah we've had a little go so the guitar basically was a 30th birthday present for my brother I'm 43 right it looks quite dusty that string has not been changed in 20 years that string has not been touched in a long time yeah and that one's looking ropey as well that one's a bit fresher but yeah it's been a while hasn't it it's been a while mate yeah but yeah we'll see what happens so we'll see yeah but um Marcus big Wimbledon fan you Duns yeah it's not going great no it's not there we got some connections there Steve Sidwell's lad I know he's uh plays for Wimbledon yeah Johnny Jackson as well yeah yeah how did that come about Wimbledon you Duns um I was uh I was brought up as a United fan because my older brother is six years older than me and was a United fan and we grew up on all those you know mid-90s tapes right so it was class of 93 and all that two?

17:5592 yeah class of 92 all those tapes right and we just watched we didn't have Sky so we didn't remember we watched Match of the Day if I was allowed to stay up late enough but otherwise it was like the tapes the end of the season was what I lived on was it those songs that inspired you to get into music. The United lads singing. Come on, you reds, come on, you reds. Just use your bottle and use your reds for 90 minutes. We'll let them know we found you, 90. Here we go. Who knows? United fans, even people that aren't United fans. I know some really, really inappropriate ones. Yeah. But anyway, so, and then when I was eight, I went to school in Wimbledon and got bullied into supporting Wimbledon.

18:33So effectively, like, I'm just like a wallflower at this point. I'm bouncing around. But I started supporting, went to my first match. It was at Selhurst Park and it was the match where David Beckham scored from the halfway Oh really? That was the first game And I was so excited about my chips that I was looking at my chips and missed the goal so I had to watch it I was allowed to watch the match of the day that day But yeah I was there when he scored from the halfway and then was a Wimbledon fan all the way through school and obviously when the team was sold to that town that I won't mention then you know obviously lots of those guys set up AFC Wimbledon which at that time was more akin to a charity project than it was like supporting a football team but they've just done an amazing job building the club up from the ground up and now of course obviously our league team again it's not going great this year it started off really well but that was such a strange time that you just talk about there because I always remember being at Watford I think we might have mentioned before I'm not sure but I remember when looking out to the stand and they'd put almost cardboard cutouts of fans there to try and pad it out.

19:41Do you remember that? Yeah. And then it was only when I saw it in the paper the next day and it was like literally cardboard fans. Well, they did need that at Wimbledon, that's for sure. It was down at King's Meadow because my brother, he started, basically when they first started, he was there for the first three years and he got the first three promotions. He's a legend down there, my brother. I've been out and there's people that have stopped me and gone, can I have a picture? And I go, yeah, yeah. And they go, no, no, I'm in love with your brother. he's a Wimbledon fan really the fellow who babbed into us but they're right it is incredible it is incredible and they're fan-owned and it's a great way to be our first ever charity gig was for AFC Wimbledon my brother at the time was like mate there's much bigger issues in the world how have you waited this long to do a charity gig and it's for a football team who was at Wimbledon Theatre because Ivor Heller who's very involved obviously in the founding of the club or the continuation of the club on that thing it's just yeah he's been a legendary friend to us you know they built something really beautiful Lisa when did that coincide but when did that coincide with the band you know getting bigger I guess yeah I mean it was a few years in wasn't it a couple of promotions in I've been going to games because I was still living in London and I've been going to Kings Meadow a lot and some very wet and windy nights and I remember taking some friends down and took some American friends and I was like, look, this is before Ted Lasso came out, right?

21:12And before like the Wrexham thing happened. So no one really had a framework for what this was. Like real grassroots. I mean, it's basically pub football. No offense to your brother. At that point. And, you know, it was some rough, it was rough entertainment. But it was a great night out. And I mean, obviously the vibe in the stands is amazing. How does Ted Lasso thing come about? You mates with Jason, he's a bit of a friend of the pod, to be fair. We were with him at the darts. We had a good time with him at the darts. He texted me. He was very nervous about the darts. Oh, really? Yeah, yeah.

21:44He was there every week. He loved it. Taking his kids. Unbelievable scenes. Yeah, no, I've had some wonderful nights. We went as Mrs. I went as Mrs. Motivator one year. We went as William Wallace. Really? There was a lot of public nudity on that night, as you can imagine. And then we went as Knights of the Round Table. I was asking so you get right involved you're in the yeah no we used to have a rule where you weren't allowed to leave voluntarily so you had to wait as late as you could to flip the table and then get carried out it's really fun really it's really fun I mean terrible behaviour but really fun fuck me that's like an eggy boff it's like a different kind of eggy boff that we used to play that's what you get when you're in a band yeah it's band life that is I suppose it is yeah it's quite fun you've done some amazing things in the band mate like what's been the highlight for you I just we've got a few bits up there obviously headlining Glastonbury that was a big one you played at the White House is that correct?

22:40played at the White House yeah it was pitched to us like Barack Obama had personally invited our band to do it turns out I think the UK at that time it was Cameron had like said we want this to be our it was a state dinner between the US and the UK but if they told us that Cameron had asked that's fucking unbelievable so what do you mean so like their worried relations are slightly I don't know just a bit frosty at the moment we'll send Mumford they've been like look the US have John Legend representing the Yanks and so we want you to to be fair we wipe the floor with him but so we did we got up and and and played and we we were in line to meet I call him Barry we were in my in line to meet Obama and it was like you know wives and girlfriends my wife's there she's pretty stoked to meet Obama and she got potholed by Sam cam so sam cam like took her to one side and you know it's very nice like a really bad pothole that one because she was so stoked and then she didn't get to meet him then i met him a second time and she found out i was going to meet him again and she said like fuck you and all that and then i said to him look i'm um my wife's annoyed with me because of the pothole situation with sam cam and now um she's not getting to meet you again he said i'll tell you um tell your wife she's significantly more talented than you.

24:03And I said, Mr. President, please tell your wife she's significantly more talented than you. To which he goes, oh, everybody knows I'm just Jay-Z now. Which is an amazing comeback. Oh, wow. Fair play. Yeah. Humblebrag. Yeah. That's high level stuff. Yeah, there's a lot going on. I couldn't keep the pace. I'm just Jay-Z. I lost it a bit, but I pretended I kept up with it. That's amazing. That's good. That's good, man. That's good. So did you perform, is it kind of awkward performing? I was still at White House, and I've moved on a few years, but yes. But in that situation, I assume it's more awkward to play to a smaller group like that who were just looking at you.

24:43When I was at Radio 1 before my current job, and I always remember a situation where the Queen was in the live lounge, and she was watching the script perform, but it was just for the Queen. So they're having to stare straight at the Queen, and she's doing nothing. And at the end, she gave it one clap. Really? One? Just one? And I remember watching this from the room next door. Yeah. Came into Radio 1. Yeah. But I can't imagine how tense it must have been for Danny from the script to be just playing to the Queen and just giving it back. That's such a mad one. What about the one clap after? And then just one.

25:16One clap. Well, because I think what it was, was the Queen doesn't clap. Fuck off. No. Queen doesn't. What? It's something like the Queen doesn't clap. but then because people started clapping in the room she obviously was put in a position where she couldn't not clap so she just gave it the one-er and then no one knew what to do in that one that's worse than a slow clap that's a difficult one isn't it is there anyone you noticed in the crowd that you've gone oh my god they're here tonight well you're quite hard to miss you know like oh my god I can't believe you're at my show Sir Paul McCartney came to one of our gigs and I could see him out of the corner of my eye and that was a nightmare was it?

25:56that was a nightmare do you feel like he's judging you? Did you not know? No. And we heard that he might come. And then, yeah, I could see him the whole show. So I was quite nervous at that one. Yeah. Yeah, it's bizarre. It's bizarre playing in front of your heroes, you know. You must know what that's like. Yeah. But I suppose when you're up there on stage, you're looking out at people, aren't you? Like, if I'm looking out, I'm probably not doing my job correctly. Do you know what I mean? You don't notice the crowd, is what I'm saying, when you're playing. Until after the game. Yeah, it just becomes, like the pitch has become his own entity.

26:33Whereas it kind of like, for that, when Paul McCartney's there. Then it just became an exercise of like, you know, I don't want to look there, but I can't help, like, you know. Is he enjoying it? Yeah, he had a nice time and he came back after and said lots of really nice things. Did he? Yeah, he was sweet. Some of the best moments of my life have been to music. I've just been thinking about it. Really? Yeah, I remember once being at a party and it was on a boat in the Thames. I actually say it was Greg James' party. And he loves you, as you know. And he was playing one of your songs, and it's on this boat, right?

27:07And I got so excited punching the scene. I punched up through the ceiling on the boat, and then the captain came and told me off and everything. Are we talking like a clipper, or are we talking something? Yeah, similar to the clipper one, but where you can just hire the boat to go up and down the Thames. and I remember we were all going and then my hand like banging the ceiling but it was like one of those ones you know where you sort of feel it moving slightly and then it just went through and I got in lots of trouble for that I remember that's awesome it's just coming back to me we love those we got one we just did the O2 two nights in December and we they said do you want to do an after show but it's like all the way out there you don't really because then it's really late getting back to London effectively and then and then they're like do you want to do an after show in central London like you lose so many people from the O2 to Soho or whatever so we were like why don't we kill two birds with one stone and rent a clipper and have the after party and there's nothing better than a timed after party yeah true 45 you would have loved it 45 minutes I know I'm amazed 45 minutes in and out and then we all arrived at our destination and fucked off it was great well we made that boat once didn't we do you remember we came I persuaded you Do you remember?

28:22I persuaded Crouchy. I said, don't worry, mate. It'll be quicker and less bothered than the train. So we'll get on the boat. And it took a long time. Oh, my God. Well, I didn't realise. We got absolutely hooned. Do you remember? Yeah, we just got a load of beers on there. And then there was, I remember my missus calling me and going, like, are you close? I said, I'm on a boat. What? She could hear like loads of chatting. It was like a party. Yeah. She said, you're not on a fucking boat. I said, I'm probably sure I am. It was an Uber boat by the O2, wasn't it? It took me ages to go. I didn't have three hours to get home.

28:54I didn't realise how slow it was. What? Where are we going? Well, I live in Surrey. You're a fucking Harry, man.

29:06The River Mall. Surrey, please. I thought, when do I get off this thing? You were getting really pissy with me because you were getting phone calls going, where are you? I was like, tell him. Transferring onto narrow boats. you're going down the Thames you want to take a lift over to the river mole please exactly

29:25no wonder it took you three hours oh yeah we did a tour on a river boat once it was really slow was it really slow yeah having to wait for the locks yeah yeah that was very inefficient locks are a fucking nightmare aren't they all that evening out and stuff yeah I never understood it what about your involvement in War Child your what is your involvement in that yeah my wife and I have both been ambassadors for them now for 12 years, I think. 12 years. Yeah, 2014 we started. And then we each go on a trip most years to go and see the work and country and it looks after kids in conflict zones. Great charity.

30:03Yeah, they're amazing. They're great.

30:08And yeah, I mean, when we started working for them, I think there was 198 million children around the world living in conflict zones. There's now 520 million kids in conflict zones. around the world. So the needs just got greater and greater. Yeah, recently you went to Mexico, right? You played out there. What's the vibe like out there? Because we've got a World Cup coming up out there. We've done like proper tours of Mexico, which have been some of my favourite ever shows. But this one, we did a festival for Noah Khan. It was his like all expenses paid, all inclusive kind of festival. So there's a lot of Americans there.

30:43So it was different, you know. But it was fine. It was in Cancun. Oh, yeah. It was on a beach. You know, they put the stage on the beach and basically all these Americans fly down for like one of their kind of all-inclusive holidays and they watch bands play. And I was on side quests. I was basically on my holly bobs. So we're playing the night before Noah plays. We're playing, having a great time and I decided I needed to make it a bit more interesting by playing a game with the audience where I was like, look, you come up with your challenger. I'll come up with our challenger from stage. We'll do a game and the loser has to just get in the ocean fully clothed during the show.

31:17So I picked the drunkest person I could find in the crowd. It's this big, tall lad called Liam. You would have loved him. He sounds great. Absolutely wasted. We do rock, paper, scissors, and I fucking lose. So I had to run in the sea in the middle of the set and finish the set. But I've seen this review recently. Like, your gigs, you're staying matched. You know, you're looking well for it, but there's a lot of running at the moment, isn't there? A lot of running around. Yeah. Have you seen these videos? Yeah, I've seen them. He can't, he fucking goes. Yeah. That feels like to me, you know, like when...

31:49It's like parkour at gigs half the time. Yeah, it's quite fun. Side quests. Side quests. You've got to make it interesting. I feel like you've got like some people nowadays with you've got these whoops and all that. You've got to keep up with it, you know, like you've got to keep going. It's like, I remember Ryan Shawcross, like when you said, you get monitored now. Yeah. So obviously the belts and you know, you've got the heart rate monitors and all that. So before the game, you just see him pinging around like sprints, all these sprints everywhere. Getting his numbers up. And these numbers were unbelievable at the end of the game.

32:15We should do this with Marcus. People do that at half-time, like keep running on the spot just to get their numbers done. Just to get your numbers. For the stats, guys. Yeah. If there's a phone, sprint. Do you remember that? The ball boy's there, you're going to bypass him and get the one down the road. Just get it down there, sprint back. Just to improve your numbers. High intensity sprints. For media or for the coaching staff for next week? Yeah, it's not for the media, is it? It's for the analysis guys. So that you keep getting picked. Well, I remember there was a live feed of someone with a laptop at the side of the pitch and you'll come over and say, like look just show you you're not you're not working hard enough if you see Marcus heat map you know like when you go to put your ticket that'd be really a show to the arena I like it in the big rooms because you get to go to people that have you know have bought like nosebleed tickets or whatever and I like to try and it's wicked what you do I do enjoy watching it but I'm anxious watching it it's a bit like did you see the guy who climbed the skyscraper over the weekend that was horrendous but I feel like this when I watch Marcus so he's literally like climbing up to a box.

33:17Yeah, our security guy doesn't love it. He doesn't love it. But has he got to follow you then? Yeah. So his one's like, you know, Messi's bodyguard where he's got to chase after him. These are great, these videos. I love these videos. It's a similar situation watching him. You're the same algorithm. You and Messi. Yeah. And you're both your security guards. Having a bit of a nightmare. Yeah, it's fun though. Yeah. You know when you're at the football, do you ever have those moments, because I'm not saying you're bored and doing it, but did you ever kind of have your own little side quests? I remember one particular player spelt out a particular word.

33:52So you know you have your map of where you've been all game and there's loads of little dots, right? There's one particular keeper, they've already been promoted. Have you heard this? Yeah. And he's basically just done like a little C, a U, and an N and ended it with you know what. and he's basically done that all game just no way the stats at the end it just obviously spelt it that's unbelievable who was the player who passed the coin didn't you all pass the coin around that was the coin yeah famous Leeds team isn't it but if you know that Leeds team I think it was 3-0 foul you think about that group of lads it was pretty lively and they had a pound coin and they passed it around during the match so say if I I come back from a corner and I touch you you've got to take the pound coin and the last one to have it when the whistle blows has to I think it was different when it was either take the lads out for dinner or like one of them I think is like you might put a bit of dough into the pot I miss that kind of football yeah we don't have that kind of football anymore no game's gone the game's gone the game's gone there's no more points to the pound right there that is quality If you had to come up with one game's gone, what would be top of the list for you at the minute?

35:15We were talking earlier on about, you know, stewards wearing boots and lines and wearing grip socks now. Yeah, there's kids getting VAR and referees kits for Christmas and things like that. Yeah, I'm not into the foam. I don't love the foam. You know, the spray. Oh, yeah. I'm just not a fan. Pretty pointless, isn't it? I don't love it. game's gone yeah is that your main well the obvious one's the VAR and that it's really boring it's a boring topic of conversation VAR isn't it do you know like when you're watching like AFC Wimbledon for instance right there is something magical I remember Chris saying actually that you know it's actually better sometimes that Watford were in the championship rather than the Premier League and there was obviously perks to be in the Premier League but the kind of like the lower down it's quite a nice atmosphere isn't it there are I think pros to being at a lower level would you say I think you can find silver linings I want to be a Premier League team though yeah I mean there's no two ways about it but what's your experience no no no I agree I agree with that I just think there's I don't know there's a few things I also I'm a big believer that whatever entry level you go into a club is the price you should have to pay should you succeed I think if you invest early in a club you should be rewarded I think it's terrible for example that your club can do well and then you can struggle to get a season priced out I don't mind being a team that's in the championship and then enjoys being in the Premier League and doesn't mind going back down again no it's not obviously you don't wish that but I'm just realistic about where you are you can find the silver lining yeah I can but that's maybe me as a person do you like Chris's idea Marcus about about what level you come in at you should pay forever I know it might not be a great business model but I see the counter arguments I see like if you make your club into like a tourist attraction like Manchester United to have, then you obviously reap the benefits as a fan of that club.

37:12Even though you're priced out of tickets, you clearly are able to afford whoever you want to buy for as long as you want. And they've become the giant club. So I don't know. Yeah, but if I go to Maidenhead football club. I'm not the one going to games every week at that club. So you're probably right. If I go to Maidenhead and they end up in the Champions League, right, I kind of think you were lucky to have me early. Do you know what I mean? Yeah. before suddenly all these guys start jumping on them and want to play for Maidened. What's happened at Wrexham? Have people been priced out at Wrexham?

37:44Probably. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know how they sort of manage that. And also because that's been so quick, I don't know if that changes how it's kind of happened as well. I don't know. I think there's definitely a thing with fans as well. I think about City fans when they went down to the old Division 2 and they had to get themselves back up. you know those fans that went all the way through that journey and then probably he'd probably been a little bit pissed off with a few of the prawn sandwiches brigade I don't see fans that are coming over to AFC Wimbledon so they're a bit bored of it really yeah not going to name names yeah are you are you quite are you quite like a sensitive soul about these things is it is it like do you get emotional hearing your music say at the football I got very emotional first time I heard it on Match of the Day yeah because that's like the other than coming on the Peter Crouch podcast that's like the moment where you're like wow football heritage they're both football heritage so hearing it on Radio 1 for the first time and hearing it on Match of the Day for the first time yeah coming up as a band those were like the two big milestones for me and FIFA FIFA no not so much I didn't play FIFA growing up no I was pro-evo at university as well there was that one year where it switched to pro-evo yeah which has screwed my controls forever exactly the same so now we get on a tour bus people want to play FIFA.

39:03You've got to do alternative controls. Now it's kind of embarrassing. Like, you know, Noah Khan is like unbelievable at FIFA. It's like football's our thing, mate. Don't love that. Yeah. So I refuse to play most of the time. Would you like, how much, how can I put this? Would you like to hear one of your songs become an anthem of the football club you support? I've tried quite hard as well. Yeah, and do you have to kind of, because I know John, for example, that I was absolutely certain would become Hopeless Womble. and it hasn't and I'm gutted do you want to relaunch that idea again sure we can do that right now that's actually why I came we can I feel like we could make that happen we can definitely make that happen so what's the song Hopeless Wander Hopeless Wanderer Hopeless Wanderer yeah and you maybe had visions of it being hopeless I'm a hopeless one yeah it'd be amazing I mean it's right there for the taking yeah it is right there do you want to fire that over to your brother and fire that over to me I'll get H just to get in the changing room and tell Jacko yeah okay yeah we'll get this going yeah but I think that's a major thing football and music are so intertwined aren't they what annoys me is that the chants that have spread most around the sports world are mostly with artists that you don't feel like they really care like Jack White probably doesn't really care that Seven Nation Army is basically used by every sports team on the planet he's too he's too cool I would really care yeah I'd be absolutely thrilled I think that's okay to want that as well I've got a friend who's a Chelsea fan that goes to the pubs before Chelsea games and he came up with a chant that got sung around you know they do that they go and he got one in and then to hear you know however many thousands people it is special isn't it I mean we we had Jennifer Lopez let's get loud didn't we we brought out a drink called a loud this is a long story as well but it's not it's not one I really want to get into but we brought out a drink called Lava.

41:01Sounds great. And it caught on. And we did a show at Wembley Arena, believe it or not. No way. Yeah, yeah. And there was a lot of people singing it. It went down well, didn't we? Yeah. So I do get it. It's good fun. These things catch on, but I just know at Watford, for example, Elton John really made it clear he would love your song to be played before. And then you start seeing it with, say, Arsenal. And so there's a new song at West Ham, I think, that they're talking about playing before. forever blind bubbles and things but you can to be a musician of your caliber and standing to have a song that then lives forever with the football club you love would be the dream it would be incredible yeah and i have i have daydreamed it a number of times i just haven't made it so if you guys could do work your magic yeah it's like jamie webster kind of across jamie webster but he he uh at liverpool he kind of he did the songs at the fan parks and then created a whole environment for himself you know it was incredible certainly in Madrid fan park remember that Liverpool one amazing maybe it comes with next time they they're in a decent cup run or a decent run of form and then that's when the song be like Coventry with the enemy I think that song you want to become talismanic in some way we did the opposite for the Irish rugby team we went in and played for them the night before a game in the Six Nations and they lost so badly to Scotland for the first time in a very long time at Croke Park before they moved back to Aviva that we were banned from ever playing for the Irish team again.

42:31So we came anti-talismanic for sports team. Can't go that way I suppose. Is it true that you had a conversation with Noel Gallagher about writing songs and that's why you kind of started again like you kind of took a break? He asked me what I was doing and I was like I'm just on a bit of a break. It was a few years ago I saw him at a bar. He's very nice. He's always been very sweet about our band as well. I had a friend in another band who's like, you can't count yourself as having made it until you've been slagged off by a Gallagher brother. Noel was very nice about our band. Thankfully, Liam was really rude about them.

43:04But Noel said - Can't win them all, can you? You don't want to win them all with the Gallaghers. And then Noel said, like, what are you doing? I said, I'm just, I'm resting or whatever. I was out drinking. And he was like, what the fuck are you doing? You're a songwriter. You've got to get back in the studio and write songs. That's what you've got to do. And it gave me like quite a bollocking for it. Oh, really? Yeah. and I was like you know you're right actually this is like a muscle that can go into atrophy if you're not training and you're like that's what I mean writing songs and stuff and he talks about songs like falling magically from the sky so you've got to have your hands out ready to catch them otherwise fucking Bono or fucking Chris Martin are going to catch them which I really like so I kind of approached that when our band got back together after the COVID break and whatever you know it's January 23 and we looked at each other we said let's just try and write as many songs over the next couple years as we can so we basically spent two years writing songs which is how we came up with Rushmere which came out a year ago and now this Prizefighter record is my favourite thing we've ever done.

44:00Have you written your do you think you've written the best song that you will ever write yet? I always put out a record thinking I probably won't write another one. This one's slightly different. This one I'm starting to get my swagger back a little bit and confidence back a bit and I've had some good pep talks along the way from people like not you Crouchy but I'm pointing at you. I was like I can't remember a lot of pep talks. I must have been so pissed. Fuck yeah, I'm pissed. It must have been an after party. You know what you've got to do. Proud to see, how do all the episodes come back to you?

44:34We should thank you for the album. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Thanks, Sam. It's been emotional. It's been a long time coming. With the album, you're going to be busy throughout, I can imagine, up to the summer. You've got some stuff going on in the summer. There's a World Cup going on. When you're gigging or at big events, do you sometimes look at the fixtures or do you go yeah no so last year we have a new management team I said look gotta remember cannot book shows on England days just can't do it and if we have to be at a festival or something we cannot play at the same time as England are playing reminded them a couple months ago I said just to remind you guys I'm not fucking around if we get double booked everyone is fired everyone is fired wow Because, you know, I've said it enough times.

45:24Yeah. Everyone is fired. So the stakes are higher and higher, you know. But like the idea of being on stage when England are on stage is a nightmare. Have you had to do that? No, I've had to watch some games like in niche places. I had to take, weirdly, the producer for this album is called Aaron Destner. He plays in a band called The National. They were headlining the other stage while we were using him as our producer. We were recording at my house. It's like two hours away from Glastonbury. so I said look if you can come we'll spend a few days writing songs together then I'll drive you to your gig so I drove him up but it was it was the day of one of the England games I had to watch it on the combination backstage of Glastonbury while he played his fucking gig I was watching it on combination of my phone and the radio I went to Moscow for the semi-final against Croatia that was I think I might be amongst we were probably amongst the last of our generation to sing the national anthem on the subway in Moscow not sure what's gonna happen again how good was that?

46:19it was unbelievable yeah got in a fight with a big Croat did you big lad did you and then had Jürgen Klinsmann explain to me why we lost the game afterwards it was miserable I had tickets for the final as well that was a hard ball you know what I did I did the I had a big screen in the garden I bought it for the semi in the final so that was that was a fucking ball it was a screen from Isle of Wight festival was it like so it had all the it was genuinely it was like fucking humongous in the garden and when we turned it on, the dogs, all the dogs in the neighbourhood were like, the neighbours must have been through.

46:54I swear. They were behind the thing. I thought, this is going to be amazing. I had so many people around for the semi. Just to watch. And then when I looked out, I always remember at the time of the final, I was watching, I didn't even watch it on the big screen. I watched it indoors, the final. And I looked out and Ab was watching Love Island with the girls on it. Oh, fuck it. That's not what it was built for. But you did get a bit more value out of it than you do. Yeah, probably. Would you do the halftime show in like the Club World Championships or you know where they've started to try and bring in Yeah, they have.

47:28I think Global Citizen do those sometimes. I don't know about that. Yeah. We got asked to do one a couple recently and I've felt resistant to it just because I think it comes across well on TV and it's probably a really good marketing opportunity and all that stuff. But like in the stadium people aren't there to see a band are they unless it's like Super Bowl halftime I'm sure the World Cup halftime show will be good I also think there's a charm to watching a bunch of 10 year olds do a penalty shootout and you know some pissed up fan having to hit the crossbar yeah he's got to like run run ready to spin and then go and try and take a pen I think Mumford and Sons is a cheat code really like it shouldn't really be allowed yeah I'm not sure I'm not sure I would I don't know but it's different I think it's different with like destination football maybe it's different with World Cup final but in most football games you've got half the crowd desperate you know focused on their team whereas NFL games I sort of get the impression there's lots more like people that are going just for the event and then you put on a big event and there's like t-shirt cannons everywhere and all that with football it's a bit more feels more serious to me yeah I know what you mean I know what you mean are you going to World Cup?

48:40yeah we're going to be as a podcast we're going global travelling around we're going global this year you're doing matches in Mexico as well and Canada we're just trying to weigh up what we're doing at the moment it's yeah you don't want to announce it right here I love this well as you know you've got a few things to work on before you go

49:00unfortunately as you can see we're pretty last minute

49:05we'll get around to that soon we've just got to get that board the game's gone board first what's next mate what's next for you guys gigs man are you gigging have you got any big ones planned obviously you've got Hyde Park I know it's coming up July the 4th that'll be big that'll be big we've got a bunch that I'm not allowed to tell you about yeah but it's going to be a busy year yeah we did 100 shows last year we're going to get close to that again this year wow we love it man oh well we'll come down as a pod if you love us we'd love to I've always had a good time whenever I come watching you boys yeah so thanks for coming on mate and good luck to Wimbledon this year would you ever get involved would you ever get involved with them I mean I oh that's a yes maybe maybe I don't know I don't know how if I could be of use honestly if I could find a way to be useful I might but I don't know at this point they need have you done a gig at Wimbledon have you done a gig in the no love to do that best gig I've ever been to is Elton John at Vicarage Road was it yeah because from from a fan's point do you know what I mean knowing there's a lot going on there isn't there at home has Delia ever done any cooking shows in there?

50:16I think all celebrities associated with a club should have to no but you're right you're onto something here all celebrities should be legally obliged to practice their skill in the middle of the pitch doesn't matter what it is could be anything Channing Tatum supports your club you should do magic marks in the middle I went to just press up you should match with Mikey in the middle of it I went to Kasabian at the King Parallel Stadium. Amazing. That was good. Because you know it means something to the artist. I think that's the thing is like you see how much they care. Enemy did Coventry, didn't they?

50:53Enemy at Coventry, yeah. We live and die in these towns. That's a massive tune. That's cool. Huge. Yeah. So one day, I mean, other than Sheeran and Oasis, who are the others musically that you'd associate with those clubs? What, Stone Roses, May United, are they? Yeah. that'd be good Oasis City yeah I remember Madness Chelsea Noah Khan big Chelsea fan is he really big Chelsea fan yeah loves him yeah interesting alright well listen good luck with it mate Prizefighter is the album I listened on a way it sounds class mate and good luck with it all thank you so much thanks for having me do you want to do the song and then we'll wrap up is this you getting your guitar out no no no he plays I'll play the same for you.

51:44So they're trying to teach me how to... Sid's going to learn. But you've still got it. You're up this? I'm ready. Would you cry?

51:59That's enough. That was amazing. Thanks so much. Cheers, man.

52:07You're right, man. You're right, man. You're right, man. the boys are coming in amazing that was amazing hopefully that's how good it goes in the summer that's perfect

52:22okay great chat with Marcus there legend what a legend nice fella as well we're getting to our football league I got the correct score this weekend big for me massive for me in the Chelsea game I had 3-1 I was very close with United Arsenal as well 2-2 that would have been that would have been unbelievable scenes if I'd have got two three-pointers yeah but yeah well I got the three points Chris you got two and Sid's on one just cruising he's in cruise control I'm not on the beach I'm not on the beach you are on the beach I'm not well you were like literally last week I'm on the beach 35 Chris this is Chris you're on 35 I'm on 42 and Sid's is out out ahead on 47 yeah just coasting I need to narrow the gap now you do yeah I feel like me and you are City Arsenal at the moment do you?

53:16I do feel like not like Wolves West Ham maybe a bit maybe a bit okay this next part of the podcast is supported by Pally Power it's the big weekend fixture we're going to start with Spurs versus Manchester City Spurs are less fancy at 7-2 draws 3-1 City favourites 4-6 you'd probably expect that I thought they played quite well in the Champions League against Dortmund I actually went to that game I was invited and I took my little boy and he loved it love it yeah first Champions League game ledge so he was buzzing with that and they played well I thought they might kick on and then it was I suppose a poor draw against Burnley and their home their home form's been poor as well wasn't it yes yep so that doesn't bode well and it's City I don't know inconsistent City though aren't they yeah they're not inconsistent but then I think other results from the weekend and there's not invincible teams this year you know I was thinking if you're Jurgen Klopp you know and you think about how they lost like one by one point that time where no one lost yeah it felt like the deciding factor was when they played each other because they were just did not lose both teams doesn't feel like that even Arsenal I know they're top of the league but you don't you know they're not invincible you know I think the standard of the kind of top teams is, it's not what it was in recent years.

54:44I mean, it was superhuman before, wasn't it? Let's be honest. Certainly with City and Liverpool. And then Thomas Frank at Spurs. Yeah, he's having a tough time. Real tough time. There's no dressing it up. Fans aren't happy at the moment as well. And they've kind of voiced that. So this being a home game, I think that it should be difficult for Spurs. Like if they don't get to a good start and City start dominating position, they might lose the fans yeah I agree well I sent the voice notes in last week so I think I'll go first the majority of the time so I'll let you boys that's very kind of what gentleman thank you very much I'm just having a look hello to Jack Bunker on Instagram Ashley Clements tell me if anything rings a bell here Macaulay Toffin Macaulay Toffin Macaulay Toffin yeah that's a good name isn't it I'm just having a little look at the scores here.

55:37A lot of people going City 3-1 in this. I'm tempted to go along with that. Okay, three. No, no, no. That's good. I like it. I like it a lot. I like it. I like it a lot. I like it a lot. Jamie Forrest says, regards to your family, Dubai Dez, Steve Spanishwell and Womble. I'm going to go 3-1 City. So it seems like everyone's going 3-1 City. Yeah. I'm going to go along with that then. So I'll go, yeah, 3-1. Spurs have got a decent record against City. Yeah. They beat them earlier on in the season. Yeah. City, and they absolutely battered them as well, by the way. Yeah. But it was at the beginning of the season.

56:23Had a fully fit squad. That was away from home. I'm going to go, I'm going to go a little bit inconsistent there. I think Spurs could pull one out of the bag here and go, I'm going to go with 2-2. oh we're going to go with a draw you went 2-2 last week as well didn't you you like a 2-2 it was it wasn't far off okay I'm going to go for a Man City win and I will go for 2-1 okay lovely 2-1 okay lads we do have the Paddy's boost we each pick a leg of the CrouchPod bet builder the odds on that bet builder will then be boosted by 20 % and put on the Paddy Power special section of the website and the app.

57:04Player to score first. I'm going to go with Semenyo. Okay. Okay, I'm going to go player to be carded. I'll go Van de Ven. Okay, and then I'm going to go for a player to have two or more shots on target. Erdin Harland. Yeah. Odds are correct at the time of recording. Please gamble responsibly. Okay, we've got other games here. We've got Leeds versus Arsenal. Leeds decent at home. Can they? I mean, you know, obviously Arsenal was a big loss for them at United. You know, there's some... We've got an Arsenal fan in here, James, shaking his head. He's not happy with it. Arteta out was the shout, even though they're top of the Champions League.

57:46Typical Arsenal fan, isn't it? He wants him gone. It's outrageous. I thought I heard the word imposter as well. Wow. Unreal. Great game, that imposter. Was that not more... well Jamie do you think was that Man United playing well or was that Arsenal playing bad both both attacking wise Arsenal aren't putting up trees at the minute like in terms of getting numbers and goals like a lot of set pieces yes but from open play they're struggling to score Saka's a little bit off the boil Odegaard like he ain't he's not like it was when he before his injury it's obviously Giocares has got a few that are still doubting him as well and Leeds as you say is a tough place to go and they will be bang up for this so we're not saying no bounce back ability here from Arsenal are you saying I I don't think they're going to win this do you not Arsenal I think I mean I was going to go for a 1-1 draw it's gone 1-1 that is massive that's what I was going to go for a 1-1 draw yeah yeah yeah A lot of people are going with that, you know.

59:00I'm looking at James Suckling here. That girl's drawn to the name. Says, yes, boys. Uno Bruno. Steve Holliday's well and two meter. One O leads away as a tough gig. What's he gone with? Mr. Suckling, one O. Well, I said I was going to go with one O. So if you, if you. I mean, I've been first last week every time. I think you should do that. you boys think Arsenal are going to win don't you no I don't do you not no there's no I think the wheels have fell off it's gone they've gone they should yeah oh god no no they're listen they're a top side they are a top side but I think needs a different place to go I'm going to go with the draw as well I think have you got one all I'll go two all then another two too yeah I'm going to go for another two gone horny for draws double horn that's incredible I'm going to go Arsenal 2 now oh okay gun safe yeah alright yeah but I don't disagree with you it does feel like I mean the reaction to that if Leeds win will be staggering won't it because anyone will feel like they can go get them then yeah we think about like I speak to Liverpool fans they're not like you know they're still kind of in it who Liverpool I don't think I don't think they're out I don't think anyone's out of it, is what I'm saying.

1:00:27And there's Champions League this week as well. I know Arsenal are already qualified, they're already done, and they can rest a few, but it's still another game to prep for and interrupt your week. So, Leeds, come on. Yeah, well, okay, we fancy them a little bit. We'll watch that with some keen interest. Manchester United versus Fulham. What is the listener saying, Chris? George Box on Instagram says why is that funny? shouldn't be funny should it? I like the 45 I'm 45 years old I don't know if people are changing their names on here or something they are yeah I don't know anyone called Box Mr Box Box the Box Fox in the Box

1:01:16let's click on his profile quickly see if we can find a fox in the box look at the box nah he's done the old private one has he I can see his picture he's front of a sunset there lovely he's living a life like you Sid he's a well travelled man nah come on ok Man United is box the box here has got Man United 2 full and 1 he says the Wilson purple patch can't go on like this can it he's flying he can he can he's flying he's doing really well he's doing the Sidwell free transfer vibe let's get him on the pod he loves and then get going on free at the end of the season yeah yeah he's gone 2-1 in that I don't know I think United are playing well it feels like there's a bit of confidence there so yeah I'm happy to back the box 2-1 2-1 United yeah I think so it makes sense okay go on you can go I'll go 2-0 United then oh Oh, I like you 2-1.

1:02:21I do like that 2-1, but I want to go 3-1 United. All right. I scored in this fixture. It's a great fixture. Good goal in this one, Sid? At the Stratford end. Stratford end? Yeah. Yep, stealthed in. I think he's got the record of the most crosses in that game. We got absolutely battered. Really? But we come over to a draw, yeah. Yeah, a full of my own form. There we are, they are. And they'll go there for confidence. but Man U seemed like they got they got the Isle of Tiger 3-1 Carrick's done a good job hasn't he yeah should we get into semesters yes go on then I've got one here Crouchy, Sawnutbag and Starkey Sawnutbag and Starkey I get that you got a saw one no it's Bonfire Bullock oh Bonfire of course yeah regards to the family I'm not sure if this has crossed your radar yet there's a shopping centre in Liverpool called Liverpool 1 yeah well I know well when Everton decided to open the club shop there.

1:03:16They didn't call it the Everton store. They named it, named the shop Everton 2. Oh, wow. This means their official mailing address is literally Everton 2, Liverpool 1. Stop it. A permanent 2-1 scoreline right in the heart of the city. Surely that qualifies as some of the finest elite level housery in the Premier League history. I've attached the image and the address here. Backstrong, a big fan of the show. Unreal. Look at that. Everton 2. Everton 2, Liverpool 1. and that's there forever or it's located in Liverpool 1 look at that Everton 2 Liverpool 1 located in Liverpool 1 so is that is that a famous shopping center Liverpool 1 is like the main one yeah it's new it's quite new opposite the docks if you've got a surname like you've got to call like your kid the first name that can go with the surname do you know what I mean like you said earlier about box I mean there's loads of stuff that you could have with that like Fox in the Box yeah Foxy yeah a bit like that isn't it what do you mean in naming your child yeah like to go with the surname I think where it gets a bit fruity is where it tends to be obviously we're stereotyping it but it tends to be if you have a daughter they get married they then get a new last name and that's where it can be a bit funky where you've named your daughter a lovely name which matches your last name all of a sudden you're switching it into something else yeah that could be hairy a bit it's not ideal that is it sometimes but can I throw the opposite situation in, which is from the fella's point of view, marrying into, say, the Crouch family, I'd love to get your last name.

1:04:57Do you know what I mean? Like, that's high value. High value!

1:05:05Do you know what I mean? So if anything, you'd be going, no, no, no, we'll take your name. We'll take your... Yeah. Yeah. Do you know what I mean? And that would be an element of shithousery. I think if you ever got to a stage where you had a lad floating about and you quite like the lad and whatever, and it then comes to the question of marriage, he goes, I'd like to marry your daughter. I'd like to take your name, though, as a mark of respect to yourself. If a lad said that to me. Yeah. I don't know. I think that'd be quite a compliment. That's interesting, isn't it? I think it is, but the reality is he just wants that Crouch name.

1:05:43on the back of his shirt. That would be one of the weirdest scenarios of all time. If my daughter brought home a man who said, you know, I'm just going to be, I'd like to take your name. Can you, can you legit do that? Can you, so you can choose either name? Yeah, I think Gordon Ramsay's daughter, wasn't it? Was it, or Petey? Well, Brooklyn Beckham took pelts. There you go. Yeah, yeah, yeah. That's what I'm saying. There we go. Like these situations. I'm sure some of our listeners must have, had that done well you know it's quite emasculating I think when it certainly happens to me when I sometimes if I have books like a hotel I'll ring down and they're like usually in a different country and they'll call me Mr Clancy I've been called Mr Clancy on a few occasions it's not I don't like it at all no yeah makes me feel slightly yeah not great but then she wouldn't be Abby Crouch would she well she is legally oh is she yeah but everyone just calls her Clancy yeah but then but then that's because she's that's like a work name she kind of always yeah do you know what I mean like that's yeah but I yeah I've never thought of this scenario you know and I've got a little girl one day and it'll just be it'd be interesting if they reverse Uno you with the name yeah because that's kind of what it is isn't it yeah well imagine yeah Mark Stark he's gone my name's let's say she marries a Tony right Tony Stark he's got a bang average name yeah yeah all of a sudden he marries my daughter he's got an awesome name yeah yeah yeah Tony Stark but he goes I'd rather have your name it's the choice normally it's assumed one way but actually if you think of it as a choice you're suddenly well yeah you've just got to take the the best name haven't you yeah I know someone whose surname was perfect and they married a caring

1:07:43interesting there Kieran Perfect Perfect Kieran Kieran Perfect where are we I don't know no but it's interesting it's like you know when you're playing is it blackjack and you can split the split the kings you go I'm going to split that that's kind of what you can do with the names you go actually I'm going to put two on the table there and work out which one well yeah I think you can look at it like who's got the if your name was fucking you know something you know bollocks if your surname is bollocks right there'll be one listening right now who's just looking around you know like Gary Neville pissed and bollocks if you have a shocking surname you know what I mean like awful then you could change it couldn't you just go with a better one yeah one for you to look out for boys because you've got two very powerful dynasties and people will want to have a bit of that thanks mate I appreciate the warning yeah Yeah.

1:08:40All right. There's a fella here in Vanuatu, believe it or not. Starkey, Crouchy and Sinners, you almost seem like friends. I've listened to every episode. Wicked. I sail around the world as an entertainer for a living. Today we docked in Vanuatu. I had to get the Brighton shirt out for the boys. Keep up the good work. There he is. Look. He's so happy with that. Oh, look at his face. He's got his Brighton shirt out. Brighton shirt. Top on. That looks beautiful. You know we got offered by the ambassador of Vanuatu to go out there? Yeah. Do you know that? Look at it. Why are we not? We're in contact with the ambassador.

1:09:13We're in contact with the ambassador. It's so far away. It's very far. Oh, yeah, yeah. It's far. It's seriously far. It was a bit vague on that description. Did you not find that? I sat around the world as an entertainer for a living. That's true. Yeah, well, it could be anything, couldn't it? Also, he's in good shape. He is. There's something. Don't fish your pat. You lot just rolled over there. I noticed that straight away. I'm thinking, poor. Send us a link to the OnlyFans.

1:09:41I don't know I think there's I've always been fascinated by sort of entertainers on cruise ships and things like that there's a lot going on on those cruise ships beyond the scenes yeah but this fellow on the beach of Vanuatu there, there was someone else who messaged the podcast recently saying that they were heading to Vanuatu and can they do anything whilst they're there I love that there are plenty of people who visit this lovely island to almost fly the flag for the podcast and to represent it there. Yeah, yeah. It's kind of become our... You know when you're twinned with somewhere? It's like the Chumbawamba on Vanuatu.

1:10:21The twinned. Do you know what I mean? I don't think we've given enough homework from this episode to the team this week. I think twinning with a country would be wonderful. I don't know if any other podcast does that. I think they do. But if we could get that shored up in some sort of ceremony, do you know what I quite like is you know them portals have you seen them didn't really work in the UK for obvious reasons I'll quickly explain so what they are is big screens in the middle of a town centre almost look like a portal circular things and you can stand in front of it and see say Times Square or you know another country like Denmark or Norway wherever and equally in those countries there's a portal on their side and they can see back to the UK so they can see London or Manchester so we could be in two different countries Crouchy I could be waving at you and you could be waving back that was the idea but they had to close it down because obviously Norway were waving at us and we were just showing our arses giving them that you know this is the problem like David Blaine he could have gone in a box anywhere in the world couldn't he he chose London he got pelters people lashing stuff at him we can't be trusted it's just not unfortunately we're just not good at that kind of stuff but what if we could give the UK another go right and hypothetically we have another portal between Ealing and Vanuatu amazing absolutely love that and I trust our listeners would show it the respect it deserves I'm certain of it Crouchfest have you not seen a Crouchfest alright okay lots to go out there enjoyed that today lads back stronger next week this episode is brought to you by a load of pricks.net we are the experts in selling houses Chris couldn't sell his house what did you do Chris?

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