World Cup 2026 gets its first sex scandal

24 Jun 2026 · 51 min · 25 chapters

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In short

The episode mixes World Cup 2026 fan culture and chaos with a “sex scandal” segment, plus other off-field scandals and bizarre stories (mystic animals, drug-dealing fan zones, and historical England Mexico 1986 tales).

Guests

No named guests appear; it’s a host-led conversation (two main speakers) with references to other people only as sources (e.g., Barney Ronay, Guardian; documentary creators; “Josh” sending a tip).

Key claims

  • Ghana’s “witch doctor” Nana Kweku Bonsam claimed he cursed Harry Kane and previously caused Ronaldo’s 2014 knee injury.
  • Brazilian FA chief Samir Schoud allegedly used Brazilian FA funds to fly a mistress to a New York Hyatt Regency Grand Central hotel for eight days; bill repaid after exposure.
  • A World Cup-themed drug shack in Mallorca selling cocaine/crack was raided and demolished.

Notable examples

  • England fans’ Dallas/Croatia match behavior; empty seats and $900 tickets.
  • A Kent lion “Rory the Lion” predicted Croatia but “bit the England flag” in a draw.
  • “Lost Down Mexico Way” documentary about England fans from Mexico 1986, including impersonation and violence.

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Chapters

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World Cup Fever

0:34 to 1:31

Discussion on the excitement around the World Cup and its impact.

“The world's biggest soccer tournament has arrived and you can trade the entire tournament on Kalshi.”

World Cup Fever

1:59 to 2:18

Discussion on the excitement around the World Cup and its impact.

“England are shit again and the streets are filled with sweaty puce-faced wrecks One of them's actually sitting just to my right at the moment World Cup fever's upon us Big time How you guys doing?”

Jordan Ayew's Past Scandal

2:20 to 3:00

Recap of Jordan Ayew's affair and its surprising public revelation.

“and I was there until 4am Unlike that useless lot in Boston, eh?”

Tactics and Credit

3:00 to 4:00

Analyzing Ghana's tactics and contributions to their performance.

“Anyway, that aside, I've been thinking about who deserves credit for that draw on the Ghana side because they really were fantastic.”

The Devil of Wednesday

4:00 to 4:58

Exploring the witch doctor's claims about cursing Harry Kane.

“who deserves credit, and that is, of course, the country's most celebrated witch doctor, Nana Kweku Bonsam, whose name translates as Devil of Wednesday.”

Ticket Prices and Predictions

5:00 to 6:46

Discussion on the outrageous ticket prices and predictions for upcoming games.

“Anyway, the Devil of Wednesday, as his name means in English, he said before the game, I have placed a curse on Harry Kane.”

Fans' Behavior and Expectations

6:46 to 10:00

Analyzing the behavior of England fans during the World Cup.

“But if there is empty seats, surely the pricing then comes down.”

In-Flight Antics

10:00 to 10:28

A wild story about an incident that happened on a flight to the game.

Dallas and the Homeless

10:30 to 11:34

Funny observations about Dallas and its quirks as described by a journalist.

“tear to the eye that does yeah lovely yeah Dallas does sound like a hard place to get rowdy though It's so hot.”

Livestream Announcement

11:38 to 13:08

Details about the upcoming livestream event on Patreon.

“On Monday night, we are live streaming on Patreon at six o 'clock.”
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World Cup Drug Shack

13:12 to 14:01

Discussing a bizarre drug shack themed around the World Cup in Mallorca.

“actually I've heard about another place where I wouldn't be surprised if those kind of antics go down and that is the World Cup themed drug shack that got busted in Mallorca have you seen this?”

The Demolition of the Shack

14:01 to 18:11

Hosts discuss the bizarre roadside shack that served as a drug dealer hub during the World Cup.

“No, but it's in like, surely if you're drug dealers, you need to keep it under the cost.”

The Demolition of the Shack

18:19 to 19:10

Hosts discuss the bizarre roadside shack that served as a drug dealer hub during the World Cup.

“If your business runs on five different apps, 12 browser tabs, and one spreadsheet that everyone's afraid to touch, it's probably time for Odoo.”

Brazilian FA's Scandal

19:19 to 22:24

Discussion on the scandal involving the Brazilian FA chief and his misuse of funds for personal affairs.

“But I've been lying awake at night just wringing my hands and asking the gods, when, oh, when are we getting a sex scandal?”

Gossip and Secrets from the World Cup

22:27 to 24:16

Hosts share gossip about a player sneaking off for a secret rendezvous during the World Cup and other related tales.

“Actually, I saw though, despite all this scandal, he was at the Brazil-Haiti game, flanking Infantino.”

Documentary Review: Mexico 86

24:20 to 28:00

A review of a documentary detailing a group of friends' wild adventure during the 1986 World Cup in Mexico.

“And they're like, yeah, so we were like off for this trip.”

England Fans' Misadventures in Mexico

28:00 to 30:04

Explore the wild experiences of England fans during the 1986 World Cup.

Documentary Recommendation: Lost Down Mexico Way

30:04 to 31:17

Learn about a documentary capturing the escapades of England fans in Mexico.

“They seem like really good guys if you just ignore really nice women.”

A Hilarious Stag Do Blag in Gothenburg

33:32 to 37:58

Hear the outrageous tale of a stag party pretending to be One Direction.

“Has a geopolitical situation caused you to be beaten up by people of another nation?”

Aftermath of the Gothenburg Incident

37:58 to 40:04

Find out what happened after the stag party's wild night at the club.

Ronaldo's Controversial Performance and Team Dynamics

40:04 to 42:01

Discuss the mixed reactions to Ronaldo's performance and off-field drama.

Ronaldo's Controversial Situation

42:01 to 43:39

Explore the dynamics surrounding Ronaldo's recent performance and family drama.

“But one man did stay extremely loyal to the 41-year-old superstar, and that is Roberto Martinez, his manager, who was, I guess you'd say he was proved right.”

Germany's World Cup Journey

43:40 to 45:25

Discuss the current state of the German team and their World Cup challenges.

“You know, they just really wanted to show their deep understanding, their respect for African culture.”

Bizarre Body Paint Photo Shoot

45:26 to 47:33

Revisit a strange photo shoot featuring the German squad before the 2010 World Cup.

“You know, like the budget performance of the Lion King at your local theatre.”

More Strange World Cup Moments

47:34 to 50:21

Delve into other odd moments and cultural missteps from World Cup history.

“So the shape of the face, the eyebrows, the forehead, hairline.”
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1:55And we are, of course, sponsored by Injury Lawyers for You. Now, Starmer's out. England are shit again and the streets are filled with sweaty puce-faced wrecks One of them's actually sitting just to my right at the moment World Cup fever's upon us Big time How you guys doing? Not great You had a big one? Yeah, I'm sweating a bit Big one celebrating the nil-nil with Ghana My country needed me and I was there until 4am Unlike that useless lot in Boston, eh? Big time Ghana were great, to be fair Give them their flowers Park the bus Yeah, they were very, very good. Good to see Jordan Ayew working very hard for his teammates.

2:33Grafted, wasn't he? Yeah, it's not always a given that he will show such loyalty to his colleagues. I think we've talked about this before, that back in 2015, he was caught having an affair with the wife of Ghana's Afri Akwa, teammate from the national side, which all came out when Afri's wife sent a voice note to a friend and she revealed, Jordan Ayew intensely humped me for four years.

2:59did they need did she need one of those head bandages after full head just the bandage cap yeah yeah he was looking quite injury lawyers for you wasn't he come out of one of their adverts slipped on a banana skin in a factory and needed a full bandage on his head i do feel we saw some of that intense graft in boston on tuesday night big time he was uh intensely humping the back of Rhys James at one point.

3:28Anyway, that aside, I've been thinking about who deserves credit for that draw on the Ghana side because they really were fantastic. You know, Carlos Kiros, his wily tactics and his sort of New York, New Jersey gangster get-up. Yeah, it was a weird one, wasn't it? He did look pretty sick, actually. Yeah, sopranos. Sopranos, yeah. Got a lot of time for that. Or maybe it was the relentless tackling of Marvin Sinaya on the left wing, just negating the Anthony Gordon threat. Nope, there is only one man from the proud nation of Ghana who deserves credit, and that is, of course, the country's most celebrated witch doctor, Nana Kweku Bonsam, whose name translates as Devil of Wednesday.

4:11Devil of Wednesday. He looks terrifying. He's got a hell of a get-up, isn't he? Is that stuff on his shirt or is that jewellery? It's quite... I think that's just like witch doctor vibe you sat in a chair very similar to the one I am actually I mean we could put some beads on you and you were not far away I've always fancied myself as a bit of a witch doctor it's actually quite trendy in a way isn't it yeah you wear that the ass all shit like don't you me yeah I don't know if I I don't know if I could pull that off to be honest the curtains and chairs it's quite like you know it's sort of designer you see like fashion brand opening store opening things and like Shoreditch, there'd be people in that sort of thing.

4:53Do you remember we saw Tyrone Mings at Glastonbury? Yeah, he was dressed as a pharaoh. Yeah, again, quite unusual. Anyway, the Devil of Wednesday, as his name means in English, he said before the game, I have placed a curse on Harry Kane. And to be fair, he said, I'm not wishing, I'm picturing the Devil of Wednesday just rocking back in his grandmother-looking chair, sipping a spiced hibiscus tea with a self-satisfied smile. He did it. It's worked. Yeah. It's not his first victory. So he also claimed credit for a knee injury to Ronaldo at the 2014 World Cup, which came to pass. Yeah. So good to have.

5:35Yeah. I mean, does he work for other teams or is he just for Ghana? Just for Ghana. He's exclusive to Ghana. You can't get him for the sweepstakes. You can't hire him. do you grow podcasts mate I was in the pub watching it and it was like it was quite I was like fuck's sake what am I doing still out this time and then some I discovered that some guys that I play football with sometimes they paid a few hours before the game $900 for a ticket to that game which did make me feel a bit better about I actually think$900 isn't bad what? $900? for a nil-nil against you mate people are paying like five thousand dollars for tickets yeah but still when you're in the moment like you would but I think even if England had smashed them four nil it's the second group game yeah nine hundred dollars a lot of money so what is that on the resale platform I think it was on the resale platform is their strategy like wait till the last minute and you think they tank do they not tank then I think they didn't tank I think all England games are going to be yeah there were a lot of England fans there weren't there yeah but I think maybe also like that explains why there's been a lot of empty seats at some games because you're not getting there.

6:47Yeah. But if there is empty seats, surely the pricing then comes down. Apparently not. $900. There's always someone worse off than yourself. Actually, I'll tell you who got the game wrong as well. Rory the Lion at the Big Cat Sanctuary in Smarden, Kent. He was feeling pretty fucking smug with himself because these lions, they're doing the mystic animal thing where they predict the results. The mates with Paul the Octopus. Yeah, I think he's a distant cousin. Very distant. He basically he called the Croatia win and apparently even predicted that Harry Kane would score two by growling affirmatively at a tabloid reporter when asked.

7:28Does... Yeah. Do they not growl at any tabloid reporter? Yeah, I wonder if they're projecting. But to predict results, they do the classic thing. There's two flags and then the lions just bite a flag. A bit of a flaw. There's no draw option. Yeah, sure. So he should be fighting for a winner. But Rory, that fucking idiot, he bit the England flag. So. He hadn't spoken to the witch doctor. No. Maybe he'd been cursed. I don't know how far this witch doctor goes. So he got the Croatia game right and then got this one wrong. Yeah. So he's out really already. Yeah. Because I think to be considered a mystic animal, you at least need to get through the group stage with your...

8:06You need three and three. With a hundred percent ratio. Yeah, you need non-beat run. So what is the gamekeeper like cashing in on this lion? Well, I think he was and now it's curtains for Rory. Short-lived career. Yeah, he's dog food now, I think. Is that what happens to lions? They're apex predators, so. As for the fans, sounds like they were disappointingly well-behaved, which you hate to see. So there have been, in Dallas, there were a few incidents of people throwing pot plants off a balcony. A couple of early bar closures due to fans drinking them dry. But it's not quite, you know, the madness of Euro 2016 or the past there's a headline in the Times yesterday I think saying jolly England fans disappoint Americans expecting hooligans and they quoted a British policeman in it he sort of gets consulted by foreign police forces when the England fans come and he said that the American police for their briefing for preparing for England had prepared by watching Football Factory in Green Street that's fucking insane I absolutely love that love the idea of him just like watching Danny Dyer kick someone's head in yeah came down with their riot shields and then it's Zach's mates with$900 tickets were they also concerned that there'd be some like young little bright eyed bushy bushy tailed American who'd have joined in with the hooligans yeah some Harvard dropout Elijah Wood and also may I say an English hooligan with probably the worst Cockney accent ever you stand your grandma in flight Stand your ground and fight.

9:41What else are you going to do on a Saturday? I was horrified to discover that some England fans have been helping clean up like the Japanese fans. Fuck's sake. With their clear bin bags. They're even sorting the recycling from the general waste. Game's gone. Bloody disgrace. Game's gone. Letting their country down. Game's gone. So thank God for the message I received from my mate who was on the flight out for the game, BA flight, who finally gave me some news of a more sordid variety so he was on the BA flight it was for the Dallas game the first game against Croatia so the booze ran out after two hours fine those fun sized beers don't go very far and then he said one bloke shagged a random American bird in the bogs mid-flight and got cheered back in by the whole flight yeah nice kissing things off nicely tear to the eye that does yeah lovely yeah Dallas does sound like a hard place to get rowdy though It's so hot.

10:39El Scorcio. I did enjoy, so Barney Ronay, the Guardian journalist, gave quite a good account of Dallas. He was on the Grade Cricketer podcast. Here's what he said about it. It's full of immaculate parks with a single wanking homeless person in them and nothing else. There's a lot of that. It seems to be, that's the fashion here. I've seen five so far. One in a wheelchair. Which was, you know, fair play. I feel like that sort of thing does only happen in America, like wanking homeless people. Yeah. You don't get that here, do you? Have you seen it in the US? Yeah, you see some shit. When I went to San Francisco, they were like, you know, taking meth and like masturbating a lot.

11:21So I do get where he's coming from. They've got the best weirdos. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah. That was just the club that you chose to go to. Yeah, yeah, yeah. He flew out with you that bloke, didn't he? That's your mate Pig, isn't it? Now, if you do want to get rowdy during a game, we have got something exciting for you. On Monday night, we are live streaming on Patreon at six o 'clock. It's the biggie. It's a knockout game that, which currently as it stands is Brazil v Japan, but it's a good game. Yeah. So it could be Brazil or Morocco and it could be Netherlands, Japan or Sweden. Great fixtures.

11:56So six o 'clock on Monday live stream on Patreon. So we'll be commentating along. We'll be doing scandals from whichever countries are represented. That's a good set of countries for scandal. I would say. banger especially Brazil hopefully Brazil will be in it I actually think Japan, Netherlands or Sweden is an absolute gimme yeah we'll be getting fruity join us 6pm I'm back in Japan I'd love them to do well I think Javan look really good yeah yeah solid aren't they disciplined that's sort of the new keep an eye out for Belgium though isn't it it's like the thing everyone's saying yeah do you know what I mean yeah I don't know didn't they win their last game 4-0 pretty sure yeah who?

12:34Belgium or Japan? no Japan yeah I think rating Japan's cliche in vogue yeah you know me you sheep so if you're not already a Patreon member patreon.com forward slash upshot towers we are like 10 away from our 4000th Patreon is there going to be a prize for the 4000th yeah sure JP will come and wank outside your nightclub take meth wherever you want wherever you want me to wank I'll wank can't promise anything better than that what more can you ask for so yeah join us for that on 6 o 'clock on Monday UK time actually I've heard about another place where I wouldn't be surprised if those kind of antics go down and that is the World Cup themed drug shack that got busted in Mallorca have you seen this?

13:23it was awful so yeah you know it well I'm sure there was this little stall behind Mallorca airport that had it looks they've done a really nice job with the decoration and they painted it out with these huge Espana signs as flags. And you go in and they are selling coke and crack. They've got like drawings of the players outside. It's really nice. They've put the effort in. Special discounts on match days. Unfortunately, the Spanish police did catch on to what was going on there and raided it the other day. We've got a clip here from Spanish News. Oh, yes. Oh, no. it's like uh so we so we're looking at so it's they've done really well it looks it looks insane it looks like if i was driving past that in mallorca i would think it's like a nice little like spanish deli yeah it looks like a pilot stand at glastonbury i was gonna say it looks like you know like six o 'clock in the morning when you're walking back at glastonbury and you're like walking through shangri-la and there's like a weird stage playing like yeah really scary music ambient techno oh wow they've got a lot oh yeah coke 45 euros bass is speed isn't it bass is crack I think it's slightly different and then ceballo which means horse which is heroin right and I think they've got some valium there as well maybe that's why not but like it's literally on the roadside there are like flags leading you up to it it's like watching your favourite pub burn down sorry for people just listening they're demolishing it with a bulldozer yeah they've gone right through it bastards I mean, they've really, they're not trying to be discreet with this, this shack.

15:00Yeah. So what's their vibe? Like, are they just like... They're drug dealers. But what are they doing there? No, but it's in like, surely if you're drug dealers, you need to keep it under the cost. I know, you would think that because that, like you're really drawing attention to yourself. He's literally beside the airport. He's like, genuinely. Also, as you're driving out the airport, you can sort of, you can probably see it from the sky. It's so bright red as you're landing. yeah but so I don't know if you saw they've got players painted on the outside they've got Pedri Raul Casillas Ferran Torres so it's sort of a mixture of the current squad and the legends the legends the cokey ones yeah how wide isn't those players is Pedri yeah I mean Casillas isn't forking out 60 euros for some base famously stingy yeah but I bet he's there on the match day when Spain wins yeah oh he's a discount you said well I don't do smack but I love a deal free for 100 mate go on free crack pipe free crack pipe with your order if Mikel Oyaza VAL scores yeah but sadly no Laminya Mal up on the wall no Laminya Mal yeah he's too clean he's underage isn't he yeah but yeah sadly the bastard police have demolished it now spoil the fun the fan zone yeah that looks like a better fan zone than anything I've seen in London big time yeah everything in London is 20 quid to get a ticket to go into and you call them.

16:27Yeah, this place, they just put a big screen outside. You pop inside for a quick, a quick needle. Yeah. I don't know what what the World Cup on smack is like. It doesn't sound like. Probably very fucking amazing. It would have improved that England-Garner game. England-Garner would have been a fucking belter.

16:47Yeah. But actually, thanks to, I can't remember who sent it in on Insta. Someone sent this in on Insta. Sorry, I've forgotten your name. His name has bull in it. It's like a... Yeah, thank you to whoever sent this in. But also pointed out that if you search 618 Sonriera on Google Street View, you can see the shack before it was demolished. It's very much worth it. As you come along the road, you can see two blokes standing outside it who look very much like they're dealers. I was going to say they're punters. No, they could be. But it's quite funny. As you come along the road, you can see the guy like pointing, spotting the Google Street View car like this.

17:26And then as they come past, he's like, open arms, like fuck. Will you fuck off? Trying to run a business. Yeah. Covers a bit blown when Google Street View car comes, you know, with that rotating camera comes straight past you. Waymo. Also, there are literally flags leading from the road. It's like Wembley Way leading to the shack. I'm getting very much Shangri-La vibes. Yeah. So we reckon they're the proprietors. They did blow out their faces, Google. Small concession. They always do that though, don't they? Yeah, maybe. I mean, it's never been more important.

18:03That's excellent stuff. Sorry to report that as Brian Brad, that drug shack. I have a feeling they'll be back. Yeah. You can't evict an idea whose time has come. Cape Verde theme. Yeah. Jump on the bandwagon. If your business runs on five different apps, 12 browser tabs, and one spreadsheet that everyone's afraid to touch, it's probably time for Odoo. Odoo is an all-in-one business management software that connects every part of your business into one powerful, easy-to-use platform. So instead of wasting time switching between disconnected systems, your entire business works together in real time.

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19:29That's what we're here for. And guys, I'm pleased to report that the head of the Brazilian FA has stepped up to the plate and knocked it out of the park. So this is Mr. Samir Shoud, who is the Brazilian FA chief. Who's our FA chief? Is it? I was just thinking that. I want to say David Dean. Yeah, me too. It could have been from like 2008 or something. And I'd like to emphasize David Dean has not had a sex scandal at this World Cup yet. so Samuel Schaoud has been caught using Brazilian FA funds to fly his mistress out to a swanky New York hotel during the World Cup he's a married man so his mistress is a fitrous entrepreneur Camila Cristina Andrade sounds like the menu at that roadside show and she spent eight days at Manhattan's Hyatt Regency Grand Central on a reservation booked under Shout's name.

20:29That's a very fancy hotel. Eight fucking days. And they were papped at a restaurant. Here they are. Surely they know they're going to get caught. He's like high profile. Yeah, I have to say he's very sexy for an FA chief. Yeah, I mean, he's gorgeous. He's a hottie. Big time. Big time. In fairness to him, he racked up an 11 and a half grand bill on this trip. On the company card. On the company card. Okay. And he then flew to Brazil to watch a women's game before heading to Mexico City where he met up with his wife, also on the company dime. I think the Brazil FA needs to start having a bit more oversight on company expenses.

21:05Yeah, you can set limits on these cards, can't you? It's actually not his first offense as well. So last year in December, you will no doubt remember it was the FIFA Intercontinental World Cup. Of course. Which is, you've probably forgotten this tournament exists, but it's the winner of like the Champions League and its equivalents in each continent play. So 16 tournament. it was in Qatar oh yeah yeah absolutely pointless tournament and old Sammy was there of course he was representing the Brazilian FA and this time he paid for a hotel for a different mistress Tamares Fernandes Barcellos whose job title I believe is Insta Hottie nice yep and a bloody good one good career yeah and that was another three and a half grand hotel bill plus business class flights also on the company dime he must have some decent air miles at this point yeah surely his wife's absolutely fucking fuming she must know if everyone knows so this has been on this has been out on Brazilian press like in the last couple of weeks and stuff but apparently the Intercontinental World Cup one was already known he has now repaid the bill for New York right out yeah fair enough out of his own money seems fair but yeah I don't know what his wife's making of all of this presumably not happy I mean he's too sexy to be an FA chief yeah he needs to be dusty Yeah.

22:26Yeah. Actually, I saw though, despite all this scandal, he was at the Brazil-Haiti game, flanking Infantino. Of course. Yeah. And then did you see John Terry was behind Infantino last night? So is that just like one seat for the Shagger? Legend Shagger. Yeah, JT. He's on a bit of a PR hike at the minute because he's been coming out saying he was utterly shocked he didn't get the Chelsea job in the week. What? I see that. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. For the, for the interim job, he was like, I am the most qualified, I was the most qualified person. Has he ever had a management job before? Yeah. I mean. He's been assistant manager, right?

23:02Have a villa and he's been Chelsea's or youth coach, hasn't he? But I, yeah, he was, yeah, he was doing it. Only six months ago, he was like, I'm really enjoying it. It's like a couple of days a week, part time thing. And I'm just doing my thing. Yeah. He seems to be popping up a lot. Yeah. Yeah. The Infantino friendship is concerning me. Yeah. Where that goes. special it's going out to everyone all listeners in uh in about two weeks time it's very good on his story yeah if i say so myself um did actually hear whispers of one other bit of secret hotel shagging from the world cup this time from a player so shout out to john who messaged jp's gossip hotline um number in the in the episode description as always whatsapp us and he said that his cab driver in kansas city showed him a video of himself driving a member of the Argentina squad to early morning training from a hotel where he'd snuck off for a bonk.

23:58So he stayed in a different hotel to the team hotel. And apparently this player at one point sinks down low in his seat so no fans and press could spot him through the window. Wow, that's quite a, that's a bit of a scoop. Yeah. We don't know who it is. Yeah, I'm not, I won't say who it is, but I'm afraid it's not Leo Messi. That's disappointing. There are some Leo Messi stories, aren't there? We'll do them another time. So I watched this documentary this week, lost down Mexico way it's called follows this story of this group of lads from the Midlands who went to the Mexico 86 world cup and never came home it's good really good doc actually I recommend it as well on YouTube and it what I enjoyed is it like it frames this story as this like nostalgic coming of age adventure sort of it's a bit like in between this movie cross with green street um that's fucking great it's quite fun uh so they basically these guys they they left the the black country a lot of them were jobless there were a lot of not a lot of work there thatchess britain went off for this like adventure and to be fair they seem like they seem like good guys although as you watch the documentary there are a few signs that they were possibly sort of absolute bastards so it starts out introducing him there's Rabbit Head big music guy me and Rabbit Head we go down the record shop in Stourbridge he'd distract them and I'd nickel the record red flag then we'd add he once had three crowd court appearances at once so he just got out we used to have three years of a sick stretch for Robbie a local post office then ran over three football fans in Southampton by accident.

25:46And they're like, yeah, so we were like off for this trip. We're waiting at the station. Rabbit Head didn't show up for the train. We were like, where is he? And just before it arrived, Rabbit Head turns up. Turns out that Rabbit Head had a wife and a three-year-old daughter at home who he'd not told that he was going. And he'd basically, he'd packed his bag, thrown out the window, gone downstairs, told his wife he was popping out for a pint of milk. And fucked off. Didn't come home for 12 years. so we're talking wrong he's like 12 years he's just got out of jail for holding up a post office he's just abandoned his family and anyway they go off to Mexico the pesky responsibilities as a father are out the window and they have a great time they're off in Mexico turn up there they don't even know what language they speak in Mexico but they have a great time they're just like boozing in all these cantinas girls seem to love them apparently never never seen an english man before uh and they're just like partying a lot traveling all around mexico going to all the england games probably wondering how they're paying for this trip that would be insurance fraud only way to do it yeah yeah so they it's pretty quite smart actually they'd like taken taken out insurance before they went on their traveller's checks and they'd go down to the consulate in whatever town they were in tell them that their traveller's checks had been stolen along with all of this like designer gear that they had all these designer clothes and they'd cash in their insurance there and basically spend it all on brasses so at one point they discover the best brothel in Central America and they go there every night for a week they take travellers checks in there I think they've cashed it in it's all right and so they go to all the games obviously England get to the quarterfinal against Argentina it's the hand of God game Argentina fans hate England fans at this point because it's Falkland's war is just finished and after the game all hell breaks loose Argentina fans attacking them with sticks one of them gets stabbed in the leg with a flagpole poor old rabbit head gets thrown off a bridge fractures his skull breaks his arm arm and leg fucking hell does he stay out there?

28:17he's in hospital for like weeks the rest of them like can just carry on their trip there is there's one quite a fun moment sort of when they they get to Texas and they're staying at this hotel and they're out by the pool they've all got their England shirts on and someone comes up and is like oh my god are you guys are you the England team and they just play along and they're just like yeah no I'm this is Gary this is Gary Lineker this is like Peter Shilton and all the like American women stay at this hotel just all over them another guy Batesy shags a cougar who he's told he's Peter he's telling us he's Peter Shilton I'm saying you're Peter Shilton get the women hot in America in 1986 England's number one mate yeah I suppose there's no internet so they can't really check can they so you might as well exactly yeah play along and anyway they end up staying a while in Texas and a few weeks later he's got a job at this bar in Texas and the the cougar comes in with realises first that he's obviously not Peter Shilton what's Peter Shilton doing waiting tables at this like bar side hustle and even more awkward than that she's with her husband and her kid and apparently at the end of the end of the meal the husband's like thanks so much for the service like goes to tip it but he's like he's not getting a tip he's had his tip already um and yeah anyway three of them three of them never go home fuck one of them ends up marrying a miss mexico finalist and two a couple of the others stay in the u.s what a trip they still live out there yeah including the one who went out for the point of milk no he he's no longer with us yeah i swear i really i read one of them died right yeah yeah right um yeah i've got to say did he ever go home to his wife and kid did reconcile with his daughter in the end but apparently his wife yeah the daughter was like yeah mom never really got away for the milk yeah i think that's gone sour mate yeah i've got to say you do actually really warm to them.

30:30They seem like really good guys if you just ignore really nice women. If you just ignore the abandoning their wives and children, violently robbing local businesses, impersonating celebrities to trick women into sex. Relentless brassy. They're representing their country. You've got to do what you've got to do. Yeah, I mean, that's England fans doing it right. That's what I'm doing at the minute. Sort of. Doing it right. Yeah. It was a documentary. It's a documentary. It's actually, it's really good it's all and the whole thing's on YouTube it's only it's like 37 minutes what's it called? uh Lost Down Mexico Way popped out for a pint of milk yeah

31:13unreal it's uh I'd recommend it though it's a good one we'll link to it I like the Traveler Trek Fraud that's great yeah yeah you like a bit of that don't you? someone should make like a Hollywood film yeah yeah and uh actually if if Any of you listeners have been thrown off the bridge by some angry Argentinian fans fuming about the Falklands War. You might be entitled to a bit of compensation. And if so, you need injury lawyers for you. The personal injury lawyers who fight for you. Will they fight for you if you've robbed a post office? I think they'll be in the middle of a fraud. It's worth asking them.

31:53To be fair, if you slipped and twisted your knees, you fled an irate post office manager, are you entitled to compensation then? Depends, because if the post office has left boxes that you've tripped on, or maybe they haven't put a sign out. Exactly. If there was been a spillage in the post office and it slipped whilst trying to hold it up. It's at least worth an inquiry. It's worth an inquiry, yeah. Because it's no win, no fee. No risk. I do remember them saying, please, can you not send us loads of time wasters? Fill in the form. Have a look. Try the compensation calculator on the website. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

32:34Yeah, I don't know how it works with if you sort of did something wrong and then got injured as someone tries to apprehend you. Yeah. My mate broke his arm once. We were in Cardiff and he mooned a bouncer and the bouncer chased him and he ran straight into a concrete bollard and just smashed his arm. Did he sue the bouncer? Yeah, well, I think he's entitled to competition. God, mooning. Haven't heard that word in a while. It was a big, ugly moon. Mooning was big in the noughties, wasn't it? It's not really about anymore, is it? It was big in the... Actually, there's another part in that documentary where they're talking about one of the England games.

33:08Apparently mooning was a big thing for England fans back then. They just mooned the other fans. I can imagine that might really piss off certain fans. Yeah. show of disrespect. Yeah. And then they threw him off a bridge.

33:24So yeah, if you've had an accident that wasn't your fault, maybe it was your fault a little bit, but not really. Yeah. Injury laws for you. Only if it wasn't your fault. The Falklands War wasn't their fault. Yeah.

33:36Has a geopolitical situation caused you to be beaten up by people of another nation? Wasn't really an accident, either, the Falklands War was. Have you sunk a battleship by accident?

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33:51all right details of the show notes for that one talking of blags I think I've got one that tops the boys in Mexico this week and I've been waiting a long time to get this one signed off because I was waiting on some evidence which I now have it was about 10 12 years ago and a few lads that I that I know went over to Gothenburg for a stag do and it was like proper last minute so like the airbnb was last minute the flights for last minute and they get into gothenberg and they start looking around for like what to do in a nightclub and they find this one that's got like a really good dj player and it's got like table service it says sold out online so they ring the the general manager and they're like oh is there any chance we can book a table tonight and the guy's like literally starts laughing at him down the phone he's like the club has been sold out for months the dj is amazing there's no point in turning up to the club tonight and i'm like fuck we fucked it here like what are we gonna do and one of the lads that's with him you're gonna have to bleep out his name he's uh like grade a blagger right you know if it's like thursday morning at glastonbury and you want to get in you're ringing because he's got a load of wristbands printed he's this kind of guy and he's like let me just have a quick look to see whether there's any bands playing in sweden this weekend and he comes back he's like one direction of playing i've got an idea so he goes away and like half hour later he's come back and he's created an email address like manager at one direction.com and he's got like an email signature and shit and he emails the gm and he's like hi the boys have just finished uh one of the shows in sweden we're going to come to gothenberg and blast some steam is there any chance you can sort us at a table here's my number apparently five minutes later this gm brings him back and he's like oh my god i'd love to host you at the club tonight i will get you a table like uh we're gonna put food on for you and shit he's like yeah no that's that's great we're gonna get there about 12 o 'clock he comes back in the room and he's like i've sorted it boys we're going in as one direction they're like we're not fucking one direction mate like how the fuck are we gonna pull this off he's like don't worry don't worry don't worry so apparently he goes into gothenberg on his own and he like goes and shops for like one direction outfits so they've got like like beads they've got like glasses they've got like tight jeans like one of them's got long hair and he's like dressing him up as harry styles and they're literally just sitting there like this isn't gonna fucking work mate he's like don't worry apparently he rings a cab firm he's like can you get me a six seater all blacked out because we need to turn up to the club looking like we're fucking celebs so they turn up to the club at like 12 o 'clock they're all sitting in this cab apparently and they're like this isn't gonna fucking work mate he's like don't fucking worry go straight up to like the head balancer he's like got one direction in the car we're gonna need to come in he's like we've been expecting you the bouncer comes up to the six seater he's got like blankets and stuff to get him in and they just get covered in blankets and they're coming in and apparently he's like shouts out one direction here and everyone's like oh my fucking god it's one direction these lads are just like underneath these blankets going into the green room they get into the green room they're like as soon as these bouncers see us we're fucked apparently they take the cloaks off and they're like can we have some photos they're like sitting there having photos of these bouncers right all of a sudden the GM comes in and they're like this is it we're fucked now like this isn't gonna work and he's like come over to the table boys I've got you the best seats in the house apparently there's like sparkling champagne there's sushi on the table there's grey goose flying around they're like six hours they're in there six hours of people having photos with them the bouncers are like protecting the table like it gets to like three o 'clock in the morning and the guy who's done the blag's like I'm just gonna go and check the bill goes over to the gm and the gm's like um yeah it's about 12 000 euro um but we'll sort it out in the morning and he goes back to the table and he's like lads we need to get the fuck out it's 12 grand bill so they like make their excuses and bail obviously like switches off the email and they're like we like the club think we're one direction but let's never tell anyone like this is quite bad like it's a 12 grand bill we've just walked away from the next morning they're like walking through Gothenburg city center and one of them goes into a news agent and he comes out and he's like white as a sheet and he's just got this paper and the headline of a Swedish national paper is One Direction Party in Gothenburg and there's a photo of them front and center of this newspaper article and they're like, we can never tell anyone about this.

38:16So we're looking at it now. Is that them in the picture? That's them in the picture. With the sparklers. Oh my God. oh my god that is incredible unbelievable how did no one like i know what apparently the club was like really dark and they had just gone in with like such confidence and the manager the manager one direction's manager was just like ordering people around like they need to be here the table and they just they just bought it wow they just fucking bought it so good i've been trying to get this story out for like literally two years and it was my wedding last weekend and one of the lads agreed to do it so that's your wedding present that was my wedding present what a gift i think the club shut down now but that is probably the best blag i've ever heard that is unbelievable i've had to close down people kept doing runners they're in the hole a little bit after all the cristal they gave to one direction so do you think that so they they presumably the club has now they've clocked that they've been done no they've never well i mean they said they were going to bank some of it but i've like you know like he shut off the email the next day so i've just got this image in my head of like the gm like oh is there any chance we can grab like your bank details so we could pay you and it's like email not delivered like do you think they were like you know what that money is worth it to be able to tell it from one direction yeah maybe that's it it's in the paper yeah obviously there's that element to it but the other element is if they ever found out it was just five six lads on a stag dude yeah you're in very hot water in 12 grand yeah i also like the idea that this this that one direction of being peppered with phone calls and like instagram messages probably the next time they turned up in sweden in sweden this like nightclub owner was outside zay malik's got the bailiffs coming around uh it's amazing amazing yeah uh and we want to hear more shit like that on the hotline so uh if you've got any good stories for me the hotlines open 24 hours a day seven days a week and the number will put a little qr code on screen uh but the number if you need it is 07354 079 834 yeah texts voice notes doesn't have to be sports your standard network right yeah £4 a minute Got a table to pay off Harry Styles is playing in London this week Could your mate blow Yeah I can get you in Spot on Box Park Croydon Hopefully Harry doesn't hear that Excellent Speaking of superstars Ronaldo obviously Showed his critics Albeit against Uzbekistan scored twice quite annoying fashion as well so did you see after the game he was going I'm back and did you see also so they they scored a free kick they scored a free kick was it I think maybe Nuno Mendes scored it and Ronaldo like shaped up like he was gonna you know how he always does the same thing pulls his shorts up shapes up like he's gonna take it yeah and then Mendes took it instead scores Mendes are celebrating and then Ronaldo was just going around pointing his head being like see what I did pretending to take a free kick he's just a fucking pit yeah I was cheering every Portugal goal that hit the back of the net because we're doing so we're doing a little sweepstake and there's 20 quid for the worst team in the World Cup Jack's currently leading the way with Tunisia minus 9 goal difference but I'm hoping strong start if Uzbekistan could get another big spanking in the last game maybe Tunisia could even pick up a point then I'm hoping that 20 quid is going to come in it does feel a bit bad in the pub like cheer as like a minnow gets like come on you cunts keep going well I was rooting for them and obviously before the game there had been a lot of talk that like should Portugal drop him I mean it seems like his fanboys around the world mainly 12 year old boys were really swinging behind him but it did seem like Portugal was quite divided whether they should pick him I think a lot of people just want him out now he's just toxic isn't he yeah he's a bellem but he's obviously amazing in some ways anyway not to get into the actual football but it all got quite weird so two of Ronaldo's sisters accused the team of freezing him out on social media how are they freezing him out he's playing every match well sort of you know not passing him out yeah leaving him out didn't one of the players come out of a compliment it was just like oh we really respect him and yeah the post-match interview was really complimentary and then that somehow got twisted by some people it's ridiculous and then his wife Georgina she reacted angrily to a fake quote slagging him off.

43:01It's all absolutely insane. But one man did stay extremely loyal to the 41-year-old superstar, and that is Roberto Martinez, his manager, who was, I guess you'd say he was proved right. Two goals. And he probably continued to back him because, you know, he is one of the greatest players of all time and he's got that winning mentality. Although I did also hear that Roberto Martinez is currently in talks to manage Al Nasser, Ronaldo's club in Saudi. kind of makes sense I think we all know who makes the decisions around Al Nassar way so do you think he's a bit got to keep him sweet for the next season hands tied Roberto Martinez is a is a real Al Nassar manager yeah I was going to say like it's a good fit for him yeah I mean if it happens get some cash in it's going to look quite ridiculous yeah I reckon Al Nassar are just waiting to see if they how Portugal do because if if Portugal go out early and Ronaldo those drops then they're going to be like we can't bring those bad vibes to them bad vibes to El Nasser dream of it now Germany they've been looking decent so far two wins from two tight game against Overcoast stoppage time winner but you know they're doing well although do you think it will always be hard for this Germany team to step out of the shadow of their great predecessors of the 2010s Although on the plus side, this group have never done a bizarre African themed body paint photo shoot, which is exactly what the German squad did before the South Africa World Cup in 2010.

44:42You know, they just really wanted to show their deep understanding, their respect for African culture. So some of them, they were painted as quite terrifyingly lifelike animals. we'll post it this is tody cruz as a snake what the fuck looks he looks quite Voldemort tody cruz if anyone's listening to this we'll post a link but it's tody cruz in body paint with a snake around his neck mirror self closer as a it looks quite sultry tiger it looks it looks a bit a bit like you know that weird cgi remake of cats that they did years back it looks like he's from that it's like weird sexy cats with boobs so like ripped abs weird sexy cats with boobs that's the episode title sorted can we go to the Tony Cruise at the top again for a second that is fucking bizarre common garden sort of performer vibe that is a real snake around his neck as well isn't it yeah although his arm just looks like a handbag grinning like a Cheshire cat as well isn't he yeah it's frightening right keep going down and then we've got Miroslav Closer who's a lion, but has a sort of David Bowie mullet.

46:00Yeah. You know, like the budget performance of the Lion King at your local theatre.

46:07I was going to say... Like Woking theatre. Yeah, Woking. I was going to say that he looks a bit like... Couldn't afford the proper outfits. I got body paint. I was going to say he looks like the lion from the Wizard of Oz. Yeah. But then with like fancy dress shop vampire teeth. Yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah. To be fair, Mesut Ozil, quite strange looking guy at the best of times. It's almost an improvement. Yeah, true. Kind of works for it as well. He looks like he's really got into character. Do you know what I mean? With the eyes. Yeah, yeah.

46:38Who the fuck is that? That's the line from the Wizard of Oz. Oh, right, sorry. But how's that related to South Africa? I'll be saying Mesut Ozil looks like, I'm saying it looks like. I thought that was the actual story. I thought that was maybe Yogi Lone. deep prosthetics. It's like Chewbacca. So that's the line. That's the line. I think it looks a bit like Mesut Ozil. I think the worst one has got to be Thomas Muller. This one is aged extremely badly. It's Thomas Muller in, he's basically blacked up. Is he blacked up? He's got like traditional African style paintings on his, all over his body.

47:15He's gone for like tribal dress. Yeah. He's not blacked up, is he? Yeah. He's not, he's playing he's playing a drum he's got like African masks on the wall he's got this like weird hat with feathers on it I think even back then that's pretty offside isn't it yeah what year are we going to one of going to one of Justin Trudeau's house parties I think things changed quite quickly in the 2010 yeah in his in Thomas Miller's defence it's not aged well that though is it yeah should also say the artists by this were definitely white we've got a picture of them doing it here oh god yeah I don't know who signed this off what animal would you have gone for I would like to see a crocodile yeah they did the whole squad there are more I haven't put them all in I'll post a link to the full photo shoot yeah but it is yeah bizarre if you like if you've been listening and you just switch the video on now and we're just fully decked out

48:17I'm the sultry tiger yeah yeah yeah that's exceptional Jack looks a bit like the lion yeah what's the little pale snake a worm a glow worm you know that fish that swims up your knob the parasite for Brazil 2014 the Amazonian penis fish

48:45Mexico you could be the worm in the tequila you know the vodka the vodka I think next week we'll do our Canada America we'll do body pain we'll do body pain we're naked at next week's episode yeah yeah yeah um alright it's nearly time to go but uh thanks to everyone who's been sending in stuff to JP's gossip hotline and DMing us on Insta uh actually had an amazing spot from Josh who's out in the US and he spotted a man who if he's not Harry Kane's dad he bears an astonishing resemblance to him this bloke at the bar holy hell He's even got the sort of eyebrows again. It's the hairline. Look at that.

49:24So the shape of the face, the eyebrows, the forehead, hairline. It's the slight like upside down smile. Yeah. Do you think he's going for that look on purpose? Yeah, yeah, yeah. He's going for Harry Kane now. He might be a lookalike. Yeah. Apparently people were chanting, you're Harry's dad. Yeah. That would be quite gutting if you'd gone for the lookalike, gone for the Harry Kane lookalike, and then people were shouting, you're Harry Kane's dad. You're Charlie Kane, his brother and agent. You're Harry Kane's dad. but yeah good stuff Josh thanks a lot for that alright join us on Monday for the live stream on Patreon for what is probably Brazil Japan but it really could be a couple of different teams we'll be commentating live telling scandals from those nations proud histories it's gonna be really good are you dressing up as an Amazon penis fish yeah I'll be an Amazon penis fish opening like an umbrella you could be that I'll be a samurai yeah yeah you be the samurai yeah seems only right maybe a geisha I think you make a lovely geisha that's a good idea we did want to get we did want to get some more some more dressing gowns to add to the wardrobes yeah this is really nice silk kimono for you this is really hot so if you're not already a Patreon member patreon.com forward slash Upshot Towers you could become our 4 ,000th member and actually I will find a prize for whoever does I need to think of something but it'll be great so we'll see you then otherwise thanks a lot and we'll see you next time peace out thanks a lot And we are, of course, sponsored by Injury Lawyers for You.

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