Played
-
NEW EPISODES EVERY MONDAY! Forget the latest bestsellers or Booker Prize winners. Instead of reading literary classics, each week The Football Book Club read another footballer's autobiography. Starring comedy writers James Bugg, Jack Bernhardt, Natasha Daniels and James Boughen, The Football Book Club is for those who like their reading less Dickens, more Dickov.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
-
In the first episode of The Football Book Club, James Bugg, Jack Bernhardt, Amy Lawson and James Boughen read Norwich and Coventry hero Darren Huckerby's magnum opus 'Hucks: Through Adversity to Great Heights'. Featuring Lee Croft's run-in with a wasp, Nigel Worthington kicking a skip and we find out why Darren isn't welcome on Ryanair flights anymore.
Follow us on Twitter! @footiebookclub
Instagram - @footballbookclub
Join The Football Book Club *Club* - www.patreon.com/footballbookclub
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
-
Next up for the book club is Japan and Southampton general Maya Yoshida’s 2018 classic ‘Unbeatable Mind’. Featuring some of the great philosophical musings of our time on life, love and Jay Rodriguez dressed as a ninja turtle. Plus we find out just why Maya hates buying curtains.
Follow us on Twitter! @footiebookclub
Instagram - @footballbookclub
Join The Football Book Club *Club* - www.patreon.com/footballbookclub
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
-
World Cup Finals! Yakubu! Casper the Ghost! All of these things and SO MUCH more are mentioned in Louis Saha's 2012 masterpiece 'Thinking Inside The Box - and we discuss all of them! Featuring Louis Saha on missing the Champions League final, the 2008 financial crisis and why the perfect pre-match playlist contains PLENTY of DJ Phil Neville. PLUS Sylvain Distin's questionable marriage advice and, for the first time yet, the Football Book Club do a sexy reading...
Follow us on Twitter! @footiebookclub
Instagram - @footballbookclub
Join The Football Book Club *Club* - www.patreon.com/footballbookclub
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
-
This week The Football Book Club read 2012's very confusingly titled 'Loud, Proud And Positive' by legendary Swansea City captain and manager Garry Monk. We join Garry on a miraculous journey from League Two to the Premier League, stopping off along the way for Lee Trundle doing stand up, something called Linchicken and a brand new game where we ask 'Who said it? Garry Monk? Or Bruno Mars?' PLUS a dramatic reading involving Garry, a headbutt and a tray of sandwiches.
Follow us on Twitter! @footiebookclub
Instagram - @footballbookclub
Join The Football Book Club *Club* - www.patreon.com/footballbookclub
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
-
Five books in and the Football Book Club face their toughest challenge yet - Jermaine Pennant's explosive 2018 novel 'Mental'. As Jermaine charts his journey from wonderkid to Champions League finalist to Billericay Town, the book club discuss Jermaine's lack of respect for Girls Aloud, James almost driving into Mido and a very naked Tony Pulis. Plus we set the record straight with Glenn Roeder and play the all new game 'What Would Jermaine Pennant Do?'
Follow us on Twitter! @footiebookclub
Instagram - @footballbookclub
Join The Football Book Club *Club* - www.patreon.com/footballbookclub
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
-
It's the last - and by far the longest - book of the series which means one thing... a two-parter! In part one, the book club read the first half of Jason's 2016 epic, taking him from Birkenhead to Bolton Wanderers to USA '94. Featuring Zig and Zag, Jason's liquorice house and a VERY SPECIAL APPEARANCE from the world's greatest Norwich City chant writer. Plus Jason and Phil Babb getting chased around Dublin by screaming teenagers. Can it live up to its incredible title? We find out!
Follow us on Twitter! @footiebookclub
Instagram - @footballbookclub
Join The Football Book Club *Club* - www.patreon.com/footballbookclub
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
-
The long-awaited conclusion to The Football Book Club does 'Blood, Sweat and McAteer' is here! What's next for The Three Amigos - Jason McAteer, Phil Babb and Gary Kelly? How many times will Jason use the word 'arse'? And, most importantly, will 'Blood, Sweat and McAteer' be crowned the best book of Football Book Club Series One??? Plus a dramatic reading involving Jason McAteer and a huge battered fish, and we find out who joins Glenn Roeder and Dominique Strauss-Kahn in 'The Hall of Shame'. Jason McAteer HIMSELF 'Cried laughing' at Part One. And if that isn't enough to make you listen, we don't know what is. WARNING: In the second half of this episode we talk about mental health and suicidal thoughts, as discussed in the book. If you find this subject difficult to listen to you can skip forward around six minutes at the time to avoid this part.
Follow us on Twitter! @footiebookclub
Instagram - @footballbookclub
Join The Football Book Club *Club* - www.patreon.com/footballbookclub
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
-
It's Christmas! And to celebrate, The Football Book Club are foregoing obscurity to read a book written by the most cheerful and festive man in the world - Captain Christmas himself, Graeme Souness.
We spent December getting stuck into Graeme's 2017 goodwill extravaganza 'Football: My Life, My Passion' and, like the Three Kings brought gifts to the manger, we bring you Graeme throwing a pickaxe at his neighbour, a rant about sandwiches and even a muscular Peter Beardsley.
Plus there's a Christmassy Ken's song, some Kieron Dyer themed carol singing and we find out if Glenn Roeder finally picked up his Christmas tree...
Merry Christmas!
Follow us on Twitter! @footiebookclub
Instagram - @footballbookclub
Join The Football Book Club *Club* - www.patreon.com/footballbookclub
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
-
With a new series just around the corner, The Football Book Club are bringing you some extra special episodes, starting with this - a live recording of the team reading Danny Higginbotham's 2015 classic 'Rise of the Underdog'. The episode was recorded in Southampton on March 7th as part of 'Superpod 2020' - a live podcasting event raising money for Sport Relief - and features Danny's underwear, Roy Keane being Roy Keane and the scientists at CERN, all told through a book that was (genuinely) written with one of the Breaking Bad team. Plus Ken returns with a chant that was previously thought impossible...
Follow us on Twitter! @footiebookclub
Instagram - @footballbookclub
Join The Football Book Club *Club* - www.patreon.com/footballbookclub
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
-
We've read a lot of books over the series. However, importantly, we have always been several hundred miles away from the author. But not today! In this extra special episode recorded at The Notley's Golf Club in Essex, we read Arsenal and Talksport legend Perry Groves's autobiography 'We All Live In A Perry Groves world' with Perry himself! Featuring brilliant stories about title triumphs, spraying each other with ketchup, Paul Merson, cats and Ander Limpar's horrible, horrible pranks. Plus Perry plays the game 'Real autobiography or fake autobiography' - is Alan Hansen's 'Mm Kop!' a real book? Find out now!
Follow us on Twitter! @footiebookclub
Instagram - @footballbookclub
Join The Football Book Club *Club* - www.patreon.com/footballbookclub
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
-
The Football Book Club are stranded hundreds of miles apart, but quarantine (and questionable sound quality) won't stop them from doing what they were put on this earth to do - read increasingly obscure football autobiographies. Today, the book club meet remotely to read Manchester City legend Shaun Goater's 2007 novella 'Feed The Goat'. Featuring Shaun on Kevin Keegan, modelling in Rotherham, Bermuda Triangle conspiracy theories and, of course, goats. Plus Ken's back with another song and at one point Bristol is described as 'the closest thing to Bermuda there is'.
Follow us on Twitter! @footiebookclub
Instagram - @footballbookclub
Join The Football Book Club *Club* - www.patreon.com/footballbookclub
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
-
Still on lockdown, still reading obscure football autobiographies. This week The Football Book Club read Kevin Phillips's very premature, 2000 autobiography 'Strikingly Different'. Featuring Kevin breaking records and winning the European Golden Shoe at Sunderland, his thoughts on Emmerdale farm, a local coach firm and the band Republica, and DJing powerhouse Danny Dichio. Plus Ken's back with another chant and we read this week's dramatic reading 'Jody Craddock Moves A Barstool'.
Follow us on Twitter! @footiebookclub
Instagram - @footballbookclub
Join The Football Book Club *Club* - www.patreon.com/footballbookclub
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
-
This week behind closed doors, lockdown has flown by thanks to Rangers legend and bona fide hunk Lorenzo Amoruso's exceptionally titled 'LA Confidential'. Set in 2002, after being stripped of the Rangers captaincy, in the space of 247 pages Lorenzo falls in love with Glasgow, meets a ghost, gets addicted to Baileys and doesn't buy his girlfriend yoghurt. Plus Ken's back with another song, Glenn Roeder's space in the Hall of Shame is filled threefold and Dick Advocaat disrespects Lorenzo's massive thighs.
Follow us on Twitter! @footiebookclub
Instagram - @footballbookclub
Join The Football Book Club *Club* - www.patreon.com/footballbookclub
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
-
It's the final Behind Closed Doors special and this week we treated ourselves to something a little different - a diary written by the Bridget Jones of ex-Reading goalkeepers, US legend Marcus Hahnemann. Written during Reading's first season in the Premier League in 2006, we find out Marcus's views on Leroy Lita's music taste, facial hair, Costco and the band Tool (we find this out a lot). Plus Ken's back with a new song, we go on Peter Reid watch, Ibrahima Sonko takes his top off a lot and we find out if the big American can be crowned the winner of the Behind Closed Doors mini-series.
Follow us on Twitter! @footiebookclub
Instagram - @footballbookclub
Join The Football Book Club *Club* - www.patreon.com/footballbookclub
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
-
Ahead of the new series coming Monday 21st September, James and Jack bring you some of our favourite moments from Series 1 and the Behind Closed Doors specials. Featuring Nigel Worthington kicking skips, Jason McAteer asking Pierluigi Casaraghi out for a drink, Maya Yoshida buying Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles merchandise and - of course - Jermaine Pennant playing eggyboff. 'Cause Uptown Monk gon' give it to ya.
Follow us on Twitter! @footiebookclub
Instagram - @footballbookclub
Join The Football Book Club *Club* - www.patreon.com/footballbookclub
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
-
The Football Book Club are back! And to kick off the new series they're reading wobbly-kneed Liverpool and Poland goalkeeping hero Jerzy Dudek's beautifully titled 'A Big Pole In Our Goal'. Featuring Jerzy getting chased by a goose, Craig Bellamy stealing a Darth Vader mask and king of the chants Ken's triumphant return. And if that isn't exciting enough, we find out how Zlatan Ibrahimovic likes his clothes folded. This episode was recorded in February 2020.
Follow us on Twitter! @footiebookclub
Instagram - @footballbookclub
Join The Football Book Club *Club* - www.patreon.com/footballbookclub
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
-
This week The Football Book Club read Norwich, Hibs, Shrewsbury and a team in Singapore legend Grant Holt's 2019 autobiography 'A Real Football Life'... and it's a cracker!
Despite being one of the hardest books to track down yet, it's all worth it with tales of battered sausages, swan attacks, Chesney Hawkes and Bryan Gunn losing his cool with a bottle of sun cream.
Plus Ken's back with another chant, Tash thinks she might be the reason Grant became a professional footballer and we play an all-new game called 'What Chocolate Bar is Grant Holt describing?'.
Follow us on Twitter! @footiebookclub
Instagram - @footballbookclub
Join The Football Book Club *Club* - www.patreon.com/footballbookclub
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
-
In a Football Book Club first, the book club are joined by Sheffield United and QPR hero Paddy Kenny to read his brilliant new book 'The Gloves Are Off' ahead of its October 5th release.
Includes eyebrows being bitten off, a back-up keeper obsessed with adult movies, Roy Keane being put in his place and we find out what it's like to concede the most famous goal in Premier League history.
Plus Paddy talks about a career that took him from Bury to the Irish national team, enjoying unforgettable cup runs at Sheffield United and what really went on behind the scenes at Leeds United.
*WARNING contains some strong language and a naked Neil Warnock*
Follow us on Twitter! @footiebookclub
Instagram - @footballbookclub
Join The Football Book Club *Club* - www.patreon.com/footballbookclub
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
