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It’s 2005 and Ashley Cole is riding high, tearing up the Premier League and shacked up with Britain’s biggest heartthrob. But the papers are out to get him… Download SAILY in your app store and use our code UPSHOT at checkout to get an exclusive 15% off your first purchase! For further details go to https://saily.com/upshot Links from the episode: Gaudy wedding pics: https://share.google/8L0PzHOVPkZupUl5V  Lottery advert photo: https://share.google/QRoUIEl9cwLedDk7i  Roma team photo: https://share.google/xdVoozIdnS3XwfIx9  Europa League draw: https://x.com/UpshotTowers/status/1431213166814453768  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In the naughty noughties, no one did tabloid scandal like Ashley Cole… Get part 2 instantly when you join The Upshot’s Patreon: www.patreon.com/upshottowers Access content not available in your region with Nord VPN: Go to nordvpn.com/upshot - our link will also give you 4 extra months on the 2-year plan.  Links from the episode: Van Nistlerooy nearly breaks his leg: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3J6hdSpwTtQ Shuts down Ronaldo in 04: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1654617821561524 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In light of Tiger's latest crash, we're reposting this fan favourite episode which we first released in 2023. Drug-fuelled car crashes. 121 mistresses. Shagging the next door neighbour's daughter. No one does scandals like Tiger Woods. But if you think you know the full story, think again. Buckle in for the sordid tale of a golfer gone wild… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The pair are destroyed by a series of videos showing them at their absolute worst.   We revel in the fall out and the recovery, as Keys and Gray decamp to Qatar, settle old scores with their enemies, and both are rocked by more sex scandals. And of course, we answer the big question: Smash It? Download SAILY in your app store and use our code UPSHOT at checkout to get an exclusive 15% off your first purchase! For further details go to https://saily.com/upshot Links from the episode: Slagging off Sian Massey: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jV0oWNVG7Mw  Andy Gray “tuck me in”: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/fYvlpPwNocw  “Smash it?”: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=2107649813077188  Richard Keys Talksport “apology”: youtube.com/watch?si=8K26y4_ECt-K_Yct&t=40&v=fkTNQuWaETE&feature=youtu.be  “Get your tits out for the lads”: https://www.independent.ie/videos/sport/old-footage-of-sky-sports-presenters-chanting-get-your-tts-out-at-female-reporter/29967075.html  Richard Keys “It was just banter”: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/RfiKA6-XbEE  Keys home tour: https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x35lcdp Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

When Richard Keys and Andy Gray burst onto our screens in the early 90s, they were a breath of fresh air. But behind the scenes, the pair turned the Sky Sports studio into a seedy boys club. They were forced out in disgrace, and that was just the start… From parties with pornstars to banging their best friend’s wives, this is the scandalous saga of Keys and Gray… smash it? Links from the episode: Andy Gray diving header: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZFbBf_YktU  Advert for Simon toy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOJ3X_SksrM&t=60s  Richard Keys interviews Mariah Carey: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVzwFUKCWlE  Andy Gray “you beauty” commentary: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=524376272951046  “Take a bow son”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLXgd7kOciw&t=44s  Keys winding up Ron Atkinson: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1o7Fu93L4s  “Daft little ground, silly game, fuck off”: https://x.com/ballsdotie/status/1253638817468334080?lang=en  Richard Keys hairy hands: https://share.google/1etXSjQJlGq1wGolp Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On the show today: - Joey Barton is in trouble with the law twice in one day - Wayne Rooney trousers down - Boris Beckers tales of Diddy’s freak-offs.  Download SAILY in your app store and use our code UPSHOT at checkout to get an exclusive 15% off your first purchase! For further details go to https://saily.com/upshot  Links from the pod: Eni Aluko’s Declan Rice conspiracy theory: https://talksport.com/football/1479711/eni-aluko-declan-rice-man-city-arsenal/ Wayne Rooney doing his trousers: https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/38375142/wayne-rooney-boozed-mystery-women-pre -brit-awards-bash/  Boris Johnson on Louis Theroux: https://open.spotify.com/episode/0DEeh05oNNkLcP7KEAlTDJ?si=ZqAej3bNSoWzvu-a8_M3_g&nd=1&dlsi=acbc3b22514e4556 Stu McGill’s podcast meltdown:  https://www.youtube.com/live/d-GV9ay86OA?si=5A8h28HwGg8kRqtI&t=1152  Jamie O’Hara’s walk out: https://x.com/now_arsenaI/status/2031496474580672980  The OnlyFans triangle: https://dispatch-media.com/inside-the-onlyfans-triangle/ Brawl in Brazil: https://www.reddit.com/r/soccer/comments/1rojrgv/brawl_breaks_out_between_cruzeiro_and_atletico/  Get Extra Shot every week when you join our Patreon: www.patreon.com/upshottowers Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

They don't make managers like Neil Warnock anymore.  He gave team talks naked, cut his players' toe nails and picked the team based on his wife's dreams.  So by all means enjoy this podcast, but "enjoy it by being fucking disciplined"... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Drink. Drugs. Explosive benders. And the inspiration for a rock band’s hit single. Nope, it’s not an iconic supermodel, it’s a hellraising winger from west London. From robbing graves to LSD before kick off, meet Robin Friday, the original rock 'n' roll footballer… Links from the episode: Highlight reel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X64i1bunpKo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

At the end of part one, Conor was on a high: the most feared MMA fighter in the world, and about to take on Khabib in the most eagerly anticipated UFC fight of all time. But things are about to get ugly… Access content not available in your region with Nord VPN: Go to https://nordvpn.com/upshot - our link will also give you 4 extra months on the 2-year plan.  There's no risk with Nord’s 30 day money-back guarantee!  Live Show Tickets: https://www.livenation.co.uk/the-upshot-live-tickets-adp1637635 Links from the episode: Throws trolley through bus window: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63OCvuC-GSY On a coke comedown: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBjoDOvyYf0 Punches bloke in pub: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYMfSI9cZQw Jacob Hawley talking about McGregor shagging in disabled loo: https://www.instagram.com/reel/C2zxzSkovyz/ Knocked off his bike: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7Yg1mmcSX4 Posts video getting a blowie on a boat: https://x.com/markyjustbets/status/1563558573115711489?s=21&t=z7nqxzI_V2x6XrkhgnRT8g Breaks mascot’s nose: https://x.com/FOS/status/1667636830827696130 Chewing Ronaldo’s ear off: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/FQamo6r7BHY Playfighting with Saka: https://x.com/StokeyyG2/status/1841617894901231662 Traffic police rant: https://youtu.be/HLEA8XoxPIg?si=Cr27QTZTJ_Ud3znS&t=1180Ranting at Mike Tyson: https://x.com/CasualMMA/status/1997733884637978708 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Conor McGregor was once considered a combat genius who ranked alongside Sun Tzu, Bruce Lee and Fionn mac Cumhaill. But then came the cocaine, convictions and carnage. As his mask slipped, the unhinged Irishmen turned into a frothing beast, smashing up buses, punching grandads and peppering popstars with dick pics. From ayahuasca in the jungle to shagging at funerals, this is the story of Conor McGregor… Get part 2 instantly when you join The Upshot’s Patreon: www.patreon.com/upshottowers Download SAILY in your app store and use our code UPSHOT at checkout to get an exclusive 15% off your first purchase! For further details go to https://saily.com/upshot Links from the episode: Pocketwatch: youtube.com/watch?v=MJl-O2KYYHU&ab_channel=ClippedMMA Crocodile walk: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=818213015007557 Taking the piss out of Uriah Faber: https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=yJRJEvFU3Ac&ab_channel=UFC Forces translator to tell Jose Aldo he’s his daddy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YezMl2zi5Gs Red panty night: https://youtu.be/BV57_OEDU1s?si=jDhSf3T0vNiV1ZtB&t=28 Taking the piss out of Nate Diaz: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6wn99sp4Tc Apologise to absolutely nobody: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1239067553130795 After party in a tree: https://www.reddit.com/r/ufc/comments/cqvb44/coked_up_conor_enjoying_an_after_party_in_a_tree/ Floyd Mayweather: https://youtu.be/UiPlPFzFkDo?si=SiHo7nyxYEq_Id2v&t=201  Ruins friend’s victory by jumping into the octagon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXx8WQPjYpo  Speeding out of car park: https://x.com/rtenews/status/936233874815897600 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

You don’t make it to the top without getting a little weird. Just ask Cristiano Ronaldo. He scraps with teenagers, had an orgy with his taxi driver, and keeps a handwritten list of his silverware in his pocket. From fivesomes with teammates to getting throttled by Ryan Giggs, this is his story… Links from the episode: As a youngster: https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/SPORT-PREVIEW-young-cristiano.jpg?quality=80&strip=all&w=1500&h=1000&crop=1 Man United debut: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73DuUGJWuzo Throws journo’s microphone in a lake: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/mIgNSppc4zg Statue at madeira airport: https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/standard/976/cpsprodpb/1424D/production/_95390528_ronaldobust.jpg Pat Butcher mural: https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRiuR02MyRWY99xd4N7AG770iIyiQ-kjWCV1A&s Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sure, Usain Bolt ran the 100m in 9.58 seconds. But has he ever been strapped to a teatray and hurled headfirst down Mont Blanc? (or an artificial slide in a concrete chinese business park) And he never shagged Hitler, murdered his rivals, or got high before races either… But I know some people who did… From Stasi spies to hot tub orgies, buckle into your bobsled for the wildest stories in Winter Olympic history… Download SAILY in your app store and use our code UPSHOT at checkout to get an exclusive 15% off your first purchase! For further details go to https://saily.com/upshot Links from the pod: Australian speed skater who was coming last before the final corner: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUi4-H6hfw8 The actual Jamaican bobsled team: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1aWFW8bOpo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On the show today: Todd Boehly’s Epstein meetings, Nick Kyrgios' Australian Open bender, and Lewis Hamilton’s finally gets with the girl in the year above Get Extra shot every week when you join our Patreon: www.patreon.com/upshottowers 4 months free of Nord vpn at: www.nordvpn.com/upshot Links from the pod: Boxer gets wig knocked off: https://x.com/DevinOffWestern/status/2017778496999985203  John McEnroe's annoying fan:https://www.reddit.com/r/tennis/comments/1qtn87l/us_tennis_legend_left_australia_with_a_bang Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Graeme faces death threats, confronts gun-wielding players and is duped into signing striker by a telephone prankster. After five glorious years in Glasgow, Graeme Souness has been hounded out of his homeland by a terrifying tea lady. But he’s about to step into the biggest job of all: Liverpool Football Club.  And that’s when everything goes pear shaped… Graeme faces death threats, confronts gun-wielding players and is duped into signing striker by a telephone prankster. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

From gun-wielding strikers to love triangles with George Best, this is his story… In his glory years, Graeme Souness was a bonafide hunk who dated Miss World, won 3 European Cups and took meetings with his knob out. Which makes you wonder: why is he such a moody bastard? The Liverpool legend decked his own captain, scalped his friend with a pick axe, and was hounded out of Scotland by an irate tea lady. From gun-wielding strikers to love triangles with George Best, this is his story… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

They say you have to be mad to be a goalkeeper. And nobody is more batshit crazy than Lutz Pfannenstiel, the German stopper who played for 25 clubs on 6 continents. He kidnapped penguins, threatened to knock out Take That and spent 101 days in a grisly Singapore slammer. From fighting off murderers to dying three times on the pitch, meet Lutz Pfannenstiel: you’re going to like him…  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In September 2024 the world was a very different place.  Sleepy Joe was in the White House, The United Strand had a short back and sides, and Ruben Amorim was the most vaunted young coach in Europe. But 14 months on, United’s latest saviour left a familiar mess in his wake: seething fans, mutinous players and Gary Neville harping on about the Club’s DNA. From naked fans to nightmares in Grimsby, this is the story of the Worst Manchester United team in history… LINKS FROM THE POD: Day one for United Strand: https://www.instagram.com/p/DAx2tTEISrB/ Gary Cotterill demands Ruben speaks English: https://x.com/Footballtweet/status/1853503399402393680 Ed Sheeran gatecrashes his interview: https://x.com/AshMeppers/status/1860759173715071084 Naked fan in Bilbao: https://x.com/turkishphysio/status/1925514123195957743 Sad open top bus parade: https://www.tiktok.com/@livescore/video/7509524698829425942?lang=en  Ruben dancing his way out: https://www.reddit.com/r/soccer/comments/1q4s4oq/amorim_daps_up_a_paparazzo_after_leaving_his/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Keep listening to Extra Shot every week by joining The Upshot’s Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/upshottowers   (Sign up in your browser, not the patreon app - it’s cheaper). Get tickets to to the Upshot’s Live shows in April: https://www.livenation.co.uk/the-upshot-live-tickets-adp1637635 Download SAILY in your app store and use our code UPSHOT at checkout to get an exclusive 15% off your first purchase! For further details go to https://saily.com/upshot  Links from the pod: Rio Ferdinand on Solksjaer: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/bzNNy6gf-2k  Brendon McCullum doing the crossword: https://x.com/CricketSangrah/status/2007677153513738741  Ashes commentator fuck up: https://x.com/MonsieurJudge/status/2008787604754636947  Ugandan president grilling the players: https://www.instagram.com/reels/DO8MljIgDw5/  Congolese AFCON fans: https://www.instagram.com/p/DTIjUONjbai/?img_index=1  Pep on weighing his players: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/cm20dd4md8qo  Michael Owen ranks his Christmas dinner: https://www.instagram.com/p/DSakKS7AA_u  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

From pornstar girlfriends to birthday cakes delivered by concorde, buckle in for African football’s maddest moments… Follow Moses: @mosesduckrell LINKS FROM THE POD: Mbutu leopard outfit: https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/proxy/bfgp2w0COKqnrhqELPl0dfTfPDri3ZCn8oRsqNsGdNdKEHEGoi_rUilHZr0eMCOn-mVp6Bl4hoa-t9cSSfJ1Pt6Mmv7SUEWnJaP41QjKlemJB8S6dSKHNn5jf94 Zaire defender boots ball away: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYDXkVGpMpc Man blocks camera: https://www.reddit.com/r/soccer/comments/piza3e/during_ugandamali_match_in_african_wcq_person_was/  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Rope and Anchor, 2013. The pub’s 53-year-old darts champion gulps as his opponent puts down his PSP and step up to the oche. It’s Luke Littler, the six year old sensation whose rise to the top has just begun. From splurging prize money on vapes to chirpsing girls on Xbox live, this is the story of darts’ first wonderkid… Links from the pod: Luke playing at 18 months old: https://x.com/JumbleBag/status/1748617919368499612  Crowd singing “you’ve got school in the morning”: https://www.skysports.com/darts/video/12288/13035515/school-in-the-morning-16-year-old-luke-littler-loves-crowd-chant  Michael van Gerwen aged 17: https://share.google/H8BENZ9THwVUf4OqA  Rival’s post match interview: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=845583344145998  “Nah chill begging it”: https://x.com/AFC_Iddy/status/1916919883578647002 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices