The Upshot

By: The Upshot
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  • The Upshot pulls back the curtain on your favourite sports and dives into all the stuff BBC and Sky wouldn’t touch with a bargepole: drunken antics, dressing room squabbles and the simmering sexual tension of the French football team.Check out our semi-legendary newsletter that goes to 100,000+ subscribers: http://www.upshot.email?utm_source=poddescriptionAnd our Twitter account, where we dig into the archives and spill classic tales from the past: http://www.twitter.com/upshottowers

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Episodes
  • Chris Eubank: the fruitiest man on the planet (part one)
    Apr 22 2025

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    With his cane, monocle and cut glass accent, Chris Eubank isn’t your typical boxer.


    But he wasn’t always the fruity aristocrat you see today.


    He had knife fights at dominos tournaments, went on two day police chases, and raided an arcade for 20,000 10p coins.


    From poisoned chow meins to watching his own circumcision, this is the story of Britain’s weirdest world champion…


    Links from the pod:


    His real voice: https://www.tiktok.com/@mma.247_/video/7477711253511687446


    Knocks Reginaldo out in 20 seconds - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_qYqrfOmLQ


    ITV contract signing with Nigel Benn: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ji6hMwaBeiM

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    49 mins
  • Luis Suarez bites again
    Apr 17 2025

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    On the show today: Managers on the piss at Spoons, Joey Barton’s Turkey Teeth conspiracy theory and Rory McIlroy’s brutal jilting story.


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    Links from the pod:


    Luis Suarez bites Jordi Alba: https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/34447132/luis-suarez-bite-jordi-alba-inter-miami/


    Vitor Pereira at Spoons: https://x.com/wwfcscott/status/1911520510636380545


    Wozniaki’s Rory McIlroy sleeping photo: https://images.app.goo.gl/qBUEUB4x5NZw4UVR9


    Joey Barton on KDB’s Turkey teeth: https://www.tiktok.com/@common.sense.pod/video/7491972792179494166


    Katie Price terrifying teeth: https://images.app.goo.gl/EKg61VR97XQQfGCR6



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    44 mins
  • Wonderkids gone wild: gold AK47s and pornstars
    Apr 15 2025

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    Ravel Morrison. Adriano. Freddy Adu.


    The staircase to footballing glory is littered with scintillating starlets who flew too close to the sun.


    But where did it all go wrong?


    From hardcore pornstars to a Serie A striker torpedoed by Kim Jong Un, meet the wonderkids who weren’t…


    With guest George Wilde


    Links from the pod:


    Kerlon’s seal dribble: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYlqql38XkY


    Kerlon dribble sparks a brawl: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqRgdQC__Qk


    Adriano gold AK47: https://images.app.goo.gl/Cr61ks5f9adnL1Yv5

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    56 mins

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