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The Upshot

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.

Copyright: © The Upshot 2023

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Gary Neville is stealing from us Oct 20, 2026

Show notes

On the show today:

- Richarlison has his private island stolen

- Ian Botham is electrocuting people’s knobs

- Gary Neville is stealing from The Upshot

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Links from the show:

Overlap Daily - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKIwq6rgtmU

Coma Svensson - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1Fn_A8balE

Ronaldinho pic - https://imagez.tmz.com/image/1f/o/2014/01/16/1f399262792e5243a4fa131cdb17f8d5_md.jpg

Richarlison haircut - https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/richar-e1584465458462.png

Richarlison tattoo - https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/richar-e1584465458462.png

Jamie O’Hara - https://www.tiktok.com/@jas_82005/video/7496992108344085782

PAOK gun - https://www.theguardian.com/football/2018/mar/12/greek-football-match-stopped-after-team-owner-invades-pitch-with-a-gun

LASK cups - https://www.facebook.com/GiveMeSport/posts/liverpool-fans-have-cleaned-up-in-austria-earning-3-per-returned-cup-at-lask-fai/1680310216792564/

Bonnie Blue, Lee Andrews - https://metro.co.uk/2026/10/12/bonnie-blue-tells-katie-prices-ex-lee-andrews-wants-deep-inside-her-29702995/

Katie Price to Emily Atack - https://www.tiktok.com/@emily.martin_/video/7059742699695508741?lang=en-GB

Grégoire Akcelrod - https://www.sportbible.com/football/gregoire-akcelrod-fake-footballer-transfer-471112-20230116

Now a football agent - https://ad.linkedin.com/in/gregoireakcelrod

Hartepool fans - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlJk8kbyTOg

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Messi kiss n’ tell, Ronaldo vs Simon Jordan, and Lee Andrews fakes his own death Oct 13, 2026

Show notes

On the show today:

Messi’s kiss and tell
Ronaldo comes for Simon Jordan
Lee Andrews fakes his own death

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Links from the show:

Man City puns - https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/40651470/man-city-liverpool-banners-charges-insults-anfield/

https://cdn-media.theathletic.com/cdn-cgi/image/width=1440%2cquality=70%2cformat=auto/https://cdn-media.theathletic.com/uXpwDtWMTrBS_jaOGjHT0gKle_1440x960.jpg

Mourinhome - https://i.guim.co.uk/img/static/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2013/8/18/1376854525152/Chelsea-v-Hull-City-008.jpg?width=1020&dpr=2&s=none&crop=none

Crewe - https://www.instagram.com/p/Dbk5XtmKOkg/

Simon Jordan - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/xQmGIHSXlCs

Ronaldo response - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/1QbUruxbc14

Benin selfie - https://www.facebook.com/nativereportersng/videos/984721471334833/

Lee Andrews - https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/40617392/katie-price-ex-lee-andrews-faked-death-prison-release/

Karl Bushby - https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/standard/976/cpsprodpb/6551/live/60fd3180-461c-11f0-9942-8ded1e77a695.jpg.webp

Marathon cheat - https://cms.runrepublic.com/assets/uploads/images/_1600xAUTO_crop_center-center_none_ns/48604/Bicycle-Ride.webp

Evra’s chickens - https://youtu.be/8_yKUtzclto?is=dj-VpnXnZrzAeC83

Dyche - https://www.instagram.com/reel/DePmZtioFw9/

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Ronaldo’s tantrum, Messi’s miserable farewell, and Dennis Rodman banned from North Korea Oct 06, 2026

Show notes

On the show today:

- Cristiano Ronaldo’s tantrum in Copenhagen

- Messi’s miserable farewell tour

- And Dennis Rodman banned from North Korea

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Links from the show:

Ronaldo banners - https://www.instagram.com/p/DeAL3_JiNs2/?img_index=2

Ian Holloway - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVfRP_TfwAo

Claudio Tapia - https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Claudio_Fabi%C3%A1n_Tapia_-_2020_%28cropped%29.jpg/500px-Claudio_Fabi%C3%A1n_Tapia_-_2020_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=en.wikipedia.org&utm_campaign=parser&utm_content=thumbnail

Sorriano - https://x.com/City_Chief/status/2104987349507854590

Spanish basketball team - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/stories-58598677

Rui Pinto GoFundMe - https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-save-rui-pintos-life-football-leaks-whistleblower?cp_src=d

Richard Keys - https://www.tiktok.com/@keysandgrayunleashed/video/7691370998720957718

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Man City’s unlikely nemesis, Mauro Icardi’s 73-year driving ban and Vinnie Jones’ Siberian hunting trip Sep 29, 2026

Show notes

On the show today:

- Mauro Icardi’s 73-year driving ban

- Vinnie Jones’ Siberian hunting trip

- And the sniper-dodging renegade who brought down Man City

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Links from the show:

Maresca feet - https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/man-city-charges-enzo-maresca-37705462

Man Utd’s sexiest fan - https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/40502879/man-utd-city-breaches-therese-gudmundsen/

Rui Pinto - https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/standard/976/cpsprodpb/18501/production/_110658599_gettyimages-1128742687.jpg.webp

HMP Hull smuggling - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cj9xjmvyjrmo

Mo Salah rock - https://www.instagram.com/reels/DdkKyikq91f/

Salah rock bench and sign - https://www.turkiyetoday.com/lifestyle/bench-and-sign-stolen-from-salah-photo-spot-in-turkiyes-trabzon-3229047

Mauro Icardi driving ban - https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=2166483154216194

Porto - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhKN206ICt4

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Mourinho’s meltdown, Diego Costa bullying kids and JJ Gabriel’s mental dad Sep 22, 2026

Show notes

On the show today:

- Mourinho’s having a meltdown

- Liam Rosenior gets his revenge

- And English football has a new bastard genius

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Links from the show:

Andros Townsend steamrollered -

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Mourinho ref - https://x.com/footballontnt/status/2102153555494793487

Rosenior Strasbourg - https://www.reddit.com/r/soccer/comments/1wlhxmo/alternate_angle_of_liam_rosenior_celebrating_in/?utm_source=www.upshot.email&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=flattened-by-big-food&_bhlid=a0cfedf987b1d7c8d4621ea90ef11cfc9ad816ee

Police Millwall v West Ham - https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.reddit.com/r/soccer/comments/1wkm2vc/before_the_millwall_vs_west_ham_derby_west_ham/&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1790067488887075&usg=AOvVaw0_CRtqIDDXWF78GfgKxH-_

Gaddafi pingers - https://realnewsmagazine.net/libya-seizes-100000-ecstasy-pills-bearing-gaddafis-image/

Boys printing pingers - https://youtu.be/zZMETFXFE24?si=qFGM5lAW2iOpCf7Q

United 93 - https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/sep/18/oxford-united-apology-united-93-clothing-range-9-11-anniversary

Hyrox - https://x.com/nexta_tv/status/2099248001063792830

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Why are coke dealers roping in Premier League footballers? Sep 15, 2026

Show notes

On the show today:

- Wayne Rooney’s hotel room sesh

- The West Ham star accused of kidnapping a film director

- And why are coke dealers roping in Premier League footballers?

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Links from the show:

Eagle snatches baby - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZaXI57qpasM

Aguero coke - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/xzVnbsbnios

Ecuador Haaland drugs - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Oz3k4sF4huw

Cole Palmer leaving Stamford Bridge - https://www.instagram.com/reels/DdODJS4o9ZH/

Ron Hayward - https://www.facebook.com/AdTurds/posts/ten-year-anniversary-of-this-story-meme/744792374306479/

Nathan Jones defends comment - https://www.tiktok.com/@cafcofficial/video/7684298662599462166

Nathan Jones tattoos - https://x.com/EamoV1/status/1086679508525162498

Otley Run Kurt Zouma stag do - https://www.indy100.com/news/cats-protection-kurt-zouma-leeds

JP in Sicily - https://www.reddit.com/r/theupshotpodcast/comments/1we8or8/jp_spotted_in_sicily/

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What’s on Yaya Toure’s camera roll? Sep 08, 2026

Show notes

On the show today:

- Jim Ratcliffe threatens to burn his enemy’s house down

- Bernie Ecclestone caught smuggling guns again.

- What’s on Yaya Toure’s camera roll?

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Links from the show:

Kygo Jo - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYJWkDFzEXA

Seecamp - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seecamp

Silvio Santos - https://www.uol.com.br/splash/noticias/ooops/2018/12/08/silvio-santos-sai-de-ferias-e-sbt-teme-surto-de-mudancas-na-grade.htm

Lee Andrews memoir - https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/40092202/lee-andrews-book-deal-katie-price/

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Jim Ratcliffe declares war on children Sep 02, 2026

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On the show today:

- Jim Ratcliffe declares war on children

- Brighton’s bus driver snorting gear on the job

- Pakistan’s genital warts scandal

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Links from the show:

The Undertaker - https://legacymedia.sportsplatform.io/image/upload/v1707434424/pwagjpbh6nd61hg93fvq.jpg?w=2560

Al Hilal fan assault - https://x.com/IttiMania/status/1778509641481089319?utm_source=www.upshot.email&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=cat-o-nine-tails

Ronnie O’Sullivan mural - https://x.com/BBCSport/status/2093303629096882576

Man Utd child ticket tout - https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/standard/800/cpsprodpb/a399/live/2e328260-8733-11f1-a42c-83dd67bf1cb2.jpg.webp

81 year old Man Utd fan protest - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/c5yl0lp0k9go

Shoaib Akhtar’s gential warts - https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/cricket/twenty20/5363321/Shoaib-Akhtars-genital-warts-keep-him-out-of-Pakistans-World-Twenty-20-squad.html

Imran Khan and Ghislaine Maxwell - https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FrpLzu1aEAAfXcK?format=jpg&name=medium

Meet the Owens review - https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/reviews/meet-the-owens-michael-owen-amazon-b3039741.html

Andros Townsend chicken feet - https://www.tiktok.com/@androstownsend/video/7679125287849692438

Katie Price dumps Lee Andrews - https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/40241377/katie-price-dumps-lee-andrews-divorce-shock/

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The first sex scandal of the Premier League season Aug 25, 2026

Show notes

On the show today:

- Premier League gets its first sex scandal of the season

- Keys and Gray are back

- Egypt manager hospitalised by a fight between his two wives

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Links from the show:

Fulham Falklands flag - https://x.com/AwayDaysClub_/status/2091937772147704185

Hull mauled by the tigers - https://www.facebook.com/tntsportsfootball/videos/hull-fans-singing-youre-getting-mauled-by-the-tigers-after-leading-man-united-by/4563338707270770/

Issac from Boro - https://shorturl.at/Pykcv

Jed York mugshot - https://bit.ly/4zCj1xA

Keys and Gray Unleashed - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gM-cyJVh1zE&t=310s

Hossam Hassan wives fight - https://shorturl.at/Jbzwp

Tirana president throwing cash - https://www.reddit.com/r/soccer/comments/1vsrsjp/dinamo_tirana_president_ardian_bardhi_walked_into/

Ronnie Brunswijk handing out money - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1eCQBKDcj4

Romania football pet lion - https://www.reddit.com/r/Unexpected/comments/u24sxq/interview_in_romania_in_1995/?share_id=pC5lJAx0cAIXLIRlltT5e&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf&utm_source=share&utm_term=1

Brydon Carse - https://x.com/thomasguy789/status/2091538996102902007?s=46&utm_source=www.upshot.email&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=orca-pervert&_bhlid=5db2d54731a5b8b1a894ddf8559308125b954668

See you at the hairdressers - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8cs75KKSNgg

Harry Redknapp - https://shorturl.at/VI3ly

Signing Carvalho - https://www.facebook.com/Cabrodeportes/videos/la-leyenda-de-tittyshev/755382394660421/

Michael Owen apples - https://www.reddit.com/r/AlanPartridge/comments/1hyuadl/what_a_funny_story/

Long throw -

https://www.reddit.com/r/soccer/comments/1vx3y8i/iranian_defender_nader_mohammadi_of_spartak/

Iran throw in fail - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MciOxexvCpY

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WWF’s Attitude era: daddy’s coming home (part two) Aug 18, 2026

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Links from the pod:

Rikishi stinkface on Kurt Angle: https://www.instagram.com/reels/DKtAyWExGHC/

The Ho Train: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPKetpYEaLg

Mae Young powerbombed through a table: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5wVCqfxS2s

Mae Young swimsuit contest: https://www.tiktok.com/@onthisdayinwwe/video/7463653994758409504

The Katie Vick scene: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKWOAzDw4Hg

Big Show funeral: https://youtu.be/1On9iGZhU7U?si=0NioG-7oLIC2yU2s&t=134

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