I used to eat, sleep, breath and dream football (soccer, futbol, footbon) but like all passionate relationships it was unsustainable and the flame barely flickers now.
Playing football is still great fun as is watching the odd live match. But televised games and the baggage (bags of money, lots and lots of bags) that comes with it, has left me mostly cold. I do however, look forward to, and love, two 45-minute halves of football chat every week thanks to the Guardian newspaper's Football Weekly (Tuesday) and Football Weekly Extra (Friday) podcasts. If you are football crazy you'll probably already know about these podcasts.
Hosted by James Richardson, the podcast is consistently brilliant and hilarious, especially shows involving Barry Glendenning and Sid Lowe - possibly the funniest and smartest pundits on planet football. If they are not discussing the Premiership, La Liga or international games, they'll be chatting about house prices, skiing, the pugilistic skills of the various members of the Pogues, Russian prostitutes at the beach, films, mugs, politicians, current affairs, football chants and much more.
Highly, highly recommended - Football Weekly
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