The Upshot

By: The Upshot
  • Summary

  • 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
  • Hamraoui Affair: civil war at PSG (pt.2)
    Oct 30 2024

    It’s the true crime tale that shook French football.


    Two midfield rivals. A vicious twilight assault. And a bitter feud that sucked in everyone from Eric Abidal to Kylian Mbappe.


    This is part two of the Hamraoui affair…



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    31 mins
  • Masked hitmen and flings with Eric Abidal: the Hamraoui Affair (pt.1)
    Oct 29 2024

    It’s the true crime tale that shook French football.


    Two midfield rivals. A vicious twilight assault. And a bitter feud that sucked in everyone from Eric Abidal to Kylian Mbappe.


    This is the story of the Hamraoui affair…


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    34 mins
  • Zinchenko’s kitchen nightmares
    Oct 24 2024

    Plus: David James shatters an 11 year old’s dreams, Kevin Pietersen is barred from an exclusive golf club, and the bent ref exposed by his pet parrot.


    Join Zach and Jack for another edition of Extra Shot, our weekly pod spilling the funniest stories in sport this week.


    Links from the pod:


    Roma fan who lost his memory and thinks it’s 1980: https://www.ilromanista.eu/news/as-roma/155113/tifoso-romanista-perde-39-anni-di-memoria-dopo-un-incidente-totti-non-so-chi-sia


    Kevin Philips story about Howard Wilkinson and stinging nettles: https://youtu.be/jAOFh9j2wFo?si=fd_oomgHz9X1jLMe&t=1865


    Brendan Rodgers and the envelopes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=skUVgyZCuow


    Michael Owen vs 13 year old: https://x.com/UpshotTowers/status/1636375638142750722


    David James saving an 11 year old’s pen: https://x.com/SwearingSport/status/1848111736651436304


    Parrot whistling the Real Madrid anthem: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Win2UK_iXMQ


    Dutch police arrest parrot: https://www.reddit.com/r/wholesomememes/comments/15o5wm9/found_this_cute_for_some_reason/


    Jimmy Bullard teeing off a beer at Sunningdale: https://www.upshot.email/p/boobsmacked?utm_source=www.upshot.email&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=boobsmacked&_bhlid=6c4dfd180030d9ff4187e880e01e8407d45aa5e9


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    49 mins

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