Unlock the rusty door to Tuchel’s Dungeon, our patreon where we spill stories too spicy for the pod. Get an extra weekly episode right now plus extended cuts and no more pesky ads:www.patreon.com/upshottowers?utm_source=shownotes(Sign up in your browser, not the patreon app - it’s cheaper).On the pod today: The former Villa midfielder who hospitalised two teenage players after bursting into their dressing room drunk.Plus: Ian Rush’s score-settling musical, Man United’s miserable summer holiday and Eric Cantona’s Links from the pod:United Strand letting his hair dry: https://www.instagram.com/p/DJ_4nDLojxo/Ian Rush musical: https://bsky.app/profile/uglygame.bsky.social/post/3lplt3vmixc2lIan Rush musical explained: https://theuglygame.wordpress.com/2025/05/21/they-never-called-old-rushie-back-no-mate-to-mate-hello/Ian Rush in the bath: https://icdn.empireofthekop.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Screenshot-2021-12-27-7.17.44-AM-768x384.jpg Get 15% off and free shipping at manscaped.com when you use code UPSHOT Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Bank robbers and porn kings: football’s craziest owners
With special guest Kieran MaguireSupport the pod and unlock an extended cut and exclusive weekly patreon episode: www.patreon.com/upshottowersFrom East End porn kings to South American bank robbers, football's biggest clubs have been run by some absolute wrong'uns.They burned down stadiums, smuggled cocaine and started themselves up front for crunch cup ties.Meet football's craziest owners…Unlock the rusty door to Tuchel’s Dungeon, our patreon where we spill stories too spicy for the pod. Get an extra weekly episode right now plus extended cuts and no more pesky ads:www.patreon.com/upshottowers?utm_source=shownotesLinks from the pod:Stoyle Manolov: https://x.com/SundayShoutsFC/status/1529092232564858881 Ronnie Brunswijk: -https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=195443586020909Barry Fry: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4Nbc5zNr5oLaurence Bassini on Talksport: https://x.com/talkSPORT/status/1545364774262808578 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Kieran Trippier’s strip club stitch up
Unlock the rusty door to Tuchel’s Dungeon, our patreon where we spill stories too spicy for the pod. Get an extra weekly episode right now plus extended cuts and no more pesky ads:www.patreon.com/upshottowers?utm_source=shownotes(Sign up in your browser, not the patreon app - it’s cheaper).Plus: Steven Gerrard’s miracle water startup and the World’s Strongest Man is rocked by a sex scandalGet 15% off and free shipping at manscaped.com when you use code UPSHOT Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Gary and Wayne Lineker: naughty and nice
Leicester Market, 1974. A old lady in a tartan headscarf haggles over a knobbly turnip with two cheeky chappies.But little does the veg-hunting gran know, one of these young lads will reach the pinnacle of his field, delighting hordes of drunken brits and bedding hundreds of women in the process.And the other boy? Well, that was Gary Lineker.From dogging down country lanes to breaking out of prison in a limo, this is the story of the brothers Lineker…Links from the pod:Working on the veg stall: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZbDxmmtgqc Gary Lineker drives a Fiat: https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQasfuGaKx3VvMUiqeDjGIzRRmaBrC-GUbU7w&szHat trick in first clasico: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGieB5_avOoMissed panenka: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2-Nkc8-Kig Brass Eye paedogeddon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RcU7FaEEzNU Ocean Beach Club:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7YnsawP0mQ&t=2sShufflin launch party: https://youtu.be/MnnYUxwT3CY?si=dFbk0Smo6CY78adP&t=40Queen tribute: https://x.com/ichlugebullets/status/1568317330945343489 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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1:07:50
Arne Slot on the sesh in Ibiza
Unlock the rusty door to Tuchel’s Dungeon, our patreon where we spill stories too spicy for the pod. Get an extra weekly episode right now plus extended cuts and no more pesky ads:www.patreon.com/upshottowers?utm_source=shownotes(Sign up in your browser, not the patreon app - it’s cheaper).On the show today: Michael van gerwen’s backstage brawl and did Villa legend JLloyd Samuel fake his own death?Get 15% off and free shipping at manscaped.com when you use code UPSHOTLinks from the pod:Virat Kohli pimple ad: https://x.com/UpshotTowers/status/1437370482257379329?utm_source=www.upshot.email&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=walking-like-a-dude-feeling-all-coolBellichik interview: https://youtu.be/_oRmlLbpepo?si=CBKRT4XOS_mQRpz8&t=14 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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