Episode 106: The Straight Shootin' View Episode 61 - Politics and Football, do they & should they mix?

Do politics and football mix? Should Politics and football mix? If players take the knee, will you turn off the TV? In this episode of the Straight Shootin' View, SSLJA discusses the generally negative results of when football and politics mix, due to some fans booing players taking the knee at Euro 2020 matches. SSLJA looks at examples in sport throughout history and football specifically where politics & sport have mixed, including Colin Kaepernick taking the knee and Marcus Rashford's work forcing the Conservative UK Government to back track on free school meals for children. For more information about Pitch Talk visit: Our official website - https://www.pitch-talk.com/ http://Facebook.com/pitchtalk (Become a fan & member of our Facebook group) http://Twitter.com/pitchtalk @pitchtalk https://www.instagram.com/pitchtalk/ http://Youtube.com/pitchtalk Find & Subscribe to our audio - Add us to your favourite podcast app via RSS Feed - https://pitchtalk.podomatic.com/rss2.xml Podomatic - https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/pitchtalk Podbean - https://pitchtalk.podbean.com/ Apple Podcasts - https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/pitch-talk-podcast/id445883703 Google Podcasts - https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkLnBvZGJlYW4uY29tL3BpdGNodGFsay9mZWVkLnhtbA Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/0y9lR6WJaNLyAr7diAHhqh#upsell Amazon Music - https://music.amazon.co.uk/podcasts/ee0280cc-f15b-49bb-a3e2-b688e0dd49d5/Pitch-Talk-Podcast? Vurbl - https://vurbl.com/station/pitch-talk-podcast/ Mixcloud Archive (Incl. Classic podcast episodes) - https://mixcloud.com/pitchtalk/ PlayerFM - https://player.fm/series/pitch-talk-podcast-2859976 #Euro2020 #Politics #UEFA #BLM #TakingAKnee #AntiRacism #Equality #MarcusRashford #RaheemSterling #SeppBlatter #Russia2018 #Qatar2022 #EuropeanChampionships #WorldCup #Spain #FIFA #France #GarethSouthgate #ColinKaepernick #JesseOwens #MunichOlympics #FootballVideos #FootballPodcast #FootballVlogs #Footballblogs #PremierLeague #EFL #Podcast #Podomatic #Podbean #EPL #Spotify #amazonmusic #playerfm #mixcloud #ApplePodcasts #GooglePodcasts #money #football #players #coaching #soccer #GrassRootsFootball #FA #FIFA #opinion #fans #facebook #twitter #igtv #instagram #YouTube