Lutz Pfannenstiel: he kidnapped a penguin (with Jason Manford)

EPISODE · Jan 20, 2026 · 1H 11M

Lutz Pfannenstiel: he kidnapped a penguin (with Jason Manford)

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They say you have to be mad to be a goalkeeper. And nobody is more batshit crazy than Lutz Pfannenstiel, the German stopper who played for 25 clubs on 6 continents. He kidnapped penguins, threatened to knock out Take That and spent 101 days in a grisly Singapore slammer. From fighting off murderers to dying three times on the pitch, meet Lutz Pfannenstiel: you’re going to like him…  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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