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Wathnail Rovers
by John Wakeland Holmes
Brian Buttle, the outspoken Chairman of struggling Yorkshire club Wathnail Rovers hosts this football comedy podcast. Follow the trials and tribulations of the League Two side and hear the views of Brian and his trusty sidekick Colin Crippen on all things Football. From the Premier league to top guest appearances from the likes of Harry Redknapp, Jose Mourinho and David Beckham, you'll find it all at Wathnail. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episodes
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David Beckham visits Wathnail
The Beckham’s visit to Wathnail was the biggest thing that has happened to this club since that fateful moment when in the dying minutes of the 1969 season Bobby Slade slipped the ball past Villa goalie John Dunn to secure promotion to the old first division. That was without doubt the happiest...
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Roman Heartache
Love can strike in the most unlikely of circumstances, and so it was for Wathnail Rovers acting club chairman Brian Buttle when on a recent business trip to the Italian Dolomites. Brian went to Italy with the sole intention of securing the return of former club manager Luigi Lambrini, little did…
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The Italian Manager.
Episode 1. With Rovers climbing the League under new ownership and the inspirational leadership of a young Italian manager Luigi Lambrini, what could possibly go wrong? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Election Night
Brian is forced to resign his Chairmanship of the football club amid the impending release from a Malaysian jail of club owner Tony Chu Fat. However when one door closes another often opens and the untimely death of the sitting local MP presents Brian with the opportunity of selection as the...
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Ray Winstone Podcast
Wathnail club Chairman Brian Buttle falls foul of a dangerous gangster when his nephew's gambling debts spiral out of control. Will he fight fire with fire? Or will he give way to this vicious gangland hoodlum? As ever faithful sidekick Colin Crippen is on hand with some useful 'advice'. Listen…
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Divine Help
With their beloved Wathnail teetering on the brink of relegation out of the football league, Brian and Colin are forced into ever more desperate efforts to avoid playing in the Conference. The boys pay a visit to Wathnails foremost Spiritualist Medium, Madame Platypus, in the hope that her…
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Match Fixing
Match fixingA couple of years back Wathnail became embroiled in a spurious match fixing scandal involving a heavy defeat we suffered in a First Round FA cup match.The team had been drawn against non-league opposition and the game became the focus of some large and irregular betting, particularly…
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Football Comedy Podcast
Every football club has a bogey team, a side that for no explicable reason you just cannot seem to beat. Sometimes the Hoodoo will continue on for year after year, the hill getting steeper and steeper each time you face them until eventually it feels more like a mountain. For Wathnail Rovers it…
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The Big Match
Wathnail Rovers are in the deep shit. Facing a crucial home league game against bottom club Hartlepool United, caretaker manager Colin Crippen is desperate for a result. With ‘Pool’ coming into form in recent weeks and Rovers sliding alarmingly, the match is all set to be a crucial ‘six pointer....
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Greatest Team Talk
With Rovers trailing Plymouth Argyle 3-0 at half time it was left to interim Manager Colin Crippen to inspire a team lacking confidence and direction. What followed was in the opinion of Talksports Dennis Collymore probably the greatest half time team talk ever. The rest is now history, destined...
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Cats Funeral
The Cats Funeral took place last Wednesday at Wathnail Parish Church, he passed away peacefully in his sleep after a short illness. Patrick Kapengwe will be sadly missed in the town and I want to thank all of you for your messages of condolences and all of your tributes left outside the ground...
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Footie Fetish
There is no more passionate game on this planet than football, you can see it in the blind faith of die-hard supporters week in and week out in the stands and terraces up and down this land. However at what point does following your team become more than just support, when does it actually become…
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Transfer target
Brian and Colin are engaged in tense negotiations to bring ex-premiership star Alphonso DeFabian to Wathnail Park. If they can pursued the former Birmingham City, Wigan Athletic, Bristol City, Watford, Plymouth Argyle and Hamilton Academicals midfielder to join the club, it would undoubtedly be...
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Soccer Club Mascots
Soccer Club Mascots, the growth in this kind of ‘twee’ commercialism comes originally from the USA whereby because of the long periods of inactivity during an American football game some other forms of entertainment were incorporated, hence PomPom girls and it is no coincidence that mascots…
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Brian Buttle, the outspoken Chairman of struggling Yorkshire club Wathnail Rovers hosts this football comedy podcast. Follow the trials and tribulations of the League Two side and hear the views of Brian and his trusty sidekick Colin Crippen on all things Football. From the Premier league to top guest appearances from the likes of Harry Redknapp, Jose Mourinho and David Beckham, you'll find it all at Wathnail.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
HOSTED BY
John Wakeland Holmes
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Brian Buttle, the outspoken Chairman of struggling Yorkshire club Wathnail Rovers hosts this football comedy podcast. Follow the trials and tribulations of the League Two side and hear the views of Brian and his trusty sidekick Colin Crippen on all things Football. From the Premier league to top...
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Wathnail Rovers is created and hosted by John Wakeland Holmes.
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