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The Upshot

The Upshot

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.

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  • May 20 · 55 min

    Bukayo Saka and Declan Rice’s 5am bender

    On the show today: Saka and Rice’s 5am bender, the Formula 1 stripper drought, and has Katie Price’s Chelsea husband been KIDNAPPED? Whatsapp JP’s gossip line on: 07354 079 834 Links from the pod: Arsenal training ground celebrations: https://www.reddit.com/r/soccer/comments/1ti0nvf/the_moment_arsenal_found_out_they_became/ Leicester celebrations at Vardy’s house: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NH6LNFw5clc Ian Wright at the celebrations: https://www.reddit.com/r/soccer/comments/1ti42ej/ian_wright_joining_the_celebrations_outside_the/ Katie Price on her husband’s disappearance: https://youtu.be/21kDlti-uSk?si=HMrgjvndvjQeWNUX&t=45 Pep interview when Aguero left: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=3003647146579848 Taylor Harwood-Bellis binoculars celebration: https://x.com/SkySports/status/2054969995273130122 Middlesbrough restaurant spy advert: https://www.instagram.com/p/DYiEpFCu3ZF/ Cole Palmer hates the cinema: https://www.tiktok.com/@skysports/video/7640387889200729366 (Not) Neymar celebrating his World Cup call up: https://www.instagram.com/p/DYheFr-OuPf/ Download SAILY in your app store and use our code UPSHOT at checkout to get an exclusive 15% off your first purchase! For further details go to https://saily.com/upshot Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

  • May 13 · 1 hr 3 min

    Mason Greenwood has finally gone too far

    On the pod today: Neymar slaps a wonderkid, Aubameyang scraps with a club exec, and has Mason Greenwood finally gone too far? Join The Upshot’s patreon for our episodes on the wild life stories of sport’s biggest names. Patreon.com/upshottowers Links from the pod: Theo Hernandez’s “escort parties” - https://x.com/acmilan_brasil/status/2053954025423511705?s=46 Arsenal fan thrown down the stairs - https://www.reddit.com/r/soccer/comments/1t9vmx0/arsenal_fans_get_thrown_down_the_steps_at_the/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

  • May 12 · 48 min

    Roman Abramovich: poisoned by the KGB (part two)

    Roman’s rags to riches tale turns to chaos as his Chelsea stars start wife swapping, he buys the moon, and gets poisoned by the KGB. Links from the pod: - Terry slip - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSnZz0kBnqs - Torres goal against Barca with the Nevgasm: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCmSJvT0Z1Y - Branislav Ivanovic interview: https://x.com/UpshotTowers/status/1679815002117505024 - Mourinho calls Wenger a specialist in failure: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/RUtU1k7PYWY EXCLUSIVE NordVPN Deal ➼ https://nordvpn.com/upshot Try it risk-free now with a 30-day money-back guarantee 🌐 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

  • May 5 · 1 hr 6 min

    Roman Abramovich: a murder every 3 days (part one)

    Get part 2 instantly when you join our Patreon: www.patreon.com/upshottowers In his early twenties, Roman Abramovich was schlepping 1,000 miles to sell rubber ducks in Russia’s freezing north. A decade later he was Russia’s second richest man, best pals with Putin and a Premier League champion. From flying sushi to Azerbaijan to getting poisoned by the KGB, this is the story of Roman Abramovich… Download SAILY in your app store and use our code UPSHOT at checkout to get an exclusive 15% off your first purchase! For further details go to https://saily.com/upshot Links from the pod: As a young soldier: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Evj7yE6XYAU0XQC.jpg Prosecutor caught in sex tape: https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/proxy/xm5zPNRzQzgiP6d8hqCumeZUXlU5tcAr_UNuZ2GxPXie7LMY8SGEbZ20KXTZ8ufDRhw4HGekTNJzzOGuvUR9ON7Dl7gI2dgZ5vE1PwmunaGJSKU Visiting Chukotka: https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQN-_TFikUMPvbOG1AaX4b13ZadeaxlFRlHsgtgdfkIEO0g-XYD In the Shed End: https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcS090Uw9cDi7-MTsobyGFsDBeujjjOH4KKc_Q&s Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

  • April 30 · 1 hr 9 min

    Has Matt Le Tissier finally lost his mind?

    On the pod today: Matt Le Tissier’s latest madcap theory, Clive Tyldesley’s backseat bonking and Jack Grealish on the sesh again. EXCLUSIVE NordVPN Deal ➼ https://nordvpn.com/upshot Try it risk-free now with a 30-day money-back guarantee 🌐 Links from the show: David Haye on I’m a celeb: https://youtu.be/ygX_fSLGgNo?si=gBWolJCrbetSPYw_&t=27 Dapper Laughs standup: https://www.instagram.com/p/DXfWi5-Db-d/ Dapper Laughs gangster movie: ttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZgzGQRLl4M Article about Turki Al-Sheikh: https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6298589/2025/04/25/turki-al-sheikh-boxing-saudi-arabia/ Turki Al-Sheikh meltdown playing FIFA: https://x.com/AlnuaimiNasser1/status/1264219114568114176 Goldbridge nonce outburst: https://www.instagram.com/reel/C6pGNk_qDRb/ Tyldesly sex analogy: https://www.instagram.com/p/DW67bqmDClb/ A succulent meal meme: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4bPMxeCnos Nick Woltemade singing: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1460804542367986 Rochdale fan scatters ashes: https://x.com/ThomFeen ey/status/2048866477982228904 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

  • April 28 · 1 hr 13 min

    F1’s naughty 90s: prison, princesses and pitlane punch-ups

    In the 1990s, F1 was filled with reckless mavericks. And their antics off the track make Drive to Survive look like Herbie the Lovebug. They trashed hotel rooms, teargassed taxi drivers and had trysts with princesses on car bonnets. From pitlane punch-ups to the rise of Katie Price, this is the story of F1’s naughty nineties… LINKS FROM THE SHOW Senna Playboy interview Nigel Mansell as a policeman Schumacher and Hill collide Driving Frentzen off the track Villeneuve wins Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

  • April 14 · 47 min

    Michael Jordan: he still owes me that 75 cents | Part one

    The 1990s were a different time. You could smoke on planes, recite your best friend’s phone number, and get noshed off in the Oval Office. And the biggest star on the planet was a tight-fisted genius from Teachy, North Carolina: Michael Jordan. He broke bread with drug barons, paid off his mistresses and lost $100k on a game of rock paper scissors. From cocaine in the dressing room to measuring his son’s knob, this is his story… EXCLUSIVE NordVPN Deal ➼ https://nordvpn.com/upshot Try it risk-free now with a 30-day money-back guarantee 🌐 Links from the episode: “Travelling cocaine circus” interview: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/FsF-JZR_wtM Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

  • March 30 · 53 min

    OLD GOLD | Tiger Woods: Get in the hole!

    In light of Tiger's latest crash, we're reposting this fan favourite episode which we first released in 2023. Drug-fuelled car crashes. 121 mistresses. Shagging the next door neighbour's daughter. No one does scandals like Tiger Woods. But if you think you know the full story, think again. Buckle in for the sordid tale of a golfer gone wild… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

  • March 12 · 1 hr 7 min

    Joey Barton back behind bars | Extra shot

    On the show today: - Joey Barton is in trouble with the law twice in one day - Wayne Rooney trousers down - Boris Beckers tales of Diddy’s freak-offs. Download SAILY in your app store and use our code UPSHOT at checkout to get an exclusive 15% off your first purchase! For further details go to https://saily.com/upshot Links from the pod: Eni Aluko’s Declan Rice conspiracy theory: https://talksport.com/football/1479711/eni-aluko-declan-rice-man-city-arsenal/ Wayne Rooney doing his trousers: https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/38375142/wayne-rooney-boozed-mystery-women-pre -brit-awards-bash/ Boris Johnson on Louis Theroux: https://open.spotify.com/episode/0DEeh05oNNkLcP7KEAlTDJ?si=ZqAej3bNSoWzvu-a8_M3_g&nd=1&dlsi=acbc3b22514e4556 Stu McGill’s podcast meltdown: https://www.youtube.com/live/d-GV9ay86OA?si=5A8h28HwGg8kRqtI&t=1152 Jamie O’Hara’s walk out: https://x.com/now_arsenaI/status/2031496474580672980 The OnlyFans triangle: https://dispatch-media.com/inside-the-onlyfans-triangle/ Brawl in Brazil: https://www.reddit.com/r/soccer/comments/1rojrgv/brawl_breaks_out_between_cruzeiro_and_atletico/ Get Extra Shot every week when you join our Patreon: www.patreon.com/upshottowers Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

  • March 11 · 53 min

    OLD GOLD | Neil Warnock: he'd fookin' die for you lot

    They don't make managers like Neil Warnock anymore. He gave team talks naked, cut his players' toe nails and picked the team based on his wife's dreams. So by all means enjoy this podcast, but "enjoy it by being fucking disciplined"... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

  • March 3 · 55 min

    Conor McGregor: tell him I’m his daddy | Part two

    At the end of part one, Conor was on a high: the most feared MMA fighter in the world, and about to take on Khabib in the most eagerly anticipated UFC fight of all time. But things are about to get ugly… Access content not available in your region with Nord VPN: Go to https://nordvpn.com/upshot - our link will also give you 4 extra months on the 2-year plan. There's no risk with Nord’s 30 day money-back guarantee! Live Show Tickets: https://www.livenation.co.uk/the-upshot-live-tickets-adp1637635 Links from the episode: Throws trolley through bus window: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63OCvuC-GSY On a coke comedown: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBjoDOvyYf0 Punches bloke in pub: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYMfSI9cZQw Jacob Hawley talking about McGregor shagging in disabled loo: https://www.instagram.com/reel/C2zxzSkovyz/ Knocked off his bike: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7Yg1mmcSX4 Posts video getting a blowie on a boat: https://x.com/markyjustbets/status/1563558573115711489?s=21&t=z7nqxzI_V2x6XrkhgnRT8g Breaks mascot’s nose: https://x.com/FOS/status/1667636830827696130 Chewing Ronaldo’s ear off: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/FQamo6r7BHY Playfighting with Saka: https://x.com/StokeyyG2/status/1841617894901231662 Traffic police rant: https://youtu.be/HLEA8XoxPIg?si=Cr27QTZTJ_Ud3znS&t=1180 Ranting at Mike Tyson: https://x.com/CasualMMA/status/1997733884637978708 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

  • February 17 · 1 hr 19 min

    Cristiano Ronaldo: it’s my orgy and I’ll cry if I want to (with Max Fosh)

    You don’t make it to the top without getting a little weird. Just ask Cristiano Ronaldo. He scraps with teenagers, had an orgy with his taxi driver, and keeps a handwritten list of his silverware in his pocket. From fivesomes with teammates to getting throttled by Ryan Giggs, this is his story… Links from the episode: As a youngster: https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/SPORT-PREVIEW-young-cristiano.jpg?quality=80&strip=all&w=1500&h=1000&crop=1 Man United debut: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73DuUGJWuzo Throws journo’s microphone in a lake: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/mIgNSppc4zg Statue at madeira airport: https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/standard/976/cpsprodpb/1424D/production/_95390528_ronaldobust.jpg Pat Butcher mural: https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRiuR02MyRWY99xd4N7AG770iIyiQ-kjWCV1A&s Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

  • February 10 · 1 hr 5 min

    Winter Olympics: Hitler’s mistress and hot tub orgies

    Sure, Usain Bolt ran the 100m in 9.58 seconds. But has he ever been strapped to a teatray and hurled headfirst down Mont Blanc? (or an artificial slide in a concrete chinese business park) And he never shagged Hitler, murdered his rivals, or got high before races either… But I know some people who did… From Stasi spies to hot tub orgies, buckle into your bobsled for the wildest stories in Winter Olympic history… Download SAILY in your app store and use our code UPSHOT at checkout to get an exclusive 15% off your first purchase! For further details go to https://saily.com/upshot Links from the pod: Australian speed skater who was coming last before the final corner: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUi4-H6hfw8 The actual Jamaican bobsled team: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1aWFW8bOpo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices