The Socially Distant Sports Bar
| The Socially Distant Sports Bar | |
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| Presentation | |
| Hosted by | Elis James Mike Bubbins |
| Genre | Sport, Comedy, Pop Culture |
| Language | English, occasional Welsh |
| Updates | (Weekly) |
| Length | 120-190 minutes |
| Production | |
| Audio format | MP3 |
| No. of episodes | 75 |
| Publication | |
| Original release | March 31, 2020 – present |
| Ratings | M- Mature |
| Website | www |
The Socially Distant Sports Bar is a comedy/sports podcast hosted by sports journalist and academic with comedians Elis James and Mike Bubbins.[1] It was created in response to the lack of live sport during the COVID-19 pandemic.[2][3]
Premise[]
Each of the presenters picks a short clip, then take turns to pick a feature-length documentary, followed by a second short clip each, ending with one of them choosing a book (originally three books were discussed) all related to sport.[4] They discuss the clips, documentary and book as well as taking various detours to discuss a diverse range of subjects loosely related to the original clips.[5] Since March 2021 the second round of clips have only been available to Patreon subscribers.
Reception[]
The podcast was included in The Telegraph's 50 Best Cultural Events of 2020 poll, being praised for its "unreasonably hilarious lockdown laughs".[6] In January 2021 the Podcast won a Pod Bible poll winners award for best podcast in the Sport & Leisure category.[7]
2021 UK Tour[]
In April 2021 it was announced that the podcast would tour the UK in the Autumn of that year, visiting venues including The Hackney Empire, The Lowry in Salford and Cardiff's New Theatre.[8]
Episodes[]
| Episode | Title | First Clip | Second Clip | Third Clip | Documentary | Fourth Clip | Fifth Clip | Sixth Clip | Book(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Do We Not Like This? | Jonathan Davies (Mike) | Kevin Keegan on Superstars (Elis) | Euro 88 Final (Steff) | "An Impossible Job" about Graham Taylor (Elis) | Wigan Winning the Middlesex Sevens (Steff) | Shane Warne's ball of the century (Mike) | Barry McGuigan (Elis) | Life Of Evel (Mike), McIlvanney On Boxing (Elis), In Sunshine or in Shadow (Steff) |
| 2 | Covfefe 19 | Paul Thorburn's kick 1986 (Elis) | Terry Wogan holes the world's longest televised putt (Mike) | James Scott - prison boxer (Steff) | Small Potatoes: Who Killed the USFL (Mike) | Steve Robinson (Elis) | Wales & England V Scotland & Ireland 1980 (Steff) | Daley Thompson at the 1984 Olympics (Mike) | The Football Man (Elis), Friday Night Lights (Mike), Barbarian Days (Steff) |
| 3 | Milk and Biscuits | Angry John Sitton (Elis) | Magic Johnson in the 1992 All Star Game (Steff) | Stirling Moss interview from 2010 (Mike) | The Test (Steff) | Aston Villa favourite food 1995/96 (Elis) | Paul Sykes (Mike) | Serena's Golden Slam (Steff) | Instant Replay - The Green Bay Diary of Jerry Kramer (Mike), Those Feet (Elis), This Bloody Mary is the Last Thing I Own (Steff) |
| 4 | Oh Bobby! | Dick Butkus (Mike) | Derek Redmond at Barcelona '92 with his dad (Elis) | 1987 Football League XI V Rest of the World (Steff) | Home & Away the 1984 Milk Cup Final (Elis) | Sam Burgess in the NRL Grand Final 2014 (Steff) | West Brom in China 1978 (Mike) | Francesco Totti playing 8 a side with his mates (Elis) | Brilliant Orange (Steff), Bobby Dazzler (Mike), The Glory Game (Elis) |
| 5 | You've Got to Die of Something | Jonah Lomu V England 1995 (Elis) | 1973 Shamrock Rovers V Brazil (Steff) | John Facenda reads "If" (Mike) | Ice Guardians (Mike) | Bernard Hopkins confronts Joe Calzaghe (Steff) | Leeds Utd V West Brom 1971 (Elis) | Derek Quinnell debut (Mike) | The cyclist who went out in the cold (Steff), Barry Sheene (Mike), Born to run (Elis) |
| 6 | Waking up Next to a Bag of Cement | Shaun Williamson, singing before the Bowls (Mike) | Andy Powell's message to the troops (Steff) | England 3 Hungary 6, 1953 (Elis) | Next Goal Wins (Steff) | Chuck Wepner V Andre the Giant, 1976 (Elis) | Junior Kickstart, 1985 (Mike) | Kellogg's Start advert (Steff) | Knowing the Score (Steff), Today We Die a Little (Elis), 90 minutes of freedom (Mike) |
| 7 | Mother Teresa's Debit Card | Michael Owen & Neville Southall (Steff) | Simone Biles 2019 (Mike) | The Haka, 1973 style (Elis) | Panorama Millwall 1977 (Elis) | Chicago Cubs - Steve Bartman (Steff) | Eddie The Eagle... with added Burt Reynolds (Mike) | The Peter Reid clip about Lawrie Cunningham (Elis) | Up Pohnpei (Steff), Snake (Mike), Soccernomics (Elis) |
| 8 | 14 Seconds | John Fury (Mike) | Wrexham 2 Arsenal 1, FA Cup 3rd Round, January 1992 (Elis) | Blues V Crusaders (Steff) | The Rugby Codebreakers (Mike) | The Tartan Flash (Mike) | Ian Wright meets his old teacher (Elis) | Mark Hughes' missing goal (Steff) | In the Mad Pursuit of Applause (Mike), Pants of Perspective (Steff), The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (Elis) |
| 9 | Dr Z | Moe Norman's Golf Swing (Mike) | Robbie Savage phones in to chat with Leighton James (Steff) | Kerri Strug's vault at the 1996 Olympics (Elis) | 9.79* (Steff) | The world's oldest ultra (Steff) | Bullseye's worst prize ever (Mike) | Sunshine on Leith sung by Hibs fans (Elis) | The Fight (Steff), Living on the Volcano (Elis), Bringing the Heat (Mike) |
| 10 | Wimbledon or Bust | 1969 League Cup Final (Mike) | Herman Maier crashing and then winning 2 Gold medals (Steff) | 1987 Battle of Cardiff (Elis) | 89 (Elis) | The Crawl (Mike) | Football scene from Kes (Elis) | Jonty Rhodes fielding (Steff) | Fever Pitch (Elis), Messi (Steff), Barry John's World of Rugby (Mike) |
| 11 | Podding for Pears | Chris Froome at Giro D'Italia (Steff) | Kimbo Slice punches David Blaine (Mike) | Blackpool V Manchester City (Elis) | Cliff (Mike) | Gloucester Cheese Rolling (Mike) | Jimmy Anderson back in the nets (Steff) | Wales goal in a qualifier for the Women's World Cup (Elis) | Raging Bull, My Story (Elis), Shoe Dog (Steff), Mean on Sunday (Mike) |
| 12 | Underarmer Karma | Calcio Storico (Steff) | England squad sing 'All the Way' on Wogan (Mike) | Robert Jones fighting with Nick Farr Jones (Elis) | Be Water (Steff) | Wales beat the All Blacks in 1978 (Mike) | Underarm ball (Steff) | Maradona warming up for Napoli (Elis) | A Fighter's Heart (Steff), Rugby Football (Mike), How to Watch Football (Elis) |
| 13 | Grandstanding | Snooker Loopy (Mike) | Alan Jones test match debut (Steff) | Grandstand, April 1, 1989 (Elis) | Kevin Allen's World Cup video diary (Elis) | Brazil Airport Advert (Steff) | Zola Budd 'trips' Mary Decker, LA 1984 (Elis) | Danny MacAskill's brilliant bike trickery (Mike) | Danish Dynamite (Steff), Only A Game? (Elis), The Lost Soul of Eamonn Magee (Mike) |
| 14 | 40 Bags of Pom-Bears | Jurgen Klopp's first press conference (Mike) | Jan Molby's 'Lost Goal' during a 1985 TV strike (Elis) | Ice Hockey sub goalie makes NHL debut at 36 (Steff) | Lyle Alzado (Mike) | Carragher & Neville running (Steff) | NRL tackling (Mike) | 17yr old Michael Chang underarm serve, French Open 1989 (Elis) | The Breakaway (Steff), The Topical Times Football Book (Elis), Football Shirts Book (Mike) |
| 15 | Half a Family Cheesecake, Two Ribeye Steaks and a Lion Bar | Ali and Frasier on the Dick Cavett Show (Elis) | Brian Shaw and Eddie Hall on diets (Steff) | Wales team celebrating England loss (Mike) | Gati V Ward Legendary Nights (Steff) | JPR (Mike) | Australian Speedskater Gold (Steff) | Manchester Utd 3 Barcelona 0, ECWC 1984 (Elis) | Das Reboot (Elis), The Art of Resilience (Steff), Paper Lion (Mike) |
| 16 | Seven Times a Night | Ireland at Italia '90 (Elis) | Roy Jones touching his toes (Steff) | Atherstone ball game (Mike) | Gascoigne (Elis) | Why do Ajax sing Bob Marley's Three Little Birds? (Steff) | Agnew and Johnstone (Mike) | Bert Trautman plays 1956 FA Cup final with broken neck (Elis) | Playground of the Gods (Steff), War, Baby: The Glamour of Violence (Elis), Distant Replay (Mike) |
| 17 | Doing a Geldof | George North V Israel Folau (Steff) | 10 cent beer night (Mike) | Eddie Hall doing a 500 kg deadlift (Elis) | The Best That Never Was (Mike) | NHL Press Conferences (Mike) | Gary Sobers hits six sixes (Elis) | Real Zaragoza V Ajax 1987 ECWC semi (Steff) | What I Talk About When I Talk About Running (Steff), I am the Secret Footballer (Elis), No Spin - Shane Warne (Mike) |
| 18 | Ripped Like a Chimp | Will Carling gets a surprise (Elis) | Tony Bellew on SAS Who Dares Wins (Steff) | Brian Close (Mike) | The Opposition (Steff) | Blyth Spartans reach the 1978 FA Cup Fifth Round (Elis) | Crossfit fails (Mike) | Geraint Thomas crying after winning the Tour De France (Steff) | Toshack's Way: My Journey Through Football by John Toshack (Elis) |
| 19 | On My Mother's Life | Tina Turner Aussie RL Promo (Mike) | Greg Lemond wins the Tour De France after being shot by his brother (Elis) | Larry Merchant and Floyd Mayweather (Steff) | Once in a Lifetime (The Extraordinary Story of The New York Cosmos) (Elis) | Jens Adler's 2 minute international career (Steff) | Hagler V Hearns Round 1 1985 (Elis) | Gary Newbon gets called a c*nt (Mike) | The Greatest Footballer You Never Saw: The Robin Friday Story by Paolo Hewitt & Paul McGuigan (Mike) |
| 20 | The FourPiece Bathroom Suite | Scott Jurek talking about his attitude to running (Elis) | Castleford Wigan commentary (Mike) | GB relay team gold in 2004 (Steff) | America's Game Super Bowl I 1966 (Mike) | A collection of Ieuan Evans' tries (Elis) | Millionaire Pitcher who lives in a Van (Steff) | Dana Kunze High Diver (Mike) | The Rider by Tim Krabbé (Steff) |
| 21 | Sohcahtoa, Sohcahtoa | Cliff Jones teaching his twitter followers to exercise at the age of 85 (Elis) | Ronnie 147 V Selby shot (Mike) | Donald Trump on Saint & Greavsie (Steff) | The Barkley Marathons: The Race That Eats Its Young (Steff) | 11mins of absolute magic from David Campese (Elis) | Nancy Kerrigan and Tonya Harding (Mike) | David Rudisha Gold 2012 (Steff) | The Picador Book of Sports Writing (Elis) |
| 22 | The Redemption of Peter Reid | Eric Cantona at his best (Elis) | Sergey Bubka (Mike) | GB Hockey gold medal shoot out 2016 (Steff) | Everton: Howard's Way (Elis) | Superhuman (Mike) | Adam Ondra, The hardest route in the world (Steff) | Jane Couch beating up Michael Barrymore (Elis | Scoop Sports Annual 1982 by D C Thomson (Mike) |
| 23 | Love Caldey Island | The Glasgow Diamonds. Best Song Ever (Mike) | The Strange Case of Sonny Pike (Elis) | George Weah solo goal for AC Milan (Steff) | The Marinovich Project (Mike) | Marcelo Bielsa orders his players to concede a goal (Elis) | Northwestern fitness coach (Mike) | Jossy's Giants Theme tune (Steff) | Doctor Socrates: Footballer, Philosopher, Legend by Andrew Downie |
| 24 | Getting off with Iain Dowie | Ali Dia (Mike) | Reporter says sex (Steff) | Jimmy Glass (Elis) | Of Miracles and Men (Steff) | Wrigglesworth and Rodgers (Mike) | Colin Jackson wins gold at the World Championships (Elis) | Tony Hawk (Steff) | Soccer and Society in South Wales, 1900-1939 by Martin Johnes |
| 25 | A Room With a View | Indoor League (Mike) | The Two Sides of Rene Higuita (Elis) | Kevin Peterson: Switch Hitting (Steff) | Welsh Greats, Carwyn James (Elis) | Terry Butcher bleeding like a pig, 1989 (Elis) | Wales lose to Leyton Orient in 1996 (Steff) | John Charles singing (Mike) | The Rise and Fall of the London Monarchs by Alex Cassidy (Mike) |
| 26 | We Cannot Be Serious | John McEnroe You Cannot Be Serious (Elis) | The MCG Brawl, State of Origin, 1995 (Mike) | John Williams wins sprint race (Steff) | The Battered Bastards of Baseball (Mike) | The science of Michael Jordan (Mike) | Luis Suarez Handball (Steff) | Newport beat the All Blacks, 1963 (Elis) | The Chimp Paradox by Dr Steve Peters (Steff) |
| 27 | Spielberg: Catch Me If You Can | Lee and Hunter having a scrap, 1975 (Elis) | Leighton Rees winning the world title (Steff) | Gavin Henson (Mike) | Chasing Tyson on ESPN (Steff) | Vets Rugby (Mike) | Swansea City fan scores a goal at Anfield, January 1990 (Elis) | Aussie Rugby League finish (Steff) | Red Dragons: The Story of Welsh Football by Phil Stead (Elis) |
| 28 | Mo & Elv | Jack Nicklaus & Gary Player (Mike) | Jeff Cranton's awful tackle (Elis) | Dock Ellis on LCD (Steff) | The 72nd Hole (Losers series) (Elis) | Richard Harris and Peter O’Toole on Rugby (Steff) | Insane Fielding (Mike) | Brian Clough v Muhammad Ali (Elis) | Chasing a Rugby Dream: Book One: Kick Off by David Brayley & James Hook (Mike) |
| 29 | Hindu or Hin Don't | Bike Fail (Mike) | Nigel Benn and Chris Eubank signing a contract to fight (Steff) | Keegan and Bremner fight at the 1974 Charity Shield (Mike) | The Band That Wouldn't Die (Mike) | Darts Fart (Mike) | Fiji sand dune training (Steff) | Glenn Hoddle the manager (Elis) | A Lot of Hard Yakka: Triumph and Torment - A County Cricketer's Life: Simon Hughes (Steff) |
| 30 | Semen World of Sport | Old School Weight Lifting (Mike) | Jimmy Wilde - Self-Defence (Elis) | Brian O'Driscoll (Steff) | Katie (Steff) | PBR Bull Riding Wrecks 2014 (Mike) | The worst 20 seconds of football of all time! (Elis) | Premier League launch (Steff) | Brian Flynn: Little Wonder (Elis) |
| 31 | Remind me of Your Name | Fish and a Rice Cake (Mike) | Retrieving lost balls in a coracle (Elis) | Tommy Lawrence before the Merseyside derby (Steff) | Football's Greatest: Ronaldo (Elis) | Jason McAteer (Steff) | Brian Clough trying to sign Dean Saunders (Elis) | Rossi vs Lorenzo MotoGP 2009 (Mike) | The Mavericks: English Football When Flair Wore Flares (Mike) |
| 32 | Sexual Smorgasbord #Sport | Maurice Flitcroft (Mike) | Stuart Pearce Penalty Redemption (Elis) | Troy Deeney goal v Leicester (Steff) | Straight Outta LA (Mike) | Shankly retires, fan reaction (Elis) | Geoffrey Boycott on Pakistan (Mike) | Kabaddi on Transworld Sport (Steff) | Heaven Is a Playground (Steff) |
| 33 | If You've Got Something To Say To Me, Say It To My Face | Ally McCoist on Sean Connery (Mike) | Denis Law backheel v Man Utd (Elis) | Iwan Thomas and Jamie Baulch (Steff) | November 16 (Steff) | Schumacher on Battiston (Elis) | Colombian cyclist (Mike) | Stormzy and Anthony Joshua (Steff) | When Saturday Comes: The Half Decent Football Book (Elis) |
| 34 | Doing it for Free | Jon Rahm, Hole in One (Mike) | Robbie Fowler goes back to Toxteth (Elis) | Dean Jones on scoring 210 v India in Chenai in 50 degrees (Steff) | Maradona (Elis) | The Alston turn (Steff) | Dean Saunders goal for Sheffiled Utd (Elis) | Bill. 96 and going strong (Mike) | Badasses: The Legend of Snake, Foo, Dr Death and John Madden's Oakland Raiders (Mike) |
| 35 | Shunkies | Daredevil, UK style (Mike) | Dick Fosbury changing the high jump forever (Elis) | Nate Ebner NFL/Rugby Player (Steff) | Buffalo Bills, The Missing Rings (Mike) | Planking (Steff) | Fernando Torres missing an open goal against Utd at Old Trafford (Elis) | Argentina training (Mike) | Blood and Circuses (Steff) |
| 36 | The Famous Dennis Catering DistantPod | Cliff at Wimbledon 1996 (Mike) | Adebayor (Elis) | Drop goal fun (Steff) | The Way of the Wildcard (Steff) | 1981 Rollercycling Championship (Mike) | Spurs players playing cricket (Elis) | What happened to Park Si Hun (Steff) | The Art of Boxing (Elis) |
| 37 | Giving Geraint Thomas A Backie | Clive Rowlands on the importance of playing for Wales (Elis) | Tommy Morrissey (Mike) | NFL drop-kick (Steff) | Hero: The Official Film of the 1986 World Cup (Elis) | Rugby League Final highlights (Mike) | Scotland own goal (Steff) | Roy Jones Jr v Mike Tyson (Elis) | How to become a first class Batsman (Mike) |
| 38 | Sex And Lions | Graeme Souness plants a Galatasaray flag in the centre circle at Fenerbahce in 1996 (Elis) | O Canada, Las Vegas style (Mike) | Barefoot Kicking (Steff) | Storyville - The Red Penguins (Mike) | Peter Alliss at Steve's house (Mike) | Rivaldo play-acting at the 2002 World Cup (Elis) | Simon Jones bowling in 2005 (Steff) | From The Jaws Of Victory (Steff) |
| 39 | I Couldn't Bare To Think Of You Eating Cold Beans | Iceland celebrate after knocking England out of Euro 2016 (Elis) | Newcastle's Bowyer v Dyer in 2005 (Mike) | Andre Agassi on how to beat Boris Becker (Steff) | Wrighty & Rocky, From Brockley to the Big Time (Steff) | NFL's Greatest Characters: Joe Namath (Mike) | Robbie Fowler honesty from 1997 (Steff) | Sunderland fans enjoying themselves at Wigan, 1988 (Elis) | And The Sun Shines Now (Elis) |
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| 40 | To Feet Terry | Urdd XV (Steff) | The Ice Bowl 1967 (Mike) | San Marino defender cries in a post match interview (Elis) | The Three Kings by Jonny Owen (Elis) | Long ball football (Steff) | Mitchell Johnson Golden Duck (Mike) | Mark E. Smith of The Fall reads the final scores (Elis) | The Dynasty by Jeff Benedict (Mike) |
| 41 | I Blame Vic | Aussies in the Snow (Steff) | Gerwyn Price scores a try in the Swalec Cup Final (Mike) | Cardiff City The Movie (Elis) | Shoulder to Shoulder on BT Sport (Mike) | Gerwyn wins the Darts (Steff) | Cricket Redemption (Mike) | Colin Bell tries to recover from injury (Elis) | Gareth: An Autobiography (Steff) |
| 42 | Minestrone Soup and Soldiers | Liam Williams responding to Chris Eubank Jr (Mike) | Roy Keane Quiz Night (Steff) | Addiscombe Boys Club 1975 (Elis) | Undefeated (Steff) | Brett Lee v Piers Morgan (Mike) | Motherwell FC fans (Steff) | Derek Chisora compares himself to a laxative (Elis) | Football Clichés by Adam Hurrey (Elis) |
| 43 | No Woman, No Cry, Dai | New Detroit Lions Head Coach, Dan Campbell (Mike) | Remember the name, Wayne Rooney! (Elis) | Jose Mourinho at FC Porto | Finding Jack Charlton (Elis) | George Best chatting to Barry John 1972 (Mike) | Leeds United fan goes flying as Chris Fairclough scores against Oxford United, 1988 (Elis) | Dickie Davies says cocksucker (Steff) | Green Bay Packers: The Complete Illustrated History (Mike) |
| 44 | Very Blue Danube | Scott Quinnell on SOHK (Mike) | An absolutely extraordinary moment of slapstick at Chester City FC (Elis) | Enzo Maccarinelli inspiring people to work out on Twitter (Steff) | House of Flying Arrows (Steff) | Some seriously hard American football hits (Mike) | Jonathan Pearce commentating on Eric Cantona’s kung fu kick at Selhurst Park (Elis) | David Beckham says goodbye (Steff) | The Card: Every Match, Every Mile (Steff) |
| 45 | Stealing a Living | Steven Gerrard’s slip (Elis) | Buck Shelford. Tough (Mike) | Gerald Cordle, Martin Offiah and Will Carling in action (Steff) | Golazzo: The Football Italia Story (Steff) | Middlesbrough legend Wilf Mannion (Elis) | Sean Taylor in the Pro Bowl. (Mike) | Milner and Klopp (Steff) | Curt: The Alan Curtis Story (Elis) |
| 46 | The Referee's a Plonker | Wales v Scotland 1971 (Mike) | Dan James nearly signs for Leeds (Steff) | Wales 3 Belgium 1 October 1990 (Elis) | Inspired to Ride (Elis) | Robot Hole in One (Mike) | Scottish Rugby Players singing Calon Lan. (Steff) | Pembrokeshire’s traditional game Cnapan (Elis) | Secret Sins: Sex, Violence and Society in Carmarthenshire 1870-1920 (Mike via Elis) |
| 47 | Top Vocal Act from the East | Sky Sports Analysis, 1970s style (Mike) | Train track inside the ground (Steff) | Tom Dumoulin, when you've got to go, you've got to go (Elis) | The Dawn Wall (Mike) | Aerobics. So pointless (Mike) | Willis Halaholo highlights (Steff) | Roger Milla at the 1990 World Cup, at the age of 38 (Elis) | Chasing Dean: Surfing America's Hurricane States (Steff) |
| 48 | Paper Pants | Mike Kearney and Stephen Garcia at Anfield (Mike) | Long Jumping Redefined (Steff) | The great Edgar Davids makes his debut for Barnet (Elis) | Free Solo (Steff) | Eric Morecombe commentating on Luton Town vs Bristol City, December 1973 (Mike) | Lake Tahoe hosts NHL (Steff) | Usain Bolt wins 100m gold at the 2008 Olympics (Elis) | The Mixer: The Story of Premier League Tactics, from Route One to False Nines (Elis) |
| 49 | Hopeless. Romantic | Bowling (Mike) | Lou Reed after his first cap (Steff) | Llanelli 13 Australia 9 1992 (Elis) | Bruno v Tyson (Elis) | Spurs Ballboy (Mike) | Roberto Carlos Free Kick Science (Steff) | AS Roma fan writes ‘I could have scored that!’ on the club's Facebook page, the club invite him to prove it (Elis) | King of the World: Muhammad Ali and the Rise of an American Hero (Mike) |
| 50 | #JusticeforCnut | Katherine Switzer runs the 1967 Boston Marathon (Elis) | Ernestine Shepherd, 80 year old bodybuilder (Mike) | Rose Reilly (Steff) | The Merthyr Mermaid (Mike) | England cricketers (Steff) | Flo Jo, Seoul 1988 (Mike) | Martina Navratilova at Wimbledon (Elis) | Curveball: The Remarkable Story of Toni Stone (Steff) |
| 51 | The Jane & Finch Candle Company | Gareth Bale announces himself to the world against Inter Milan, 2010 (Elis) | Sabine Schmitz on Top Gear (Mike) | Newport County A.F.C. player celebrates in front of former manager (Steff) | One Man and His Shoes (Elis) | Phil Vickery on being dropped as a Lion (Steff) | Tony Sibson on Marvin Hagler (Mike) | Linford Christie wins gold at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics (Elis) | Hard Man Hard Knocks: Terry Yorath (Elis) |
| 52 | You've Got Your Piggles, Your Daisies, Your Boos, Your Pakkas | Succulent Chinese Meal (Mike) | Cofio Dai Davies (Elis) | Joe Frazier the singer (Steff) | My Name Is Francesco Totti (Elis) | 1960s Men's Gym (Elis) | Frank Worthington tribute (Mike) | Bermuda catch (Steff) | An Illustrated History of Welsh Rugby (Mike) |
| 53 | Barry McGuigan | Don't Make Devon Angry (Mike) | Martin Compston watching Scotland win (Steff) | Jonny Williams scores his first goal for his country (Elis) | Ocean's Apart (Mike) | Max Latiff (Mike) | Amy Williams wins Gold in 2010 winter Olympics (Steff) | Fan saves woman from being hit by a baseball (Elis) | The Extraordinary Life of Serena Williams (Steff) |
| 54 | British Dessert Tie | Gordon Strachan narrates Arsene Wenger kicking a bottle in disgust (Elis) | Ali v Marciano (Steff) | Real Sociedad manager (Mike) | Mike and The Mad Dog (Steff) | Bale and Rodon (Steff) | Cycling at the 1948 Olympics (Mike) | World record ski jump (Elis) | Inverting the Pyramid: The History of Football Tactics (Elis) |
| 55 | David Ginola. The Handsome Bastard | Dougie Smith books Gazza (Mike) | Alex Scott taking the piss out of Jamie Carragher (Elis) | Rachel Atherton, greatest downhill MTB rider (Steff) | Bosman - The Player that Changed Football (Elis) | Alex Murphy 80s RL clip (Mike) | Team America v England - a combined NASL team play v England, Italy and Brazil in 1976 (Steff) | Sarevi playing 7s (Elis) | Race Against Time (Mike) |
| 56 | Taking Pyjamas to a Nightclub | The Future of Football 1994 (Mike) | Barcelona 6 PSG 1 (Elis) | The start of E-Sports (Steff) | I Believe In Miracles (Mike) | Danny McAlinden wins British heavyweight title in 1972 (Mike) | NI v England: Best v Banks (Steff) | Duncan Ferguson tells a kid to stop slacking off at school (Elis) | Cassius X, The Transformation of Muhammad Ali (Steff) |
| 57 | Shower When Necessary | Non Evans (Mike) | Two adverts, Bobby Moore and Nike (Elis) | Man City 1999 beating Gillingham in the playoffs (Steff) | Casuals: The Story of Legendary Terrace Fashion (Steff) | Kaká turns up to 5 a side in London (Elis) | Storm Warriors NRL (Mike) | James Simpson, Hero (Steff) | AJ Leibling: The Sweet Science (Elis) |
| 58 | What Good's That To Me? | Roger Daltrey training (Mike) | Nigel Kennedy trying his best to entertain the England squad at Italia ‘90 (Elis) | John Lennon on Monday Night Football (Steff) | Whatever Happened to the Knockers? (Elis) | Llanelli Warriors (Mike) | Keith Cooper getting ready to referee the South Wales derby (Elis) | Emlyn Hughes and Princess Anne (Steff) | Death Row All Stars: A Story of Baseball, Corruption, and Murder (Mike) |
| 59 | Meet My Family: Rusty, Cheeky, Dirty, Smelly, Complete, Massive & Hard | Karren Brady at Birmingham City, 1993 (Mike) | Alun Evans, Darts (Steff) | Horrific video celebrating Man City's title win (Elis) | Steelers, The World's First Gay Rugby Club (Mike) | Ian McGeechan and The Lions (Mike) | UFC 1 (Steff) | George Best builds a £36k house in Bramhall, Cheshire (Elis) | Goodfella:Craig Bellamy (Elis) |
| 60 | “So I Did: The Peter Shilton Story” | Ryan, and Rob, and Maxine (All) | Swindon Town, 1963. (Mike) | Stuart Pearce sticks David James up front (Elis) | Being Evel Knievel (Steff) | Lerrone Richards singing (Steff) | Baseball-94 mph fastball in the face (Mike) | Llanelli v Neath, Schweppes Cup Final 1989 (Elis) | I think therefore I play:Andrea Pirlo (Elis) |
| 61 | Laughterhouse-Five | Tumble v Penclawdd, WRU Challenge Cup Final, 1971-72 (Elis) | Harry Redknapp talks up a 17 year old Frank Lampard (Mike) | Tony Bellew dealing with his kids before an interview on Zoom (Steff) | Sherpa (Elis) | Gary Lineker on Parents in Football (Steff) | Al Charron scores for Canada at RWC95 (Mike) | Alan Shearer chicken and beans (Elis) | Gordon's Game:Gordon D’Arcy (Miike) |
| 62 | Annwyl Bloke | Jordan Henderson and his Dad (Mike) | Dunfermline Athletic singing the Eastenders theme on Pebble Mill (Elis) | Panenka (Steff) | Another Bloody Sunday (Mike) | Joe Marler interview (Mike) | Liverpool's Kit Man (Steff) | Hearts go for the double in 1985-86 (Elis) | Bunce's Big Fat Short History of British Boxing (Steff) |
| 63 | I'm a Bonnie Tyler/Snooker/White Dog Poo/Tommy Cooper SuperFan | State of Origin intro (Mike) | George Best on the frustration of not playing in a World Cup (Elis) | John Barnes recreates World in Motion (Steff) | Elis James: Football Nation (Steff) | Sneaky running x2 (Steff) | Marcus Armitage wins his first European Tour event (Mike) | Ricky Hatton on Floyd Mayweather (Elis) | The Accidental Footballer:Pat Nevin (Elis) |
| 64 | Dick and Willy Seaman | S4C Newyddion chats to Wales fans in North Wales (Mike) | Aaron Ramsey goal v England U21 (Elis) | Colin McRae making a rally car dance (Steff) | Different League: The Derry City Story (Elis) | Leeds Rhinos Learning Disability Team (Mike) | Simon Davies for Fulham v Hamburg (Elis) | Kasper Schmeichel (Steff) | A Race with Love and Death (Mike) |
| 65 | Absolutely Ingrammed | Piper Down (Mike) | Joe Rodon's ‘WOSS ‘E ON ABOUT?’ (Elis) | Las Vegas Raiders defensive end Carl Nassib announces that he is gay (Steff) | Ref: Stories From the Weekend (Mike) | British Umbrella Opening & Closing Champion (Steff) | Alwyn the 85 year old boxing coach (Mike) | Gareth Bale apologising to the team for missing a penalty (Elis) | Stronger:Gareth Thomas (Steff) |
| 66 | Outsprinting Mozart | Billericay Town 'Shut your eyes!" (Mike) | Fan causes enormous crash at the Tour de France (Elis) | Lauren Price (Steff) | Get Shirty (Steff) | Mark Cavendish winning Stage 3 at the Tour De France (Steff) | Choir practicing at a Porthcawl U12 match (Mike) | All 97 goals John Charles scored in Serie A (Elis) | Keane: The Autobiography by Roy Keane (Elis) |
| 67 | Are You Not Looking At My Missus? | Rucking (Elis) | Basketball clip (Mike) | Life of Riley (Goal of the Month Music) | Skid Row Marathon (Elis) | Precious McKenzie (Steff) | Giorgio Chiellini’s shithouse tactics prior to the Italy v Spain penalty shoot out (Elis) | Leatherhead after beating Billericay (Mike) | Legacy of the Lions: Lessons in Leadership from the British & Irish Lions (Mike) |
| 68 | Saluting the Urn | Cricket in the rain (Elis) | England fans riot before final (Mike) | England players congratulate Marcus Smith on Lions call up during interview | Mr Calzaghe (Mike) | John Akhwari (Steff) | Tom O'Flaherty try (Mike) | The most legendary voice crack ever (Elis) | Relentless, 12 Rounds to Success by Eddie Hearn (Steff) |
| 69 | Cofficionado | Speed Rollerskating 1973 (Mike) | Ireland qualify for Olympic 7s (Steff) | Michael Johnson’s reaction at Usain Bolt's 9.58 (Elis) | Strike Team (Steff) | Geoff Capes (Mike) | Bobby Robson’s words to Gazza after losing to Germany at Italia ‘90 (Elis) | 1991 Carl Lewis v Mike Powell (Steff) | Forever Young: The Story of Adrian Doherty, Football's Lost Genius (Elis) |
| 70 | Failed P.E. Teacher I Am | Adult tries to steal signed basketball shoes that have been given to a kid (Elis) | Two Way MLB player (Steff) | Birmingham Grand Prix 1971 (Mike) | Slaying the Badger (Elis) | Six and an Oh... (Mike) | James Bond and the Queen - London 2012 (Steff) | Are athletes getting faster? (Elis) | No Helmets Required: The Remarkable Story of the American All Stars (Mike) |
| 71 | A Million Bees | Insane robot dance (Elis) | Luke Treharne on not making the Olympics (Steff) | Cleveland Guardians (Mike) | Forty Seven Summits (Mike) | Best ever Sunday League tackles (Elis) | Andy Murray calls out sexism (Steff) | Cyclist gets bike from crowd (Mike) | You Are a Champion: How to Be the Best You Can Be (Steff) |
| 72 | Michael Owen's Movie Club: Field of Dreams | Michael Owen's Movie Club special episode | |||||||
| 73 | This Is Our Live Aid | Messi and Neymar (Steff) | Carting With Ronnie Corbett (Mike) | Ruby Tui interview (Elis) | 20 Seconds of Joy (Steff) | Chase Tag (Steff) | High jump double Gold (Mike) | Brian McClair’s penalty miss, Arsenal v Man Utd 1988 (Elis) | Etape by Richard Moore (Elis) |
| 74 | I Am The Catman | Roy Keane on Ronaldo going back to Man Utd (Elis) | Team GB wheelchair rugby (Mike) | Olympic Cheat (Steff) | Malice at the Palace (Elis) | Imran Tahir hat trick (Mike) | Wales v Lions rugby (Steff) | Cathy Freeman wins gold at the 400m Sydney Olympics (Elis) | Motorcycles by Charles E Dean (Mike) |
| 75 | Gangsters Can Be Good Dads Too | Turbo Tommy try in the NRL (Mike) | Stuart Pearce in the new Stranglers video (Elis) | Brian Johnson on a rollercoaster (Steff) | Untold: Crime and Penalties (Mike) | College Football returns (Mike) | Cardiff Met goal v Swansea City (Steff) | France preparing to face Ronaldo, 1998 WC Final (Elis) | Too Many Reasons to Live by Rob Burrow (Steff) |
Michael Owen's Movie Club Patreon Specials[]
In July 2020, in addition to bonus Patreon content on the main podcast a sister podcast, “Michael Owen's Movie Club” was introduced, the hosts watch a fictional sporting themed film and discuss it. The title comes from Michael Owen’s admission that he has only ever seen 8 films and didn't like them because they aren't real.[10]
References[]
- ^ "The Socially Distant Sports Bar Is Like Being In The Pub With Your Mates Again". The Sportsman. January 28, 2021.
- ^ Bible, Pod (July 2, 2020). "HAVE YOU HEARD? - The Socially Distant Sports Bar".
- ^ Owens, David (2020-06-27). "The story of how lockdown gave birth to a podcast hit". WalesOnline. Retrieved 2021-09-10.
- ^ Owens, David (June 27, 2020). "The story of how lockdown gave birth to a podcast hit". WalesOnline.
- ^ Bradley, Ciaran. "Socially Distant Sports Bar: Elis James, Mike Bubbins & Steff Garrero join OTB". Off The Ball.
- ^ Reporters, Telegraph (December 12, 2020). "The 50 best cultural events of 2020" – via www.telegraph.co.uk.
- ^ Bible, Pod (January 6, 2021). "POD BIBLE POLL WINNERS 2020 - WINNERS ANNOUNCED!".
- ^ "The Socially Distant Sports Bar to Tour". Beyond The Joke. April 14, 2021.
- ^ "The Socially Distant Sports Bar on Apple Podcasts". Apple Podcasts.
- ^ "Michael Owen has 'only watched eight films ever'". October 14, 2014 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
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