Ep. 51 - Hot Yoga

Causing a commotion on this episode is singer/songwriter Lloyd Cole who joins Brian to discuss his music, swerving the Manchester clubs in favour of Chelsea, the meaning of lyrics, having a cuppa with Morrissey, Glasgow Uni, dealing with fame, and looking like Jimmy Carr. There's also another ridiculous quiz to enjoy/endure! Music by Liam McClair and Crowander Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Never Mind The Bollocks, here comes Choccy with special guest, punk rocker and music journalist John Robb to talk about Blackpool's ups and downs, manager vultures, prison triallists, his punk ethos, 70s fashions, Kurt Cobain, Liam Gallagher, Fergie's handling of young players, and gig riots. He also takes on our quiz and the 'Focus On' feature. Music by Liam McClair and Crowander Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We're back again for another season and our first special guest is comedian Susie McCabe, who joins us to talk Celtic, surviving a heart attack, scary dares, menopause advice, voicing opinions, and she takes Brian on in our Shakespeare quiz Music by Liam McClair and Crowander Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Welcome to our 50th episode, and we celebrate our half century with former Sky Sports touchline reporter Geoff Shreeves. Talk turns to Geoff's experiences working with the biggest, and moodiest managers in the Premier League: from the likes of Klopp and Guardiola, to - of course - Sir Alex Ferguson. Choccy tells us how he liked to swerve the media, and we discuss Geoff and Brian's shared musical passions. Music by Liam McClair and Crowander Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Irish actor Emmett J. Scanlan is our special guest for this episode and chats with Choccy about the outstanding crime drama Kin, restaurant rebuffs, catching the eye of Fergie and Big Sam, hard men, Manchester United, shadow boxing to Rocky, chocolate binges, and much more! Music by Liam McClair and Crowander Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Shed Seven frontman Rick Witter joins us on this episode to talk about the band's recent number 1 album, the Britpop years, rivalry with Oasis, Manchester United's current travails, Brian's weekly budget, the best things in our shed, almost tipping Aerosmith off the wagon, and we've got a very fishy quiz! Music by Liam McClair and Crowander Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We're thrilled to be joined by comedian Jo Caulfield for this episode, in which we discuss difficult roommates, Edinburgh, bad comics, stadium criteria for Premier League membership, hitchhiking, Denis Irwin, Mick Lynch, Choccy's political aspirations, and much more! Music by Liam McClair and Crowander Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Scottish actor, and star of the hugely successful play 'Singin' I'm No A Billy, He's A Tim', Scott Kyle is our guest for this one as Brian and the boys wade into the thorny topic of the Old Firm and dissecting the relationship between Celtic and Rangers fans on stage. We also discuss acting naked for Ken Loach, wearing ladies' kilts, playing without away fans and in the jail, street scraps, and we find out who knows more about their clubs in another of our quizzes. Music by Liam McClair and Crowander Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The first episode of 2024 sees Choccy welcome cricket commentating legend David 'Bumble' Lloyd to the show. We talk Accrington Stanley, homemade cider, favourite pubs, scrapping on the terraces, the changing face of cricket, (not) catching salmon with Ian Botham, the drunken antics of Mark E. Smith and much more! Music by Liam McClair and Crowander Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Welcome to a bumper episode in which we're joined by comedian, writer and presenter Kevin Day. Up for discussion are pre-match boozers, the ups and downs of Crystal Palace, cursed kits, going from HR to comedy, writing Gary Lineker's adlibs, modern football rants, the Price of Football podcast, Cantona's kung fu kick, Have I Got News For You, working with Dave Allen, and there's another of our infamous quizzes! Music by Liam McClair and Crowander Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices