Reminding You Why You Love Football - The MUNDIAL Podcast

In this week’s episode of Reminding You Why You Love Football, Owen Blackhurst is joined by Seb White and, by popular demand, the moonlighting ex-pat James Bird, in a remotely recorded episode to talk about feeling hard, Tribe West, your people, Powerpodz, MOTD, Jogo Bonito v Mighty Machine, Christiana, taking the shilling, saying what you see, Birdo on the Spot, missing your mates, Judy Dench’s a...

In this week’s Reminding You Why You Love Football, Owen Blackhurst is back in the big chair, and is babysitting Asad Raza and Matt O’Connor-Simpson to talk about dark times, audience retention, 5 stars, the joy of Discord, the skip incident, James in Milano, three pints and 18 fags, Asad Bird-White, The Legion of Gloom of Longform, two internationals in 48 hours, an audience with Tommy Grave...

In this week’s Reminding You Why You Love Football, host Tommy Stewart is joined by Asad Raza and Sebastian White to discuss the bloody trains in this country, having a dry mouth, a banging review, drinking the Kool-Aid, non-league love, Highland League action, mad crab fishermen, Seb behind bars, obstructing a copper, hyperbole,  The Figo Affair, a John O’Shea nutmeg, mad scorelines, 8–2!!!!...

In this week’s episode of Reminding You Why You Love Football, host Seb White is joined by Tommy Stewart, Asad Raza, and Matt O’Connor-Simpson to talk about Owen’s absence, Planes, Trains, and Automobiles, Kim Jong-un, Seb cutting a dash, Matt cracking a smile, a Justin Bennett review, Steve Claridge, Gianluigi Buffon, Carl Anka and Flo Lloyd-Hughes in the house, World XI keepers, FIGHT!, Gus...

This week we've got another special episode from the archives for you as the lads have remembered they’ve also got a magazine to make. At Hotel MUNDIAL, our week-long event during the start of EUROs, we sat down with our mates Tom Armstrong and Luke Hodson for a chat about all things Reebok and the impact the brand has had since it was established in 1958. Tom’s creative strategist for Common Peop...

Back again from Spotify, Owen Blackhurst, Seb White, Tommy ‘Friend of the Stars’ Stewart, and Matt O’Connor-Simpson discuss Hall Owen, Halloween, Mischief Night, Goose Night, Banter Night, Theresa May, Garrincha’s Goat, E.T., Keith Laird, yellow cards, Matt the Referee, mental career decisions, speeding tickets, the relegation zone, knock-door run, Sebby on the Spot, skeletons, Scream masks, Franc...

Live from Spotify, Owen Blackhurst, Seb White and Tommy Stewart are joined by a returning Asad Raza to chat ‘A little place called heaven’ Hatti, a hat, Manchester Piccadilly, “rain sodden bowels of the city”, a spiritual experience, the Gunfight at the OK Corral, “I’m your Huckleberry”, Josh Wood, Bill Murray’s haircut in Kingpin, Glenn Hoddle v David Beckham, the sunglasses emoji, England U...

Live from Spotify, Owen Blackhurst, James Bird, Seb White and Tommy Stewart are joined by a new signing in Matt O’Connor-Simpson to chat the Queen’s relationship with the Beautiful Game, Leeds United, The Banter Years, Seb on the Spot, Oooh Arrggh, Oooh Arrgh Arrgh, tractors, turf respecting, Diego Armando Maradona, little onions, Babel fish, El Pibe de Oro, The Dungeon Master, Sam Allardyce, Robb...

** This week Owen Blackhurst, Seb White, James Bird, and Tommy Stewart chat about football but also discuss mental health issues. If you are affected by any of the issues discussed, please visit thecalmzone.net or samaritans.org or phone the Samaritans on 116 123 ** Live from Spotify, the old gang are back together as Owen Blackhurst, James Bird, Seb White and Tommy Stewart talk Roy Orbison, Ghett...

Due to holidays, Oasis fever and being too bloody busy, we've got another special episode from the archives for you. At Hotel MUNDIAL, our week-long event during the start of EUROs, we sat down with our mates Statman Dave and Flo Lloyd-Hughes for our series of talks, 'Home and Away, Near and Far', in partnership with Marriott Bonvoy. In the first half of this episode, Statman Dave talks about livi...

Owen Blackhurst, Seb White, and Tommy Stewart talk proper listeners, the glory years, oiling Asad up, Machine Gun Kelly and the G-men, background checks, the mechanism of war, The Last Samurai, pouring one out for James, Milan, Wife Swap, a DM from Héctor Bellerín, Jack Grealish’s spiritual advisor, Nuno’s man management, multi-talented Joe Hart finding love and peace at Celtic and Natasha Meikle’...

Owen Blackhurst, Seb White and Tommy Stewart discuss awards, good reviews, Elon Musk, AI, texts from Donald Trump, pirates, received pronunciation, little tractors, Jürgen Klopp, adidas Spezial, SPZL F.C, Kevin Cummins, Emi Martínez, Jhon Duràn, Colombian players in the Premier League, Juan Pablo Ángel, Radamel Falcao, Jarvis Cocker, David Seaman, Sheffield, Liam Gallagher, Seb sticking to footbal...

In this week’s episode of Reminding You Why You Love Football, media liberal left-wing elite Owen Blackhurst is joined by James Bird and Tommy Stewart to talk about Waiting for Birdo, John Aldridge capturing Basque hearts and banging in goals wherever he went, Seb’s dinner for two, Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner, Cartman and Butters, Carlos Tazez and other cartoon footballers, James’s uncle MBE, F...

In this week's episode of Reminding You Why You Love Football, Owen Blackhurst, Tommy Stewart, and James Bird discuss the glory of Carlos Tevez and his bulldog-like approach, awards, lazy producers, the MUNDIAL Army, DOAC, an old-fashioned grifter, Henry VIII holding court, The Sickly Knight, being the best man, a pint-and-a-half of Troll Botherer, Robbie Fowler’s four minutes, hat-tricks, wonderf...

Listeners to last week’s RYWYLF will know about the ‘studio incident’ and understand that in place of our regular format, this week’s episode is a special we recorded at Hotel Mundial, featuring Owen Blackhurst talking to Elis James about earliest memories, a crash course in football, a round-ball epiphany, seeing a grown man cry, Italia 90, the Kop, Ian Rush and his Sondico shin pads, why Swansea...

In this week's episode of Reminding You Why You Love Football, Owen Blackhurst, Tommy Stewart, James Bird, and Asad discuss busking it, double bookings, an SOS to Sicily, broken air conditioning, Saving Private Football, custard, the birth of the WWW, favourite sites, Reddit, Asad’s personal grooming anxieties, the MUNDIAL Discord Photoshoppers, Owen’s birthday (again), candied salmon, dainty head...

Owen Blackhurst, Seb White and Tommy Stewart chat pundits crossing the divide, football pie, Carlos Roa, World Cup 98, David Brent, Zinedine Zidane, Redondo at Old Trafford, Dwight Schrute, Creed Bratton, Steve Carell, the US Office, crossing swords, Henrik Larsson, Manchester United, Sir Alex Ferguson, a touch of the Pruniers, Alan Smith, Wayne Rooney, Cristiano Ronaldo, Louis Saha, Martin O’Neil...

Owen Blackhurst, Seb White and Tommy Stewart are back again to talk Tommy’s outfit, Seb’s anniversary, Mrs White, hot curries on hot days, fish and chips, Kentish Town, Keir Starmer, the Spice Girls, 1996, Three Lions, Gary Barlow, Fugees, Oasis, Spaceman, Niko Kranjčar, Joe Rogan, Miley Cyrus, The Undertaker, The Rock, South Park, Christmas Day for football fans, Test cricket, Fabrizio Ravanelli,...

Owen Blackhurst is with Seb White and Tommy Stewart to chat being Merk’d, Rio Ferdinand, Seb’s steamy glasses, Bruno Fernandes, John Stones, Northern grit, Tinder, Jack Grealish, Bukayo Saka, splinter groups, coups, Nicolas Anelka, Thierry Henry, Arsenal, Real Madrid, Juventus, France’s Olympic football team, Wenger’s double, Gary Neville, Peter Schmeichel, Robbie Fowler, Woody from Toy Story, Dav...

The main man, Owen Blackhurst, is back in the hosting hot seat and is with Seb White and Tommy Stewart to talk military history, gallivanting in Indonesia and Norfolk, middle-aged children, Owen’s birthday, test tube babies, David Preece, Henrik Larsson, Celtic, Toni Duggan, Felix Magath, the Bundesliga, Antonio Conte, Rob Holding, Andros Townsend, Shane Warne, Pat Cash, Wayne Rooney, Jürgen Klins...

Seb White is with Tommy Stewart and James Bird to discuss ten years and no testimonials, Owen’s return, biscuits, Seb’s mother, WhatsApp groups, Alan Pardew, Jesse Lingard, Gareth Southgate, Seb’s sledgehammer, Deutschland 83, Real Betis, Joaquín, Jimmy Anderson, Kappa kits, Nick Barmby, moving across Merseyside, Mike Tyson, Spike Lee and Bukayo Saka, EURO 2000, Sainsbury’s England coins, Aliens,...

Producer Tommy Stewart hosts this week's episode and is with James Bird and Asad Raza to chat Juan Sebastián Verón, David Beckham, Thomas Gray, handsome Harrison Ford, “what is the best thing?”, the Fresh Prince, mates, Spiritland’s orange juice, Juventus, cheating, lying, theft, diving, Luis Suárez, Michael Owen, Mauricio Pochettino, the 2002 World Cup, England v Argentina, shorthand, Marco Tarde...

Don't say we don't treat you listeners—we've only got another EXTRA TIME episode for you! MUNDIAL Editor-at-Large Seb White regales James Bird and Tommy Stewart about going to the EURO 2020 final at Wembley in the adidas box alongside some of England's great and good. Noel Gallagher, Mick Jagger, Toni Duggan, Bernard Sumner, and... Goldie, who Seb suspects gave him Covid due to an out-of-control e...

Seb White, James Bird and Tommy Stewart talk Goldie’s Instagram, Super Hans, Wolverhampton, Björk, Beverley Knight, the NHS, West Ham United, black cabs, Dame Vera Lynn, the World Cup, Dolly the sheep,  metal dragons, DIY fireworks, Hotel MUNDIAL, Steve Bunce, Independence Day, Guy Fawkes, Paul Merton, The Beatles, John Lennon presenting GB News again, Oleksandr Usyk, Robbie Keane, Santos, St...

In this bonus LIVE episode, Owen Blackhurst, Seb White, Tommy Stewart and James Bird take to the stage on the final night at Hotel MUNDIAL. In front of a packed crowd, the lads talk about all their favourite IN-GER-LAND moments from history that will have you singing ‘World in Motion’, reminiscing about EURO 96 and hopefully getting excited about it actually coming home…at some point. Get the late...