Charlie Baker & John Cadigan

The National Obsession

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A podcast celebrating all that's great about football's National League, by two Torquay United fans - comedian Charlie Baker and talkSPORT's John Cadigan Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Charlie Baker & John Cadigan

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Sports

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Latest episode

May 12, 2026

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Episodes

Episode 87 - Let's Call The Whole Thing Off 14.11.2019

It's Episode Eighty Seven of the podcast all about life in football's National League, brought to you by two Torquay United fans - comedian Charlie Baker and talkSPORT's John Cadigan. This week features both of your hosts in their respective living rooms bringing you more musical fun, a chilling story of escape from East Thurrock, and a Big Interview with comedian and Grimsby fan Lloyd Griffith......

Episode 86 - Not A Fireworks Podcast 07.11.2019

It's Episode Eighty Six of the podcast all about life in football's National League, brought to you by two Torquay United fans - comedian Charlie Baker and talkSPORT's John Cadigan. This week's Guy Fawkes special (Not A Fireworks Podcast) features Hearse's Gunpowder plot, the wall between East and West Thurrock, Jeff Brazier on the Big Interview and a new FOF Game - Jim's Bentley Hosted on Acast....

Episode 85 - The Season Starts Here 31.10.2019

It's Episode Eighty Five of the podcast all about life in football's National League, brought to you by two Torquay United fans - comedian Charlie Baker and talkSPORT's John Cadigan. This week's Halloween special features a full season preview with the clocks going back, the refs return with rain-based banter, and Mark Yates' cafe gets some celebrity endorsement... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/p...

Episode 84 - Moroccan Lamb Tagine 24.10.2019

It's Episode Eighty Four of the podcast all about life in football's National League, brought to you by two Torquay United fans - comedian Charlie Baker and talkSPORT's John Cadigan. This week features FA Cup fun and games, Richard Osman's Big Interview, the return of Alan Bennett's National League musings and the debut of Mark Yates' Cafe... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informa...

Episode 83 - Eat your Greens you **** 17.10.2019

It's Episode Eighty Three of the podcast all about life in football's National League, brought to you by two Torquay United fans - comedian Charlie Baker and talkSPORT's John Cadigan. This week features comedian and Farnborough fan Andy Smart on the big interview, Roger John McClarke joins Extinction Rebellion and a dramatic edition of Hinchcliffe's HGV... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy fo...

Episode 82 - Car Park C 10.10.2019

It's Episode Eighty Two of the podcast all about life in football's National League, brought to you by two Torquay United fans - comedian Charlie Baker and talkSPORT's John Cadigan. This week features alternatives to goal-line technology, some classic Ref Bants, a Big Interview with Tim Vine and a live report from Ebbsfleet's Car Park C... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informatio...

Episode 81 - Idi Amin's Scottish Tender 03.10.2019

It's Episode Eighty One of the podcast all about life in football's National League, brought to you by two Torquay United fans - comedian Charlie Baker and talkSPORT's John Cadigan. This week features Jools Holland's National League special, comedian Andy Parsons on the Big Interview, Gary Manilow returns and a new game with the Games Master... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more infor...

Episode 80 - Gary Manilow 26.09.2019

It's Episode Eighty of the podcast all about life in football's National League, brought to you by two Torquay United fans - comedian Charlie Baker and talkSPORT's John Cadigan. This week features a younger Baker making his podcast debut, a big interview with Gary Lineker, Gary Manilow crooning and a dramatic edition of Alan Dowson's Portakabin... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more in...

Episode 79 - Prego Mills 19.09.2019

It's Episode Seventy Nine of the podcast all about life in football's National League, brought to you by two Torquay United fans - comedian Charlie Baker and talkSPORT's John Cadigan. This week, we're back from a mini-break and bring you big Billericay news in which we blow our own trumpet, Taskmaster's Alex Horne is our big interview and Alan Dowson's Portakabin makes it's debut... Hosted on Acas...

Episode 78 - June, have you seen my Galoshes? 05.09.2019

It's Episode Seventy Eight of the podcast all about life in football's National League, brought to you by two Torquay United fans - comedian Charlie Baker and talkSPORT's John Cadigan. This week, it's a must-listen with broadcaster and Hartlepool fan Jeff Stelling on the Big Interview, a super-tense game of Tamplins and Dragons and we're on the road with an at-the-match-report from Woking v Torqua...

Episode 77 - Chorley Not 29.08.2019

It's Episode Seventy Seven of the podcast all about life in football's National League, brought to you by two Torquay United fans - comedian Charlie Baker and talkSPORT's John Cadigan. This week, find out what the National League can learn from Dunkirk, things get steamy with some new erotic non-league fiction, comedian and Leyton Orient fan Bob Mills is the Big Interview and there's another game...

Episode 76 - More Popular than Boreham Wood 22.08.2019

It's Episode Seventy Six of the podcast all about life in football's National League, brought to you by two Torquay United fans - comedian Charlie Baker and talkSPORT's John Cadigan. The lads are back in the correct country, and bring you a Big Interview with Sue Duku, another game of Tamplins and Dragons, big FOF news from Edinburgh and prove why they're more popular than Boreham Wood... Hosted o...

Episode 75 - From the Algarve to Edinburgh 15.08.2019

It's Episode Seventy Five of the podcast all about life in football's National League, brought to you by two Torquay United fans - comedian Charlie Baker and talkSPORT's John Cadigan. This week straddles the oceans as you'll variously hear our two presenters in the Algarve, London and Edinburgh, proving that nothing will get in the way of top National League content. You'll hear why FootGolf is aw...

Episode 74 - Vera Lynn's Dover Sole 09.08.2019

It's Episode Seventy Four of the podcast all about life in football's National League, brought to you by two Torquay United fans - comedian Charlie Baker and talkSPORT's John Cadigan. This week we're Hearse has a bit of a gloating session, Tim White has the National League transfer news, Jamie O'Hara joins us for a Big Interview and another FOF joins us for the Billericay game... Hosted on Acast....

Episode 73 - Pick my F***ing Son 01.08.2019

We're back for Season Three! It's Episode Seventy Three of the podcast all about life in football's National League, brought to you by two Torquay United fans - comedian Charlie Baker and talkSPORT's John Cadigan. This week we're previewing the new season, we've got an exclusive 'big interview' with Alan Dowson, the Out of Work Footballer joins us and it's the debut of our new game 'Tamplins and D...

Episode 72 - The Return to Trowell 02.05.2019

Episode Seventy Two of the podcast all about life in football's National League, brought to you by two Torquay United fans - comedian Charlie Baker and talkSPORT's John Cadigan. This week it's the traditional end of season party, so it's a glorious return to Trowell Services with La Grande Nationalo and Non League Ray popping up, our Liam Davis rivals causing some beef and an emotional farewell to...

Episode 71 - From El Capitan to Havant & Waterlooville 26.04.2019

Episode Seventy One of the podcast all about life in football's National League, brought to you by two Torquay United fans - comedian Charlie Baker and talkSPORT's John Cadigan. This week features far too much about El Capitan, the return of Roger John McClarke, Harry who's not aloud to speak and a chat with Gary Johnson and Liam Davis after the trophy-lift celebrations... Hosted on Acast. See aca...

Episode 70 - Championes 18.04.2019

Episode Seventy of the podcast all about life in football's National League, brought to you by two Torquay United fans - comedian Charlie Baker and talkSPORT's John Cadigan. This week features Ivor Dewdney with news of another replay, a phonecall to Trowell with dramatic consequences and a former manager is back with a song... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episode 69 - The Woking Fallout 11.04.2019

Episode Sixty Nine (ahem) of the podcast all about life in football's National League, brought to you by two Torquay United fans - comedian Charlie Baker and talkSPORT's John Cadigan. This week features some tip-top impressions, a phonecall from Hearse, and an audio report from a dramatic day at Woking... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episode 68 - The P**sed Possum 05.04.2019

Episode Sixty Eight of the podcast all about life in football's National League, brought to you by two Torquay United fans - comedian Charlie Baker and talkSPORT's John Cadigan. This week features some Hollywood acting, an Australian called Bill on the phone, and excitement reaching fever pitch for the Woking grudge match... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episode 67 - Lorraine Kelly's Tax Loophole 28.03.2019

Episode Sixty Seven of the podcast all about life in football's National League, brought to you by two Torquay United fans - comedian Charlie Baker and talkSPORT's John Cadigan. This week features far too much chat about Lorraine Kelly's fishy tax arrangements, the Grande Nationalo predicts the end of the season, a Scotsman asks some probing questions, oh and Ben Gerring blacking up. Hosted on Aca...

Episode 66 - "Bob Mills' TARDIS" 21.03.2019

Episode Sixty Six of the podcast all about life in football's National League, brought to you by two Torquay United fans - comedian Charlie Baker and talkSPORT's John Cadigan. This week features a third and altogether much younger wheel co-hosting the show, a glimpse into the future with a trip to April 6th, and will the great FOF debacle be put right once and for all? Hosted on Acast. See acast.c...

Episode 65 - "Cheltenham Special" 14.03.2019

Episode Sixty Five of the podcast all about life in football's National League, brought to you by two Torquay United fans - comedian Charlie Baker and talkSPORT's John Cadigan. This week is live from the Cheltenham Races. It's better than last year's attempt, but only just. Featuring live racing, some ramshackle National League news, Torquay Corner and an attempt to correct the FOF omni-shambles.....

Episode 64 - "The Case of the Missing Notes" 07.03.2019

Episode Sixty Four of the podcast all about life in football's National League, brought to you by two Torquay United fans - comedian Charlie Baker and talkSPORT's John Cadigan. This week features a lack of any meaningful preparation, Hearse has his say on the weather, and more FOF-related catastrophes... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episode 63 - "Bryn: The Musical" 28.02.2019

Episode Sixty Three of the podcast all about life in football's National League, brought to you by two Torquay United fans - comedian Charlie Baker and talkSPORT's John Cadigan. This week we call up the Dartford Crossing, Ivor Dewdney receives some bad news, more FOF numbers are distributed and it's the premiere of Bryn: The Musical... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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