Charlie Baker & John Cadigan
The National Obsession
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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May 12, 2026
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Episodes
Episode 62 - "4, 5, 3, 5" 20.02.2019 34:49
Episode Sixty 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. After a week's unavoidable hiatus, we're back with the Tiny Little Goalkeepers of the National League South, what's great about Hemel Hempstead, why the Welling physio's a **** and a head-scratching teaser (4,5,3,5) Hosted o...
Episode 61 - "The Cornwallites" 07.02.2019 32:43
Episode Sixty 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 - apropos of absolutely nothing - a very brief mention of Dartford, a snowed-in Ivor Dewdney at Truro, and we find out what on earth a rebus is... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informatio...
Episode 60 - "The FCUM Mallet" 31.01.2019 32:06
Episode Sixty 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 filthy week features the FCUM Mallet, an argument in a chip shop, Sean Neil in the Boot Room and Jean-Yves Koue Niate in the studio... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode 59 - "What did the Romans do for us?" 24.01.2019 32:39
Episode Fifty 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 features more service station chat, an attempt to focus on Woking, Roger John McClarke and extended birthday greetings... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode 58- "Live from Trowell" 17.01.2019 35:03
Episode Fifty 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 comes live and unleashed from Trowell Services (M1, Northbound)and features a song from Gary Owers, a call from Hearse and another edition of The Tiny Little Goalkeepers of the National League South... Hosted on...
Episode 57- "The Tiny Little Goalkeepers of the National League South" 10.01.2019 35:16
Episode Fifty 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. The boys are back for 2019 and bring you Martin Allen news, new year predictions from La Grand Nationalo and The Tiny Little Goalkeepers of the National League South... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more infor...
Episode 56 - "Natobstivity" 20.12.2018 40:45
Episode Fifty 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 featuring a comprehensive review of Paul McCartney's gig, Igor Dewdney, a Gary Johnson quiz, a special delivery AND the eagerly awaited Christmas tale 'The Natobstivity'. Merry Christmas! Hosted on Acast. See acast...
Episode 55 - "Oh Dear" 13.12.2018 33:06
Episode Fifty 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 featuring John's brush with death in Paris, a snooker reminiscence, an update from Hearse and your suggestions for Torquay player songs... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode 54 -"You're just a small piece of pork-meat" 06.12.2018 32:57
Episode Fifty 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 featuring cut fingers, the return of La Grande Nationalo, just who are The Chariots and a match report from Dulwich... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode 53 - "A Hand Roundabout in Slough" 29.11.2018 35:00
Episode Fifty 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 featuring The Case of the Missing FOF Number, far too much chat about Thunderbirds, Alan Bennett's new play and the National League Film Club... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode 52 - "Brian Cox in your arsenal" 22.11.2018 35:38
Episode Fifty 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 featuring impressions of Harry Redknapp and Neil Diamond, the National League film club and Gary Johnson treads the boards with a musical theatre tour de force... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more inf...
Episode 51 - "Walking on Broken Glass" 15.11.2018 30:33
Episode Fifty 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 featuring a striking historical resemblance, an unusual injury, the return of the Chief Mouse and much else besides... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode 50 - "The Apsley End" 08.11.2018 32:40
Episode Fifty 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. We've reached the big 5-0 and what better way to celebrate than resorting to an episode on the phone! Featuring some birthday messages, someone called Chris Pig and a firework display update... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/pri...
Episode 49 - "211 611" 01.11.2018 33:16
Episode Forty 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 features Hearse with the latest on his campaign, the Torbay Taxis jingle and more of your letters... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode 48 - "UEFA Mouse Licence" 25.10.2018 33:09
Episode Forty 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 an interview with the Chief Mouse, La Grande Nationalo makes a reappearance and we're sick of anti-Westcountry bias... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode 47 - "Come up the hole" 18.10.2018 36:35
Episode Forty 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 tales from the Emerald Isle, some world class impressions, Ivor Dewdney and find out who's related to a famed industrialist... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode 46 - "G.O.N.A.D.S" 10.10.2018 33:34
Episode Forty 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 tribute to a National Obsession regular who's passed on, a phone call from everybody's favourite hearse driver and more FOF numbers... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode 45 - "Up Yours Lazarus" 05.10.2018 33:43
Episode Forty 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 features a lazarus-like rise from the dead, Non League Ray in the studio and The Brothers Johnson... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode 44 - "Hello, I'm Brightlingsea Regent" 27.09.2018 33:45
Episode Forty 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 distinguished actor Brightlingsea Regent, a phonecall from Hearse, a celebrity message and more FOF numbers... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode 43 - "Wagwarn Bredder" 20.09.2018 32:22
Episode Forty 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 talk about bikes, a message from a celebrity fan, a phonecall with Gary Johnson and handing out more FOF numbers... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode 42 - "A Tale of Two Gary's" 14.09.2018 32:32
Episode Forty 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 Charlie sings the hits of Hall and Oates, a local undertaker calls in, and we ask why Clarke Osborne is obsessed with the name Gary ... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode 41 - "Who's the most famous Greek?" 06.09.2018 35:08
Episode Forty 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. As the title suggests, Charlie and John ask who is the most famous Greek, is Chippenham's ground really called the hard-on and open more of your lovely letters... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode 40 - "With great power comes great responsibility" 30.08.2018 33:56
Episode Forty 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. Charlie and John ask who are The Hurdlers, celebrated mystic La Grande Nationalo predicts their fortunes and Gary Owers has a musical message for all the haters out there... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more inform...
The National Obsession - Episode Thirty Nine 16.08.2018 32:01
Episode Thirty Nine and a new season 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. Once more going trans-Hadrian's Wall from London to Edinburgh, Ken Bruce brings you his first Popside Master, Robbie Savage sings Sammy Davis jnr, Billericay is focused on and Ivor Dewdney returns... Hoste...
The National Obsession - Episode Thirty Eight 09.08.2018 33:13
Episode Thirty Eight and a brand new season 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. Our two heroes bravely battle catastrophic technical issues as they return to the studio, but that doesn't stop them talking national league booty calls, focusing on Bath City and reading more of yo...
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