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 136 - Put that on your List! 08.04.2021 37:54
It's Episode One Hundred and Thirty 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 rejected feature ideas that have gone on 'the list', Hearse with his new venture and some carrot and stick with the FOFs... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information...
Episode 135 - Captain John Pemberton 01.04.2021 32:13
It's Episode One Hundred and Thirty 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 mega Hornchurch celebration party, John Pemberton on his new job steering container ships through the Suez Canal, and Paul Simon has a song for Dover Athletic... Hosted on Acast. S...
Episode 134 - Pizza Pizza! 25.03.2021 36:32
It's Episode One Hundred and Thirty 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 is a Football Special! Which means the meanderings are kept to a minimum and feature Nazis in South America, an unheard Joe Dolce classic, and of course a bit more Ray and Dave... Hosted on A...
Episode 133 - Cairo Baker and Cairo Cadigan 18.03.2021 37:13
It's Episode One Hundred and Thirty 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 builders, name changes, the latest episode of Agent Alan Devonshire and two worlds colliding as Hearse meets Roger (or Brian)! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more inform...
Episode 132 - Put a Flake in it! 11.03.2021 37:51
It's Episode One Hundred and Thirty 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 plenty of National League news, too much talk about an ice cream van for sale and absolutely loads of your letters! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode 131 - Is there life on Mars? 04.03.2021 37:56
It's Episode One Hundred and Thirty 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 some A-level piano skills (apparently), Roger and Brian, The Two Ray's guide to Hornchurch and the brilliant Chris Lintott from The Sky At Night! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privac...
Episode 130 - Chuck it out your Rucksack! 25.02.2021 38:14
It's Episode One Hundred and Thirty 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 Andy Smart from the Comedy Store Players joining in with some improv, Ivor Dewdney's new parachute business, and groupies for referees... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more i...
Episode 129 - Alan Devonshire, Secret Agent 18.02.2021 30:50
It's Episode One Hundred and Twenty 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 your hosts in a slightly subdued mood with no Gulls game to pep them up, but still delivering you Dame Vera from beyond the grave and a debut performance from the Nat Obs Players! Ho...
Episode 128 - Hornchurch 11.02.2021 35:47
It's Episode One Hundred and Twenty 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 a Ray bonanza, the Very Reverend Plain Moor's Thought for the Bay, and a catch-up with Ivor Dewdney preparing for the G7 in Carbis Bay... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for...
Episode 127 - Pavlov's Dog and Nietzsche's Budgie 04.02.2021 35:48
It's Episode One Hundred and Twenty 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. We bring you some home-schooling on Pavlov and Schrodinger, comedian and Grimsby fan Lloyd Griffith on what he misses about the National League, and the FA's Tom Greatrex is interviewed by Non-League...
Episode 126 - Helicopter Parenting 28.01.2021 37:47
It's Episode One Hundred and Twenty 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. We being you more panicking about a null and voided season, it's a debut for The Masked Winger, the brilliant comedian Tim Vine is your reporter on Torquay v Sutton, and more of your lovely letters! Hos...
Episode 125 - Welcome to the Hotel Vanarama 14.01.2021 38:13
It's Episode One Hundred and Twenty 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. We're back for 2021 with worries about a null and voided season, Roger and Brian get their moaning fix, Hearse is coining it in, Ivor Dewdney is....Ivor Dewdney, comedian Kevin Day talks fills us in on...
Episode 124 - Christmas Special 2020 23.12.2020 43:39
It's Episode One Hundred and Twenty 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 is the traditional Christmas special featuring fun, music, a festive story, and an extra special guest as Gary Johnson drops down our audio chimney for a sack-full of laughs! Hosted on Acast....
Episode 123 - On the Ibuprofen 17.12.2020 36:50
It's Episode One Hundred and Twenty 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's moody podcast features a genuine near-death experience, Roger and Brian having a good old moan, Peter Purves falling off a ladder and some more of your brilliant letters! Hosted on Acast....
Episode 122 - Roger and Brian 10.12.2020 35:46
It's Episode One Hundred and Twenty 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's podcast features songs with counting in them, loads of news, a bulging post sack and some audio from the stands as fans return to stadiums... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more...
Episode 121 - Alan Dowson's Ball Bag 03.12.2020 36:47
It's Episode One Hundred and Twenty 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's podletter features Nat Obs numberplates, an unlikely romance between Alan Dowson and Nigella Lawson and another incredible haul of your letters! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for mo...
Episode 120 - The Undertaking Obsession 26.11.2020 33:47
It's Episode One Hundred and Twenty 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 podcast features more talk of Martin Allen, a phonecall from the Hearse and an aborted impression of Terry Wogan... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode 119 - Dial G for Gilets 19.11.2020 33:44
It's Episode One Hundred and Nineteen 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 podcast features more bad luck for Chesterfield's John Pemberton, a hunt for gilets for Martin Allen, and possibly the BEST FOF LETTER EVER! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more inf...
Episode 118 - A Message from the President 12.11.2020 33:16
It's Episode One Hundred and Eighteen 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 podcast - with one half of your favourite duo in enforced-isolation - features some GCSE level French, a huge FA Cup news round-up, a phonecall from the outgoing President of the USA and an en...
Episode 117 - Camp Leslie Smith 05.11.2020 35:27
It's Episode One Hundred and Seventeen 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 podcast features a lot of gloating about being top, some far-flung FOFs in Letters from a Listener a big interview with the one and only Ben Whitfield! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy...
Episode 116 - Parkhouse! 30.10.2020 34:38
It's Episode One Hundred and Sixteen 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 podcast (or Poosletter) features a whole host of National League news, new feature Thought for the Bay, and a bulging sack of your lovely letters! Parkhouse! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/priv...
BONUS Episode 115b - The Great Sholing Subterfuge 25.10.2020 18:36
It's Episode One Hundred and Fifteen (b) 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. In this special bonus episode, Charlie achieves what no other Torquay fan was able to do. He gained access to the McKoy Stadium, Sholing, to watch the FA Cup game... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/priv...
Episode 115 - Tier 1, Tier 2, Tier 3, Tijuana Brass 22.10.2020 34:07
It's Episode One Hundred and Fifteen 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 the continued woes of John Pemberton, a Louis Armstrong-off, a selection of poems from Roger John McClarke and a 'Focus On' Sholing... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more inf...
Episode 114 - Warren Peace 15.10.2020 38:30
It's Episode One Hundred and Fourteen 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 loads more National League news, a big interview with talkSPORT's Paul Hawksbee, a lovely catch-up with former Torquay, Macclesfield and Stockport (and Truro) striker Martin Gritton and...
Episode 113 - Codeword Aggrey 08.10.2020 33:42
It's Episode One Hundred and Thirteen 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 National League news aplenty, a call from Hearse, more from the National League Outsider and some of your lovely letters! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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