The Clubs The Guys Wish They Played For | EP 45

What actually happens when a senior player turns against the manager? Why did one of Bobby Robson’s phone calls have Gary and the team in fits of laughter? Who thinks the World Cup SHOULD be every two years?
Gary, Alan and Micah also discuss which British football team they would each have loved to have played for.
00:00 - Intro
02:40 - Hatrick and Lose or No Goal and Win
04:39 - World Cup Every Two Years?
06:57 - Play For One Other English Team
09:04 - Sir Bobby Robson Phone Story
12:17 - Dream Five-A-Side
13:45 - Football Nightmares
15:30 - Change 1 Rule
18:21 - Players Vs Managers
24:25 - Centre Backs With Speed
31:06 - How To Level The PL And Championship
34:53 - Goal Of The Season So Far?

[@dangriffiths6358]

Micah is great but it’s underrated how funny Shearer is 🤣🤣🤣

[@amrelarcher8990]

I wonder why he doesn’t show this side of him on TV tho. He always seemed so serious on TV, didn’t know he’s an absolute laugh 😂

[@worcestermark]

Micah shouldn't really be on match of the day, given he is an employee of Abu Dhabi FC. The BBC is paying an employee of the biggest cheats in the history of the game. He always defends them, so it's a clash of interests, with them already ruining the competitive nature of the beautiful game, It's just wrong.

[@MrGts92]

​@@amrelarcher8990they've famously said that the MOTD format doesn't really allow for too much non-analytical chats in between, especially when, there's already one 'joker' person.. it's unfortunate, but I agree. Surprised how funny Shearer and Keane are.

[@user-zq4ck6gs2r]

​@@worcestermark sounding delirious 🫣

[@user-ls1mx3nb1p]

Gary doesn't realise how much of an inpact hes having on alot of people like me, by creating this podcast and getting Alan and Micah on board. Its such a lovely wee show that takes you away for 30minutes from stuff going on and i could listen to them all day. Peace and love ❤

[@Kheyoo]

Everyone is saying it every episode, but the banter between these are truly unique. You have a golden recipe on your hands lads

[@jameso9221]

ive already listened to this but am watching it again

[@Kugann]

@@jameso9221na that’s too much.

[@cw8584]

@@Kugannyeah fuck that bro that’s too much you know what to expect what’s the fun in that

[@Kugann]

@@cw8584 it’s just a waste of time

[@kb5509]

​@@jameso9221it's a football q and a mate, not the godfather.

[@user-mr7zt8mo5h]

How Eddie Howe has stuck with Jamal lascelles has shown how well he has managed the dressing room. Even with the captain not playing all the time, he still appreciates his professionalism and shows respect to his loyalty to the club.

[@GRIMMDOOM1]

That Des Walker story was Brilliant 😅 "It worked" & "I'm back" had me cracking 😂

[@farhanhasan2926]

Thought my headphones weren’t working when Alan was impersonating Micah 😂

[@kagisanobokala8154]

My favourite football podcast I never miss an episode 😂

[@112starwarsfan]

it's the best ever. I love them! 😂

[@paulb3883]

What makes this so good is viewer's questions giving a real insight into the game and their careers rather than waffling on about the usual boring subjects

[@wps5133]

These three are the Top Gear trio of football. They deserve their own show

[@JaneKellie-uh3mo]

Such A Great Crack Between These Three Gary, Alan & Micha. Gary L - Your Podcast Brightens Up So Many Untold Lives. 👏👏👏

[@curb1sh7689]

Can’t get over the crack between these three 😆 Creases me whenever Shearer gets on about how massive Micah is 😂

[@Kurgan618]

Ev1 laughing at Sir Bobby's forgetfulness, but Gary has told the Des Walker story every episode! 😂😂😂

[@TheOrlandoTrustfull]

Enjoying the Des Walker appreciation in this episode. He was one of my favourites when I was a kid. Lightning.

[@IAMNationX]

Micah never fails to cheer me up

[@MattMajcan]

I wish every podcast uploaded as often as you do. It's probably my favorite part about it. Seems like everytime I need something to listen to theres a new episode waiting for me.

[@heinrichnewat4736]

44 great episodes already. This is one of thee best football podcasts out there. 💪

[@rwb_gary6355]

The banter between these three is unmatched 😂😂 love this pod ✌🏽

[@myreplytoyourstupidity4445]

Gary is 62 and shearer is 53... madness. I know these guys since i was a young boy

[@iggyboy2805]

Best episode yet guys ur banter is next level has me crying with laughter the whole time watching the chemistry between u 3 is flawless, keep up the great work

[@andrewherbert7108]

There hasn't been better football banter and punditry since Saints and Greavsie. Great show, great fun, keep it up lads 👍

[@indianrunner666]

que grande Alan, la honestidad y el sentido del humor, un diez

[@strickers07]

Great banter again. Seen a few say it’s unique I just think it shows the three of you are actually friends and actually want to work with eachother etc

[@emreduran5305]

Micah is just fantastic, what a guy man.

[@Redmen1983]

It really is one, if not the best, football podcast out there. Love it

[@tomleigh7478]

Just a beautiful pod which is also proper informative. It's all about the dynamics with these 3. Really ace 👌🏼✌🏽👊🏽 No BBC restrictions here.

[@rajendranadarajan8931]

If Shearer played for Fergie, he would have won at least 6 EPL titles easily and probably a champions league or two. Plus his total EPL goals would surpass the 300 mark for sure.

[@francischeung2223]

The stories on Sir Bobby are classic, had me in stitches! 🤣 Sir Bobby was always a great gentleman, a dream coach and a better person!

[@markorton6171]

Cracking podcast, love the banter. I've had two questions read out now, will try for lucky number three 🎉

[@antlewis8439]

Chemistry between you guys is so good! Could listen to these three all day!

[@CheeseburgerSaj77]

Thank you, the morning commute was bearable today! 😂

[@dreamer2355]

Love you guys!. Brilliant episode as usual!

[@ianjowett]

I proper love the banter between you lads :) top guys, top podcast! another great show guys :)

[@neilt1889]

As a Sheff Utd.fan we have only spent £35m this season from the Primer money the rest we paid off the clubs debts but the gulf between the new teams just gets bigger every year .

[@mambasingh7097]

Love this pod cracks me up! Banter is brilliant🤣

[@DavidMeggers]

I love you guys, whenever I’m having a shite day you make me smile. Thank you.

[@lukeb.95]

Love this guy's. Please keep it going😂

[@StewartMarsden11440]

Great episode. Better than all the other football shows put together 😂

[@Church_Of_Kloppism]

A league of their own is pretty good tho lol

[@WangPaste]

A league of their own is a sport show not a football show

[@Church_Of_Kloppism]

@WangPaste so better then match of the day basically?

[@AJ-qv1rs]

Love this format, over the dour sanitized stuff we get from the BBC ... great show, great chemistry ..

[@robtalbot8060]

I love this podcast. 3 legends of the game (well, 2 and Micah 😉) that love football just having a chat. Perfect.

[@johnsteadman1820]

Absolutely a gem of a program

[@Taufik411]

love the pod.. keep going lads !!

[@FromTheHipp]

I'm from the states. and a barca fan(lineker 🤙🏾) this podcast never misses. and i dont miss a podcast!

[@RajivPerera]

This is a laugh-a-second!! Love these guys!

[@GaryKidd]

Love the sarcasm guys as it makes the show that much more enjoyable. Question for Micah. How does it feel to be more famous as a football pundit than you were as a player and is it harder now than it was when you helped Aston Villa go down? 😄

[@stdew07]

My dad doesn't understand Podcasts much but he would be psyched to see two of the deadliest finishers of his era having a chat like this 😊

[@mickelin100]

such a treat this podcast is

[@quantumart9948]

fantastic, i always have a good laugh when i listen to you guy's 🤣🤣🤣

[@DarioBrubeck]

Micah wrecks my head. Over the top laughing.

[@chuckd7697]

What a great answer by the legend Mr. Alan Shearer, the experience of the VAR booth needs to change...

[@motawfik]

Question - First, i want to say that i love this show and that u guys have amazing chemistry. So a question for each of you, if u did not have your 2 cohosts with you right now on the show, who will u replace them with? Will it be other pundits that you like and have have worked with before, or maybe it can be someone from outside of media and punditry but u believe will make a good/fun cohost? Once again, thank you for the show!

[@JackFM06]

The banter was top level in this episode 😂

[@AlgerianFooty]

Thanks for answering my question ❤

[@paulgibbons2320]

The dream they had is a pretty common 'impotence' or anxiety dream. If you were boxer you might dream that you keep punching and the punches had no effect. It's like dreaming about your natural gifts been taken away. Most people will encounter this at some point in their lives. Shows how hard people have to work to overcome the negative voices or doubts in our own minds. Even top performing athletes.

[@jigmewangchuk4085]

Gary, Alan and Micah are great but you also have to tip your hats off to the people asking these questions. Quality. Best thing on KZbin by far. Oh and lets not forget Mr. Fiat Lineker as well XD

[@NoxiousRob]

I love the stories about Sir Bobby Robson. I remember Bryan Robson told one where he was the World Cup with England heading down in the hotel list to the pool. When he reached the bottom floor, the lift door opened and there was Bobby Robson getting into the lift. Bobby says to him 'hi Bobby' and Bryan replied 'no, your Bobby, I'm Bryan'.

[@francischeung2223]

Shearer and Lineker have always been funny, it’s just that on MOTD, they tend to be more serious by default!

[@olster1975]

Brilliant. Cheers Gents. 😉

[@sirius1204]

"Got a little bit of an itch on me head there" 🤣🤣. Not even a minute in and I'm already laughing my ass off.

[@leejones3377]

@garylineker I was at your last game at old trafford when I was a young boy with my Dad who sadly is no longer with us. I was behind the goal(East stand) that you scored a header from,everyone in the ground applauded.

[@pamelabonaparte9383]

Thanks guys 👏🏻♥️

[@mattross4287]

Best pod out there ❤

[@1346crecy]

Tottenham supporter and season ticket holder since 1988. ............What a player Des Walker was.!!!!!!

[@jamesrobertson2040]

Perfect timing for my daily commute to work

[@bryanlockyer5724]

big meeks laugh is awesome. so funny. great bants

[@jamesmilne6351]

Question : what were the type of players you least enjoyed playing against and give examples. Amazing podcast and listening to you guys really makes me crack up after a hard days work

[@johneden3810]

Sir Bobby,, legend

[@Jam-iv6xz]

People have forgotten what 'ball to hand' is, that's what most of the hand balls are now. If you can't move your arm or hand out of the way then it's ball to hand, like it always was. There's gotta be a line drawn somewhere with the handball rule. Context and common sense also have to play a part in it.

[@jeffreyroberts7438]

So entertaining!!

[@afc4life_uk]

Alan Shearer on 13:22 is the greatest podcast moment in history! I was crying when he did that 😂

[@Crvena27]

What a mention by Lineker. Pietro Vierchowod (the Tsar) was a tough defender. Maradona mentioned him as his toughest opponent. Van Basten did also mention him.

[@EddieExplores]

This pod is elite

[@johnthresher259]

You boys could take this podcast out on the road. Surely you'd pack 'em in!

[@kmlo3784]

it's already great in its current format.

[@strictlygrey]

In terms of VAR I think it would work if you had it working like the challenge system on Tennis. So have the manager and/or captain able to challenge a referees decision and the VAR can then look to see if the decision is correct. Give them say 4 challenges a game (2 per half) and then leave it at that. If you run out of challenges, so be it, let the referees do their jobs otherwise.

[@lawrencebaker1811]

Exactly this, only thing I'd say is that you get your challenge back if you're proved right. The offsides however would probably need to remain the same.

[@whitenbald]

I think at some point, VAR will be fast and automated, just like goal-line tech. So I think we'll soon see fully auto offsides. I think then I would agree with challenges for red cards/second yellows. I also 100% agree with Alan about the handball rule - deliberate handballs only.

[@strictlygrey]

@@whitenbald I honestly think sticking to a set limit would be better, simply because we're already sick of lots of interference from VAR, and this way you limit it to at most 8 uses per game. Totally respect what you're saying though pal, just trying to limit the amount that VAR interferes with play. Totally agree with the handball shout too

[@Gazzi79]

Great idea actually.

[@Samivermusic]

I like the idea but I think there would need further tweaks especially around handballs. Handballs are given right now inconsistently so imagine loosing a challenge when it is similar to one against. They just need to simplify the rules and apply them consistently imo.

[@josephstanley320]

This has me cracking up man😂

[@aaronhill5789]

Best poscast ever, keep it up. Question - if you guys didn't have a career in football then what job would you have pursued.

[@romanoonamor7690]

The way I see it, if when a manager tells a player who's been there for a long time that he isn't part of his plans, or he takes the captaincy away from him, and the player starts bad mouthing the manager to other players, and starts being late and not professional, it exactly proves that the manager was right in the first place.

[@kevinalexander2388]

The pure joy of the laughs 😂

[@DuttyDoes]

Love it!

[@MrTrippy11]

Gary introducing Micha 🤣 the vest

[@stevenrennie9549]

Best football podcast on KZbin

[@philipmorrissey9142]

Hi lads, loving all the episodes so far. Great comraderie and craic between ye all. A question for Gary....with it being John Barnes' 60th birthday recently, what is your best memory of playing with him and how disappointing was the abuse he used to get from England fans?

[@user-si3rc4ut8s]

A delectable medley of football chat.

[@nathansadler5835]

Best one yet 😂😂

[@BiggDoggyDogg]

Sir Bobby. ❤

[@XboneMalone]

Question for next week: Gary was infamously duped by Chris Morris into starring in an episode (with some other well known TV personalities) for a comedy show in the 90s; have either of Micah & Shearer ever been duped for a TV/Radio show and how? Would like to know when Gary realised and how he felt after realising ir?

[@FlatDerrick]

Sounds like nonce sense to me

[@MarkSiosal]

20:41 Iconic.😄

[@tropicaltrev1617]

Seeing Infantino once every 4 years is quite enough!

[@jeremywentworth1833]

As usual brilliant episode, the trio need to take The Rest is football on the road.at least Leeds Leicester & Newcastle with the 3 being from those area's.

[@thorpick9193]

i dont like micah when he was on pitch..but i love him when he was speaking..he always positive vibe..laughing all day long..and making everyone day..❤❤

[@PedroPorridge]

His continuous laughing is annoying

[@mattsmith4589]

5:22 I respect the heck out of Gary for thinking about the planet because that would be a lot of Private planes flying every 2 years

[@imrans2784]

Elite podcast with the big guys. Big Meeks, Big Al, and er .......Big Ears. Sorry Gary

[@thiefoftomorrow]

this pod has done wonders for shearers street cred.... absolutely cracks me up every week

[@eddlovesskiing]

Shearers street cred 😂😂 what the hell

[@petesmart1983]

​@@eddlovesskiingwell he always been viewed as boring and straight up

[@mattwhittington599]

would love to see an episode dedicated about Gazza!!!

[@wiltonmcdonald2399]

💯 bro 😎 Micah!

[@JoelDiggle]

Best podcast on the app

[@Do27gg]

Howard Webb said at the beginning of the season that VAR wouldn’t re-ref the game, yet that’s basically all they’ve been doing this season. Should be there for goaline, touch line and offsides only. And maybe for extreme circumstances(only if the ref actually misses the incident)

[@ryanswift3879]

Hello lads, best notification I get when you have uploaded. my question is, if there is a next upcoming charity match, can we see all 3 of you? I think you'll all still have it!💪🏻

[@rafaelpile]

Best podcast as always if you add ian wright ❤

[@nunosantos8497]

I started following English football in the eighties. My first vivid memories are from the Euro 84. Next, th Mexico 86, with England losing 1-0 to Portugal (my country). I still am an Everton fan and still have a soft spot for England national side, courtesy of the number of ZX Spectrum footy games and to Everton road to Rotterdam. Lineker played for a wonderful Everton team with great players and also for the best set of players in an England national side midfield. Hoddle, Waddle and Barnes were unreal and still there were Peter Reid, Trevor Steven, Captain Marvel...upfront, Lineker and Beardsley were ace. No wonder Lineker almost set the record for most international goals for England. But then, there were the early 90's....the service lost a lot of quality.

[@mattj1829]

How the absolute shit did I not know this existed? Added to my favourites straight away

[@paultully365]

Enjoying this podcast, great comradery and expertise.