Max Rushden and Barry Glendenning will be live on stage at EartH in London and via livestream. Think of this as the only preparation you need for the 2022 World Cup*.

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A woman plays tennis in an empty car park at the Vitality Stadium. Photograph: Kieran Cleeves/PA Madejski Stadium/Select Car Leasing Stadium, Reading Max: I would be dead after a week of living Barry’s life. But I would do it to see Baz making small talk at soft play about nap times before reaching under the pram to get the wet wipes and pulling out half an old banana and then being vomited on.

How do you marry the recent anti-gambling rhetoric in the paper and podcast with the constant talk about cheeky bets from Barry? Don’t you feel you should have also held your hands up as part of the problem? John Barry: Of course everyone has the right to support their team, regardless of who owns it because fans have little or no say in who gets to be the custodian of the club they are emotionally invested in. What I find a bit disturbing is the large number of fans who seem happy to excuse, or even condone the often barbaric behaviour of their authoritarian owners for no other reason than that those people have invested money in their football club and might pay for an expensive striker. It’s possible to love the club while holding the owners in contempt, as Manchester United fans, among others, regularly demonstrate. Elsewhere, the wider implications this has for sport and society, particularly in Spain are discussed plus the alarming detail that Rubiales’ mum is on hunger strike. Barry: Republic of Ireland 1-0 England at Euro 88. A terrible, nerve-shredding game but a great result and arguably the happiest I’ve ever been after a football match. Barry: I have no shame in admitting that I love a good, or even bad, romcom. During the pandemic I developed a hopeless addiction to those Hallmark Christmas movies that all have the same saccharine sweet plot.

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Alex Bowler acquired world rights directly from the authors, with the book scheduled for publication on 28th September 2023. The publisher says it will contain “all the nonsense jokes, off-the-wall trivia and occasional insightful remarks that draw in millions of listeners to the podcast every month".Barry: Tony Cascarino’s autobiography, which he wrote with the help of the Irish journalist Paul Kimmage, is probably my favourite football book, although I’m sure if I ever get around to reading any of the books written by my friend and colleague Jonathan Wilson, I might enjoy them too. As far as non-football books are concerned, I like a good murder of the kind written by the Scottish authors Ian Rankin or Val McDermid. I think the genre is called Tartan Noir. Val is, or used to be, on the board of Raith Rovers. The Guardian has today (Thursday 14 September) announced that the world’s favourite, award-winning Football Weekly podcast is releasing its very first book, imaginatively named The Football Weekly Book. Following popular demand, hosts Max Rushden, Barry Glendenning and guests will also return for a second run of the podcast’s live tour across England and Ireland. On the podcast today; the panel react to Jordan Henderson’s first interview since joining Al-Ettifaq in Saudi Arabia – he spoke to David Ornstein and Adam Crafton of The Athletic. On the podcast today: the panel discusses England’s qualification for Euro 2024 following their 3- 1 win over reigning champions, Italy. Have we run out of superlatives for Jude Bellingham?