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where you start stays with you. We're

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hot off the back of two

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fantastic shows. Ever so hot. I

1:03

mean literally we got home the early hours yesterday

1:05

morning. 445

1:07

miles, two gigs, and I mean

1:10

we met some absolute legends didn't we?

1:13

Is that what it was? 445? We nearly

1:16

proclaimed it. We nearly proclaimed

1:18

it. Our crowd. You

1:20

can probably tell that both of our voices are

1:23

a little bit tired. Yeah, we got a little

1:25

bit excited at the game and stressed beforehand for

1:27

reasons which we'll go into later. Sometimes

1:30

I'm like, oh we live on such a small island

1:32

and then you have to travel it by car and

1:34

you go, it's quite big actually isn't it? Yeah, it's

1:36

quite big. Don't get in touch any of our listeners

1:38

from Australia or America. Oh

1:42

God yeah, yeah. That's

1:44

really going to grind their gears isn't it? Going, we're

1:46

actually quite a big country. Just perspective. But what a

1:48

show, Suze. Fantastic

1:50

audiences, two football heroes.

1:53

I mean it's been a hell of a weekend.

1:55

And you scored yesterday. I mean what a weekend we've

1:57

had. Stop it. keep

2:00

mentioning that. My last game of the season with

2:02

seagulls, I couldn't have asked for a better long

2:04

weekend, I'll be honest with you. Well that's because

2:06

you spent a lot of it with your best

2:08

friend Susie Ruffle. Oh

2:10

my god. Shall we get into it? Let's go

2:12

on with the show! Bam

2:15

bam bam bam bam bam bam! I'm

2:18

doing the stings now as well. I really like

2:20

that. How

2:33

do you think the music choices we've gone with for

2:35

the live shows have gone? Obviously we went with Freed

2:37

from Desire to come on to. I

2:39

don't think either of us have really realised

2:41

what a long intro that is. No it

2:43

is. It takes a really long

2:45

time to get to. Really asking the Big Kick

2:47

Energy community to clap for quite a while before

2:49

we announce ourselves on. Really is and people have

2:52

gone in touch to say is it my playlist

2:54

that goes on before because it is so

2:57

camp and the answer is yes absolutely. The

3:00

house music is a Ruffle original. What

3:03

the playlist? Not the music. I'm not out on

3:05

John. Right shall we get on with it? Oh

3:08

it's not usual that we get

3:10

to cover international scores but here

3:12

we go. It was

3:14

the European Championship qualifying weekend and

3:16

here are some notable

3:19

results from Friday 5th of

3:21

April. Not all the games by the

3:23

way, just some. Ready Susie? Yes. Serbia

3:26

nil, Scotland nil. Northern

3:30

Ireland nil, Malta nil. Wales 4,

3:32

Croatia nil. Absolutely

3:35

threw up for the wash team. Croatia nil, Neil. Neil.

3:40

Neil. Austria 2. Oh

3:42

people just broke up. I'll

3:44

do that again. She's just tip you. We're all

3:46

throwing friends. I'm a little bit of a late

3:48

bloomer. Don't shame me. Austria

3:51

2, Germany 3. Belgium

3:55

nil, Spain 7. Trump's

4:02

One Republic, Of Ireland

4:04

nail. And. Then of

4:06

course. And. Gloom One. Sweden.

4:10

One. She.

4:12

Ritual through our sure the i live in houses

4:15

who journey to the. To. The game would

4:17

get us we we as I use it as. Could be pretty

4:19

bleak is that. We stop it's

4:21

it's beep acreage we got a a

4:24

rap have look away describe rails you

4:26

be across our hotel or nice thoughts

4:28

was going to say was previous. Two.

4:31

Watching the England games we had a

4:33

life size and we had the fantastic

4:36

right to lose. He is the goalie

4:38

of for Liverpool. I mean she was

4:40

absolutely brilliant ah say she was such

4:42

a laugh she had such pretty answer

4:44

the questions and we got have a

4:47

drink with our afterwards it was really

4:49

co she was a before i rarely

4:51

coal thought we were having a show.

4:53

A place could hire thirty four in

4:56

Liverpool and they it's it's was We've

4:58

got a screen you can use the

5:00

screen. Yes well is a big kick

5:02

Live show. We do have some some

5:04

graphics. the go up on screens were

5:06

a few games with I cod and

5:08

with us the silliness with us a

5:10

silly silly fun stuff but we realize

5:13

that the screen was so flushing on

5:15

and off the corner of it wasn't

5:17

walk hangs know story short we finished

5:19

it Interview with Rates Rose we says

5:21

with a has the zebra is towards

5:23

the games and then the screen didn't

5:25

walk yeah it was very very squeaky.

5:27

Bomb time I were to make a

5:29

call with above five minutes. To go

5:31

on what we will get a do and

5:33

it was of have very apparent that a

5:36

screen wasn't going to work. I mean the

5:38

benefit of having a local legend. does your

5:40

desk say guy speaks his rights laws was

5:42

literally able to go is really good. Pop

5:44

round the corner and I got caught with

5:47

a big screen and so we made the

5:49

call their and then went straight out to

5:51

the audience I said put your hands up

5:53

as you know the name of this book

5:55

at about seven percent of the audience put

5:57

them until at as a sled sites. The

6:00

older you'll the marshals. Go

6:02

ahead I around and way

6:04

Menzies A along with Liverpool

6:06

goalkeeper Rachel Laws and over

6:08

a hundred sixty candidacy songs.

6:10

You have a hoax as

6:12

he businesses too fast walk

6:14

through the streets of Liverpool

6:16

to this nearby Pope where

6:18

we went into their own

6:20

use Coal Eleven at this

6:22

put cold products Tommy's. They.

6:25

Were fantastic This pub for covered as as

6:27

thoroughly as saying that I had a space

6:29

like that with a buses screen and a

6:31

while ago. Yet the I

6:34

don't have a pulse of us have some

6:36

savings by England the general but some on

6:38

some ins as it's a different Us. it's

6:40

a different kind of England is a nicer

6:42

Anglia and so they had this must save

6:44

speak about brilliant screen but it was. It

6:46

wasn't a wasn't selling anything and it's okay.

6:48

can you put out an old of up

6:50

really audience list was saying down. Phones

6:52

will be getting come out to do it will

6:55

I was younger. I. The someone so

6:57

dull Gods and lobby we set it on

6:59

the day says on on the drive back

7:01

to my boss. a testament to the type

7:03

of audience we've dealt with this podcast because

7:05

you were all so move flight know but

7:08

I have a sign all about the thought

7:10

we didn't have the game on. Yeah and

7:12

by this point he was about ten minutes

7:14

into the star of the steam minutes in

7:16

the star of people coming over to us

7:19

saying that worry i thought you follow it

7:21

was so sway, so sweet of the a

7:23

fancy, so much sweaty betty in your patients

7:25

new understanding. And oh my god

7:27

when the game came on and on

7:29

this great of dogs.i think it does that.

7:31

That says the oven that the game actually

7:34

going on was probably just as big as

7:36

this is a recess goal as a

7:38

game of realize illegally amazing and he would

7:40

just the best we can of us to

7:43

the a company to what's the day with

7:45

the thanks to every person that came

7:47

with as guest list sorry I'm Us Senate

7:49

signs we will go a story right? Yeah

7:51

exactly exactly. That was a loss of internal

7:54

pacing and gazing I think was as

7:56

I size. Both seats the nerves of the

7:58

mats and the stress of the screen. Yeah.

8:01

I would say size and like big

8:03

shots right to laws who not only

8:05

was a fantastic guest. On. The

8:07

shy yet but then came with

8:10

us to the pops and then

8:12

stuff around and did fi ties

8:14

with Sands and Chests people and

8:16

just had time for every one

8:18

shots right shows. I mean it's

8:20

obviously a fantastic goal is is

8:22

offices are playing the part. Plans

8:24

for an absolute legend Thank you

8:27

Rachel's They impart the so. Much.

8:29

We talk through the game. I mean. Ceilings

8:33

about it says well. I.

8:35

May be went into a little bit

8:37

cocky. Obviously we're defending our European side.

8:39

So yeah I think Sweden is may

8:42

be sick. Yeah pretty them up there.

8:44

Are they either around that bad? Idea.

8:48

Of is it was a home game. So. Where

8:50

where early that a sixty three thousand? Sansa.

8:54

To the doubtless say loops, a great atmosphere

8:56

or thought the first half was probably stronger

8:59

than the set it off. Yeah, he was

9:01

a book called to draw or I mean

9:03

ideally A when I see does absolutely five

9:05

enough. Ideally a wedge is absolutely side of.

9:08

I think I can maybe claim responsibility to

9:10

get your hopes up because I was given

9:12

it the big and go it will be

9:14

fine. You go think we did in this

9:17

felt a yeah reconnects foot. To be fair,

9:19

Sweden played very well as well. They would they go

9:21

with good a good sat on it looked like that

9:23

so of works as I'll a bed. Early

9:26

so. Coupled. With the

9:28

thought that we started to see

9:30

plays this we haven't previously seen.

9:32

Be. In the starting eleven she stuck

9:34

with a super sub, surveyed us by

9:37

i think seat at the she took

9:39

too long to bring them on. Yeah

9:41

and you know pretty soon or not

9:43

like Kelly on that light. Yeah and

9:45

then. Great. To see these players

9:47

get a star I just don't know if they

9:49

should have been the game had Sweden arsenals lucky

9:51

with him boy made us as star. Grace.

9:54

Clinton sees the i saw it as

9:56

well which you know we live tasted

9:58

said that. The nice surprise. And

10:00

then you have Russo who is normally old

10:02

old some often is is used as a

10:05

super sub but she was there and she

10:07

scored twenty four minutes and. Ah

10:09

yes with a ahead of from Lawrence

10:11

and says cross. I mean

10:13

again, when to pull off law and

10:16

sayings yeah, I know it's like bringing

10:18

on a brilliant player, an eccentric the

10:20

I saw lord same should say how

10:22

they create chances come on, Russian up

10:24

the full nine Say personally yeah yeah.

10:26

We. Struggled to control session.

10:29

For. A lot of it and they

10:31

were quite as you mister thirties both

10:33

sides. I mean I was a terrible

10:35

mess from seen a Black Stenius to

10:37

of course yeah I'm with so important.

10:39

Consequently before she made up for it

10:41

though she just she did myself for

10:43

it. Us true spot yeah I just

10:46

wasn't It was all he wants. it's

10:48

the was it knives you know the

10:50

one the scored Slade and not for

10:52

De Lima of I Will Free to

10:54

Lena Yeah see place for Basa sissies

10:56

gonna be in that game against Chelsea

10:58

in the Something's. League semi yes, see

11:00

the fall for it and said she

11:03

really is She really is and they

11:05

were like assets from Lauren. Have am

11:07

best made thought no sit with us.

11:09

The net it was staying at it

11:11

pushes in a bit of a tricky

11:14

position. Them we'd like said just to

11:16

go over again. How it works is

11:18

the top two will go through automatically.

11:20

They automatically qualify for the Arise and

11:22

then it's basically a playoff between the

11:25

other so I suggest who else can

11:27

get free some that I completely forgot.

11:29

That the we didn't have to deal with

11:31

this as a previous years because we with

11:33

a hosts yes and as he gave the

11:35

very good analogy will we were told he

11:37

well this is still the has to the

11:39

party enough to bring your own foods you

11:42

get sir and benefits from it. So.

11:44

It's definitely made the path. A

11:46

little bit trickier, yet I think

11:48

one person we should quickly mention.

11:50

also Alex Greenwood was outstanding in

11:52

defense. Oh my word. For.

11:54

My worth when you think we're

11:57

missing. Williams said yep. Bright light

11:59

sees apps Lately I've really been

12:01

that.the steady set of hands as

12:03

Michelle studies as say, rarely finds

12:06

only see bronze. Yes, yeah cause

12:08

yeah, absolutely grew up See fantastic.

12:10

Didn't you notice city notices? It's

12:13

the warm up. Shirts?

12:15

Yes. Yes,

12:17

I did the line as has warmed

12:19

up to the much wearing the special

12:21

kids with that name spell. In.

12:23

Forces sign language Bsl on the back.

12:25

some a said well yes and Sussex

12:27

Absolutely brilliant. The sign says a part

12:30

of a new campaign could it's in

12:32

your hands is a campaign that aims

12:34

to keep the Uk is. Just.

12:36

So many people use for a sign language in these

12:38

high. Oh. Ah, Sixty

12:41

thousand, eighty seven thousand.

12:43

Seats. Yeah, I saw that as well.

12:46

keeping the deaf community involved if it

12:48

will as my cousin Roy's to S

12:50

and he is obsessed with of when

12:52

there's a huge football community within the

12:54

desk community size. A Yeah, I just

12:56

loved see that I threw up See

12:58

Brilliant! And it's so important that. For.

13:01

Pulses accessible for every one. Side.

13:03

Jobs his throat to say i say it's

13:05

a perfect reminds us how it can be

13:07

seen as these little things can make it

13:10

a far more inclusive gained yes he was

13:12

this before about the de ya de deus

13:14

england same hundred yen how they try to

13:16

a real to go through day oh my

13:19

gosh we should. That. Be nice to

13:21

a game yeah yeah let's look in so

13:23

as not really like to go to see

13:25

alot how how it how it is to

13:27

to what's in in in will live yes.

13:33

Okay, shootings that wasn't setting up. When

13:35

you say way do you mean maybe

13:37

he says. Old English as I mean

13:39

England. okay good good today

13:41

dot not the both you know one day

13:43

but while sitting done one does yeah we'll

13:45

be all had said i think if you

13:47

to see my game yesterday you to be

13:49

nice or the amounts of time than to

13:52

okay let's move on said to suit up

13:54

seems from the group as you say automatically

13:56

qualify for the your eyes side we are

13:58

playing the republic of ireland Oh

14:00

God. No, I think it'd

14:02

be very easy to sort of write off the Republic

14:04

of Ireland and go, oh well you know, they're not

14:07

as experienced as the lionesses, but they have got some

14:10

really great players. They've got

14:12

some really, really great players, including Arsenal's

14:14

Katie McCabe, who I think

14:16

is the captain. Yeah. But I

14:18

mean, they played France, who are a brilliant

14:21

team, and they only lost 1-0. Held

14:24

them to a 1-0. Yeah, they held them to a 1-0.

14:26

And I think prior to that game, you might have said, oh, it'll be 4-0. It'll

14:29

be, you know, they are clearly,

14:33

you know, they're clearly coming with something to prove.

14:35

We couldn't believe that when we

14:37

looked at the scores after the England, because there was

14:39

not a, I don't think we were downbeat, but we

14:41

were like, I think after we first got, we were

14:43

like, brilliant, we've got it. And then when Sweden equalised,

14:45

we were like, ugh. And

14:47

then we went to check the score of

14:50

the Ireland France game, and

14:52

we were like, I think there was

14:54

one goal, and it was in like

14:56

the first 10 minutes. And then Ireland

14:58

held them there. I think it's going

15:00

to be a really interesting game. My

15:02

friend from football, Sally, is going to

15:04

that game in Dublin with her son,

15:07

Zach. Sally and Zach are going to send us

15:09

a match report. Oh, yes, please. Very,

15:11

very excited for that. Have

15:13

the best time, Sal, Zachie, and everybody else who's

15:15

heading to Dublin for the big game. It's going

15:17

to be a spicy one, I think. It's going

15:19

to be a spicy one. I think it's going

15:22

to be pretty physical, and I think we're going

15:24

to have to win it. I

15:31

do want to very quickly mention something

15:33

to the listeners, because there was also

15:35

another bit of squeaky bum time for

15:38

me on this little podcast

15:40

tour, Susie and I did. Liverpool

15:42

went great. Newcastle was fantastic.

15:45

That episode will be out

15:47

soon with the brilliant

15:49

Lindsay Johnson. Thank you so much to all

15:51

the listeners that came to that. Oh, Lindsay

15:53

was fantastic. Just phenomenal.

15:55

Just phenomenal. And then we

15:57

had an absolute... We were meant to get the... last

16:00

train back from Newcastle and

16:03

it got cancelled. So our lovely

16:05

tour manager, Sophie, drove us to

16:08

South and we were trying to see what train we

16:10

could pick up. It was like being in a Western,

16:12

we were trying to jump on a train at any

16:14

point that was heading South and we

16:17

ended up at the very, very glamorous station,

16:19

probably the most glamorous in the UK, which

16:21

is East Midlands Parkway, which had absolutely nothing

16:23

next to it except for those big scary

16:25

like power station things

16:28

next to the big cylinders. Like what Homer

16:30

works in, does he? Yeah, what

16:32

a reference. We got

16:34

on this train and it was

16:37

full of footy

16:39

fans who had got on at

16:41

Nottingham and I was

16:44

able to work out what they were doing.

16:46

They were getting down to London because Nottingham

16:48

Forest were playing the next morning, the next

16:50

day against Tottenham. So these lads,

16:52

they were all lads, had come onto the

16:55

train and were

16:57

already very... Bevd

16:59

up. ...lubricated. They'd already

17:02

waded their beaks, shall we say. And

17:06

our journey from East Midlands Parkway all

17:08

the way to London was with these

17:11

like 10 lads, all of

17:13

whom were absolutely yelling at the top

17:15

of their voices, these Nottingham Forest

17:19

chants. And they were right

17:22

next to us, it's worth pointing out, they were

17:24

so loud and I was

17:26

so tired. With all the beers, Susan

17:28

was very tired and the chants

17:30

were sort of, I mean they were

17:32

harmless in general, but if you were there with

17:35

your niece and nephew, you'd have asked them to

17:37

shut up. But because it was just us two

17:39

and we didn't want to look like ladies

17:42

from Bridgerton who couldn't be around swear words,

17:44

we didn't say anything. Oh my god,

17:47

they were, and I say this as a

17:49

lifelong footy fan, they were annoying. And I

17:51

was looking over at Sue's and I thought,

17:54

oh my god, my near year of

17:56

hard work of getting her into football

17:58

is being undone in the end. in

18:01

this one hour or two hours or whatever

18:03

it was on a train with these lads

18:06

just singing anything that rhymed with banker

18:08

basically. Yeah yeah there was a lot

18:10

of that. You did good Suze, you

18:12

did good. Listen I just smiled and

18:14

nodded. Smiled and nodded. She

18:16

was like the penguins in Madagascar, smile and

18:18

wave. Smile and wave, smile and wave.

18:23

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18:32

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