Who Watches The World Cup?

55 years of hurt and counting! A heartbreaking end to an amazing tournament leaves Dave and Dom with lots to talk about. Is this a country that even deserves football to come home? As the joke goes that if it did, Priti Patel would have it deported, and that pretty much sums up the episode. The boys debate Gareth Southgate's competency, the players of the tournament and where England goes from here, both football-wise and spiritually. Italy are the well-deserved Champions of Europe, thank you for joining us during this incredible tournament!

COVID STRIKES AGAIN! So Dom does a quick solo-episode about the Semi-Finals! Italy v Spain, England v Denmark! How did the games go and how does it set-up the EURO 2020 Final at Wembley Stadium?! Kasper Schmeichel, Leonardo Spinazzola, Raheem Sterling, Gareth Southgate, and Boris Johnson... it can only be Who Watches The World Cup!

Goodbye to the Heroes! The tournament didn't throw up many surprises in the quarter finals but it did deliver some bloody good football! From the epic penalty shootout between Switzerland & Spain, to the England squad finding that extra gear against Ukraine, EURO 2020 delivered again and so it's only right that the boys go through it all and also evaluate a controversial policy enacted by the Ukrainian Defence Minister requiring female cadets to parade in high-heels! Bread & butter, peanut butter & jelly, football & politics... what could be better? Switzerland v Spain Belgium v Italy Czech Republic v Denmark Ukraine v England

England v Germany.... well that can only mean... THREE LIONS ON THE SHIRT! TWO WORLD WARS! ONE WORLD CUP! EURO 2020's round of 16 contained some absolutely incredible football and even more incredible results! Europe's superstars were on display and JEEZ LOUISE A LOT OF THEM HAVE LEFT EARLY! What's COMING HOME? It might not be football, but it sure is Cristiano Ronaldo, Kylian Mbappe, Paul Pogba, N'Golo Kante, Gareth Bale, Manuel Neuer and Mats Hummels... ...Oh, and former Health Secretary Matt Hancock. He got caught cheating on his wife and now the UK has to replace its health secretary in the middle of a pandemic, not because 128,000 people died, but because he technically broke social distancing rules by kissing somebody else's wife... unbelievable Jeff... Wales v Denmark Italy v Austria Netherlands v Czech Republic Portugal v Belgium Croatia v Spain France v Switzerland England v Germany Sweden v Ukraine

The group stages have finished and that means it is time to say goodbye! Some nations performed admirably (North Macedonia), some disappointed (Turkey & Poland), some did exactly as well as we had expected them to do (Russia) so it is time for the boys to lay it all out! ... And then for some reason Dom talks about Captain Scarlet for 5 minutes at the end

France, Germany, Hungary, Portugal. The world's a mess, and it's the Group of F. Orban's a dick, we might agree with a lot of the mayor of Munich's politics but he's a prick too, let's hope the football is good. Why have we run out of motivation? It's weird, because we've been loving the EUROs so much. Maybe it is the England results always being so disappointing, but I think some of sports purity has been lost (if it was even there to begin with) and it is disheartening to watch people deliberately manipulate it. Have a listen, or don't. We're tired.

Spain, Sweden, Poland, Slovakia, what unites them all? The increasing influence of Right-Wing politics and being in Group E at this year's EURO tournament! Well, Dom isn't sure about Slovakia because he ran out of time to research it, but Dave knows... his... stuff! Why are Spain so 'toothless' this year? Why are the press kissing Robert Lewandowski's butt? And what are their predictions for how the group will turn out? There's only one place to find the answers!

Marko Arnautovic posted "I AM NOT A RACIST" online after his outburst against the ethnic Albanian players on the North Macedonian team landed him a one-game ban. Only a one-game ban for racism? UEFA has threatened more action against Cristiano Ronaldo for moving a bottle of Coke! This tournament has provided great football and controversy in equal measure, and here the boys go into why UEFA is hypocritical on issues of race, sponsorship, and corruption. It gets heated!

Group D: Croatia, Czech Republic, England, Scotland. Is it coming home? Probably not, but the boys can hope! England got a good result against Croatia and Dave explains why Gareth Southgate's unorthodox tactical choices paid off. Dom, unsurprisingly, has curt words for British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, and discusses why Nicola Sturgeon is so important for the Scottish Independence movement.

North Macedonia... Austria, the Netherlands, Ukraine and... oh, did I mention the mighty North Macedonia? Dave and Dom have been watching as much of the EUROs as possible, so much in fact that they're even watching North Macedonia v Austria while recording this episode! Dave praises the Ukrainian squad and their amazing qualifying run and how the Dutch are hard to predict despite the quality of their team. Dom, it turns out, doesn't like some of those Austrian players, and discusses why Ukraine's kit became so controversial. They also start a new segment: 'sponsors that can fuck off' and debate why UEFA specifically chooses sponsors determined to discard human rights.

Recorded before the Denmark v Finland game, the boys go in-depth on Group B: Belgium, Denmark, Finland, and Russia. Dave explains the battle of the strikers in a group boasting Romelu Lukaku, Artem Dzyuba, and Teemu Pukki. Dom continues to crush over his far more handsome look-alike, Kasper Schmeichel, discusses the Russian opposition leader, Alexei Navalny, and why China's President Xi Jinping doesn't like Winnie The Pooh.

It's finally here! EURO 2020 is about to kick off... and only one year late! The boys dive into an exploration of the politics and footballing prowess of Group A: Italy, Turkey, Switzerland, and Wales. What does the rise of the Brothers of Italy mean for the games being played in Rome? And just how has a gangster-turned-YouTuber turned Turkish politics on its head? This is the only podcast where you'll find out!

THE EUROS START TOMORROW! WHOOP!

 Enjoy as they rudely eat pizza, round up the tournament and fall in love with the President of Croatia, if not her politics. 

EURO 2020/21 is just a week away, the England squad has been announced, and the Who Watches the World Cup boys are back to talk, football, politics, and why North Macedonia has the best flag. There's football and politics aplenty on the way, so sit back and get ready for a whole month of wishing you were at the pub!

With this amazing World Cup coming to an end, the podcast asks important questions like "How similar are Harry Kane and Teresa May? And who is doing a worse job of representing England?" 

 The 2018 World Cup Quarter Finals: Uruguay v FranceBrazil v BelgiumRussia v Croatia Sweden v EnglandWhat an incredible tournament this has been!

 Did England actually deserve to scrape through against Columbia? And just how did the largest and most violent elections in Mexico's history impact their chances against Brazil? 

The countries that dropped out: Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Iran, Morocco, Peru, Australia, Nigeria, Iceland, Serbia, Costa Rica, South Korea, Germany, Tunisia, Panama, Senegal, Poland.

Group G: Belgium, England, Panama, TunisiaGroup H: Columbia, Japan, Poland, Senegal

Just where do the Serbian/Albanian tensions come from? And how has it impacted the football community? These are the questions Who Watches The World Cup was made to answer!

Who Watches The World Cup is here for another episode, this time looking into Groups E and F.Group E: Brazil, Switzerland, Serbia, Costa RicaGroup F: Sweden, Mexico, South Korea, Germany

 Why are the teams, touted as favourites to win Russia 2018, under-performing when it counts? What does it have to do with Cristiano Ronaldo's suspended prison sentence? How does Icelandic Prime Minister, Katrín Jakobsdóttir, factor in to her team's success? And why are Melbourne's 'St Kilda FC' Dom's favourite AFL club? Group C: Australia, Denmark, France, PeruGroup D: Argentina, Croatia, Iceland, Nigeria

Iran, Morocco, Portugal, Spain a geographically tense group that may seem to favour the winners of the 2010 tournament, if only the Spanish FA hadn't sacked their manager, Julen Lopetegui, two days ahead of their opening match... Anything could happen! Group B: Iran, Morocco, Portugal, Spain

 Russia vs Saudi Arabia, a conflict that will determine the state of Middle Eastern politics for decades to come... and also their placement in Group A of the 2018 Russia World Cup! In Episode 1 of 'Who Watches The World Cup?' football hooligan David Bryan and general idiot Dominic Archer compare the sporting chops and political machinations of the teams that will open football's greatest tournament. Group A: Egypt, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Uruguay

In the first episode since the 2018 World Cup, the podcast is back to talk about the most dramatic 48 hours in European football for many years, the establishment and dissolution of the 'exclusive' European Super League.Dom is joined by Awful Commentary founder and Manchester United fan, Steve, to discuss football fan's extreme reaction to the announcement of the ESL, the history of this concept and which group of sports billionaires is the more corrupt: the owners or FIFA itself?