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Jul 2022
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FRP Showcase: Back from the Brink - Epis...

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Today’s Football Ramble Presents showcase is one close to our hearts.


Last year, the European Super League crashed into our lives. On the first anniversary of that fateful announcement, Andy Brassell and a host of journalists, fans and familiar Ramble voices tell the story of what happened, how supporters fought back, and wonder what the future holds.


In the first of three episodes, we traced the long road to April 2021. 


From the origins of the Super League in the 80s, to the scarcely believable backroom manoeuvrings inside UEFA last year, we spoke to the journalists who first broke the story to understand the motivations and miscalculations that finally made Europe’s biggest clubs cash in their most valuable bargaining chip. 


Want to hear more? Episodes 2 and 3 are available on Football Ramble Presents.


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