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Dec 2024
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FESTIVE FOOTBALL STORIES, The 1963 BOXIN...

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On this week’s episode of the Joy of Football Podcast we’re taking a trip down memory lane to hear all of Neil and Martin's Festive Football Period stories. From Martin’s first commentary, to chasing a Television Lorry after a game. 

It’s a CRACKER of an episode. 

Join Neil Barnett (former Chelsea touch-liner announce and football journalist) alongside the voice of the Premier League Martin Tyler in celebrating the greatest addiction in the World!

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00:00 Intri
03:33 Martin Tyler’s First Football Match
07:23 Sir Matt Busby Story
13:34 The GREATEST Game Never Seen
17:14 The Big Freeze 
19:55 Martin Tyler Reads the Boxing Day 1963 Results
29:41 Martin Tyler’s Football Debut
34:27 CB in Goal at Christmas 
38:44 Martin Tyler’s First Commentary
45:25 Chasing a TV Lorry on Christmas Eve
48:28 Inside Liverpool Changing Room
51:28 No Christmas Training for “ The Crazy Gang”
58:13 No British Players for the First Time
01:01:36 Martin Tyler the Spy
01:06:27 “Yule’s Tide Turns”
01:12:40 Neil’s Christmas Dinner (Farm Shop)

Music by Arron Clague - https://www.instagram.com/arronclague?igsh=aHg1bjQ3OHpmaXIz

Intro Sequence by Wellong Sadewo (wells.illustration): https://www.instagram.com/wells.illustration/

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