We were delighted to welcome back to the pod former Albion player Gordon Smith to recount stories from his time fondly spent at the club in the 1980s and of course to talk about that fateful cup run to Wembley in ‘83, on the occasion of a Wembley rematch against that year’s opponents Man U in this weekend’s Semi Final clash.

We then spoke to Sanjay Bhandari, chair of Kick It Out and an avid Red Devils fan, to tell us what’s been happening with his work since last we spoke and to give us his opinions of the huge match this Sunday.

In the pod squad this week to chat to our guests and on other matters besides were Russ, Pete, Alan and Andy Bravery.

Stand or fall!   UTA! Welcome to the Top 50, Roberto!!!

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Russ on the prowl in West London with match day pals Andy K, Dunc L, Wedge, Courtney, Chaz and David T.

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Stand or fall!   UTA! Up yours, Boehl Bag!!!

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Just the TWO wrongly disallowed goals, THREE stonewall penalties waved away and shameful escaping of a blatant red for Perisic’s out of control two-footed lunge (plus Hojbjerg committing multiple yellow card offences and getting away with them), but it’s all good because we had ANOTHER lovely apology for ONE of the 6 glaring and game-changing mistakes! 😡😡😡

In the Rant Squad for this calm and tranquil episode are Russ, Pete, Andy Bass and Alan D.

Stand or fall!   UTA! Attwell & Salisbury - football’s shamemongers

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Yes it’s the Brentford match review with opinions from The Amex and our Monday review.

Russ, Pete and Alan try to contain their sniggers after Graham Potter’s shock (😉) dismissal on Sunday, following a home defeat that put Boehl Bag’s buffoons into the bottom half of the table and a delightful 12 points from CL / 5 from the flourishing Seagulls, despite the latter thrice trailing the clinical finishers that were Brentford.

There’s plenty of chat on both matters!

Stand or fall!   UTA!

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As one of the biggest games of the season looms large on the horizon over Falmer, Russ welcomed Bees-supporting stalwart Dave “Laney” Lane from the Beesotted fanzine and podcast onto the pod for the first time to preview what promises to be a huge encounter on the Sussex coast with European places up for grabs.

We discuss the season as a whole, Ivan Toney’s England debut, Albion players scoring for their countries and the impressive looking Albion accounts that have just been published.

Stand or fall!   UTA! You Bees! You Seagulls!

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And so to the FA Cup quarter-final and a meeting with copious numbers of Harry The Haddocks, as Albion welcomed Grimsby Town to the AMEX stadium for the big match.

In this episode, Peter and Russell are joined by regular guest contributor Andy Bass (seems an appropriate surname for this episode, we have to say!) and making his debut, Mr Alistair Rapley esquire, as we reflected on our 5-0 win and the great atmosphere at Chez Seagull!

There was also interaction between Seagulls and Haddocks, as we were treated to various songs on the train courtesy of The Mariners supporters and plenty of praise from our new chums down the pub afterwards, including Mick The Mariner, as heard in our matchday segments from the day.

A good day was had by all and Grimsby fans, we salute you.

Stand or fall!   UTA! Haddock & chips!

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Further reflections on the good guys’ win over Crippled Phallus, general footy round-up and our big FA Cup preview featuring tournament expert Phil Annets. Russ and Pete in their regular Zoom seats for the duration.

Stand or fall!   UTA! Leave the chips, Seagulls. Aim for them there Haddocks!!!

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The jinx is over! The dreary also rans that are Crippled Phallus finally get done by their natural superiors after a serious of previous injustices on the pitch in recent seasons. Albion prevailed and after a pre match chat to preview the game and cover the various other general talking points of the week, Russ and co were there to enjoy the taste of victory and to then give their post match thoughts on the good ole BRP.

Special mention to Tony Boden who was over from Berlin and making his pod debut 🇩🇪

Stand or fall!   UTA!

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Does what it says on the tin. We further reflect on the West Ham game, look at the various bits of football news over the past week, including the utterly disgraceful decision by the BBC to censor free speech and preview the Leeds game.

In short, we were brilliant, the BBC are the nation’s shame and UTA at Leeds!

Stand or fall!   UTA! Standing with Gary Lineker 100%

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Peter and Russ down the pub post-SoL Paul Barber meeting, then our latest MDS featuring an array of shady characters including the presenters of not just one but TWO other podcasts! Roaring Together….sort of!

Stand or fall!   UTA! Can’t touch this (team)! Hammer time!

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