Football Is Nice with Russell Brand

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Publisher |: Russell Brand

Media Type |: audio

Podknife tags |: Comedy,; Interview,; Professional Sports,; Soccer,; Sports & Recreation

Categories Via RSS |: Comedy,; Soccer,; Sports

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Russell Brand talks about football and football culture from a deep, humorous and philosophical perspective and concludes that it is nice.
Joined weekly by Gareth Roy and Jenny May Finn (with calls to other guests - in episode 1 Russell calls West Ham captain Mark Noble - who doesn't pick up) the beautiful game is used as thoroughfare and a platform for gentle insight and senseless musing.

Russell Brand talks about football and football culture from a deep, humorous and philosophical perspective and concludes that it is nice.
Joined weekly by Gareth Roy and Jenny May Finn (with calls to other guests - in episode 1 Russell calls West Ham captain Mark Noble - (who doesn't pick up) the beautiful game is used as thorough fare and platform for gentle insight and senseless musing.

People |: Russell Brand (@rustyrockets),; Jenny May Finn (@jennymayfinn),; Gareth Roy (@garethtrews)
Country Of Origin |: United Kingdom
Produced In |: London, England
Premiere Date |: 2021-08-05
Related Hashtags |: #FootballIsNice
Frequency |: Weekly
Explicit |: No

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0 Available Episodes (29 Total) / Average duration: 01:13:29

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0 Available Episodes (29 Total)Average duration: 01:13:29

Mar 30, 2022

00:54:21

Welcome to Football is Nice with me, Russell Brand, and my co-host Gareth Roy!

This week:

Oligarchs and ownership

Declan Rice, Mark Noble and Yarmolenko

Love for the classic British TV show Goodnight Sweetheart

That Rooney tweet!

Gareth is back after having Covid... and it's JMF final show!

If you'd like to send a compliment to Gareth please tweet @jennymayfinn on Twitter!

Let us know what you think of it on Twitter using #FootballisNice and if you are listening on iTunes please leave us a review!

Twitter: @russellbrand, @garethtrews, @jennymayfinn

Instagram: @russellbrand, @jennymayfinn

Produced by Jenny May Finn

Mar 04, 2022

00:00:52

There's no Football is Nice episode this week but don't worry we'll be back next week with inane, divine, sublime and stupid conversations about football and how nice it is.

Let me know what guests you'd like to see on the podcast! Stay free!

Feb 24, 2022

01:02:02

Welcome to Football is Nice with me, Russell Brand, and my co-host Gareth Roy!

This week:

Russell dreaming of Gary Neville
Russell's Trip To Manchester
Being pursued by men in a van!
Klopp's ability to diffuse any situation or crisis.
Some sad Hull facts.
Is Mo Salah making the world a better place?
Russell's experience with Chris Evans!
How great Declan Rice is.
Is Kane OK?

If you'd like to send a compliment to Gareth please tweet @jennymayfinn on Twitter!

Let us know what you think of it on Twitter using #FootballisNice and if you are listening on iTunes please leave us a review!

Twitter: @russellbrand, @garethtrews, @jennymayfinn

Instagram: @russellbrand, @jennymayfinn

Produced by Jenny May Finn

Feb 17, 2022

00:59:40

Welcome to Football is Nice with me, Russell Brand, and my co-host Gareth Roy!

This week:

JMF is missing.
The universe punishes Russell
Gareth's gallant effort to make this podcast about football
What if Russell's daughters dated a footballer?
What the hell are Man Utd doing?
The time Russell has to get naked in front of The Rock
Gareth & Russell's points don't count in this week's league table of predictions, but does it make any difference to the leader board?!

If you'd like to send a compliment to Gareth please tweet @jennymayfinn on Twitter!

Let us know what you think of it on Twitter using #FootballisNice and if you are listening on iTunes please leave us a review!

Twitter: @russellbrand, @garethtrews, @jennymayfinn

Instagram: @russellbrand, @jennymayfinn

Produced by Jenny May Finn

Feb 09, 2022

00:50:38

Welcome to Football is Nice with me, Russell Brand, and my co-host Gareth Roy!

This week is an express episode based on:

The FA Cup Matches
Some incredible atmospheric games
Does it matter what Dele Alli wears?
Why do we all want Lampard to do well?
What happened to Russell's voice in the film Arthur?
What strange pacts have you made if your favourite team wins?
We find out what happened to Russell's chickens!
Are Barcelona in decline?
Russell VS Gareth VS Jenny May - The TwitterMob create tension.
Russell's new film Death on the Nile is out soon - Gareth questions where his hair went?

If you'd like to send a compliment to Gareth please tweet @jennymayfinn on Twitter!

Let us know what you think of it on Twitter using #FootballisNice and if you are listening on iTunes please leave us a review!

Twitter: @russellbrand, @garethtrews, @jennymayfinn

Instagram: @russellbrand, @jennymayfinn

Produced by Jenny May Finn

Feb 02, 2022

00:40:16

Welcome to Football is Nice with me, Russell Brand, and my co-host Gareth Roy!

This week is an express episode based on:

Last week's transfer week
The first time Gareth met a famous footballer and made it weird
Our vintage football shirts provided by a fan of the show
Devastation over Matt Target leaving his cop double
All of the Foo Fighters or NONE AT ALL.
Russell's cat football squad
Russell's new way of predicting who wins games revealed.

If you'd like to send a compliment to Gareth please tweet @jennymayfinn on Twitter!

Let us know what you think of it on Twitter using #FootballisNice and if you are listening on iTunes please leave us a review!

Twitter: @russellbrand, @garethtrews, @jennymayfinn

Instagram: @russellbrand, @jennymayfinn

Produced by Jenny May Finn

Jan 26, 2022

01:04:39

Welcome to Football is Nice with me, Russell Brand, and my co-host Gareth Roy!

This week features:

Russell's time on TalkSport
Gareth's drunken childhood
Danny Murphy
M&M's unusual identity change
Your weird reasons games have been delayed
Christiano Ronaldo's Neck
The plan to meet the Turkish Simon Cowell
Jenny May's Big Black Apple
VAR is in trouble again
Bielsa's deep existential pain
Pep's inability to discuss the title

If you'd like to send a compliment to Gareth please tweet @jennymayfinn on Twitter!

Let us know what you think of it on Twitter using #FootballisNice and if you are listening on iTunes please leave us a review!

Twitter: @russellbrand, @garethtrews, @jennymayfinn

Instagram: @russellbrand, @jennymayfinn

Produced by Jenny May Finn

Jan 19, 2022

01:05:40

Welcome to Football is Nice with me, Russell Brand, and my co-host Gareth Roy!

This week we whittled on about:

Our producer Jenny May Finn leaning in for you.
The time Russell & Gareth deceived Christina Aguilara
Did Russell endorse Charlton's pies?
The League Table Upset continues
Coutinho is shy!!
Russell's mates' football insights
Waterloo stations's Bird of Prey
Russell's Hollywood Career on Horses
Will Rooney become a manager?
Is Graham Potter's name too stupid?
Managerial Fashion Watch Continues
A Shetland Pony & A Carp

If you'd like to send a compliment to Gareth please tweet @jennymayfinn on Twitter!

Let us know what you think of it on Twitter using #FootballisNice and if you are listening on iTunes please leave us a review!

Twitter: @russellbrand, @garethtrews, @jennymayfinn

Instagram: @russellbrand, @jennymayfinn

Produced by Jenny May Finn

Jan 13, 2022

01:15:42

Welcome to Football is Nice with me, Russell Brand, and my co-host Gareth Roy!

We are back after our Winter Break and we had a lot to say:

We read out some of your brutal football upsets
Russell's experience on Micail Antonio's podcast
Emoji Etiquette
Russell's dog's incident in Windsor
Gareth's TK Maxx Debacle
Man Utd - what's going on?
Is a real life Foo Fighter coming on the podcast?
What about pitch invasions?
Bielsa's translation enhancer
And there's a huge upset in our Predictions League Table

If you'd like to send a compliment to Gareth please tweet @jennymayfinn on Twitter!

Let us know what you think of it on Twitter using #FootballisNice and if you are listening on iTunes please leave us a review!

Twitter: @russellbrand, @garethtrews, @jennymayfinn

Instagram: @russellbrand, @jennymayfinn

Produced by Jenny May Finn

Dec 09, 2021

01:07:03

Welcome to Football is Nice with me, Russell Brand, and my co-host Gareth Roy!

This almost seasonal but not quite episode thrived on:

Russell's reaction to West Ham's win against Chelsea
What a start Bowen is!
The Middle of Lidl
Man City's ability to always produce great players
Your funny stories about mistakes and Gareth's reluctance to accept them
The Behind Hug
Moyes' Gilet
Klopp's Snood
How beautiful Virgil van Dijk would look naked
Eddie Howe licking his lips too much
An update on our Foo Fighter Austin McPhee's success

If you'd like to send a compliment to Gareth please tweet @jennymayfinn on Twitter!

Let us know what you think of it on Twitter using #FootballisNice and if you are listening on iTunes please leave us a review!

Twitter: @russellbrand, @garethtrews, @jennymayfinn

Instagram: @russellbrand, @jennymayfinn

Produced by Jenny May Finn

Mar 30 | 00:54:21

Goodnight Sweetheart

Mar 04 | 00:00:52

Football is Nice Announcement

Feb 24 | 01:02:02

Ep #25: Day Dreaming About Gary Neville!

Feb 17 | 00:59:40

Ep #24: The Universe Hates Football

Feb 09 | 00:50:38

Ep #23: Electric Football, But Why Does He Use That Voice?

Feb 02 | 00:40:16

Ep 22: The Mega Express Transfer Week Episode!!

Jan 26 | 01:04:39

Ep #21: Russell Sabotages TalkSport Experience & A Drunken Childhood

Jan 19 | 01:05:40

Episode #20: The Dr. Doolittle of Punditry

Jan 13 | 01:15:42

Episode #19: A Series Of Unfortunate Events

Dec 09 | 01:07:03

Episode #18: Football Is Christ

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