First Port Stanley, Now This?? (with The Upshot!) | The History of The World Cup (Part 3/4)
6/15/20261 hr 2 min
Welcome to the weird world of drug testing. The World Cup (Part Three) The show for people who like history but don't care what actually happened. For weekly bonus episodes, ad-free listening and early access to series, become a Truther and sign up to the Patreon patreon.com/fintaylor This episode of Fin vs History is brought to you by Surfshark. Secure your privacy with Surfshark! Enter coupon code FVH for an extra 4 months at https://surfshark.com/fvh Chapters: 00:00 - Time Wasting 04:30 - Keep Your Head Above The Shit 08:33 - The Merchant Of Death 13:21 - Can A Man Not Change? 15:59 - Male Mental Health 21:21 - Pope’s Bathroom 25:50 - Port Stanley 32:36 - Wind It Down 37:18 - Farcing Hell Mate 42:19 - Bad Egg 46:17 - Red Rag To A Bull 53:02 - And It’s Live Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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First 90 secondsFin Taylor· Host0:00
[upbeat music] Welcome back to Fin vs. History. It's part three of the World Cup story. We're still joined by the Upshot boys.
Horatio Gould· Host0:17
Hello.
Charlie· Panelist0:18
Hello.
Fin Taylor· Host0:18
And we're-- This episode we're going to the den of iniquity- Mm ... that is South America- [laughs] ... in the '70s.
Horatio Gould· Host0:25
Yeah.
Fin Taylor· Host0:26
It's the sewer.
Horatio Gould· Host0:26
Yeah. You keep leaving big challenges in South America this series. You're really putting some crunching tackles in.
Fin Taylor· Host0:31
Well, we're gonna see why- [laughs] ... aren't we? We're gonna see why. Something we missed out on the last episode was, which I th- I thought happened in a later World Cup, but we should just mention it.
Horatio Gould· Host0:39
That the Argentinians are animals.
Fin Taylor· Host0:39
The Argentinians are animals. [laughs] [laughs] Uh, and the Brazilian, the Brazilians keep trying to fox them.
Horatio Gould· Host0:44
Oh.
Fin Taylor· Host0:44
And we're like, "No, no, no. Y- you guys, you want goats." Anyway, uh, the, in 1974 in the West German World Cup, uh, we need to talk about Zaire 'cause this is one of the funniest- Mm ... moments. I only realized [laughs] yesterday that it's not actually what I, uh... as funny as I thought it was. So- Right ... you were at, you were at this moment.
Horatio Gould· Host1:01
No.
Fin Taylor· Host1:02
So- I think this is- ... Brazil are taking it. So Zaire qualify, and they're being, uh, led by a, there's a dictator in Zaire, formerly the Congo, called Mobutu.
Horatio Gould· Host1:10
Oh, yeah.
Fin Taylor· Host1:11
Uh, have you guys done this on your, on your podcast?
Horatio Gould· Host1:13
Yeah, we've done Mobutu and, yeah.
Charlie· Panelist1:14
Yeah.
Fin Taylor· Host1:14
So who's Mobutu?
Horatio Gould· Host1:15
Big dictator. He organized the Rumble in the Jungle as well.
Fin Taylor· Host1:18
Yeah. Uh- He's sort of doing the sports washing thing. Yeah.
Horatio Gould· Host1:20
For Z- for- But he's, uh- ... Congo.
Charlie· Panelist1:21
Is the- Yeah ... is there an old story of supposedly this, this NBA player who he became mates with and went over there, and then this NBA player- Rodman? ... disappeared.