Mailbag: What’s the perfect ending to a football match?
4/28/202635 min
After York City’s scarcely believable title win at the weekend, Marcus and Luke nail down the specific ingredients for the ultimate ending to a football match - and relive some all-time classics. Pompey deep cuts very much incoming.
Plus: the crystal clear definition of ‘world class’, unsung heroes from smaller teams around English football and is it ever possible to properly change which team you support? A listener is sick of this mob running his beloved Chelsea, so we’re here to help.
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