Please Don't Take Me Home

Comedian Annie McGrath joins Piers and Jim to talk about supporting Arsenal, playing up front for Clapton CFC and appearing in Ted Lasso.

Annie remembers Arsenal winning the league while she was backstage at a gig, watching England win the Euros at Wembley with her mum and getting a football tattoo alongside Jill Scott. She also reveals her phobia of half-time oranges and the former coach who compared her to Alexis Sánchez.

Plus, which England manager would make the best James Bond, the footballers Annie would choose as her maid-of-honour and best man.
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Hosted by Piers Hewitt and Jim Daly
Music by Chris 'Woody' Wood
Produced by Will Nichols

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Comedian, actor and musician Doc Brown joins Piers and Jim to talk about his lifelong love of Crystal Palace.

Doc remembers Wayne Routledge denying him a goalscoring moment in a charity match, meeting Ian Wright at the end of his street and seeing John Barnes at his first ever football game. He also explains how Three Lions influenced the song he wrote for Palace’s FA Cup final and nominates Stoke as one of football’s most miserable away days.

Plus, the perfect time to score a goal, “Gherkin’s in a pickle” and an important update on the "Akabusi effect."

Please Don’t Take Me Home is a football podcast about the day, not the game.
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Hosted by Piers Hewitt and Jim Daly
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Singer-songwriter and lifelong West Ham supporter Chesney Hawkes joins Piers and Jim to celebrate the joy, pain and beautiful nonsense of following the Hammers.

Chesney remembers losing 4-0 at Spurs on his first away day, following West Ham home and away throughout the 1980s and performing for 50,000 supporters before the Conference League final in Prague. He also reveals why Matt Le Tissier keeps turning up at his gigs, attempts to build a touring band from former footballers and introduces us to the fearsome West Ham hard man known as The Mallet.

Plus, naming a dog after Julian Dicks, forcing your children to support the correct club and the mysterious disappearance of babies called Phil, Nigel and Keith.
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Hosted by Piers Hewitt and Jim Daly
Music by Chris 'Woody' Wood
Produced by Will Nichols

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Former Away Days co-host and Bastille drummer Woody returns to find out what Piers and Jim have done to the place.

They look back at England’s World Cup campaign, before Piers makes the horrifying discovery that neither Jim nor Woody watched the Mexico game live. There is also an examination of a vintage Billericay shirt, some shameless Wembley bragging and an important debate about the greatest bald footballer of all time.

Plus, the remarkable 34-year playing career of Barry Hayles, the footballers they first spotted in public, Dave Benson Phillips at Chessington’s reptile house and Cliff Richard struggling with a cashpoint in Portugal.
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Hosted by Piers Hewitt and Jim Daly
Music by Chris 'Woody' Wood
Produced by Will Nichols

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Comedian and Arsenal fan Alfie Dundas joins Piers and Jim to answer the important questions: how much prison time would he serve to attend the 1966 World Cup final, which footballer would make the best man at his wedding, and how did anyone celebrate before the invention of the high-five?

Alfie assembles the ultimate footballer stag do, explains why being Jobe Bellingham would be dreadful, reviews the podcast’s questionable commitment to discussing football and reflects on the best and worst matches he has witnessed at the Emirates.
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Hosted by Piers Hewitt and Jim Daly
Music by Chris 'Woody' Wood
Produced by Will Nichols

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