Game's Gone: The Steve Bracknall Podcast

As another season winds down, here's a selection of highlights from the Royal Oak dressing room.
Steve went for the Man United gig and gave us his final verdict on who's better - Arctic Monkeys or Oasis. He also encountered Premier League legend Thierry Henry, but fared less well with Noel Gallagher, after an ill-judged voicenote left him looking back in anger.
Elsewhere, Bob showed us why he's the rain man of pies, and the lads settled the debate on their dream dinner party guests.
We'll be back next season with more from the fifth tier of Sheffield's Sunday Imperial League.
Thanks to everyone who watched, listened, commented and stuck with us throughout the season - it means a lot. Together as one. Steve.
00:00 Intro
00:40 Steve’s Match of the Day routine
02:20 Should Steve manage Manchester United?
03:20 The Noel Gallagher Saga
09:00 Celebrity chairmen
11:04 Thierry Henry at Sports Personality of the Year
13:45 Arctic Monkeys vs Oasis
16:35 Dream dinner party guests
20:30 The lads' hobbies
24:20 Bob's pie challenge
32:00 Goodbye

It's been quite a season. Wynney's shock departure to the other side. A bruising, ill-tempered derby against the Nags Head that saw a painful defeat and left plenty of scores unsettled.
Steve, Paul and Bob have been there for all of it, in the dressing room and out of it, week after week. Here's all the best bits.
We'll be back next season with more from the fifth tier of Sheffield's Sunday Imperial League.
Thanks to everyone who watched, listened, commented and stuck with us throughout the season - it means a lot. Together as one. Steve.
00:00 Intro
00:41 The game has gone
05:30 Firestick Dean statement
06:16 Wynney’s betrayal
09:19 Steve’s letter to Sheffield Imperial League
13:09 Rob Staton’s exclusive interview with Wynney
15:52 Angry Ginge visits the Oak
16:42 Half-time team talk
18:31 Match highlights from Royal Oak vs Nags Head
23:26 Bracknall-ball
24:52 Desert island items
28:28 Goodbye

Steve's back in Sheffield - jetlagged, heartbroken over England's exit and locked out. Our Nikki's furious, Bob's sofa is the only offer on the table, and Steve's got some serious grovelling to do.
We've got the result of the Royal Oak sweepstake, Steve's delayed return to Sampson Electrics, and a full World Cup post-mortem - the final, Argentina's full-time antics, our verdict on the half-time show, England's third-place playoff and Thomas Tuchel's future, all given the Game's Gone treatment.
Erling Haaland, Jay-Z, Jude Bellingham, Justin Bieber, Rodri, Madonna and Harry Kane all get a mention in another jam-packed edition; we'll see you next season for more from the fifth tier of Sheffield's Imperial League.
Send your questions and voice notes to steve@bbc.co.uk or via whatsapp 0800 7831997.
Game’s Gone: The Steve Bracknall Podcast is written and performed by Chris McClure and is a Persephonica production for BBC Sounds.
Series Producer: Ad Ahmed
Video Editor: Janathan Portelli
Artwork: Joe Whittaker
Technical Producers: Jasper Fell-Clark
Assistant Producer: Harriet Webster
Photography: Rob Nicholson
Executive Producer: Dino Sofos
Commissioning Executive for the BBC: Stevie Middleton
Assistant Commissioner for the BBC: Steve Trenchard

The dream is over. Steve's American adventure comes to an end as England fall to Argentina in the semi-final, and the wait for a first World Cup since 1966 rolls on. Was it Tuchel's tactics that cost them, or did the players bottle it? Paul, Bob and Steve deliver the full post-mortem.
In the rest of the episode, we look at Infantino's rumoured 64 team expansion to the World Cup, Jurgen Klopp's imminent appointment as the new Germany manager and Roy Keane reigniting his war of words with Alf Inge Haaland.
Back at the Oak, Firestick Dean's business is down, Parksey is in hot water and rumours swirl that Steve's marriage to Nikki hasn't survived his time Stateside.
Lionel Messi, Jude Bellingham, Lamine Yamal and Harry Kane all feature in a bittersweet episode of Game's Gone.
Join us for our final World Cup episode next Thursday with a look at the World Cup final, race for the Golden Boot and review of the tournament...
Send your questions and voice notes to steve@bbc.co.uk or via whatsapp 0800 7831997.
Game’s Gone: The Steve Bracknall Podcast is written and performed by Chris McClure and is a Persephonica production for BBC Sounds.
Series Producer: Ad Ahmed
Video Editor: Janathan Portelli
Artwork: Joe Whittaker
Technical Producers: Jasper Fell-Clark and Oliver Geraghty
Assistant Producer: Harriet Webster
Photography: Rob Nicholson
Executive Producer: Dino Sofos
Commissioning Executive for the BBC: Stevie Middleton
Assistant Commissioner for the BBC: Steve Trenchard

Steve Bracknall joins us live from Miami - straight off the back of England's 2-1 win over Norway - for a special Games Gone livestream with Paul and Bob.
Steve sets the scene after a sweltering Miami night as England edged through a nervy encounter to set up an epic semi final clash with Argentina.
We get into Jude Bellingham's extraordinary tournament - four player of the match awards and six goals - and ask what on earth the Norwegian manager was thinking taking Erling Haaland off.
We also chat controversies: the disallowed Norway goal, whether England's opener actually hit the spidercam, the disallowed Djed Spence penalty, and Gabriel Clarke's post-match interviews with Tuchel and Jude.
Elsewhere: the Golden Boot race is genuinely one for the ages - Bellingham, Harry Kane, Kylian Mbappe and Lionel Messi are all in the hunt. We run the rules on the Royal sweepstake - Terry has France, MOT Mick has Argentina, Sampson has Spain, Steve has England....
Plus Chaos at the Oak, where Terry and June's new table booking system has locked out the regulars.
We’re releasing special World Cup-themed episodes every Thursday across the tournament.
Send your questions and voice notes to steve@bbc.co.uk or via whatsapp 0800 7831997
Game’s Gone: The Steve Bracknall Podcast is written and performed by Chris McClure and is a Persephonica production for BBC Sounds
Credits
Series Producer: Ad Ahmed
Technical Producer: Jasper Fell-Clark
Assistant Producer: Harriet Webster
Photography: Rob Nicholson
Executive Producer: Dino Sofos
Commissioning Executive for the BBC: Stevie Middleton
Assistant Commissioner for the BBC: Steve Trenchard