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Russell Brand is joined by his co-host Gareth Roy to talk about football and football culture from a deep, humorous and philosophical perspective... concluding that it is nice.
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Thursday Nov 04, 2021
Thursday Nov 04, 2021
Welcome to Football is Nice with me, Russell Brand, and my co-host Gareth Roy!
This high energy episode was fuelled by:
- Carlton Cole's Life Lessons
- Your experiences meeting famous people at football games
- Russell's dream about David Moyes
- JMF's eyes
- Harry Kane not really into football anymore
- THERE'S A BIRD IN THE HOUSE! THERE'S A BIRD IN THE HOUSE!
- Pundits Are People Too!
- Footballers wearing bras saga...continued and concluded?
- Should the offside rule be changed?
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
Thursday Oct 28, 2021
Thursday Oct 28, 2021
Welcome to Football is Nice with me, Russell Brand, and my co-host Gareth Roy!
This football-based aural joy involves:
- Ole Gunnar Solskjær's fate
- Liverpool VS Man Utd Rivalry
- Is football run by impulsive people?
- Is Antonio Conte from Labrinth?
- Mo Salah's transcendent footballing skills
- Your humiliating football moments
- Frank McAvennie appears
- The Matrix Celebration
- When does David Moyes decide to change into his suit?!
- Gareth's observations.
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
Thursday Oct 21, 2021
Thursday Oct 21, 2021
Welcome to Football is Nice with me, Russell Brand, and my co-host Gareth Roy!
This football-based aural joy involves:
- Gareth's need to multiple words for love
- Former footballer John Barnes joins us in an incredible conversation
- Jenny May's favourite player revealed
- Bobby Firmino's Teeth
- The Manager that is a bottler
- Great goals! GREAT GOALS.
- Russell's experience at the opera
- American Football VS English Football
- Football Manager Fashion Review Continued
- The Football Is Nice 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
Thursday Oct 14, 2021
Thursday Oct 14, 2021
Welcome to Football is Nice with me, Russell Brand, and my co-host Gareth Roy!
This football-based audio production involves:
- Reflecting on International week
- The Newcastle Takeover
- Gareth's boring Scotland analysis
- Russell's Hollywood Star Wig Experience
- Pirates
- Your most memorable non-football football moments!
- More breakfasts...
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
Thursday Oct 07, 2021
Thursday Oct 07, 2021
Welcome to Football is Nice with me, Russell Brand, and my co-host Gareth Roy!
This football-based audio production involves:
- Russell's experience in a cryogenic chamber
- Dean Ashton (former West Ham, Noriwch & England player)
- Giving managers yellow cards
- Too many Aston Villa players names sound like Cop Double Acts
- Your compliments for Gareth
- Brentford Manager has too many gimmicks
- Your favourite most unusual football takedowns & criticisms
- Graham Potter's beard
- Some thoughts on the latest games...
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
Thursday Sep 30, 2021
Thursday Sep 30, 2021
Welcome to Football is Nice with me, Russell Brand, and my co-host Gareth Roy!
A few of the things discussed:
- Gareth's ability to predict the correct results
- Bielsa's Bucket - does it help or hinder Leeds?
- True Geordie aka Brian Davis joins us
- Newcastle's ownership
- His incredible dislike for Steve Bruce
- Russell's hatred of the use of heat and stinging references for goalie's hands
- Is Aston Villa's assistant manager a rockstar?
- Russell gets more compliments than Gareth
- The reason why footballers are not allowed to remove their shirts shocks Russell
- How to successfully distract a pirate
- We play some new listener jingles!
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
Thursday Sep 23, 2021
Thursday Sep 23, 2021
Welcome to Football is Nice with me, Russell Brand, and my co-host Gareth Roy!
This week we discuss:
- Russell's Football Breakdown
- Russell's inability to pronounce players names and cities properly
- How Bowen needs to kick the ball harder
- Unfit looking referees of yester-year
- Ben Foster joins post-training
- How managers are like Father-figures
- Your worst reactions when a game is going wrong
- Gareth's ability to predict and control the future
- Are Chelsea unstoppable?
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
Instagram:@russellbrand
Produced by Jenny May Finn
Thursday Sep 16, 2021
Thursday Sep 16, 2021
Welcome to Football is Nice with me, Russell Brand, and my co-host Gareth Roy!
This week we discuss:
- Russell does his weekly football (mental) breakdown
- The lengths some of you have gone to meet players
- Ronaldo week
- We chat to the incredible football coach impersonator Conor Moore
- How Russell doesn't think Norwich is a proper club
- Chelsea and Villa
- Oli Watkins and Dean Smith sound like made up footballer names
- Gareth's controversial tweet to Match of the Day
- We try to predict the weekend's results
- Why is the third kit?!
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
Instagram:@russellbrand
Produced by Jenny May Finn
Thursday Sep 09, 2021
Thursday Sep 09, 2021
Welcome to Football is Nice with me, Russell Brand, and my co-host Gareth Roy!
This week we discuss:
- We speak to David Seaman and he reveals some of his goalkeeping secrets
- How Ronaldo makes Russell doubt himself
- The most imaginative football chants you've heard
- How much Russell loves Roy Keane
- Gareth's obsession with the documentary Fever Pitch!: The Rise of the Premier League
Let us know what you think of it on Twitter using #FootballisNice and if you are listening on iTunes please leave us a review!
If you'd like to come to my live show/festival mentioned on the podcast on Sunday 12th Sept get your tickets here:
https://russellbrand.ticketsrv.co.uk/tickets/
Twitter:@russellbrand
Instagram:@russellbrand
Produced by Jenny May Finn
Thursday Sep 02, 2021
Thursday Sep 02, 2021
Welcome to Football is Nice with me, Russell Brand, and my co-host Gareth Roy!
This is some of what we discuss:
- Gareth's experience going to watch Charlton
- Michaeil Antonio's rockstar personality
- The poetic and dark abusive chants fans come up with
- Russell's hatred for towns that play more than one sport
- The Winklepicker Scavenger Hunt
- Playing football at Robbie Williams LA Mansion
Let us know what you think of it on Twitter using #FootballisNiceand if you are listening on iTunes please leave us a review!
Twitter:@russellbrand
Instagram:@russellbrand
Produced by Jenny May Finn