Football Film Bollocks

The third and final away day of the season. First came a 1-1 draw between Accrington Stanley and Charlton Athletic at the renovated Wham Stadium, second came a squeaky 1-0 Barnsley win at home to Bristol Rovers at a half-empty Oakwell and finally, one of the final games at Bootham Crescent for the National League South game between York City and AFC Telford. The famous Shambles, the Minster and the Vikings. 3 entered a Medieval walled-town boys and left men, walking for miles for urinals and...

Jeremy Kyle. X-Factor. Strictly Come Dancing. TOWIE. Made in Chelsea. Love Island. Gameshows! Daytime television! Benefit cheats! FFB brings Car Crash TV into a Car Crash podcast episode!

Kazabian. The Smyths. Happy Mondaze. Antartactic Monkeys. The Oasis Experience. The Clone Roses. This is the best tribute bands of the 'Madchester' era and our experience. Through the Wetherspoons, through the non-payment of tram fares, through the Ibis Budget hotels, the Uber taxis and, finally, to the Bowler's Exhibition Centre.

Apologies for the long title but this is an important episode. David James or Jussi Jaaskelainen? Paul Telfer or Ugo Ehigou? Matt le Tissier or Tim Cahill? Football's biggest question: "is Kevin Davies the worst footballer on this list?" All this and much, much more on Episode 40 of the FFB Podcast.

From Beatlemania to Madchester, from Britpop to modern indie rock, the boys discuss how the music of the 1990s were shaped by genuises such as John Lennon, Ian Brown and Morrissey and, in turn, influenced the likes of Alex Turner, Pete Doherty and Ricky Wilson.

New format, fresh 2019 – your #boyz are back in town (#boyzarebackintown). The boys are feeling nostalgic with numerous callbacks to episode one as AJ regales us with his favourite conspiracies. Jake plays a quickfire game of Yes or No Conspiracy and AJ reveals how much he believes Flat Earth as a percentage (it’s quite alarming). To mark their second year as a podcast, the boys open up the FFB Hall of Fame, inducting two people. A fourteenth qualifier is named for the Crisp World Cup, we...

The podcast that supplies Wizard of Oz fun facts by the bucket load! The boys list their favourite actors, Jake confesses the illegal beginnings of his love for film and AJ tells us which his favourite VHS was growing up. Shrek and The Hunchback of Notre Dame were the boys’ first cinema visits – it’s your job whilst reading this to match that up with each host. (p.s. AJ regards Shrek 2 as the best sequel ever made.) They rundown their top five films, a thirteenth qualifier for the Crisp...

As first of the three-part Season Two Premiere, the boys look at why they love football. They discuss their three most memorable football experiences, best matchgoing experiences and reveal how they got into football. Jake confesses that his first kit wasn’t a Manchester United, the words “Gary Neville could’ve played right wing” get said and AJ tells us his embarrassing first football video game. There’s also a landslide in the twelfth Crisp World Cup qualifier and Jake reveals how his cat...

Harry joins Jake and AJ for the second away day of the season, to Oakwell for Barnsley v Bristol Rovers in League One. The boys tour Barnsley pubs, rant about pies and sound off on the poor quality of the football on display.

The podcast that asks: why Football Manager is better than FIFA and should PES be considered as the best contemporary football video game? Jake reviews Johnny Depp classic Mortdecai and AJ pitches a choose your adventure in Stupid Little Pitch starring Gerard Butler. We bid one last goodbye to Moe Stegg in the Quick Dish of the Week and Dave’s Travel Agency as well as qualifying the 11th crisp into the World Cup. AJ and Jake play plausible or no plausible in the Mandela Effect conspiracy...

The podcast that asks: will Paul Pogba outlive Jose Mourinho at Manchester United? The boys jump on the back of the Pogba-Mourinho saga at Old Trafford, they discuss whether Wilfried Zaha be afforded extra protection or should referees do their jobs. AJ lists three films he wants to watch in the next year, Jake goes on a little bit of a rant towards the Hateful Eight and Jake pitches a nonsensical film about babies. The Crisp World Cup gets its tenth qualifier, AJ gets scared by a new...

The podcast that asks you: do you prefer the Deadman Undertaker or the Biker Undertaker? Yes, that's right: the boys are back and with a review of WWE No Mercy 2002\. But before that, they chat about football stands to an illuminating degree, Jake reviews Devil as the shit cinema series continues and we predict how the English clubs will fare in the Champions League groups. We look to the indies in the Crisp World Cup and AJ pitches 'German Office' which may or may not be about Bradford City...

The podcast that asks you: are you being watched? The boys discuss England after the international break AD NAUSEAM, AJ reviews "the worst film" he's seen in a cinema: Sucker Punch and Jake pitches 'Stand By Me meets The Emoji Movie' in Stupid Little Pitch. There's a new segment in Challenge AJ as the boys still mourn Tim after his death, a Salt and Vinegar derby in the Crisp World Cup and Dave goes to the Canada/U.S. border.

The boys list England’s worst eleven by position and discuss the UEFA Nations League and what it can become. Jake attempts to summarise the plot of the SAW film series in two minutes, AJ pitches a David Icke biopic and there’s Bebe trivia. Dave the Travel Agent’s back as is Lizard’s Lair and FFB has a new chef in Quick Dish of the Week.

The boys discuss how the promotion clubs have started the season, will Everton stun the top six, can Chelsea win the league and, most importantly, is Jack Wilshere as good as Andrea Pirlo? AJ lists the England players that could’ve been, he reviews The Shining (and its numerous hidden themes), Jake pitches a Gervais-Merchant-Boyle extravaganza and there’s a shock in the Crisp World Cup qualifier. There’s huge news in Challenge AJ, Jake presents tedious MEGA Champions League trivia and...

After the Accrington experience, AJ discusses his 4 types of match-going fans, Jake lists his favourite transfers of the summer and the fourth Crisp World Cup qualifier plays out. Jake reviews David Lynch classic Eraserhead whilst AJ harks back to Love Island for his stupid little pitch. Relegation Zone returns as does Quick Dish of the Week. There’s Champions League trivia as well as so much more.

The boys predict the Premier League season as the “GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH” returns to Sky Sports. We mention English players a bit too much. AJ reviews The Truman Show with Jake contrastingly pitching a Michael Bay film. The third Crisp World Cup qualifier turns into a holiday crisp special. New features, returning features and the usual features are all in Episode 28\. (the title is strictly satire btw)

Episode 27: the episode that tells you better get excited for the club season. Jake transforms football ahead of the new season with the Unofficial Club World Championships. We discuss the expectations of our respective clubs and Jake counts down the ten transfers that shook the Premier League to its core. AJ pitches a bizarre Adam Sandler/Kevin James and DC universe film which strikes fear into Jake’s heart, as Jake reviews Spike Jonze modern-day classic, Her. Jake sadly presents the final...

Episode 26: the episode that tells you stop getting them World Cup blues and be more like Jake and be incredibly excited about the new season. In this overcoming of World Cup blues, Jake lists us his World Cup team of the tournament and the best England performances in his lifetime. Meanwhile, AJ looks ahead, discussing the ones to watch ahead of the new season. AJ reviews Spielberg classic Jurassic Park as the boys discuss his best films amongst the best blockbusters of all-time. Jake...

The World Cup blues are almost definitely here. Join us as we slag Kevin James’s stand-up show (Never Don’t Give Up) off for too many food-related comedy routines whilst audibly eating pizza. I hope listening to us chew on pizza crust and never-ending pauses are as painful as it was for us to watch this comedy show.