Welcome to The Party! Andy Hopper brings you The Brew Party, a podcast featuring Sports, Comedy, Interviews, Gambling Picks, and more! Tune in for hot takes and good laughs. Cheers!
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Been searching for an England football podcast only to find the proverbial cupboard bare? Well search no more. Finally there is a podcast for England fans - by an England fan. When we couldn’t find a podcast dedicated to our beloved national football team there was only one solution. Make our own. And this is the result.
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Restless Natives is a cult Scottish film from 1985 featuring two scallywags – The Clown & The Wolfman. It’s iconic. Two resourceful rascals who take on the ambitious task of holding-up tourist buses in the Highlands… They were Robin Hood, only Scottish and on the back of a motorbike. Gordon Smart & Martin Compston are sampling that spirit - inspired by The Clown & The Wolfman - and distilling it into a podcast. They are setting themselves lofty ambitions before setting off in pursuit of task ...
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Ep 384: England’s youngest player, an honour only bestowed on a select few, but could it soon be broken? The saying is ‘If you’re good enough, your old enough’. Who could be the next youngster to take Theo Walcotts record? Running time 32:20 Join the debate in our Facebook group at http://bit.ly/2hnHBzi http://www.threelionspodcast.com http://www.T…
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2003: Turkey away with John 'Walshy' Walsh
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44:26Ep 383: 2003, Turkey away in Istanbul, qualification for Euro 2004 is at stake. We all wanted to be there, but the FA said No. This is the story of how John ‘Walshy’ Walsh slipped through the net to be one of only a few there. Plus I have some exciting news about the Football Content Awards. Running time 44:25 Join the debate in our Facebook group …
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Ep 382: The transfer window has shut, players all across the Premier League and Europe now have new homes, but which English players have moved on, and for the better? I’m joined by Charlie Tidswell (@Chaztiddy08) from the Gate 102 Podcast (@Gate102Pod) to run through them all. Running time 48:27 Join the debate in our Facebook group at http://bit.…
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Ep 381: Brazil 1984, John Barnes and all that, you know the goal. But what about the actual game, the surroundings and the time of it, come with me on a deep dive on the actual game. Running time 20:06 Join the debate in our Facebook group at http://bit.ly/2hnHBzi http://www.threelionspodcast.com http://www.Twitter.com/3LionsPodcast http://www.Twit…
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My England journey with Andy Milne (That World Cup Guy)
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44:44Ep 380: Back with another Your England Journey, this time speaking with ‘That World Cup Guy’, Andy Milne, he takes us through his England timeline, the games he’s seen and how it all began, plus he has some exciting news to reveal. Running time 44:43 Join the debate in our Facebook group at http://bit.ly/2hnHBzi http://www.threelionspodcast.com htt…
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Ep 379: European Champions once again, The Lionesses. Join me as I take you to the homecoming parade and also chat with Lionesses fan Nick Jones who was there in Basel for the final, he tells us what it was like there. Running time 44:20 Join the debate in our Facebook group at http://bit.ly/2hnHBzi http://www.threelionspodcast.com http://www.Twitt…
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Lionesses are Euro 2025 finalists - with Steve Hopper
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43:15Ep 378: The Lionesses have once again gone and done it, made it to the final of the Euro’s, it’s not been straight forward, as I’m joined once again by England fan Steve Hopper who discusses his Euro’s journey too. Running time 43:14 Join the debate in our Facebook group at http://bit.ly/2hnHBzi http://www.threelionspodcast.com http://www.Twitter.c…
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Lionesses are Euro 2025 semi-finalists with Steve Hopper
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45:03Ep 377: I’m joined once again by England fan @SteveHopperTV to take a look back over the Lionesses as they make it to the semi-finals of the Womens 2025 European Championships and ‘that’ penalty shoot-out. Running time 45:04 Join the debate in our Facebook group at http://bit.ly/2hnHBzi http://www.threelionspodcast.com http://www.Twitter.com/3Lions…
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USA '94: What went wrong for England
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1:00:25Ep 376: England famously didn’t make it to the World Cup of USA 1994, but Jim from Florida was there as a young child, he joins me to share his amazing memories and I dissect why England weren’t there with him. Running time 1:00:26 Join the debate in our Facebook group at http://bit.ly/2hnHBzi http://www.threelionspodcast.com http://www.Twitter.com…
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Ep 375: I catch up with @SteveHopperTV (Steve Hopper) over in Switzerland as he brings us the tournament feel, we discuss the Lionesses, the Swiss prices, the attendances and also his journey to get that all important UEFA lanyard. Running time 40:14 Join the debate in our Facebook group at http://bit.ly/2hnHBzi http://www.threelionspodcast.com htt…
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In conversation with Humayun Islam from Amar England
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32:47Ep 374: Across the country there are many England related supporters groups all with the intention of getting behind the team in their own way, it’s time to learn about another, I’m joined by Humayun Islam from Amar England, a multi-cultural supporters group from Bradford and West Yorkshire. Running time 32:46 Join the debate in our Facebook group …
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The Final BONUS Ball: Space Hoppers, Tumble Dryers & One Last “F**k the Gas Board”
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12:21For the very last time, it’s your Friday Bonus Ball – with Gordon Smart, Martin Compston, and one last spin through the madness. No guests, no script, a bit of a plan – inanimate object rage, terrible auditions, words of wisdom and the sort of unhinged nonsense that somehow made this podcast magic. Thanks for joining us on every weird, wild, hungov…
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Ep 373: I return to update you with the Summer 2025 and how it’s gone for some of our youth level teams that were involved in summer tournaments, I also have my say on why next year’s 2026 World Cup could be a potential disaster, and I pay tribute to former Three Lion Alan Peacock. Running time 28:04 Join the debate in our Facebook group at http://…
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After 280+ episodes, two live shows, a music festival that never quite happened, and a podcast friendship forged in squirrel suits and hangovers… it’s time to say farewell. For now. In this episode of Restless Natives, Martin and Gordon get brutally honest about why they’ve had to hang up the mics, and take a look back at some of the stand out mome…
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Ep 372: The pod returns after a short break, and it’s time to take a look at the upcoming women’s European Championships taking place in Switzerland. I’m joined by the Evening Standard’s Dom Smith to cast our eyes over the Lionesses chances. Running time 34:30 Join the debate in our Facebook group at http://bit.ly/2hnHBzi http://www.threelionspodca…
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It’s a solo mission this week as Gordon Smart flies the Restless Natives flag alone while Martin “Turbo Banana” Compston is somewhere between Vegas, Greenock and Dublin. But fear not—there’s no shortage of brilliant listener stories, wild detours, and even a wee tearjerker or two. We've a misheard lyric that may forever ruin a Nelly Furtado classic…
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Blessed Shower Partners, S**rting next to Andy Murray & Good Trouble with Nick Kyrgios
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45:59This week, whilst Martin's back filming, Gordon's only gone and roped in the most resourceful of rascals, a man who embodies what Restless Natives is all about, the sporting hero, maverick and icon, tennis' most loved bad boy, Nick Kyrgios. Nick and Gordon chat having a peak at shower partners, eye watering bills, sharting next to Andy Murray, main…
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BONUS: Dua Lipa, A Lion's Push & Germany Memories
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21:24It’s your Friday Bonus Ball – and the boys are still together, but apart, Martin in Dublin and Gordon in Tisney Studios, opening up the inbox to find more brilliant correspondence from our resourceful rascals at home and overseas. They're reminiscing about Germany and Greg McHugh's wine chat, more new car day nostalgia, the never-ending wrath of be…
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Chocolate Slabs, Seve Ballesteros Autographing Fish and Chips & "School's closed bro"
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41:04It’s another week of mischief, mayhem, and top-tier nonsense – and the boys are back together (just about). Martin’s beaming in from a mystery porta-cabin somewhere near Dublin, Gordon’s dashing between gigs, and we're chatting the art of blagging a wrap party, David Coulthard's dart game, Martin's lad giving him a cracking one liner and Seve Balle…
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Ep 371: Better late than never, a look back on our win over Andorra in Barcelona and the defeat to Senegal in Nottingham, I also cast my eye over how the qualifying for World Cup 2026 is going across the confederations. Running time 51:54 Join the debate in our Facebook group at http://bit.ly/2hnHBzi http://www.threelionspodcast.com http://www.Twit…
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