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Parenting Hell with Rob Beckett and Josh Widdicombe

September 7, 2026

Welcome to episode four of Footballing Hell... where every Monday Rob and Josh discuss the weekends football (or the bits that interest them) in the only way they know how. Chaotically, with not enough sleep, prep or insight...

Speakers Josh Widdicombe, Rob Beckett

TopicsComedyKids & FamilyParenting

SPEAKER_1 (0:01)

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SPEAKER_2 (0:31)

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SPEAKER_3 (0:54)

There is so much NFL on ESPN right now.

Monday Night Football, plus pregame and postgame. NFL Live, NFL Primetime. Everything you need to stay on top of every game, every week.

Josh Widdicombe (1:08)

Unbelievable.

SPEAKER_3 (1:09)

And now, NFL Network is on the ESPN app. More football, more coverage, more ways to watch. Football's on all season long on ESPN and streaming on the ESPN app.

Josh Widdicombe (1:34)

Hello, and welcome to Footballing Hell with Rob Beckett.

SPEAKER_5 (1:48)

Don't take a piss. Rob Beckett.

Josh Widdicombe. Josh Widdicombe.

Josh Widdicombe (1:59)

Not the most confident broadcaster.

Rob Beckett (2:02)

Oh, okay. Actually, what I would say is, as a clue, retired Footballer, now broadcaster.

Josh Widdicombe (2:07)

Really?

Rob Beckett (2:08)

And we'll probably be talking about his team today.

Due to the results at the weekend. I'm not sure if this intro to the show like this is shit or not.

Josh Widdicombe (2:18)

It's too difficult. It's so impossible because you've got... Like, you're trying to rec... I don't know any Footballers' voices beyond about three.

Rob Beckett (2:27)

From a work ethic point of view, it's easier if we don't. Because then I don't have to...

Do a rest of them while Laurel's approach is eat...

Josh Widdicombe (2:36)

I thought you told me you've got loads in the bank already.

Rob Beckett (2:39)

Yeah, but what I didn't know was people have disappearing messages on and WhatsApp have changed it. We've lost Chris Kamara and I lost Jack Grealish for a bit. So Chris Kamara, if you're listening, yours have deleted.

Josh Widdicombe (2:51)

Oh, God.

Rob Beckett (2:51)

So I've got a few lined up and they keep disappearing. Anyway, broadcaster Talksport Coast. You spray for Tottenham.

Josh Widdicombe (2:58)

Oh, is it one of those ones that gets angry all the time?

Rob Beckett (3:01)

Yeah, but I don't think that's him as a person. It's very much due to the fact his team's finished 17th two years running and now they're back in their relegations. Oh, Jason, first name Jamie. Close.

Josh Widdicombe (3:12)

Jamie O'Hara.

Rob Beckett (3:13)

Yeah, I mean, I mean, I know this is quite difficult yet, correct. But I think it gets to the point where that was too easy.

Josh Widdicombe (3:20)

Yeah, I don't listen to Talksport. You've got to remember that.

Rob Beckett (3:24)

Yeah, sure. The guy that hosts Footballing Hell, the football podcast, doesn't listen to Talksport at all.

Josh Widdicombe (3:29)

No, I don't. I don't like Talksport.

SPEAKER_6 (3:33)

I'll just say really quickly, it's lovely to watch a feature die in real time.

Rob Beckett (3:39)

Okay, well.

Josh Widdicombe (3:40)

No, that's fine. You can like football and not listen to Talksport.

Rob Beckett (3:44)

True, you can. You can. But I think if you are into football, as I am, and a real aficionado, as all the comments have suggested, of how much I especially know.

Josh Widdicombe (3:54)

Have they?

SPEAKER_5 (3:54)

No.

Rob Beckett (3:56)

I'd say the main feedback is, I cannot believe how little they know about current football. And it's not until I started doing a football podcast, I realized I knew. Honestly, if you say to me, and I name a Everton striker, like, Yacoubou will go into my head first.

And then it's a constant fight back towards, who at the moment, who I love. They've got two players called Barry and George.

Josh Widdicombe (4:25)

I'm a big fan of that, Barry and George up front. But this is a problem. When George scored yesterday, I did think that's not for needy George.

Rob Beckett (4:33)

That's exactly what I thought. And I just remembered how fast he was on Pro Evo. And he used to play for Ajax.

And then I started thinking of Babangida. Remember him, how fast he was on Pro Evo? Michael, you're a Babangida player?

SPEAKER_6 (4:45)

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