⚽ I've got so many football opinions...⚽ artwork

⚽ I've got so many football opinions...⚽

Parenting Hell with Rob Beckett and Josh Widdicombe

August 31, 2026

Welcome to episode three 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, Michael, Rhys James

Topics: Comedy, Kids & Family, Parenting

**SPEAKER_1** (0:01)
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**Josh Widdicombe** (0:40)
Hello, and welcome to Footballing Hell with Rob Beckett, Josh Widdicombe. Someone who's too lazy to do a separate voice note.

**Rob Beckett** (0:55)
That was three of you off the bounce. Now that is a current player.

**SPEAKER_1** (0:59)
I'll give you a clue.

**Rob Beckett** (1:00)
Current player.

**Josh Widdicombe** (1:01)
I'm in trouble. Would I know who this is?

**Rob Beckett** (1:07)
Yeah.

**Josh Widdicombe** (1:08)
Are they in the England squad? Could they be called up for England reasonably?

**Rob Beckett** (1:16)
Yes, if they have a run of games after a big injury.

**Josh Widdicombe** (1:19)
Cole Palmer?

**Rob Beckett** (1:21)
No. Do we play again?
Rob Beckett. Josh Widdicombe.

**Josh Widdicombe** (1:30)
Oh, yeah. I've got no idea who this is from.

**Rob Beckett** (1:34)
Brummie.

**Josh Widdicombe** (1:36)
Oh, that center back, Tyrone Mings.

**Rob Beckett** (1:42)
Used to play for Aston Villa.

**Josh Widdicombe** (1:43)
Who does he play for now?

**Rob Beckett** (1:44)
This is, I mean, for a football podcast. He plays for Everton at the moment.

**Josh Widdicombe** (1:48)
Yeah, I don't know.

**Rob Beckett** (1:49)
No, he doesn't actually. He played for Everton last year.

**Josh Widdicombe** (1:51)
Oh my God, we are so rubbish.

**Rob Beckett** (1:52)
No, no, no. He was there on loan last year.

**Josh Widdicombe** (1:55)
Oh, you're a mate from the Samsung World.

**Rob Beckett** (2:01)
The Android boys.

**Josh Widdicombe** (2:02)
The Android boys?

**Rob Beckett** (2:04)
Yeah, it's Jack Greenish. Jack Greenish.

**Josh Widdicombe** (2:06)
There we go.

**Rob Beckett** (2:07)
Yeah, yeah.

**Josh Widdicombe** (2:09)
Well, I think Tyrone Mings isn't the worst guess. A player that isn't in and around the England squad that's a Brummie. I don't think that's the end of the world.

**Rob Beckett** (2:17)
It's not the end of the world. That was fine.
Now, Josh, started a different energy to last week. I'm not in centre-parts.

**Josh Widdicombe** (2:23)
Well, last week we were on a high because it was one of the great opening weekends of the season.

**Rob Beckett** (2:26)
Oh, unbelievable. I mean, this was pretty good. I mean, I stopped watching Ipswich Man United when Man United went 3-1 up.

**Josh Widdicombe** (2:35)
I just can't. I could just... I'm going to say it now, Rob.

**Rob Beckett** (2:38)
I don't know.

**Josh Widdicombe** (2:39)
I've got so many opinions. I feel like I'm on Talk Sport.

**Rob Beckett** (2:41)
I've got loads of opinions too. What's one of your opinions?

**Josh Widdicombe** (2:44)
I think that's the weakest...
Right in, if there's ever been a weaker... When was the last 4.3 fixture on a Sunday that was that weak on paper?

**Rob Beckett** (2:56)
I know.

**Josh Widdicombe** (2:57)
That is a Saturday 3 p.m. for my tastes.

**Rob Beckett** (3:00)
Yeah. Man United are home to Ipswich.

**Josh Widdicombe** (3:02)
Man United are home. They're not even... Well, they could have an upset. They've got to go to the tractor boys. Terrible nickname.

**Rob Beckett** (3:09)
I quite like that nickname, actually, because I think it's a bit of fun that they're farming, not from chair boys last week. I actually think Red Devils is an embarrassment.

**Josh Widdicombe** (3:18)
Yeah, I think Red Devils is embarrassing.

**Rob Beckett** (3:20)
We're cheeky devils.

**Josh Widdicombe** (3:21)
Oh, shut up.

**Rob Beckett** (3:22)
And we're red because that's our team's colors.

**Josh Widdicombe** (3:24)
Well, Liverpool's is shit. It's just the reds. Fuck here now.

**Rob Beckett** (3:28)
No, but at least that's quite... No, but I think there's a... I quite like that. There's a simplicity to that. There's the reds and the blues in Liverpool.

**Josh Widdicombe** (3:37)
But the toffees.

**Rob Beckett** (3:39)
Oh, aren't they bluenoses as well?

**Josh Widdicombe** (3:41)
I think Everton is strictly the toffees.

**Rob Beckett** (3:44)
Why are they the toffees?

**Josh Widdicombe** (3:44)
What do you think of toffees? Everton Mints is a sweet. What do you think of the toffees as a nickname?

**Rob Beckett** (3:51)
I'd say the... What is it? The Everton Mint?

**Josh Widdicombe** (3:55)
Everton Mints is a sweet.

**Rob Beckett** (3:57)
It's not, I mean, it's not. Hey, it's not.

**SPEAKER_1** (3:59)
It's not a big...

**Rob Beckett** (4:00)
It's not...

**SPEAKER_1** (4:02)
I've never heard of it. It's not polo, is it?

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