Hosted by Steven Marshall and Nick Mayberry · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 21 episodes
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A look back at historic football tournaments from the perspective of a couple of Scottish football fans. In the first series, we delve into the 1986 World Cup in Mexico and find, not only a brilliant tournament, but also player strikes, an alleged poisoning, Henry Kissenger's failed attempt at soccer diplomacy and the head of the Scottish FA referring to the Uruguayan's as 'cheats and cowards, the scum of world football!'We're in the midst of recording series 2, where we look back to Italia 90.
Steven Marshall and Nick Mayberry hosts It's the hope that kills you, a sports show with 21 episodes published.
As we build to the World Cup which kicks off in a couple of weeks, we've choosen to don our deerstalkers and unleash our magnifying glasses as we explore the history of football across the 3 host nations and were delight
Show notesWe've made it to another final! It's a replay of the 86 WC but this time the protagonists are in very different form. The game itself might have been underwhelming as a spectacle but our reflections on the tournament cer
Show notesIt's semi-final time! As well as covering the two games, we manage to uncover a convoluted refereeing scandal that manages to loop Dundee United into the story...Not something that just anyone can do! We also delve into
Show notesHi listeners, we intend to cover the 2026 WC in real time so pods won't be published exclusively on Wednesday's but instead will drop in and around the Scotland games and then our favourite remaining games should Scotlan
Show notesA break from our usual format...this is a one off episode where we discuss the title decider in the Scottish Premiership. Hearts travel to Parkhead to play Celtic to determine the outcome of the most exciting season in t
Show notesWe've made it to the quarterfinals. A brilliant match between England and Cameroon but we still find time to hone in on some apparent spying and some colonial nonsense. Despite being a world cup often maligned for it's l
Show notesWe review the Round of 16 at Italia'90 and there is a LOT to talk about. There's a wonder goal, an apparent poisoning and the romance of a couple of unfancied sides pushing through to the quarterfinals. On top of all of
Show notesWith Scotland sadly, but not all together surpringly, out of the tournament, we turn our attention to England's group. Its a mouthwatering one, with Ireland, Egypt and the Netherlands, the reigning European champions. Th
Show notesThis was a tough one to record. Our deep dive into historic football tournaments sees us reach the group stage of Italia'90. The Scotland national team are drawn against Brazil, Sweden and group minnows, Costa Rica, who
Show notesAs we continue down the rabbit hole that is Italia'90, we discuss the dysfunction within the Dutch squad, the brazen match fixing scandals the mired Italian football in the 1980's and how corruption, the CIA and the fall
Show notesAs our journey into historic football tournaments continues with Italia'90, we cover what's happened to England and Maradona since 'that match'. The English tabloids have decided that the England team were robbed in '86
Show notesWe're back to discuss Italia'90! A heady mix of iconic players, corruption, the final throw of the dice for 4 countries that will be no more and a Dutch football song, so dystopian, it would deserve to be the theme tune
Show notesIn the final episode of the series, we cover the final. Schumacher forgets how to be a keeper, Jose Luis Brown plays with a dislocated shoulder and we discuss an apparent poisoning within the Argentine squad.
Show notesListen to series 2 where Nick and Stevie turn their short attention spans to cover Italia '90. The rise of icons like Toto Schillaci, Roger Milla and Paul Gascoigne…and, of course, Gazza’s tears. They uncover political c
Show notesIt's the turn of the semi-finals. Whilst the games are interesting, things take a disturbing turn when we find a song about Rummenigge.
Show notesHaving dedicated an entire eposide to Argentina v England, we review the other quarterfinals. We decide to divide up viewing responsibilities for games and Nick manages to select one of the few truly honking games of the
Show notesWe review the most famous game of the tournament...and just maybe, the most famous game of all tournaments. Argentina versus England in the quarterfinals. If you're an England fan, you might want someone near by to give
Show notesWe review the knock out phase of the World Cup...which sadly, doesn't involve the Scots. That said, we do watch some brilliant games and it sets up one of the most famous games in football history in the quarterfinals.
Show notesWe immerse ourselves in the group stage. The Danes look like worldbeaters, the German look like sex tourists and the Uruguayan's look like butchers.
Show notesWe discuss the selection of Mexico as host, which was much more controvertial than we had imagined, and the build up process for both Scotland and England as they look to acclimatise to the heat and altitude of Mexico.
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It's the hope that kills you is hosted by Steven Marshall and Nick Mayberry. The show is categorised under sports (soccer) and has published 21 episodes.
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