The Famous Sloping Pitch with Nick Hancock and Chris England

Ep. 28 - Tom Craig - Dead Tommy off of Coronation Street.

Nick Hancock and Chris England discuss football’s reaction to the Ukraine crisis. They also look at Abramovich’s sale of Chelsea and the possible new owners. Nick also looks back at his trip to London 50 years ago this week to watch Stoke win the league cup final. 

Nick and Chris are also joined by actor, and Sheffield Wednesday fan, Tom Craig. Nick, Chris and Tom discuss swapping cricket for Baseball and volleyball for football, replacing Chris Waddle, appearing on ITV’s The Match and dying on Coronation Street. 

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Nick Hancock and Chris England are old friends who have both been struck by the same soul-shattering thought: "how is it that everything that has changed about football since I started watching it has made it a little bit more s**t?".
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