Episode 171, Part 1: Gordon Smart, Islington (a)

Welcome to this week's Socially Distant Sports Bar with Elis James, Mike Bubbins and Steff Garrero. This is Part 1 of this week’s episode.  Part 2 is out every week on Fridays. If you want to listen to the full podcast ADVERT FREE every TUESDAY, including 30 MINS of bonus content not available on the free version, then head to either  https://anchor.fm/nata-media/subscribe or  https://www.patreon.com/distantpod GORDON SMART This week it’s a LIVE GUEST EPISODE and Elis, Mike & Steff invited journalist and podcaster Gordon Smart to join the live on stage in Islington in May at the Podcast Show 2023. Gordon co-hosts the Restless Natives podcast with Martin Compston. https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/restless-natives-with-martin-compston-gordon-smart/id1637468844  Gordon is on BBC 5Live on Sunday evenings at 8pm https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001nzcx  BRITISH PODCAST AWARDS Vote for us this year!!  We haven’t won one of these yet and we’d like one… Please vote for us: loads of times… Use all of your email addresses… https://www.britishpodcastawards.com/voting  PUPPETS ON YOUTUBE “Puppet” Paul Melin has been busy creating puppet versions of our funniest moments on Distant Pod. Head over to our YouTube Channel, SUBSCRIBE AND CLICK ON THE BELL to see the latest episode whenever it gets published.  https://www.youtube.com/thesociallydistantsportsbar  LIVE SHOWS We're doing 2 live shows in November. On Saturday November 4th at 2:30pm at the Cheerful Earful Festival at The Clapham Grand. https://link.dice.fm/j30befa1054c On Sunday November 5th we’re live in Wrexham at the William Aston Hall. https://williamastonwrexham.com/event/wrexham-comedy-festival-socially-distant-sports-bar-live-ft-humphrey-kerr  CHICAGO MARATHON Steff is running the Chicago Marathon for Grassroots Soccer - why not sponsor him? https://impact.grassrootsoccer.org/fundraiser/4504656  THIS WEEK’S EPISODE Gordon clip: Gordon’s memories of Hibs winning the Cup https://www.instagram.com/reel/CshFa60AeO5/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==  Gordon clip: Scott Brown. I Dunno. https://youtu.be/rMeYPir9ZhA  Steff Clip: John Jeffrey playing for Wales https://twitter.com/ApsmRugby/status/1522283253616594944  Elis clip: John Conteh, Dudley Moore, Peter Cook on Parky https://twitter.com/doule_tom/status/1659458092038234112?s=48&t=Pm-WnsT18372yekRZRXoiA  Mike Clip: Micheal Block hole in one at US PGA  https://youtu.be/cS11uQc_AE4 Gordon Clip: Sean Connery https://www.instagram.com/reel/CsoQrVNowON/?igshid=NjFhOGMzYTE3ZQ==  Gordon’s Book: It’s Been Emotional by Vinnie Jones https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/18629800  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices