The world speed kissing champion, a tennis ball bomb, Satan, Ireland’s greatest ever win, two incredible volleys and our first Eurovision Song Contest reference as we deepdive the 1988 European Championships in West Germany. With James Cook and Paul Savage. Please share/like/follow/subscribe and shout it from the rooftops! Email your questions to worldcupofworldcups@gmail.com and donate at ko-fi.com/worldcupofworldcups.

Extended curfews, a fainting manager, a qualification miracle and a magic square all feature as we deep-dive the 1984 European Championships in France. With James Cook and Paul Savage. Please share/like/follow/subscribe and shout it from the rooftops! Email your questions to worldcupofworldcups@gmail.com and donate at ko-fi.com/worldcupofworldcups.

Bastards, porn smuggling, at least two references to marionettes, Debenhams and the Downfall of the Gods as we we deep-dive the expanded 1980 European Championships in Italy. With James Cook and Paul Savage. Please share/like/follow/subscribe and shout it from the rooftops! Email your questions to worldcupofworldcups@gmail.com and donate at ko-fi.com/worldcupofworldcups.

Dutch infighting, the world’s tallest man, a bored boxer, goals, extra time and an eponymous winning goal as  we deep-dive the 1976 European Championships in Yugoslavia. With James Cook and Paul Savage. Please share/like/follow/subscribe and shout it from the rooftops! Email your questions to worldcupofworldcups@gmail.com and donate at ko-fi.com/worldcupofworldcups.

Poetry, a lost earring, Ramba Zamba fussball and a dictator’s shorts as we deep-dive the 1972 European Championships in Belgium. With James Cook and Paul Savage. Please share/like/follow/subscribe and shout it from the rooftops! Email your questions to worldcupofworldcups@gmail.com and donate at ko-fi.com/worldcupofworldcups.

Football’s answer to Walter White, 4 men in a room tossing and a nightmare of destructive anti-propaganda as we deep-dive the 1968 European Championships in Italy. With James Cook and Paul Savage. Please share/like/follow/subscribe and shout it from the rooftops! Email your questions to worldcupofworldcups@gmail.com and donate at ko-fi.com/worldcupofworldcups.

Optimistic Romanians, the oddest song, football team acrostics and the rematch of the match that wasn't as we deep dive the 1964 European Nations Cup in Spain. With James Cook and Paul Savage. Please share/like/follow/subscribe and shout it from the rooftops! Email your questions to worldcupofworldcups@gmail.com and donate at ko-fi.com/worldcupofworldcups.

We're back! A pipe-smoking Anglophile, a long wait between legs, a Communist coup and Monday scoring on a Monday in this deep dive of the first UEFA European Championships in France. With James Cook and Paul Savage. Please share/like/follow/subscribe and shout it from the rooftops! Email your questions to worldcupofworldcups@gmail.com and donate at ko-fi.com/worldcupofworldcups.

Please rate and review! Join regular hosts James Cook (@jamesecook) and Paul Savage (@comedysavage) as they look back on the final part of the 2022 World Cup and give it a score out of 10. Email worldcupofworldcups@gmail.com and donate at ko-fi.com/worldcupofworldcups

Please rate and review! Join regular hosts James Cook (@jamesecook) and Paul Savage (@comedysavage) as they look back on the Quarter Finals of the 2022 World Cup. Email worldcupofworldcups@gmail.com and donate at ko-fi.com/worldcupofworldcups

Please rate and review! Join regular hosts James Cook (@jamesecook) and Paul Savage (@comedysavage) as they look back on the Round of 16 of the 2022 World Cup. Email worldcupofworldcups@gmail.com and donate at ko-fi.com/worldcupofworldcups

Please rate and review! Join regular hosts James Cook (@jamesecook) and Paul Savage (@comedysavage) as they look back on the last group games of the 2022 World Cup. Email worldcupofworldcups@gmail.com and donate at ko-fi.com/worldcupofworldcups

Please rate and review! Join regular hosts James Cook (@jamesecook) and Paul Savage (@comedysavage) as they look back on games 18 through 32 of the 2022 World Cup. Email worldcupofworldcups@gmail.com and donate at ko-fi.com/worldcupofworldcups

Please rate and review! Join regular hosts James Cook (@jamesecook) and Paul Savage (@comedysavage) as they look back on games 9 through 17 of the 2022 World Cup. Email worldcupofworldcups@gmail.com and donate at ko-fi.com/worldcupofworldcups

Please rate and review! Join regular hosts James Cook (@jamesecook) and Paul Savage (@comedysavage) as they look back on the first 8 games of the 2022 World Cup. Email worldcupofworldcups@gmail.com and donate at ko-fi.com/worldcupofworldcups

In this very special bonus episode, James Cook (@jamesecook) and Paul Savage (@comedysavage) are joined by journalist, author and Nuneaton Borough fan Chris Evans  (@chrisevanswrites) to talk about his (now) award-winning book How To Win The World Cup as well as looking ahead to the Qatar World Cup that no-one wants. Support us at ko-fi.com/worldcupofworldcups and email worldcupofworldcups@gmail.com.

The seemingly impossible and entirely predictable, a new wonderkid, goals, comebacks, the Croatians who never tire and we reveal which World Cup is the greatest of all as we conclude our story of the 2018 World Cup in Russia. Joining James Cook (@jamesecook) and Paul Savage (@comedysavage) is writer and co-host of the Football Book Club podcast, Jack Bernhardt (@jackbern23). Support us at ko-fi.com/worldcupofworldcups and email worldcupofworldcups@gmail.com.

Bribes, Burger King babies, the world's richest footballer, how to avoid your cousin in Iceland, losing on purpose and unfair fairplay feature in part one of the story of the tournament we hated to love, the 2018 World Cup in Russia. Joining James Cook (@jamesecook) and Paul Savage (@comedysavage) is writer and co-host of the Football Book Club podcast, Jack Bernhardt (@jackbern23). Support us at ko-fi.com/worldcupofworldcups and email worldcupofworldcups@gmail.com.

A high-profile hammering, bites, lasers, a flying Dutchman, an inspid England and a new way to say James all feature in the story of the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, that a lot of Brazilians just didn't want. Joining James Cook (@jamesecook) and Paul Savage (@comedysavage) is Comedy Store Player and Farnborough FC fan Andy Smart (@AndyCSP). Support us at ko-fi.com/worldcupofworldcups and email worldcupofworldcups@gmail.com.

Karma for 66, controversial goals, controversial saves, typos, free scoring Germans and a brand new World Champion all feature in the second part of the story of the 2010 World Cup in Germany. Joining James Cook (@jamesecook) and Paul Savage (@comedysavage) is comedian and Spain fan Ignacio Lopez (@comedylopez).  Support us at ko-fi.com/worldcupofworldcups and email worldcupofworldcups@gmail.com.