A Load Of Balls
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Welcome to Friday's Radio 1 All Day Breakfast Podcast. It's been lovely to be back this week. And we rounded off the week with a really fun final on yesterday's quiz. We also got Bruce back on on wrong-uns. We gave away some tickets to the FA Cup finals. We talked about Chapel Rome. We got you up to date with all the latest things. And we welcomed back Nat O'Leary and Vicky Hawksworth. And we had a chat with them about the Traitors. So much good stuff. Let's start with the very start of the show.

Ladies and gentlemen, the weekend. Yes, good morning! Welcome to Friday. Callum. Hello, morning. So another Friday is upon us. It is, it is, it is. Mr Burns on the way. Thank you to Tania Taylor for the early breakfast show. Feeling good? You alright? Yeah, I'm alright, thank you. Good. What about everyone listening? Are you feeling alright? Are you good? Why don't you message me that? On 03700100100 with your answer. Mmm.

Big Jan Slam prize today. All about the men's and the women's FA Cup finals. Plus, you're going to get a match ball. That's fun, isn't it? That's exciting, isn't it? It's nice for them to throw in a match ball. Yeah, they've got a few hundred of them, so, you know.

How many do they have on a... You've got contacts... Maybe not a few hundreds. They've got to have a few, don't they, around the pitch so they can start the play again quickly. So, I don't know, 10, 12 maybe? Can you text your mate Dave at Livingston? Find out how many match balls they have. Yeah, just how many they've got on standby. Yeah, OK, I'll find out. During a normal game. Yeah, OK. I'd love to know. Right, I'm on it. Tom seems to know. Do you know? No.

The Premier League uses a multi-ball system with 15 balls per match. This includes one ball in play, one ball with the fourth official and 13 replacement balls. Multi-ball. Who knew that was a thing? Multi-ball. We're using a multi-ball system. Multi-ball. Did they actually say multi-ball system? That's what it says. Can you ask Dave if he's got a multi-ball system? I'm asking him if he has a multi-ball system. Excellent. Well, good morning to all of you.

Whatever system you use, multiball or not, you're all very welcome to the Radio Off-Bank Show. There was an answer, by the way. Let's fast forward to just after the news at 8.30 and Callum Leslie did hear from Big Dave. Just after 7 o'clock this morning, I asked a question.

You did. About how many match balls do they normally have in rotation? And I asked you to ask your mate Dave, who's sort of one of the big cheeses at Livingston, isn't he? That's right, yeah. He's the chief executive at Livingston. He's the chief exec? Yeah. My God, you've literally got friends in high places. We need to sort that. We need to sort that. We need to go and see a game. I know. We need to go and see a game. We need to do a breakfast show trip to Livingston. I know. And that's open.

All right, we'll plan that separate. But what I asked for was the multi-ball system to be explained. How many balls has Dave got? Okay, so initially it was loads of balls, all the balls. West Lothian is the home of balls. Okay. The answer is there are 15 match balls, including the one on the pitch at Livingston. And there's a little diagram showing you where all the balls go, the ball boys and ball girls.

That matches up with what Tom found out. So that's like industry standard then to have 15. Yeah, that was the multi-ball system that we found earlier. Yeah, there you go. And they're all on cones and the players have to go and get them themselves if they want them. They're not allowed to be thrown. Okay, so you've got two behind each goal. You've got five along each touchline. Yep, and then one in the middle. And then one in the middle in play. Yeah. That's good to know, isn't it? Yeah. Good to know.

Newsbeat gets answers for you. That really is good. Do you think if we go to Livingston with Big Dave, Chief Exec Dave, we could take home one of the match balls? You could definitely ask him. Dave's a nice guy? He is a nice guy, yeah. I've heard he's a handsome guy. He is. He's very talented. Can confirm. What's that? He's handsomer. He's handsome, yeah. Yeah, I met him. You met him? Yeah, when we did the Keeps the Big Weekend.

Oh, yeah, we met Dave, yeah. I've never seen him in the flesh. Never. You've spoken to him, but Tom is the man that was lucky enough to meet him in the flesh. If I was to switch allegiance and say that Livingston were my home club now, do you think I could get a match ball? I think that might do it, you know. On the BBC Sounds app, on the radio, and ask your smart speaker to play Radio 1. I'm very easily bought. So there you go. Now you know. 15. 15 balls. Multi-ball system.

Next up, let's do the quiz final. And let's quiz final quiz of the week. Ellen, welcome back. Good morning. Phoebe and Chris have been on. They're in Hartlepool and they say, I'm still concerned about the hedgehog rescue from yesterday. Oh, I think we need to get over it. We need to stop with the hedgehog rescue. What was the feedback from the audience?

that you received in your life yesterday after you were on the radio? Yeah, well, I got a bit of a ribbon about the Hedgehog of Malarkey, but lots of credit for the score, so that was good. Yeah, fantastic score yesterday, 17. Captain Ben, welcome back. Morning, hiya. Ben, it's been quite the week since we spoke. My God, has a lot happened. A lot's happened. It really has. I've seen pictures of you dressed as Madonna. Yeah.

Yeah. I've seen a video of you dressed as Madonna, actually, looking fabulous. All right. We've had Gemma on, who was trying to send me pictures, topless photos of your dad. Then we had Ellen on yesterday, who was talking about trying to rescue hedgehogs, but in the process of killing them by accident, by accident, by accident, by accident. So how are you feeling as you were standing by watching the chaos unfold?

It's all... Yeah, no, it's been great, to be honest. I guess Dad, he was really confused at first. Like, he didn't really understand why, like, what was going on, but it's quickly gone to his head, like he was being such a beaver last night. LAUGHTER

We're going to get him back on later. He's going to have his own moment to shine on wrong-uns. But right now, it's Ben versus Ellen. It's you two head-to-head in the final of yesterday's quiz. Now, Ben, did you hear yesterday that at the last minute, Ellen actually reminded me to give you the extra point for the football score that you predicted? Yeah.

Yeah, so I made a big point of reminding her the night before. Sure. Yeah, so, yeah, a bit mad. Can't believe I managed to predict it right, but yeah. 18 points. You are well in the lead. You will be going first on the final in a couple of minutes' time. So tell us your winning choice, Ben, if you do win today. What are we going to play? I went for Brimestone by Arctic Monkeys. Excellent. And, Ellen, what about you?

by the Backstreet Boys. Great. Now, this is a bath time classic, isn't it, for you? It is, it is. With Zach and Rory, my grandsons, you can change the lyrics, Peter Kaye styley, and change it to Everybody Wash Your Body, which was great fun. Great. I found it funny. No, it is funny. If anyone listening is in the bath this morning and Ellen wins, you're going to have an extra treat with Backstreet Boys' Wash Your Body.

We're going to play Tyler and then we're going to get into the final of yesterday's quiz. It's first to five and it's happening next. Let's do the final of the quiz. It's all come down to this, Ben. After a week of family sort of arguments, but also I was saying to you just during that song, there's no loyalty in a family. And that's the sort of beautiful thing about it is everyone's fair game. Gemma came on and really, I mean, just, I mean, she started sending me pictures of you dressed as Madonna.

She's fun chaos, to be honest. Yeah, the whole thing's been great chaos, actually, this week. But we now get serious. Great to have a family affair on this week. And that adds a little extra something to the final. Brian Storm gets played if Ben wins. Backstreet Boys gets played if Ellen wins. Do we have some dingers? Yes, we do. First to five. Ben, you're in the lead, so you get to go first.

Let's do it. Yesterday marked the anniversary of which former One Directioner releasing the song Treat People With Kindness? Ooh, Harry Styles. Correct. Ellen, we're with you. Normani announced that she plans to tour this year. Which American girl band was she part of? Harmony 7? Is it Harmony? I don't know. Oh! It's not Harmony 7, but I do sort of want to give you the... But it's Fifth Harmony. Fifth Harmony. Oh, Ellen.

Manchester? Swimming costume. India? Yes. Ellen?

Scotland. Yes. Ben. Wolverine. Yes. Ellen.

Nicola Coughlan celebrated her birthday yesterday. In which TV show did she play the character Penelope Farrington? Bridgeton? Bridgeton is correct. Yes, I will accept that. Thank you. Bridgeton. And this for the win, Ben. Kate Middleton celebrated her birthday yesterday. Finish her official title. The Princess of... Wales? The Princess of Wales is correct! Oh!

Well done. Well done. It's a shame that, Ellen, you fell at the first hurdle. But it was a tricky question to get first up, I'd say. I think so. I think so, yeah. Well played, Ben. A good week. A captain's innings this week. Really, really good. You must feel very proud of yourself. Yeah. No, the team's been great. It's all been a really good laugh. We've been loving it.

What I didn't tell you was that if you'd lost today, I was going to leak the photo of you as Madonna. So that will remain now safely on the Radio and Breakfast Show phone. So that's fine. Thanks for being on this week. We've really enjoyed it. And thank you, Ellen, for coming back on this morning.

You're welcome, you're welcome. Can I do a quick shout-out? Of course. Yeah, so just to Luke, Hannah, Zach, Rory, Colette, her gang, Miles, Michael, Sophia, friends and fans. Oh, great. Ben, come on. Any other shout-outs? My girlfriend, Sim. Yeah, nice. Good save. And, of course, the biggest shout-out of all goes to Bruce.

He will be the main event later. 8.40. This has been the warm-up for Bruce doing wrongs at 8.40 this morning. Ben, thanks for being on this week. We'll speak to you soon. Thanks so much. Cheers. Winning track. A great one. Brian Storm. And from the quiz final, it's now time for the main event. It's Bruce. Welcome back, Bruce. Hello, Greg. Oh, my God. You have caused such a stir this week, Bruce.

Yeah, how? By being a lovely, modest, kind, funny, friendly and sexy man. Your entire family on the quiz this week have been the best start to 2025 possible and we've loved it. And you have become the star of the show this week.

And to the point where people have been texting in in the last half an hour just saying, have I missed him? Have I missed Bruce? Because I know he's doing wrong. Have I missed it? No, you haven't. He's on now. We're live. And so last night, did you have a nice dinner with the kids? Yeah, we had a great dinner. They were testing me on getting the answers wrong. I failed. Right. OK. So Ben and Gemma, they listen to The Breakfast Show quite a bit. But you're more of a Radio 2 kind of guy. Is that right? Yeah.

I was, but I've been turned. Okay, well, you're very welcome. Absolutely. And the listeners would welcome you with open arms. So were you listening to the bit where I was being sent photographs of you?

Yes. I have now been sent a topless photo of you, Bruce. Yeah, I know. I can't believe I agreed to that. I can confirm. We had suspicions because we talked about you doing Ironman challenges and stuff. I can confirm that you do have an excellent rig. And if you...

If you don't get over 10 points today on wrong-uns, I will be leaking the photograph. Okay, no pressure then. Obviously, I won't be doing that. But thanks so much for being on this week. We have loved it and we loved your answers as well. Can we just clarify something? What was going on here? Sorry, a famous what? Wayne. Oh,

Wayne. Wayne Bruce. Wayne Bruce. I think I got confused as well. Did you mean Bruce Wayne? I did. I was panicked. Yeah, I panicked as well. I was like, oh, it sounds right, but it's Wayne Bruce, which wouldn't be Batman. It would be Man Bat instead. Man Bat, yeah. And then what about the Ariana answer? Ariana Grande was teasing new music yesterday, but what character did she play in Wicked? Oh, I don't know. A witch? Very smart. A very smart answer. Bruce.

So what we need from you today are a load of wrong answers. OK, that's what we do on Wrongans. Do you say last night you didn't do that well in the restaurant? No, I got told a couple of times, you can't say that. Well, we'll see how you go. We are doing Wrongans with the legendary Bruce from yesterday's quiz, the dad from the quiz this week. Oliver in Southampton, I've never seen a message like this before, says, Greg, can you please get Bruce to wish me a happy birthday?

That's Oliver in Southampton. Can you do your best happy birthday for Oliver in Southampton, please? Oh, where's Bruce gone? Hello? Bruce? Oh, no! Bruce, can you hear me?

Yes, I was trying. Did you not hear it? Oh, no, I couldn't. Were you singing? No, I was whistling. Oh, you were whistling. I wonder what was going on. Weirdly, the whistle didn't come through the line. I wonder what had happened. I thought you'd had a funny turn. Just say happy birthday to Oliver, if that's all right. Oliver, have a happy birthday. Oh, nice. Very nice.

Where can we see Bruce, says somebody else. I mean, everyone needs to just calm down a second. I'm going to get the spray bottle out for everyone. But actually, you know what? The best place to see you would be the Nice Ironman. Is that right? Yeah, this is true. Yes. I think you might have people cheering you on now. Well, I could do with all the support I could get. So that would be great.

Also, James in Rutland's been on and says, Greg, small piece of trivia for you. Wayne Bruce is the head of PR at Bentley.

Used to be at McLaren. His number plate is MB because of man bat. So he's actually embraced that. So, I don't know, that is a useless bit of trivia, but big up Wayne Bruce at Bentley. That's probably quite a good PR person to get to know, isn't it, Bruce, the guy at Bentley? It would be, but I am actually currently working for Rolls-Royce, so maybe not. Bruce! Oh, my God! The fiercest rival! Wow! OK. God, you're getting more and more magical by the second. MUSIC

OK, here we go then. We've got a load of questions and we need wrong answers from you, please. Bruce, are you ready? As I'm ever going to be, yeah. OK, here we go. Question number one. Your daughter Gemma sent us a picture of you with what on display this week? My legs. We gave away tickets to the FA Cup finals today, but what do you kick in a football game? A rugby ball. What do you put in the middle of a hot dog bun?

Tomatoes. What's the name of your son who was on yesterday's quiz this week? Gemma. The Traitors has been on TV, but who hosts The Traitors? Tony Blackburn. What do you have to do to a banana before you eat it? Throw it away. Who did Zendaya reportedly get engaged to? John Paul Sartre. Ellen on your quiz team this week tried but failed to save which animal?

A cuddly bear. And a bonus question. Is Ellen a hedgehog murderer? Absolutely yes. And Justin Trudeau resigned this week, but from what job? President of America. Okay, and we're done.

Good answers. It's quite stressful doing wrong ones, isn't it? It is. I had Bruce's big calves ready. It was very, very good. What do you do for Rolls-Royce then, Bruce, I should ask you? Are you allowed to tell us or is it secret things? Well, I'm head of wellbeing, but in actual fact, to be clear, it's the aerospace. They're separate from the cars. Yeah, the lovely big engines on the planes. Yes. Okay. What an interesting job.

Well, you're good for our well-being, I'd say, Bruce. So you're doing a great job to millions of people on Radio 1. So you got 10 points today on wrong-uns. It was very good. We had a tomato in the middle of a hot dog bun. Your son, Gemma. Tony Blackburn, lovely Radio 1 throwback. The first ever breakfast show host, of course, on Radio 1. John Paul Sartre is engaged to Zendaya, which is good news.

And you confirmed that Ellen is, in fact, a hedgehog murderer. Good. All in all, an excellent week. We will leave you alone now, Bruce. Thanks so much for being such a good sport this week. I hope you've enjoyed it. Oh, I have enjoyed it so much. And I know that Ellen threw out a shout-out. And I just want to say that Rory and Zach, please believe Grandma. She was on the radio.

Yes. Rory and Zach, is it? Yeah, they won't believe it. They won't believe it. They won't believe it's her. Okay, Rory and Zach, I can confirm, as the voice of the radio, coming out of the radio, they were on, and I'm going to make it even better for them both. They are now star listeners on today's breakfast show. There's their fanfare. Rory and Zach, you're star listeners on the breakfast show.

And that is a brilliant week on yesterday's quiz and Rangan's sewn up. Thank you, Bruce. Have a good one. Speak to you soon. You too. Thank you. Bye-bye. And now let's get you up to date with all the latest things.

Radio 1 Breakfast. All the latest things. And let's get you up to date with everything and let's revisit our old friend Hiroshi. Hiroshi is the Japanese ambassador to the UK and he's been celebrating his visit to Wales by recording the national anthem. I'll grow, yes I'll, drag on the trauma.

We asked you if you would return the favour if you were Welsh or maybe part of a Welsh choir to maybe sing the Japanese anthem. And we've had quite a reaction to it. So we're in talks with some choirs. But we can also chat to many more. The more, the merrier. 03-700-100-100. But now he's been updating us on his breakfast. I'm having breakfast in Cardiff.

Delicious. And what a fine choice, Hiroshi. Although you do hear the little... ..the munching noises. He does seem to enjoy it. Keep an eye out, people of Cardiff, the ambassadors out and about.

Next up, let's hear from Shrish on TikTok, who made a very valid point for this time of year. At what point can we stop saying Happy New Year to each other? Because, guys, it's been a week and I can't do this anymore. Absolutely. I always think about this. And because of my comedy hero, Larry David, he always said, You can't say Happy New Year after January 7th.

I like that. I think January 7th is about right, so we're past the deadline. Anyway, Shrish continues. I think to start every single call with Happy New Year and then discussing how our New Years were is making me have an unhappy New Year. Yeah, she also makes this point as well. I also wonder what would happen if we were honest. Like, when people are like, how was your Christmas? What would they do if I was like, it was rubbish. I cried all week and made some really bad decisions. I might try it just to feel something. I think you should.

I think you should actually say it because people would appreciate the honesty. And finally, let's cross to Jade, who is very much in her solo pop girlie era.

The two singles we've had already, Angel of My Dreams and Fantasy, have been amazing. She did a brilliant live lounge where she covered Backbone by Chasing Status and Stormzy and really put her own spin on it. And we have a new one.

It Girl is brand new and that is out today. And now you're up to date with all the latest things. Radio One Breakfast. With Greg James. Let's give away some tickets now to the FA Cup finals. But first, a little chat with Gerry. Huge, huge prize today. Two tickets to the men's and the women's FA Cup finals, plus a match ball. You get to go to one of the great...

sporting venues of the world, you get to go to Wembley. Not once, but twice, my friends. Jeremiah Asayama, you've been to Wembley a few times, haven't you? I've been to Wembley about twice as a DJ and like a hundred times as a fan. And every single time I go, it feels like the first time. It is that good. Jerry, you and Matt are sounding amazing, by the way, in the afternoons. Oh, thank you. And I've said that to you privately, but I'm saying it to you

publicly in a public forum. And it's been sounding amazing. So are you enjoying working with Matt? Honestly, it is the best fun you could ever ask for in the afternoon. So yeah, I'm loving it. He's a silly boy, isn't he? He's a silly boy. So tell us about DJing at Wembley Stadium. What does it feel like? Oh,

When you have 90,000 people there in a stadium, like literally the rumbling of like every single seat, it almost sounds too good to be true. But the atmosphere is, you almost can't describe it until you're there. Like just knowing that there are so many different types of people in the stadium, whether it's royal families or, you know, Oasis or H or like...

Sir Alex Ferguson, you just know everyone that loves football who is in there deserves to be there. So when I heard Radio 1 were giving away tickets, not only to the men's final, but also the women's final, which produced one of the best FA Cup finals last year for me, I was like, whoever gets this is the most...

Not even luckiest person, the blessed, bestest person of the year for me. It was so good. Well, this is it, because obviously we don't know who's going to be in the finals, but that's the joy of the FA Cup. And that is, I mean, everyone always talks about the sort of the magic of the Cup, because this is the one tournament that the Giants can be slayed in, isn't it? Because it's the oldest tournament. It includes so many...

so many football teams across the country and you just never know who's going to be in that final. This is it. There's 92 teams across the UK that enter for it and like Wigan Athletic won it like almost like 10 years ago or a little bit longer. Like Wigan aren't even in the Premier League. No offence to any Wigan fans but the fact that Wigan can win it it just shows that maybe someone listening now your team might not be in the Premier League but it could be your team in the final and

That alone just makes it even more exciting. And we can't forget the match ball. Like, I'm sorry. Walking away with the football that everyone has just kicked around with for 90 minutes. Yes. Yep. It's a great bit of the prize. You're so right. And you'll get to see some amazing halftime entertainment as well. I want to play that, a clip of you DJing because you DJed alongside the military band, didn't you? Let's listen to this. ♪

Jerry, are you still mates with the military band? What's that? Are you still mates with the military band? Of course I am. Of course. You know, we actually spoke on Instagram, like, at the end of last year. I was like, no way. I was like, yeah. That's nice that the military band slid into your DMs. Yeah, honestly. They're good people to have on speed dials. Always good to know a military band in case you need one. So I'm pleased that you're still mates with them because this sounded insane. Because maybe I want to be the one that saves me.

And after I run, you're my wonderland. What a rush DJing there, must have been amazing. What a moment. And all the City fans are absolutely summing hearing that as well. Gerry, thanks for being on this morning. Oh, you're not back on today because it's Friday, but you're back on a Monday with Matt, aren't you? Yes, Saturday. I guess you're back this weekend, back on Saturday, of course. Yes. Of course, of course. Gerry's back on Saturday evening on Radio 1 and...

You can listen to live commentaries of the men's FA Cup third round this weekend, plus all the reaction on the Football Daily podcast, by the way. That is all on BBC Sounds. Gerry, we love you. Have a good weekend. Love you too. Cheers. Shall we meet our contestants? Jacob, good morning. Good morning. Welcome to The Breakfast Show. How are you feeling about your chances on the competition today?

I'm excited. Can't wait. Are you a big football fan? If so, who is your team? I am. Liverpool is my team and hopefully we're going to win it. Oh, right. Well, you've got, yes. I mean, things are going very well. So I'd say you've got a good chance of being in the FA Cup final. Have you been to Wembley before? I haven't, no, unfortunately, but hopefully I will. And what are you supposed to be doing, Jacob? What are you supposed to be doing while calling a radio station? Actually working. Doing what?

Wilder, Wilder Fabricator. Okay, great. Well, thanks for putting down the, I don't know, the welder and doing the radio stuff with us. Ella, good morning. Good morning. What are you doing today, Ella? I work in customer service. Okay. Well, thank you for putting me first instead of the customers because this is a very important, very important moment. You're a big Spurs fan, aren't you?

Yeah, I am. So, Jacob, I feel like it's a bit of a sore subject. Oh, it is, definitely. After the last match, I have no words. I have no words. Yeah, I was going to say, how are you feeling about it? How are you feeling about it, Jacob? Not good. We obviously, we've done one over on you last time, 6-3. So, I... I know, exactly. Yeah, exactly. It was a bit surprising. I know. Yeah, you and me both. Yeah.

And all the Spurs fans. So this is, guys, this is the magic of the cup right here. These age-old rivalries, and it all comes to a head in one of the greatest sporting venues in the world, Wembley Stadium. Not a place that Spurs are often at, I would say. And so, who would you take? You're welcome. That's an ask if I have to. Who would you take with you?

I would take my dad because we always go to the football together. That would be nice. What's your dad called? Ed. Ed. Big up, Ed. Is he listening? He should be, yeah, hopefully. Interesting, because yesterday we had Cicely on who was playing for a ticket for the cricket to go with her granddad. And she'd made the decision not to tell her granddad in case she lost. That turned out to be good because she did lose. But Ed does know that you're on the radio trying to win tickets for him.

Yeah, so this will be, yeah, let's just hope we win this because it will be a very difficult conversation. It's not. What a goal! She saw the space. She curls it in. A quality goal from a quality player. Radio 1's Jamslam.

Jacob, in the interest of fairness, I've just got to tell you that during that song when I was just checking that Ella was okay and that you were okay, Ella was trying to butter me up by telling me that she lives in Bishop Stortford and that her dad went to the same school as me. I just want to be clear about that. Oh, I like that, isn't it? No, I just want to say, as a typical Spurs fan, I just want to say that I'm not going to be influenced by that, although we're having a nice chat about where she's parked up. Where are you parked up again, Ella, at the moment?

On the side of the road by Homebase. By the nice big Homebase, yeah. We were talking all about the big Tescos, yeah, up on Thorley and everything, but that is not going to sway me in any way, just to be clear. Yeah, OK, OK. OK. So watch it, Ella. Your card is marked. Oh, I will. OK. But are you both ready for today's Jan Slam? Yeah. I'm ready for it. Good luck, Jacob. And you, and you. Yeah.

I'll be asking questions about the FA Cup. For each question, both of you are allowed to answer if you know the answer, obviously. If you get it right, you win the prize. But if you get it wrong, then you've blown it. The other person gets the prize immediately and you go away with nothing. So only answer when you're absolutely sure. The questions will get easier as we go. And you can just stay quiet if you're not confident. But if you don't give it a go, you might let your opponent win. Are you all okay with the rules? Happy? Yeah.

Yeah. Yeah. So Ella and Jacob, you'll have five seconds to answer each question. If I don't hear anything from either of you, I'll move on to the next question. And I need to hear you shout your name and then your answer straight away. If you hesitate, I might have to disqualify you and give your opponent the prize. If you say your name, you must say your answer straight away after it. You can interrupt me as I'm asking the question, but I will stop speaking.

Are you clear on the rules? Yeah, absolutely. First person to give me a correct answer will win. And it's for a brilliant prize. Two days out at Wembley. Two tickets to the men's and the women's FA Cup finals, plus a match ball as well. Let's get on with it. It's the final Jan Slam of this week. We've had some amazing sporting prizes. Question number one.

Which team won the first ever Women's FA Cup final, then known as the Mitre Challenge Trophy in 1971? That's one of those that you've done a... It's quite a good pub quiz one, that one. The answer is Southampton. Southampton Women's FC in 1971. They won the Mitre Challenge Trophy, which then became the Women's FA Cup. Did you sort of know that, either of you, or not at all? No, not at all. Not at all. OK. OK.

then it's good that you didn't say anything. Question number two. The first player to ever be sent off during a men's FA Cup final was Kevin Moran in 1985. What team was he playing for? No. No, no, no. No. No. Any idea, Jacob? What would you say if you had to guess? Chelsea. Ella? It'd be like an old club. I've got no idea. It was Man United. Oh. Oh. Oh.

Liverpool. Liverpool. I think that's right, yeah.

Jacob, you've answered Liverpool in answer to the question. Man United won the 2024 Women's FA Cup. Which team did they beat in the final? They beat Spurs in the final. Oh, no. Wow. Wow. Oh, my God. Yes. Ella, you're going to Wembley twice. Yes.

Oh, gutted. I don't know where I'm supposed to play, so I didn't know if it was third or I'm on the ticket. Well, don't worry about it. You should have known your club's history. But, Jacob, thank you so much for being on. Well done for being brave, but it wasn't right this time. Oh, never mind. Thanks for having me. Thanks for playing and have a good rest of the day and a good weekend. Thanks for being on The Breakfast Show. Thank you. Ella...

You won. This is amazing because you won because not only Jacob lost, but so did Spurs. Incredible. Who would have thought it, hey? Well, I would think it's the most Spurs thing ever. Yeah, it is the most Spurs thing ever. It's difficult. Congratulations. You've won by doing nothing. But you're going to get to go with Ed. Your dad gets to go to the football.

He's going to be so happy. I can't wait to tell him. I'll keep listening. All right, good. I'll be cheering. Because he's a good Bishop Stoltford High School boy. He'll be listening and he'll be loyal and be locked in. OK, let's play McGee and Rockman and we can get your details, Ella, and you can call your dad to tell him the good news.

Yay, thank you, Greg. Have a lovely day. And you too. Speak to you soon. Take care. Really good Jan Slam this week. It's been tense. There's been great drama. Much like the FA Cup on Monday morning. OK, brace yourselves, everyone. Yeah, it's been a good week for sports prizes. But on Monday, I've got two tickets.

to Glastonbury. We talked traitors with Nat O'Leary and Vicky Hawksworth next. Nat O'Leary and Vicky Hawksworth, hello. Hello. How's things?

Good. It's our first weekend together, back together. Vicky was off last weekend, Greg. She left me. So it's exciting today. Well, it's nice to have you both back and you're going to do anthems from 10.30. And most importantly, are you both watching The Traitors? Of course. Absolutely. Good.

It's amazing. Now, I'm not up to date, actually. I've got two to watch because I didn't make it last night and the night before I was too knackered. Nine o'clock is a bit late. It's a bit late when you're doing early. It is a little bit late, isn't it?

So no spoilers, please. Oh, gosh, okay. But all I know is that Linda is still being amazing. She's my favourite. It's the acting. I'm sorry. Can we just talk about not last night, the night before? Can I actually say something? It's not really a spoiler. Go on. What was the line she said about you don't need to be a fisherman to know you have to tie a knot? Oh, you mean...

Sorry. This one. You don't have to be a sailor to know you have to tie a rope. Sorry. Sorry. Oh, it wasn't fisherman. But no, but I mean, that makes as much sense as what Linda was saying because she is the worst actor ever in this whole thing. She is a traitor at the minute, but... Oh, oh, oh, I'm so curious who's going to come in.

Oh no, who's it going to be? I actually don't know how she's still going. Yeah, because she's drawing so much attention, but no one's looking. It was like the first night when Claudia Winkleman was like traitors and she whipped her head around than Barney looking for dog treats. It's very, very similar. Speaking of the first night, actually, that first show, I was watching it on New Year's Day, wasn't it? And I watched it and laughed out loud at this slightly weird bit of scripting from Claudia Winkleman. Welcome to the round table.

Probably one of the most important tables you'll ever sit at. What are we talking about? LAUGHTER

What does that mean? No one's got a list of the most important tables they've ever sat at. I mean, look, if I ask you now, what's the most important table you've ever sat at? Oh, gosh. This radio table. Yeah, exactly, this. Great answer, great answer. Yeah, but it's not like, oh, yes, I remember. I remember the most important table I sat at once. I guess like pub quiz table or... Dinner table. Claudia, we love you, but that's not a thing. Welcome to the round table.

Probably... Probably... One of the most important tables you'll ever sit at. It's great when someone says, probably one of the... It's the, like, confusion with the probably. Like, it might not be babe, but probably...

Well, it's nice to have you both back and we're going to do anthems from 10 o'clock this morning. Just a load of big old bangers. And then what's coming up on the group chat from 10.30? We've got a big thing today, Greg. I don't know whether you're very good at this, whether you're bad at saying no, but me and Biffy are quite bad at saying no to things. But we're going to do this as a group chat. We're going to collectively teach people how to say no. I think this is really good because...

Yeah, it's always better to under-promise and over-deliver and not the other way round. So it's a good news resolution, that, actually. All right, well, say yes to the group chat today from 10.30. And I think those are all the bits, aren't they? What else have we got? What did I miss there? I think that's everything. No, that's all the bits. Yeah, good spread.

Good spread for a Friday. Any grievances? Friday grievances? Anyone got any problems? Not for the podcast. Okay. I've got grievances at the pub for Henry's birthday tomorrow. Okay. We'll do proper grievances. I mean, I'm aggrieved about my age. That's a grievance. What's your age again? 31? That's fine. It is fine. You're fine. You're a baby. Maybe the listeners want to pick someone... An old baby.

Maybe the listeners should pick somebody that they want to share a little bit of gossip next week about themselves. Oh, OK, yeah, do the gossip game. Henry did the gossip game earlier in the week. XOXO, gossip game. Gossip gay. Yeah, that's you. Yeah. XOXO, gossip gay. Maybe we can create some drama. I think... Gossip Greg? Yeah, good. The only thing I've seen Henry smile at more than what he was just smiling then was farts.

He loves farts. I'm a very simple man. Farts, I find people retching incredibly funny. Do you? Yeah, really, really funny. And yeah. If I look back at my DMs to Henry, it's normally just I forward him fart videos. It's generally fart videos. What was the last one? There was a good one. Was it someone farting into a suit?

I just sent you the top ten farts. Yeah, no, there was one... I don't know if you could put this on, because when that grandson farted into the... Oh, yeah, it's on the top ten farts. Yeah, this is it. It's, yeah, one of the top ten ones is the granny farts into his granny's oxygen supply. So it goes right up her nose. It's awful.

That's a ten. Working out with the stretch band. Nine. At eight. Here we go. That was nine, part two. At eight. Because I fart? Because I fart? Yes, you're going to have to get out. Right, I'll get out. Seven. Six. You're going to have to take that out of your car. Sorry.

No, seriously, get out of here. This has been just wonderful, Grandma. Oh, good. I'm glad. This is it. This is it. This is it. Don't want to step on the hose here, sorry. Oh, come on, mate. Susanna not amused. It's perfect for you because it's a fart and a wretch. And a wretch. Yeah.

I love it so much. Happy birthday, Henry. Thank you. I might buy you an oxygen machine. Yeah. But you can do that to people. Yeah. Good. There you go. That's the end of today's Breakfast Show podcast. Enjoy your weekend, everyone. I'll be back on Monday with Glastonbury tickets. Goodbye.

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