This week's guest is editor and writer John Brewin.
In addition to covering sport, John has also been writing about HBO's TV hit Succession: we discuss of how a glitzy world filled with terrible-but-with-no-less-watchable people was presaged by the English Premier League.
And is that how we should talk about the very elite of the game now, as a ludicrous but highly entertaining television show?
We discuss several of the biggest names associated with Manchester United: Matt Busby, George Best, Alex Ferguson, Eamon Dunphy, and Roy Keane.
John also passes on his writing tips, and how Hugh McIlvanney channeled his inner Arsenal Fan TV to sum up a typical Champions League disaster against Bayern.
John's picks were:
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