John Fashanu

Uh, he, yep, that's 10 more red cards than what he'd scored goals, and he's always known for one challenge.

And this is this challenge here, Ash, that I've just sent a link to you, and it's against Mr. John Fashanu.

And to say that Franny loses his temper with John Fashanu, mugging him off completely, uh, only a couple moments later to then go into what could be considered a foul in rugby [laughs], let alone football, is quite the instant karma we need in this story.

Oh, I've ju- I've just watched it 10 times.

I've just watched it 10 times in a row.

[laughs]

[laughs] John says, "Why don't you fill some time in the international break by interviewing a boxer?" Um, Gary says, "Can you just make up some-"

Hey, we missed out on the boxer today.

We've got good at the boxing interviews, and people have admitted that-

Billy Jones, 319

... rather than, um-

John Fashanu.

If, if we, you know, if we, if we're including all history.

Yeah

... um, Fashanu does a bit of a, bit of like a extra serious Frank Lampard where they ask all these players, 'cause they're trying to get characters for the, for the TV show obviously.

Yeah, I get that.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

The premise of this show was that-

It went out on Bravo, which tells you how good it was as a premise.

[laughs] The premise of this show was that John Fashanu was gonna manage a team of Sunday league s- uh, level players who would audition with football trials.

They could be from anywhere over the country, but they were playing in the Hendon District League, I think it was in North London.

A last-minute deal would be struck in October, just days before the channel's launch on November the 1st.

And London Weekend Television announced its latest weapon in the autumn ratings war, Gladiators, to be hosted by Ulrika Jonsson and John Fashanu, filmed at the National Indoor Arena in Birmingham and costing £2 million for nine episodes.

episodes.From the spandex-clad excitement of Jet, Lightning, Saracen, and company, we go to a documentary about two men trying to keep the wolf from the door.

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