James McHugh

Calling your parents?

So he's like... For a 12-year-old, he's unbelievable, Maradona.

He is probably the most naturally talented player ever to play.

But I mean, one of the great documentaries is the film about Maradona by the guy that did the Amy Winehouse.

I always forget the director's name.

And they show this footage of this cycle he got into in Napoli where he's like, he'd be training for three days, he'd win a game single-handedly and then go out on a sort of coke and booze mafia-fueled four-day bender, not sleep.

then basically the next day on a Thursday, treadmill, oxygen mask, three days.

And then you start the whole cycle again.

That's basically how Charlie produces this podcast.

He's in a bin bag now, just swimming out back there.

Asif Kapadi, that's his name.

Anyway.

That's a great doc.

Doing lines in the... That's the most... Racking it up on the marble.

That's the most Catholic thing I've ever heard.

Doing cocaine in the Pope's bathroom.

I want it all.

So, now his first World Cup is 1982, which is in Spain, which has just transitioned from Franco to democracy.

The main crisis that the tournament is defined by, Britain's southern border, has been breached.

The Argentines, as if it wasn't enough, with their hosting a final... A barge with the Argies.