World Cup: The Pants Rule & The Semi-Finals
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The Football Daily at the People World Cup 2026 with Rick Edwards and Lloyd Griffith live from L.A.
Hello, you're listening to the Football Daily with Rick and Lloyd. Now, we had a day off yesterday and no football. So we're sort of at a bit of a loose end. Yeah. You arrived home. From Miami. Safely from Miami. Having had a splendid time. And you were... in surprisingly good form given where you had been the night before so do you want to yeah just been to the game and then you said did the podcast in the room finished at 1am finished at 1am so just straight to bed was it straight to bed yeah straight to bed straight to bed was it yeah straight to bed and then maybe what about the photos of you behind a dj booth
Yeah, I went to a club till five here. Incredible, you're 42, Michael. I'm 42. I was there with my friend John and we just looked at each other and went, we're 42, what are we doing? And then he just did another slammer.
What's a slammer? Like a tequila slammer?
Oh, no, no, no, no, I don't drink. Yeah, and then we just decided to go home and got a popular burger and fell asleep.
Yeah, very nice. We... We all went out for dinner last night. We did. We finally got producer Lizzie on a hog. On a hog. That shouldn't be as big a moment as it was, but it was fantastic.
Do you know what?
There were five of us just cruising down in Santa Monica. Well, actually, more in Venice, actually, just cruising along on our hogs. And he just thought, this is a wonderful life.
I don't have children yet, and I hope I do. But I imagine it was like when your child first rides a bike.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Except producer Lizzie is a grown woman.
Yeah, it was as unsteady at the start.
It was as unsteady as it started. I don't know why she's wearing a nappy. But it was fantastic, and it was great. And then she was like...
I can't believe I've not hidden so far. I can't believe it's taken me this long to ride the bike.
And I was like, that's great, isn't it? So, I mean, it's great that she's managed to ride hogs, what, with four days left to go in LA.
Yeah. It was lovely. She's a hog convert now. That's the main thing. Hog convert. You won't be able to keep her off them. Other big news is when I just arrived back this morning, you were... unpackaging your new Grimsby kit. And you were so, it's the happiest I've seen you.
What happened in the hosts’ day off and morning catch-up in L.A.?
Honestly.
And it is very nice. And I didn't see this in my future, but I am currently wearing a Grimsby fleece. If you want to see how fantastic we look as mariners, then go to the BBC YouTube page.
I think I'm wearing leisure wear. I think this is leisure wear.
Yeah, mine is a bit more sort of like I'm going for a hike, isn't it?
And then I've got a shirt, which is what they travel in. And I actually saw... And you've got it underneath.
That's very good.
And I saw Lionel Messi wear the Argentinian equivalent the other day, and I was like, this is great.
So, yeah, look, I got... Well, when he sees this, he'll be like, ah, yeah, we've got... Ah, so, Lloyd, yeah.
Yeah, well, you know, he'll probably email Guillaume just to say how much he likes the kit. But, yeah, it arrived this morning, so I was like, do you want to wear some? And you're wearing some. And we, like...
Never thought I'd wear another team's, but for you, it feels right. I'm 42 years old.
I cannot tell you how excited I still get when a kit comes out. The Grimsby Town away kit came out this morning, and I was like, I've watched the video four times.
I'm over the moon. You sent me the video.
I sent you the video.
I'm absolutely over the moon. Well, I'm, you know, for now. You can't keep it. No, I don't want to. Thank you for letting me wear it for now.
whilst we're talking about shirts and kits, I got so much grief for a video that I put up of me being at the England game the other day for wearing a Grimsby town top. We've already established that's the lucky Grimsby shirt. It's the lucky Grimsby shirt, which England haven't lost whilst I've been wearing it, okay, and I've been washing it.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–3:04
2
What happened in the hosts’ day off and morning catch-up in L.A.?
3:04–8:13
3
How did the presenters react to new kits and club shirts at the World Cup?
8:13–14:06
4
Who is Ian Dennis and how has his World Cup commentary journey been?
14:06–32:26
5
What practical tournament living advice did Ian Dennis give about rooms, routines and the 'pants rule'?
32:26–38:35
6
Which stadiums has Ian Dennis enjoyed most and why does stadium sightlines matter for commentators?
38:35–41:02
Speakers
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