About this episode

Gabriel explores the CIA's potential motives behind sabotaging England's World Cup chances while Ed reflects on a significant football mystery.

Enjoying the series? Subscribe to Audible to binge all 7 episodes ad-free, right now. Why would the CIA want to sabotage England’s chances of winning the World Cup? While Gabriel delves into the secret archives of the Cold War, Ed remembers an unsolved footballing mystery that might be more important than he first thought. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

People in this episode

Host: Gabriel Gatehouse

Guest: Ed

Topics covered

• Cold War
• football mystery
• World Cup sabotage
• true crime
• sports history

Keywords

• CIA
• World Cup
• England
• football mystery
• Cold War
• true crime
• sports

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: CIA

Places: England, Bogota

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