Ben's Avant Garde Guide to the World Cup! | The Football Show | Off The Ball

About this episode

Ben Symes provides a unique and avant-garde preview of the upcoming World Cup.

You've heard every preview there is to hear for the World Cup.... until now. We asked our Football Reporter, and football nerd (hipster) Ben Symes to give us his Avant Garde (hipster) Preview of this Summer's action in America, Mexico and Canada. Essentials literature, rare top scorers, days to miss, days to glue yourself to the couch, music to listen to, dark horses, not pretty horses, Irish angles, we've got you covered for everything! Football on Off The Ball with Novibet. Over 18s only | gamblingcare.ie | Please gamble responsibly

People in this episode

Host: OTB Sports

Guest: Ben Symes

Topics covered

• World Cup preview
• football culture
• sports literature
• dark horses
• Irish football

Keywords

• World Cup
• football preview
• Ben Symes
• sports
• soccer
• dark horses
• Irish angles

Sponsors

Novibet

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: OTB Sports

Places: America, Mexico, Canada

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