"Ban everything or ban nothing" - Arsenal injuries, home nation heartbreaks and UEFA fines faith!

About this episode

The episode discusses recent soccer injuries, the elimination of home nation teams from the World Cup Qualifiers, and UEFA's fines related to a tifo display.

This week on The Big Man Up Top, Joe and Ed are looking back at the recent International break and the mourning the loss of our remaining home nation teams in the World Cup Qualifiers. And we take a look at the England squads sudden absences due to injury, and what it means to play for your country. And why did UEFA fine Slovenian club, FK Crvena Zvezda, for displaying a tifo with a Christian messaging and symbolism...? Want to get in touch? Send us an email at podcasts@ucb.co.uk or leave a comment on YouTube and Check us out on Instagram too! (@bigmanuptoppod) or Spotify. Or if you're into fantasy football you can join our mini-league at https://fantasy.premierleague.com/leagues/auto-join/1eqc6z

People in this episode

Hosts: Joe, Ed

Topics covered

• Arsenal injuries
• World Cup Qualifiers
• UEFA fines
• international soccer
• home nation teams

Keywords

• Arsenal
• injuries
• World Cup
• UEFA
• soccer
• international break
• tifo
• Christian messaging

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: FK Crvena Zvezda

Places: England

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