Episode 3549: Southampton Spygate Saga, Florentino Perez Attacks, Kilkenny On The Brink
The “Spygate” saga made Southampton vs Middlesbrough in the Championship playoffs last night appointment viewing… and Finn Azaz and Ryan Manning’s Premier League dreams remain alive (pending playoff final and massive EFL investigation).
But that wasn’t even the maddest thing that happened in football yesterday, as Florentino Perez turned his ire (for a full hour) on the haters and losers currently trying to destroy Real Madrid.
And that’s all before we even get to the main event, as Jamie Wall and Joe Canning preview a now entirely ungovernable Leinster championship, and a tense meeting between the last two All-Ireland champions where it looks increasingly likely only one will survive.
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