2b:T420,We are back on our journey through the 80s and 90s as we start our series on 1986/87. The second half of the eighties was arguably the greatest run of FA Cup Finals and this season's may sit above them all. From the fourth round victory at Old Trafford, Coventry City's joint managerial team of John Sillett and George Curtis were adamant that this could be their year. Standing in the Wembley Way would be a Spurs side whose treble dreams had faded but who still had the opportunity to send Glenn Hoddle off in style. Author Richard Chamberlain joins us to discuss the most famous season in Coventry's history as well as some other great FA Cup stories along the way. If you want weekly exclusive bonus shows, join our Nessun Dorma community chat, want your episodes without ads and a couple of days earlier or just want to support the podcast, then head over to ⁠⁠⁠patreon.com/NessunDormaPodcast⁠⁠⁠ where you can subscribe for only $3.99 a month (less than 75p a week!) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices2c:T4dc,

🎉 EPISODE 50! 🎉

We’re celebrating our half-century in style — that’s right, it’s Denis Wise’s autobiography 😏📖⚽️

Wise is one of the three musketeers of English football books. Along with Glenn Hoddle and Steve McMahon, he somehow appears in everyone else’s autobiography — and almost no one ever has anything nice to say about him 😬😂

But rather than just blindly swallowing whatever’s served up by untrustworthy footballers, we decided to go straight to the source. 🎯

Denis’ 2012 autobiography is a suitably short book 🪶 — written while he was still playing, and includes:

📖 The greatest ever FA Cup story

🥜 Vinnie Jones’ penchant for grabbing balls

💥 And all the amazing things we’ve apparently lost to “woke”

It’s Episode 50 — a milestone and a madness all in one 🎙️

Please do tune in, like, and subscribe ❤️⚽️

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