Foul Play
Ed, the grandson of football legend Gordon Banks, investigates a rumor that his grandfather was poisoned by the CIA during the 1970 World Cup in Mexico. With investigative journalist Gabriel Gatehouse, they delve into Cold War espionage and its potential impact on sporting history. The podcast explores whether this conspiracy theory could unravel decades of football lore.
Episodes
4 | Wilderness of Mirrors
Enjoying the series? Subscribe to Audible to binge all 7 episodes ad-free, right now.Gabriel is on the hunt for a secret memoir written by an American spy in Mexico. He’s looking for clues about a CIA operation to poison an English footballer, only to find his story mixed up with the mother of all conspiracy theories: the JFK assassination.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy a
3 | If the River Rumbles
Enjoying the series? Subscribe to Audible to binge all 7 episodes ad-free, right now.Ed and Gabriel travel to Mexico, the ‘scene of the crime.’ Ed is convinced his grandfather was the victim of a conspiracy. But Gabriel has unearthed the notes of the England team doctor, which tell a different story. The tension between them is punctured by a sensational discovery in the archives of the M
2 | Bogota Bracelet
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 Pri
1 | Men in White Coats
Enjoying the series? Subscribe to Audible to binge all 7 episodes ad-free, right now.Ed needs help. He’s heard that the CIA poisoned his grandfather, legendary goalkeeper Gordon Banks. True, Banks did get ill with food poisoning at the World Cup in Mexico in 1970, causing England to crash out. Investigative journalist Gabriel Gatehouse is sceptical at first. But when Ed’s mum Wendy drops
Introducing: Foul Play
Ed is the grandson of footballing legend Gordon Banks. He was a national icon, the only goalkeeper ever to win the soccer World Cup for England. But Ed’s heard a rumour: that in 1970, while defending the title, his granddad, his hero, was poisoned… by the CIA. All part of a Cold War plot to bolster a military dictatorship in Latin America, supposedly. Could this possibly be true? Banks di
