WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.181 --> 00:00:02.829 (upbeat music) 2 00:00:02.829 --> 00:00:05.090 - [Ted] To me, success is not about the wins and losses. 3 00:00:05.090 --> 00:00:06.530 It's about helping these young fellows 4 00:00:06.530 --> 00:00:09.540 be the best versions of themselves, on and off the field. 5 00:00:09.540 --> 00:00:11.430 - So you guys play two footballers 6 00:00:11.430 --> 00:00:12.590 and a footballer's girlfriend. 7 00:00:12.590 --> 00:00:15.010 So, you're kind of this love triangle. 8 00:00:15.010 --> 00:00:17.370 Can you just give us, whoever wants to tackle, 9 00:00:17.370 --> 00:00:20.310 it's very general, sort of a primer 10 00:00:20.310 --> 00:00:21.920 on what we Americans need to know 11 00:00:21.920 --> 00:00:25.380 about Brits' relationship with footballers 12 00:00:25.380 --> 00:00:26.950 off the field. 13 00:00:26.950 --> 00:00:28.726 - It's an interesting one because I feel 14 00:00:28.726 --> 00:00:29.817 like there was a moment in time, 15 00:00:29.817 --> 00:00:32.550 but it was more in the kind of early 2000s, 16 00:00:32.550 --> 00:00:35.410 into the sort of 2010, 2012, 17 00:00:35.410 --> 00:00:39.090 where footballers and footballer's wives were an obsession. 18 00:00:39.090 --> 00:00:41.200 They were kind of English royalty. 19 00:00:41.200 --> 00:00:42.033 Do you know what I mean? 20 00:00:42.033 --> 00:00:42.866 People were obsessed with them. 21 00:00:42.866 --> 00:00:44.390 They were always in tabloids. 22 00:00:44.390 --> 00:00:45.540 I remember there was a moment 23 00:00:45.540 --> 00:00:48.980 where Victoria Beckham and David Beckham 24 00:00:48.980 --> 00:00:51.000 were photographed, and he was wearing a sarong. 25 00:00:51.000 --> 00:00:53.917 And it literally was like in front of every newspaper. 26 00:00:54.886 --> 00:00:56.150 - [Phil] Before the internet, they were into it. 27 00:00:56.150 --> 00:00:59.070 - Cheryl Cole and the Ashley Cole relationship. 28 00:00:59.070 --> 00:01:01.520 And what's interesting with our show is 29 00:01:01.520 --> 00:01:02.870 obviously it's today, 30 00:01:02.870 --> 00:01:06.360 and with social media and how Instagram, Twitter, 31 00:01:06.360 --> 00:01:10.010 and all of that technology that has come into our lives 32 00:01:10.010 --> 00:01:12.143 in the past 15 years or whatever, 33 00:01:13.550 --> 00:01:17.280 that kind of tabloid spread of WAGS, 34 00:01:17.280 --> 00:01:19.660 footballers' wives and girlfriends, 35 00:01:19.660 --> 00:01:21.560 and their significant others, 36 00:01:21.560 --> 00:01:24.620 the footballers aren't being splashed in tabloids 37 00:01:24.620 --> 00:01:27.030 so much anymore, cause people can curate their own press. 38 00:01:27.030 --> 00:01:30.617 It was interesting for Keeley being a person who is, 39 00:01:30.617 --> 00:01:33.481 yeah, she's a WAG, she's dating one of the footballers 40 00:01:33.481 --> 00:01:35.780 Jamie Tartt, to start off with, 41 00:01:35.780 --> 00:01:37.950 but also has got a great relationship with Jamie, 42 00:01:37.950 --> 00:01:38.900 really understands him 43 00:01:38.900 --> 00:01:40.450 and sees all his potential 44 00:01:40.450 --> 00:01:43.000 and knows he's a brilliant football player, 45 00:01:43.000 --> 00:01:46.110 but also actually is a brilliant young man 46 00:01:46.110 --> 00:01:47.730 that just needs a bit of guidance. 47 00:01:47.730 --> 00:01:48.954 - I could love you. 48 00:01:48.954 --> 00:01:50.890 Oh, you can be a gentleman now, are you? 49 00:01:50.890 --> 00:01:52.543 - No babe, I'm just going to watch your ass. 50 00:01:53.688 --> 00:01:54.698 - Fuck off. 51 00:01:54.698 --> 00:01:55.531 (laughs) 52 00:01:55.531 --> 00:01:56.413 Watch it and weep! 53 00:01:58.088 --> 00:02:00.020 (catcalls and whistles) 54 00:02:00.020 --> 00:02:02.616 - I definitely watched "Footballer's Wives" when it was on. 55 00:02:02.616 --> 00:02:04.699 (laughs) 56 00:02:05.737 --> 00:02:07.250 - We know all about this. 57 00:02:07.250 --> 00:02:09.080 - I mean, not quite as much as probably, 58 00:02:09.080 --> 00:02:10.400 I don't know what the current - 59 00:02:10.400 --> 00:02:11.380 What was the most recent - 60 00:02:11.380 --> 00:02:13.210 whatever, the most recent scandal? 61 00:02:13.210 --> 00:02:15.193 - Rebekah Vardy. 62 00:02:15.193 --> 00:02:17.150 - It's Rebekah Vardy. 63 00:02:17.150 --> 00:02:20.019 - I love the relationship with the town, 64 00:02:20.019 --> 00:02:22.280 with the football club, and I love 65 00:02:22.280 --> 00:02:24.510 how strongly people identify with their clubs. 66 00:02:24.510 --> 00:02:26.990 Phil, you even mention in your Twitter bio 67 00:02:26.990 --> 00:02:28.449 what club you support? 68 00:02:28.449 --> 00:02:30.450 (laughs) 69 00:02:30.450 --> 00:02:31.994 Can you tell us a little about that? 70 00:02:31.994 --> 00:02:32.827 - No, Marah. 71 00:02:32.827 --> 00:02:34.780 - So, I won't bore you with the entire story, 72 00:02:34.780 --> 00:02:37.270 but basically AFC Wimbledon, 73 00:02:37.270 --> 00:02:40.080 well, Wimbledon FC was taken over by a massive club. 74 00:02:40.080 --> 00:02:42.080 It was moved away from the community. 75 00:02:42.080 --> 00:02:44.987 And then, you know, the club, 76 00:02:44.987 --> 00:02:46.630 AFC Wimbledon is called the Resurrection, 77 00:02:46.630 --> 00:02:47.747 because the community said, 78 00:02:47.747 --> 00:02:50.387 "Well, we're not gonna go and follow the money. 79 00:02:50.387 --> 00:02:52.370 "We're going to stick with our community." 80 00:02:52.370 --> 00:02:54.660 And so they built a team, they started this, 81 00:02:54.660 --> 00:02:57.100 they held trials on the recreation ground 82 00:02:57.100 --> 00:03:00.570 and 18, 19 years later, we're back. 83 00:03:00.570 --> 00:03:02.900 We're back at the spiritual home. 84 00:03:02.900 --> 00:03:05.690 We built a new stadium where the old stadium was. 85 00:03:05.690 --> 00:03:08.160 And it's got a following 86 00:03:08.160 --> 00:03:11.010 of thousands and thousands of people worldwide. 87 00:03:11.010 --> 00:03:13.730 And it just goes to show that passion 88 00:03:13.730 --> 00:03:15.461 and like, it's a religion, you know. 89 00:03:15.461 --> 00:03:20.461 This is where, you know, average people come to, to pray. 90 00:03:21.350 --> 00:03:24.560 And this is, this is where their spiritual home is 91 00:03:24.560 --> 00:03:26.330 at this, their football clubs. 92 00:03:26.330 --> 00:03:27.960 - I don't like being tricked, 93 00:03:27.960 --> 00:03:31.767 not by you and not by "Howdy y'all, cowboys. 94 00:03:31.767 --> 00:03:34.573 "My name is Ted Lasso, and I'm from Kansas. 95 00:03:35.467 --> 00:03:36.830 "Wow." 96 00:03:36.830 --> 00:03:39.680 - Hey, you're like really, really bad at impressions, man. 97 00:03:39.680 --> 00:03:41.790 - Brett, one question real quick, 98 00:03:41.790 --> 00:03:44.200 you host a podcast called "Films to be Buried With". 99 00:03:44.200 --> 00:03:45.900 What's the best movie from soccer? 100 00:03:47.211 --> 00:03:48.800 - The best movie about soccer? 101 00:03:48.800 --> 00:03:50.730 Annoyingly, cause it's about a team that I hate, 102 00:03:50.730 --> 00:03:52.720 but I think it's "Fever Pitch". 103 00:03:52.720 --> 00:03:55.830 I think it's the adaptation of "Fever Pitch" 104 00:03:55.830 --> 00:03:57.180 with Colin Firth, 105 00:03:57.180 --> 00:04:00.997 is probably the best football movie, annoyingly. 106 00:04:00.997 --> 00:04:02.534 (laughs) 107 00:04:02.534 --> 00:04:03.453 - Thank you guys, so much. 108 00:04:03.453 --> 00:04:04.286 - But it doesn't have any football in it. 109 00:04:04.286 --> 00:04:05.300 All right, that's enough.