Talksport launches Howler podcast

Talksport has launched Howler, a new podcast hosted by Matt Lucas and Jason Cundy.

Howler is a comedy show covering footballing fails such as embarrassing pitch errors, dressing room chaos, and infamous career blunders. The main show will be available every Tuesday across YouTube, the Talksport app and all major podcast platforms. 

In addition, on Thursdays its companion podcast No Balls Allowed will drop on the same feed. No Balls Allowed sees the hosts and guests allowed to talk about anything except football. 

The first episode features former Arsenal and England goalkeeper David Seaman, who discusses falling out with teammate Patrick Vieira over a slap, his questionable England kits over the years and his proudest single moment out of all his 75 caps for the national team. It will be available on 10 November, and the show will run for at least 20 weeks. 

In Seaman’s No Balls Allowed episode, he speaks to his love of fishing, shares where he keeps his signature ponytail, and reveals the exact moment he realised his surname was a homophone for a bodily fluid. 

Future guests include Charlie Austin, Stiliyan Petrov, Alan Curbishley, Fara Williams, Shaun Wright-Phillips, Steve Bruce, Lee Dixon, Gabby Agbonlahor, Emmanuel Petit and Neil ‘Razor’ Ruddock.

Lucas said: “I am an avid listener to The Sports Bar, and so the chance to co-host a podcast with the great Jason Cundy was something I leapt at. It’s been fascinating meeting some of the game’s finest ex-pros, and finding out how they managed to overcome their greatest challenges.”

Abi Paterson, Talksport’s head of podcasts, said: “There’s a fine line between laughing at someone and laughing with them, and Matt and Jason hit that sweet spot effortlessly. Their natural warmth makes guests feel completely safe to pull back the curtain and share those moments they’d rather forget. When we get to No Balls Allowed, that’s when the guests really come into their own and you never quite know where the conversation will go.”