# This World Cup was NEVER for the Punters

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Podcast: [Whistleblowers](https://stenobird.com/podcast/whistleblowers-6994565)
Published: 2026-06-02T04:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

Welcome back to Whistleblowers! In this week’s Bonus Ball, the boys are talking money - Ian Ladyman, Gordon Smart and Mark Clattenburg ask just how much is TOO much for football fans to pay, as we see prices for next month’s tournament increase week on week… Meanwhile, Mark reveals how much World Cup referees are really paid, and Ian tells us his surprising summer tournament habit that he hasn’t broken since 2002... Sign up to the Daily Mail’s World Cup Newsletter TODAY: https://link.news.dailymail.co.uk/join/world-cup-newsletter-sign-up? Read Jack Gaughan’s Special 5 Part series of Pep’s City Decade HERE: https://www.dailymail.com/sport/football/article-15830799/Pep-Guardiola-Manchester-City-Untold-Decade-Two-Troubled-Season.html Whistleblowers | Football From The Inside Out Hosts: Gordon Smart, Ian Ladyman and Mark Clattenburg Producer: William Colledge Executive Producer: Jamie East Booker: Ashley Whitt Video Editor: Rowan Jacobs Content Editor: Joseph Palmer Production Manager: Vittoria Cecchini Graphic Designer: Daniel McGarry Social Handles: X: @blowerspod Instagram: whistleblowerspod TikTok: whistleblowerspodcast Email: whistleblowers@dailymail.com A Daily Mail Podcast. Seriously Popular. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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