{"podcast":{"title":"Game's Gone: The Steve Bracknall Podcast","slug":"game-s-gone-the-steve-bracknall-podcast-7590465","podcast_index_feed_id":7590465,"rss_url":"https://podcasts.files.bbci.co.uk/p0mh9lt6.rss","website_url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0mh9lt6","image_url":"http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/3000x3000/p0mh9p7k.jpg","author":"BBC","episode_count":32,"summary":"Steve Bracknall takes a weekly deep dive into the murky world of the modern game whilst desperately trying to hold his ramshackle Sunday league team together.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-04T16:21:09.814765+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/game-s-gone-the-steve-bracknall-podcast-7590465"},"episode":{"title":"Letter to Imperial League, Plumbers vs Sparkies & Has Holloway Gone Full Metal Bracknall?","slug":"letter-to-imperial-league-plumbers-vs-sparkies-has-holloway-gone-full-metal-bracknall","published_at":"2026-02-05T07:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/game-s-gone-the-steve-bracknall-podcast-7590465/letter-to-imperial-league-plumbers-vs-sparkies-has-holloway-gone-full-metal-bracknall","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/game-s-gone-the-steve-bracknall-podcast-7590465","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0mz3xm7","audio_url":"http://open.live.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/6/redir/version/2.0/mediaset/audio-nondrm-download-rss/proto/http/vpid/p0mz3tjh.mp3","summary":"The fallout from Wynney’s defection to Nags Head continues, with Steve filing a complaint to the Imperial League and imposing firestick sanctions. In football news, the lads share their Champions League predictions, debate whether Wrexham’s playoff push is truly a fairytale, and react to Ian Holloway’s latest rant — asking the question: has he gone Full Metal Bracknall? Jude Bellingham, Harry Kane and Maradona all feature in another packed edition as the lads continue their mission to save our beautiful game... VAR. XG. Inverted wing backs. The game has well and truly gone. Via his very own podcast, Steve Bracknall, Sunday league assistant manager and viral sensation will bring it back. Direct from the dressing room of his team, Royal Oak FC, Steve is joined by gaffer Paul Sampson and physio Bob the Bucket. Every episode, they’ll make sense of all the week’s footballing news and bring you updates from the Oak… Send your questions and voice notes to steve@bbc.co.uk or via whatsapp 0800 7831997 Marching on, together as one. Steve. Game’s Gone: The Steve Bracknall Podcast is written and performed by Chris McClure and is a Persephonica production for BBC Sounds Credits Producer: Ad Ahmed Video Producer/Editor/Artwork: Matt Exton Additional Editing: Joe Whittaker and Jack Whiteside Photography: Rob Nicholson Executive Producer: Dino Sofos Commissioning Executive for the BBC: Stevie Middleton Assistant Commissioner for the BBC: Steve Trenchard Background: Royal Oak FC was founded in 1997 in the back room of the Royal Oak pub by Steve Bracknall and Paul Sampson. Despite decades of effort, the team still fights for survival in the fifth tier of the Sheffield Sunday Imperial League. When a viral clip catapulted Steve to fame in 2024, the BBC came calling - and Game’s Gone was b…","meta_description":"The fallout from Wynney’s defection to Nags Head continues, with Steve filing a complaint to the Imperial League and imposing firestick sanctions. In foot…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1518,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/game-s-gone-the-steve-bracknall-podcast-7590465/episodes/letter-to-imperial-league-plumbers-vs-sparkies-has-holloway-gone-full-metal-bracknall/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/game-s-gone-the-steve-bracknall-podcast-7590465/letter-to-imperial-league-plumbers-vs-sparkies-has-holloway-gone-full-metal-bracknall.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}