ABOUT THIS PODCAST 🔗
Josh Widdicombe and Dara Ó Briain explore the exceptional circumstances that allowed a below average footballer to find his way onto football’s most elite stage, the Premier League.
Ali Dia - It's a name synonymous with footballing failure. Whether he’s guilty of a con, a hustle, or simply of being the recipient of a lucky break, Dara and Josh unearth the reality behind the myth that has surrounded his name for the past quarter-century.
Ali Dia - It's a name synonymous with footballing failure. Whether he’s guilty of a con, a hustle, or simply of being the recipient of a lucky break, Dara and Josh unearth the reality behind the myth that has surrounded his name for the past quarter-century.
Update frequency:
every 33 days
Average audio length:
24 minutes
English
United States
14 episodes
since March 12, 2024
episodic
AUDIENCE OF THIS PODCAST 🔗
~91.34% of listeners are from United States.
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91.34%
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GB
2.77%
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AU
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JP
0.91%
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CA
0.57%
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DE
0.57%
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ES
0.29%
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IN
0.29%
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IE
0.17%
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FR
0.17%
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NL
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IT
0.14%
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AT
0.12%
Others
1.58%
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Graeme Souness hasn’t spoken much about bringing Ali Dia to Southampton and putting him on the pitch. In this final episode, he gives an exclusive interview about what really went down when Ali Dia came to town, while Josh and Dara have discovered the latest about Ali himself.
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Ali Dia disappeared from the public eye almost as quickly as he appeared in it, and for over a quarter of a century he’s been a footballing recluse. Josh and Dara hear from some of the people who know the most about the man behind the myth.
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Against all odds, Ali Dia has now become a Premier League footballer, if only for a fleeting moment. Questions are being asked about who he is and where he’s come from, and this is where the myth of Ali as 'a hoaxer or a prankster' implodes.
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