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The Beautiful Game: Unfiltered
8 episodes
Bernard Vere on How Supporters Built Clapton Community FC
Ep 7 · Aug 10, 2026 · 56 min
On this episode of The Beautiful Game: Unfiltered, Chris Horwedel is joined by Bernard Vere of Clapton Community FC to tell the remarkable story of one of English football’s most distinctive supporter-owned clubs. Clapton Community FC was founded in 2018 after supporters of Clapton FC became increasingly frustrated with how their club was being run. After attempts to gain a meaningful voice and two separate home-match boycotts, supporters decided to create something of their own: a football club…
Louis Jones on Creating a Surprise Shirts Empire
Ep 6 · Aug 3, 2026 · 55 min
On this episode of The Beautiful Game: Unfiltered, Chris Horwedel sits down with Louis Jones, founder of Surprise Shirts, to explore how a teenage football-shirt obsession became a seven-figure global business. Louis shares how he launched Surprise Shirts at 16. He explains how the company grew from Twitter DMs, Depop and a dining-room table into a mystery football shirt business carrying more than 11,000 authentic jerseys. The conversation covers building the company alongside his father, scali…
Nick Vanderpump Explains Cardiff Met’s Dual-Career Model
Ep 5 · Jul 27, 2026 · 51 min
On this episode of The Beautiful Game: Unfiltered, Chris Horwedel sits down with Cardiff Met Football Club general manager Nick Vanderpump for an in-depth conversation about the club’s evolution, its place within Welsh football and its ambition to become the leading destination for dual-career footballers. Vanderpump begins by discussing his lifelong connection to football, his academic background in sports science and sports psychology, and the lessons he learned working with wounded, injured a…
Chloe Ankers on Wrexham and New Opportunities
Ep 4 · Jul 20, 2026 · 42 min
From making her senior debut for Wrexham at just 16 years old to beginning a new chapter as a player-coach, Chloe Ankers is building one of the most fascinating young careers in Welsh women’s football. On Episode 4 of The Beautiful Game: Unfiltered, Chris Horwedel sits down with the new Wrexham Foresters goalkeeper and coach for an in-depth conversation about her football journey, the evolution of Wrexham AFC Women and her ambitions on both sides of the touchline. Chloe reflects on her memorable…
Jack Worswick Talks Leicester City's Downfall
Ep 3 · Jul 13, 2026 · 50 min
On this episode of The Beautiful Game: Unfiltered, Chris Horwedel talks with Jack Worswick of Last Word on Sports about one of the wildest collapses in modern English football: Leicester City’s fall from Premier League champions to League One. Jack explains his background as a Leicester supporter and writer, and how difficult it has become to cover the club analytically while also having an emotional connection to it. The conversation frames Leicester’s journey through the impossible 2015-16 Pre…
Warshan Hussin of Soccer Without Borders
Ep 2 · Jul 6, 2026 · 40 min
On this episode of The Beautiful Game: Unfiltered, Chris Horwedel sits down with Warshan Hussin of Soccer Without Borders for a powerful conversation about soccer, refugee identity, community, trauma, belonging, and the life-changing impact of the beautiful game. Warshan shares his journey from Iraq to the United States after his family was forced to flee when his father was kidnapped and tortured by Al-Qaeda. After spending several years in Syria, Warshan arrived in Baltimore as a young refugee…
The New Saints Chairman Mike Harris
Ep 1 · Jun 29, 2026 · 1 hr 1 min
On this episode of The Beautiful Game: Unfiltered, Chris Horwedel is joined by The New Saints chairman Mike Harris for a wide-ranging conversation about one of the most successful and debated clubs in Welsh football. The interview centers on TNS’s rise from domestic powerhouse to European regular, beginning with Harris’ documentary, The New Saints: The Road to Europe — The Mike Harris Story, and how it captures both the club’s ambitions and Harris’ personal role in building the project. Chris an…
Episode 0: 2026 World Cup Special
Jun 10, 2026 · 56 min
Thought for 7s 0:47 – Chris Horwedel opens The Beautiful Game, Unfiltered with an episode-zero World Cup special, introducing the new soccer podcast and setting up a full group-by-group preview using odds from oddsmakers. 1:49 – Expanded World Cup format explained, including the 48-team field, 12 groups of four, automatic advancement for the top two teams, and the importance of third-place teams in this year’s tournament. 3:54 – Group A preview covers Mexico, South Korea, Czech Republic, and Sou…
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