SportsTALK: Back in black (and white)

While Roy’s boys were floundering in Sao Paulo, Maidenhead United and Burnham FC continued a summer of busy transfer activity.

SportsTALK caught up with a buoyant Johnson Hippolyte to chat about the latest additions to his side.

Drax was buzzing about the re-capture of Magpies old boy Ashley Nicholls, who is set to add some steel to the Magpies midfield.

Across the river, Gary Meakin has added more names to his squad list, but he has had to battle against the Blues’ damaged reputation following last season’s drama.

Lower down the ladder Holyport have a new man in charge as well.

The pod caught up with Martin Kenealy and paid tribute to departed boss Derek Sweetman.

Michael, Graeme and Dan also reflected on some poor predictions for the opening week and a half of the World Cup and looked back at some of their favourite moments so far.

To close the resident cricket expert Graeme looked ahead to the semi finals of the Julian Cup and made his picks for the final.

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