164. Did the CIA Poison England's World Cup Goalkeeper? (Ep 1)
2026-06-07 · 46 min · episode 164 · 9 entities
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Link in episode "164. Did the CIA Poison England's World Cup Goalkeeper? (Ep 1)": https://mailchi.mp/goalhanger.com/tric-free-newsletter-sign%E2%81%A0-up%E2%81%A0%E2%81%A0%E2%81%A0%E2%81%A0%E2%81%A0%E2%81%A0
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Link in episode "164. Did the CIA Poison England's World Cup Goalkeeper? (Ep 1)": https://southbankcentre.co.uk/whats-on/the-rest-is-classified-live/%E2%81%A0%E2%81%A0%E2%81%A0%E2%81%A0
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Episode description as stored
Why did Gordon Banks pull out of the 1970 World Cup quarter-final against West Germany? And was the CIA to blame?
Listen as David and Gordon are joined by journalist Gabriel Gatehouse who has spent the past three years investigating whether the CIA poisoned England's star goalkeeper.
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Listen to Gabriel's full investigation, Foul Play: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/foul-play/id1896803199
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