Contains strong language and adult humour.

Game's Gone: The Steve Bracknall Podcast
Game's Gone: The Steve Bracknall Podcast
Inside Royal Oak v Nags Head: Touchline Drama & Penalty Heartbreak
9 April 2026
30 minutes
Available for over a year
In a very special episode, we go behind the scenes of the Easter Sunday clash between the Royal Oak and Nags Head. From the team bus to the sidelines, we follow Steve, Paul and Bob across the fixture with exclusive access.
Following their heroic 2-1 defeat, we have all the analysis and fallout from Tommy's penalty heartbreak, ringers playing like Lionel Messi and Erling Haaland plus Wylie's injury time miss.
Join us for all the intel on the biggest clash in Sunday league history...
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, chants 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
Commentary: Adam Oxley and Lee Turnbull
Photography: Rob Nicholson
Executive Producer: Dino Sofos
Commissioning Executive for the BBC: Stevie Middleton
Assistant Commissioner for the BBC: Steve Trenchard
