The Gaffer Tapes: Fantasy Football Podcast

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The Gaffer Tapes: Fantasy Football Podcast is an award winning comedy football podcast that focuses mainly on Fantasy Football.

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History

In 2014, Fantasy Football expert Ash Kernsworth, writer and broadcaster Craig Hazell and comedian Tom Holmes began recording podcasts during the 2014 FIFA World Cup. The following August, they began an accompanying mini-league on the official Premier League fantasy football website. While the content of the podcast consists of general fantasy football discussion, specifics such as prices of players and league positions are specific to the Fantasy Premier League game.

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Award

The Gaffer Tapes' popularity increased rapidly over the first couple of seasons and they were nominated as 'Best Football Podcast' at the Football Blogging Awards in both 2015 and 2016, winning the Judge's Award at the 2016 event.

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Fans and Listeners

Actor Dominic Monaghan is a fan of the podcast and has appeared as a guest in both April and November 2016, as well as submitting several audio questions which are played on the podcast. While appearing as a guest, Monaghan stated

Other notable listeners include comedian and actor Tom Davis.

In April 2017, television comedian Dane Baptiste appeared as a guest.

Past and Regular features on the podcast include:

- The Gaffer Gambler

Craig offered tips and odds on betting opportunities he believed would be financially beneficial for listeners. This feature has been brought back sporadically, with exclusive betting odds being provided to the podcast by The Odds Bible.

- Tweets for my Tweet

The hosts read out tweets that have been sent to them during the week.

- Mental Email of the Week

In 2016, the hosts began receiving emails that were often not related to football content.

- Where's Wallerz?

A weekly update on the social media whereabouts of Leicester City footballer Marcin Wasilewski, who is referred to as "Wallerz" and has become somewhat of a cult icon for regular listeners of the podcast.

- The Weekly Quiz

Every season, one of the hosts acts as Quiz Master and the remaining two compete in weekly quizzes with the loser being given a forfeit at the end of the season. In the inaugural 2014-15 season, Craig hosted the quiz and Ash defeated Tom. In 2015-16 Ash hosted the quiz and Craig defeated Tom. In 2016-17 Tom hosted the quiz and Craig defeated Ash.

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