We're used to seeing sports being played in 60,000 seat stadiums under humongous flood lights with a roaring crowd. But did you know astronaut Alan Shepard once played golf on the moon?

Join Mark and Paul in this bonus episode of How It All Played Out as they find out about some of the more unusual places humans have played sport. From the trenches of World War I, river football in the Cotswolds and cricket down a mine in the Lake District.

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“Few Tears, No Blood as Snow White Beats Poison Dwarf”

Sport is fueled by rivalries. They are rooted in religion, social class, bitterness and some in plain jealousy. Think Revie vs Clough, Ali vs Frazier or Senna vs Prost.

In this episode of How It All Played Out Mark and Paul travel to a cold, damp America in 1994 where figure skater Nancy Kerrigan is exiting the ice after a routine practice session. She's warming up for the US National Championships, expecting to qualify for the Winter Olympics that are to be held in just a few weeks time.

Moments later, she's attacked by a man wielding a baton who strikes her on the knee. A cameraman is close by and captures her screams of “Why me?”

But why indeed was she attacked? And what role did fellow ice skater Tonya Harding play in what would soon turn into the biggest sporting scandal of the decade?

This is a story that involves manipulation, greed, jealousy and the FBI.

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It doesn't really make sense, does it? Football in the rain, hail, and snow. Why not in the lovely summer months? Surely the Premier League would look glorious in the sun.

But there are reasons why the Brits play in December & January, and we can blame the private school system.

Join Mark and Paul in this bonus episode of How It All Played Out as they find out the why we play football in the winter, and how it came about.

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"Is he in?"

For this episode of How It All Played Out, Mark and Paul travel to the home of Head Groom Jim Fitzgerald on a stormy night in County Kildare in the Republic of Ireland and investigate one of the most shocking stories from the 1980s - The kidnapping of racehorse Shergar.

This story involves the IRA, a ransom of 2 million pounds and a mystery that is still to be solved.

From masked gunmen with submachine guns, fraud, rumours, Irish country policemen and three leading journalists being flown to Belfast to negotiate Shergar's safe return, travel back in time to explore a bizarre sporting story like no other.

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What is deep backward point or a third man? And does the term 'Silly point' make sense?

Join Mark and Paul in this bonus episode of How It All Played Out and find out why cricket fielding positions are called what they are.

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In 1966 England won the World Cup with a 4-2 win against West Germany...they even won it on home soil.

With players such as Gascoigne, Steven Gerrard, Wayne Rooney and Harry Kane it remains a mystery as to how they haven't won it again...but they haven't even hosted the tournament again.

It may seem strange, but there are reasons as to why. Join Mark and Paul as they chart the history of the World Cup, from its inception to modern day, exploring the politics behind why the England men's team have failed ever again to be the host nation of the most coveted prize in football, and why the FA are now more focussed on winning the competition than staging it.

From doomed bids, bribes, conspiracy theories and hatred from other nations, this episode of How It All Played Out peels back the curtain to answer: Why does England never stage the men's World Cup?

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Travel back in time to South Africa 1995 and join Mark Pougatch & Paul Hayward as they take a look at the Rugby World Cup.

It was a watershed moment for the sport, marking South Africa's return to the international stage after the dismantling of apartheid. But how did President Nelson Mandela, who had been imprisoned for 27 years, and rugby, unite South Africa ? And what significance did it have in changing the landscape of a divided nation?

In this, the first episode of How It All Played Out, the duo are joined by legendary Springbok winger Bryan Habana, a boy in the crowd at the 1995 Final and a World Cup winner himself in 2007, to discuss what lasting legacy this historic moment had on the country.

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Before the very first episode of How It All Played Out is released, join Mark Pougatch & Paul Hayward as they explain what their exciting new podcast is all about.

They will also take a brief tour in time to explore the fascinating history of The Oval stadium where they find out that it's not just a cricket ground, but the home of so many British sports.

New episodes are released every Tuesday & Thursday.

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