3: On the road with the Birchams | Episode 3 | Home and Away with The Tudors

It’s Hemel Hempstead Town’s first away game of the season and, with Lionel on holiday, Simon Gill is flying solo.

Perhaps that’s appropriate because the destination is Farnborough, home of the famous air show.

Simon picks up the gaffer, Lee Bircham, and his younger brother Marc (who is still a terrace hero at QPR) for a memorable road trip.

On the way to Hampshire, they talk about anything but football - the eclipse and whether aliens have visited the earth… on the way home they discuss Hemel’s most striking landmark, the old Kodak building, and the rights and wrongs of ordering a curry from the Chinese takeaway.

In the middle of all that there’s the first away match and three well-earned points.

This episode of The Magic Roundabout is presented by Simon Gill. The producer is Jon Moonie for Peloton Podcasts.