The Rest Is Football: Daly Brightness - What Makes A Good Pub, A Good Pub?

Episode Date: October 23, 2025

What exactly is it about a top tier pub that makes it so brilliant? Why is the community around a pub so important? What memories do Millie and Rach have of spending time around their local boozers growing up? The pair also discuss what they’d like to be doing in life in 10 years and what their favourite ever football kits are. For more Goalhanger Podcasts, head to www.goalhanger.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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And just before we're gone, in store, online at Sephora.com. And just before we get into it, we have got one special question based off the last episode. It is from Emma. and it is, what is the grow up? What's the story behind Grow Up, Rach? Right, listen, I'm not, I'm not telling the story yet. We're not ready yet, okay? There's only been a few days since we last week by it.

But no, we will come out of that story eventually, but it's not the time. It's not the time of the place, just bear with us, okay? Sorry, Emma Love, we'll come back to you. All right, Rach, kick us off what you got for us. Next question is from Hannah. What is your favourite England tournament you have been to together? It's obviously a simple answer.

The Euros. 2020 in England. England. There's nothing better. You can't compete. If you've watched our podcast, you'll know why we love that one. Can you stop sniffling? Sorry, I can't.

I can't. Blow your nose. No, I'm not because that means getting up to get tissue. No, but the Eurozone is. If you know what, grow up, that's bit. If you know us, you know how much that tournament meant to us on and off the pitch. Like, just the best, weren't it? Best.

It was. It was the best. But, you know, I've loved every tournament with you. Like, I have. Yeah, because equally the World Cup was amazing, wasn't it? Yeah, even the Olympics was incredible. It just, it was different. It was.

My favourite moment was sitting before the final and been like, oh my God, Besty and years to come on, we've got children. We're going to look back and be like, your mum's both playing in that final. No, I'm not being funny, Bessie. can't say the Olympics was incredible. We had the worst time ever. Let's be real. It was the worst time. Let's be real. It was awful. We, we, we had a great time. Millie and Rachel together had the best time in Tokyo. As a whole, it was awful. But I look back. You know when, you know when people get like the Olympics,

you're tattooed on them yet and like, I went to get one of my tattoos, the last tattoo I said. The last tattoo I got, they was like, why don't you get the Olympics room? I was like, no. I can't, because I can't even act

like I was really there. Like, it was just so, it wasn't a great time, was it? It wasn't. We had a great time. We had a great time. Anyway, moving on. I just started football at 16.

Can I get some advice, please? Just enjoy it. Like, enjoy it, man. It's the best, best bit of advice we could give. Like, if you don't enjoy it, don't do it. What was that? Enjoy it?

it, man. Enjoy it, man, yeah. No, but enjoy it, do you know what I mean? Like, if you're not enjoying it, what's the point? I've always stood by it. A happy player is the best player and you've got to be enjoying what you do. I stand by that rule. So, yeah, just soak it all up.

You're at that age where you're developing and, you know, learning new things about football on and off the pitch. So just make sure in the best environment. And, yeah, just live your best life with it. It's a short career, so make the most of any opportunity that you get. Right, you don't really watch. men's football, but what is your favourite kit of all time, men's or women's? What I would say is the, what year was it, the England kit with a little poppy, little

pop a bun. It was reversible? Yeah, best kit ever. Yeah. I never took it off. That was a great kit. I never took it off. Internationally, I would say that was the best kit.

Yeah. 100%. But my favourite ever kit was a Leeds kit. It was, actually, I've got it now, like the new one. Yeah. This season's a way kit. It's blue and yellow, obviously. But they made it in like, I think it's like 2,000,

2002, whatever. I don't know what year it was, but it was all, like, Royal Blue. And it had, like, sponsored by Strongbow, the sider. Sick. Yellow Strongbow. Sick. But they made, like, a bit of a remake of it this year. Really?

So I instantly bought that. But, yeah, I'd say that one. And the other one I had as a kid, I was a chef Wednesday fan as a kid. I had that, um, I got a vintage one, actually. Someone sent me it. And I was absolutely, I was fucking buzzing. I can't believe they sent in me. It had the lollipops on the front.

Chubby Chubba Chub. Yeah, Chubber Chub. It had that massive logo on the front. And it was just like, standing blue and I loved it. Best, like, I love vintage, like, kits like that. But I'd say those two, but the England one, they're reversible with the popper column.

100% the best one. Sick. How do you cope with the horrible weather this time of year? I was going to read that. Well, Mr. Zach, I actually... Wrap up. Wrap up and get out in it. Actually, let me tell you a little story, Zach.

This morning, I thought, the heavens have closed I'll quickly pop out with my three little gremlins as I got out the heavens opened I got absolutely saturated I weren't dying

the raindrops were not poisonous I weren't melting I know some people think I'm a witch but I'm not I just I don't I really like winter I don't need to cope with it because I like it

I love it cold I love when it's freezing the only weather I don't like is wind that is it I hate the wind wind's horrible just ruins everything especially in football

I'm driving driving in the wind's off I agree I like like okay listen my heating's on but I've still got this coat on because I'm just like

I don't know like I love putting a coat yeah my favourite outfit like if I was to put any outfit together I would have a coat on 100% big puffer coat

I'd love a little I like scarf but football I'm a bit of a melt I'm not you can just deal with it like I have long sleeve shirts on but do you know what

I really struggle with milk you've known this about me my feet a poor bunions freeze yeah When they get cold, it's like, I can't, I can't, I can't, I can't even kick the ball. I can't, I can't, it's so painful.

So I put like, what I do is I have a hair dryer in my bag. Really? Yeah, hair dry my boots before I go, like, no, I do, my toes are, you know what it's like, my toes hurt. Yeah, she does struggle. They actually hurt. She's actually got a medical condition with her feet. So I have to like blow my boots really, really hot and then put them on and then two minutes later, they're cold in, but then I'm adrenaline. I don't need, good question.

need to cope Zach's show. Wrap up. Wrap up and get on me it. When do you put your Christmas tree up and what are your favourite Christmas decorations? First of December, all my decorations are up first of December and I don't take them down till the second week of jam. I love celebrating Christmas. Like, I love it. I don't know. Like, part of me doesn't really like it. What? Right? But then, like, part of me really like, I don't know. I've got a big, like, theory about Christmas. One, it's all for kids. But two, I just, I don't know. I think there's just such a big hype, but like I love. No, it's not all for kids. No, it's not. Wait, hear me out. My build up to Christmas, I love. Yeah, agreed. But the actual Christmas day, I'm just like,

oh, it could be another day. No, I love it. I love, there's nothing better than giving presents. I don't want any presents. I just... Giving. Giving presents is amazing. But equally, I've spent a lot of time away. So, I'm not really hard just been able to, like, do, like, it's like, oh, yeah, you open on your gift on FaceTime. Like, no, like, I love Christmas and the concept of Christmas and I know when there's kids around it's the best thing in the world and I still do love it right but for me my number one favorite is the lead into Christmas like as soon as you can put heart Christmas channels on on the radio get me going love it oh I have Christmas songs on yeah I have that that Christmas essential probably about two weeks though come on

oh I could play them now I absolutely I could play them now much favorite Christmas song um oh I love that Mariah Carey one. A baby, I'm all that. But then, last Christmas, I gave you my heart. But the very day. That's my favourite.

Should we start doing karaoke on the podcast? Anyone? We should. We should. We should. Well, that's my favourite. Yeah, I like last Christmas. And another thing, I love mince pies.

Oh. Oh my God. The food at Christmas is another level. Banging. That left over. With a Christmas dinner in a sandwich. Oh my God. Do you like Christmas pudding?

No, I don't like Christmas pudding. I don't, but do you like Christmas cake? No, I don't like Christmas cake. See, love Christmas cake. Oh, all the icing. Give me the Christmas cake. Just give me custard. Don't get a started Christmas.

Can't wait for the podcast Christmas special. Oh, poor thing. I'm going to get my Christmas jumper and everything. I might come as the Grinch. Guys, that is it for the first part of the questions. We have got some absolute crackers in the second part. We'll be back very soon. Did you lock the front door?

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I know the sound of that. Guinness. It's a pub, a good pub. Go on. Do you know what? Let's see. Are you pouring it or not? Yeah, this is how you make, this is how you pour it.

Let's see then. You know this? This is how you're supposed to pour it. Yes. People are going to judge me. Listen and that's how. But watch it. ASMR.

That is so satisfying. But watch it in a minute. Anyway, I could have a lot of answers to this question, right? And my number one thing is community. Yeah. Agreed. because you could have it in the best location you could have the best beers on draft

you could have the best wine selection you could have the best interior but don't matter does it if I got to people don't matter because a pub take a pub back strip it all the way back

a pub is a community and it's where people go to have joy it's where people to go to converse it's where people go to shoot the shit I bet you've got the same memories as me when you were a kid and you used to go to a pub with your dad

oh my God yeah every Friday night me and my dad we'd go down to Navi that were our favourite pub like Navi we had so many pubs so many pubs and then I just remember like being on his shoulders way back and we popped at Chinese shop and I'd get chicken and sweet corn soup and one of those little takeaway cups and then I'd have ducking orange sauce I remember it clear as day

like it was yesterday some of my best memories like my sisters used to come I'd earn a fiver collect all glasses in I'd get a fiverer I grew up in a pub basically literally my dad my dad worked there when he was a kid I worked there like everyone in the family just like work is there right Like I grew up and my dog, my pub was called the dog. And they're always family run, aren't they? It's always, always family run. But like, what I love is that you can go, I could go into that pub to this day, right? Even if I was different owners, like from when I work there, there could be like three different owners, right?

Yeah. But the shepherd's dog is the shepherd's dog and you're always getting the locals, right? So they've, whoever started that pub, they've generated that community feel. So everyone in that community knows that they can go there and they can feel a part of a community. and you can literally, I know for a fact I can go there tomorrow and I could sit on any given table and anyone would talk to me.

I do think there's a lot of pubs that don't have that anymore. I can't show you my goodness because I didn't do it very much. This is how you're pouring, this is what you need to do. I was trying to focus on you and pouring, so the head's a bit too big.

But I agree. It's not bad. It's got a good top on it. Cheers to that. Cheers. I can't cheers anything but my little stick, man. But I agree, what makes a good pub a good pub one a pint of Guinness and two the people all for the people

what do you hope your lives will be like in 10 years ooh that's not where do you see yourself from five years from now fucking I don't know where I see myself tomorrow let alone five years in a pub me and Rachel

oh my God we've got the daily brightness pub we should have a pop-up pub we should have a pop-up pub hey don't get started because when we get an idea we make it happen do you know what I actually don't think like I don't want to answer that question

because I think I don't want to think I don't want to think my life has been planned yeah our lives have been planned like everything's been planned

everything's a structure I want I want freedom that's what I want freedom freedom last thing is yeah

like I don't don't plan it for me like let me just honestly I just want a good life I want to be happy healthy family you can have a few non-negotiables

that you like want to stick in but like nah I want freedom not planning it I'm not doing it. I'm not doing it. I'm not doing it. Oh, you like this. B&M or Home Bargings or Range.

Right, that's, right, that's nasty. That's nasty. You can't make us decide that. We like them. Because, because. Do them in order. We won't pick one. We'll do them in order. I'll just tell you, like where I live, B&M and the range right next to each other, yeah? I never understand that either. Why are they side by side? But one's here, like the two of them are there and then home bargains is like all the way over the there, right? So you've got to do like a round robin. But each of them sells things that the other one doesn't, in my opinion. So I'll go to each for different things. But I think... Mine's the range. I'm not going to lie. Mine's the range. I think it's the range. The range does it all.

And I've been seen that they've got the Christmas decorations out already and I've already picked my cloth theme for this year. It's green. No, but I'll be honest. I don't like that. I don't like the overkill of Christmas yet. Like, because I think for me... Oh, they couldn't be any overkill for me, bestie. But I think for me, Halloween's. not even been yet. So once that's over, I'm like, start Christmas. But I walked in literally like two weeks ago, I'm like, it's only just turned October.

I know, but I am excited because I love going to the range and just, oh, my trolley's full. Every time I go, getting, getting, getting, getting. No, I love the range. Don't give her, I love the range. Like, half of my house is the range. Yeah, I think it's the range. I think that's the question, that's the answer.

But I tell you what I do like, poo bags from home bargains, because, right, I don't know your take on this. I've got eco poo bags Just like you know Yeah I like the feel of them It's like the co-op bags

So smooth Oh my God Yeah they're lovely Very therapeutic Same right But when they're in that little pouch Yeah It's easy yeah

But I always run out of the pouch And I'm just like Oh yeah I've got bags Because they're on the pouch Well I get there And I'm like no I haven't I'm like oh I can't pick it up

So I get really annoyed So all of mine now I're like shoved in the pocket Every coat you've got In my house Ship bags in Has poo bags right So I like the ones from home baggage

because they're not on a roll so you can just pull three out, four out, put me in your pocket straight in. Rather than doing this, hey. Dexter's done the poo. Yeah, no. Get one out of pocket, scoop it up, off you go. I have a sucker, I've got a little dog walking bag

and I've got my treats clipped onto my strap. Do you say it treats on a dog war? Yeah, and then... Oh, I don't. Because I'm like the treat lady in the village and they all come up to me and they love me for it. and then in my bag

I have... I'm... I'm... A bird lady in home alone. Yeah. And then in the side of my

little dog bag there's a little like pocket where you put your poo bags on a roll and then they stick out the side and I just pull it out

and I... Yeah, but I'd forget the bag. Yeah but I don't because I find that very... I like that that's my little thing what I... Yeah but see I just put

sometimes I like a long coat sometimes like a short coat sometimes I don't like a coat sometimes I don't like a coat I've got to like get them all ready. Yeah but see I just put I put my bag on

I just put my bag on I just put my bag on best in But I'd be like Where's my bag? No, it's hung on my little dog hook Where the harness is So I cannot forget it But I'm not like that

I don't come in And put my bag on a hook I go Dogs off the lead Oh, heating off Yeah Food's off Yeah

I just you know me I'm a bit of a Well, you know that's not me Right guys That is it for today's episode Of our questions We will be back next week Make sure you're sending you questions

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