Welcome to final Old Spice Boys podcast of 2021. We’ve had some remarkable guests since our launch in August and aim to bring more exceptional football folk to you as we grow in 2022.

Now is the time to pause and reflect. We are within reach of Christmas Day and into the usual frenetic period of the football calendar when form fluctuates and there seems to be no time to relax and take in the true meaning of the season. 

Except that more and more footballers are confident enough to proclaim their Christianity and celebrate the birth of a child in a manger who changes lives and alters perceptions.

We have two very special guests today. Gavin Peacock was a gifted forward who played over 100 times for Newcastle and Chelsea in the 1990s and similarly for QPR at the turn of the century. 

He became a Christian in his teens, has presented Songs of Praise on the BBC and is now a pastor at the Calvary Grace Church in Calgary, Canada.  His autobiography, A Greater Glory was published in May.

Jason McCarthy is in his third spell at Wycombe Wanderers as a wing-back or full-back, has two young children as is utterly devoted to the word of God. I have seen close up how much his Christianity means to him and it is truly life affirming.