12/15/23: Europa League chaos, Prem's first female ref, Dean Smith's novelty contract

This is Early Kick Off from the Men in Blazers Media Network, all your global football stories straight from the back pages of Europe's newspapers in around 10 minutes.

On today's episode: Europa League chaos as the group stages reach their conclusion, the Premier League announce it will have its first ever female ref, FIFA's "The Best" shortlists for the player of the year and the Puskas award are announced, Premier League preview and Daen Smith's novelty contract.

Football don't sleep, and neither do we.

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Host: Sammy James

Producer: George Cooper

Researcher: Jack Collins

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