In the press conference Rebecca forgot the name of the guitarist of Cream, which was Eric Clapton.
The episode title is a reference to the famous French play "Le Cage aux folles". It has also been adapted into a film twice. Once in 1978 with a French film and then again in 1996 with an American remake, "The Birdcage".
In May 2022, Jake Daniels of Blackpool announced he was gay, only the second English player ever to have done so after Justin Fashanu came out in 1990.
The fan remonstrating with Isaac has the shirt with Dubai Air sponsoring the team. Based on previous story lines this is probably to indicate that the viewer should consider him to be the bad guy.
Nando's is an additional sponsor on the team shirts sleeves.