The Total Football Soccer Show #14: Soccer and The Silver Screen
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Apologies to those of you out there who subscribe to the iTunes feed. Amazingly enough, free hosting pages aren’t always the most reliable websites when it comes to streaming large files. Ah well… such is life… The podcast is back up and running, and just in time too, as we’re bringing you another excellent show this week.
Taylor and Daryl take a trip to the cinema and ponder why it is that so many soccer movies end up being letdowns (”Goal” Trilogy, we’re looking in your direction) and what directors might be up to the task of making a decent soccer-specific feature film.
Not trying to be too critical, we’ll also give you our Top 5 Soccer Movies and close with another installment The Spelling Bee, wherein Taylor hopes to close the increasingly large gap.
As always, the show is broadcast on Richmond Independent Radio (WR0R), and is available as a podcast, as a free download, or you can get future shows delivered directly by subscribing to iTunes here.
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Total Football Soccer Show #13: Retirement, and Top 5 Players Who Played into Their Forties.
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This week’s topic: retirement. When should players retire from professional football? And what are their options after hanging up their boots? Not everyone can take up polo like Batigol did. Though maybe more should.
Also, since not all players are keen to retire, we list our Top 5 Players who played into their forties, featuring dietary tips from Gordon Strachan (hint: it involves bananas and a masher).
There’s been some sort of screw-up with the iTunes feed which we’re looking into (not our fault, for the record) but the show was first broadcast on WRIR Thursday, October 29th, 2009 and is available to listen to as a podcast either by clicking here or by clicking the big play button below.
Category: Weekly PodcastTotal Football Soccer Show #12: The Joys of Amateur Soccer
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No professional football talk on this week’s show. It’s all about the amateur ranks, as Taylor and Daryl discuss adult soccer in America. Your intrepid co-hosts interview Cary Wright and Mark Tarin from the Central Virginia Soccer Association to discuss the history and inner-workings of a successful adult league.
Taylor and Daryl also list their Top 5 Favourite Things about Playing Adult Soccer. If you agree/disagree, let us know with an email to soccer@wrir.org.
Episode 12 of the show was first broadcast on Thursday October 22nd on Richmond Independent Radio. It’s Fall Fund Drive week at the station, so help keep us on the air (and in your ears) by donating here.
The show is available as a podcast below (just click play, or right-click and “save as” to download) or you can get future shows delivered directly by subscribing to iTunes here.
Category: Weekly PodcastThe Total Football Soccer Show: 10 Reasons Why You Should Like Soccer
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We’re on a mission in this week’s show. A mission to convert all non-soccer fans. We talk about where soccer stands in relation to other sports, and why the likes of Jim Rome are so hostile.
If you’re reading The Offside, you’re probably already a footy fan. But if you ever find yourself needing to convince a non-believer, please feel free to borrow from our Top 5 Reasons You Should Like Soccer.
Episode 11 of the show (we now have enough to field a full team) was broadcast on WRIR at 12:30 eastern on Thursday, October 15th, 2009, and is now available as a podcast.
You can listen to or download the show below, or subscribe to us via iTunes by clicking here.
Category: Weekly PodcastTotal Football Soccer Show #10: Olympics, World Cup Quals, and Julio Cesar’s Better Half’s Blog
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Because Rio de Janeiro was awarded the 2016 Olympics last week, we thought it was a good excuse to talk about Olympic soccer. Specifically: What’s wrong with it? Can it be saved? Could London 2012 and Rio 2016 be its saviour?
We also preview the upcoming World Cup qualifying finale, and ask why no one in the USA or England can watch their teams play on good old-fashioned TV this Saturday.
Last but not least, we got overexcited and listed the Top 5 Things We’re Most Looking Forward to at World Cup 2010. Even though it’s still around nine months away.
All that, plus the latest new from the Inter and Brazil goalkeeper’s wife’s blog.
The show was originally broadcast Thursday, October 8th, 2009 on WRIR , but is now available as a podcast. You can listen to the show below, subscribe to the feed here, or get with the cool kids and subscribe via iTunes here
Category: Weekly PodcastTotal Football Soccer Show #9 – Major League Soccer (and Bouna Time!)
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This week we focus on Major League Soccer, and ask why two US based footy fans don’t follow the league as closely as they probably should.
This episode was first broadcast on Thursday October 1st, 2009, on Richmond Independent Radio. To more knowledgeable MLS fans, some of the information in the show may seem very basic. But remember the show is intended for the uninitiated listener as well as the serious soccer fan.
Top 5 this week is also MLS themed, as we list our Top 5 Favourite Foreigners to play in Major League Soccer.
You can listen to the show below, subscribe to the feed here, or get with the cool kids and subscribe via iTunes here
Category: Weekly PodcastThe Total Football Soccer Show – Episode 8 – Top 5 Most Interesting Derbies in World Football
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This week’s show is dominated by a 14 minute behemoth of a Top 5.
Following the Manchester derby controversy (also discussed, inevitably, and in hindsight rather belatedly) we decided to list our top 5 “most interesting” derbies in world football, and why we find them so interesting.
To fit as many in as possible, we compared lists to avoid any duplication. Here’s what we ended up with:
Taylor:
5. Rangers vs Celtic
4. Dinamo Zagreb vs Red Star Belgrade
3. Al-Ahly vs Zamalek
2. Galatasaray vs Fenerbahce
1. Man Utd vs Liverpool
Daryl:
5. Roma vs Lazio
4. Boca vs River
3. LA Galaxy vs Chivas USA
2. Brazil vs Argentina
1. Barcelona vs Real Madrid
Obviously some big games got left out. Please email any glaring omissions to soccer[at]wrir.org
You can listen to the show below, subscribe to the feed here, or get with the cool kids and subscribe via iTunes here.
Category: Weekly PodcastTotal Football Soccer Show – Episode 7 – Top 5 Goal Celebrations
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This episode was originally broadcast Thursday, September 17th on WRIR. We discuss the return of the Champions League and why it’s hard to get excited about the group stage, list our top 5 most memorable goal celebrations and address last week’s spelling bee mini-controversy.
Click here to listen to the show or here to subscribe via iTunes.
Category: Weekly PodcastThe Total Football Soccer Show – Episode 6: “The Artist Formerly Known As Beckham Is Heading to the World Cup”
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And with this posting, I believe we’re up to date with all the backlogged Podcasts. Daryl and I stayed up late to get the final outcome on all of yesterday’s World Cup Qualifiers. Some big surprises, as Argentina stumble once again, Portugal keep their hopes alive, and the US National Team wakes up from a deep sleep, realize they’re playing in an actual match, score a goal, and then promptly return to their peaceful slumber.
Then, we call up Jack from The Chelsea Offside to get his thoughts on the Blues’ transfer ban, and what ramifications it will have on Roman Abramovich’s side. Being a United fan/blogger who’s spent the past week constantly clicking refresh on Soccernet to learn if United will be punished similarly, is eager to hear his thoughts.
Then it’s on to the Top 5 Bad Boys of Football, a topic which could also have earned the title “Top Alcoholics Who Played Football”, “Top 5 Sociopaths Who Were Paid an Exorbitant Amount of Money to Destroy Other Humans”, and “Top 5 People That Newcastle Would Probably Sign in a Pinch”.
We close it out with a La Liga themed spelling bee, which leaves one of the contestants preparing to lodge a formal complaint of his own with FIFA over suspect pronunciation. Tune in and enjoy! You can stream it, subscribe to the feed, or subscribe via iTunes.
As always, we encourage your feedback (whatever it may be), so feel free to post your comments below, email us at soccer@wrir.org, or join the Facebook craze that’s sweeping the nation! Thanks again for all the support!
Category: Weekly PodcastThe Total Football Soccer Show – Episode 5: “Turbulence in Iran”
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Again, apologies for the belated posting. We should be back on schedule now. Daryl was out of town for this one, and left poor Taylor all alone to deal with a week of interesting issues. Several (former) members of the Iranian national soccer team showed their displeasure with the country’s recent elections by wearing green armbands. Well now those players are “retired” and the situation is a bit murky. Amin Vafa got on the phone with us to discuss the situation.
Plus, the Richmond Kickers brought the USL-2 Title back to Richmond, and they bested the Charlotte Eagles 3-1 in front of an enthusiastic Richmond crowd. We caught up with some of the team shortly before the celebrations commenced.
And, lastly, not wanting to leave you all missing his sweet, Brummy accent, Daryl took time to record another brilliant TOP 5. This week, it’s our All-Time Top 5 favorite players!
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If you’ve got any thoughts about the show (hopefully positive) please feel free to post them below, email them to us at soccer@wir.org, or join the Facebook group and have your say there! Thanks again and keep on listening!
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