48 Shades of Football

The chaps take a trip to the park to discuss the fan experience at three different c-word proof grounds before going on to discuss red-card mania, flying elbows and penalties!

It's almost a full house tonight as The Chief calls in from his transfer window taxi while The Phantom returns to host. We review the opening weekend, talk u22s, transfers, prediction leagues and look at the upcoming weekend's games.

With the new K-League season just hours away the chaps return from hibernation to discuss all things Korean-football related.

The chaps are joined by Devon Rowcliffe, author of Who Ate All The Squid? Football Adventures in South Korea, to discuss his book about Ian Porterfield's time in Busan plus plenty about buses, brown envelopes, hooligan cos-players and more!

We're back with another fancam as Paul sits down with a Korean FC Seoul fan to see if they agree about how this season has gone.

Paul is back with another fancam as he tracks down a Gangwon fan to talk about the season so far.

Another in our occasional series of 'fancams' sees us talk to DolsotDan about his Kleague life. (Note this was recorded prior to Ulsan being thrashed by Pohang)

Mark, Tom and The Chief are back to talk about all things K1 and K2. We talk about the upcoming '48 Shades Supermatch' as Seongnam host Seoul with fans back in the stadiums, there's Korean National games, the rise, rise and rise of Suwon FC, a certain German and much more......

The chaps assemble in Yeongtong to discuss an abysmal weekend of the K1 relegation round as well as the FA Cup and increasingly farcical ACL. Due to the performance of their respective teams, some of the language used has regressed to the earlier days of the podcast.

Mark returns to discuss Seongnam, the decline of the Bluewings and the curious case of the AFC.

The Seongnam contingent is otherwise engaged so Paul takes the remaining chaps through a night at the football in the Covid-19 era.

Mark ambushes Phantom into a riverside chat about the latest goings-on in K-League.

Mark and Joe are on hand to discuss the first 48shades Derby of the year before Joe deep dives into statistics to try and work out why home teams simply can't win in K2 this year. There's an examination of the U22 substitue rule, plus the usual preview of the upcoming weekend's action.

Mark, Joe and a late arriving Paul join to talk K2 and the remarkable goalscoring feats of Suwon FC. the remarkable missing K League merchandise and the ever increasing likelihood of a fan-free season.

Paul returns to celebrate FC Seoul's moment in the sun while The Chief navigates us safely through the choppy waters of K2 and Tom and Mark discuss Seongnam, K1 and Incheon's desire not to be just a football club anymore.

The chaps look back at the first week of K1 and K2 in which Seongnam almost certainly wrapped up the title, before discussing the unusual experience of watching games on TV and making predictions for the upcoming weekend's matches.

The 2020 K-League is finally upon us and Mark and the Phantom travel to Cheonan to sit by the side of a pitch to reminisce about the good and bad of K-Leagues gone by, stick the boot into E-Land and offer some wild guesses at what's going to happen in Week 1.

The K-League 1 season is over and a fun final afternoon it was too. But that's not all that's happened this past week as the chaps discuss the Women's AFC Club Championship, Korea's AFC future and plenty more besides.

The chaps find themselves in deepest Moran on a Thursday afternoon. While most are at work or school, the league of forgotten men and wannabes comes out to play.

The boys are back from their mid-season break with a slightly rusty performance in which they discuss all the recent happenings in the world of Korean football.

In which the chaps discuss, the K1 title race, a trip to Anyang and overuse the word "shambles" when talking about a certain match. Plus Paul ventures behind enemy lines to interview a Suwon Bluewings fan.

Mark catches up with The Asian Game's Scott McIntyre to talk about all things Asian Champions League, from this year's tournament, coefficients, the ******** Model, World Cup groups and much much more

Phantom & Mark travel to Suwon to discuss the latest goings-on in K-League 1 and meet up with the Chief who weighs in on K2 before David Yoon of the Tavern of the Taeguk Warriors joins to for an in-depth look at the current state of the various Korean National Teams.

The boys are back and Mark has his tail between his legs as he discusses the recent FC Seoul v Seongnam game. The boys talk U-20 World Cups, Women's World Cups, International friendlies and whatever Chelsea Rovers is...

They boys p/review recent Kleague and ACL action and deliver a swansong to a Kleague legend...

The boys are back to discuss the recent Kleague and ACL action, talk about a Brazilian potentially going to become Korean and live podcasting another WK game in what is most definitely, certainly NOT the 200th episode.

The chaps take a field trip to the WK-League and discuss the FA Cup and a week of many and varied news from the wonderful world of Korean football

The boys are back to P/review recent Kleague action, ACL and FA Cup games. They discuss a potential new stadium for Seongnam and try and defend an indefensible new law of the game.

Paul and Mark meet to discuss all the main news in the K-League and beyond. There's politics, cups, table-topping,

The boys review a week of FA Cupsets, talk about how the Korean National Team got on in their recent friendlies and look forward to the return of Kleague action

The boys review recent Kleague and ACL action and look forward to the medium boys entering the FA Cup.

The new season is underway and Paul is in a good mood after Seoul start with a win. Mark is indisposed so Phantom comes on to moan about tickets and the Asian Champions League.

The new season is finally here and The Phantom swings by 48 Shades Tower to preview both K1 and K2 and talk about his 14th season ticket in a row!! The guys also talk about sponsors, lack of sponsors, kits, ACL and much more......

The boys are joined by special guest @MarcLostBoyo to discuss this weeks final round of ACL previews, Vietnamese players in the Kleague, the release of more 2019 kits and some odd team restrictions coming out of China.

Mark and Paul welcome special guest Joe aka The Chief to talk about all things Suwon FC and K2 for 2019. They also go over some stats from 2018 from the K-League website, talk about a surprising transfer, discuss the nightmare that was the Asian Cup and more.....

The boys are joined by special guest Martin Lowe to dissect goings on at the Asian Cup before catching up with latest transfers and pre-season news in the Kleague.

The boys are joined by special guest Tom to discuss the group stage of the Asian Cup, the Kleague fixture list, this week's transfers and the ongoing saga surrounding Choi Kanghee.

The boys review the first few days of action at the Asian Cup, talk over a few of the recent transfers in the Kleague

Mark sits down with Asian football expert Scott McIntyre to discuss the upcoming Asian Cup, and Asian football in general

Mark chats with very special guest Scott McIntyre (@mcintinhos) about club v country and his expectations for the upcoming Asian Cup.

The boys review the relegation play-off and the FA Cup final, have special guest A Chief in Korea on to review a season spent watching Suwon FC and more...

Episode 185 - Oakwell He's Here Now! by Mark, Paul and Stevie

The boys go through the thrilling conclusion to the K2 Season, review the recent internationals and look forward to the penultimate round of the K1

Paul is back as the 48 Shades boys bring you all the latest news in the K-League. They talk the Police, Choi, the Police, international squads, the Police, the FA Cup, the Police and there's even time for the winners and losers of the week(spoiler alert it involves the Police)

Episode 182 - Doctored? Who? by Mark, Paul and Stevie

Mark & Paul at 48 Shades Tower to discuss all the week's biggest stories in the K-League, we have Bluewings ACL, an certain ex-Jeonbuk keeper and manager, the latest episode of barbarawatch, look ahead to the FA Cup and of course the post-split K1 fxtures.

The 48 Shades guys go over all the news in the K-League including the return of Seo, a final (?) announcement on the Police, preview Choi's FC Seoul return as well as all the K1 and K2 game ans the ACL clash with Bluewings v Kashima

The boys are back with an addition to the team to talk about Jeonbuk wrapping up the title in record time and the return of a familiar face to try and save FC Seoul from relegation.

The boys talk ACL, FA Cup and Kleague including play by play analysis of the Wookie's winning goal and celebration.

The boys review the recent Kleague action, discuss an exciting ACL QF second leg and therorise about whether anarchy will break out in the Kleague with the demise of the Police.