#90thmw

Joining me on the last ever episode of #90thmw was the brilliant Simon Mundie. We talk in length about self acceptance and the importance of reflection in a 15 minutes I will take a lot from personally. Simon's podcast Don't Tell Me The Score has taken over his life during lockdown and he goes through his best bits of advice as well as favourite guests. Finally, with Simon as busy as ever, we go through his plans for the summer including a return to Manic Mundie at Wimbledon this summer. Enjoy this amazing episode everyone!

Birtley Town midfielder Robbie Williamson joined the podcast for another special episode. Robbie bravely shared the struggles he has on a daily basis with Behcets and the work he's doing to raise awareness, his love for Birtley Town on & off the pitch and what it was like being involved in academies up and down the country growing up. Finally and completely off the cuff Robbie was asked to choose his Premier League TOTS with some interesting choices. ENJOY!

Burnley correspondent from The Athletic, Andy Jones joined me in another special episode. Fresh out of uni, Andy took me through the opportunity he got to write about the club on a day to day basis, Sean Dyche press conferences and the shambolic super league. Enjoy everyone!

For the first time on the podcast, we go international. Roberto Rojas joined me in this special episode. We go through how Roberto got into journalism and the success he's had in such a short career. As a Newcastle fan it was great to get Roberto's thoughts on Miguel Almiron's move to the Premier League and how he feels he's adapted. Oh and apologies in advance for my laptop dying, first time for everything eh! Apart from that, Enjoy. 

Pod on the Tyne host Taylor Payne was my very special guest for today's second installment of the Pod to Pod specials. We go through Taylor's podcast journey including his current hosting duties alongside Chris Waugh and George Caulkin of The Athletic, his new venture into getting to know the North East's superstars with his upcoming podcast NE1outthere and the unfortunate demise of Newcastle United. Enjoy everyone!

In the first of a few special episodes featuring podcast hosts and experts, my first guest is front man of the All With Smiling Faces podcast Kris Wallace. We discuss how podcasts have changed and developed over the last year during the pandemic, talking to Alan Shearer & Ryan Taylor and some very important advice for anybody wishing to enter the podcast world.

Hibernian centre half duo Charlotte Potts & Joelle Murray were my guests in the final episode of the 4th series. A really enjoyable discussion around the skills needed to be a good centre half, what it's like being a one club player and the differences in coaching to playing. To finish off we had a quick fire round of true or false to test the ladies knowledge of each other with some surprising results. Enjoy!

Foundation of Light managing director Jamie Wright is the next special guest in series 4. Jamie’s time at the Foundation has spanned 20 years and we discuss the charities successes. As always there’s time to delve into the coaching journey and what makes a good leader.

Former co-host of Football on 5 George Riley joins me for episode 7. George’s career includes broadcasting, writing and campaigning for mental health so we’ll be discussing those topics this week. George is also a big Leeds fan so we’ll be reviewing the season so far for Marcelo Bielsa’s men.

Blogger, podcaster and writer Ian Cheeseman is the guest for episode 6. Ian takes us through his life in writing, we talk Manchester City’s recovery and the late great Colin Bell.

In the first episode of series 4 I’m joined by Ostersunds coach David Preece. David and I will be discussing the differences between coaching in England to abroad as well as his ideal goalkeeper. There’ll also be an opportunity to delve into his passion for journalism in between coaching.

For one week only I tried something different with the podcast and got my mates on to discuss all things football. Main topics were the shambles seasons most of us seem to be having on FPL, memories of Newcastle games and I test the lads knowledge of the game in a one off quiz. *EXPLICIT CONTENT*

Co-host of Tifo football podcast host and writer Seb Stafford-Bloor was this weeks special guest on the podcast. We discuss a number of things such as transfers, Seb’s involvement in the Tifo football podcast and the current state of affairs at Tottenham.

Notts County Manager Ian Burchnall is the very special guest for episode 3. Ian discusses his personal coaching journey, working abroad and how university experiences helped his development in future years.

The Athletic’s very own Chris Waugh is this weeks guest. Chris discusses his experiences in journalism to date as well as an overview of the current state of affairs at NUFC. Finally, as a weekly guest on Pod of the Tyne I go more in depth of how he got involved on a regular basis.

What many are calling the non-league saviour Ollie Bayliss joins me for a one off episode to discuss the difficulties of getting back to normality with non-league football as well as keeping the nation going with social media updates

Sky sports very own Tom White joins me for the final episode of the second series. This week we’ll be discussing Tom’s career in broadcasting to date, hosting talk ins for the Foundation of Light and his playing days with Alnwick Town.

North East non-league football writing legend Mark Carruthers joins me in episode 7 to discuss a wide range of topics including the new normal in non-league. Characteristics of a good journalist and of course the usual ‘personal journey’.

This week I’m joined by Crook Town manager Jamie Tunstall. I’ll be getting an in depth look into last seasons successes as well as hopes for the upcoming campaign. As always there’ll be time to get a taste of Jay’s coaching journey up to now. Enjoy!

Gateshead FC assistant manager Ian Watson joins me this week to discuss his role at National League North side Gateshead FC. Despite Gateshead almost going out of business last season they finished in the play offs on PPG. Ian’s background is mainly strength and conditioning but his future very much seems to be coaching football.

Roker report managing editor Gavin Henderson joins #90thmw in episode 4 to discuss how he got into writing and blogging for one of the North East’s biggest football platforms. As always I’ll be getting a taste of Gav’s journey from coaching in his early career to providing the excellent coverage for RR via podcasts and blogs.

Adam Swinney is this weeks special guest and offers something new to the podcast. His work at Mansfield Town and Scarborough Athletic have seen his career take a step away from coaching and into performance analysis.

Newly appointed coach of Middlesbrough women Ross Flintoft is the guest today. Ross has worked for Newcastle United Foundation for a number of years and combined his roles with a position at Durham & Chester-Le-Street school partnership. Flintoft also visited Holland a few years back to observe PSV Eindhoven. Hope you enjoy listening

Head of Coach Education & Development at the Scottish FA Greig Paterson is the special guest on episode 1 in the second series. Greig will be discussing his journey in coach education as well as his own experiences coaching players

Welcome back to #90thmw. Series 2 is sure to provide some more excellent discussions with equally brilliant guests in the game of football, enjoy!