FTBL Podcast

For a season in shutdown, there's helluva lot to talk about in Australian football - FourFourTwo legends Andy Jackson and Aidan Ormond are back to discuss it all - and to see if Jacko will be broadcasting the A-League on DAZN.

In the midst of the coronavirus crisis, Professional Footballers Australia is looking after players both here and abroad, while also focusing on the future of the A-League. CEO John Didiluca gave us an update and shares his thoughts on what happens next...

The former Head of the A-League and ex-CEO of Macarthur FC Archie Fraser gives us his insight into the future of Australian football in the wake of the coronavirus crisis.

In a new series of podcasts looking at the future of Australian football post-coronavirus, we kick off with former FFA technical director Rob Sherman who quit the post in frustration after just 10 months, and find out his reasons why - and his radical vision for the future.

Sydney's star pair give us the dirt on the biggest pain in the arse they face in the A-League, the perils of their dressing room - and their greatest-ever moments in football...

It's been a big year for the former Matildas boss - just not the big year he was was expecting and he talks us through how he came out the other side at the Mariners. And Ernie Merrick responds to being called the Alex Ferguson of the A-League as he looks at the year ahead for Newcastle Jets and the changing face of the A-League...!

Ahead of a very big year for the Wanderers, we talk new rivals setting up on their patch, treating fans right, the independent A-League and expansion, second division, the new stadium, new signings... and how there's more to the club than football.

'I was a bit of a dick...' The fiery Melbourne City fullback opens up on his career to date, the mistakes he made and what the future holds in a fascinating frank chat.

The former Big Blue man talks us through how he's helped turn the NZ side around, his future plans - and how he landed up in a German jail.

W-League expansion, rego fees and Matildas at the World Cup - just some of the topics covered as we talk to David Gallop's right hand woman at the FFA, Emma Highwood.

We caught up with the Jets Director of Football after training in Newcastle a few weeks ago (before Victory's signing splurge!) to talk Socceroos, the new season and new life after football.

The FFA Head of A-League Greg O'Rourke sits down for his first full and frank chat since the massive upheaval of Tuesday's FFA coup.

Michael Lynch from Fairfax joins the boys in Kazan as we assess who's dead in the water for the Socceroos, what has to change before the Asian Cup - and what CAN actually change... and how?

This is also on video on our Facebook page if you want to see who and what we are talking about/to/etc! We take you through a day in the life of 442 in Russia and meet a few interesting characters along the way...

The loss was disappointing but the performance gave hope for the remains games. Here’s how we saw the French game, and how we see things working out from here...

We meet one of the men who knows the new Socceroos coach intimately - Johannes Kapteijns, Dutch sports reporter with De Telegraaf - who spills some of the secrets behind the mastermind.

At a cafe outside the Socceroos training base, Kev, Clement and John assess the lessons from the Hungary game and Australia's arrival at their new Russian home.

As Kev is currently the only person who can speak semi-fluent English in Kazan ahead of the Socceroos and the rest of the press pack arriving at the weekend, he sends us a first person snapshot of life in the Russian city instead.

What constitutes success for the Socceroos at Russia 2018? And how will Bert van Marwijk actually go about delivering it? Special guest Lucy Zelic joins the pod to discuss that and more...

442FM welcomes FIFA whistleblower, former FFA Head of Comms turned Australian football book publisher Bonita Mersiades to the podcast for some insider chat on Socceroos - and World Cup bids!

Who got shafted in Bert’s 26 for the World Cup training camp - and who needs to shine to make it into the final 23? Who’ll score and what does Arzani offer? Adam and Kev are joined by two new faces on the pod – and we hear from Shane Smeltz and Tony Vidmar too.

How is Australia shaping up for Russia? Optus presenter and executive producer Richard Bayliss joins the team to assess how the Socceroos will do in Russia next month.

It might well by the skin of our teeth in the last 45 minutes of the second half and needed three set pieces from the captain... BUT WE'RE GOING TO RUSSIA – and there's plenty to discuss.

Fox Sports commentator Simon Hill joins us as we dissect the woes blighting Australian football, from the FFA congress crisis to Ange and the Socceroos, and the bid for a new second division. Oh and some football - and Simon's new book!

The Mariners coach comes in for a grilling as we also ask just how many broken legs can you expect in a weekend? It's been a rough and tumble start to the season and that not just on 442FM!

High power Perth star quality bolsters the Western Australian-flavoured pod this week thanks to chats with Matildas hero Sam Kerr and Central Coast Mariners star signing Daniel De Silva.

Ange's exit from the Roos comes under scrutiny plus we catch up with the Fox Sports crew, and we assess the stars, surprises and flops of the opening round of the A-League.

Daniel "D10" Capellaro is our special guest as the boys return in a new and improved format to assess Ange's legacy for the Socceroos, look at who's done best in the off-season, and find out more about D10's Australia side playing in the Mini Football World Cup in Tunisia this week.

The team is joined by Lawrie McKinna biographer Adrian Deans as we pick over the Socceroos and another round of reffing blunders in the A-League.

Adam and Kev are joined by Guardian cartoonist David Squires and For Modern Football funnyman Joey Crews to see just how much they've already forgotten from the weekend's games.

Roar are in second place, Sydney are running away with the league and the Mariners might be playing the best footy in the competition. Is this Armageddon?

The boys pick the bones of a spiteful few days of games, sanctions and citing as the A-League hits boiling point... and it's still only round 3.

Double derby, the Socceroos plus THAT GOAL and THOSE TACKLES, and much much more in our latest megamegapodcast

The boys give you the inside line on promotion and relegation from the A-League launch and preview the weekend's games - and the season ahead. Now with new music!

The new season is coming and to mark our annual FourFourTwo A-League preview issue out now, we have a special look ahead at what's coming up in a bumper new campaign.

The team wraps up the season with a look back at possibly the greatest game in A-League history and a look at what the final holds in store, plus a wrap of the A-League awards and the transfer market.

The team discuss if a plate is awarded in an empty stadium does it still count, plus all the finals action rounded up and previewed.

Adam, Kevin, Con and John discuss a potential change to the last round for next season and multiple choking incidents from this weekend. Plus Adam 'Luther' Jackson has a dream about the Asian Champions League and Kev doesn't mention Devante Clut...

The boys give their end of term verdicts on the coaches who have failed to get their sides into the finals, plus our favourite red card machines, and a round up of the A-League.

Not quite worldbeaters yet - but the Socceroos are on the way. Meanwhile Melbourne Victory send records tumbling in the A-League...

The team take over from Damien De Bohun as head of A-League and introduce a few new rules... Plus we review the week's action.

Where next for the A-League? Do we expand? Promote/relegate? Both? Neither? The team tackles the big issue explored in depth in the new issue of FourFourTwo magazine.

The Matildas are off to Rio and the pod celebrates their success plus reviews the latest FFA four year plan... oh and some A-League football too!

The boys bathe in the afterglow of an awesome Matildas victory over Japan on the Road To Rio, plus a wrap of all the ACL and regular A-League action.

As the battle for the title draws even closer, the boys ar back to study who’s actually gone claim the honours?

Cahill on the move again - but to where? Victory fans put the club in strife, Fornaroli's rabona, Finkler's travesty, Nix from nowhere - all this and ulcers too.

Can Wanderers defend their fans over the weekend's flarefest? Can anyone? But how can you penalise or punish the club? All this and Tim Cahill talk too...!

A pretty dusty Adam joins the bright-eyed and bushy-tailed rest of the crew to assess whether the turnaround has come too late for Adelaide United and Perth Glory, are Roar in freefall, can anyone stop City without crippling Mooy - and what do you do with Jets now? Plus the Olyroos revisited...

Who should be more grateful - Gosford or Luis Garcia? The boys discuss the pros and cons of bringing the one-time Liverpool legend out of retirement to bolster struggling Central Coast Mariners.

The boys are back from their break (and importantly, Kev did not get married to Adam, despite what he says...) and they are divided over whether refs making U-turns are a good thing or a bad thing as they look back on the last three weeks of festive footy.