The Perth Football Podcast

Glass half full, glass half empty

We have a huge bumper podcast to wrap up up the NPLW season for you listeners.
Tommy and NTC U21's coach Sam Geddes wrap up the weekend's action and do a bit of a deep dive into the season that was for all teams.
They don't stop there listeners, they then do a preview of the State Cup Final between Perth RedStar and Perth SC before the two sides face off against each other in the Top-4 Cup Prelim Final.
Huge thank you to Tommy and to Sam for their time in making this pod happen.

Casual Football Chats - Ep - 14 - Katie Schubert Sabatini

Katie Schubert Sabatini has seen it all, done it all and in a funny way has come full circle in her footballing career.
From College soccer in West Virginia to A-League Football in Western Australia, Katie has been present for the growth of the women's game here in WA with the establishment of the NPLW, as well as being in the rarefied air of playing for the greatest Perth Glory team ever (men or women).
She's won it all as a player, won some things as a mother and hers is a story of community and the creating of an unlikely career in WA.
Enjoy this chat with Katie where we go through time and speak about a golden age in women's football here in Perth.
The Casual Football Chats are brought to you by the good people at The Casual Football Company. Casuals is the easiest way to play soccer in Perth, Australia. All players are welcome - just turn up and get involved - find out more at https://www.thecasualfootballco.com/

FTW - Round 22

Tommy and Kelechi were at the Kingsley Tavern to talk about the final weekend of the NPLM, NPLW and State League season.
Kelechi was up at Chichester Reserve to see Kingsley Westside beat Cockburn City 2-1 and farewell coach Steven Dimitrovich off in style. We spoke to him about his time at the club.
Tommy was at Kingsway to see Olympic Kingsway crowned champions and put on a heart of the champions display that saw them end the season unbeaten at home in the league.
We also have Sean watching from home and his gives his summary of the Fremantle City and Floreat game that saw a late late finish from their WonderBoi

They turn it off

It's a little later than usual, but like Mrs Osunwa always says.... good news is never late!
 
Tommy and Kelechi  catch up on all the action from the weekend that saw soooo many terrific goals that FW had to extend their options for goals for the round!
 
We talk about the cracking 3-3 between the champions and Balcatta and ask if Balcatta are playing themselves into some terrific form.
We talk quickly gloss over Perth's 5-0 win over MUM FC but pay some much due credit to some of the best free-kick takers in the league.
We talk about Subiaco doing the full Subiaco in their 3-7 loss to the NTC - they were terrific between the two boxes and frustrating inside them.
We praise the NTC for turning it on and showing moments of quality to score 3 cracking goals in 7 minutes.
We then talk UWA giving themselves a huge lifeline before this weekend with an important 0-0 against Fremantle before rounding off the fixtures with Perth's catch up game against the NTC where once again we saw some cracking goals. 

Armadale and Balcatta Review & Australia Cup Special

Sean, after the lads failed a late fitness test was the only one free to be joined by Malcom Tshuma from Balcatta Etna and Zack Morgan from Armadale to talk their season.
We talk their goals and aspirations at the start of the year and where to from now for both clubs.
In part 2 Tommy, Sean and Kelechi were down (up) at Olympic Kingsway to witness history as the Green Machine stole the hearts of the state.

FTW - Kingsway are Kings of the NPL

What a wild wild round of fixtures in the NPL!While the matches were wild, they've ended up rounding out the league season with all the major issues sorted.
Kingsway are champions - Pete Jacobsz loves to score goals - Fremantle finish their first season in the NPL in the Top-4 - Darryl Nicol is pretty good - and Inglewood are no longer in the top flight of WA football.
Steven Nelkovski joined the boys to talk what Kingsway wining the league means to him as a club president, and also boyhood fan and the boys had tenders and chips!
Football was the winner.

Casual Football Chats - Ep - 13 - Sherif Andrawes

From Glasgow to Freo, Sherif Andrawes has had an unlikely path to prominence in the world game. 
 
A mover and shaker in Perth’s corporate world, Andrawes is best known as the chairman of Football West.
 
But less well known is his work in the background where he has coached unbroken for over 25 years at his beloved East Fremantle Tricolore and Fremantle City.
 
Josh Chiat caught up with Sherif this month in Kalgoorlie to discuss his remarkable journey and the passion that drives him to give back to WA football.
 
The Casual Football Chats are brought to you by the good people at The Casual Football Company. Casuals is the easiest way to play soccer in Perth, Australia. All players are welcome - just turn up and get involved - find out more at https://www.thecasualfootballco.com/

Baysie Legends - 10 Year Anniversary - Perth Football Podcast Special

The good people of Bayswater City were gracious enough to invite Kelechi and GFOP Michael Hoy down to Frank Drago Reserve to be part of a panel and chat about their 2013 and 2014 sides.
It was terrific to go down memory lane and speak to the players, officials and actual life long boyhood fans of the club, about what really was a magical time for them and for Football in WA.
Enjoy.

3Peats and Shaved heads

There were postponements across the grounds but nothing could postpone a Rampant RedStar from reclaiming their throne at the top of Football in the NPLW.Josh was up down at Hilton Park to talk all about it and spoke to RedStar Head coach Carlos Vega Mena about the mentality and humbleness of his side.Sean was also down at the Fremantle for their Pride round and spoke to Ginger Cain (founder of the Pride committee) about the club being a welcoming place for everyone.Josh was also able to get an exclusive interview with new Perth Glory signing and Fremantle City Striker (yes they take about Kalgoorlie) before Tommy wrapped up the Balcatta Subiaco game which saw a couple new faces in Blue and Red.

People are comparing him to Salah

The football may have been postponed but there is no postponing the Perth Football Podcast!
Sean, Tommy, Josh and Kelechi give kudos to Perth RedStar who wrapped up the league in the NPLW before giving kudos to the Men's team who kept the league alive for another week after a late late winner at Nash Field.
We talk about Perth SC and their huge win over Fremantle City that means that Perth Glory will need to win out all their games and hope Perth SC drop points in all of theirs in order to overtake them. The result also means that the door is open for Bayswater and Armadale to sneak in and get into the Top 4.
Tommy was there to watch League leaders Olympic Kingsway almost win the league after a 2-0 win against Floreat Athena (who will play a huge role on who makes the top four) and gives us a wrap up of that before we make our votes for the Perth Football Podcast Player of the Season.