The Perth Football Podcast

Casual Football Chats - Ep 9 - Alex Novatsis

Alex Novatsis is a man who wears many hats and has been a contributor in our game here in WA in many forms and fashion.
A member of the famous Olympic Kingsway juniors side who lost 2 games in 9 years and won everything, his seniors career say him play for Floreat, Bayswater City, Western Knights and Ashfield before deciding he would move on from tormenting referees to becoming one.
That journey has led him to since become an A-League Refereeing Commissioner and FIFA Delegate, and he somehow finds the time to referee Sunday League games!
In this chat we go down memory lane with names ranging from Ori Colli to Harry Kewell - you really are in for a treat listeners.
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/

Groundhog Day

Tommy and Kelechi are back for another weekend of NPLW WA action and listeners, it felt like we were saying the same things again!
Big routine wins for Perth RedStar and Perth SC who both score 5 goals and are separated by 5 points.
Balcatta beat the NTC as Pete Rakic wins the Football Friends derby - but there are some new, and old faces, who make an appearance for the NTC.
We also talk the continued resurgence of Fremantle City after their 8-0 win over Subiaco before looking forward to some spicy games next weekend.

How are the mind games?

Tommy Doleman was joined by Balcatta Etna head coach Pete Rakic to run through Round 10 of the NPL WA Women's competition.
 
Ben Gilby sets the table for the episode with his thoughts on the weekend, before Tommy and Pete chat Balcatta's 2-1 win over Perth SC. Then they reflect on the weekend's other results as RedStar reinstate their 5pt lead at the top, Subiaco are left frustrated after letting a lead slip twice, while MUM FC are off the bottom thanks to a late equaliser at Rosalie Park. 
 
Kelechi's on holiday but didn't want to miss out on the fun as he sends through a voice note on NTC versus Fremantle, before Tommy and Pete look ahead to another edition of the Football Friends Derby on Friday night! 
 
All that and more on this weekend's Perth Football Podcast! 

Wasn't supposed to read that

Sean and Kelechi are here to summarise a wild week of action for week 12.
Boys pay homage to Balcatta sticking in games and being almost there before talking about Fremantle City and their naughty boy this weekend.
From there we talk Macron Bayswater City, Armadale and the Mendoza line - who's at the Mendoza line and who is above it?
We talk Perth RedStar and Olympic Kingsway who have just been rampant and finding ways to way - will any team blink - also we blinked...and you know who is back as the leading goal scorer of the league.... Geez that Scotsman is good isn't he?
We ask questions about Western Knights and Perth SC a head of their clash before being joined by Chris Tilson from Inglewood to talk about the win this weekend and what's changed at the club.All that and more!

What. A. League

It's just Tommy and Kelechi for this one but that's all you need after a cracking weekend of football.
The boys do a deep dive of the instant classic that was Perth RedStar 3 - 4 Perth SC and have an interview with Perth SC Coach, Danielle Holtham Brogan.
Tommy gives us his most memorable 5 NPLW fixtures.
We then touch on a second win in a row for the NTC who look to open a gap in 4th place after their win against MUM FC.
We finish with some praise for Subiaco after their 3-0 over UWA Nedlands.
All that and much much more

Just tell them to eat

Tommy, Nick and Kelechi break down some of the fixtures from the NPLM as we hit the halfway mark.
Perth Glory and Perth SC put on a show as we ask if we are glass half full or empty on either teams?
Bayswater City are sneakily undefeated in 6 and Balcatta are just unlucky.
There's an important win for Stirling to keep their top 4 hopes alive.
Floreat are docked points while Freo remain on Fire.
RedStar win again and we ask, what's more impressive, Nicol scoring or their defence?
All that and goodness gracious me we really want Inglewood to win.

FTW - Round 11

Sean and Kelechi were at Alfred Skeet Reserve to witness a rip-snorting sloberknocker of a contest between Armadale and Olympic Kingsway.
The boys were joined by David Tough and Alun Vernals respectively to discuss what was a really a game of two halves and a game that had it all. 
Following that the boys talk about the results from the grounds, Red Star are looking rampant and Fremantle City are Flying! Bayswater get the win to stay in the top 4 hunt, while Balcatta and Floreat and Inglewood suffer another loss.
There's all that and a quick chat about the Floreat points deduction.
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Casual Football Chats - Ep 8 - Mikayla Lyons

Mikayla Lyons is a woman of many talents. She's a Fremantle City stalwart, a sports scientist for U17 Australian National team and a PhD candidate  at Notre Dame University where she's exploring the pathway of Women's soccer here in WA.
In her sit down chat with Josh Chiat, they talk about her findings and the importance of self-belief and sacrifice in making it to the next level, her love affair with Fremantle City and her story coming through the NTC pathway with some of the countries best.
Mikayla also highlights some of the things that we could do better in the Women's game here in WA.
It really is a terrific listen, listeners and one you'll enjoy throughout.
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/

Battle of the Bastards

Tommy, Sean and Kelechi provide a more relaxed episode this weekend with it being a long weekend. The boys go over the results of the weekend, some trends from the recently promoted teams, their favorite naughty boys and totally gloss over Josh tipping 6/6 this weekend.

Borussia Dortmund Special

We have an absolute treat for your listeners with this podcast.
Sean and Kelechi are joined at the Hush Connective Studio by Dr Suresh Letchmanan, the Managing Director of Borussia Dortmund Asia Pacific.
In a long ranging chat, the team talk about Suresh's love for football, his involvement with Dortmund and what brings them to Australia.
The guys also talk about player development, what Australia is doing well and "The Dortmund way"
This is a terrific podcast and one you don't want to miss!