Across The Pitch

In Part 2 of our 3rd Anniversary Celebration, Phil talks with Scott Brown, the first guest to ever appear on Across The Pitch. They catch up since the last time he was on the show, and talk about his retirement from football, and move into work in the agent industry in his post playing days.

Phil is joined by past and present co-hosts and contributors sharing their experience, and journey with the show. Part 1 features the beginning of each person's story, with each story completing, plus a special guest in the upcoming parts. In order of appearance, Part 1 features Arran Airs and Matt Robards, Ross Devonport, Jonny Hibbard, Abdulai Suburu, Peter Leatham, and Darren Woodhead and Tony Robinson closing.

Darren, Tony, and Phil talk to Neil Edmonds, who is originally from Accrington, and played at Stanley, Oldham, and Rochdale in the 1980's-90's, but now resides in upstate New York. They discuss his playing career and life after football on the Western side of the pond, plus the Accrington now vs then, and a bit about American Sports.

Phil and Tony speak to lifelong Accrington Stanley Supporter Gary De-Maine, first with a quick recap on the recent FA Cup match against Port Vale, and the importance of Cup Competitions to Stanley, then they speak about his late father John De-Maine, a former director and commercial manager at Stanley about his role with the club from 1993 through 2009, and the challenges he faced growing Stanley's brand and merchandising in that era.

Phil and Tony talk to Bryn Tracey, who has been the head coach of the Accrington Stanley Ladies Team since July of 2020. They discuss goals for the less than 5-year-old club both on and off the pitch, some of the differences between the men's and women's games, how the pyramid works, top players on this years squad, and his future aspirations both for the club and personally.

Phil and Tony talk to Harry Perritt who has currently gone on loan to Torquay United from Accrington Stanley about how the trip down south has gone thus far, his youth career with Accrington, plus a special segment on the importance of mental health.

Phil and Tony ask listener question to Accrington Stanley Coach Jimmy Bell in Part 2, plus an update on the situation with Dion Charles, how things are coming with the under-23 team, and why he feels like Accrington is the best coaching job in all of England.

Phil and Tony talk to Accrington Stanley coach Jimmy Bell about how this season has gone so far, how things have changed on and off the pitch at Accy in the past few years, new players to the squad this year, challenges of scouting during COVID, plus rapid fire, and much more in Part 1 of 2.

Phil, Tony, and Darren meet at the pub to discuss the Accrington Stanley season thus far, the happenings with the Supporters Trust, who are the biggest and most tin pot clubs in League One, surprising players for Stanley this season, and much more.

Phil and Tony talk to Liam Atkinson, host of a popular Accrington Stanley match day vlog on Youtube about his show and the making of the videos, plus an in depth chat on Accrington's line-up, and much more. You can find his vlogs at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZiy85tbp5GdSt9XrW87IMw/featured