Adelaide United Legends

Richie Alagich reached 107 games for Adelaide United between 2003 and 2007 and was synonymous for his energetic and driving runs up and down the right flank as a full-back. Richie speaks about his time playing in the National Soccer League and the early years of the A-League, his venture into coaching and youth development as well as discussing his love for heavy metal music.

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Racheal Quigley was a teenager when the original W-League (now A-League Women) was formed way back in 2008. She went on to make 66 appearances for the Reds, and until recently when Chelsie Dawber equaled her total, was outright leading goalscorer with 17 goals. In this episode Racheal speaks about how she began playing football, playing for Adelaide United over two stints, moving to play aboard in the USA and Korea, and her battle with depression leading to early retirement from A-League Women at 26.

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Lucas Pantelis played 124 games for Adelaide United between 2005 and 2011. He served as vice captain and was a significant contributor in the first six years of the A-League's existence. Here he speaks openly and candidly about his time as a Red, shares some of his favourite memories, is honest about the reign of Rini Coolen as Head Coach and what went wrong, opens up about his second ACL injury and how he almost lost his life from an infection resulting in his retirement from the game.

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Marcos Flores divides opinion among Adelaide United fans simply because he was such a great player who ultimately ended up on the books of our arch-rivals Melbourne Victory. Still the Club's only Johnny Warren Medal winner, the mercurial playmaker speaks openly about his time with the Reds, why he left, why didn't come back, how he still loves the Club and the city of Adelaide and what he is doing now with local amateur club, Adelaide Atletico.

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Current Head Coach Carl Veart goes into extra-time with us to talk about his time as a player overseas with Sheffield United, Crystal Palace, why Millwall wasn't a happy time, and playing for the Socceroos, including the 1994 WorldCup qualifier against Argentina.

Ross Aloisi is an encyclopaedia of fascinating, often insane, football stories. Before leaving the Club to move overseas into another assistant coaching role, we asked Ross to tell us a story that made him want to laugh, and a story that made him want to cry.

Bruce Djite breaks down what it was like playing under John Kosmina, Aurelio Vidmar, Rini Coolen, Michael Valkanis, Josep Gombau and Guillermo Amor, and explains his decision to retire at age 32.

Cássio opens up to tell the inside story on the way his time as a player at the Club came to an abrupt end back in 2014. 

On 30 December 2011 at Coopers Stadium during a game against Wellington Phoenix, Sergio van Dijk just had to go... so he left the pitch and went to the changeroom desperately needing the bathroom facilities. When he returned to the pitch, he was given a yellow card. This is the story behind the mid-game bathroom break.

We go into extra-time with the legendary Eugene Galekovic to talk about his captaincy, and what makes a great captain.