All Ball

We had him on back in Series 1 for one of our very first episodes and now we have him back for Series 2: it’s Luke Hannant. Now, when this interview was recorded last month he was still a Cambridge United player but now he has made the switch to Colchester United. Nevertheless, he’s gonna talk us through the celebrations at the Abbey Stadium when Cambridge United sealed promotion to League 1, how much of an influence Wes Hoolahan AKA Wessi had on the team, when he first thought that they would have a special season, what it was like going into those last 3 games to try and seal promotion, young players that could have a decent future for the U’s and a lot more. Plus, not only do we have Luke as a returning guest but we also Theo back on to join Charlie for this one...

We are back for episode 8 of series 2, or we guess you could call this a 'part 2' because this episode is the follow on to part 1 of our interview with Huntar. Part 1 was an absolute blast and if you haven’t listened to part 1 yet then we strongly recommend that you do and then you come back to this episode just for the purposes of flow and storyline y’know? But regardless, for this concluding episode of this little miniseries that we’ve got going on, we’ll be talking about how Lewis got one of his songs on a FIFA soundtrack (which we still find so crazy...), we’ll also be talking about support acts, pre gig rituals, favourite shows, upcoming tour info, favourite tour locations, his connections with Matty from The 1975 and also we'll be quizzing him on his dream festival lineup...

We’ve got a special episode for you, but also a different episode, and we say different because for once we don’t have a guest that is from a sporting background for this one, we have a musician. We’ve been wanting him on here for a while and now we’ve got him, and d’you know what, he has some stories to tell. He’s been musically active since around 2011 releasing music, and some of that music has even received praise from a certain Ed Sheeran. He’s also just released his latest EP entitled 'LOST'...we're talking about Huntar. In part 1 of this two-part special, Huntar will be telling us about his upbringing, Ed Sheeran, V Festival, how he came up with the Huntar name and a lot more...

Episode 6 of season 2 is here and we're changing gear on the All Ball podcast this week. 

While Ross was away, Jesse Yakubu-Sam jumped in the hot seat to help steer this one alongside Charlie.

But the heavy-hitting guest this week was none other than Thandie Sibanda (9bills, Chapter Z) co-host of brand new F1 podcast @QuickStopF1 to discuss all things the sport has to offer and her route into music journalism.

We delved into her time at Southampton Solent University and how that has shaped her passion for content creation and ambitions to carve her own lane and create a brand that goes beyond borders. 

For this episode we’re gonna be talking about some of the great no.9’s, reminiscing on some strikers of old, debating current and future strikers, and joining us for this one is Theo...you may remember him from the flops episode from last year and we’ve also got Ore joining us, a new recruit to the All Ball alumni. We’re mainly gonna be talking about strikers from the noughties when we throw it back and there will no doubt be some names to take you back to those glory days of football...

Just like in series 1 where we had a chat with a pro footballer Luke Hannant of Cambridge Utd, we linked up with another one for series 2...for this episode we had a chat with Harrogate Town’s Melvin Minter to gather some insight into that winding road to professional football. He’ll be telling us about his journey up to now, his love for Chelsea despite growing up around the Tottenham area, his time spent at Brentford with fellow peers such as James Tarkowski and Alfie Mawson, his experiences of travelling to Italy with England U19’s and also his experiences as part of the Rising Ballers platform...

We’re now up to episode 3 of series 2 and for this particular episode we have 'Mr proofs in the pudds' joining us we have Culture Cams on the podcast. This guy has been making some serious noise on the online ether with his content recently, so much so that he’s had admirers such as Rio Ferdinand, YES, Rio Ferdinand! We’ll be talking to him about that along with his appearance on an episode of Vibe with Five with Joel Beya and Stephen Howson, his own projects that he’s working on such as Dos locos en Europa and also threesixtytv which has exploded on YouTube and has had various scoops from guests such as Carlton Cole and loads more. Manchester United will also be put under the microscope as well as the England squad seeing as it’s the boring and some might say needless international break... 

Joining the pod for episode 2 of series 2 to talk all things women’s football is Becky Taylor-Gill. She’s a media producer and has worked with some big names that include Copa 90, The FA and even the BBC. At the centre of all of this however is her love for women’s football and she’ll be talking about her love for the game, her journey as a producer from when she started off as a student at John Moore’s university in Liverpool, covering the 2019 Women’s World Cup in France, and the work she is doing for a current online campaign called Studs which is solely dedicated to bringing you the best that women’s football culture has to offer. We’ll also find out what she thinks about Phil Neville’s reign as manager of the women’s team, her hopes for the Lionesses going forward, a random encounter with a certain Jamie Carragher, plus some ‘fun’ questions that we'll be posing including her ideal women’s 5-a-side team, though put ‘fun’ in quotes as it actually turned out to be a bit of a challenge and in result, quite stressful...

We're back in the mixer for Series 2 and whilst Ross was away Charlie chatted to BeIN Sport's Roberto Rojas on all things MLS, Paraguayan football and why we should all download TikTok.

Plus, Roberto spoke about his 'make or break' trip to cover the Paraguay National Team at Copa America 2016 and plenty more.

It was a pleasure to add Roberto to the All Ball roster and looking forward to seeing him progress as the years go on. 

Charlie sat down with sports journo @Freddie_Paxton to discuss what may and may not happen in the January 2021 transfer window. We also delved into Freddie's previous work on Watford's failed move for French midfielder Pape Gueye and how Arsenal secured the services of Lille defender Gabriel Magalhaes in 2020.

Following this, we spoke on Dominik Szoboszlai's transfer from RB Salzburg to RB Leipzig and why it may frustrate Arsenal fans. (shout out Jasmine Baba). Plus, speculating on a number 10 that the Gunners could sign with Mesut Ozil half way out the door at the Emirates Stadium.

We rounded off the chat with a look at the Premier League title race as Manchester United and Liverpool go head to head on Sunday 17th Jan 2021. 

It was an absolute pleasure to welcome Freddie onto the podcast, you can follow his Twitter (above) for more transfer news and general football musings.