All Ball

During the offseason of our main podcast episode releases, we're gonna give you some more audio content but in a smaller and concise version - Off The Cuff. And for this first episode of Off The Cuff, we talk to Brian Bosche of High Tea Hoops (@HighTeaHoops on Twitter) to preview and talk through the 2021 NBA Season. We talk Lakers, Giannis, Harden, Zion, ROTY contenders and so much more...enjoy!

For this last episode of the series, yes, this is the LAST episode for a little bit, but we damn well promise you that we’ll be back, we’ve got Senior Features writer for GiveMeSport joining us, and that is Charlie Carmichael. Besides working for GiveMeSport he’s also a Leicester City fan so it would be rude if we didn’t talk about 2015/16 season wouldn’t it, so watch out for that. We also talk about some of the work he’s done for Copa 90 in the past which included jetting off to Madrid to meet and interview Marcelo at his house, and we take a special look into the incredible video content that Copa 90 have produced over the years. This includes Charlie’s work with the 'Derby Days' video regarding Hertha and Union Berlin, if you haven’t watched that, then honestly check it out, and we might wax lyrical about that particular city in this episode just to let you know, what a place. Lots of great stuff in this hour-long speciale for this final episode of the series, enjoy…

For this episode, we have got a guest that’s not only an ardent Chelsea fan but a woman that is taking the sports broadcasting and presenting scene by storm. For this episode, we had the pleasure of Olivia Buzaglo joining us. If you’re a keen watcher of anything broadcasted by Premier League Productions then you may well recognise the name and to be fair you may well see and hear from you soon if you’re not too familiar with her because she is on some seriously good trajectory in her broadcasting career for sure.  This was a fun interview and usually we like to keep our episodes to around the 45 minute mark tops, but we didn’t know what to get rid of out of this interview, so you’re gonna get around 55 mins this time around, you lucky so and so. We thought that all of it was a joy and hopefully you’ll feel the same after listening. We chat about her career journey, Chelsea (and they’re a high flying and exciting looking Chelsea at the moment aren’t they?!), our Fantasy League teams, who’s the best Prem team ever? Netflix recommendations, other podcast recommendations (when you’re not obviously listening to the All Ball Podcast, hehe) and so much more...

We welcome you to another episode of the All Ball Podcast and we’ve got something that aims to keep you occupied during this monotonous international break. This is a bit of a first for the podcast as our guest for this episode is a current manager in the Football League, the manager of Queens Park Rangers to be precise, joining us for this one is Mark Warburton. Mark has been involved in the game for just over 40 years and we’ll be talking about the earlier days in his career which include being an apprentice at Leicester City under Jock Wallace, his time playing and coaching in America whilst being a trader at the same time, to where he is today as the current gaffer of Queens Park Rangers. You’ll be hearing his thoughts on some of the QPR squad such as Bright Osayi-Samuel, Geoff Cameron and also Lyndon Dykes who has just helped Scotland qualify for next summer’s European Championships. In addition, we also chat about some memories of his time as the manager of Rangers and also the NextGen series which is something that we wish they would bring back. Also, watch out for a cameo from a certain Les Ferdinand, nice of him to join us...

Episode number 16 is upon us. Since we’re the ALL BALL podcast, we like to cover a whole range of sports but there’s one sport that we haven’t covered thus far, until now…and that is tennis. And for this episode we were joined by top Tennis journalist George Bellshaw to give us the low down on the current state of the game.  George is a tennis journalist at the London Metro and has covered all 4 of the grand slams. The topics of this particular tennis-based episode include the fallout of the French Open, Diego Schwartzman, Dominik Thiem, plus…no British players advancing past the first round at Roland Garros…should Brits be worried about that? In addition we’ll be talking about the womens game and asking whether Serena can pass Margaret Court’s grand slam record. Oh, and THAT Djokovic incident at the US Open, y’know…when he blasted the ball at a line judge? That will also be discussed...

For this episode, we chatted to someone live and direct from the wonderful country that is Canada. Joining us for next 40 minutes or so is Emily Wilson. She is not only a sport journalist and managing editor out there in the great white north, but she is also a huge fan of Portuguese football and Real Madrid. We talk about all of that stuff mentioned including how she got into her current role and how she has coped with the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada. We also talk about her favourite moments supporting Portugal which, much to our dismay as England fans, EURO 2004 does get a mention. In addition, Emily gives us an insight into sporting facilities over in Canada, and the views that she gives we’d like to point out are opinions only...

It's NBA Finals time and we’ve gone and got ourselves a couple of ballers to join us to talk about all things basketball. The first of those guests is Yani Ourabah who is a presenter for the NBA coverage on Sky Sports in the UK and also the host of the anytime NBA show. Plus, the second of those guests joining us is a man we’ve had on the pod before, a good friend and fellow basketball fanatic - Jesse. We will be talking about the NBA Finals, Lakers, the Heat, the choking Clippers, the Pelicans, the Nuggets, Tyler Herro, Lebron, Luka Doncic, 2021 draft prospects...so so much stuff...and more. We’re dialling it up from downtown for this one... 

This episode will mainly focus on Arsenal, and we have a great guest joining us who is very much clued up when it comes to the red half of North London. That guest is Jasmine Baba. She’s done work for Paddy Power, Betfair, the Offside Rule podcast and the Arsenal review, whilst also being a huge fan of the Bundesliga also. When it comes to 'the Arsenal' in this episode though, we're gonna be talking about their new signings, Mikel Arteta and...Matt Macey? Yep. Plus, with the new Premier League season underway we’re gonna be talking about Chelsea, United and Spurs to see what they could get up to this season... 

Welcome aboard to episode 12. So far, we've had guests on affiliated to different sports including basketball and football, but we haven’t had anybody that specialises in American Football, until now. Enter George Reynolds. Not only is he the quarterback for the NFL Academy in Great Britain, but he’s also had personal coaching from some big names including Andrew Luck, Quincy Avery and also the current starting QB for the Houston Texans, DeShaun Watson. You’re gonna hear about how he first got into the sport, what a standard day at the NFL Academy looks like, the experiences that he’s already had over in America, plus with the 2020 NFL regular season up and running, we take a look at what franchises and players we think are gonna light it up this year. America, watch out, you may be having a QB from the UK arriving onto the high school and college scene very soon...

Joining us on the podcast for this episode is an editing, directing, photographer and video extraordinaire, Toby Manchip. He’s worked with some very big sports teams which include Manchester City, Sevilla, and the Williams formula one team to name just a few. Recorded back in July, you’re gonna hear about how he got into his current role, some of the experiences that he’s had through his work, plus an interesting and revealing story about a chat that Toby had with a certain Kyle Walker whilst working in Shanghai...