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- What caught our eye this week?

- Wollongong United into the Grand Final

- Can Albion Park go all the way?

- Can Woonona still do the league and Grand Final double?

- Is Bulli's season graded as a 'pass' mark?

- Is Ian Mclennan Park the best location for this year's Grand Final?

- Wolves eliminated by Sydney United in the NPL

- Local product Jordan Murray off to India?

Guests: Dylan Arvela (IPL Informer), Josh Bartlett (Illawarra Mercury)

After watching Pohang crush Ulsan in the post-split East Coast Derby for the second straight year, host Ryan Walters turns to Dan Croydon to make sense of it. The two have a rather lively back and forth about Kim Do-hoon's abilities as a manager while Matthew Binns tries to mitigate and keep the Jeonbuk-fan smirks to a minimum. The three also discuss the Dave Bulthuis and Bjørn Johnsen red cards that will see both miss the last two matches of the season.

The relegation battle takes center stage in the second segment where FC Seoul managed to finally get mathematical safety from the drop. Whether or not this is something they can build on for ACL is another story according to Matthew. They also discuss Incheon's Great Escape chances, Seongnam's tough schedule, and Busan's outlook heading into the final weeks.

Michael Redmond joins for the third segment to talk about the wild world that is K League 2. Jeju and Suwon remain locked in a heated battle for automatic promotion while Ryan's Jeonnam Dragon's and Michael's Seoul E-Land hold down third and fourth for the final playoff spots. They discuss whether or not the teams can hold on and what to expect in the few remaining fixtures.

Before hopping in the Eulji Lewis Mailbag, Dan returns to preview this weekend's title decider between Ulsan and Jeonbuk and once again defends his manager. Matthew offers up the keys to Jeonbuk coming away with three points, and then hosts a jam-packed mailbag segment.

All that and more in this edition of the K League United Podcast.

Paul is joined by guest co-host George Cotsanis to talk about the interviews he's been undertaking during the pandemic - including a chat with legendary commentator Peter Drury.

IYKYH favourite Tony Persoglia joins to discuss his new role at Football Victoria as History and Heritage Coordinator. After a long wait, FV is the first state federation to create such a position - could it prove a breakthrough in the recognition and preservation of Australian soccer history?

Plus, there's 100 years ago today, and Paul speaks about ANU's Australian Dictionary of Biography, and the soccer representation therein.

NPL Victoria stalwart Michael Eagar joins to tell us about an incredible offer from FC Football Kit for clubs impacted by the pandemic.

- United's debt soars

- Ozil frozen out at Arsenal

- Shakthar upset Real Madrid!

All that and more on today's FNR Daily.

Ed and Athos discuss United's shock win over PSG in the Champions League, and Graham Arnold turning down an offer from the K-League to remain with the Socceroos.

Plus, NPL Victoria stalwart Michael Eagar joins to tell us about an incredible offer from FC Football Kit for clubs impacted by the pandemic.

Kawasaki continue to roll, and after we might have been accused of starting to take their amazing season for granted, we right that wrong by hailing the champions-elect and their phenomenal performance - the latest example a 3-0 home win over Nagoya.

We move on to an excellent week for both Osaka clubs, before Ben has a sook about the officials in the Yokohama FC v FC Tokyo game, and we give props to Sapporo and Shonan after much needed wins, and also Urawa, who hit Sendai for six.

#Apologies for the audio quality this week, we weren't recording in a motorway tunnel, honestly.

Shane McGirr is our interviewee in episode 54. In 1987 he started his football journey with Figtree JSC, where he played in defense up until 1995. Shane then transitioned into the senior ranks in 1996 where he joined his local club West Figtree. After a couple of seasons with West Figtree, Shane then continued to play with the merged Western Suburbs entity for 4 seasons.

Next in 2002 Shane was identified by former Socceroo Adrian Alston, who was coaching IPL powerhouse Port Kembla SC. He signed with the Zebras and over the next few seasons Shane took his game to the next level as a lethal attacker amongst a quality team and club that achieved enormous success.

Shane additionally played with the Illawarra Representative team, Wollongong Wolves, APIA Leichhardt, a brief stint with Johor FC in Malaysia, Bulli FC and Wests Illawarra before moving with his Family over to Western Australia. He played for many years for a local club in WA before picking up the coaching clipboard to coach his boys.

Shane has an immense amount of humility and is always thanking the coaches and players who he played with over the years. He sees the individual awards he won (e.g. IPL golden boot awards) as a byproduct of his coaches and teammates efforts. The insights he gives into his own career and the people he played with and against are fantastic. He came across to me as a player who had the determination and discipline to improve his game and always be successful in his role for the team.

- No Seoul for Arnold

- European Super League gathers momentum

- United stun PSG again

- Recap of Tuesday’s results

- Drama in the Merseyside

- Lanzini laser caps off stellar Hammers comeback

- Hughton gets the ball rolling for Forest

- Sunderland on the up

- Tight at the top in League Two

- Rolling XI and plenty more!