FNR Football Nation Radio

Join Athos Sirianos and Ed Gooden for another midweek breakdown of the biggest stories in Australia and around the world!

J1 made its long awaited return on Saturday, and Sean Carroll joined Sam and Ben for a full review of J1 Matchday 2.

We begin with the Osaka derby and Hiroshima making it a dirty day for Kobe, before heading to Kanto and wins for Kawasaki and FC Tokyo ahead of Wednesday's Tamagawa Classico (to 43:20). Then a Musashi Suzuki (and Chanathip) inspired victory for Sapporo, the goalless draw at Saitama Stadium, Nagoya and Sendai winning on the road, and Oita ruling Kyushu.

- Top four race tightens

- Faultless weekend for Championship’s promotion hopefuls

- What’s going on at Wigan?

- Oxford and Wycombe book their tickets to Wembley

And plenty more!

Joey, Damir and Josh are joined by The World Game's Nick Stoll to discuss FFA's newly-released "XI Principles for the Future of Australian Football".

Should Australia have a national footballing identity or playing style? What's the path to promotion and relegation? And most importantly, should the A-League All Stars return?!

As another Monday rolls around, so too does a massive episode of At Home With FNR!

Join Josh Parish and Lachie Flannigan as they review all the action from over the weekend. Plus FNR's resident Wigan Athletic fan Nick D'Urbano joins us to unravel the ownership scandal that has the club on the verge of insolvency.

Joins David Cvetkovski and Josh Parish for another edition of The Lions Den! Live from BT Connor Reserve.

Featuring:

- Les Anastasiou - x2 Championship winner

- The Chief - Zak Gruevski

- TD Nick Radecki

Josh, Nick and Ed discuss Real Madrid's win over Getafe, the problems at Barcelona, Liverpool's post-title capitulation to City, Steph Catley's move to Arsenal, and Ale Diamanti re-signing with Western United for another two years.

Plus, there's our inaugural edition of the Friday Quiz!

Ryan Walters is joined in the virtual Kim Do-hoon Bunker by Matthew Binns and Michael Redmond to go over the signings so far, and some names that have been rumoured for K2. They also each pick a team that needs a big window, what they need, and why. Finally, the three pick a player they would like to see move.

Ian Syson and Paul Mavroudis return for another edition of If You Know Your History!

With special guest Garry McKenzie!

The wait is over... It's baaaaack!

Alan Gibson and Scott McIntyre join Sam and Ben for a full preview of the J1 Matchday 2 slate.

In Part 1 (to 46:26) Alan shares his thoughts on the Osaka Derby, Hiroshima's visit to Kobe, Shimizu hosting Jo-less Nagoya, and Oita entertaining Tosu (though whether the game will be entertaining is up for debate) in the Kyushu Derby.

Then Scott joins us as we look ahead to Yokohama F.Marinos' trip to Urawa, Kawasaki and Kashiwa at home to Kashima and FC Tokyo respectively in tasty looking ties, Shonan hosting Sendai and Sapporo visiting Yokohama FC.