Friday Night Counter Attack

Hello to all of our amazing listeners!

The time of the year is Ramadan for 5/6s of us and we are probably still hungry and thirsty from our 30 days of no eating and drinking from sunrise to sunset. 

NO, NOT EVEN WATER!

Hamz has very kindly pre recorded a mini series for you all to listen to on 'Footballing Heroes' of a few friends and family members!

Episode 1- Wayne Rooney.

How great was he?

Was he under appreciated?

What was his best moment?

We discuss ALL of this and more in this episode!

Happy Ramadan Everyone!

p.s...

IF you have a kid who wants to learn about the PRIME Wayne Rooney, this is the podcast for them!

Hamz and Sal have an easy conversation with Gareth Copley Jones-

How is Life as a sports photographer?

THAT Ben Stokes Photo!

Beloved Huddersfield Town.

NO FANS in a crowd!

Athletes who SEARCH for a cameraman!

Credentials are as follows:

staff sports photographer for Getty Images based in the Potteries. 

I've specialised in cricket photography for the last 15 years working alongside the England cricket team.  In that time I've covered tours New Zealand, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, West Indies, India, UAE, Bangladesh, South Africa, three Ashes tours and the ICC Cricket World Cup.

Events I've covered include Olympics games, Rugby World Cups, Commonwealth Games, Six Nations, Wimbledon Tennis Championships, the World Athletics Championships, the Rugby League World Cups, Paralympics, Australian Open tennis aswell as countless International and Champions League football games.

My career highlights include Huddersfield Town’s Championship playoff win in 2017 and the Grand Depart of le Tour de France 2014.

EP 23 brings another light hearted q and A regarding the England national team!

CAN ENGLAND WIN A TROPHY SOON?

can MR Southgate bring the trophy home this summer?

Why was Michael Carrick not selected?

FAVOURITE England Moments!

and so much more!

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Episode 22 brought along an English Football LEGEND!

MR KEITH HACKETT!

Former Referee between the 1960s to 1990s, at major tournaments worldwide, the referee of the 100th FA CUP FINAL!

Mr Hackett educates the fellas on todays referees, his career and of course... VAR!

Enjoy!

Episode 21 brought another special guest appearance from the world of football agents, Marco Floreale.

Marco explains the ins and outs of the life as a football agent, how transfers work and what else agents need to learn, once in a position of great responsibility.

Episode 20 brought back Luke from our Arsenal Preview to discuss how one year of empty stadiums have impacted us, the fans in football. 

what legendary moments we have missed, how we miss the good and the bad of being a supported at the ground, and the main differences from watching at home to watching with your family or friends in the stadium.

04:00- Liverpool FC

11:00- Fans missing from stands

19:00- DO players miss fans?

26:00- Best stadium memories

34:00- All Star 5s

41:00- North London Derby Preview!

This week we are discussing the fascinating Serie A title race, between Inter Milan, AC Milan and Juventus!

The fellas discuss how Romelu Lukaku and Latauro Martinez have become the most fearsome strike partnership in world football and how their elimination from the champions league has helped their league form!

The fellas also take a trip down memory lane to see what era of strikers were better? 1990s or 2010s?

The Usual predictions for the premier league and Bundesliga take place with Roheel showing his disinterest in Manchester United signing a certain player for a overpriced fee.

Thank you for listening to this weeks episode!

Don't we all just love seeing our friends? 

Episode 18 was the first time the FNCA fellas had seen each other since the end of the year!

This week, we had a q and a (Again) from our followers on Instagram @fridaynightcounterattack and we had some ABSOLUTE BELTERS!

In uncertain times like these, it means more when you can have genuine conversations with friends and family, yet this conversation was BEZERK😂😂😂

Hope you all are keeping well and stay safe in this pandemic!

Continuing the trend of zoom football previews, Hamz has a friendly conversation with Louis from fellow football podcast, Its Football Day!

Louis is a Newcastle United fan who is in fear of another old Trafford defeat for Newcastle, after having an awful record at the theatre of dreams!

Hamz, for once, is optimistic of man utds chances of victory, even if he wants to see more rotation in the first team!

As always, we discuss the history of this fixture and what it means for both sets of fans!

WHO WILL WIN ON SUNDAY AT 7PM?

Thank you for listening!

On Episode 17, Sal and Hamz were joined by Experienced Football Agent and Founder of the Football Transfer Forum, Tony Sharkey.

Tony discusses all transfer related activity in the football league and how different clubs have different approaches and mindsets to their transfer policies, what makes a club want to spend more money and when a club should hold out for more!

The fellas also discuss the link Aston Villa have with Brentford and how Dean Smith has capitalised on his former clubs emerging talents.