St Albans Podcast: A Podful of Saints with Jake & Lee

A Podful of Saints reaches episode ten this week but celebrations are likely to be muted in the Pod as Jake and Dave mull over St Albans City’s draw at home to lower league Worthing in the FA Cup on Saturday. Before previewing Tuesday night’s (24th September) replay down on the south coast at Woodside Road the two podders will try not to be smug when looking at how the other National League South sides fared in the Cup at the weekend. Hemel Hempstead Town’s shock defeat at Beaconsfield Town is unlikely to escape going unnoticed.

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Jake and Dave will have to Pod carefully this week as the ninth episode of A Podful of Saints reviews St Albans City’s crushing 4-1 defeat to Weymouth at the weekend. Moving on from that delicate matter the duo, assisted manfully by Lee Wood, will then tackle matters elsewhere in National League South including the end of Harry Wheeler’s reign at Billericay Town.

Lee takes on the position of guest in the third segment of the show when he will face a grilling over the role of one of the two supporters’ organisations at Clarence Park, Stand By Your Saints, of which he is chairman.

The Saints are in FA Cup action this coming Saturday, 21st September, with the visit of Worthing to Clarence Park. The trio of podsters ponder what lies ahead on the big day.

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A trip into deepest Berkshire proved productive for St Albans City on Saturday (7th September) and gave Jake and Dave a welcome victory to discuss in episode eight of A Podful of Saints. The delving duo also look back on City’s defeat to Wealdstone earlier in the week as well at taking a peek at what else is happening in National League South. Picking up on a comment by City Manager Ian Allinson following the win at Hungerford Town the two podders will take a look at City matches refereed by Jack Packman and they will finish off with a look forward to Saturday’s (14th September) game with Weymouth at Clarence Park and wheel out Jake’s Predictor Machine.

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For episode seven of A Podful of Saints our roving podding pair of Jake and Dave will be taking a look back on St Albans City’s draw at Slough Town on Saturday (31 st August) and weighing up the Saints chances in forthcoming matches against table topping Wealdstone, (3rd September, at Clarence Park, kick off 7.45pm) and at bottom dogs Hungerford Town (7th September, at Bulpit Lane, kick off 3pm).

There will also be a review of what else went on in National League South over the weekend along with a preview of this week’s matches on distant fields. Blocking and banning issues at Clarence Park have hit the headlines recently, the duo will tackle those matters and also pay tribute to City’s joint-Club Historian Peter Taylor who sadly passed away suddenly on 27th August.

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The Bank Holiday weekend was a busy time for St Albans City with the football club facing two National League South games within three days – three of the hottest days imaginable – and looking to pick up their first win of the season along the way.  Jake rejoins the Podful of Saints podcast after a week in the northern territories and joins Dave to review City’s two games along with a full reflection of events elsewhere in the National League South and a glance towards to the Saints game at Slough Town on 31st August.

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“Do you know who would cover for Jake this week?”

“Lee Wood”  (Say it out loud a few times for full comedic value)

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In episode four of a Podful of Saints Dave Tavener and Jake Ellacott review St Albans City’s two recent games at Dartford and Dulwich Hamlet. Following this, the duo study the affairs of the Saints’ rivals in National League South. Finally, they take a peep at forthcoming games against Braintree Town (13th August) and Dorking Wanderers (17th),

An old friend will be welcomed into the studio in the shape of former City secretary Tom Norman. Tom now fills the same role at county rivals Stevenage. He faces a grilling regarding the role of a football secretary and will offer his thoughts on how the Saints are shaping up in the early weeks of the season.

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In the third edition of A Podful of Saints our resident hosts from Clarence Park, Jake Ellacott and Dave Tavener, take a look back at how well, or otherwise, St Albans City coped on the opening day of the National League South season at home to Chippenham Town. They will also cast a beady eye over other goings-on within the League over weekend and then ponder how Ian Allinson’s boys will bring back six points from the first away games of the season at Dartford (6th August) and Dulwich Hamlet (10th August).

Did Club owner Lawrence Levy win over the fans as he outlined the reasons behind the large rises in admission fees at Clarence Park at the Fans’ Forum on 1st August? The duo give their verdict on that evening and also discuss the problems that the football club, and other sports users, are encountering due to new parking restrictions put in place around Clarence Park earlier this year.

For match highlights and post-match interviews with City’s manager, check out Dave’s Youtube Channel https://www.youtube.com/user/childwick

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In this second episode of A Podful of Saints our resident St Albans City presenters Dave Tavener and Jake Ellacott reminisce at how the Saints fared in the pre-season matches. Also, they look at all ten of manager Ian Allinson’s summer signings, review what other clubs in National League South have been up to in the summer and prepare for the Saints’ season opener on Saturday, 3rd August, at home to Chippenham Town.

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Previous episodes can be found at www.stalbanspodcast.com/saintspodcast

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St Albans Podcast guru Danny Smith hands over the reins to local football followers Jake Ellacott, Ian Rogers and Dave Tavener. Their new show talks about all matters concerning St Albans City Football Club.

In this first edition, Jake and Dave look back on the 2018-19 season, talk about players to have left the Saints during the summer, and review the National League South overall. In addition, the dynamic duo anticipate what lies in store for City manager Ian Allinson, after adding the role of head of commercial activity to his duties at Clarence Park.

Episodes will appear weekly during the football season, available from 7am on Tuesday mornings.

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