Auckland FC CEO Nick Becker joins the podcast!

From working at Manchester City F.C. during THAT iconic Aguero title-winning moment… to helping build Auckland FC from the ground up 👀

In this episode we cover:

🏆 Working at Man City during the legendary Aguero Premier League-winning campaign

🎬 Starring in a Netflix documentary

😳 Stories on Roberto Mancini, Mario Balotelli, Aleksandar Kolarov & more

📈 How Man City became a global football powerhouse

🛠️ Building Auckland FC from scratch — hiring staff, choosing signings, creating the club identity & name

🏟️ How Auckland FC plans to maintain crowds & truly embed themselves into Auckland culture

🔥 The rivalry with Wellington Phoenix FC

🌱 Why Auckland’s youth system is different to everyone else

One of the most fascinating behind-the-scenes football business conversations we’ve had 🇳🇿⚽️

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Lou Sticca joins us for a POLARISING and seriously eye-opening episode 👀🔥

From the inside of football’s wildest stories to some brutally honest takes… nothing is off limits 🎙️⚽

• The reality of being a player agent… and why it’s a complete 🐍 pit
• Parents forcing meetings with agents?! 😳
• Building Carlton SC in the NSL off the back of an AFL giant 🏉➡️⚽
• Starting Sydney FC from scratch in Season 1 — players, staff & landing Dwight Yorke 💥
• The REAL reasons A-League attendances dropped 📉 (some crazy truths here)
• Why A-League clubs should scrap academies altogether 🤯
• Bringing Alessandro Del Piero to Australia 🇮🇹✨
• The MASSIVE names that almost came to the A-League… Beckham?! 👀🔥
• How he’s brought some of the BIGGEST clubs in the world to Australia 🌍⚽
• And what’s coming next… Italian giants 🇮🇹🔥

Lou is bringing out AC Milan, Inter Milan, Juventus & Palermo FC to Australia! 🇦🇺

🎟️ Tickets via Ticketmaster: https://www.ticketmaster.com.au/ac-milan-v-inter-burswood-05-08-2026/event/25006347CB1555C8

This one’s raw, controversial, and full of stories you’ve never heard before 🎧💣

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Less than 100 days ⏳

Chelsea FC vs Tottenham Hotspur FC in Sydney 🔥

Aug 1 — don’t miss it. Tickets: sydneysupercup.com.au 🎟️

We sit down with Roberto Di Matteo — the man behind one of football’s most iconic underdog stories 🏆

From THAT unforgettable Champions League Final… to the chaos of the Napoli 2nd leg comeback 🔥

We dive deep into what really happened behind the scenes at Chelsea FC during their historic run.

💬 What was Didier Drogba really like in the dressing room?

💪 How did they manage a squad full of injuries?

📊 Winning it all with an average age of 30…

🇮🇹 And what Italy must fix to get back to the World Cup

Less than 100 days til the Sydney super cup ⏳

Chelsea FC vs Tottenham Hotspur FC in Sydney 🔥

Aug 1 — don’t miss it. Tickets: sydneysupercup.com.au 🎟️

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A-League Icon Kristian Sarkies joins us for a stacked episode! We discuss;

🌍 Representing Australia at U17 & U20 World Cups

🧠 Playing under Ange Postecoglou

🔵 Trialling overseas with Everton FC

🏆 The early days of Melbourne Victory FC — Season 1 vs Season 2

💥 Winning the Grand Final 6-0 🤯

😳 KISSING John Howard on the forehead

🌏 Adelaide United FC & the Asian Champions League Final run

✈️ Playing in Uzbekistan & North Korea

💔 Losing love for the game due to injuries

🇩🇪 Being an emergency player at the 2006 World Cup under Guus Hiddink

⚡ Finding joy again in the NPL with Dandenong Thunder SC

👇 Let us know your favourite moment in the comments

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🎙️ SUITED & BOOTED PODCAST – NEW EPISODE OUT NOW ⚽🔥

This one’s PACKED… we’re covering everything from wild takes to proper football chat 👇

🎁 Rashid’s Birthday Present

🥗 Has Veganism fallen off?

🏆 Jets win the Minor Premiership

🤔 Wanting your own club to lose… justified?

📊 Revisiting our A-League ladder predictions heading into finals

🍑 Footballers with BIG 🍑 = ELITE??

🇺🇸 Herrington BALLING in MLS

💰 A-League revenue vs world sport – where do we stand?

🗞️ Lords Local News – BEST grassroots stories

🎤 Jerome’s RANT on football fans

⚽ Why State League football is Goated

📈 NPL ladder heating up nicely

…and plenty more chaos 😂🔥

🎧 Tune in now & don’t forget to LIKE 👍 SUBSCRIBE ✅ and SHARE with your mates!

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🔥 We sat down with former Southampton winger & Welsh international Lloyd Isgrove for a chat about life at the top and everything in between.

From over a decade inside a Premier League academy to battling through the English Football League and eventually landing in Australia — Lloyd shares stories you won’t hear anywhere else 👀

🎙️ In this episode:

⚽ Life in a Premier League academy (10+ years) — how ruthless and cutthroat it really is

🔥 Trying to break into a stacked Southampton first team (Mané, Tadić, Lallana, Van Dijk & more)

👀 What Sadio Mané was REALLY like in training vs match day

🏴 Playing in the Championship, League One & League Two — and how it compares to NPL football

⚽️🥅 Playing with a Young Ivan Toney… How he was back then

😳 Why Millwall is the WORST away day as an opposition player

🐉 Inside the Welsh golden generation — sharing a squad with Bale & Ramsey

🇦🇺 Moving to the NPL — first impressions of football in Australia

➕ And plenty more stories from a career across England and beyond

If you love football stories from behind the scenes, this one’s for you 🙌

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Welcome back Booters!🎙️🔥

This week we’re covering EVERYTHING around the World Cup 🌍⚽️ — from the Australia national soccer team to global football debates and one of the wildest qualification stories you’ll hear 🇮🇶

🔥 In this episode:

• Socceroos vs Curaçao 🇦🇺🇨🇼 What we learnt from it
• Do Aussie footballers actually have “status”? Is the country “Desensitised”?
• Who should make Australia’s World Cup squad 📝
• Is the 48-team World Cup too much? 🤔
• Top 10 World Cup kit rankings 👕🔥
• eToro Moment of the Week 📈 Sakais Tackle
• Iraq’s incredible journey to World Cup qualification 🇮🇶❤️
• Lords Local Football News 📰⚽️

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00:00 Intro & sh** talk

10:15 Socceroos vs Curaçao + Do Aussie footballers actually have “status”?

28:34 Which players SHOULD make Australia’s World Cup squad?

36:49 Is the new 48-team World Cup too much?

47:42 World Cup kit rankings (some elite, some shocking)

01:01:33 eToro Moment of the Week

01:08:44 Iraq’s incredible journey to World Cup qualification

01:25:50 Lords Local Football News

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This week we sit down with the PFA CEO Beau Busch to uncover some of the wildest and most confronting stories in Aussie football and how the PFA is doing everything in their power to protect footballers🇦🇺⚽️

😳 Western United players went through HELL

💸 Players not getting paid & dealing with massive uncertainty

🌍 Some players stranded overseas… even forced to train alone?!

🗳️ NSL players voted FOR the A-League to come in?!

🛂 Footballers seeking asylum in Australia — unbelievable stories

We also break down:

📌 What the PFA actually is & the work they do behind the scenes

🤝 How they handle disputes between players & clubs

📄 What a Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) really means

🔥 The different issues players face that fans never hear about

⚡️ PLUS:Etoro Moment of the Week — Ufuk Talay joins WSW 👀

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Welcome to AMATEUR AGENTS! The show where we give you our UNQUALIFIED advice on your football issues. Keeping it all anonymous of course. Rich, Kon & Money are here to help! 

HOT QUESTIONS OF THE WEEK INCLUDE:

- Drinking beers out of team mates butts for team bonding?!

- Canteen lady keeps flirting with me, what do I do?

- Im only coaching the seniors cause of nepotism as my dads on the board, what do I do?

- Our keeper keeps turning up drunk, but he plays amazing. What do we do?!

- I leave my games early to beat traffic & do I by subbing myself off. Is that ok?

and so much more! 

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Massive episode this week covering all the biggest stories in Aussie football 🇦🇺⚽️

🔥 The Matildas go down in a valiant loss — but the BIG question is… how do we convert those fans into A-League Women viewers?

😬 Awkward scenes in Auckland after the final whistle… that post-match interview got uncomfortable

👕 The new Socceroos kit has dropped. It’s FIRE

🗣️ Wanderers coach speaks out and exposes a deeper club issue

✨ Mata is cooking again — showing serious class

🚀 The Jets… are they actually going all the way?!

⚡ Around the Grounds with Rashid — did we just witness the FASTEST goal EVER?!

Plenty of opinions, plenty of chaos… and a few hot takes in there too 👀

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