Takes from the Terrace

A Newcastle legend remains a Newcastle fan, deep down.

This is MUST-LISTEN stuff as Newcastle United and Premier League great Alan Shearer joins Adam De Nigris to detail:

• Exactly how his League Cup victory celebrations played out
• What he said to Harry Kane when he left England for Germany and Bayern Munich
• His iconic goal celebration that was seen by football fans no less than 260 times in the Premier League!

From Premier League champions to Socceroos greats, as well as topics that really get you thinking (who EXACTLY makes the Premier League Mount Rushmore?!), join these incredible conversations with world football identities that go further than the results on the pitch.

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Listen to Optus Sport's award-winning limited series: Football Belongs, charting the cultural threads of Australian society through the lens of nine football matches:

Acast: https://play.acast.com/s/football-belongs

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2AzBek8ub2oEsWLYHWetg7

Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/football-belongs-australias-football-identity-by-optus/id1543067162

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World Cup and Premier League winner Robert Pires joins Adamo De Nigris to look back on his illustrious career and offers his opinion on Mikel Arteta's Arsenal squad.

Join this fascinating chat to find out why he likens current captain Martin Odegaard to Premier League Hall of Famer and Arsenal icon, Dennis Bergkamp.

From Premier League champions to Socceroos greats, as well as topics that really get you thinking (who EXACTLY makes the Premier League Mount Rushmore?!), join these incredible conversations with world football identities that go further than the results on the pitch.

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Listen to Optus Sport's award-winning limited series: Football Belongs, charting the cultural threads of Australian society through the lens of nine football matches:

Acast: https://play.acast.com/s/football-belongs

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2AzBek8ub2oEsWLYHWetg7

Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/football-belongs-australias-football-identity-by-optus/id1543067162

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Socceroos and Albirex Niigata defender Jason Geria joins Adamo De Nigris for a fun Takes from the Terrace to discuss:

• His national team career
• The love he holds for vintage jerseys
• Who he considers to be worthy of receiving the keys to Canberra!
• Why World Cup 2026 is in his sights and whose jersey he is after

From Premier League champions to Socceroos greats, as well as topics that really get you thinking (who EXACTLY makes the Premier League Mount Rushmore?!), join these incredible conversations with world football identities that go further than the results on the pitch.

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Listen to Optus Sport's award-winning limited series: Football Belongs, charting the cultural threads of Australian society through the lens of nine football matches:

Acast: https://play.acast.com/s/football-belongs

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2AzBek8ub2oEsWLYHWetg7

Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/football-belongs-australias-football-identity-by-optus/id1543067162

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Keeping the theme of recent weeks, this time around Adamo is joined by Manchester United and Denmark all-timer Peter Schmeichel to chat about all the big (and some lesser-known!) stories from his career, including:

• Working under Sir Alex Ferguson and why United was all the better for it
• How Eric Cantona was given the freedom to be himself and the impact it had on the Red Devils
• How the great Manchester club can move forward successfully
• And, his unlikely choice to play him in a movie (for the second time... there has already been one forgettable effort!)

From Premier League champions to Socceroos greats, as well as topics that really get you thinking (who EXACTLY makes the Premier League Mount Rushmore?!), join these incredible conversations with world football identities that go further than the results on the pitch.

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This week, Adamo is joined by former United States men's national soccer team goalkeeper and 399-Premier League match veteran Tim Howard to discuss his illustrious career and touch on big topics including:

• Getting the hair dryer treatment from Sir Alex!
• Meeting Barack Obama
• How Pep Guardiola 'has ruined football'!
• Why his myth debunking will likely upset Mark Schwarzer!

From Premier League champions to Socceroos greats, as well as topics that really get you thinking (who EXACTLY makes the Premier League Mount Rushmore?!), join these incredible conversations with world football identities that go further than the results on the pitch.

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This week, Adamo is joined by former Socceroos forward and now Perth Glory coach David Zdrilic, to learn more about the Aussie great's career!

Listen as Zdrilla opens up on his rise as a player and coach:

• Ralf Rangnick and the influence he had on him as a player and his fledgling coaching career
• How the football 'professor' was not the problem at Manchester United
• That Perth glory need a rebuild, and how he is the man to do it!

From Premier League champions to Socceroos greats, as well as topics that really get you thinking (who EXACTLY makes the Premier League Mount Rushmore?!), join these incredible conversations with world football identities that go further than the results on the pitch.

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This week, Adamo goes radical with Takes from the Terrace as he and Socceroos and A-League great Archie Thompson take it to the top: Guinness World Records!

Hear this very entertaining conversation as Archie touches on:

• How he managed to break a world record and how he feels about it many years on
• The legacy he left through Australia's greatest-ever men's goalscorer
• Why he relates to Hollywood superstar Kevin Hart...is it the height thing?!

From Premier League champions to Socceroos greats, as well as topics that really get you thinking (who EXACTLY makes the Premier League Mount Rushmore?!), join these incredible conversations with world football identities that go further than the results on the pitch.

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In this episode of Takes from the Terrace, Socceroos and Perth Glory striker Adam Taggart and Adam sit down to chew the fat on ALL the important topics, like eating live squid, first and foremost!

The lads discuss:

• Lining up against the imposing figure of Sergio Ramos
• How he dealt with a disappointing and frustrating time at Fulham
• Winning the golden boot in the K League
• The ridiculously tough task of working out who the A-League GOAT status belongs to!

From Premier League champions to Socceroos greats, as well as topics that really get you thinking (who EXACTLY makes the Premier League Mount Rushmore?!), join these incredible conversations with world football identities that go further than the results on the pitch.

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In this episode of Takes from the Terrace, former Socceroos, Middlesbrough, Liverpool and Feyenoord goalkeeper Brad Jones invites Adamo into his home, sharing stories from a two-decade-long career that took him right across Europe and Asia to giant clubs and incredible moments, including:

• Why Ange Postecoglou's coaching style 'didn't sit well' with him
• The incredible names that played in front of him
• Why 20 years in football leaves you with a MASS of stories!

From Premier League champions to Socceroos greats, as well as topics that really get you thinking (who EXACTLY makes the Premier League Mount Rushmore?!), join these incredible conversations with world football identities that go further than the results on the pitch.

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In the latest episode of Takes from the Terrace, former Socceroos, AC Milan and Sydney United goalkeeper Zeljko Kalac is in the chair as he shares a candid conversation with Adam on all the famous - and some lesser-known - stories from his colourful career.

Never one to hold back on the details or shy away from the big quotes, this is a chat not to be missed as he touches on:

• The Aussie at Leicester City that was the reason he chose the Foxes over Leeds United and Celtic.
• How red-tape roadblocks prevented him moving to some massive clubs
• Generational differences between his era and now
• A day in the life of an AC Milan player

From Premier League champions to Socceroos greats, as well as topics that really get you thinking (who EXACTLY makes the Premier League Mount Rushmore?!), join these incredible conversations with world football identities that go further than the results on the pitch.

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