KV Mechelen and Standard receive a lot of time from Scott and Joris for different reasons. Transfers and European football are also discussed, and the Challenger Pro League talk is back from a week's absence.

Scott and Joris go over the past week in Belgian football, including Gent's success in Europe and against Club Brugge, the first Brussels derby of the season and the European draws for the 5 qualified teams!

The lads discuss Matchday 3 in the Jupiler Pro League and Matchday 2 in the Challenger Pro League. Transfers and players of the week are chosen, the starts of Essevee and Westel get some deserved attention andthere was a Puskas award candidate in the second tier! That and a lot more in this episode.

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Ben, Scott and Joris are back behind the mic to talk about Joris' private life and also a little bit about everything that happened in Belgian football over the last week, including transfers and all the action of the weekend.

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After a chaotic start in Belgian football, Ben and Scott sit together to discuss everything that has happened over the weekend and share their first impressions!

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Our season preview is finally here! We go through all the teams and dissect their business up until now.

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Order of appearance (based on FotMob):

Anderlecht

Cercle Brugge

Club Brugge

Genk

Gent

Kortrijk

Mechelen

Lommel

Leuven

La Louvière

Antwerp

Beveren

Charleroi

Sint-Truiden

Standard

Union

Westerlo

Zulte Waregem

Scott and Joris sit down to get into the guts of Belgium's World Cup journey so far, a journey with plenty of twists and turns and an extraordinary encounter v Senegal.

Ben, Scott and Joris finally found time to sit together to talk about the final stages of last season and talk about title winners, Dender, player and goalkeeper of the season and to top it all off a chat about the World Cup that is around the corner (and probably already started when you listen).

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Scott and Joris share their opinions after an eventful week in Belgian football, with a cup final, a (potential) title-deciding performance from Club Brugge, a dramatic first leg in the play-off at the other end of the table between Dender and Lommel and the Belgian World Cup Squad announced, to just name a few.

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Scott has launched a sub stack! Subscribe here for weekly articles on Belgian football: https://coyneconsultancy.substack.com/

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Ben's book on the history of the Africa Cup of Nations can be bought here:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Africa-Cup-Nations-Underappreciated-Tournament/dp/1801506604/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2F18IJZ0QZL2T&keywords=africa+cup+of+nations&qid=1704121168&sprefix=africa+cup+of+nations%2Caps%2C259&sr=8-1

Scott and Joris talk about the upcoming few weeks, the title race and the cup, as well as at the other end of the table and the battle for promotion for Lommel / against relegation for Dender respectively.

If you enjoy the podcast, please do consider buying us a coffee and support the show: https://buymeacoffee.com/belgianfootballpodcast

Scott has launched a sub stack! Subscribe here for weekly articles on Belgian football: https://coyneconsultancy.substack.com/

To find Ben's writing on Belgian football visit the Get Belgian and Dutch football website here: https://getfootballnewsbene.com/

Ben's book on the history of the Africa Cup of Nations can be bought here:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Africa-Cup-Nations-Underappreciated-Tournament/dp/1801506604/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2F18IJZ0QZL2T&keywords=africa+cup+of+nations&qid=1704121168&sprefix=africa+cup+of+nations%2Caps%2C259&sr=8-1