The Perth Football Podcast

Tommy and Kelechi do a quick wrap up of the NPLW - Top 4 Cup Semi Finals.

Tommy was at Home Group Stadium to see Balcatta Etna go through on penalties over Fremantle City while Kelechi was watching from home and saw Perth SC book a place in the Final winning on penalties against Perth RedStar.

It was a bumper weekend of football so naturally we had a bumper podcast to boot!

In part 1 we have UWA - Nedland midfielder and 2x Reserves State Cup Winner Louis Carlish join us to talk about the game and a huge win for UWA.

Tommy sits down during his lunch break and has a great interview with Perth SC U18 coach Basil Lenzo to talk about his side's 2-1 win over Perth RedStar.

The guys (Tommy, Sean, Josh and Kelechi) then talk about the State Cup Final - where Sean found himself going through the dictionary to describe RedStar's performance.

In Part 2 (42:30) we are joined by winning Women's State Cup champion Danielle Brogan to talk Perth SC's stunning 4-1 victory over RedStar and the season at large before we finish off with a tiny Top 4 preview for the Women's finals.

There's sprinkler chat, goals from halfway, a naughty boy and a tribute to a Kalamunda/Maddington Legend. 

We have a huge bumper podcast to wrap up up the NPLW season for you listeners.

Tommy and NTC U21's coach Sam Geddes wrap up the weekend's action and do a bit of a deep dive into the season that was for all teams.

They don't stop there listeners, they then do a preview of the State Cup Final between Perth RedStar and Perth SC before the two sides face off against each other in the Top-4 Cup Prelim Final.

Huge thank you to Tommy and to Sam for their time in making this pod happen.

Katie Schubert Sabatini has seen it all, done it all and in a funny way has come full circle in her footballing career.

From College soccer in West Virginia to A-League Football in Western Australia, Katie has been present for the growth of the women's game here in WA with the establishment of the NPLW, as well as being in the rarefied air of playing for the greatest Perth Glory team ever (men or women).

She's won it all as a player, won some things as a mother and hers is a story of community and the creating of an unlikely career in WA.

Enjoy this chat with Katie where we go through time and speak about a golden age in women's football here in Perth.

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Tommy and Kelechi were at the Kingsley Tavern to talk about the final weekend of the NPLM, NPLW and State League season.

Kelechi was up at Chichester Reserve to see Kingsley Westside beat Cockburn City 2-1 and farewell coach Steven Dimitrovich off in style. We spoke to him about his time at the club.

Tommy was at Kingsway to see Olympic Kingsway crowned champions and put on a heart of the champions display that saw them end the season unbeaten at home in the league.

We also have Sean watching from home and his gives his summary of the Fremantle City and Floreat game that saw a late late finish from their WonderBoi

It's a little later than usual, but like Mrs Osunwa always says.... good news is never late!

Tommy and Kelechi  catch up on all the action from the weekend that saw soooo many terrific goals that FW had to extend their options for goals for the round!

We talk about the cracking 3-3 between the champions and Balcatta and ask if Balcatta are playing themselves into some terrific form.

We talk quickly gloss over Perth's 5-0 win over MUM FC but pay some much due credit to some of the best free-kick takers in the league.

We talk about Subiaco doing the full Subiaco in their 3-7 loss to the NTC - they were terrific between the two boxes and frustrating inside them.

We praise the NTC for turning it on and showing moments of quality to score 3 cracking goals in 7 minutes.

We then talk UWA giving themselves a huge lifeline before this weekend with an important 0-0 against Fremantle before rounding off the fixtures with Perth's catch up game against the NTC where once again we saw some cracking goals. 

Sean, after the lads failed a late fitness test was the only one free to be joined by Malcom Tshuma from Balcatta Etna and Zack Morgan from Armadale to talk their season.

We talk their goals and aspirations at the start of the year and where to from now for both clubs.

In part 2 Tommy, Sean and Kelechi were down (up) at Olympic Kingsway to witness history as the Green Machine stole the hearts of the state.

What a wild wild round of fixtures in the NPL!

Kingsway are champions - Pete Jacobsz loves to score goals - Fremantle finish their first season in the NPL in the Top-4 - Darryl Nicol is pretty good - and Inglewood are no longer in the top flight of WA football.

Steven Nelkovski joined the boys to talk what Kingsway wining the league means to him as a club president, and also boyhood fan and the boys had tenders and chips!

Football was the winner.

From Glasgow to Freo, Sherif Andrawes has had an unlikely path to prominence in the world game. 

The Casual Football Chats are brought to you by the good people at The Casual Football Company. Casuals is the easiest way to play soccer in Perth, Australia. All players are welcome - just turn up and get involved - find out more at https://www.thecasualfootballco.com/

The good people of Bayswater City were gracious enough to invite Kelechi and GFOP Michael Hoy down to Frank Drago Reserve to be part of a panel and chat about their 2013 and 2014 sides.

It was terrific to go down memory lane and speak to the players, officials and actual life long boyhood fans of the club, about what really was a magical time for them and for Football in WA.

Enjoy.