The World Football Programme

The World Football Programme on 107.9FM - Saturday, February 18, 2023.

Your hosts and presenters for this Saturday are Peter Szkiela (Aleaguestats.com), Penny Hoath and Moe Atekhis (Glory academy coach). Moe will share his experiences in Morocco during the World Cup and banter Perth Glory Academy and football culture here in WA.

Special guests live by phone, include:

Tom Doleman. Football West Match Reporter. State League and NPL Men’s Night Series, preseason movements, competition updates, tables and news.

Neil Bennett, Women’s Football Journalist. Women's Night Series, preseason player movements and competition news, A-League, Matilda's Four Nations Cup.

David Templeman, WA Sports Minister. Shifts in community demand for resources, updates on facilities upgrades. Government initiatives and news that will impact sport and football leading into a new winter season. What can we expect from Perth for the WWC- initiatives, advertising, collaborations with groups and other sports? Soccer/football has more countries represented in its competitions than any other sport and it’s coming to Australia! How are we going to leverage that here in Perth?

Derek Pollock, Football Pundit. EPL and international news roundup.

The World Football Programme on 107.9FM - Saturday, February 11, 2023.

Join Sean Kelly and Former Melville President and Football West life member, Dave Kindness for a morning of football. The Team welcomes a great line-up of guests to add to the conversations.

John O'Reilly, Armadale City Coach. Armadale's longest serving coach joins us to talk about the changes at Alfred Skeet, early signs are that the Army on the up, could this be the year?

Phil Kelly, State League Chair and Ashfield President will speak about the developments at Ashfield over the close season. State League Standing Committee achievements and the direction of State League 1 and 2.

Professor Harry Hubball of the University of British Columbia is conducting coaching camps to walking footballers in Central coast and WA in preparation for international competitions in the 60+ and 70+ competitions. We will discover more about this emerging stream of the game.

Ben Smith, Journalist WA Newspapers, will be discussing the form that Perth Glory have found since making Macedonia Park their home. He'll share his thoughts on a national 2nd Division and examine the unfolding drama with Manchester City and ask will they really be stripped of titles?

The World Football Programme on 107.9FM - Saturday, February 4, 2023.

Join Penny, Hugh and local Coach and avid football passionado, Tim Slack, for a morning of football. The Team welcomes a great line-up of guests to add to the conversations.

First up the team brings you up to date on local and wider football news. Night Series, Perth Glory, A-League, Juande’s injury, match times and Australian summers, Graham Arnold’s new Socceroos contract, international news.

Mel Andreatta, Matilda’s Assistant Coach. Progress on building Australia’s WWC winning team, have we identified and captured every talented player, what can Australia do to improve our standing on the world stage, what are other countries doing that we can replicate. Upcoming fixtures for the Matildas.

Ann Odong, Media, Women's Football and Community, Football Australia. WWC legacy programmes, why are Aleague crowds not an indicator of support for the Matildas, how the FA expects the women's football profile to change in Australia post World Cup.

Larissa Walsh, Perth RedStar FC and Football West top goal scorer. Larissa talks about her journey from Albany to RedStar FC to Victoria’s only female only NPL club, Calder United and their affiliation to ALeague club Western United.

Vince Matassa, Football Hall of Fame Western Australia Events Chair. Upcoming Museum launch and how the museum fits into football culture in WA. What is our football culture?

The World Football Programme on 107.9FM - Saturday, 28 January 2023.

Join Host, Hugh Best and Peter Szkiela, for a cup full of football for the morning.

The Team welcome a great line-up of guests to add to the conversations.

Aaron Trevarthen from The Football Tragics podcast for all things EPL.

Greg Farrell Futsal WA to talk about the recent tournament in Queensland.

Colin Duncan Football WA's strategic referee's lead, to discuss the recent refereeing seminar and all new law interpretations for the upcoming season.

Hughie & Pete discuss all things distance derby.

The World Football Programme, on 107.9FM Radio Fremantle Saturday January 21, 2023

The Team are on air every Saturday from January through to the end of November. The World Football Team in 2023 are Women's Football expert Penelope TannerHoath, Ashfield Sport Club’s Sean Kelly, Aleaguestats.com Administrator, Peter Szkiela and Australian Subbuteo Player, Hugh Best.

Join Penny and Hugh this week, for a morning of football! The Team engages with guests from all over Australia to bring you the news in football for the week.

Jamie Harnwell, CEO Football West. Update on the new season and what’s happening locally (State Football Centre, Registrations, Night Series)

Taki Nicolaidis, MUMFC State League Coach. Preparation for the Night Series and new league season.

Ben Smith, WA News. Perth Glory update for men’s and women’s leagues.

Simon Hill, Paramount Plus Match Commentator. A-League review and news, what has the Melbourne Victory debacle done to the World Game's profile, football post World Cup - can you see a difference, Matildas Cup of Nations.

The World Football Programme 107.9FM for Saturday December 17, 2022.

It’s the last show for 2022 and the whole Team is in studio to gallop through the week and year in football: Penny, Pete, Sean and Hugh.

Our special guests will be sharing their football news, world cup comments and football moments of 2022.

Jamie Harnwell, Football West CEO.

Greg Farrell, Futsal WA.

Simon Hill, Paramount Plus and Network 10 Match Commentator.

Matt Stacey, Perth Glory Number One Fan.

Ben Smith, WA News Reporter.

Tom Sermanni, Head of Womens Football, Western Sydney Wanderers and former National Coach.

Jim Webb, Next Goal Wins Podcast.

Thank you to our enthusiastic and active listeners who send us messages, post to our Facebook page and share the podcast link! We really appreciate the support!

The World Football Programme on 107.9FM - Saturday, 10 December 2022.

Join Australian Subbuteo World Cup Representative Hugh Best, London’s finest Jim Webb and ex Perth Glory Goalkeeper Vince Matassa for another edition of The World Football Programme.

The Team welcomes a great line-up of guests to add to the conversations.

First up a chat about the World Cup 2022, Aussies, Ronnie, Pommies and Arnie.

Zach Walker to discuss his 30+ years in football including his time in the MLS with DC United and Colorado Rapids, USNMT + USNWT World Cups and his 7 US Subbuteo National titles.

Molly Appleton, Tasmanian Journalist with The Advocate newspaper to discuss Women's European Champions League, WSL, A-League Women and the return of A-League Men.

Natasha Rigby, current A-League W Perth Glory captain, straight after training to discuss Sunday’s match against Melbourne Victory at the revamped Macedonia Park.

The World Football Programme 107.9FM for Saturday December 3, 2022.

Sean is joined by Tony Campbell this week, in a week full of World Cup football.

Donna Guiffre, DT38. We catch up with Donna to hear what is happening in the DT38 sphere. With Macedonia Park having a special connection to Dylan Tombides is there anything special arranged for Glory games?

Tony Campbell, State Schoolboys coach. With a long history of Junior and youth Development, Tony dissects the comments by Graham Arnold and Mark Schwarzer calling for an overhaul of Junior development and player pathways in Australia. Accessibility is the key and $'s the problem, we explore the options.

Ben Smith, Journalist, WA Newspapers. Ben reviews the World cup group stage, to talk highs and lows as well as the surprise ins and outs for the knockout stage. We preview the game between Australia and Argentina featuring the GOAT, Lionel Messi and 10 other geezers! Do we dare dream of the impossible? Saudi Arabia, Tunisia and Japan say, yes we do! Trust in Arnie and all will be well.

Tony Sage, Perth Glory. A week out from the Men's A League team playing their first home game at Macedonia Park, Tony Sage joins us. He was there when the girls played the first game there how does it look and feel?

Thanks to avid listener Peter Wright, I will be posing some questions to our esteemed guests to test their footballing credentials during the interviews.

The World Football Programme 107.9FM for Saturday November 26, 2022.

Penny is joined by Vince Matassa and Dave Kindness this week, in a week full of World Cup football.

Vince gives us a review on how he’s travelling post Perth Glory Charity Match, we get the opportunity to see the Glory Women in Perth Sunday, Australia shined for the briefest of moments in the World Cup with a flashy goal by Craig Goodwin and there were lots of other memorable moments that only a World Cup can bring. Lots to share and give opinions on!

Our guests for this week -

Pokuah Frimpong, Paramount Plus and Network 10 Commentator, discusses the A-League. The mens league is having a long break for the World Cup. What does this mean for our local players and clubs? Perth Glory women are at home after the fans have been deprived by covid last season. Their round two match lands Sunday at Macedonia Park.

Derek Pollock, our local football expert, talks his way through a World Cup review. How are the Socceroos looking, France are showing us why they are ranked 4th in the world and we are 38. Our next games against Tunisia (Saturday) and Denmark (Wednesday) will also be a challenge against higher ranked opposition. What teams are entertaining us and what teams have surprised us?

Tom Sermanni, Former Matildas and New Zealand Coach and now Head of Womens Football, Western Sydney Wanderers, Tom shares what his new role involves and how has the Australian football landscape changed. We explore Australia’s preparations for the Women’s World Cup and what other countries are doing in this space.

Phillippa Mengel, PPMG Sports Convenor and Nerang SC Secretary. We wrap the Pan Pacific Masters Games recently played in Queensland. How the forms of football being played this time round has expanded, how did covid impact one of the largest tournaments in the world and is Australia one of the most popular Masters Football destinations in the world for Masters Games?

The World Football Programme 107.9FM for Saturday November 19, 2022

Join Penny Hoath and Pete Szkiela from 10am Perth time to midday, with World Cup, A-League and a smattering of local news on our minds.

The Team welcomes a great line-up of guests to add to the conversations.

Paramount Sports Presenter, Robbie Thomson. A-League and World Cup conversation. The big test for the Socceroos is here! Here we go here we go here we go! Plus, a review on the Matildas recent matches that Robbie was calling. Are our national teams capturing the nation’s attention?

Local Perth Football Presenter and MC, Kelechi Osunwa brings us up to date on local club news (and maybe a World Cup tip or two).

Neil Bennett, Beyond 90 Writer and Singa Cup Coach. Singa Cup review. What is it, who was there and where does it sit in our football landscape? We dig down into the Perth Glory women's squad and Matildas progress.

Zara Board, Subiaco and Young Matilda’s Goalkeeper. Why do so many National goal keepers pass through MUMFC doors? Where has the football pathway taken Zara in the last 12 months and where to from here? World Cup comments on A-League and Perth Glory.