The World Football Programme

The World Football Programme 107.9FM Media Release for Saturday September 3, 2022

Penny Tanner Hoath and Hugh Best are your Studio Hosts this week. Tune in from 10am on 107.9fm radio or find our live stream at TheWorldFootballProgramme.com.au.

Guests for the two hours, all in Perth time, include

Robbie Thomson, Channel 10 and Paramount Plus Lead Commentator. Australia Cup and A-League news, upcoming Matildas and Socceroos Centenary matches.

Dave Tough, Kingsway Olympic Championship Winning State League Division One Head Coach. Winning State League Division One. Review of season, challenges and highlights, what it means for the club, club history, where to from here.

Simon Hicks, Perth RedStar FC General Manager. Review of the season, successes and challenges, how the merger of men's and woman's has panned out.

Greg Farrell, Futsal WA Director. Subiaco and Women’s NPL review. Upcoming National and International Futsal tournaments.

Dan Evans, Football West Development Officer and Swan United State League Head Coach. Upcoming National tournaments, talent identification, State League review.

The World Football Programme 107.9FM Media Release for Saturday August 27, 2022

Hugh Best is your Studio Host this week. Tune in from 10am on 107.9fm or on live stream via TheWorldFootballProgramme.com.au for everything happening in the week in football.

Tommy Doleman

Football West reporter showcases the “winner takes all” final match day in NPLM, congratulates NPLW Champions, Perth Redstars, and highlights the other leagues in the Metropolitan area.

Molly Appleton

Founder of Molly’s Football Rants and OUR Tasmania Correspondent discuss the recent Junior Matildas Costa Rica Worl Cup Campaign and Dame Ellen White’s “retirement”.

Aaron Trevarthen

“The Football Tragic’s” podcast contributer discusses the EPL, the three three tiers of UEFA (nice alliteration) and some Middle Eastern based players ko time issues in November!

Matthew Stacey

Perth Glory Superfan talks to us about the GSSC Tour of Duty XX to taunt Sydney Olympic once again and how you can yell C’mon Glory C’mon Glory in Sydney!

The World Football Programme 107.9FM Media Release for Saturday August 20, 2022

Sean Kelly and Philip Kelly are your Studio Hosts this week. Tune in from 10am on 107.9fm or on live stream via TheWorldFootballProgramme.com.au for everything happening in the week in football.

Guests for two hours from 10AM Perth time include -

Journalist with The West and State League player Ben Smith

We put a spotlight on the latest batch of imports into the A League, who will be the new Ninkovic or Castro? The Glory have a new venue due to building works, what does the move to HBF arena mean for members?

Perth Glory Goalkeeper Liam Reddy

We talk to Liam about the Pre-season training, the new players coming in and his perspective on the new season.

Football Manager ,Maddington White Eagles, Petar Mrdja.

With his club again challenging for the Amatuer Premier League title we ask, can MWE win the League, Will they be looking to get back to the State League and are they ready to go to SL2?

National Subbuteo player Hugh Best

Hugh is competing in the Perth Winter Classic International Subbuteo tournament, We will distract Hugh from the Maelstrom of international competition to find out where this is happening, How he is doing and how can you get involved in this growing sport.

The World Football Programme 107.9FM Media Release for Saturday August 13, 2022

Penny Tanner Hoath and Pete Szkiela are your Studio Hosts this week. Tune in from 10am on 107.9fm radio or find our live stream at TheWorldFootballProgramme.com.au.

Guests for the two hours, all in Perth time, include -

Tom Doleman, Match Reporter.

Review of local competitions.

Teo Pellizzeri, Paramount Match Commentator.

National Teams and A-League conversations.

Matt Stacey, Perth Glory Fan.

Wrap on friendly v Perth SC and Glory news.

Liz Anton, Perth Glory and New Zealand international.

How the squad is shaping up for the new season, managing long distance everything and playing for your country.

Kerry Harris, Chair, Women Onside.

What is it, who they are, who are the drivers and what impact is Women Onside planning to make on Australian football.

Impetus Women's Football, Creator, Ben Gilby.

Visiting Perth, Ben shares his observations of women’s football here and in England. We banter the global momentum of women's football, such as the Euros, the platform we are seeing created for players and exposure of international tournaments and what is changing for this to happen.

The World Football Programme 107.9FM Media Release for Saturday August 6, 2022

Sean Kelly and Philip Kelly are your Studio Hosts this week. Tune in from 10am on 107.9fm or on live stream via TheWorldFootballProgramme.com.au for everything happening in the week in football.

Guests for two hours from 10AM Perth time include -

Gerhardt Jansen, Head coach Balga Soccer Club.

Balga led the way with their ground-breaking Fee-free program, we catch up with Gerhardt to talk about the program the club and his views on junior development and the player transfer market.

Derek Pollock, English Premier League pundit.

With the EPL kicking off this weekend we get Derek to give his take on the movers and shakers for this year.

Greg Farrell, Futsal WA, and Subiaco WNPL coach.

We drag Greg away from Junior State trials to catch up with the latest Futsal news. We will also talk the Subiaco WNPL women's teams progress.

Phil Kelly, State League Standing Committee Chair.

Phil will update us with the latest from the SLSC the work they are doing. We will also ask Phil about his views on the Festival of football and its impact on the game in Australia

The World Football Programme 107.9FM Media Release for Saturday July 30, 2022

Penny Tanner Hoath and Pete Szkiela are your Studio Hosts this week. Tune in from 10am Saturday on 107.9fm radio or find our live stream at TheWorldFootballProgramme.com.au.

Guests for the two hours, all in Perth time, include -

Perry Ielati, Football West General Manager.

Benefits to the community of the Festival of Football, update on the State Football Centre and Business Breakfast (how can the centre bring the football community together), State Cup Finals and Australia Cup. How is the local football season travelling?

Tony Sage, Perth Glory Owner.

Appointment of new Glory CEO, Anthony Radich and any changes we might see for the new season, comments on the upcoming seasons fixtures just released, memberships, where will the Glory home for the season be, squad news. Are there any benefits for Glory from the recent Football Festival?

Ella Mastrantonio, Subiaco AFC.

Matilda, Serie A player, tells of her local and international football journey, coaching and playing influences and what inspired her to sign locally for Subiaco, after playing top flight football in Italy.

Stace Ioannidis, Soccer Scene CEO.

The football news we should know across Australia, what will the new A-League season bring that’s different to last season, wash up of the Football Festival, one year until the WWC in Australia, are we on schedule?

The World Football Programme 107.9FM Media Release for Saturday July 23, 2022

Penny Tanner Hoath and Dave Kindness are your Studio Hosts this week. Tune in from 10am on 107.9fm or on live stream via TheWorldFootballProgramme.com.au for everything happening in the week in football.

The EPL is officially in town!

Guests for two hours from 10AM Perth time include -

Lee Stroud, Chairman, Perth Manchester United Supporters Club.

What has Manchester United added to the community in the Festival of Football and how are they looking for the upcoming EPL season.

Mick Owens, Inclusion Solutions, Coach in the Para Football and Inclusion Solutions Programmes. Updates on teams, tours and the link to Manchester United.

David Templeman, WA Sports Minister.

How has sport been impacted in this third year of the Covid era, are new sport and recreation facilities and redevelopments starting to align with demand, what will we start to notice in the community with an impending World Cup landing here in Perth and what will be the long term effects on the community.

Simon Hill, Paramount Plus Football Commentator.

Festival of Football activities across Australia and the effect on the Australian landscape. Have we ever seen so much international football on our screens and our doorstep? Has it done the job in creating more publicity and interest in our domestic football and what are the indicators of the Festival’s success ?

The World Football Programme on 107.9FM - Saturday, 16 July 2022

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.

Tommy Doleman joins us for a chat on all things in the WA soccer scene.

Molly Appleton discusses her views in the World Women’s Soccer world.

Graham Normanton NPL-specific discussion. Who's passing, who's failing this season.

Ian Thew to give us details on the Danny Hodgson Road to Recovery Golf Day.

Mick Owens joins us to give us details on the “WA Paras and United Reds”.

The World Football Programme on 107.9FM - Saturday, 9 July 2022

Join Hosts, Sean Kelly and Hugh Best for your Saturday breakfast.

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

Ben Smith, Journalist and State League player.

We will find out a little bit about Ben and his footballing preferences, then we will seek his opinion on Australian coverage of the game and what we can do to raise our profile.

Alex Epakis, Perth Glory A League Women coach.

Despite a horror season last year Alex steered his side agonisingly close to the finals, this year the recruitment strategy started early, We will ask about the approach for this season.

Mark Twamley, President Forrestfield United SC.

Forrestfield have embedded themselves in the Community, we speak to the man responsible and ask about his hopes and aspirations for the club. With a game against Dianella honouring the memory of Rod Banjac we will ask about his legacy at the club.

Marc Anthony, Gosnells City FC Coach.

Touted as a promotion favourite pre-season a Covid affected start to the season left the Club with an indifferent start, with things settling towards the end of the first round their form picked up and now the results are indicating this is a team on the rise.

The World Football Programme on 107.9FM - Saturday, 2 July 2022

Join Host, Sean Kelly for your football brunch.

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

Greg Farrell, Futsal WA

Greg will give us an update on the wonderful world of Futsal, we review the Matildas friendlies and what that means for our WC campaign. We will also preview the WNPL fixtures for the weekend.

Dillon Gomez, Perth Glory E-League player.

We talk to Dillon about one of the fastest growing sports in the World. We ask how much practice does it take to become a pro keyboard player.

John O'Reilly, Armadale Head Coach.

On and off the park Armadale head coach is in a fine run of form, his side are in the second State cup final in his tenure, riding high in the League. Can he secure his second piece of silverware in his tenure and take his side into the next round of the FFA cup.

Tony Bellis, Walking football WA Inc.

In June Tony led an Australian League of Gentlemen to Spain in pursuit of the Walking Football World cup. We will get Tony to tell a tale from the trip. The dream is still alive how can you get into the green and Gold? We ask about the local walking football scene and find out how we can be involved.