The World Football Programme

The World Football Programme 107.9FM Media Wrap for Saturday July 25, 2020

Miranda Templeman, Peter Szkiela and Penny Tanner Hoath cover this week’s football news.

Rod Banjac’s passing this week has devastated the Perth football community. We talk about Rods contribution to WA football with one of Rod’s good friends and golf partner’s, Bobby Despotovski.

Numbers watching the NPL live streaming have surprised us all. The World Football team covers local football, how the A-League is shaping up and what is keeping Football West busy. Did you know memorabilia and collectors markets are going through the roof? We catch up with organisor of the Football Fares, Danny Dewhurst.

The full guest list for Saturday is:

Danny Dewhurst, Football Fares And football collections. Collectors Fares are going through the roof post Covid. Football Hall of Fame Western Australia has doubled its intake of memorabilia. Danny tells us what the Fares are all about and where you can find them. Penny shares the uptake of The Football Hall of Fame Western Australia call out for memorabilia.

Bobby Despotovski sharing some memories about Rod Banjac. Rod finished a 20 year playing career in Australia in ACT with Canberra White Eagles, worked with Frank Arok at Perth’s Future Glory, upskilled his coaching towards Level B, to help Forestfield grow into the state league space and was coaching at Dianella White Eagles this season. Rods passion for football and for talking football, was boundless. Vale Rod Banjac 20/8/1960-21/7/2020

Neil Bennett, Sports Writer, women's football. How is the NPLW travelling around WA and other states. Has the profile and quality been raised with rebadging the Women’s Premier League to NPL status. What players and teams are standing out. Nicole Williams is in Australia and promoting coaching. We banter Matildas and the possible Coaching candidates.

Steph Brantz, ABC Sports Journalist. How is Australian sport travelling? What are some of the challenges it’s is facing and some of the success stories. Are the hub systems working? How does the A-League look in terms of media attention. There are multiple platforms to watch including You Tube and ABC on Free to air TV. The NWSL Challenge Cup in America is moving into their Finals series. Does it look like there will be an W League here in Australia with our best players landing some very nice professional contracts and moving overseas - will international players be able to travel here? Do you think we have a good plan to move towards hosting a WWC- what is it?!

Gareth Naven, Football West Development Officer. Sharing the state team trials and programmes underway and how they are being received in Perth and regional areas.

The Studio Team for 2020 is Penny TannerHoath, Sean Kelly, Peter Szkiela, Don Evans, Louis Prospero, Derek Pollock and Miranda Templeman, talking everything football from 10am to noon, WA time, on Radio Fremantle 107.9 FM, every Saturday through to November.

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The World Football Programme 107.9FM for Saturday July 18, 2020

Your hosts this week are Sean Kelly and Don Evans, whilst the local leagues are back to normal, the A-League kicks off this week in modified hub and looks very different. Meanwhile in the UK the EPL Champions may be decided but the UCL/ relegation spots will be decided in the final games. Football is back, very different but it's back.

Our guests for this week are:

Ante Kovacevic coach of Floreat Athena for now! Will be telling us about his new adventure as he heads East to join Western United.

Graham Normanton, coach of Forrestfield United the most decorated coach in WA football history joins us to talk about his side this season and his club.

Derek Pollock, our very own EPL guru gives us his view of the EPL as it lurches towards its conclusion and what this will mean for next season and Champions League.

Donna Giuffre, DT38 Foundation will keep us up to date with what is going on with DT38 in this State, the country and the World. We will also find out what she has been working on during the Covid crisis.

The Studio Team for 2020 is Penny TannerHoath, Sean Kelly, Peter Szkiela, Don Evans, Louis Prospero, Derek Pollock and Miranda Templeman, talking everything football from 10am to noon, WA time, on Radio Fremantle 107.9 FM, every Saturday through to November.

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The World Football Programme 107.9FM for Saturday July 11, 2020

Miranda Templeman and Penny TannerHoath cover the week in football news, local fixtures and matches of the round, what shape the upcoming ALeague will have and world football banter.

Our guests for this week are:

Stefan Klucznik, Morley Windmills Junior Footballer.

Jordan Whitford, Melville MUMFC Junior Footballer.

Simon Hill, Football Commentator and Journalist. A-League, EPL, World Football.

Danielle Brogan, Perth Soccer Club WNPL Coach. WNPL results, match of the round, WLeague and World Football.

Tom Sermanni, New Zealand Football Ferns Coach. Women’s World Cup, women’s football worldwide.

The Studio Team for 2020 is Penny TannerHoath, Sean Kelly, Peter Szkiela, Don Evans, Louis Prospero, Derek Pollock and Miranda Templeman, talking everything football from 10am to noon, WA time, on Radio Fremantle 107.9 FM, every Saturday through to November.

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The World Football Programme 107.9FM for Saturday July 4, 2020

Sean Kelly and Peter Szkiela are your hosts this Saturday.

Whilst the rest of the country is still suffering with Covid-19 Lockdowns we have a full round of fixtures for the NPL and State League.

Joining us for a big two hours of football are the following guests:

Jake Shorter, TPO rankings. We haven't spoken to Jake in a while we will catch up and find out what has happened with him and TPO during Covid-19 and how his state has fared.

Ben Kelly, Swan United. Having won promotion through the play-off system to Division One. We find out how Swan fared through Covid-19 and preview their season opener against Western Knights.

Dave Cunningham, Liverpool fan and Hillsborough survivor, joins us to tell us how he is fairing and what Liverpool winning the title means to him and his city of birth.

Greg Farrell, West Coast Futsal. Now the shackles of Covid have been removed competition at West Coast have been removed we will find out what competitions are in the pipeline for the indoor game.

The Studio Team for 2020 is Penny TannerHoath, Sean Kelly, Peter Szkiela, Don Evans, Louis Prospero, Derek Pollock and Miranda Templeman, talking everything football from 10am to noon, WA time, on Radio Fremantle 107.9 FM, every Saturday through to November.

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The World Football Programme 107.9FM for Saturday June 27, 2020

Penny Tanner, Don Evans and Miranda Templeman lead this week’s football conversations.

The big news will be Australia and New Zealand’s Women’s World Cup bid being revealed Friday and what part Western Australia will play. The WA Home of Football has finally received the green light and is planned to be finished in line with WA hosting some of the World Cup matches. Woohoo!!

Joining us for a big two hours of football are the following guests:

Elizabeth Re, Councillor, City of Stirling, on local and state facilities and how the mental health and participation of young people and athletes is affected by the state of those facilities.

Syd Amphlett, Vice President, ECU Joondalup NPL Club. Kenny Lowe will finally lead the club into the NPL season proper. How is the club shaping up under the new Coaching leadership and club management?

Marianna Tabain, MUMFC WNPL and WLeague Player, WWC bid. How the situation has affected player movements in our elite local players.

Thomas Richard, Fremantle City WNPL Head Coach, on the start of the season. How has the delayed start and extended season affected the Fremantle programme and player preparation?

Sherif Andrawes, Chair of Football West and Club Coach. Timeline on the Home of Football, how the season is unfolding, what role will Football West play in a WWC in Australia?

The Studio Team for 2020 is Penny TannerHoath, Sean Kelly, Peter Szkiela, Don Evans, Louis Prospero, Derek Pollock and Miranda Templeman, talking everything football from 10am to noon, WA time, on Radio Fremantle 107.9 FM, every Saturday through to November.

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The World Football Programme 107.9FM for Saturday June 20, 2020

Sean Kelly and guest host Hugh Best lead this week’s football conversations.

With local league fixtures starting this week, The Winter sports scene is returning to normality in a very different way

Joining us for two hours of football banter are the following guests:

Mick Murray, Minister for Sport joins us to speak about the single biggest investment in WA football history.

Simon Hill, Journalist with Foxtel, will cover the return of the A League, the champions League and football the World over.

Ken Shorto, Balga President. What has Covid-19 meant to the first fee free program in WA.

Hugh Best, Australian Subbuteo International. We catch up with Hugh and find out how Subbuteo has been hit by Covid, we will also be bantering general football matters local to overseas.

General banter. Local league. Women’s World Cup, W League. International player movements and impact on Australia. Phoenix and the W-League!

The Studio Team for 2020 is Penny TannerHoath, Sean Kelly, Peter Szkiela, Don Evans, Louis Prospero, Derek Pollock and Miranda Templeman, talking everything football from 10am to noon, WA time, on Radio Fremantle 107.9 FM, every Saturday through to November.

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The World Football Programme 107.9FM for Saturday June 13, 2020

Penny Tanner, Pete Szkiela and Miranda Templeman lead this week’s football conversations.

With local fixtures starting in a week’s time, Perth is working through a million challenges to get that happening safely and practically.

Joining us for two hours of football banter are the following guests:

Michael Iannello, MUMFC President. One of the largest clubs in Perth talking challenges and successes during football hibernation to start up.

Hannah George, Vic Park SC President. A small boutique club finds its way into a new season. What are some of the things that have kept the club together?

Hana Lowry, NTC, Perth Glory and Junior Matilda

General banter. Local league. Women’s World Cup, W League. International player movements and impact on Australia. Phoenix and the W-League!

Tony Pignata, Perth Glory CEO. Club and Aleague news, banter and updates.

The Studio Team for 2020 is Penny TannerHoath, Sean Kelly, Peter Szkiela, Don Evans, Louis Prospero, Derek Pollock and Miranda Templeman, talking everything football from 10am to noon, WA time, on Radio Fremantle 107.9 FM, every Saturday through to November.

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The World Football Programme 107.9FM for Saturday June 6, 2020

Sean Kelly and Don Evans are your tour guides as we cruise through the Ocean of football before us as the floodgates on community sports are opened.

Football returns to the planet, starting at home and across the Country, even the EPL is resuming. We will look at how the very different approaches taken to shape post the Covid-19 shutdown.

Joining us for two hours of football banter are the following guests:

Steve McGarry, Perth Glory. With a very different NPL on offer this season we talk to Steve about the latest group of Glory hopefuls and what happened to the National review on Junior development.

Derek Pollock, Northern Redbacks. Our man in the know will try and make sense of what is left of the EPL season. Will Liverpool legitimise their title ambitions, who will be in the relegation spots, have some stars put on some pudding? and more.

Greg Farrell, West Coast Futsal and Northern Redbacks. What does the winding back of Covid restrictions mean for WCF? It's been too long since the smaller format game was available. We will see how the Redbacks inaugural NPL season preparations are going now there is a season confirmed.

Phil Kelly, State League Chair. Joins us to lift the veil on the background to Season Covid and the development in the Covid comp. What does this modified comp mean to football at Club, State and National levels?

The Studio Team for 2020 is Penny TannerHoath, Sean Kelly, Peter Szkiela, Don Evans, Louis Prospero, Derek Pollock and Miranda Templeman, talking everything football from 10am to noon, WA time, on Radio Fremantle 107.9 FM, every Saturday through to November.

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The World Football Programme 107.9FM for Saturday May 30, 2020

Penny Tanner, Louis Prospero and Miranda Templeman lead this week’s football conversations.

With the return of training across Perth and easing of more restrictions across the Nation, we jump into discussions about when we will be able to see fixtures, what our local leagues will look like and how the return to football is practically being attended to.

State Team selections are continuing to roll out by Football West so we bandy around some formidable and memorable characters and leaders in our local game.

Joining us for two hours of football banter are the following guests:

John McKay, Bunbury Dynamos President. Football in the South West, Dynamo’s style. As training resumes, one of the most successful clubs in the area prepares for a makeover.

John Coyne, Football Legend, Father of some pretty awesome footballing sons. Sharing some memories and general football banter. Football West are rolling out more Best of the Best WA State Teams selected by you the fans. The Coyne Family features amidst the selections.

Molly Appleton, Molly’s Rants. Update on female football everywhere. We banter local football with our Junior Matilda, Miranda. What clubs are already back in training here in Perth, one of the safest places in the world. Some leagues have simply been cancelled, or postponed until restrictions are eased some more and some leagues simply have insufficient funds to continue and are considering their options. What is the status here in Australia of Women’s NPL, W-League and the Matildas? Further afield we banter how football in England, Germany and America is managing and how our Australian players are travelling, very far from home.

Simon Hill, Fox Sports. Simon has been a contributor to our show for over a decade. Football is gathering momentum as it leads into a return to competition here in Australia. What are the challenges and parameters we have to work with and how will it affect the viability of our status as the most participated sport in Australia? Is that significant when we are talking about the top end of the game and what resources do, we have right now to enable our sport to resume at the levels the fans are desperate to see? What leagues are underway around the world and what are some of the talking points about them?

The Studio Team for 2020 is Penny TannerHoath, Sean Kelly, Peter Szkiela, Don Evans, Louis Prospero, Derek Pollock and Miranda Templeman, talking everything football from 10am to noon, WA time, on Radio Fremantle 107.9 FM, every Saturday through to November.

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The World Football Programme 107.9FM for Saturday May 23, 2020

Sean Kelly and Peter Szkeila are your hosts as we close in on a return to the new normal. We will attempt to make sense of a normal that brings more questions than it does answers,

Conrad McKelvie, Northern Redbacks WNPL coach and Women's Standing Committee chair. Redbacks WNPL are back training the WSC have had a meeting, what is the future going to look like for the fledgling WNPL?

Gerhard Jansen, UWA Nedlands. How have UWA fared during the crisis, what do we think the 2020 season will be, should be, can't be. As Gerhardt is the gun on the Bundesliga, we might hit him up for some guidance.

Blayne Treadgold, The far post Perth. It was only a year ago we (Perth Glory) filled Optus, who would have seen this coming? What does the Uber fan think of a fan less league, what is the future for Ultras and active fans across the country?

The Studio Team for 2020 is Penny TannerHoath, Sean Kelly, Peter Szkiela, Don Evans, Louis Prospero, Derek Pollock and Miranda Templeman, talking everything football from 10am to noon, WA time, on Radio Fremantle 107.9 FM, every Saturday through to November.

www.theworldfootballprogramme.com