We Told You So! podcast

It's one of the most celebrated dates in the pages of Australia's recent football history: November 16, 2005. A night when an electric Olympic Park featured banners in the quality of Homer Simpson obliviously joking "Hehehe - U R Gay", and when John Aloisi sent tingles down the spines of all those who watched on by slotting a decisive penalty to send Australia to the World Cup for the first time in 32 years.Special guest Josip Skoko - a 51-capped Socceroo who was nervously standing arm-in-arm with teammates during that penatly shootout - kindly joined the pod to reminisce on that fateful night and the campaign that followed, while also discussing his work alongside others of that "Golden Generation" to progress the development of football in Australia.It's also fittingly the finale of this podcast's first season - Bodey & Niall look forward to bringing you more quality football features on a semi-regular basis over the coming weeks and months. Start- 5.25: Intro5.31 - 32.05: Josip Skoko32.10 - End: Outro

Episode #12 falls at the tail end of what has been a crazy American election, but there's only one location that we're really interested in - and their vote doesn't even officially count! Gaum coach, Aussie Karl Dodd, elaborates on his three or so years overseeing the development of football on the tiny island nation, and why he's thrown everything into what he describes as an invaluable experience.This plus the usual general chat on football news here and abroad, including more low-hanging dad jokes and horrible puns...

Like a Sunday league reserves team making a four-hour round trip for an away game, the We Told You So! podcast has somehow managed to notch up a starting XI of podcast episodes, even though one or two might be a little rusty and are throwing up on the touchline...This week's special guest is the incredibly well-travelled, well-versed manager and FIFA Elite Coaching panel member Stephen Constantine, who elaborates on some of his interesting worldwide ventures; outlines his future coaching aspirations; and details the frustrations that have come with people judging his "exotic" CV.Niall and Bodey also hand out some more shout outs to several Aussies abroad, review the PFA's 19/20 A-League report and discuss some of the talking points from the Premier League action of Matchweek 7. Start - 1.58: Intro2.03 - 13.19: Aussies home and away13.22 - 27.06: Premier League27.10 - 1.02.28: Stephen Constantine1.02.33 - End: Predictions and outro

Hitting double digits with the pod, hosts Bodey and Niall reflect on a relatively tame matchweek six of the Premier League, give a nod to Arnie sticking with the Socceroos and provide some more ill-informed football predictions.This week's special guest is former Herald Sun/News Corp chief football writer and now Optus Sport writer/Ticker Sport host David Davutovic, who discusses his work amid the COVID-19 pandemic and news/views on all aspects of Australian football, including the A-League and national teams. Start - 5.48: Intro5.54 - 21.56: Premier League22.03 - 27.53: Aussies abroad/national team27.59 - 57.55: David Davutovic58.00 - 1.01.28: Predictions/outro

It's another edition of 'They Told You So!', where we take a deeper dive into the lives of our podcast guests and their football careers. Melbourne-born Michael Valkanis' extensive 16-year playing career as a defender closely intertwined with his cultural ties to both Australia and Greece, and his managerial career has followed a strikingly similar path - he had his first taste of coaching at Adelaide United, followed by partnerships with John van't Schip at Melbourne City, PEC Zwolle and currently the Greece national team.Following discussion on Nations League and Greek football in the last podcast episode, Michael elaborates on his proud Australian/Greek football allegiances, his managerial aspirations and the challenges of coaching over in Europe.

The Premier League continues to deliver more unpredictability and more drama than an episode of Days Of Our Lives, with several stoppage-time goals and some capitulations across matchweek five. Having recorded on a Monday, the boys attempt to digest action from the first eight games as well as looking at some Aussie performances abroad.Special guest interviews this week include assistant manager of the Greece national team, Aussie Michael Valkanis, who discusses the side's recent Nations League results, his partnership with head coach John Van't Schip and the Aussie takeover of Xanthi F.C.An A-League + W-League start date has now been announced, with Rudi Edsall from fellow grassroots pod Destruction in the Box providing his thoughts on the news and some of the off-field drama that has transpired so far. Start - 2.01: Intro2.08 - 16.35: PL & Aussies abroad16.49 - 36.34: Michael Valkanis (Pt 1 of 2)36.49 - 55.03: Rudi Edsall55.03 - End: Outro

Without any on-field PL action to discuss from the weekend, Bodey & Niall discuss the recent off-field drama engulfing England as well as shout-outs to notable overseas Aussie performances, the A-League managerial merry-go-round and a review of how the pre-season predictions are faring so far.Who better than to provide an insight into Arsenal mascot Gunnersaurus' rollercoaster ride in recent weeks, than fellow (close associate of a) mascot and multi-talented maestro Mikey Cahill - the Hawka hopeful shares his thoughts on the saga and explains what life is (allegedly) like inside a confined, sweaty costume.Finally, one lesson wasn't nearly enough, so the analytical mind of Ahmed Walid kindly rejoins the pod to discuss more tactical trends ahead of PL matchday five. Start - 1.15: Intro1.22 - 13.33: News/views from Aus and abroad13.39 - 26.25: Mikey Cahill26.40 - 31.17: PL predictions31.23 - 50.26: Ahmed Walid50.28 - End: Outro

Welcome to the first edition of 'They Told You So!', where we take a deeper dive into the lives of our podcast guests and their football careers. Former Aston Villa, Chelsea and Leeds United defender Tony Dorigo was born in Australia, but his football career took him to England and after gaining his English citizenship, he represented the Three Lions at Italia 90.In our last pod, Tony gave us his take on Leeds United's opening 4-3 loss to Liverpool and their season ahead. Here, he elaborates on his football career, his journey to England and the most talented teammate he ever had.

It continues to rain goals in the Premier League and everything's black and white in this week's episode, with your hosts Niall and Bodey dissecting all the action including Newcastle United's start to the season so far, with help from special guest Jeremiah of supporters group Aussie Mags. We also chat Aussies abroad with Matt Salgo, who works to keep us all updated on goals, game time and more via the Twitter account Soccer Quokkas. All this along with a look at the WSL, A-League and more. Start - 1.08: Intro1.13 - 17.53: PL17:58 - 34.19: Jeremiah, Aussie Mags34.33 - 40.27: A-League/Socceroos40.31 - 57.07: Matt, Soccer Quokkas57.10 - End: Outro

In this week's episode, we digest and disect another rollercoaster week of football across the Premier League, A-League, Westfield Matildas and Aussies abroad as COVID-19 continues to impact games, players and fans. We're joined on the pod by The United Pubcast co-host Tom Simpson, who talks us through the Red Devils' season so far and the logistics of pub podcasts. We also chat with Melbourne-born midfielder Aiden Harvey, who moved to Europe aged nine and has spent the past five years playing for Swedish second division side GAIS, where he remains on the road to recovery from an unfortunate injury reoccurence.