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WALOC is joined by the curator of the Urban Goals project Michael Kirkham.

Quite simply, Michael has a passion for documenting the walls chalked, etched and painted onto walls across the county for kids to use in street football.

Urban Goals is a celebration of street football and a sociological snapshot of changing outdoor spaces, urban decay and regeneration.

This is a must listen for anyone that kicked a ball around in the street playing World Cup singles or Kerby till it was too dark to see.

Check out the Urban Goals project at https://urbangoals.tumblr.com and don't forget to contact them if you know of any undiscovered goals.

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We're joined by former Northampton winger Josh Low.

Josh talks us through his eventful football career that took in multiple playoffs and promotions with rarely a dull moment.

He discusses growing up with Bristol Rovers, being part of the Gas setup that lost to Cobblers in the '98 playoff Semi-Finals.

It's fair to say that Josh found his best form at Sixfields under Colin Calderwood playing with such talent as Martin Smith and later Sean Dyche.

Low chats about the art of the winger and what built Cobblers into an automatic promotion team after two successive years of Playoff heartache.

An intelligent lad, Josh lays out how his thoughts turned to a career post football in the legal field and the difference of his current day job from the thrill of being a professional footballer.

The sport clearly runs in the blood though as Josh's son is a talented footballer and he talks about the next steps for his capable offspring.

A very interesting listen from a thoughtful footballer.

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Some brilliant stories from Eddie McGoldrick, one of the stars of Graham Carr's 1986-87 4th Division title winners. Eddie talks us through the characters and skill sets of the players that saw Cobblers steamroll through the league. His is a story of a meteoric rise from playing at Nuneaton with the likes of Trevor Morley before performing for Northampton and earning himself a move to Crystal Palace.

McGoldrick had a great spell at Selhurst Park, becoming a fans favourite. He talks frankly about a bad injury and the hard work of bouncing back to earn catch the eye of Arsenal.

Eddie was part of a talented Gunners side, playing in some memorable European nights v Standard Liege & Parma and moving into the Republic of Ireland setup. He talks about fulfilling a childhood dream of playing for Emerald Isle and resisting the advances of the England setup.

That culminated in being named in the Ireland squad for World Cup USA 1994 and Eddie recounts the camaraderie of the Irish group at the time, managed by the great Jack Charlton.

Hard work underpinned Eddie's success and he discusses his role as a coach to the next generation of players and imparting his work ethic that saw him go from part-time football to the Premier League.

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Pleasure to be joined by a player who really needs no introduction, the luscious locked Cobblers midfielder with the caravanning habit-John-Joe O'Toole.

John-Joe was a key figure in the NTFC 2015/16 title winning season earning cult status among the shoe army with his dominant displays in the centre of the park. He talks us through his formative years at Watford, before moves to Colchester and Bristol Rovers and then finding "home" at Sixfields.

Things were far from straightforward though with O'Toole finding himself transfer listed and sent out on loan before staking his claim to a starting berth in the talented "Wilders Wonders" eleven that smashed League 2 with the backdrop of unpaid wages and financial crisis at the Cobblers. He also discusses the differing relations with managers at the club and his exit under Keith Curle.

There's discussion of key games and players in that magic season including the killer move V Oxford where he took out four opponents with superb control of the ball.

Overall his story is one of mutual appreciation with the fans and it's pleasing to hear JJ talk about his current success in League 1 with Burton and his thoughts on becoming a manager.

We got O'Toole...

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WALOC are joined for a computer game special podcast by Championship Manager 97/98 aficionado Dave Black.

Dave edits the @CM9798 Twitter feed and has written books on the cult 90's management sim computer game.

We get stuck in to managing Cobblers to European glory while discussing such Northampton cm97/98 legends as Claudio De Vito and Roy Hunter.

Join us as we delve into the dark arts of cheating and also the best buys such as Roger Boli and and Carl Veart, capable of propelling any lower league team to the Premiership.

On lockdown there's no better way to pass the time than by downloading Champ Man and Dave explains how you can play the game now.

Now has anyone got Ibrahima Bakayoko's number?

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WALOC is joined by legendary ex-Cobblers right-back Ian Clarkson who played an integral role in driving Cobblers to two Wembley playoff finals in the late 1990's.

Clarkson talks us through the beauty of captaining the club he supports in Birmingham City, then moving to Stoke before taking the chance of dropping down the divisions to join Ian Atkins' project at SIxfields.

Clarkey was the epitome of the reliable right-back taking care of the right side in a rock solid defence that gave Cobblers a base to build on that ended in Wembley glory in 1997.

Ian discusses the subsequent season where Town again reached the twin towers of Wembley and the effort that too. Of course that '98 comeback against Bristol Rovers in the playoff semi-final at Sixfields lives long in the memory for Cobblers fans and he recounts the night clear as day, as well as the movement which led to his crucial goal.

As usual at Cobblers nothing is plain sailing and Clarkson talks frankly of the physical and mental pain of breaking his leg and watching from the sideline as the club were relegated. He later joined Kidderminster and found one final challenge in his career to inspire the Harriers to promotion.

His is a story of unassuming hard work, passion for the game and some beautiful moments at Cobblers where the club were on a real roll.

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A bootroom special with former Cobblers midfielder Ryan Gilligan who performed ably for Northampton Town over a 7 year period, playing under nearly as many managers.

Ryan talks about joining up with family friend Colin Calderwood at Cobblers, learning from such quality players as Sean Dyche and Ian Taylor. Gilligan came into his own in a decent Stuart Gray side alongside such talent as Mark Bunn, Bradley Johnson and Adebayo Akinfenwa and Ryan talks about the tough training that gave Gray's side a physical edge to match the good play.

That night at Anfield is a number 1 moment for plenty of people associated with the Cobblers and Gilligan is no different. He talks about playing with Ian Sampson and the work that went into turning Liverpool over on their own turf.

Things weren't always plain sailing however and he talks frankly about moments of tension with Gary Johnson as well as his decision to move to Sweden, one that ultimately paid off by linking up with Graham Potter (now Brighton boss) at emerging Swedish side Östersunds FK.

This is a story of pride and growth in conversation with an intelligent guy who reveals a surprise secret about his new job out of football.

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In a special bonus podcast, WALOC speaks to Eurosport football commentator and analyst Andy Bodfish. Northampton lad Andy started out at now defunct local TV station Northants TV before making his way to an international commentary career that has spanned continents and competitions, taking un Euros, African Cup Of Nations, World Cups and plenty more in between.

Andy shares stories of his formative years in local TV turning up at Ian Atkins' house on one occasion before moving on to be involved in voicing seminal goal busting show "EuroGoals" for Eurosport and covering pretty much every league known to man.

He provides insights into the art of the commentator and also the humorous side of covering such events as ski-jumping and snow volleyball while trying to get round the weird and wonderful names of European football such as Steve Savidan and Kenneth Perez.

Every story is told with a smile and Andy looks back at a varied career that saw him work at European Cup finals and also standing outside Sixfields for a scoop. Now, has anyone got the channel number for Eurosport?...

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There's very few Cobblers players that have come up against Romario, Hugo Sanchez and Lothar Matthäus but Carlo Corazzin achieved that and more in a rich career that took in playing for various clubs including Northampton Town as well as lighting up the international stage by winning the CONCACAF Gold Cup with Canada and claiming the Golden Boot.

A humble Corazzin talks us through his life growing up in Canada and moving to Italy to pursue his dream of playing professional football. From there Carlo played for Cambridge United and Plymouth Argyle. He explains how he turned down Watford for Northampton, continuing to notch on a regular basis but perhaps not being played as consistently as he would have liked.

Carlo then went on to success in the Gold Cup in LA in 2000 before moving on to Oldham Athletic and then back home with the Vancouver Whitecaps.

Corazzin's story is one of desire, quality and huge pride, culminating with being inducted into the Canadian soccer Hall Of Fame.

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We're joined by the king of football fan culture photography Stuart Roy Clarke who has been training his lens on football fan culture for over 30 years.

Stuart's work is rightly celebrated not just for the tremendous photographs of such lost grounds as Roker Park Sunderland and the Vetch Field Swansea but for the snapshots of supporter life that he collected along the way.

The photographer shares some of the techniques he used to capture such brilliant images as the Sunderland fans "Looking Up" on their terrace full of every emotion that can fans can go through and also some stories from traversing the country and treading the terraces.

Stuart was a regular visitor to watch Northampton Town and he describes one of his favourite shoots at the old County Ground where he caught the "No Swearing Please" sign placed in front of the Hotel End.

His visual journey came at the time of great change in the game post Hillsbrough and the move to the big money game and we are left with the question if the game is any better and pondering what comes next?

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