Footy Banter
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Our Pod covers the beautiful game at home and abroad, with coverage of the Premier League, Champions League, MLS and more.
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Episodes
86 episodes
MLS Updates and Remedies to Global Fixture Congestion
Whaaaaatup and welcome back to Footy Banter! This week, we're talking two pretty different topics: Major League Soccer, and the growing issue of fixture congestion worldwide. We bring you some updates from the Major League Soccer p...
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Season 3
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Episode 6
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51:22
Updates from Serie A (w/ Special Guest, Niko Filippi)
Whaaaatup and welcome back for episode 85! Our Serie A correspondent, Niko Filippi, joins the show to walk us through how its all unfolding in Italy these days. In a mildly too late season preview, we break down how things were supposed to shak...
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Season 3
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Episode 6
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1:02:13
Unpacking The New Champions League Format
Whaaaaatup and welcome back for season 3 episode 5! Fresh off the back of the first ever Footy Banter Tournament, we take you through the latest in a much larger tournament: The Champions League, and its new format.We chat through exact...
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Season 3
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Episode 5
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55:11
Season Preview: Manchester City (w/ Special Guest, Sage Ranaldo)
Hellllo and welcome back for Season 3 Episode 4! We keep the Season Preview's coming with the biggest of the lot so far: Manchester City.We bring in our Resident Manchester City Correspondent, Sage Ranaldo, to break down all things City...
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Season 3
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Episode 4
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1:04:14
Season Preview: Brighton (W/ Special Guest, Brendan McGovern)
Whaaaaaatup and welcome back for Season 3 Episode 3 as we hit you with another Season Preview. This time, we're stepping away from the big 6 and focusing in on everyone's second favorite team: Brighton.Our special guest, esteemed colleg...
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Season 3
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Episode 3
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55:14
Season Preview: Chelsea
Whaaaaaaaatup and welcome back for Season 3 episode 2. This week, we're back on Prem Predictions with a bang to unpack the very active, always in the headlines, Chelsea Football Club.Our resident Chelsea Correspondent, Max Matsumoto, wa...
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Season 3
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Episode 2
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1:10:04
Predicting The Premier League Table (Season 3 Hard Launch)
Heeelllooo and Welcome back for Season 3 Episode 1. We cannot believe we have been doing this for 2 entire years now - thats borderline outrageous behavior from us.And, we're back for season three with an announcement! We'll be pa...
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Season 3
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Episode 1
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1:10:54
Episode 79: Summer Preview; Tottenham Hotspur (With Special Guest, Max Barrett)
Whaaaaatup and welcome back for episode 79! We continue our summer preview series with a rundown of Tottenham Hotspur. Our esteemed guest and senior Tottenham Correspondent, Max Barrett, walks you through everything you need to know about the N...
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Season 2
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Episode 42
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51:22
Episode 78: Season Preview; Manchester United
Whaaaatup and welcome back for Episode 78! This week, we're doing the first club in our Summer Preview series. What better place than with the biggest club in the world (wink wink).Will walks us through everything he thinks this dumpste...
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Season 2
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Episode 41
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1:06:18
Episode 77: Copa vs Euros Best XI's
Whaaaatup and welcome back for episode 77 of Footy Banter. With the Euros and Copa America coming to an end this weekend, we bring you a best Xi of the tournament from each:Our Copa America best XI came out as: Emi Martinez, Alphonso Da...
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Season 2
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Episode 40
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1:05:48
Episode 76: Realistic Replacements for Gregg Berhalter
Whaaaatup and welcome back for episode 76 of Footy Banter.This week is a bit of a risky episode in that we are already lining up a replacement for USMNT coach Gregg Berhalter before any actual decision has been made about his job securi...
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Season 2
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Episode 39
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1:04:50
Episode 75: Updates from The Euros and Copa America
Whaaatup and welcome back for Episode 75! This week, we talk all things Euro 2024 and Copa America as we move further into both tournaments.In a brief MLS Blast, we talk how Inter Miami are still finding W's without Leo Messi, and the t...
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Season 2
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Episode 38
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1:05:42
Episode 74: What are the USA's Chances at Copa America?
Whaaatup and welcome back for episode 74This week, we're previewing the Copa America through an American lens. We break down Gregg Berhalter's USMNT roster, and how his starting XI may shake out. With Sergiño Dest out, how ...
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Season 2
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Episode 37
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33:54
Episode 73: Euro 2024 Preview
Whaaatup and welcome back for episode 73. This week, we're talking everything Euro 2024. We break down every group, every team, and all the contenders as fast as we possibly can to fit everything in 1-hour . You're welcome.We talk the f...
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Season 2
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Episode 36
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1:00:14
Episode 72: The Footy Banter Awards Show
Hello and welcome to the first annual Footy Banter awards show! We carefully analyzed the 2023/24 season of soccer around this great wide world and came up with some awards for it. Some nominations and conversations include...Who was th...
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Season 2
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Episode 35
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1:09:44
Episode 71: The Messi Ticket Dilemma, More Managerial Merry-go-round, and Champions League Final Preview
Whaaaaatup and welcome back for Episode 71. This week, we talk Inter Miami's "load management" and what that means for ticket prices, break down more managerial madness with alllll the new appointments, and give a little preview for the Champio...
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Season 2
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Episode 34
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48:36
Episode 70: Pep's Dynasty, Leverkusen Loosin', and Managerial Madness
Whaaaaatup welcome back and sorry for our second straight year-end hiatus for no reason. We were busy.We talk...- Our first week as a fully credentialed outlet at the Hudson River Derby for NYCFC vs New York Red Bu...
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Season 2
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Episode 33
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52:02
Episode 69: Headlines; Champions League Semis and Premier League Title Race
Whaaaatup and welcome back for episode 69 (no comment) This week, we're taking Champions League Semi-Finals and the final lap of the Premier League Title race. Plus we play some trivia, and tell stories of our MLS Coverage. Enjoy!
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Season 2
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Episode 32
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59:31
Episode 68: Blind Ranking the Top-10 Players of the Season
Whaaatup and welcome back for episode 68!This week, we're ranking the top 10 players of the 2023/24 season. Ya boys are going round robin, and blindly counting down from 10 to 1 until we've ranked the ten best players of the season.&nbs...
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Season 2
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Episode 31
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1:12:52
Episode 67: Champions League Semis Locked-In; Breaking down the quarterfinals
Whaaatup and welcome back for episode 67. This week, we're breaking down all four quarterfinal ties as we see PSG ravage Barca, Dortmund bounce Atleti, Bayern top Arsenal, and Madrid outlast City in PKs. Enjoy!
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Season 2
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Episode 30
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48:58
Episode 66: Best Champions League Week Ever??
Whaaaaatup excuse the audio and welcome back! I dont know why our mics kinda imploded but we bring our champions league rundown nonetheless. We talk Arsenal vs Bayern, Madrid vs City, PSG vs Barca, and Atleti vs Dortmund.Enjoy!
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Season 2
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Episode 29
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57:09
Episode 65: Chelsea vs United Madness, A Narrowing Title Race, and New Financial Regulation
Whaaaatup we're back for Episode 65 and we're talking through the biggest headlines we could think of (through like a 6-7 minute brainstorm tbf) from around the footballing world.Listen to it right now. Please. It would help us out a lo...
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Season 2
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Episode 28
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55:05
Episode 64: Fixing International Football
Whaaaatup and welcome back to episode 64 of footy banter. This week we take a few minutes to talk through the concept of international soccer in general. What is its place in the modern game? What do we think of players turning down their feder...
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44:24
Episode 63: The Headlines; FA Cup madness, Champions League matchups, and more points deductions
Whaaaaatupp and welcome back for episode 63! This week, we're talking headlines around the soccering world. A continental breakfast, if you'd like.We break down Manchester United's wild victory over Liverpool in the FA Cup, recap some o...
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Season 2
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Episode 26
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55:43
Episode 62: Building an Arsenal, Liverpool, and City Best XI
Whaaaatup and welcome back for episode 62! This week, we're taking the best of the best and making a best XI. We're building a starting lineup of the Premier League title chasers: Arsenal, Liverpool, and Manchester City. It was pretty hard tbh ...
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Season 2
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Episode 25
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1:00:05