433: The Home of Football

 In this ultra short episode we hear from the Ajax captain Dusan Tadic. The Serbian attacker transferred from Premier League club Southampton to Ajax Amsterdam in 2018. Since then he won a bunch of trophies in the Netherlands and reached the semi-finals of the Champions League with Ajax. Here’s Dusan Tadic on why he left the Premier League to sign for Ajax. - Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/pr...

Adebayo Akinfenwa is a legend in the world of football. He is the strongest footballer to ever play on a professional level, at least that’s how the FIFA game rated him. With his bright energy and optimistic attitude, Adebayo Akinfenwa became world famous and a fan favourite in England, even though he never played in the Premier League. But father time even catches up to the strongest football pla...

Toby Alderweireld announced his departure from Tottenham Hotspur in the summer of 2021. The Belgian defender left North London after six years, to sign a contract with Al Duhail in the Middle-East. In this podcast episode we catch up with Toby Alderweireld, to find out why he left the Premier League and what his new life is like in Doha, Qatar. This is the story of Toby Alderweireld and his move t...

In this ultra short podcast episode we hear from Fabrizio Romano, the ultimate transfer expert and a friend of the show. He tells how Liverpool managed to sign Luis Diaz from FC Porto. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This football story starts in a hotel room in Pyongyang, the capital of North Korea, the most secluded, mysterious and notorious country in the world. It’s the summer of 2016 and a Serbian man is watching an old Serbian movie in his hotel room in Pyongyang. This old movie is the only entertainment he has in his hotel room. He barely has contact with the outside world. But he is on a mission in Nor...

In this ultra short episode we hear a clip from the living legend Petr Čech. The former goalkeeper of clubs like Chelsea and Arsenal tells how he had to act like he was in a fake airplane when José Mourinho became the manager at Chelsea. - Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The story of Martin Braithwaite and his move to Barcelona, is the fascinating story of a man who believed in himself the way nobody else did. You see, Braithwaite broke through as a striker in Denmark, playing for Esbjerg. He transferred to Toulouse in France, where he had some good years. Braithwaite then made a move to Middlesbrough, to play in the Championship in England. But after just half a...

In this ultra short podcast episode we hear the American talent Chris Richards tell the story of when he surprised the FC Bayern dressing room with a fake bird noise. - Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

An interesting trend has started to occur in the world of football over the last couple of years. More and more talented players from North America are finding their way to top football clubs in Europe. Players like Christian Pulisic at Chelsea, Alphonso Davies at Bayern Munich and Weston McKennie at Juventus. These top talents from North America all have a couple of things in common. They ca...

In this ultra short episode we hear a clip from an interview we did a while back with Kingsley Coman. The Bayern Munich star tells how the Brazilian legend Ronaldinho inspired him to play football when he was a kid living on the outskirts of Paris. - Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This football story starts on November third this season. That night RB Leipzig is awarded a penalty in extra time against Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League. Dominik Szoboszlai grabs the ball and carefully places it on the penalty spot. Gianluigi Donnarumma argues with the referee, protesting the penalty. But the decision has been made. The crowd in Leipzig holds its breath. If Szoboszla...

In this ultra short podcast episode we hear José Mourinho tell the story of how he escaped the English police with his dog during his first tenure as manager of Chelsea. - Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This football story starts when we're riding around Barcelona. Or actually: a driver is driving us around the city. We are on our way to FC Barcelona’s training facilities. This episode of the podcast is different from the stories we made before. This is a collaboration with CUPRA, one of FC Barcelona’s partners. CUPRA is an innovative car brand and they even have their own podcast: The Impulse. T...

Hakan Çalhanoğlu is one of the best Turkish footballers of his generation. He grew up in the west of Germany, in the city of Mannheim. He broke through as a gifted midfielder and an insane free kick taker in the Bundesliga. Last summer he made the controversial move from AC Milan, where he spent four successful years, to rivals Inter Milan. This episode of our podcast is dedicated to Hakan Çalhano...

This football story starts on a Saturday night in a nightclub in Amsterdam. The club is packed with people. They’re living their best lives, bouncing around on the beats the DJ plays. The man behind the turntables is handsome, black and has dyed his hair blond. He wears a white t-shirt and a silver-coloured overall. He’s looking fresh, like a proper DJ. But that guy is not just a DJ. It’s Djibril...

Arsenal Fan TV is one of our favourite football channels on Youtube, because their videos are always unfiltered. They changed the game when it comes to football fan representation on Youtube and social media. Arsenal Fan TV, or AFTV as they call themselves nowadays, became famous for rants by Arsenal fans in 2013. Since then it has grown into a little football media empire. If you’ve never seen or...

It was mayhem at Garforth Town on a freezing day in november 2004. The stands of the little club were packed. Hundreds of people were still trying to get in. Media from all over England traveled to this non-league team, to cover what was happening there. Because this little club, Garforth Town, managed to sign the Brazilian football legend Socrates. And he was about to make his debut for the club,...

Some football fans say they trust Fabrizio Romano more than their own mothers. Some say they would let Fabrizio sleep with their girlfriends. Some say they would believe Fabrizio if he would tell them the moon is made of cheese. That’s how much football fans appreciate his work. Over the last couple of years Fabrizio Romano has become the absolute expert on transfer news in the world of football....

Hundreds of people are dancing in the streets of Kleintjeskamp, a traveler community in the Netherlands. Men walk around bare chested, showing their tattoos. Women chug beers. Grandpas and grandmas dance too. A singer is singing Dutch folk songs. Kids are running around. Bonfire’s are burning, the sky lights up with fireworks. It’s a massive farewell party. Because one of their own, is leaving the...

Some say this was the most surprising transfer in the history of football. This story starts in the 2009 January transfer window, at West Ham United. The players are on the team bus, on their way to Fulham for a game in the Premier League, when a mobile phone rings. Julien Faubert, one of the West Ham players, picks up his phone. On the other end of the line is a Frenchman, who says he works for R...

Thousands of Brazilian football fans form a crowd at the airport in Rio de Janeiro. Security guards have to push back fences, so they’re not overrun by the crowd. The fans wave flags, hold up banners and scream their lungs out. Grown men are crying in happiness. A stage is set so the man they came for can oversee the massive crowd when he arrives.  This is the story of the day an absolute Eur...

This story starts in a small cafeteria in the Netherlands on October 6th. The final day of the extended summer transfer window of 2020. On that day Chris Rooijakkers is preparing snacks in his cafeteria, two blocks away from the PSV stadium in the Dutch city of Eindhoven. Chris has short grey hair and has been preparing snacks for decades. It’s dinner time on October 6th, so Chris is quietly fryin...

Welcome to The Home of Football, a new podcast by 433. In this podcast host Sam van Raalte tells you timeless stories from the modern world of football. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.