Box2Box Football Network

Box2Box with Rob Gilbert, Michael Edgley and Willem van Denderen! The most even A-League Men’s season on record continues with Sydney FC & Auckland to meet in a crucial clash on Tuesday, while Brisbane find themselves off the pace after a stirring start to the season. Daniel Garb returns with football narrative aplenty - including Melbourne City’s form in Asia - while the race for...

Box2Box with Rob Gilbert, Michael Edgley and Willem van Denderen! Canberra United pulled off another win at the death on Sunday to ensure they remain in the running for the A-League Women’s Premiership, currently just two points off leaders Melbourne City. Antoni Jagarenic joins the show for the first time to discuss just how they continue to defy the odds as a standalone team lacking the re...

Rado Vidosic has been warmly remembered across all corners of Australian football over the past week, following his passing last Tuesday aged 64. Erik Paartalu (10/Paramount+) reflects on their time together at Brisbane Roar, before wrapping what was yet another gripping round of A-League Men’s fixtures. A fortnight has passed since the dramatic and somewhat unsavoury AFCON final, which saw...

Mark Milligan’s Newcastle Jets have been the most thrilling side of the A-League Men’s season, and have now added a layer of consistency with four consecutive wins to start 2026. Friday’s 4-1 demolition of Wellington ensured the ‘Box-Office’ moniker has taken legitimate hold; Mark joins us again for a mid-season catch-up as excitement builds in the Hunter. Since we la...

Box2Box, with Michael Edgley & Willem van Denderen! Nishan Velupillay’s return to form & fitness has coincided with Melbourne Victory’s rise up the A-League Men’s table, and placed him back in the frame for Tony Popovic’s World Cup squad. Nishan reflects on the ill-timed injury now behind him, and forecasts ambitions abroad. Henry Winter (newly of Sports Illust...

This week on Box2Box Stoppage Time, Michael Edgley and Willem van Denderen are joined by PFA Co-President Tameka Yallop, following the release of Ready For Takeoff - the Player’s Vision for the A-League Women. Comprised of four key pillars, Ready For Takeoff advocates for the professionalisation of the ALW and an overhaul of the APL into an independent commission, among numerous other recomm...

Box2Box, with Rob Gilbert, Michael Edgley & Willem van Denderen! Western United have secured a last-minute stay of execution at the Australian Tax Office, and now present as a possible returnee to the A-Leagues in the face of all expectation. But would the APL’s door swing open? Michael Lynch returns to assess the latest turn in the saga. Then to Italy, where the Azzurri are awaiting the...

Box2Box, with Rob Gilbert & Willem van Denderen! Wellington Phoenix and Auckland FC kicked off 2026 in contrasting fashion to that of their respective 2025s, while the Phoenix’s Women’s team could develop into one of the stories of 2026 if recent indicators are accurate. Sky Sports NZ’s Jason Pine returns for a kiwi football wrap, as they enter a Men's World Cup year for the...

Box2Box, with Michael Edgley & Willem van Denderen! The A-League Women’s continues to throw up extraordinary results with Canberra, Victory and City top of the table, all while the Matildas’ ambition at the 2026 Asian Cup continues to loom. Ten/Paramount+ commentator Taryn Heddo wraps domestic proceedings, and casts forwards to the biggest event on the 2026 Aus women’s footba...

Box2Box, with Michael Edgley & Willem van Denderen! Former Sydney Olympic director/chairman Damon Hanlin’s proposal to take over Central Coast has been before the APL for some weeks, but club & media discussion has been minimal. Championship Mariner Daniel McBreen (10/Paramount+) returns to get to the bottom of things, and assess the varied on-field characteristics of Perth, Brisbane...

Box2Box, with Rob Gilbert & Willem van Denderen! With 2025 drawing to a close, Joey Lynch reviews the year that was for the Socceroos & Matildas - with majour tournaments to come for both in 2026. Joey also casts his eye over the big issues from the weekend’s A-Leagues round, both on and off the pitch. Then to Liverpool, where a week has again proven a long time in football; a win in...

Box2Box, with Rob Gilbert & Willem van Denderen! The PFA’s annual reports into the A-League Men’s & Women’s competitions are always essential reading, but the damning nature of this year’s edition - released last Thursday - felt particularly important. Union Chief-executive Beau Busch returns, with well over half the men’s competition ‘dissatisfied&rsquo...

Box2Box, with Michael Edgley and Willem van Denderen. In mid-November, long-time football administrator and Football Australia Hall of Fame member Brendan Schwab wrote a piece titled: '‘Australian football is at its most important point this century. Our destiny as a football nation is at stake', for Football360 . In an extended chat Brendan expands on his piece, and provides esteemed insigh...

Box2Box, with Rob Gilbert, Michael Edgley & Willem van Denderen! Perth Glory remain without a manager three weeks on from the sacking of David Zdrilic, but have recently moved into their new base at Mirrabooka and feel they’re laying solid foundation off the field. CEO Anthony Radich returns to answer the multitude of questions facing the club. Then, it’s two months on since Trevor...

Box2Box, with Rob Gilbert, Michael Edgley & Willem van Denderen! Iraq and the UAE will finally settle the final place from AFC World Cup qualifying on Wednesday, heading into the tie locked at 1-1. Meanwhile, Asian domestic leagues will conclude in the coming weeks with Kevin Muscat eyeing silverware, and Melbourne City look to have their act together in the ACL Elite. The Asian Game’s S...

Box2Box, with Michael Edgley & Willem van Denderen! The draw for the 2026 FIFA Men’s World Cup will be held on December 5, with Seattle among sixteen host nations waiting to see which countries are headed their way. Jeremiah Oshan (Sounders At Heart) has been a football journalist in the city for many years, and returns to the show (after a long absence!) with anticipation building. Then...

Box2Box, with Rob Gilbert & Michael Edgley! Sydney FC entered the A-League Men’s season facing plenty of questions, but provided a few answers with a thumping 4-1 win over the heavily fancied-Newcastle Jets on Saturday. Captain Rhyan Grant knows what it is to play in title-winning sides; he returns to Box2Box for the first time since 2019 to ponder whether this group could have what it t...

Box2Box, with Rob Gilbert, Michael Edgley & Willem van Denderen! Mark Milligan has wasted no time in his start to life as Newcastle Jets manager, ending a long trophy drought, blooding the kids, and engendering spirit among the active support. He joins Box2Box for the first time, following Friday’s thumping 5-2 win over Melbourne Victory. Then to England, where the Championship table is...

Box2Box, with Michael Edgley & Willem van Denderen! Adelaide United kicked off the A-League Men’s season on Friday night at home, drew the weekend’s biggest crowd, and banked the three points. New manager Airton Andrioli is into his first senior club job after a working lifetime in youth development, and joins us for the first time. We then head to Africa, where the first round of...

Box2Box, with Michael Edgley & Willem van Denderen! The Australian Championship kicked off over the weekend to widespread celebration around the country, with competitive fixtures and a couple of extraordinary goals claiming headlines. Teo Pellizzeri returns to wrap the round, and assess the latest Matildas squad. Thomas Tuchel’s England are close to sealing World Cup qualification, and...

Box2Box, with Rob Gilbert, Michael Edgley & Willem van Denderen! Newcastle Jets broke a trophy drought with their Australia Cup final win over Heidelberg, on a night that continued to showcase what could be possible should clubs old & new meet more frequently. Daniel Garb returns to reflect - and also to cast an eye on Tony Popovic’s latest Socceroos squad. Then, with pressure mounti...

Box2Box, with Rob Gilbert & Willem van Denderen! Heidelberg & Newcastle Jets will meet in Saturday’s Australia Cup final, with Robbie Thomson to call the action for Network 10. Will Alexander become the first state-league side to lift the trophy, or will the Jets win their first silverware since 2008? That, and plenty more on the local agenda. Then to England, where Manchester City&r...

Box2Box, with Rob Gilbert and Derek Dyson!  When Box2Box launched 2015, one of our earliest guests was a pioneer of Podcasting and sports blogging from the iconic Arseblog, Andrew Mangan. Andrew returns to dissect all things Arsenal …then,  Chris Waugh from The Athletic chats about the mid table tightrope the Magpies are walking. Plus World Cup Tickets released and African qu...

Box2Box, with Rob Gilbert and Willem van Denderen! Football Victoria held their men’s and women’s end of season playoffs over the weekend, and its clubs are at the forefront of the rebirth of NSL clubs on the national stage. But the actions of Preston & Dandenong City fans over the past fortnight have given the need to pause for thought. Interim-Football Victoria CEO Dan Birrell fa...

Box2Box, with Rob Gilbert, Michael Edgley and Willem van Denderen. Tony Popovic’s Socceroos remain undefeated through nine starts and while Friday’s first leg of the Soccer Ashes won’t live too long in the memory, there was plenty to be excited about. Simultaneously, the performance has been considered underwhelming. Daniel Garb returns to assess the result and what it means on t...