Football United vs Soccer City

Welcome to Episode 23 of the Football United vs Soccer City podcast. Apologies for the infrequency of the podcasts at times but as I have stated previously when I record the interviews I will try and upload them as quickly as possible. The football season slows me down somewhat but I will always endeavour to upload an interview every couple of weeks or so. On another note, I was fortunate enough t...

Welcome to Episode 22 of the Football United vs Soccer City podcast. Thanks to all the listeners of this podcast and the supporters of the social media pages it is greatly appreciated. I always try to find people who can show us various parts of our vibrant soccer/football community. Hopefully you the listener have appreciated each interview thus far. I believe I am recording great memories, thoug...

Welcome to Episode 21 of the Football United vs Soccer City podcast. Sincere thanks to the many people who have supported this endeavour. 21 episodes into this venture and each episode in my mind is teaching us about who has come before us and reminds us that some parts of the game repeat no matter what era the game is played in. Again it is a privilege to be recording people’s thoughts and it is...

Welcome to Episode 20 of the Football United vs Soccer City podcast. Thank you to the many fantastic listeners from all over Australia who have given me feedback in the past few weeks. I am truly surprised about the kind words from people who I know personally and from people who I do not know. The podcast is not about the metrics but it is nice to know the people who do listen are enjoying the in...

Welcome to Episode 19 of the Football United vs Soccer City podcast. It is a pleasure to have you downloading this episode of the podcast, I sincerely appreciate it. Thank you to all the people who support this podcast and the social media pages. This episode’s interviewee followed a soccer route that has been followed by many boys and girls in Australia over the past few decades, the soccer repre...

Welcome to Episode 18 of the Football United vs Soccer City podcast. It is always a pleasure to get the recording gear out and set up to conduct an interview. My learning curve is steep but I will keep trying to record our great history one person at a time although at times I am not the sharpest interviewer going around. This episode’s interviewee Warren Kerr was part of one of the best teams the...

Welcome to Episode 17 of the Football United vs Soccer City podcast. It is a delight to have you downloading this episode of the podcast, I sincerely appreciate it. Slowly but surely this exercise of collecting the Illawarra’s oral soccer history is coming together. I encourage any of the listeners to contact me if they have any potential interviews that I should be undertaking. I am following up...

Welcome to Episode 16 of the Football United vs Soccer City podcast. As always I am delighted to host this podcast as it gives me the opportunity to speak to a variety of people within our vibrant and dynamic soccer/football community. And thank you to all the listeners that support this podcast and all the people that follow the social media pages. I am amazed at the support and at the depth to o...

Welcome to episode 15 of the Football United vs Soccer City podcast. It is a pleasure to have you the listener downloading this podcast. The listeners of this podcast are predominantly from Australia and I thank all of the Australian listeners. And there are some consistent downloads from Spain and America and I appreciate the listeners from those countries. This episode’s interviewee played senio...

Welcome to episode 14 of the Football United vs Soccer City podcast. It is early on but the feedback and positivity around this project of mine gives me a warm buzz. Once again it may be boring for valued repeat listeners but I must and will thank everyone for the continued support. And a big shout out to the interviewees so far who have given up their time, memories, thoughts and places of reside...

Welcome to episode 13 of the Football United vs Soccer City podcast. This episode’s interviewee had a great career in terms of his playing and committee involvement at Figtree Soccer Club. A Club where playing in September was the norm. As he stayed at Figtree his whole career (apart from a brief period in 1986) Ian Witheridge’s interview is unique as he describes his own career along with the jou...

Episode 12 is here and ready for you the listener. As always I sincerely appreciate your continued support. This episode is about a man who has given a lot to a Club and has been with this Club for over 35 years. The interviewee is well aware that his time is about the Club and the collective of people who work together to be part of the community and to continually put multiple teams on the field...

Episode 11 is a cracker as I was privileged and honoured to speak with a pioneer/trail blazer for football in this country and our Illawarra region. The interviewee only had two years of junior soccer in the early 1970s when she was 10 and 11. After a few years off, due to girls not being allowed to play in their teenage years Julie Porter burst onto the Australian Women's soccer scene in the late...

The interviewee in this episode came from working class coal mining stock in Scotland. With hard work and talent he made it to the top tier of Scottish football in the 1960s playing against the big two Celtic and Rangers. Hugh Tinney after 6 seasons with Partick Thistle was then transferred to Bury F.C. In the 7 seasons he was at Bury he captained the Club and represented his country. He then came...

The interviewee in this episode has spent over a quarter of a century coaching and teaching teams/people of varying ages and skill sets. A man with great perspective, intellect and a deep passion for the game John Frew's career is one I was proud to record. I texted one of his former players from The Wolves youth team of the mid 1980s and he said that John had an easy going nature which allowed fo...

This episode’s interviewee is a great example of what makes soccer a beautiful sport in this country. A group of people in the Illawarra with proud Italian heritage get together to form their own Club in the 1960s. After playing in the amateur league and organised Illawarra leagues they then rise to the NSW State League in the 1980s, whereby in 1985 they were 2 points off gaining the opportunity o...

This episode is a great interview, as it details an impressive soccer journey but I believe there is more to come from this man in football and in public life generally. A younger man compared to my previous interviewees, Michael Santalab’s experience at all levels of the game is immense. This interview engages you in a football sense and in regards to your life. Please enjoy this interview as muc...

Today’s interviewee has had an extensive career which has traversed the Illawarra Leagues and NSW State Leagues. He has played for Clubs ranging from Fernhill (junior and senior clubs), Illawarra Junior representative teams, Fairy Meadow, Bellambi, Wollongong Macedonia, Unanderra, South Coast Croatia and Coniston. Add in the coaches he has played under and you can understand why Dean Gardiner’s ep...

In terms of this episode’s interviewee I am always surprised being a novice interviewer, by the way an interview unfolds. For this bloke I thought we would get an insight into English professional football, the NSL as a player and coach in the 1980s and the local Illawarra league as a player and coach. John Fleming brilliantly delivered on those points and added so much more, especially the theme...

This interview with Alan was fascinating as his introduction to the game via his family instilled in him a passion for the game which has not left him. And when one of the family members is Uncle Barry Salisbury and you get taken onto the field as a team mascot in the 1963 NSW Federation grand final between South Coast United and APIA in front of 30K plus people it must create a memory so fantasti...

A young man from Northern Ireland travels in his early twenties to Australia for a two year adventure. Fifty eight years later he still has a passion for football and has no football regrets about his time in the Illawarra. Adrian Ringland tells his story, in particular his successful career with South Coast United.

After a chance conversation with a former Socceroo in 1964, Roy's involvement in the local game began. From this point Roy and Edith have contributed significantly to the local game, in particular their involvement with Bulli F.C. Music by Luke Nolan.

In this episode Dave details his soccer career as a ballboy, player, coach and parent. An enlightening discussion that covers many subjects including coaching his Daughter, Tarrawanna S.C., goalkeeping, girls soccer, womens soccer, Wollongong Wolves, Corrimal High, soccer mates and plenty more. Music by Luke Nolan.

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