Kickin' It Local

Kimberley Conte

Kimberley Conte, the General Manager of Women's World Cup Adelaide & Legacy talk about the her new role at Football SA in the lead up to the biggest tournament in women's football coming to Australia. Her love for sport was instilled in her from a young age, growing up in Santa Barbara and getting her first taste of working in sport by putting her hand up as a volunteer. She shares how volunte...

WNPL Commentator and Sokkah Twitter personality Hayley Routley talks about where her love for football came from despite the minimal amount of time spent playing the game as a child. This year Hayley recreated a special moment with her 12 week old son and his Grandfather after attending an Aston Villa exhibition mate, plus she explains the huge mistake she thought she made when choosing her Uni de...

Adelaide City's outgoing WNPL Head Coach Angelo Paul talks about life as one of SA's youngest Coaches, completing his first year Senior role at the age of 26. Angelo desire to coach came from playing under Joe Mullen for his school football team at St Peters. His career has seen him work alongside some of the states best managers, he reveals what he has taken from the experiences and how knowing t...

Croydon FC's Captain Łukasz Klimek talks about his Polish background and connection to the Polish-Australian Club. Luke spent many days at Polonia Reserve where his dad would hang out with his friends, have traditional meals and watch football. He shares his fondest memories and gives his opinion on what needs to be done for clubs to see a return in the culture with future generation. 350 games is...

Maged Ibrahim - Vipers FC (Part Two)

Vipers FC Head Coach Maged Ibrahim shares stories of his playing days, including his experience at West Adelaide under the current Adelaide United Youth Coach Airton and how it lead to his next move to Olympic. Maged reveals why he is bitter about his first season at Adelaide Olympic and why he struggled in his next move at Campbelltown City.  Plus he talks about his time at Adelaide Cobras w...

Part Two with Salisbury Inters Head Coach Simon Catanzaro goes into his coaching career, where it begin coaching men's football before an opportunity to join Adelaide United's Women team came knocking. Another opportunity within Adelaide United lead to a trip to Barcelona where Simon fell in love with the city and eventually moved his family over to pursue a coaching career. Simon delves into how...

Salisbury Inters Head Coach Simon Catanzaro shares stories from his playing career where he received his first contract from Graham Arnold in the NSL. Simon shares incredible stories of being flown in from Sydney to play games in Adelaide and then return home and the nights wining and dining with club Presidents before signing new contracts in the NPL in SA. Part Two available soon.

Cumberland Uniteds Rocky Visconte shares his future with Cumberland and aspirations after playing. A family connection lead to Rocky's time at Croydon FC which saw him break into the first team at only 14yo before moving to SASI. Rocky talks about his opportunity in Scotland, before his A-League appearances at Brisbane Roar & WSW bringing silverware, winning  championships under Ange Post...

West Adelaide's footballer Olivia Bramley jokes about the origins of her name and the comparison to a fruit from her home in the UK. Moving to Adelaide was nothing short of a challenge when Olivia decided to make the change during a Pandemic. Prior to the move, her career in the UK saw her playing in the local leagues before getting spotted and offered opportunities. Once moving to Australia, a ne...

EXTRA TIME with Carl Veart is a special edition bonus episode ahead of a huge fixture between Adelaide United & Adelaide City in the 2022 Australia Cup. Carl opens up about his time at Adelaide City back in the early 90's, which brought a lot of success. He explains which traits have stuck with him from his playing days under Zoran Matić. Damian Mori is one friend from the City playing days wi...

Port Adelaide Pirates Captain James Skeffington shares how he started his junior footballing life at South Australia's oldest football club and what it means to the community. West Ham & West Brom were two clubs James trained with before heading back to Adelaide where he made his local debut before becoming a fixture in the Port. His move to Croydon proved to be the right decision after a toug...

State League 2 Head Coach, Matt Gaston found himself in the top job at Salisbury United after an interesting career which saw him spending time away from football to help recover from a diagnosis which eventually lead him to joining the Defence Force. He soon enough found his way back to football, playing interstate before venturing abroad, where he featured in the early stages of the FA Cup again...

2022 Federation Cup Final winner & the unofficial face of Adelaide City, Nicholas Bucco talks about his love for Adelaide City & the big family ties to the new board of the club. He opens up about his time playing for other prominent Italian clubs in SA and what prompted the move from Adelaide Blue Eagles to be with Damian Mori. He shares stories from the Australia Cup (Formerly FFA Cup) a...

2021 Sergio Melta winner & current Modbury Jets player Hamish McCabe talks about his ambition to get the Jets back up into the NPL after already achieving this goal with Adelaide Blue Eagles previously. He explains his bond with identical twin brother Liam and the positives to having someone by his side during his football career. Hamish opens up on his time at Adelaide United's youth set up a...

Northern Demons longest running captain Daniel Cox talk about reaching his most recent milestone playing his 300th game for one club. Daniels love from the club comes from spending a lot of time there at a very early age with his dad and goes on to tell of his experinces having his father as his school coach. The culture the Demons seems to be very family like and the bonding the club has with the...

Arthur Labrosciano talks about life as President of WNPL and State League 1 club Fulham United. He shares the clubs commitment to womens football and how important it is to Fulham as well as his involvement in the mens team joining the federation. Arthur explains why he left Fulham to take on a role at Adelaide City under Damian Mori and opens up about his relationship and what it was like to witn...

Western Strikers Head Coach Daniel Blanco recalls his childhood as the son of Socceroos Coach Raul Blanco. He remembers the times he was surrounded by football greats and how one of his coaches gave him his debut against his father in the AMPOL Cup. Daniel talk about his time playing in NSW and compares the leagues to South Australia and how his move to Adelaide came about, walking in his fathers...

Adelaide University Mens Football Manager & Senior player Raffaele Frisina talks about the challenges of changing players mentality coming from an amateur set up to playing in the FSA State Leagues. Raff explains why he stepped away from the coaching role to make room for Adelaide City's former coach Michael Matricciani which elevated the club to State League 1 in his first season. Football tr...

Former footballer & Football SA Life Member Marc Talbot shares his stories across 300 games at 8 local clubs and his time playing for 2 clubs in the UK. Marc opens up about a massive surgery which changed his football path and how he found a new way to be involved in the local game through commentary.

Croydon FC Head Coach Travis Dodd opens up about the good times at Adelaide United under then owner Nick Bianco, the strange moments during the 2008 Asian Cup run and his abrupt end at the club. Travis also talks about becoming the first ever Indigenous footballer to score for the Socceroos and the amazing ways he is contributing to his community by coaching the Indigenous national team and taking...

Playford City Patriots Head Coach Ben Moore shares his stories from his 490 games as a player and his unforgettable time at Adelaide City from the age of 16 and cracking his 400th career games whilst at Para Hills. Ben tells all about his call up to Adelaide United and the memories he created during training with one of Brazils greats, his intentions before becoming a coach and being crowned best...

Western Strikers President Gianni Lastella discusses his plan for the clubs future and how his childhood memories have inspired his direction. Gianni talks about the clubs history of producing juniors and the former national players that came through it and how he aims to combat against the challenges of running a club in the Western Suburbs competing with many neighboring clubs. His passion for t...

FK Beograd's President Andrew Popovich talks about his cultural ties and how important the Serbian Community is to the NPL Club.