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Join Lachlan Avil, Christian Montegan and Poletti as they look forward towards what promises to be a thoroughly entertaining finals series in the A-League Women's. The crew analyse all six teams, pick their All-Star XI and cash in some receipts from our Christmas ladder predictions episode! Back Thursday for an exclusive interview with Sydney FC's Joe Lolley. Follow us on X: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@...

Join Lachlan Avil, Christian Montegan, Jacob Stevens and Will Booth as they run their eyes over a superb weekend of A-League Men's action. There's an analysis of the final three rounds of fixtures, we finally got goals in the Melbourne derby, the Turnaround in Tarneit and the crew choose their All-Star team ahead of voting closing next week. Back tomorrow for a preview of the A-League Wome...

Join Lachlan Avil, Jacob Stevens & Christian Montegan as they react to the news that Nestory Irankunda has not been included in Tony Vidmar's squad for the U23 Asian Cup in Qatar. There are several other notable absences as European teams block players, the final two bans from the Sydney derby incident are overturned and Daniel Penha wants to be a Socceroo. Back Tuesday for your ALM review...

Join Lachlan Avil, Poletti and Christian Montegan after a blockbuster final round of A-League Women's action. Two monumental goals win City the premiership after another slip-up from the Sky Blues against Victory, the Nix deny the Wanderers, Jets pump Adelaide to secure their place and the Mariners & Western have a finals warm-up. Back Friday for our "Everything great about Australian...

Join Lachlan Avil, Jacob Stevens, Christian Montegan and Poletti to celebrate a round of A-League Men's action where the competition's youth shone a step above. There's also Sydney's press nullifying Central Coast, Fornaroli continuing to prove Victory's only regular scoring option, some funny broadcasting hiccups and much more. Let us know in the comments what about Australian...

Join Lachlan Avil, Chris Macpherson and Christian Montegan as they unpack a frantic 48 hours after the A-Leagues' TV producer, Global Advance entered into administration. Canberra United also forced the A-League Women's title race to go down to the final day and the Olyroos finish runners-up in Saudi Arabia. Back Tuesday for your ALM review. Follow us on X: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@Aleaguesofourow...

Join Lachlan Avil, Christian Montegan and Ross Papadakis to unpack the Socceroos' 5-0 over Lebanon that secured Australia's progression to the next phase of World Cup qualification. There's Goodwin's left foot, Hrustic's moments of magic, the tallest ever Socceroos outfit and the Olyroos into the final of the West Asian U23 Championship. Closer to home there's news on the C...

Join Lachlan Avil, Christian Montegan and Poletti to analyse one of the most thrilling games of the season as the Jets keep their season alive and put Victory's at serious risk. There's Victory moving 6 ladder positions in a few hours, Nino's madness, Sophie Harding's double to keep the Wanderers ticking, City and Sydney's comfortable 3-0 wins, the AFC cancelling the final of t...

Join Lachlan Avil, Chris Macpherson and Christian Montegan after the Socceroos' 2-0 win over Lebanon in Western Sydney. Baccus and Rowles' first international goals, injuries to McGree and Bos, Volpato gets picked for Italy's U21s and the Olyroos start with a win in the West Asian Football Federation Championships. Back Tuesday for a DUB review with no ALM action. Follow us on X: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠...

Join Poletti for an exclusive interview with Macarthur youngster Lachie Rose. Lachie talks about the Bull's finals aspirations in the league, the blow of the AFC Cup knockout to the Mariners, the growth of Macarthur since the club's creation and much more. Back Friday after the Socceroos' World Cup qualifier against Lebanon. Follow us on X: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@Aleaguesofourown⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠...

Join Lachlan Avil and Poletti as they discuss the latest in a run of concerning reports regarding the delicate future of the Newcastle Jets and Canberra United football clubs. There's also the matter of a thrilling round of A-League Women's actions as we edge ever closer to finals football. Back Thursday for an exclusive interview with Macarthur's Lachie Rose. Follow us on X: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠...

Join Lachlan Avil and Jacob Stevens as the pair discuss the latest round of A-League Men's action. How did that pitch invader get their hands on an Auckland FC shirt already? Kosta Barbarouses' scintillating form, Ryan Scott's almost header, Wanderers' unlikely bounce back and more. Exclusive interview with Macarthur FC's Lachie Rose releasing on Thursday. Back tomorrow for you...

Join Lachlan Avil, Jacob Stevens & Ross Papadakis as Graham Arnold picks his squad for the double-header against Lebanon in hope to lock up progression to the next stage of World Cup Qualification. There's also the Mariners progressing to the final stages of the AFC Cup (don't worry, we explain), analysis of Auckland FC's new kit and badge & Rudan no-showing his presser after a...

Join Lachlan Avil, Poletti and special guest Emma Burke as they cover the weekend of A-League Women's action that now sees five teams with a legitimate chance at the minor premiership! Back Friday after the Mariners' AFC Cup Inter-Zonal Semi-Final. Follow us on X: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@Aleaguesofourown⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Music: Sunsetter © 2023 by Shane Ivers is licensed under CC BY 4.0

Join Lachlan Avil, Christian Montegan, Will Booth and Jacob Stevens for their analysis of the latest week of A-League Men's action. Victory win the Pride Cup but was their performance that much different? Glory and the Jets play out another ridiculous 2-2 draw, is Josh Nisbet the favourite for the Johnny Warren medal and the Olyroos squad to take on West Asia. Back tomorrow for your Dub review...

Join Lachlan Avil, Jacob Stevens and Poletti as they take a look at Central Coast's 4-0 demolition of Odisha in the first leg of the AFC Cup Inter-Zonal Semi-Final. They also talk about the statements released by the APL and the Wanderers since last weekend. Back Tuesday for your ALM review. Follow us on X: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@Aleaguesofourown⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Music: Sunsetter © 2023 by Shane Ivers is...

Join Lachlan Avil, Poletti and Christian Montegan as they tackle a number more off-field issues in Australian football. There's also the matter of the Dub heading into the last month of the regular season as Western United extend their push for the premier's plate. Back Friday after the Mariners' AFC Cup Inter-Zonal Semi-Final. Follow us on X: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@Aleaguesofourown⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Musi...

Join Lachlan Avil, Jacob Stevens, Poletti and Christian Montegan as they reflect on what has been another sad week in the history of Australian football. Police interactions, active walkouts and poor treatment of fans headline just some of the issues that arose from this round of the A-League Mens competition. Back tomorrow for your Dub episode. Follow us on X: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@Aleaguesofourown⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠...

Join Poletti, Jacob Stevens and Ross Papadakis to unpack the Matilda's comprehensive demotion over Uzbekistan that earned them qualification to the 2024 Paris Olympic Games. The group talk about Ellie Carpenters new role, Torpey's impressive debut, Heyman's quick fire hat-trick and more. Back Tuesday for your ALM review. Follow us on X: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@Aleaguesofourown⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Music...

Today we are joined by long time Australian football media figure, Michael Zappone to talk about the challenges the game faces in the wake of the mass APL redundancies. Lachlan Avil, Chris Macpherson and Christian Montegan are on the show. Zappas on X: @Michael_Zappone Follow us on X: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@Aleaguesofourown⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Music: Sunsetter © 2023 by Shane Ivers is licensed under CC BY 4.0

Join Lachlan Avil, Jacob Stevens, Christian Montegan and Chris Macpherson as they run their eyes over the latest round of A-League Men's action. There's Jackson's excellent tactics that stifled the Victory, Daniel Arzani's struggles, Marco Tilio's loan, naming our top 6 and more. BIG episode tomorrow where we are joined by Michael Zappone to talk about the Australian football m...

Join Lachlan Avil, Poletti, Ross Papadakis and special guests Lachie Flannigan from the NPL Victoria podcast and Neal Symons from the Pitch to Park podcast on a special episodes. A huge thank you to Lachie and Neal for coming on and lending their expertise - if you want to learn more in depth about the NPL Victoria, check out their content in the links above! The team talk the thrilling all-Austra...

Join Lachlan Avil and Poletti as they run their eyes over the latest round of A-League Women's action. There's just five rounds to go in the regular season (plus a few catchup games) and the race for finals positions is heating up. There's also an important discussion about the professionalism of the women's game after some Wanderers promo revealed Sophie Harding received her Matil...

Join Lachlan Avil, Christian Montegan and Will Booth to break down the latest round of A-League Men's action. (1:04) - Perth Ownership & Perth v Brisbane (10:37) - Melbourne Derby (18:14) - Asian Champions League 'too expensive' (25:40) - Macarthur v Wellington (32:19) - Marko Rudan Suspension & Mariners v Wanderers (40:22) - Sydney v Adelaide (44:29) - Western United v Newcast...

Join Poletti, Chris Macpherson and special guest Nicholas Kutnjak as the Mariners and Bulls both advance to the AFC Cup ASEAN Zone Final. On this show, we want to try and unite all sectors of the Australian footballing ecosystem. So with that spirit, the crew also have part 1 of our NPL previews, focusing in on the teams confirmed to be in the National Second Tier come 2025. We hope you enjoy. Bac...