Straight From The Off

Straight From The Off welcomes Joey Kelly to the Podcast. Joey has had a long and distinguished career in non league football winning almost everything possible along the way, he has played for Southport, Burscough, Bootle, Prescot Cables, South Liverpool, Knowsley United amongst others and went on to manage at Vauxhall motors nd Curzon Ashton. On a Sunday he was part of the great Dingle Rail side...

Straight From The Off welcomes Joe Walters to the Podcast. The former Lobster & Croxteth manager tells us his story, from being a young lad nicknamed ‘Puskas’ to becoming a referee and later secretary and manager of the famous Lobster FC. Joe has a brilliant memory from all era’s of the Liverpool amateur scene and has taken up nearly every role possible within football. He Tells us about the best...

Straight From The Off welcomes Jamie Carragher to the Podcast. Jamie needs no introduction to football fans of the city, but he tells us how it all came about. From 5 a side in the Brunny club on Marsh Lane to going to Englands national football school at Lilleshall with the best of the best. Jamie played for Merton Villa and Bootle boys as well as Sefton boys, playing against the rival districts...

Straight From The Off welcomes Paul Orr to the Podcast. The former Holy Name, Fantail, Kirkby Town and Knowsley United manager tells us his story, and that of the teams he has managed. Paul was the first manager to win back to back FA Sunday Cups, doing so with Fantail FC in the early 80’s. Winning the National Cup is an unbelievable achievement in itself, and retaining it was even better! Paul ba...

Straight From The Off welcomes Phil Stafford to the Podcast. Phil was a driving force in the middle of the park for one of Bootles finest Sunday league teams Dickie Lewis’ also known as Seaburn and The Solly, winning countless league titles in the Crosby premier division. He was integral in the Liverpool County FA Premier Cup winning Seaburn side of 2005 which completed a momentus treble for the c...

Episode Summary Straight From The Off welcomes Darran Connor to the Podcast. Darran was one of the finest midfielders of his generation well known for his displays in the middle of the park for Sunday league giants The Sandon, a side that won the Liverpool and District Sunday league 3 times in the 1990's. Darran also had spells with Britannia and Allerton where he also picked up silver wear. Darra...

Straight From The Off welcomes Ged Nolan to the Podcast. Ged has had a long and distinguished career in non league football mainly as Captain of Burscough FC whilst making their way through the divisions, winning the Challenge Cup, Floodlit Cup and Liverpool Senior Cup along the way. Ged has played with some of the best strikers in the area and a few went on to the professional game that include R...

Straight From The Off welcomes Shaun Tuck to the Podcast. Shaun has been blessed with the ability to do what many consider the hardest thing in football...putting the ball in the back of the net. The lightning fast forward has by his own admission attracted a fair bit of bad press for incidents on and off the pitch over the years and Shaun admits to being in some dark places at times, but one thin...

This episode was actually the PILOT episode for the Podcast! David Jones is one of my best friends, all round good guy and a fantastic footballer to boot. Mr Reliable in every sense of the word. Davey played for Holy Name, Dickie Lewis's, The Warby, JOB, Bootle, Formby, BRNESC, East Villa, Canada and the list goes on. You could say he has had more clubs than Tiger Woods! Davey is one of the few pl...

Straight From The Off welcomes Paul Burke to the Podcast. 'Burkey' is a famous name amongst the Liverpool amateur football fraternity. He is one of the most decorated Goalkeepers from the city and has played for a lot of the biggest teams during his amateur career. Paul looks back fondly on his battles against some of the best strikers around, especially Ryan Lowe. He is just as famous for his sha...

Straight From The Off welcomes Frankie Strode to the Podcast. Frankie is known across the City as one of the best amateur footballers of recent times. Frank was an integral part of the famous Canada team of the late 90's early 2000's, and played an important part of Liverpool Sunday league side Seymour's first ever league title, lifting the trophy in back to back seasons. He won all there was to w...

Straight From The Off welcomes Sen Highdale to the Podcast. Sean played for Liverpool football club from 8 years of age and was highly thought of by all at the club. He represented England at youth level playing alongside the likes of Jack Wilshire and everything looked promising for a very good career in professional football, that was until tradegy struck when Sean and his friends were involved...

Straight From The Off welcomes Kevin McEllin to the Podcast. Kevin has been a driving force in the middle of the park for all the teams he has played for since leaving school. He was integral in the glory years of the WEX who burst on to the scene winning the Liverpool County Premier league at a time when APH were winning everything in sight. Kev moved onto City Of Liverpool and has carried on win...

Straight From The Off welcomes Tony Caveney to the Podcast. Born and raised on the mean streets of Dingle Tony is very well known on the Liverpool amateur football scene. "I start Dynasties Mick" is what Tony told us, and that he has. Tony has played for some of the south ends most well known clubs including APH, South Liverpool, Allerton and Pineapple, he has also managed some of these clubs too....

Episode Summary Straight From The Off welcomes Jamie Chandler to the Podcast. Jamie was an integral part of Liverpool Sunday league side Seymour's first ever league title, lifting the trophy as captain in back to back seasons cements Jamie as one of the clubs all time greats. He was also a mainstay in the glory years of the early 2000's when Waterloo Dock won everything in sight. Jamie is widely r...

Straight From The Off welcomes Lee Trundle to the Podcast. Lee went from the Liverpool amateur scene to being a household name for a whole generation of football fans. He tells us his story starting with The Quiet Man of a Sunday to being the first player outside The Premier League to sign an image rights contract. Lee has played for some great clubs that include St Dominics, Southport, Burscough,...

Straight From The Off welcomes Stuart Quinn to the Podcast. Stuey Quinn as he is known in the footballing circles of Liverpool was an integral part of Steve Heighway's Liverpool FC youth team that won the FA Youth Cup in 95/96, that team included Michael Owen and Jamie Carragher. Trials and spells at various clubs including West Ham ended with disappointment for Stuart, but he soon found the love...

Straight From The Off welcomes Antony Bowden to the Podcast. ‘Bow’ as he is known in the footy circles of Liverpool was a mainstay in the midfield of Canada & Waterloo Dock over the years picking up plenty of silverwear along the way. Winning the English trophy for Liverpool schoolboys and representing the likes of Burnley, Shrewsbury and Accrington before turning to the amateur game. He speaks fo...

Straight From The Off welcomes Ryan Lowe to the Podcast. Ryan went from the Liverpool Sunday league to managing Plymouth Argyle. He tells us his story starting with the Liverpool amateur scene playing for the great Sandon FC of a Sunday to lining up against a young Wayne Rooney vs Everton in the FA Cup. Ryan has played for some great clubs that include Burscough, Southport, Chester, Bury, Crewe, T...

Straight From The Off welcomes Luke Holden to the Podcast. The former Charlton Athletic and Wrexham player tells us his story from amateur and semi-pro to the professional game and then back to the amateur scene. Making his debut for Charlton vs Southampton and his good friend Rickie Lambert. A tale of a scary experience in a Champions League qualifier for Rhyl away at Partizan Belgrade and being...

Straight From The Off welcomes Tony Sullivan to the Podcast. Sully was a lightning fast attacker with a keen eye for goal, his performances for APH and Mainstay earned him a crack at the paid ranks with Stalybridge Celtic along with his pal Lee Trundle. His infectious appetite for the game has seen him play for a number of well renowned clubs in the city including Waterloo Dock, Page Celtic, Canad...

Straight From The Off welcomes Gerard Smith to the Podcast. Ged was a midfielder who could do everything, and his presence in central midfield for Pineapple and APH in particular brought much success to those teams. APH had a fantastic run of league title wins in the Liverpool County Premier League and Gerard was the Captain of that great side. He tells us of his battles against Waterloo Dock & Al...

Straight From The Off welcomes Kevin Ellison to the Podcast. Kevin went from delivering furniture whilst playing for Altrincham to signing for Leicester in the Premier League! He tells us his story starting with the Liverpool amateur scene playing for Seymour of a Sunday to Having Roberto Mancini as a team mate. Kevin has played for some great clubs that include Southport, Tranmere, Hull and Chest...

Straight From The Off welcomes Tony 'TOBO' Smith to the Podcast. Tobo was a dominating presence in central midfield for the mighty Britannia and Waterloo Dock in the 90's and 2000's. He tells us of his battles against Fantail, Sandon and Canada, how his he came to play for Britannia. His spell in the Welsh league and Winning the lot with Waterloo Dock. The Treble season with The Brit in which they...

Straight From The Off welcomes John Lawless to the Podcast. Highly regarded as one of the best footballers from the city, He tells us how he broke into the Burscough team as a teenager before winning the FA Trophy. He explains how his dreams came true by playing at Anfield in the Champions League, but not the way he imagined it as a kid. His part in Oyster’s domination, why he could still perform...