The Belgian Football Podcast

Belgian spring cycling season is upon us, and while there is plenty of action on the roads, inside the stadiums there has been no let up in the drama. Ben, Scott and Joris look back at Standard v Anderlecht, Leuven impressive win over Antwerp and the disappointment in the Europa League. They also talk about the exciting partnership with MyCujoo streaming games for free in plenty of European countr...

In this weeks episode Ben, Joris and Scott look back at a pivotal weekend in the relegation battle, Anderlechts recent struggles, goals of the season contenders and more. They also chat about fan protests, the UEL clashes and answer some listener questions! 

With the exciting news coming out of the USA, the lads discuss what this might mean having Pro League action live on ESPN. As always the trio also look back over a depleted slate of games before touching on some talking points and some great listener questions. We would also like to apologise for the sound quality of this episode, unfortunately much like VAR in Belgium, the technology let us down...

With Brugge taking on Dynamo Kyiv in the Europa League, we sat down with Zorya Londonsk to look ahead to the game, as well as a more general chat about Ukranians in the Belgian Pro League. 

Waasland-Beveren CEO Antoine Gobin gave up some time from his busy schedule to join Ben, Scott and Joris for a special episode focusing on Waasland-Beveren. Antione talks us through how the youngest CEO in European football ended up in Beveren, his vision for the club, as well as an insight into the separation of powers between himself and their recently appointed sporting director. 

Another weekend of Belgian Pro League action in the books and the trio return to talk about the battle at the bottom with Cercle's defeat to Mechelen, the entertaining 2-2 draw between Gent and Eupen, while Joris opens up on what he see's as being the real issues at Genk over the past few weeks! There is also talk of that Lamkel Ze goal celebration...

As promised, we dedicate an entire episode going through every single one of the Pro League sides to debate their January transfer business!

Another eventful week in the Pro League comes to an end and the trio return to go through the talking points from the match week, including a controversial POTW from Scott! Sackings make a return, with both Cercle and Kortrijk making managerial changes this week!

With Ben unavailable, Scott and Joris run the show this week looking at the big game between Brugge and Genk, the state of pitches in the league, KVK slide and the cancellation of amateur football!

This week in Belgium was snow week, with the Saturday games being played in crazy conditions. The trio discuss the implications of playing the games in such conditions, as well as looking back at the rest of the weekends matches. They also talk about the surprise departure of Losada from Beerschot and what this means for him and the team, as well as the confusion around Kortrijk's managerial situa...

The Pro League has returned after a short winter break with plenty of action and talking points. The trio look at: Oostende's thrilling victory over Charleroi and their season to date,  Eupen's big win over Cercle, Hairemans the destroyer of Antwerp and then tell you all you need to know about the new manager at Antwerp. 

The trio see out 2020 with a final podcast before the break, looking back at the matches and the season so far before looking ahead to January and what the transfer window might bring for certain clubs. They dive into the early transfers, the new man in Standard, the departure of Ivan Leko and their players of the season so far. 

Scott, Joris and Ben return to discuss the penultimate weekend of Belgian Pro League action of the 2020 calendar year. The trio discuss the midweek and weekend fixtures, the relegation battle, USG return to the top flight. Maehle to Atalanta and the future of Mouscron. They also look ahead to the last weekend of fixtures before a short winter break. 

In Episode 21 of the BFP Ben, Scott and Joris tackle all the fallout from the previous matchday, looking closely at Mechelen v Beveren and Mouscron v Beerschot, as well as King Thomas Henry of Leuven. The boys look at the future for Mechelen,  the racist behaviour towards Antwerps captain Haroun, COVID impacts and the Europa League round of 32 draw! 

Scott, Joris and Ben return to discuss another action packed week of Belgian Pro League football, with two managerial changes to go over, Genk's title chances and the relegation scrap!  Credit to Joseph McDade for the intro music! 

The trio return for another episode of the BFP, looking back at an eventful matchweek which saw Mouscron go unbeaten, Beerschot score all 5 in a 3-2 win over Mechelen, Antwerp and Leuven play out a classic, Genk hammer Cercle and Zulte Waragem put Gent to the sword. The episode was recorded before the news of Kevin Muscat being sacked by Sint-Truiden but the lads still cover why it was always on t...

To finish off the European specials for the group stages we were joined by Metodi Shumanov, a Bulgarian football journalists who gives us the lowdown on the Bulgarian side ahead of their clash with Royal Antwerp in the Europa League group stages! 

With the international break finally over, Scott,  Joris and Ben return to look back on another action packed weekend in the Belgian Pro League. The trio also discuss plenty of news emerging from the league, including the tragic death of Genk legend Anele Ngcongca. 

Ben, Joris and Scott return to talk about all the domestic action from a weekend full of goals in the Belgian Pro League. They take a look at the new Genk manager, as well as a run through a terrible week in Europe for the Belgian sides. They then discuss the title race and whether or not Brugge made the right moves in the transfer market. 

Ben, Joris and Scott return to look back on the weekends Pro League action, including an exciting game in Beerschot, a big win for Anderlecht and another managerial change in Genk. They discuss the surprise departure of Jess Thorup from Genk including where the club goes next. The trio also look back at the European results of the previous week before looking ahead to the fixtures in Europa and do...

We are joined by Serbian football journalist Nebojša Marković who gives us the lowdown on FK Crvena Zvezda, or Red Star as known by English speakers, ahead of their crucial game against KAA Gent in the Europa League. 

Ben and Scott are joined by Chris Lash of Right Bank Warsaw and creator of the RBW Ekstraklasa predictor game to give us a lowdown on Lech Poznan of the Polish league ahead of their game with Standard Liege! 

In the run up to the Europa League clash between Antwerp and LASK of the Austrian Bundesliga, we are joined by Austrian Football Analyst Anna Konovalova of Football Radar to give us an expert opinion on the team from Linz!

Joris and Scott are joined by football journalist and Bundesliga radio commentator Chris Williams who talks to us about BVB Dortmund ahead of their clash with Club Brugge in the Champions League! 

With Gent v Hoffenheim coming up, Joris, Ben and Scott are joined by Ryan who runs the Hoffenheim UK twitter account. Ryan gives us the low down on the team from Germany, including why they are not the most popular side amongst German football fans...