The Belgian Football Podcast

Scott and Joris reveal who and what caught their eye on MD2 including plenty of early questions surrounding Genk and Anderlecht and they guard against reading too much too early into any opening form from sides.

The new season is up and running, but there wasn't much action on the pitch. Ben, Scott and Joris discuss the lack of goals from matchday one and feedback from a Scottish European adventure for Cercle Brugge.

In this special KV Oostende episode, Scott sat down with 3 guests from inside the club Bram Kiersebilck - Former Press and Comms Manager. Peter Van Nuffel - Former Chair of The Kustboys Supporters Federation. Tony Obi - Former KVO Player, coach and backroom staff member. They discuss the context around the recent bankruptcy of KVO, the many challenges around multi club ownership, the lessons for t...

With just a few days to go until the start of the 2024/2025 season, the trio sat down to digest and dissect all the comings and goings for the clubs competing in the Belgian Pro League this season. All clubs are given a full lowdown while unlucky cats, terrible weather and other potential omens of bad luck rear their heads. *The episode was recorded on the 15th of July so some of the transfers may...

Ben and Scott finally find time to sit down and go through the final game of the Pro League season. They dish out some awards for player of the season, goalkeeper of the season, coach of the season and young player of the season. The duo then look ahead to the Euro's where Belgium enter without the expectations of previous tournaments.

Club Brugge are Belgian champions for the 19th time! Ben, Scott and Joris dive into the action from the penultimate weekend in Belgian football. They also talk about the relegation play off as Kortrijk pull off the Great Escape!

Scott and Joris analyse the darkest of week's for KV Oostende and the loss of another club. They also discuss Anderlecht buckling under pressure and Club Brugge's outstanding POs ahead of the title deciders next weekend!

Scott and Joris discuss a week of real highs and lows across belgian football. Union Saint-Gilloise win the Cup after a 110 year wait... The title race is shaping up for a dramatic showdown between two giants of the Belgian game...Molenbeek are relegated and Lommel set up a PO showdown with Kortrijk.

Ben finally returns to join Scott and Joris to talk about the first relegation from the Pro League, Club Brugge taking control of the title race and an even first leg of the CPL play-offs. The trio also talk about Clubs chances of making the Conference League final after a narrow defeat to Fiorentina in the first leg.

Scott and Joris pick apart all the ongoing connotations between the 3 Pro League clubs battling for the title: Anderlecht, Club Brugge and Union Saint Gilloise. Besnik Hasi departs Mechelen and the Challenger Pro League POs begin!

Scott and Joris go over the weeks developments across belgan football including the latest hot news from The Belgian FA Licensing Commitee...Dender's remarkable promotion...trouble on the horizon at Patro Eisden and they also find time to answer more listener questions.

Scott and Joris sit down to discuss all the latest news across Belgian football. Things are changing up in PO1, a funny red card in PO2, relegation looms closer for some, and they get excited by the impending wild climax to the season in the Challenger Pro League.

The play-offs have begun! Scott and Ben sit down to dissect all the action from round one of the chase for the title and a shot at European football. They talk bizarre red cards, wonderful goals and why we now have the possibility of too many dead rubber games. With a shorter slate of Pro League games the duo also dive further into the Challenger Pro League. They talk promotion, failures for the b...

30 games down, just the play-offs to go! Three managers out after the final day, one clinging on and plenty of talking points from an eventful final weekend in the Pro League regular season!

Ben, Scott and Joris dive into the penultimate weekend in the Belgian Pro League regular season, talking a big win for Eupen, a terrible RWDM performance and the title race taking another turn. They also talk CPL, where the promotion and relegation battles are starting to take shape.

Ben, Scott and Joris talk big wins at both ends of the table, a magic performance from a certain Nigerian winger in Antwerp and the pressure building on those chasing promotion in the Challenger Pro League!

Sint-Truiden celebrate 100 years, Club Brugge and Anderlecht clash in the clasico and the trio almost call time on two Pro League clubs. Down in the CPL, the pressure is really starting to ramp up on those chasing promotion!

Ben, Scott and Joris reconvene to talk another weekend of great goals, bizzare VAR decisions and a transfer that took everyone by surprise. They also give some love to Deinze in the CPL and try and predict who will make the top six in the Pro League.

Ben, Joris and Scott go over all the action from another entertaining weekend of Belgian Football. They talk another sacking, goals of the season and answer some great listener questions!

Ben is back from Belgium and joins Scott and Joris to chat through an entertaining and controversial weekend. They also dive deeper into the Challenger Pro League as it begins to get tight at the top!

With Ben in Belgium...Scott and Joris convened to review another round of action. They talk tractors, derby's, mistakes and discuss the increasingly worrying slide of Charleroi amongst all the latest news.

Belgian Football is back after a winter break, which means so are Ben, Joris and Scott. No winter summer training for the trio as they dive back into all the action from an eventful week on and off the pitch across the top two leagues in Belgium!

With the Belgian league taking a break, Scott and Ben sat down to discuss the release of Ben's book on the history of the Africa Cup of Nations. The two discuss the book before moving on to look at the historic links between Belgium and the African continent when it comes to football. They also look ahead to the upcoming tournament in the Cote d'Ivoire and discuss which Pro League based pl...

This week Ben, Scott and Joris sit down for the final time in 2023. They talk the situation at both Eupen and Kortrijk, concern for Charleroi and Mechelen and a resurgent Westerlo. At the other end, Union keep marching on while Club Brugge are finding their form in the title chase. In the CPL the three talk Oostende, SK Beveren and a side in the third tier having an incredible season! If you enjoy...

Scott and Joris look back on the weeks latest new, across Pro League and Challenger Pro League including sackings in Oostende, a new American Zebra in Charleroi, fans getting locked out of The Clasico and TIFO dramas at Mechelen.