The Belgian Football Podcast

The three man show returns, and Ben Scott and Joris run the triangle offence over all of the action from the Belgian Pro League. They also look back and ahead at the European groups, as well as a look into the second tier.

Another exciting week of Pro League action as Ben and Joris run the two man game on the weekends action, including Seraings top performance, Westerlo and Mechelens thriller and a loon at the first leg of the European fixtures.

What a week for the new boys! Debut goals were the order of the week, as Scott and Ben run the two man game going over all the weekends action and midweek European action!

Our second preview of the season, this time looking at the second tier of Belgian football, the newly named Challenger League. The trio go through all the teams, looking at their aims for the season, the depths of their squads and the business they've done or still need to do. The new format is also explained, although with it being Belgian football its by no means straightforward!!

After three matches the Great Old are leading the pack! Ben, Scott and Joris look over an entertaining game at the Bosuil, more dropped points for Club Brugge and another impressive display from Oostende. They also chat over the European matches (recorded before USG defeat in Ibrox)

The second matchday is in the books, and we already have a few shocks! OHL continue their fantastic start, while Eupen shocked Club Brugge at home. Ben, Scott and Joris also look ahead to the European qualification games.

Scott and Joris dive into the first weekends action of the Pro League, including last minute goas for Standard and Club Brugge, as well as a first win for newly promoted Westerlo!

It's finally here, the big episode everyone's been waiting for! Ben, Joris and Scott dive into an earlier than usual preview of all 1A teams in Belgium, looking at transfers, managers and the outlook for the season, we are sure you'll enjoy this!

Awards time! We gave ourselves a few weeks after the end of 2021/22 to reflect and come up with our Team of the Season, as well as some individual awards. This caused a few debates, and a self-imposed restriction to make it interesting. 

Golden - Why Belgian Football is More Than One Generation is a fantastic book covering Belgian football history. With the recent release, we finally got to sit down with the author James Kelly to get the story behind the book, as well as how the book changed his view of Belgian football and its impact on the sport beyond its borders. Big thank you to James for taking the time to chat with us, we a...

The season comes to an end, with as little excitement as possible given that everything had already been decided. Ben, Scott and Joris spent the final episode going over all the news from the end of the season, as teams are already chopping and changing managers, as well as the potential new format coming to Belgian football. 

Congratulations to Club Brugge, who confirmed their title win against Antwerp! Ben, Scott and Joris go through all the matches, as well as the future of KV Mechelen and Zulte Waragem with their managerial announcements.

The double header of play off football has left its mark. The trio discuss the implications of the results from all the games, as well as their opinions on the play off system as a whole!

Second week of the play offs down, with PO2 stealing all the goals this weekend! PO1 had intrigue but no goals, while Seraing survive against RWDM for another year in 1A!

The play offs have started, and so has the drama! Joris returns to join Ben and Scott as they break down the relegation play off first leg and the first round of both PO1 and PO2. They also chat through the cup final from Easter Monday.

Anderlecht and Gent face off in the Croky Cup final on the 18th, so we grabbed two guests who know all about their respective clubs. Stefan Smet of Het Nieuwsblad took time out of his busy schedule covering the Buffaloes to give us the lowdown on how the side were shaping up for the final, while Max Zalcman of the number 1 Anderlecht fan podcast Mauvecast gave us the insight from the club from the...

The final game of the regular season has been and gone, with multiple teams still fighting for play off spaces. Ben, Joris and Scott discuss the final drama and look ahead to he upcoming play offs.

Just one more game of the regular season to go, but no let up in the action! Scott, Ben and Joris talk through all the action, with play off 1 and 2 almost confirmed, we do now know that Seraing will face Molenbeek in the relegation play off. The trio also pay their respects to Miguel Van Damme, who tragically passed away during the week.

Just two more games left after this weekend in the Pro League! Unfortunately Joris was unable to join due to illness, so it was just a two man show with Ben and Scott. They talked the title race, play off races and relegation play off. They also talked at length about the controversial appointment of Marc Overmars at Antwerp, as well as Gents Europe Conference league defeat and 1B.

Ben, Scott and Joris chat through all the weekends Pro League action, including the official relegation for Beerschot, Mechelen throwing away another lead, big wins for USG and Anderlecht and a surprising victory for Seraing in the Liege derby. They also chat through the new owners at Standard Liege.

100 episodes of the Belgian Football Podcast! The league certainly provided with a weekend of derby's and goals. Ben, Joris and Scott go over all the 1A matches, before a look at the future of 1B under the new proposal!

Scott sat down with Alain from Hellas Footy to preview the Conference league match up between Gent and PAOK. Alain gave us the lowdown on the team from Thessaloniki who will host Gent in the first leg on the 10th of March.

Just a two man show this week, but still plenty to talk about! Scott and Ben dive into big games and the top and bottom, with Club Brugge v Antwerp and Zulte Waragem v Seraing. They also look ahead to the 2nd round of the cup and a controversial week in the second tier.

Eupen hit the panic button with the sacking of Kramer, while a heavy Derby defeat might see the same at Zulte Waragem. USG return to winning ways while Mechelen got a victory away at Antwerp. We also discuss the passing of former Lokeren owner Roger Lambrecht.

Lots of symmetry in the Pro League this week! We go through identical 1-0 wins for Gent and Antwerp, goalfest between OHL and Cercle, suprise win for the Canaries and Beerschot clinging on.