The National Curriculum

Etension in hand, Graham Arnold will lead the Socceroos into the 2026 cycle. Whas it the right call to expand the expectant one? Why did Football Australia do it? What are the risks? And what does it mean for Australian football more broadly? Stoll, Joey, and Josh, are back and here to break it down in an espresso edition of TNC! The boys then cast their eyes across a big week in Australian footba...

Is the A-Liga Blokes a three-horse race? Did Victory get off easy with its sanctions? Did supporters extract enough concessions from the APL to stop their grand final protests? Is the top of the tomato terrible? In a bumper episode, the people's host is back in the main chair as Stoll, Joey, Josh, and TNC's man in Perth Ben Smith cast their eyes across the latest round of A-Liga Men's action, the...

It's a huge TNC episode, so huge that Nick Stoll immediately regretted it. Across a bumper review special; Joey, Teo, Stoll, and D'Urbano break down the form of every A-Liga Men's after ten games of the season. Who is meeting expectations and who isn't? Why is that the case? What are we rating them out of ten? What do they need to do to improve? There's also a discussion on the latest surrounding...

It's a very thanks and success TNC Christmas Special! A week on from the violent pitch invasion that forced the abandonment of the Melbourne Derby, Joey Lynch and Teo Pellizzeri discuss its continued fallout and the preliminary sanctions that have been handed down to Melbourne Victory by Football Australia. Do they go too far? Not far enough? And what is to be made of the continued episodes of ant...

Josh Parish, Nick Stoll and Ben Smith discuss the shocking events during the Melbourne Derby, where to know for the A-Leagues, what happened on the field plus the World Cup final between Lionel Messi's Argentina and Kylian Mbappe's France. (5:00) : The sad scenes during the Melbourne derby, what happens now, possible sanctions, how do you deal with this problem and why this will affect everything....

The APL's decision to sell the next three A-Liga Hombres and A-Liga Feminina Grand Finals to the New South Wales state government is increasingly threatening to tear the league apart. Fans are at breaking point, boycotts and walkouts are coming, and the league shows no signs of backing down. How did it come to this? Is it a surprise? Is it salvageable? Nick Stoll, Josh Parish, and Joey Lynch are h...

(0:20) Australia 1 Argentina 2 - Nick D'Urbano, Nick Stoll, Teo Pellizzeri, Lachie Flanagan and Damir Kulas discuss the Socceroos' Round of 16 match, including who played well and who didn't. (25:40) Billionaire Vince Rugari and ESPN's Joey Lynch join the pod to discuss the bigger picture, what happens next for Graham Arnold and what was the feeling inside the stadium and inside the camp on the hi...

Is this really happening? Is Lionel Messi about to come up against the Socceroos in the Round of 16 of a FIFA World Cup? Did 7000 people really turn up at 2am on a Wednesday to Fed Square to watch the Socceroos, rip flares and rip...other things? Nick Stoll in Sydney, Joey Lynch in Doha, Lachie Flanagan and Josh Parish in Melbourne and Ben Smith in Perth connect to discuss what's a dream and what'...

Pokuah Frimpong takes a Ghana victory lap, joining Josh Parish, Lachie Flannigan, Nick Stoll and Nick D'Urbano to recap the best night of the World Cup so far. Plus, we address the ridiculous 'A-Liga' debate that took over Sokkah Twitter for a day. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Josh & Stoll are joined by special guest Joe Simon from the Inside Football Podcast as Germany goes Full Krug, Croatia takes revenge on Canada's coach, and a Belgian catfishing scandal is exposed. Plus: Nick Stoll launches his mayoral campaign, and we ponder the nature of karmic retribution. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Stoll, D'Urbano, Teo, Lachie, Josh and Damir are all on board to soak in the euphoric afterglow of the Socceroos' first win at a World Cup since 2010. A moment to savour. Plus, Leo Messi worship, predictions, and unexpected tangents, in true TNC fashion. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

D'Urbano, Stoll and Damir are on deck to preview Australia vs Tunisia, pick apart a dull England performance and pay tribute to Iran's magnificent late win. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

World Cup sleep deprivation might be setting in, but chief cyberbully Pokuah Frimpong brings plenty of energy off the top as she airs a long list of grievances following Ghana's heartbreaking defeat to Portugal. Josh Parish, Ben Smith, Nick Stoll, Lachie Flannigan and our man in Qatar Joey Lynch are all on board as we discuss Brazil embracing the favourites tag, Richarlison's goal of the tournamen...

We'll always have the Goodwin goal. For a brief moment, we dared to dream. Then pesky things like talent, tactics and logic got in the way. Josh Parish, Nick D'Urbano and Damir Kulas dissect what went wrong for the Socceroos after Craig Goodwin gave Australia a shock lead in the 9th minute. Was Arnie to blame, or are our players simply not good enough? And what needs to change against Tunisia? The...

Josh Parish, Nick Stoll and Damir Kulas review Enner Valencia's masterclass as Ecuador sweep the hosts aside on Day 1 of the World Cup. Joey Lynch joins us live from Qatar to talk Socceroos selection and injuries - who comes in for Martin Boyle in the starting XI, and will Graham Arnold really play a back three against France? And finally, we look ahead to England v Iran, Senegal v Netherlands and...

TNC’s Qatari Mundial Memories: Joey Lynch goes one-on-one with Julien Laurens The World Cup is drawing ever closer, and The National Curriculum is now on the ground in Qatar! Qatari border control must not listen to the show…  To mark the occasion and kickstart a big run of Copa Mundial coverage and memories, TNC’s man in Doha Joey Lynch knew he needed to go big on the NRI scale. And boy did he go...

Josh Parish is joined by no fewer than THREE commentators - #DUBZONE's lead caller Teo Pellizzeri and new recruits Taryn Heddo & Pokuah Frimpong - to preview the new season of the A-League Women. Oh, and Nick D'Urbano is on too. Every team is covered in detail, in alphabetical order: Adelaide United (00:06:56) Brisbane Roar (00:18:34) Canberra United (00:27:06) Melbourne City (00:36:24) Melbourne...

The 2022 FIFA World Cup is here, and The National Curriculum is here with Australia’s most in-depth preview of every team in the tournament. Recorded on location at Ultra Football in Melbourne, Joey Lynch, Josh Parish, Lachie Flannigan, Teo Pellizerri, and the Far Post Pod’s Anna Harrington go over in exhaustive detail all 32 nations that are set to descend on Qatar for the world’s biggest sportin...

Was this one of the all-time great A-League rounds? Are the Matildas contenders? Should Mitch Langerak have been included in the World Cup squad? Should the door be shut on Christian Volpato? All that and more discussed by Nick D'Urbano, Teo Pellizzeri, Lachie Flanagan and Nick Stoll. 10-man Mariners lose in the last minute to Macarthur despite Garang Kuol's brilliance (2:50). Western United come...

TNC adopts a siege mentality and vows to prove the outside critics wrong, as Vince Rugari joins the cast for a huge episode. Alongside the billionaire media mogul are Josh Parish, Joey Lynch, Nick D'Urbano, Lachie Flannigan and Teo Pellizzeri to chat all things A-League, Socceroos World Cup squad, the Sydney United sanctions and upcoming Matildas fixtures. (00:03:41) - The Central Coast Mariners t...

Ange Postecoglou. Big Ange. A big on the Name Recognition Index™ and more than big enough for his own TNC special! In a one-on-one sit-down with Joey Lynch, the Celtic FC boss talks about his experiences in this year's UEFA Champions League, how his upbringing at Australian side South Melbourne FC impacted him as a person and prepared him for life in Parkhead, his views on what helps a club connec...

A month of the A-Liga Hombre's season is in the books, the World Cup is drawing ever closer, transfer rumours are heating up, and the Socceroos are making worldwide headlines. A perfect time for a TNC pod with Joey, Josh, Stoll, D'Urbano, and the triumphant return of Yung Boi (who in the TNC tradition, arrives late). First, the boys look at the game of the round: Central Coast's rollicking come-fr...

One regular week of A-Liga. That's all I ask for. Will never happen.  Joey, Stoll, and D’Urbano are back to break down every single game of week three of the A-Liga Men’s season - as well as the biggest and confounding news happening off it.  First, Western United and Macarthur FC’s 1-1 draw and what to do about the former’s sparse crowds (hint, it’s not just on Western) (05:41), the Box Office Je...

In a bumper episode (even by TNC standards), Josh Parish, Teo Pellizzeri, Joey Lynch and Nick D'Urbano break down Round 2 of the A-League Men season, with the Socceroos prospects of Daniel Arzani, Marco Tilio and Jason Cummings high on the agenda. Plus, Taryn Heddo joins us to reflect on the Matildas' 3-1 win over Denmark and preview the Women's World Cup draw. (00:03:15) - The Cumdog and The Wain...

The A-League Men is back! Of all the football leagues, in all the towns, in all the world, the A-Liga Blokes walks into mine… Joey, Stoll, and D'Urbano break down every game of the opening week of the Australian men's top flight, starting with Melbourne City's 2-1 over Western United (8:33). That's followed by Brisbane Roar and Macarthur FC's 0-0 draw (25:54), Central Coast and Newcastle's washout...