The Totally Indian Football Show by Humans of Indian Football

On the last episode of 2022, host Siju is joined by SportVot Founder Sidhhant Agarwal. SportVot is a live sports streaming platform and they also have data for the players, teams etc. provided. Earlier this year, they raised funding and have already established themselves in the field of Kabaddi. They slowly want to venture and penetrate into the football but they aren’t rushing into it. They have...

On the 51st episode, host Siju is joined by FC Goa player Iker Guarrotxena. We kicked-off the show by talking about Spain’s match against Morocco that saw the former ousted. Being a Spaniard, he was indeed upset but he said Belgium’s exit hurt him the most as his uncle was part of the coaching staff. He’s now going to sit back & enjoy the rest of the WC. We also spoke of the ongoing season of FC G...

Yes, we've hit the big 50 & to celebrate the occasion, host Siju is joined by Pradyumna Tembhekar. He's a surgeon during the day & turns into a football fan by night! He's currently part of the FIFA Fan Movement at the upcoming Qatar World Cup. We talk about that & his connection with fellow Chelsea fan Abhishek Bachchan. Tune in, enjoy & share 

Back after a short break & well may go into a longer break but before that another cracker of an episode. Mumbai City FC Head Coach, Des Buckingham joins host Siju for episode 49. He shares his thoughts on the first game of this season, also gives us an insight into his personal journey, how his curiosity and eagerness to learn has made him a certified pilot & ski instructor. He also talks about h...

Host Siju is joined by Clifford Miranda, assistant coach of Odisha FC. Coach Clifford is up for a new challenge as he begins with this ISL side after spending 3-4 years at FC Goa. He talks about this transition and change that occurred, the Durand Cup experience and what are the expectations for the upcoming ISL season. Tune in to know all of it and more.

In this episode, host Siju is joined by an experienced photographer Shibu Nair P who has grappled with wildlife & sports. He started off capturing wildlife and then moved to sports and has covered Premier League, Europa, Asian tournaments, Indian football tournaments, etc. The journey wasn’t easy but one that he is happy and proud of. He is currently gearing up for the upcoming season of Hero ISL....

AIFF has a new regime in place with former Kalyan Chaubey as its President while former players like IM Vijayan, Shabbir Ali among others too have a key role in the body. Like AIFF, we too have a new expert making his debut on the show - Mihir Vasavda, journalist with Indian Express/Express Sports to talk to us of what to expect from these newly elected members. Are we finally headed towards the b...

For the first time we have a non-Indian on the show as Coach Cedric Leroy joins host Siju all the way from France. He’s currently the U15 Coach of the Girls team at PSG. He was in India and has spent working on different projects in Pondicherry & Nagpur. He’s also travelled around to other places in the country and interacted with several people. He shares his experiences, thoughts and observation...

In this episode, host Siju is joined by Mangesh Desai who has been a coach, administrator, scout in the Indian football ecosystem. From Mumbai, Maharashtra, he’s worked with WIFA, AIFF and recently completed a stint with I-League side Real Kashmir FC. He’s onto another project up North with United Punjab and will don the role of a Technical Director and Coach of the senior team. He shares his jour...

We know what has been happening in Indian football for the past couple of months and with the FIFA ban, to talk about it more - host Siju is joined by Abreshmina & Jenisha. To listen to what’s happened, its implications, what could possibly happen and what we must expect - tune into the episode, because you are very well wasting time reading the description :)

In this episode, player turned coach Arata Izumi joins host Siju to talk about his coaching journey and experience so far. He’s currently the coach of U-19 at the Reliance Foundation Young Champs (RFYC). During his playing days, he was nicknamed the ‘Indian Samurai’ Coaching was something he had planned to take up after his playing days and since then he has been invested in grassroots football wi...

Shillong is known to be a football crazy place but what Arki Nongrum and his team has been upto is certainly unique. Arki has been working in the Indian football ecosystem for many years now. He joins host Siju to share all about the unique project where they are involving the farmers’ community within the football ecosystem. How does playing football benefit the farmers? Why this thought? What’s...

The newly appointed Assistant Coach of FC Goa, Gouramangi Singh joins host Siju on the latest episode. Before we talk in detail about his upcoming Goa days, we look back at his journey from a player to coach, his experience at professional level with FC Bengaluru United - how three years there shaped and helped me in his growth. We also talk about his academy in Manipur - Kago Football Academy, wh...

In this episode, Sports Doctor Mustufa Poonawalla joins host Siju where they discuss the former’s journey. He started working with local clubs in Mumbai and with athletes from grassroots. He then worked for a season with ISL club FC Goa where his experience and exposure increased and it gave him more confidence. He’s just a week away from pursuing his dream as he will take off for Barcelona to wor...

In this episode, dear friend and journalist Abreshmina returns on the show with some good news to discuss. She joins host Siju to talk about the recent signings made by Dangmei Grace and Manisha Kalyan to clubs in Uzbekistan and Cyprus respectively. She sheds more light as to how big an opportunity this is and the potential chances for both to improve at playing in different conditions and get bet...

Chelston Pinto, Strength & Conditioning Coach, founder at Rapid Sports Fitness in Bangalore joins host Siju. In this episode, Chelston shares his journey as a S&C coach, how it all began as a player, and what pushed him into this field. He was a player-cum-coach for FC Bengaluru United and later switched to Churchill Brothers as the S&C coach. Through the conversation, Chelston shares the importan...

In this episode, host Siju is joined by football enthusiast, writer, content creator - Tanay Apte. He’s someone who’s been wanting and working towards the betterment of football in Pune. He doesn’t shy away from talking the truth about why Pune hasn’t been able to establish itself as a sporting city. In this episode, he opens up and shares more on that and also sheds light on the current developme...

The Indian National Men's Team impressed with their performance at the AFC Asian Cup 2023 as they qualified for the tournament. Host Siju is joined by commentator, anchor TN Raghu to dissect what went about at the qualifiers. He shares his insights, picks his favourite player & of course about the captain, leader, legend - Chhetri! Tune in for a fun chat.

Neel Shah, the Associate Dean at the Global Institute of Sports Business (GISB) joins host Siju to talk about his experience working Indian football and having set up a sports management institute. He shares his learnings from working with I-League/ISL teams, his failures, and what made him set up GISB. We also delve into answering questions around the availability of jobs in the sports sector and...

Subin Jacob works for his state club, Kerala Blasters in the media and marketing team. He joins host Siju to share his journey and how promising the last season was. KBFC ended up as runners-up in ISL and have decided to continue with Coach Ivan. Subin, like any other KBFC fan, is looking forward to the upcoming season for all the planned things to unfold. Tune in to know more about his journey as...

In this episode host Siju is joined by Sarthak Dubey, Director at Double Pass & co-founder of Double Pass Development League (DPDL) currently a grassroots football league happening in Bengaluru. We talk about its significance, expansion of dpdl in other cities & how has the response been as the league is in its second season. Tune in to know everything about DPDL! 

Gumpe Rime, goalkeeping coach at Reliance Foundation Young Champs is the guest for this week. He joins host Siju to share his journey as a player, how he became the accidental goalkeeper who went onto pursue coaching and has today earned the highest badges as a coach. He was one of the first among two Indians to complete the AFC Level 3 goalkeeping course and is also an Instructor for the GK cours...

Mizoram Football Association’s Honorary Secretary & Executive Committee Member of AIFF - Tetea Hmar joins host Siju to discuss all things Mizo football. This episode especially covers how the pandemic/lockdown affected football in Mizoram and how slowly they are trying to get back. Hailed as the father of Mizo football, Tetea is once again stepping up and taking the responsibility to revive footba...

In this episode, Nikhil Sharma, a commentator, author, entrepreneur, joins host Siju to give us all the insights into the many roles he does. Founder/CEO of Zlait Sports management, he also shares about the football infra work and how he intends to help budding footballers to manage their lives beyond the pitch better. He was part of the recently concluded Santosh Trophy & he shares his moments fr...

The show continues to feature new voices. Bernaud Thomson joins host Siju to share the story of Football Makka - a YouTube channel that has taken Tamil Nadu football by storm. Started as a watch-along with his friend Harrison, it’s now gone to live-stream various local matches including the Tamil Nadu Women’s League. And now it has a full fledged tournament named Porkkalam (battle field) that has...