The Wanderer Grounds | A Halifax Soccer Podcast

In this week's episode, Matt and Martin recap the Halifax Wanderers' wild 1-1 draw against Atlético Ottawa and talk about shuffling the starting lineup. Plus, Matt has one hell of an Ottawa story. Photo credit: Trevor MacMillan / HFX Wanderers FC

In this week's episode, Martin and Matt look back at the Halifax Wanderers' three-game road losing streak and break down their chances of making the playoffs with 10 games remaining. Plus, is it time to see more of Aiden Rushenas? Photo credit: CPL

This week, Matt and Martin dig into the Halifax Wanderers' 3-2 road loss to Cavalry FC at Spruce Meadows and try to make sense of what went wrong. Plus, Matt hates airplanes and Martin does the robot. Photo credit: CFC Media / Mike Sturk

In this week's episode, Martin is joined by Mitchell Bailey (Healey & Bailey Notebook) to recap the Halifax Wanderers' 3-2 Natal Day win over Vancouver FC. Then, the guys are joined by Wanderers debutant Sean Rea and talk about lobster rolls, playing soccer like IRL FIFA and returning to the Canadian Premier League. Photo credit: Trevor MacMillan / HFX Wanderers FC

In this week’s episode of the Wanderer Grounds, Matt and Martin recap Halifax's 0-3 loss to Forge FC. Even though the Wanderers dominated the stats sheet, they were unable to take any points home from Hamilton. From the defensive lapses and struggles in front of the net, it was a disappointing performance in Ontario.  To top it off, there’s the ongoing saga of reaching 2,000 minutes for Canadian p...

In this week’s episode, Matt and Martin recap the Wanderers’ wild 3-1 win over Valour FC—from penalties galore, to Aidan Daniels’ new ‘do, to Ryan Telfer’s back-to-goal play. Plus, Cale Loughrey joins the show live from the Grounds after scoring his first professional goal. Photo credit: Trevor MacMillan / HFX Wanderers FC

The recently-announced Halifax Tides are gearing up for their pro women's soccer debut in the Northern Super League in 2025. In this week's episode, Martin chats with Tides president Val Malone and sporting director Amit Batra about recruitment efforts, kit reveals, starting from scratch and where the club will play.

It's hard to come back from a two-goal deficit and harder still if the ref makes some... questionable calls. Which happened to the Wanderers over the weekend who lost 2-1 away to York United FC. Late in the game, Wanderers full-back Zach Fernandez got pulled down in York's 18-yard box. What should have been a penalty call was instead a yellow card issued to Fernandez for dissent. In this episode o...

In this week's episode, Martin recaps the Halifax Wanderers' 1-0 win over Cavalry FC and discusses Ryan Telfer's continued run of form, Yann Fillion's clean sheet performance and Jeremy Gagnon-Laparé's best game of the year. Plus, Wanderers assistant coach Jorden Feliciano joins to talk about finding calm amid Halifax's topsy-turvy season, Euro Cup drama and why Canada's run at the Copa America to...

In this week's episode, Matt and Martin recap the Halifax Wanderers' club record-setting 4-0 victory over Vancouver FC (a Nimick brace! a Telfer brace! A brace of braces!) and crunch the numbers on the path ahead to earning a playoff spot. Plus, in honour of Landon Donovan's Euro Cup gaffe, Matt and Martin trade bad hairdo stories. Photo credit: James Glezos / @jg.visuals__

As the Halifax Wanderers approach the 10-game mark of their 2024 Canadian Premier League season, Martin has four reasons why the Wanderers will turn their winless season into a playoff berth and four reasons why Halifax is destined for more pain. Photo credit: Trevor MacMillan / HFX Wanderers FC

In this week's episode, Matt and Martin recap the Halifax Wanderers' 0-0 draw against a 10-man Pacific FC and Giorgio Probo joins the show to talk about life as a pizza delivery driver, the proper way to drink coffee and adjusting to life in Halifax. Plus, the guys swap travel mishaps and longtime submariner Matt has thoughts on DND appreciation. Photo credit: Trevor MacMillan / HFX Wanderers FC

In this week's episode, Martin recaps the Wanderers' 2-2 draw against Atlético Ottawa, Ryan Telfer's emergence as a striker, Riley Ferrazzo's breakout and losing Dan Nimick to injury. Note: Telfer is *not* available for the Wanderers against Pacific FC this weekend due to international duty. Martin is still very sleep deprived and made an 'oopsie.' Photo credit: Matt Zambonin / Freestyle Photograp...

In this week’s episode, Matt and Martin look back at the Halifax Wanderers’ 2-1 road loss to York United, the “worst start in CPL history” distinction and how Halifax can begin to right the ship. Plus, Clément Bayiha joins the Wanderers on loan, and the Northern Super League is here. Photo credit: CPL

A programming note on why there won't be a match recap episode today.

In this week's episode, Matt and Martin look back on the Wanderers' 1-1 draw against Cavalry FC, Giorgio Probo opening his scoring account for Halifax, the art and science of timing substitutions and the role of media and fans in sports. Plus, Matt has a secret beef and Martin is sleep-deprived. Photo credit: CPL

In this week’s episode of The Wanderer Grounds podcast, Matt and Martin look back at the Wanderers’ 7-5 defeat on penalties and try to make sense of what’s not working. Plus, fullback Riley Ferrazzo joins the show to talk about scoring his first professional goal, roommate life with Massimo Ferrin and what to take away from Halifax’s winless start to the season.

In this episode of the Wanderer Grounds, hosts Matt Stickland and Martin Bauman discuss a 3-1 loss that didn't feel like a loss. The boys talk about an early red card, a late goal and the right way to cook a pasta.

In this week's episode, Martin and Matt discuss what went wrong in Halifax's 2-0 road loss to Vancouver FC, along with the difficulties of a prolonged spell away from home. Martin swears a lot and confuses the Maritimes with Atlantic Canada. The guys also talk about what would happen if Matt got into a fight with Mike Tyson. Photo credit: Beau Chevalier

In this week's Wanderer Grounds, Matt and Martin dissect the Halifax Wanderers' season-opening loss to Pacific FC, the pros and cons of mixing things up, and train misfortunes in Italy. Photo credit: CPL

In this week's Wanderer Grounds episode, the guys chat about Halifax's road trip to Langford, BC, and what will qualify as a successful 2024 season. Martin speaks with CPL commissioner Mark Noonan about super teams, salary cap compliance, league expansion, and broadcast updates. Also: Martin has an update on the Atlantic Women's FC project after a talk with the club's new CEO. Photo credit: CHANT

In this week’s Wanderer Grounds episode, Martin and Matt dive into the Wanderers’ off-season retooling approach and chat about kit reveals, the CPL’s version of the Avengers and what Halifax could learn from Wrexham AFC. Photo credit: Trevor MacMillan / HFX Wanderers FC

The new-look Halifax Wanderers are looking *dangerous* in pre-season training. Matt and Martin talk about who's in, plus Martin chats with Wanderers full-back Zach Fernandez and new striker Christian Volesky. Photo credit: Trevor MacMillan / HFX Wanderers FC

The Halifax Wanderers' 2024 pre-season is officially underway, and Martin speaks with sporting director Matt Fegan live from the squad's first training session open to media. Then, defender Cale Loughrey joins the pod for a special one-on-one interview. No Matt Stickland this week, but he'll be back soon! Photo credit: CPL