Sky Blue Stories: Recent Episodes
Jonathan Finger
A Sydney FC fan Podcast committed to bringing you the latest club news, insights and opinions, as well as fan stories along the way
A new era of Sky Blue Stories begins as Michelle and Nic talk the ins and outs, and preview the Australia Cup match against Oakleigh Cannons.
The SFC 23/24 season has reached its conclusion, with our men bowing out of the ALM finals, losing on aggregate to CCM. It's been a wild ride for both our men's and women's teams. Jamie, Nic, Michelle and Sean discuss the season at length, full of report card gradings, awards and predictions ahead of the next season.
Thank you, everyone for listening and engaging with Sky Blue Stories this season. We really appreciate it. We wouldn't do what we do if it weren't for our listeners.
Our girls in Sky- Blue have done it again! In what was undoubtedly one of the toughest seasons to date for SFC, with all the injuries, squad changes and other trials and tribulations, our girls were crowned champions again with a 1-0 win over City. The dynasty continues. Our men thrashed the Bulls in their elimination final with a few banging goals that got the crowd well and truly off their seats. Some padawans were in the hosting chair this week with Michelle, Nic and Jamie discussing all things SFC. Listen in to hear an awesome interview with Championship winner and all-round legend Tori Tumeth.
An emphatic win with the men banging in 7 goals against lowly Perth. Our sky-blue women book themselves a grand final against bitter rivals City and are looking to be back to back Champions. A HUGE weekend ahead for the club! Michell and Sean dissect last weekend's worth of games and discuss the elimination and grand final. So, whether you get down to Melbourne or over to Moore Park, cheer loudly and proudly to help both teams get the win!
As the Sydney girls put in a performance even Rooster Cogburn would be proud of, the boys suffered some post derby blues and lost to 9 men in Sydney's South-West. Michelle 'Laila Ali' Morris & Jono 'sniffles' Finger take you through the Sky Blue Week that was
Outrageous. Sensational. Triumphant. A rollercoaster ride of emotions took place last Saturday evening for the third and final derby of the season. The fellas were immense and did us proud. This week's ep sees the return of Jamie 'All Sides of the Harbour' (ASOTH) Dunkin, with Michelle and Sean taking on hosting responsibilities. We dissect the derby and look ahead to the fellas' 2nd to last round and the girls taking on CCM in their first of two games semi-final.
Two red cards, one draw in the west and a tough loss up in Newy. Ooft. It was not a good week for all us sky-blue supporters and lovers. Putting that behind us and looking forward to the third and final derby of the season with 3 games to go in the season. A big game for a variety of reasons. A must win. Michelle, Jono and Sean go around the grounds, reflect on the past week and optimistically look ahead to this weekend's game.
Our women's team, although gallant in defeat, misses out on etching themselves in the history books, while our men deliver a stellar performance with a couple of sumptuous goals against the Mariners. Tune in for insights into our impressive youth team against European academy heavyweights and a very perplexing "Who's that Sydney FC player?"
The Phoenix rose in the men's game, coming from a goal down to nab all three points but our Sky Blue women belted four past in their game with Cortnee scoring a brilliant brace to claim victory and leave the Nix women wallowing in ashes. Looking ahead, our men will be keen to get back to winning ways, and our women are sitting atop the ALW table with finals in sight. Thankfully Michelle has retained her superfan status solving this week's "Whose that SFC player?".
Brilliant. Exciting. United. Relentless. Super Sydney FC. Just some ways to describe a Saturday night that will live long in our memories due to wins from both our Men's and Women's teams over the scourge of the West. We love a 6 point weekend!
Capo Fantastic, Winston Getry, also joined us for a wonderful chat about all things Sky-Blue and active support. We're very fortunate to have such an energetic and passionate Capo and one that equally appreciates the active support of The Cove- the best active support of the league.
Don't adjust your dials...don't be alarmed...this week we have a youthful and exotic flavour to the podcast. With Jules busy rising up the coaching ranks, Sean with one-week calf injury and international duties for Jono, Michelle and Nic have undertaken the hosting duties this week in a very admirable fashion. A massive weekend of fixtures ahead as there's double derby delight with our men's and women's teams taking on the scummy westies whilst our NPL fellas tackle St George on the back of their first win last week against Manly.
Near apocalyptic weather wiped out any chance of the women's game finishing in Canberra while four hours away at Allianz, the men's game saw a solid win over Adelaide.
Are we seeing a new dawn, a new centreback pairing, a Gowser/Wilko 2.0 in the making? Jake Girdwood-Reich and Hayden Matthews are looking the goods and playing beyond their young, tender years.
Listen in as Nic and Sean take you around the grounds, review the weekend's fixtures and preview this weekend's games. And...Nic impresses at "Who's at SFC player?".
Lowes bought Hawaiian shirts, pool noodles and even an inflatable doll affectionately named Jasmine made their way to Gosford to witness our boys in blue claim victory in a resounding win against the Mariners. But alas, our girls in blue, despite their dominance could find the back of the net against City in a game ending in a 0-0 stalemate.
Jimmy van Weeren joined Jono and Sean for an insightful chat about the SFC academy and namely the SFC NPL team as the NSW NPL season begins this weekend. Listen in for an interview with SFC NPC coach, Jimmy van Weeren.
Caspers and Vine combine to lift our sky-blue girls to a resounding win against Perth. Cortnee bagging a brilliant brace and Maddie scoring a sublime goal so effortlessly. However, our men squandered a two-nil lead in Hobart against Western. The OG's Jono and Sean with our own star girl, Michelle, dissect the recent SFC happenings with reviews, previews and looking ahead to wearing our Hawaiian best this Saturday evening in Gosford.
A couple of refereeing howlers marred the two Big Blues leaving the SFC collective with only 2 points when it could have been much more. Despite the two monumental stuff ups, the SFC playing collective outplayed their opposition and can hold their heads high. Jono, Sean and Michelle go around the grounds, review the Aussie Day games and look ahead to the fellas playing Western United in Hobart and the girls playing Perth at Leichhardt. Did you guess this week's "Who's that SFC player?"?
Our sky-blue men kicked off the weekend's fixtures with a resounding 4-0 win over the Jets. Maxy dazzled us with his titty shimmy bagging a double whilst Woody and Lolley got in on the scoring action too. Our sky-blue women however, snatched victory with a piece of 90+ minute magic thanks to youngster Zara Kruger. And it would be remiss of us not to mention the brilliant Maddie Caspers too! Michelle and Sean take you around the grounds, review this and preview that ahead of the Aussie Day Big Blue.
Our sky-blue girls headed to Gosford for the first time in close to two decades, where they walked away with another draw, and our sky-blue men won their third game in a row—a first since 2021. Michelle, Jono and Sean dissect the weekend's games, look ahead to United round and go around the grounds. "Super fan" Michelle is left bamboozled with "Who's this Sydney FC player?" after Sean stumps another two weeks in a row.
A double header Friday proved fruitful for our men and women in sky-blue bagging 3 points each. Whether it was Grant scoring the opener, Lolley playing like a bat out of hell, the Hawk returning or Jynaya bagging the winner. It was pretty, pretty, pretty good. The OG's Jono, Sean and Jules go around the grounds, review and preview and Jono is stumped with "Who is that SFC player?".
A quieter week than usual in SFC Land this past week. The women had a decent result away to top of the table Perth, though coulda shoulda walked away with the win as they were easily the better team. Our men slumped to another loss, another big blue defeat, with Fornaroli up to his usual tricks in front of goal. Nic, Michelle and Sean dissect last weekend's game and look ahead to this weekend's fixtures against Western and Brisbane- confident of a 6 point weekend.
Michelle and Jono sum up the last couple of weeks in Sydney FC land as we talk Sydney Storms, Uffyball, Ante's genius and super over-used "you can't keep 'em all" chat rears it's ugly head. Michelle also puts Mackenzie Hawksby out to pasture.
The evening couldn't have started better with one of the best tifo's the Cove has produced. To see it beautifully cascade down the stands from the Paddington end of the ground gave those in the stands goosebumps and only added to the theatre, the drama and atmosphere. Unfortunately, the result didn't reflect the tifo and we lost to our bitter cross town rivals. Our SFC women were gallant in defeat with a late comeback with new addition to the team, Jordan Thompson, getting on the score sheet. Michelle, Jono and Sean take you around the grounds, dissect the weekend's games and look ahead to another Saturday night at Allianz this weekend against Glory.
We're back after a one-week soft tissue injury to recount the start of the Talay era and our girls' time in Uzbekistan. Both teams have shat on their respective Adelaide United opponents in their most recent games, with a combined score of 8-2. We dissect the first of this season's derbies and Michelle struggles but eventually comes good with her "Who's that Sydney FC player?" albeit with a bit of assistance.
A treat for you after Sydney pummelled Adelaide, Jono caught up with Championship winner and foundation player Iain Fyfe. What a guy. Loves Sydney. Absolute pleasure talking to Fyfey.
After a week hiatus due to torn hammies and groins, jetlag and Michael Jackson biopic screenplay writing, we'll be back next week to preview the derby and discuss Talay's first few weeks as our new coach.
After many calls for CoricaOut, Corica is now out. Steve Corica departs from the club after a 19 year association. From premiership-winning player to premiership-winning coach. Although our form and results were unbecoming and uncharacteristic of the club, Bimbi will be remembered as a champion player and a coach who achieved great success in the first half of his head coaching career. A change was needed, a new direction, and we wait in anticipation to see who will take the helm. Jules, Nic and Sean dissect Bimbi's departure as well as around the grounds, reviewing the girls first game in Uzbekistan and we look ahead to the men's game away to Adelaide.
We left Brissy with our tails between our legs in what was a horrendous display of football. Changes need to be made, there needs to be a hunger and a desire to be better and to want the game more than your opponent. Post-match comments from our coach don't help either and are unbecoming of a leader who is supposed to inspire his players. The OGs Jono and Sean take you around the grounds, dissect the game and look (somewhat optimistically) ahead to this Friday's game against City.
We woke to a sad old Monday due to a couple losses for our men's and women's sides. But not too panic as the men turn their attention to playing the Roar away in Brisbane and our women ready themselves to compete in the AFC Club Championship in Uzbekistan. Jono, Nic and Sean review the weekend's games, bask in the newest addition of "Who's that Sydney FC Player?" and we update the Kealey Adamson situation in what we're affectionately calling "Kealey Watch".
Our girls in sky-blue kicked off their 23/24 campaign with a comfortable win in front of a record crowd. Our hearts collectively broke with the news of our fearless leader, Nat Tobin. The men kick off their season campaign in a big blue this Saturday evening at home. With Nic busy writing a Michael Jackson screenplay, Michelle is traveling around England and Jono out with a one-week calf injury, Jules and Sean bring you all the juicy SFC goodness whether it's previewing the games ahead or debating who will be the men's stand out players this season and where we will finish.
Congratulations to the players and all on the staff for our club's triumph in winning the Australia Cup. A terrific 3-1 victory over the Roar at home is what we hope will put us in good stead this ALM season. Just the fellas in this episode take you through the review of the Cup final, a preview of the women's first round ALW derby and Nic is pushed to his limits of SFC knowledge in our new segment "Who's that SFC player?"
It's all about our all-conquering SFC women's team, from discussing the likely starting 11, debating who we think will be their breakout star to who we're most excited to see out on the pitch and even who we believe, at this stage, will be their player of the season. Also, Michelle talks to her best friend, Cortnee Vine, in an exclusive chat about her and her thoughts on the season ahead.
Our Australia Cup campaign has reached its final destination: Allianz Stadium, Grand Final vs Brisbane Roar. Well done to the lads on a terrific campaign which has seen us beat the most recent NPL NSW Champion and recent ALM Champions ...pretty, pretty, pretty good. We dissect the semi-final and discuss this Saturday's finale with the Roar, as well as chatting about our CEOs departure, Adam Santo, and listen in as roving reporter, Michelle Morris, chats exclusively with legends Luke Brattan and Jada Whyman at this week's SFC media event.
A stifling hot day last Sunday saw our Leichhardt magician, Anthony Caceres, continue to weave his magic as our sky-blue boys had a resounding 3-0 win against Western United. Also, the 23/24 home and away kits were announced to some fanfare, though recycling isn't always welcome. But thanks to Rebel Sports, the third kit was leaked and that has caught the eye of many, with several willing to forgo their cash. Listen in to hear the gang review, preview, dissect the new kits and discuss our new recruits.
Our sky-blue fellas came, saw and conquered APIA last Wednesday night in almost monsoonal conditions at Leichhardt Oval. Caceres weaving his magic, Kealey continuing to impress on the flank, double the Gi/urd at CB and Bratts steering his side. Rumours abound about who might be joining them ahead of the 23/24 ALM season as well. Our sky-blue women get their attacking stocks bolstered with a couple of massive signings on the back of the launch of the Sydney FC Female Football Pathway.
We've added the final piece of our hosting puzzle for this season. Our new thriller of a host moonwalked his way onto the pod this week and we look forward to his "off the wall" contributions to Sky Blue Stories. Season 23/24 fixtures for men and women were released recently, more comings and goings especially for our women's team and we preview our next game of our Australia Cup campaign.
We're all suffering from a strong case of football fever as we're in the midst of the women's World Cup so there's no better time to get back onto the pod to talk all things Sky Blues. There's been a mass exodus across our men's and women's teams since the end of last season, some signings (at least for the men's team) and a new captain has been announced. We preview our first game of our Australia Cup campaign and have a wonderful chat with 10-year-old Cove member, Aiden Ware, about his recent selection in the Australia deaf football team.
The fellas and shiny new recruit Michelle Morris run their sky-blue magnifying glass over and reminisce about past and present Sydney FC women's players who are taking part in this year's football World Cup for their respective countries. So many great names, fond memories, and some names that we believe were unlucky to not take part in this year's tournament.
The sun has set on another SFC season. The girls well and truly have their feet up after a doubly triumphant season, the men are now headed to the airport for their end of season trip whilst our young NPL fellas are at the halfway point of their season. Sean, Jono and Jules dissect last Friday's 2nd leg loss to City and do a massive women's and men's season wrap up full of grades, opinions and bold takes of what transpired this season. Thank you everyone for listening, for your support and engagement on the socials. Much appreciated :)
Fan favourite Anthony Caceres joins us on the pod this week to talk about all things SFC, football, his career and this Friday's 2nd leg semi final. We go around the grounds, review and preview recent fixtures for our men and NPL boys too. A usual suspect makes their way back into our villains this week and we're excited to talk about Alex Baumjohann rejoining the club in a new role! All the best to the fellas ahead of the 2nd leg semi final! C'mon you boys in blue!
How good was last Saturday night?! A game, a performance, a triumph that will live long in our memories. We went into enemy territory and came out victorious sending WSW packing out of the ALM finals. Delicious. Listen in as we dissect the game in-depth and preview the first of two legs against Melbourne City starting this Friday.
They came, they saw, they conquered! A massive congratulations to our sky blues girls for securing the double this season with an emphatic win in the grand final. You're amazing and we're all very proud of you. And if that's not enough...the men had a resounding win in their final game of the season setting up a tantalising elimination final with WSW. Our NPL fellas absolutely smoked APIA with a 4-0 win. Three games, three victories and three clean sheets. Pretty, pretty, pretty good. Listen to all of this and more as we review, preview, go around the grounds and laugh at our 22/23 predictions.
A terrific win on the road in Brisbane saw our sky-blue men secure a place in the top 6 the ALM finals. But the highlight of the weekend has to go to our sky-blue women, with thanks to a Madi Haley winning goal, has seen them reach a 6th grand final in a row. Be sure to get to CommBank Stadium on Sunday afternoon from 4pm to cheer them on!
Our men had a superb win over the Glory sending them straight to the departures lounge back to Perth. Alas, our women had a disappointing loss to Western United in their qualifying final but they will live to fight another day. Jono is still away galavanting around Canada but rest assured Sean and Jules have the sky blue week covered thanks in part to some nifty AI work.
They came, they saw, they conquered! Congratulations to each and every player, member and cog of the SFC A-League Women's team for claiming the premier's plate. You've done yourself, your club and all fans of the club very proud. An incredible achievement! The girls clinched the title with a resounding 4-0 win over the Jets. The men snatched a draw with Western thanks to a magic Mak brace. We preview a tough road trip for the men as they head to Adelaide and discuss our young fellas coming up against a David Carney led Wollongong Wolves.
David beat Goliath last week with our young SFC fellas beating last season's NPL champions, Blacktown City, with a superb Harbas free kick. Our girls had a resounding 3-0 win over Adelaide edging closer to the premier's plate. We chat with Alex Reilly about the Sydney FC Foundation ahead of this weekend's Memorable Experience Program. And, we preview what are massive games for our men, women's and NPL teams this weekend.
As the most successful club in ALM history we hold ourselves to a higher standard than the rest. What took place last Saturday night should never be repeated and fans and members of the club deserve more. The men were out played, the women had a disappointing last minute draw but the shining light were our young fellas of the NPL who had a brilliant win against Sydney United thanks to a Mitch Glasson goal in the closing stages of the game. Jules, Jono and Sean dissect the weekend's results, look ahead to the weekend's fixtures and all emphatically agree a change is needed yesterday.
Our fortunes and desire for 3 points were dashed not once but twice at the hands of the Wellington Phoenix in our men's and women's fixtures. Well done to our young fellas for back to back wins for the first time this season. Jono and Sean preview a massive weekend with the 3rd and final derby of the season and our women have a top four clash with City.
Men win + Women win + NPL win + Canberra United cheating and having their points awarded to us= 12 points! Woohoo! The band is back together, the three amigos of Jono, Jules and Sean dive into around the grounds, reviewing and previewing the mens and NPL games and share our heroes and villains.
A sky blue favourite, our midfield maestro Mackenzie Hawkesby joins us on the pod this week. A special stand alone A-L Sky Blue women's episode because a) they're in table topping form and b) it is International Women's Day. We wax lyrical about Macca as we talk all things sky blue with her. Also, our around the grounds, review and preview, heroes and villains are women flavoured this episode to honour the occasion.
The girls got the job done across the ditch thanks to Rachel Lowe's first goal of the season. City reminded us why they're the best in the league but Diego left us in awe with a stunning free kick. Jono unfortunately failed a last minute fitness test but Jules in back on the pod. He's finally released from house arrest, I mean father duties to co-host once again. All the usual review, previews, heroes and villains.
An underwhelming draw on the weekend but we extended our unbeaten run to four games. Jules still out on baby duties and Jono interstate, Sky Blue Stories this week is honoured to have Nic Rojas sub on and share in the hosting duties. We revel in Vine bangers and 2 more years of Maxy, ponder what the 13 venues in Sydney the men have played at are, dissect the weekend's results across of all our teams and preview the round ahead.
Cometh the hour, cometh the man...and that man is Max Burgess. A winning goal that will go down in sky blue history. We've now won three in a row for the first time this season and long may it continue. Unfortunately, our girls suffered a surprising defeat at the hands of Canberra and our NPL fellas had a tough shift against Marconi. Jono and Sean break down our delicious derby win, preview the games ahead and go around the games all with a touch a class.
Women win, tick. Men win, tick. Youth boys win, tick. Happy days being a SFC supporter after last weekend's results. There was Lolley with a volley, 2 sausage rolls, Vine down the line and the inevitable JK.
Congratulations to Jules for becoming a dad in the past week. Lots of love to him and his growing family. With that being said, Jono and Sean revel in 3x3 points, preview a big derby, go around the grounds and roast last weekend's red card decisions.
Who doesn't love beating Melbourne Victory? Two great games and superb individual performances from the likes of Max, Joe, Princess and Cortnee saw us head back into our home state with 6 points in the (Lolley) bag. With an imminent arrival of a new addition to the Baumbach family, we were graced with the presence of the one and only Michelle Morris helping out on this week's episode. We fondly look back at cult hero Matty Simon and preview this week's SFC double header against the Mariners and City as well as all the other usual football business.
An 86th minute Diamanti goal saw us leave the apple isle with nothing. Not even with Wilko back in the side could help us return to the winner's circle. But we must, we only can put that result behind us and soldier on to this round's Big Blue. Both our men and women are determined to head back over the border with 3 points each. Jules is out with a one-week calf injury but Jono and Sean delve into the Sydney FC rumour mill, preview both games against Victory and share equal love with this week's hero (of the week).
Hopefully the lights going out at Macedonia Park last Saturday night won't end up being symbolic of our season. Despite a sublime Lolley goal and good ol' Grant getting on the score sheet, it still proved to be a frustrating loss of two points. Jono, Jules and Sean go around the grounds, review the Glory game and preview our trip to Hobart. Jono and Jules let rip with their villain of the week while Sean has a little bit of a surprising hero for the week.
The end of our Wellington game can only be seen to be believed...less said about it the better. We celebrate the wonderful Princess Ibini for joining the 100 appearances club and to do it at the one club is truly amazing. The boys are back from some festive time off, working off the Xmas food and beers to go around the grounds, review and preview our ALM and ALW games and reveal our recent heroes and villains.
A bullshit red card didn't stop our sky-blue girls from rolling our bitter rivals thanks to a Remy special. Jono and Sean wax lyrical about the girls' famous win out west, Clint Bolton is our 'played for both' this week and as usual we discuss the next round's worth of fixtures with this weekend's Allianz double header up against Roar and City.
This week's episode has a World Cup flavour to it as Alex Baumjohann joins us in the studio to chat with us all things WC, German football, his football management career and the current SFC landscape. Also, our A-League women kick off their season away to Adelaide and a resounding win against Victory.
Superb Cove support- tick, awesome tifo- tick, packed stadium- tick, a home win- X. A disappointing result it was last Saturday night ahead of the World Cup break. In the interim, we verse Ange's Scottish champions and most excitingly the Liberty A-League women's a.k.a "The Dub" kicks off for our sky-blue girls this Sunday against Adelaide. Jono returns to the starting lineup to go around the games, review round 6 of ALM's, dissect the ALW's first game and sharing our heroes and villains.
Redders' best efforts in goals saving pens wasn't enough to stop the Roar from rolling us. It was a shocking performance which seemed like many didn't get off the plane. Hopefully, with Bratts echoing Brosque's "WE HATE EVERYONE OF THEM" will ignite our boys to rip into to the scum to take home all three points. Jules and Sean dissect the past sky-blue week with around the grounds, reviewing last round and previewing THE Sydney Derby this Saturday night.
A bumping SFC crowd with the backdrop of a bonafide Sydney sunset witnessed Rhyno on the run, Lolley with the volley and Mak attacking. We had to hold our breath towards the end but breathed a sigh of relief taking home 3 points. Jono is back with a vengeance as we all go around the grounds, review the Bulls game and look ahead to our game against the Roar. Plus, Jono shares "Who played for both".
We went looking for our first win at our new home last Sunday but were denied by former sky-blue Harry Van der Sag. A slow start, controversial red card, a Wood tap in and a luscious Lolley goal were just some of the talking points from the game. Jono is out with a one-week calf which sees Sean and Jules take control to go around the grounds, review the Adelaide game and look ahead to this week's clash with Macarthur.
Terrifically we didn't have to wait long to get our first win of the season with all of our starting front three bagging a goal each. Our ALW's team continues to take shape with another three quality signings and we discuss what was quite literally out of the blue with our third kit for this season getting somewhat accidentally revealed. And of course, there's more around the games, reviewing the WU game and looking ahead to our clash with Adelaide United.
There's no place like home! A wet, much welcomed and anticipated yet tinged with some disappointment was how the night unfolded upon our return to Moore Park for the Big Blue opening season game. Despite the loss, there were some positives to take away from the game. We whip around the grounds and dive head first to dissect the wash up from our opening round against the Vuck and preview our next round match up against Western United.
A massive episode this week as we hit the home straight to our season opening game against Victory at our brand, new home at Moore Park. We kick off chatting with Stadium for Ants founder and lead creative David Reznik and SFC Foundation manager Alex Reilly. We end with our season preview where we dissect and debate how our fortunes will unfold this coming 22/23 season.
Our CEO Adam Santo joins us in the studio for a very insightful and enjoyable discussion about all things sky blue. As always there is a lot to talk about when it comes to our club. And stay tuned for the end of the interview as the 'around the grounds' sound clip gets another run as we do exactly that...going around the grounds.
We sit down with the wonderful Ante Juric for a great chat about our SFC women's team ahead of their season starting on Sunday 20 November against Adelaide United. We update our player management movement, dissect a mammoth around the grounds and dive into each other's hero and villain of the week. Just a couple of weeks now until our season begins!
This week began with the much awaited unveiling of our new home and away kits done brilliantly at our new home, Allianz Stadium, by the likes of ballers Pat Yazbek and Charlie Rule. Two self-proclaimed addicts of football kits feature on this week's episode, Adrian a.k.a AusKitNerd and Mariame Choucair, along with our own kit addict Jules who hosts while Sean and Jono are off with a one week calf injury. Do you love this season's kit? Hate it? A bit meh about it? Home or away? Listen in to hear from the 'experts'.
This week began with the much awaited unveiling of our new home and away kits done brilliantly at our new home, Allianz Stadium, by the likes of ballers Pat Yazbek and Charlie Rule. Two self-proclaimed addicts of football kits feature on this week's episode, Adrian a.k.a AusKitNerd and Mariame Choucair, along with our own kit addict Jules who hosts while Sean and Jono are off with a one week calf injury. Do you love this season's kit? Hate it? A bit meh about it? Home or away? Listen in to hear from the 'experts'.
We're out of the cup, one of only eight A-league teams to be eliminated by the hands of an NPL side. Worrying signs or needing more time to gel? Jono, Jules and Sean dissect our loss to Oakleigh, we go around the grounds and discuss our new signings. Sean is tickled pink with the new sound effects for our segments!
We continue our cup run with recent wins over the Mariners and Bentleigh Greens, finding ourselves in the quarters finals. Your prayers have been answered with a couple of astute signings...more to come! We dissect the recent world of SFC going around the grounds, reviewing cup games and debuting our new segment 'Hero & Villain'.
The season start is on the horizon with our A-League 22/23 fixtures released- cracking opening round against the Victory. We also delve into the transfer rumour market, go around the grounds, update on our NPL fellas and preview our first taste of SFC football in a while with the Australia Cup game against the Mariners. Give us your thoughts on who'd be your hero and villain of the week too.
It's been an interesting off season in the land of sky-blue to say the least. We've resisted the temptation of creating our own click bait a-league transfers twitter account and instead we've dusted off the microphones and jumped into the ever increasing snake pit to discuss and dissect the comings, goings and rumours in and around our squad for next season.
It's a been a tough season for sky-blue fans but there's a lot to look forward to for 22/23. A massive episode this week and we mean massive: 12 players depart, Corica re-signs, new contracts and rumours galore! We dissect and discuss it all! We also catch up on how our NPL boys are doing, representative honours and our end of season report card. Michael Zullo, a club legend and fan favourite, joins us for a fascinating and insightful interview.
The ACL is in our rearview mirror (thank goodness!) as we look ahead to the Big Blue and a very intriguing off season...the rumour mill is already providing kindling to what may or may not happen in the coming months leading into next season. Jules and Sean discuss our ACL wash-up and dissect this pulsating rumour mill and twitter gossip about the team. We wax lyrical about our young SFC NPL boys spanking Sydney United for SIX with Jaiden Kurcharski putting on a masterclass. Hope to see you all at the Big Blue- our last home game of the season and our final farewell to Kogarah.
A below par start for our sky-blue men in Vietnam with the start of our ACL campaign. Massive 6 points up for grabs with back to back games against Yokohama F.Marinos and simply we're all eager to inflict more pain on Muscat. The young NPL fellas suffer their first defeat of the season too but put up a good fight nonetheless. Jules, Jono and Sean pod in the flesh at our old stomping grounds of the Bella Vista Hotel. How's the sound quality!?
A very dejected Sky Blue Stories this week. On one hand, in the space of a week our A-League men go from losing 0-4 to winning 5-0 to losing 3-2 at the death in calamitous fashion. On the other hand, our young and triumphant Sky-Blue fellas win their top of the table clash sending them to the top of the NSW NPL table. Jono and Sean dissect our upcoming Asian Champions League campaign in Vietnam and have a lengthy discussion about all things SFC thanks to all of the questions that were sent in.
100 not out. We've hit the milestone of a century of episodes and what better way to celebrate it than with a tremendous derby win over the scum. The NPL sky-blue fellas go from strength to strength or should I say from Wood to Wood with a win keeping them undefeated this season. Of course, all the usual around the grounds, reviews and previews. Thank you to all who have supported us along the way. It's greatly appreciated! XO
Heartbroken. Devastated. Inconsolable. Just some of the words to sum up how we're feeling from Sunday's women's grand final loss. Football is a cruel beast. Nonetheless, it was still a successful season with a lot to be proud of and smile back on. The men tasted defeat against a very depleted Jets team but the young sky-blue fellas remain undefeated! A tonne of around the grounds with Remy headed overseas, national team call-ups and our remaining men's fixtures including all the usual previews and reviews.
A brilliant win over Western United makes us go back-to-back. We love three points and a clean sheet, not to mention Amini and Luciano bag their first goals for the club. We wax lyrical about Talbot's recent form too. A big grand-final preview for our sky-blue girls ahead of Sunday's blockbuster, big blue game against Victory. All the usual previews, review and around the grounds. If you can, please donate to Ninko's support of families in Ukraine https://ukraine.unicef.org.au/milos.
A victorious Sky-blue week all round with the men winning in Perth, the young NPL boys going two from two with a win over Marconi and we've just got our breaths back from the pulsating semi-final win over City by our sky-blue women! The midfield maestro, Patrick Yazbek, joined us for a terrific chat about his brilliant form and season so far as well as us discussing all the around the grounds, reviews and previews.
Apologies for the alliteration. A very disappointing derby loss at the hands of our cross-town rivals, however our sky-blue girls...they came, they saw, they conquered! Congratulations all involved (players, coaches, staff) for our girls winning the A-League Women's Premier's Plate. We are so incredibly proud of you. Jono's calf is playing up again so Jules and Sean tackle all things SFC: the Sydney Cup, Corica, and all the reviews and previews.
Our sky-blue girls have one hand on the premier's plate but our men suffer defeat at the hands of Western United and City. The boys give their best teacher impersonation, with our A-League sky-blue mens A to F mid season report card grading. And come to think of it we should have done it for the girls too...but let's face it, they'd all get A++ anyways. Plus, all the usual around the grounds, review and previews to sit back and enjoy.
An undesired result at the hands of City leave the girls looking over their shoulder with the run towards the Premier's Plate. Bobo, on the other hand, continues his potent ways in front of goal resulting in some cries for him to start future games. Jules is out with a one week calf but rest assured Sean and Jono take the reins waxing lyrical about the Burgess (love you Max) Amini midfield partnership, what's been doing around the grounds, reviews and previews.
The boys have dried themselves out after a soggy night at Kogarah witnessing a solid 1-1 draw with Western United. The girls continue their winning and clean sheet ways with a gritty 1-0 win over the Jets. From what came out of left field, we discuss the signing of Dutchman Luciano Narsingh and its implications for our team this season. And, we continue the Dutch theme with an interview with Sydney FC legend and crowd favourite, Pascal Bosschaart.
He came, he saw, he conquered...Tommy Heward-Belle ohhh emm gee! What a performance. A pulsating and drama-filled game saw our sky-blue men take all three points in Adelaide as Redders gets his first yellow card in over 220 hours albeit from the bench of all places. Our girls continue on with another win and clean sheet setting records in their wake. All of that and more including previews, reviews and a letter of apology to Elvis Kamsoba.
Our sky-blue men showed incredible resilience to fight back not once, but twice this week to walk away with four points out of six. Great performances and very pleasing results put a smile on all three of our faces. We say so long, farewell and best wishes to Joel King with his move to Denmark, wax lyrical about Caceres and of course cover all the news, reviews and previews.
A very depressing pod this week with two losses for the men. O'Neill was back to haunt his old club as we went down to Daniel Sturridge's Perth Glory. On a much better note, our SFC women punish City with a resounding win and another clean sheet. All the usual stuff to tune into with reviews, previews and around the grounds. C'mon you boys in blue, let's get a result over the Vic.
A double header midnight plum Saturday saw the girls absolutely slaughter Canberra United but the men had to rely on some Elvis magic and a Caceres neat finish to get over the line against the Roar. A massive congratulations to Teresa Polias on the birth of her daughter, Athena and we start to delve into some ACL news. Plus the usual review and previews, but in saying that who really knows when we're playing next under this current climate.
Despite no football on the men's front there's still plenty to talk about especially as our girls go from strength to strength with another flawless victory over the Glory. We have players called up to the national team, reviews and previews and apparently Arsenal's Aubameyang in negotiation.
Woody Wood and the sky-blue funky bunch had the right stuff with their tremendous win over the Bulls. To quote Jules "I believe the children are our future, teach them well and let them lead the way". The sky-blue girls go from leaving their shooting boots at home against WSW to knocking in a plethora of goals against the Nix. We discuss our new signing of Mustafa Amini and how he will fit into the line-up amongst our other around the ground topics, review and previews. Here's to a terrific 2022 :)
We were honoured to be joined by the one and only and hilarious Ryan McGowan a.k.a Gowser. He filled us in on his time in Kuwait, his successful time at Sydney and who of his former Sky-blue team mates goes commando. Also, Jono and Sean review the 6 point weekend that was...girls continue to be on fire and the guys chalked up their first win of the season.
A resounding win by our Sky-blue women over their western Sydney rivals with what may be ALW goal of the season by Remy (I'm calling it now!). However, our Sky-blue men headed back down the highway with their tails between their legs. Jules, Jono and Sean discuss the SFC week that was and review and preview our games. We had a terrific chat with excitement machine Cortnee Vine who's playing out of her skin at the moment and is an all-round wonderful human.
5 points for our club championship: Girls' front three firing while the boys rue their chances and VAR spoils the party. Jules and Sean dissect the week that was reviewing the SFC ALM and ALW games and then looking ahead to a busy week with FFA cup, girls against their bitter WSW rivals as the men take a trip up to the coast against the Mariners.
A disappointing and lacklustre loss against our south-west Sydney rivals sets the tone for this episode. Though, we see the new dawn of the A-League Women's competition with round 1 this weekend as our sky-blue gals take on the Jets with new captain Nat Tobin. Can we get to 6 points from this Saturday's double header!? Listen in as we dissect this past week on and off the pitch and have a chat with a SFC fan boy and Foxsports producer.
A jam packed episode...the derby is dissected as we look ahead and preview our game against our other cross-town rivals in the Bulls. Not forgetting our FFA Cup match against Sydney Olympic too! We chat to Tiffany Stanley from John Moriarty Football about Indigenous Football Week, Steph Brantz gives her season preview of our Sky-Blue A-League Women's team and we announce the winner of the Subbuteo tabletop football game. takes a breath
Our boys in sky-blue take to the field this weekend against the scum of WSW in our first game of the 21/22 season. Sean and Jono along with special guest co-host Jules Baumbach dissect some SFC records that could be broken this season, preview this weekend's game, predict the season ahead and have an insightful chat with Steve Dettre and the game of Subbeteo. Listen in for your chance to win a custom made SFC Subbeteo table football. We're over the moon to have football back.
Strap yourself in as the football season is upon us. Tantalisingly close. Full list of A-League Men's and Women's fixtures are out to froth over, some football was kicked and the Sky-blue men even got some minutes into their legs. We have another special guest to give their insights into our season ahead too!
We're backkkkk...a few weeks hiatus but we get stuck right back into around the grounds and some mini previews and reviews of some actual bonafide SFC football. Listen in too for our special football correspondent giving their thoughts about how we'll shape up for the season less than a month away!
The season is on the horizon with the initial rounds of the A-LeagueS released. Jono and Sean break down these fixtures as well as diving into the massive APL announcement, SFC Stats very niche content and Redders' FIFA rating. Give it a listen as we're only 40 odd days away from the start of the season.
Ohhhh Emmmm Geeee! The 21/22 Sydney FC kits have been unveiled much to the delight of us and the supporters of this great club. Slick, fresh, sophisticated new jerseys and especially a very sexy third violet plum alternate kit (drool!). Jono and Sean dissect it all with the King and Queen of Sydney FC kits a.k.a Mariame and Julian. We also chat around the grounds, some APL news and the final couple of pieces to our W-League squad. Enjoy.
SBS back again for another week of pre-season sky blue goodness with all the news and even more W-League signings for our girls in blue. Former SFC midfield maestro, Alexander Baumjohann, joined us for an exciting and insightful interview! If you want to know where to next for ABJ you have to tune in to this week's episode ;)
Despite no glitz and glamour of an end of year awards we came (online), we waited, we predicted and did fairly well with who got which award. Well done to all the award winners and Gowser on his 5th place nomination. Excitingly, we dissect the new signing and re-signings of the W-League squad which is shaping up very nicely. AND, we welcome a new sponsor :)
Never a dull moment in the life and times of Sydney FC. Sure there isn't any football yet but there is still plenty to discuss and dissect: new W-League captain, FFA cup draw opponents, SFCU player of the season and of course the juiciness of player departures, re-signings and new signings. What were your impressions of SFC's player signings for next season? Tune in to hear Jono and Sean's thoughts on who is donning the sky blue jersey next season.
Welcome to our final regular season episode of Sky Blue Stories. In this episode, we touch on the rumour mill surrounding contacts both coming and going, with a specific focus on who we can keep and hopefully resign. We review the unfortunate grand final loss, and give you our season review, player report card, look at our top three players of the year and play bit of trivia. Thank you so much for joining us this season. We love you all. <3
Join us as we're joined by ANDREW REDMAYNE. What a glorious and gorgeous human. We dissect the weekends result, review the NPL and preview our THIRD GRAND FINAL IN A ROW.
& Erik!
We're lucky enough to be joined on this pod by Steve Bloody Corica. Steve was generous enough to donate his time to talk to us and let Sean know what he thinks of him. We also review Adelaide, preview the Semi, talk to our amazing Patreon, Erik and review/preview the NPL.
In this episode, we discuss Sean's big week meeting his hero, we talk to OG Sky Blue Story Patreon Cameron, dissect the A-League and NPL victories, and preview our semi final hopes.
Today we dissect the 4-1 drubbing of Adelaide at home, give our thoughts on soccer's callups, broadcast deals and the future of our game. Sean and Jono talk about Neighbours (the TV show) and James wants to end it all. Oh, and Brisbane is previewed.
A long waited derby win put a smile from ear to ear on the faces of Jimmy, Jono and Sean this week. Hope you all got your free Big Mac. We cover all our usuals from socials, squad/club business and of course reviewing the past matchweek's wins.
We were also graced with the presence of Lizzie Ralston, Sam McIllhaton and Fabio Ferreira to talk about all things APIA and Sydney Olympic in the lead up to the FESTIVAL OF FOOTBALL this Sunday 30th May at Lambert Park. Enjoy :)
We're joined on this pod by Sydney FC CEO, Danny Townesend. Danny joins us to talk all things Sky Park, Sydney FC Foundation as well as some behind the scenes stories about the dressing room. Danny opens his phonebook and puts Jono in his place. This is a long pod, so thanks for sticking with us, and great thanks to Danny Townsend for joining us.
In pleasing news for Davina from North Sydney, Sean is absent this week, leaving Jimmy and Jono to direct our game against the Jets, introduce you to a new segment, James' hate for Middleby Lanes continues. LANGUAGE WARNING.
Join us as we spend an extended amount of time dissecting our derby loss, feat. Sean's emotions and Jonathans sadness. We review NPL, discuss youth players, squad movements, W-League, Newcastle Away and A Trip Down Middleby Lane gets an update.
Some weeks ago, the lads were joined via Zoom by Brandon O'Neill. What resulted was an awesome chat, full of humour, heartwarming stories, and tales of adventure and animal rescue - as well as the odd stitch up. Please enjoy
Never a dull moment in the land of Sky-blue. A lover of sausage rolls and prolific striker...the one, the only Adam "Alfie" Le Fondre is back for Sydney in our run to this year's finals signing for two and a half years. Jono and Sean dissect and drool over his return and also discuss last Saturday's Mariners game and look ahead previewing the Victory and WSW game.
We're honoured with the appearance of Jude Dolan who slotted into the guest host spot. From his days watching Arsenal at the Emirates to the birth and evolution of The Wednesday League we had a brilliantly insightful chat with the young lad. And of course, we go around the grounds, chat some club business and review and preview SFC games.
LANGUAGE WARNING: This week James returns to join Sean and Jonathan in reviewing the W league GF, A League victory. We also reveal a special guest to be released later in the week, discuss Wee Marky's Thailand trip and preview the week ahead.
An outstanding win from our girls in sky blue to rocket themselves in the DUB GRAND FINAL! Also, we beat the Victory for our sixth straight big blue win. We rifle through around the grounds, club/squad business and of course reviews and previews. Enjoy :)
This week we're joined by Nat Tobin who has graciously shared her time to discuss her sky blue story, premiers plates, and getting winded on purpose and sneaking goals. We also review the week that was.
Sadly the rain spoiled the big blue party on Saturday night, however we still had the NPL game and a special NPL extended discussion to sink our teeth in to. Also, we had special guest Adrian Bunoza of Arrow Sport in the studio to talk with us all things sky blue.
In this special edition podcast, the boys are joined by Sydney FC legend Rhyan Grant! Rhyan was kind enough to give us an hour of his time, foregoing Tuesday night trivia, to sit down and talk with us. We really hope you enjoy. Join us on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/skybluestories) for the exclusive video.
Revelling in the delicious juices of a Big Mac (FINALLY!) Jono and Sean locked eyes across a studio desk to discuss all things Sky Blue...around the grounds, squad/club business, Middleby Lane and a plethora of reviews and previews. Do yourself a favour and gives us a listen :)
In the words of Meatloaf "two out of three ain't bad"...Sean and Jono bring your all the sky blue content and news you can poke a stick at...from socials to club/squad business and of course game previews and reviews. A Trip Down Middleby Lane is back after a week hiatus too! We're starving and desperate for a Big Mac! So c'mon you boys in blue and get the three points!
This week, the boys are joined by the sassy, witty and insightful John Apotsis. John talks all things Sky Blue, gives some fascinating insights in to refereeing and talks football and pride. Join us.
We kick off another episode of Sky Blue Stories with the necessary "around the grounds" and club/squad business. The boys dissect the A and W League and preview what will be the start of the NPL NSW season with the young sky blue's first game of the competition. Then after adjourning ourselves to watch the game, we depressingly come back to review Tuesday night's game against Melbourne City.
We bet you can't wait to this. We review the W-League, make poor Valentines day Puns, preview the next round of matches and look at some socials.
On this week's episode of Kosta Barbarouses Stories: Steve Corica calls out Sean to his face, we live text during the pod with Alexander Baumjohann, we do our best to support Luke Brattan, and we disssssssssect the week that was 🐍.
SKY BLUE STORIES HAS HIT 50 EPISODES. Join us for an extended trip down Middleby Lane. We look at games past, and future, as well as deep drive in to some recent social media controversies. Thanks for being with us on the journey so far! <3
When daddy's away, the boy's will play. By special order of His Excellency, the Royal and most knowledgable, conquerer of the internet, ruler of the sound waves, Mr Pol Pod himself, Jonathan Finger, has nominated Sydney FC's third favourite capo (?) Brendan Slowey as special co-host! It's another big pod this week, as we took the opportunity to pick his brain on everything Sydney FC related. We hope you enjoy. Happy footballing!
This week the guys are joined by Sydney FC's fourth best Capo, Addison Grundy! We amazingly broke our podcast record for a second week in a row. The usual podcast subjects were covered, as well as a walk down Middleby lane. Addison graciously shared his time with us, and offers some amazing insights in to the workings of the cove, creation of songs, Tifos and more. Well worth the listen! P.S. Enjoy the exit song, Whispering Jack. <3
In this special edition two hour episode we're joined by SFC Statistics Guru and Proprietor Mark "Rowdy" Donoghoe. Rowdy joins us for the usual chit chat, but tune in till the end where Rowdy joins us for a Q&A, as well as a special SFC Statistics Quiz.
The Sydney FC season has commenced with a victory over Wellington Phoenix. The boys get a little loose this week covering off the W and A league games, Bobo's arrival exclusively revealed last week by Sky Blue Stories, Jono leaves the podcast behind him. BTW - Grant, It's James here, I've tweeted you mate. Would you mind checking your feed? Cheers.
This week on Sky Blue Stories we delve in to the dark and murky world of Instagram tabloid journalism. There's been a lot that's happened around the league this week, so we cover off socials, the league, preview the A and W-League and give our season predictions.
This week, who cares what the first 20 minutes are about, we're joined by Adam Le Fondre! Alfie was kind enough to join us from his hotel room in India to pass some time. Apologies for the audio quality - it's our first time recording from Zoom!
Enjoy!
This week, the boys are joined by the one and only Mariame Choucair (IG - @cahillexpress) who joins us to preview the season, round up the socials, review the ACL. Mariame then joins us for an insightful and fascinating chat. One not to be missed!
This week on the pod we review our two ACL games against SIPG (Haisam calls them plastics) and Jeonbuk. We're joined by Sky Blue fan, Haisam Morhi, preview our remaining ACL games & James consults his legal team.
This week we review our pre-season friendly against the Olyroos, preview our upcoming ACL games, talk all news squad, and James dives in to a deep black hole of air-conditioning.
The boys are back! In Season 2 (SEASON 2!!!) Episode 1, we cover: Socials, Youth, Player Movements, general Sydney FC business, and your questions. We're so glad to be back. Thanks for listening! <3
In this very special edition of Sky Blue Stories, we're joined by the very insightful Andrew Redmayne. Andrew was kind enough to share half an hour of his time, and answers a myriad of questions. Not to be missed, what a legend!!!!
WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS!!!! This week, the boys review the 2020 Hyundai A-League Grand Final, we do a season review, provide you with the Sky Blue Stories Top 5 Sydney FC players of the season, LOTS of question time, gaze in to our crystal ball to predict season 2020, address the future of the pod, AND and upcoming VERY, VERY, VERY special guest.
ITS THE FINAL COUNTDOWN...revelling in a great term performance in the semi-final against Perth Glory, Jono and Sean dissect the game against Popo's boys and lunge head first into previewing what will be an epic encounter against Melbourne City in Sunday's A-League grand final. Forza Sydney FC!
LIVE EARLY IN HONOUR OF THE UPCOMING SEMI WE'LL HAVE FROM THE SEMI: This week, the boys from Sky Blue Stories have a massive semi. The boys in blue play Perth Glory tonight, and we're here to preview the game and talk tactics. Usual segments of Socials, Sky Blue movements overseas and NPL are present.
What do you think this episode is about? We review the week that was, as well as spending a lot of time loving our NPL boys.
This week the boys do a beautiful and glorious review to make benefit the great team of Sydney FC - games against Adelaide and Brisbane. We review some NPL and preview our upcoming game against Western United.
In this pod, the boys are joined by PFA co-chief Beau Busch. Beau graciously shared some of his time with us to talk through his Sky Blue Story, footballing career, and implications the current situation besetting the country has had on the footballing landscape. We also review our loss to City, the NPL Derby victory and preview our next two games against Adelaide and Brisbane.
This week, the boys return to talking around in circles. We discuss the Newcastle game, cover off some NPL and NPLW and preview the City Game. Just a good, old fashioned, gorgeous football chat.
SKY BLUE STORIES RETURNS. WE HAVE GAME REVIEWS. WE HAVE TOP 5'S. WE HAVE BUHAGIAR LOVE. WE HAVE GAME PREVIEWS. WE HAVE PLAYER REVIEWS. WE HAVE A LIMITED EDITION SET OF STEAK KNIVES. JOIN US NOW!
The gang is back together PREVIEWING THE FIRST ROUND OF LIVE, AUSTRALIAN FOOTBALL IN BLOODY AGES!!! Jono, Sean and James preview the next round, Sean reviews the socials and Jono runs some trivia that Sean promptly loses.
The light at the end of the A-league football tunnel is so close we can almost touch it and drink its sweet sweet nectar. We jump head first into the world of Sky-blue socials including a couple of SFC fan twitter accounts and discuss the release of the remaining A-league rounds. We learn of Jono's top 5 kiwis to ever wear sky-blue and dissect the FFA First XI principles. Throughout the episode's journey we were very fortunate to have top fan Nick Rojas join us for an interview and to talk about his connection with the club.
This weeks episode of Sky Blue Stories comes courtesy of all 3 lads, and a top five list from Sean containing at least 12 honourable mentions.
This week it's the SEAN AND JAMES show (sorry big Daddy Jono). We discuss Sean's top 5 Sydney FC Left Backs of All Time that Sean can't limit to 5, review the A-League restart plan with Fox (and alternatives) and interview Sydney FC Videographer and SUPER talented drummer, Sophian Ferey. Enjoy!
In the words of Meatloaf..."now don't be sad 'cause two out of three ain't bad"...Jono and Sean delve into what caught our eye across SFC socials with Sophian Ferey drumming goodness, player interviews and questionable "artwork". Also, Jono brings you his top 5 SFC W-League players of all time (do you agree?!). A living legend of the sky blues, Teresa Polias, sat down with us for a fascinating chat about her life and football and about our great club. July 17th can't come soon enough!
What a delightful week of Sky Blue Stories. In this edition, Jonathan decides he's done, James gives you his Top 5 Sydney FC Marquees (but accidentally forgets the best one), Sean expresses the same dissatisfactions with tactics and substitutions as he does every week, oh, and did we mention, Jonathan has had a gut full of us? Listen in for the craziness!
In this beautiful and glorious episode of Sky Blue Stories, we return to the Hills Podcast Studio. WARNING: It gets a bit loose. We review the restart plan, stalk through the socials, and Sean insults a myriad of past players. Also, G'Day HVDS! Can't wait you have you on <3!
Sean and Jimmy set out on foot first tackling the cream of the crop of SFC socials of the past week from 2017's SFC vs Liverpool game, Rhyan Grant's 2009 signing and several interviews with past (and present) SFC greats from Aloisi, Carle and of course everyone's favourite Ninko hearts melt. And, the wonderful SFC fanatic that is Mel Muscat joined us for a chat. Tune in to hear more fan stories and insights of the greatest club in the country...with a special appearance by our fearless leader, Jono.
Taking inspiration from Michael "Air" Jordan and everyone's favourite doco series on Netflix at the moment, we rebounded, held our D and drove to the basket to bring you another episode about the greatest club in the country. We continued our saunter around the social media grounds with player interviews, Branners starting in Korea and past SFC marquee players. Also, an insightful and tremendously fun interview with Riley Woodcock was had...a former SFC player and youth international who has established himself beyond football. A fascinating story of a footballer's life and new found passions.
Oh what a night! This week's pod really satisfied our Sky Blue urges and hunger. It was business as usual with Jono and Sean going around the grounds with SFC socials waxing lyrical about our boy Trent Buhagiar, super David Carney and a big blue man that was (and still is?), Matt Jurman.
Jovan came on to chat about his winning sky blue story...a fascinating dive into the culinary eating and partying habits of Serbians. Also, the man, the myth, the legend that is Brendan Slowey talks extensively about his days as Cove capo and his love of everything sky blue.
With the slight easing of restrictions Sean and Jono but alas no Jimmy are back at it again to delve into the beautiful and comforting world of our beloved SFC. We saunter around the social media grounds of the club with a plethora of interviews, some Twitter questions and cool interweb stuff that the young'ens are into. We chat about a rumoured A-league season update and Sean is almost certain he saw Matt Jurman at a local Woolies. Probably searching for toilet paper. Thank you so much for the fan stories that were sent in. A must listen to learn what fascinating and unique interactions SFC fans have had with anything and everything sky blue.
On this episode we try to resolve audio issues. We're teased by the fact that the FFA and A-League DIDN'T MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT DESPITE DELAYING OUR PODCAST, and we talk a lot of Twitter Q&A. Stay safe champions.
Jimmy is back and better than ever. This week more than most and due to the world's current circumstances we took a trip down memory lane with our beloved Sky Blues. In the words of Little River Band's 1978 hit song there was much "...reminiscing". We go around the grounds with the club's socials, chat about our favourite SFC moments that do not involve a goal or win and Jono takes us through his SFC Under 11 (games) XI. Some of the names will cause you to scramble for google to search for who some of them are. #StaySafeStayHealthy
Jono and Sean bring you more about our beloved Sydney FC from what's been doing the rounds on the club's socials, Ninko's top 5 Sydney FC moments and SFC 19/20 player stats trivia all the while James takes social distancing to the extreme and isn't on the pod for the second week running. We miss you Jimmy. But, all of this fails in comparison as the one, the only, the legend who is TERRY MCFLYNN sits down with us (albeit not in person, over the Internet and on the other side country) to talk all things sky blues. A must listen to hear from one of the club's all time greats on and off the pitch.
We're back with a vengeance from our bunkers to bring you more SFC content. Despite having no football other than the mighty Belarusian League, Jono and Sean dissect our "real" game against the Roar, had a brief chat about the fever and Sean basks in some trivia goodness testing Jono on his Sky Blues knowledge. Also, listen in to hear Sean's SFC All Aussie XI and Jono's ranking of SFC goalkeepers through the ages.
This week on Sky Blue Stories we play Corona bingo. We're joined by Sydney FC CEO, Danny Townsend who provides us with an update on the postponement of the A-League and it's implications for the club’s future. We dissect the W-League Grand Final and the final Sydney Derby. Also, lame trivia and questionable audio quality.
Welcome to this breaking news edition of Sky Blue Stories. We make adjustments to the pod this week due to staffing issues, review the NSW NPL game, W-League, A-League, preview the derby and W-League Grand Final as well as discuss general news taking place in the Australian football landscape. Sean makes some bad jokes about Greeks, James hosts and Jonathan is ashamed of all that we've ruined. Enjoy!
ALEX BROSQUE JOINS US FOR A CHAT. WE TALK ABOUT OTHER THINGS AND GAMES BUT, REALLY, WHO CARES?
SFC super fan, passionate advocate of women's football in Australia and member of "The Ladies League", Michelle Morris, joins us in the studio to dissect and discuss in length everything football. We chat about the W-league, NSW NPL, A-league, ACL and get down and personal with Michelle with a terrific interview. And, we revel and equally mourn James' absence again. This week's pod will definitely keep you company to AND from work.
This week the boys digest a 7 goal turn around from the Marinos to the Mariners, run their eye over the NPL Season with Head Coach Jim van Weeren, and Quiz Master Sean "Baby John" Maloney attempts to stump the boys with some Sydney FC FIFA stats. James and Jonathan go on to be terrible contestants.
Walking, talking Sydney FC encyclopaedia, super fan and all round nice guy Jamie Dunkin of "All Sides of the Harbour" (ASOTH) joins us in the studio providing us with a plethora of SFC facts and stories uniquely from a fan's perspective. We also discuss SFC women's derby triumph, our first ACL game against Yokohama F.Marinos, a special ACL game in retrospect, preview the Mariners game and a tantalising Sydney FC "Who Am I?" with Jono and Sean going head to head.
Grant Muir of The Cove and SFCU joins the boys to talk all things Tifo, Chants, Meritocratical societies and Hamilton Accies. We also cover off the Cove beginnings and who we'd love to have a beer with
In this edition of Sky Blue Stories, Sean, Jonathan and James review the Roar game as well as the Y-League. Sean provides updates on the W-League, we all preview the Derby, Sean takes us through his game in retrospective (spoilers, we WIN) and we eventually devolve in to delirium.
Jonathan, Sean and James are joined by Sydney FC CEO, Danny Townsend. We cover off what led Danny to Sydney FC, the Sydney FC conspiracy theory, club finances and sustainability, growing the league, stadiums, centre of excellence. Danny also schools James and pronounces "Zalunardo" correctly first go.
On this special edition of Sky Blue Stories, we chat to two Sydney FC W-League stars, Aubrey Bledsoe, and Sofia Huerta. Enjoy!
JonAthan leads Sean and James on a long and winding discussion covering the tremendous obliteration of Melbourne Victory in the Big Blue, W&Y league updates, player movements, BRATTAN RE-SIGNS, the dangers of Chicken Chow Mein, your Q&A answered and plenty of Coronas. Also covered is Seans' Game in Retrospect. Also, James says "Baumjohann" five different ways.
This week Jonothan, Sean and James review the fortnight that was with lots of movement with transfers and re-signings. Also covered are Seans Japan Travels, W&Y League goodness and the Big Blue previewed. Also featured a VERY special guest in Sky Blue legend Ross Anderson.
Join us for a special edition of Sky Blue Stories where Jono runs James through his starting XI (and bench) made up of only Sydney FC Visa players.
Jonathan and James dissect this weeks Sydney FC performance over Adelaide United. Also covered: Our Lord and Saviour Paulo Retre, Corica and youth, Wilko's future, Weather with Tim Bailey, ACL Squads, a mix up to the Sydney FC stock market, Newcastle away previewed, James reveals his suffering and Q&A.
Join Jonathan, James and new guest star, Andrew as we review the Melbourne City game, as well as performances of the Women's and Youth Teams. Also covered: Retre's re-signing, Brattan's contract situation, Alfie - what's going on?, Stadium woes and Re-Sign/Buy, Hold Sell makes an unwelcome return.