Podcast

Soccer Nostalgia Talk Podcast

In February 2020 I began a podcast with Shahan Petrossian of the Soccer Nostalgia website. The original idea was inspired by the Shoot! the Breeze podcast, where the presenters and guests discuss old editions of Shoot! and other football magazines. We intended to give our version an international flavour by using World Soccer magazine as the basis of each episode, initially from the 1980s where our formative football memories came from. We settled on Soccer Nostalgia Talk as our podcast title, giving an accurate description of the content!

After three episodes, we were unexpectedly contacted by Oronde Ash, who had played international football, representing St Vincent & the Grenadines at the 1995 Gold Cup in California, and has since had a long coaching career in the US. After our interview with Oronde, we decided to concentrate on this format for future podcasts. Soccer Nostalgia Talk developed into conversations with authors, coaches, fans, historians and journalists about different aspects of the game worldwide.

We have an ongoing series on various national teams – Argentina, Brazil, Croatia, England, Italy, the Netherlands, the Republic of Ireland, Scotland and Uruguay – and domestic leagues. We have also been able to discuss the origins of football in different countries, and individuals who have shaped its development, with enthusiastic experts. Shahan and I have learned a great deal during the course of these conversations and hope to continue to expand our podcast content.

Podcast #33: Serie A 1983-84 with Franco Spicciariello

With many thanks to all of our contributors so far: Jo Araf, Daniel Arce, Oronde Ash, Esteban Bekerman, Wolfgang Berger, Roberto Brambilla, James and George Brown, Gavin Buckland, Simon-Peter Charamza, Joško Čučuk, Stanley Cunha, Nacho Dimari, Jakub Drożdż, Rob Fielder, Djamshid Foroughi, Vadim Furmanov, Bob Gansler, Clark Gillies, Tom Griffiths, Rick Holden, Patrick Horne, Alex Jackson, Christopher Lash, Clemente Lisi, Carles Lozano, Tom McCabe, Alan McDougall, Tony McLaughlin, Aldo Mazzucchelli, Andy Mitchell, Eduardo Monsanto, Stephen Murray, Davey Naylor, John O’Carroll, Pål Ødegård, Miguel Lourenço Pereira, Steve Pye, David A.J. Reynolds, Jan Roskott, Davide Eskelund Rota, Franco Spicciariello, David Stuart, Salvador Torres, Cătălin Tudose, Stefan Van Loock, Sergio Vilariño, Peter Watson, José Inácio Werneck.

All podcasts can be found on Apple, Google Podcasts, Soccer Nostalgia and Spotify. Please contact myself or Shahan if you have any feedback, suggestions or thoughts on the series. Thank you for listening.

Episode List

2020

Podcast #1 (Feb 2020): World Soccer, March 1988

Podcast #2 (Mar 2020): World Soccer, May 1983

Podcast #3 (Mar 2020): World Soccer, October 1986

Podcast #4 (Apr 2020): Interview with Oronde Ash (St Vincent & the Grenadines)

Podcast #5 (May 2020): England 1982-83 with Davey Naylor

Podcast #6 (May 2020): Interview with James and George Brown (US Soccer History)

Podcast #7 (May 2020): Mitropa Cup with Jo Araf

Podcast #8 (May 2020): Republic of Ireland 1982-83 with John O’Carroll

Podcast #9 (June 2020): Italy 1982-83 with Franco Spicciariello

Podcast #10 (June 2020): England 1983-84 with Davey Naylor