The Footy Forum

Our first ever Collab Episode! Alex and Morgan are joined by The Footy Culture, one of Canada's biggest up-and-coming Football podcasts. We're joined by Dan and Chris, as we discuss the some of the biggest topics in the EPL, including Man United and the gap to the current 'Top 3' and the fluid situation at Newcastle as we head into a massive month for the club as we wait and see how the new owners approach this January Transfer Window. We round off the episode by each doing our own EPL XI based on the season so far and battle it out to see who's team is the best, with some controversial decisions, and some intense discussions, this is not one you want to miss! Also, a big announcement, this is only part one of our two-part collab with TFC. We will release Part 2 later this month, which we can confirm will see the return of our fan favourite 'No Name Football Game' which will see Dan and Chris going head to head.

Welcome back to a new season of TFF, to start us off we bring in Leo and Noah, who usually work on Social Media behind the scenes, as Morgan and Alex put them on the Hot-Seat, to see who they think will make it in the Top 4, who will sneak into the European spots and who will end up in the Bottom 3 and face Championship football next season. Watch them battle it out over Man U or Arsenal in 4th Spot, Newcastle's survival hopes and can Leo convince the crew that his beloved Wolves have a shot at Top 7 

Morgan and Leo take to the streets of London, immediately after England's huge win against Germany to get the thoughts of the fans. IS IT COMING HOME?

TFF are ecstatic to be dropping the latest instalment of our newest series, The Female Footy Forum (TF3). The TF3 team is made up of Alex Abrahams (also Co-Host on all other TFF episodes and leading the TF3 project) , Julie Maheu, Maria Procopio (AKA CoachMariaSoccer), and we are joined by the fabulous and amazing Carla Portillo. Our fantastic guest, Carla Portillo, a West Virginia University alumni, currently plays professional football in Sweden. She has faced a lot of adversity throughout her football career and has navigated her way through it to make it to the professional level. She shares some of those adversities with us, and how she overcame them. We are obviously dropping another episode of TFF's Exclusive “The Tea with Julie” to make sure we always keep you up to date with the latest gossip and headlines in the professional women’s game. Happy Pride Month & Indigenous History Month from The Footy Forum Family 💙

Join Alex, Dan and Morgan as they take a whole hour to answer all your amazing questions about the ongoing Euros. We take a look at Dan's predictions, Morgan explains why he seriously doubts Portugal both before the Euros began and even after their first two games. TFF also discusses how much of an advantage 'Home Games' have been for some nations such as Italy and Netherlands and some interesting answers are revealed when asked who has surprised them the most so far? As always you'll get to enjoy Dan being roasted as always, and expect the banta to flow throughout. We hope you're all enjoying the Euros so far and hopefully this episode will fire you up even more!!

Join TFF for their Second Episode of the CPL Month. This time they are honoured to be joined by the amazing character that is Rob Gale. They sit down to talk through Rob's fascinating career involving places such as Zambia, London, Omaha and of course Winnipeg. As well as that, Rob and the group engage in some fascinating discussions such as breaking down Canadian Soccer 'DNA,' Looking ahead to the 2026 World Cup, and Rob shares his thoughts on John Herdman as the Head Coach of Canada. Whether you're a Brit that's intrigued, you're excited for the CPL or part of the community who's looking for a fascinating episode, this is not one you want to miss!!

TFF are ecstatic to be dropping the latest instalment of our newest series, The Female Footy Forum (TF3). Our TF3 is made up of Alex Abrahams (also Co-Host on all other TFF episodes) , Julie Maheu, Maria Procopio, and we are joined by the amazing Cloé Lacasse. We discuss the US, GB and Canadian Olympic rosters for Tokyo 2021, training camp selections, and who we are going to miss at the games. We ask Cloé how she would describe herself as a player, kind of coach Bev Priestman is and what it is like to be at a National Training camp trying to make that final roster and prepping for the Tokyo Olympics. We are obviously dropping another episode of “The Tea with Julie” segment to make sure we always keep you up to date with the latest gossip and headlines in the professional women’s game. TF3 and the entire TFF Family and Community would like to take a moment for the 215 children found at the Kamloops Residential School and all communities affected in their time of pain, mourn with the grieving families and honour the lives of over 4,100 children across Canada who never came home. Happy Pride Month & Indigenous History Month from The Footy Forum Family 💙

Join your OG TFF Co-hosts, Morgan and Jovan for exactly what the the doctor ordered the day before the Euros begin. TFF previews EVERYTHING you need to know for the upcoming European Championship. By the end of the episode, you will become the expert of the Euros and will be 10x more excited and ready (in the words of Charles Barkley) GUUAA-RAAAN-TEEED. They give you the basic rundown of the Euros followed by a deep analysis of all 24 nations group-by-group, followed by their predictions of who they expect to make it out of each group. Morgan also presents a question for every single team that will be key for their success, along with what he believes would be a successful tournament for each nation. As always with Morgan and Jovan, expect plenty of back-and-fourths, debates, arguing and of course the banter. Take an hour out of your day for TFF to ensure you make the most of this tournament that fans all over the world have been waiting over a year for!

Join Alex and Dan for the first edition of TFF's very own CPL Month as we build up towards a highly anticipated third season of the Canadian Premier League. They are joined by the 7th Overall Pick in the 2021 CPL-U SPORTS Draft, Stefan Karajovanovic of Halifax Wanderers. They discuss Stefan's childhood growing up in Gatineau, Quebec and his journey which involved a range of clubs and academies at different levels, injuries and setbacks. But Stefan shares his stories of resilience, determination and adapting his game, which has allowed him to now become a CPL player for his favourite Canadian Football Club. This episode is a great way to start a very exciting month of CPL Content!

Join TFF as we kick off 'TFF's CPL Month' sit down the "The King" of the Canadian Premier League, AFC Curtis. Curtis is THE Number 1 place to go for all things CPL. It is no surprise that we talk all things CPL, including a breakdown of how the CPL came about, the goals and desired outcomes of the formation of the league, as well as looking ahead at this year's upcoming season, which will be only the third season of the CPL. As with all our guests, Curtis' CPL and Canadian Football knowledge is pushed to the limit in the infamous No Name Football Game. Whether you're in North America and hyped about this upcoming CPL season, or one of our fans in the UK who want to learn something new, this is not an episode to miss; banta, laughs and roasts, this one has a bit of everything.

Tune into another edition of TFF Breaking to see Morgan and Dan’s immediate reaction to the announcement of England’s Squad for the Euros this summer. They discuss the potential snubbing of Jessie Lingard, and the decisions to keep all 4 ‘Right Backs’ and Drop 2 of the 3 ‘Attacking Midfielders’

Join your four TFF co-hosts as they review the EPL 2020/21 season, which we can all agree has not failed to disappoint. Morgan and Jovan clash over their predictions, as well as what is meant by "How many points are needed to survive?" We also tackle some TFF Exclusive 'Facts or Retract' statements, looking at teams who had standout season for both good and bad reasons.

TFF are honoured to be dropping the first ever episode of our newest series, The Female Footy Forum: TF3. Our team is made up of Alex Abrahams, Julie Maheu, Maria Procopio, and we are joined by the amazing Paige Culver. Paige is a professional female soccer player currently playing in the France First Division for ASJ Soyaux. We talk about the UWCL Final, and what that final means for the women’s game around the world. We discuss the lack of promotion of the UWCL game, and social media has been a platform which both promotes the women’s game as well as taking steps back. Paige talks about the differences between North American soccer culture versus European football culture. We also ask “What will it take for Canada to be a top contender in the 2021 Olympic games and the 2023 Women’s World Cup?” We are also dropping our first ever “The Tea with Julie” segment to make sure we always keep you up to date with the latest gossip and headlines in the professional women’s game.

Join Alex and Morgan for a Special Short-Episode during Mental Health Awareness Week, with their most recent guest Jay Demerit. They talk about Jay's current venture called Rise & Shine: https://www.risenshine.camp/ The discussion revolves around Youth Development as well as the deteriorating mental health of young people, and the increase in suicide rates during the 'social media era.' With the help of Demerit, TFF breaks down what is wrong in society today with regards to the understand of what "youth development" truly means, as well as the need for Mental Education even more so than physical education as part of the school's curriculums in both the UK, North America and the rest of the world. Take less than 30 minutes, to listen to this really important discussion to allow you to reflect and think if there is more you can do to help this global effort to make mental health a much more important topic than it currently is today.

Join the crew for their final episode of their three-week special for the first time ever, as they sit down with a very special guest who has one of the most fascinating stories, involving moving from the US to the UK to play for Southall FC in the 12th division of English Football, to working his way up to eventually play in the Premier League for Watford, before playing EVERY minute of USA's 2010 World Cup Campaign. This remarkable story has everything, and highlights the importance of resiliency, neither a corneal transplant or a split tongue was going to stop DeMerit from achieving his dream of playing for his country at the World Cup. Sit Back and Enjoy the story from the man who lived it.

Join TFF for their longest ever episode as they zoom in on all the controversial events surrounding the proposed European Super League, which very quickly collapsed. Joined by three guests across the episode, the team try to tackle the questions surrounding these events, looking at the damage that could have been done to the English Football pyramid, what has to change on the 'business' side of football and exploring what we can do in the future, and even having our German expert on to discuss the 50+1 rule as it will be debated in parliament. Make sure you come with an open mind, as this episode provides plenty of opportunities to learn more and decide where you stand and what your thoughts are on these crazy events that have taken place

The Fantastic Four are back! In what has been a wild week of sports, TFF are on hand to help dissect. This episode focuses on the Premier League, with five fixtures remaining we take a look into the battle for European places and the relegation battle. We begin by discussing the tight race for Champions League places with Everton, Spurs, Liverpool, West Ham, Chelsea and Leicester still battling for third and fourth. We then talk relegation battle, analysing the teams that could still go down and whether West Brom and Fulham still have a chance!

Join Alex, Dan and Morgan as they welcome their first ever Goalkeeper onto the show, Swiss/Canadian International Jayson Leutwiler. They dive into Jayson's remarkable story about playing in FC Basel's youth system and the incredible winning mentality and environment that existed there, followed by a Make or Break point in his life where he thought his football career was done due to a lack of interest in Switzerland, but a freak story led to interest from Middlesborough FC (this moment still motivates him over a decade later!), which helped kickstart his career in England, where he has gone on to have plenty of success. Whilst playing for Shrewsbury, he helped them achieve promotion to League 1 by setting a new club of 23 clean sheets in a season, at one point having the most clean sheets in all of Europe. We also have some interesting conversations about weaknesses in relying on habits/rituals and what songs he uses to motivate himself, and finally hear about his experience playing for the Canadian National Team, along with the exciting future of this young squad. Of course as always, we test his knowledge in the No Name Football Game, how will our first ever goalkeeper get on in the infamous game!?

Join the whole crew as they sit down with one of the most distinguished figures in Football in the Middle-East, Mehran Rowshan. They talk everything from his experience working at Arsenal's Soccer School in Dubai, to moving on and starting his own Football Club Alliance FC, currently serving as the Director of the Club. He shares amazing insights such as what went on inside Arsenal's 'inner-circle' around the time Wenger was arguably forced out the club, as well as breaking down why he doesn't particularly like Jose Mourinho. From a coaching perspective we also discuss topics such as earning respect, the importance of mentality, setting a standard at a club and the idea of reference thinking. In reality this episode could've been three hours, but we were able to engage in a fascinating 70 minute conversation that we guarantee the whole TFF Community will absolutely love.