Starcast: the Billingham Stars podcast

Stars finally join the NIHL N1 party with a win in Leeds and look ahead to a home opener.  And Billy. Captain Michael Elder joins as first guest of the season to discuss the unusual start to the schedule and finally getting underway before the gang break down the Leeds game and look around the league’s other games. Please like, subscribe, share, comment and review wherever you're getting your fix of Starcast - interaction helps the podcast grow.  Also let us know where you're listening and which team you support. Thanks for supporting the podcast wherever you watch or listen, please give a subscribe, share, like, review, comment on whatever platform you use. Follow @billinghamstars on all social media channels for the very latest from the club. Starcast is produced by @march74sports for Billingham Stars.

No games played but we do have hockey on the horizon! It’s game week for your Billingham Stars and the podcast is here to cover pretty much everything. And we mean everything! Look ahead to Stars at Elland Road on Sunday, a round up of games played across the division at the weekend.  NIHL North Updates predictions discussion (with free NHL punditry), media content ramping up, SC ready to roll, and new addition imminent if you can bear to wait. Please like, subscribe, share, comment and review wherever you're getting your fix of Starcast - interaction helps the podcast grow.  Also let us know where you're listening and which team you support. Thanks for supporting the podcast wherever you watch or listen, please give a subscribe, share, like, review, comment on whatever platform you use. Follow @billinghamstars on all social media channels for the very latest from the club. Starcast is produced by @march74sports for Billingham Stars.

Our intrepid trio is back with no NIHL Stars games to discuss - which we manage to drag out to 45 minutes! A quick pre-season recap, the week in NIHL N1, Stars girls historic game, Buccs battle and AOB with a bumper Supporters Club update. Carol’s pre-season updates on all Moralee teams:Blackburn https://www.starshockey.co.uk/news-1/season-2025-26-blackburn-hawksDeeside https://www.starshockey.co.uk/news-1/season-2025-26-deeside-dragonsHull https://www.starshockey.co.uk/news-1/season-2025-26-hull-jetsLeeds https://www.starshockey.co.uk/news-1/season-2025-26-leeds-knights-2Nottingham https://www.starshockey.co.uk/news-1/season-2025-26-nottingham-lionsSheffield https://www.starshockey.co.uk/news-1/season-2025-26-sheffield-scimitarsSolihull https://www.starshockey.co.uk/news-1/season-2025-26-solihull-baronsTelford https://www.starshockey.co.uk/news-1/season-2025-26-telford-tigers-2Widnes https://www.starshockey.co.uk/news-1/season-2025-26-widnes-wild Please like, subscribe, share, comment and review wherever you're getting your fix of Starcast - interaction helps the podcast grow.  Also let us know where you're listening and which team you support.Thanks for supporting the podcast wherever you watch or listen, please give a subscribe, share, like, review, comment on whatever platform you use. Follow @billinghamstars on all social media channels for the very latest from the club. Starcast is produced by @march74sports for Billingham Stars.

The gang is back for the last off-season pod and we catch up with the Stars’ latest signings and news like fixtures and playoffs.A quick look around the rest of NIHL North 1 before we shine the spotlight on Billingham’s new U16 Girls team, and look back at last weekend’s Golf Day at Castle Eden (home of the brewery that sponsored a little local hockey tournament back in the day!) Please like, subscribe, share, comment and review wherever you're getting your fix of Starcast - interaction helps the podcast grow.  Also let us know where you're listening and which team you support. Thanks for supporting the podcast wherever you watch or listen, please give a subscribe, share, like, review, comment on whatever platform you use. Follow @billinghamstars on all social media channels for the very latest from the club. Starcast is produced by @march74sports for Billingham Stars.

The gang is back together and we look at the squad building for the Billingham Stars and wider around the NIHL North 1. Please like, subscribe, share, comment and review wherever you're getting your fix of Starcast - interaction helps the podcast grow.  Also let us know where you're listening and which team you support. Thanks for supporting the podcast wherever you watch or listen, please give a subscribe, share, like, review, comment on whatever platform you use. Follow @billinghamstars on all social media channels for the very latest from the club. Starcast is produced by @march74sports for Billingham Stars.

Off season catch up with the gang as news starts to feed into the NIHL North-a-sphere - nothing Billog related though. Please like, subscribe, share, comment and review wherever you're getting your fix of Starcast - interaction helps the podcast grow.  Also let us know where you're listening and which team you support. Thanks for supporting the podcast wherever you watch or listen, please give a subscribe, share, like, review, comment on whatever platform you use. Follow @billinghamstars on all social media channels for the very latest from the club. STARS POST MATCH AUDIO:Big Red Machine Radio: https://audioboom.com/playlists/4635577-24-25-big-red-machine-radio STARS ON YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCL__iXJyGqQA5g0DUIwuMzg STARS ON SPOTIFY:  Our channel for player playlists: https://open.spotify.com/user/31erl73d34nurp5peu75kuebireq?si=1542fd69b0f84aa1 Starcast is produced by @march74sports for Billingham Stars.

We catch up on the successes at Steel City Showdown and the season ending game in Coventry and a quick thought on 24/25 season for the Billingham Stars. Carol joined from her seaside retreat between Hartlepool, Seaton Carew and Redcar and battled some wifi issues but we got all the content we needed. Please like, subscribe, share, comment and review wherever you're getting your fix of Starcast - interaction helps the podcast grow.  Also let us know where you're listening and which team you support. Thanks for supporting the podcast wherever you watch or listen, please give a subscribe, share, like, review, comment on whatever platform you use. Follow @billinghamstars on all social media channels for the very latest from the club. STARS POST MATCH AUDIO:Big Red Machine Radio: https://audioboom.com/playlists/4635577-24-25-big-red-machine-radio STARS ON YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCL__iXJyGqQA5g0DUIwuMzg STARS ON SPOTIFY:  Our channel for player playlists: https://open.spotify.com/user/31erl73d34nurp5peu75kuebireq?si=1542fd69b0f84aa1 Starcast is produced by @march74sports for Billingham Stars.

Billingham reached the Steel City Showdown with a two-leg win over Deeside - we’ll talk about it as well as the other NIHL division semi finals. Stars will face a repeat of last year’s Final against Blackburn - we’ll talk about it AND the three other Finals taking place in Sheffield Steel City Showdown store: https://eihevents.square.site/ for hats, pucks, programmes and more merch! Steel City Showdown tickets: https://eih.ticketco.events/uk/en/e/nihl_steelcity_showdown_2025  Finally we have the NIHL North player and coach of the year shortlists, sponsored by Ice Barn and powered by True Hockey. Please like, subscribe, share, comment and review wherever you're getting your fix of Starcast - interaction helps the podcast grow.  Also let us know where you're listening and which team you support. Thanks for supporting the podcast wherever you watch or listen, please give a subscribe, share, like, review, comment on whatever platform you use. Follow @billinghamstars on all social media channels for the very latest from the club. STARS POST MATCH AUDIO:Big Red Machine Radio: https://audioboom.com/playlists/4635577-24-25-big-red-machine-radio STARS ON YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCL__iXJyGqQA5g0DUIwuMzg STARS ON SPOTIFY:  Our channel for player playlists: https://open.spotify.com/user/31erl73d34nurp5peu75kuebireq?si=1542fd69b0f84aa1 Starcast is produced by @march74sports for Billingham Stars.

It’s the OG three on this week’s pod talking all things Stars in full post-season mode. Playoff quarter final wins over Leeds secured, lots of goals and lots of love for Luca.  We also check in with the playoff brackets elsewhere in the NIHL divisions. The gang then look ahead to the semi final series with Deeside before the AOB segment features Coventry tickets, Steel City Merch, awards, presentation night and BOTW Parmo Review (watch on FB: https://www.facebook.com/share/v/18oKV2Y2wK/) Steel City Showdown store: https://eihevents.square.site/ for hats, pucks, programmes and more merch! Please like, subscribe, share, comment and review wherever you're getting your fix of Starcast - interaction helps the podcast grow.  Also let us know where you're listening and which team you support. Thanks for supporting the podcast wherever you watch or listen, please give a subscribe, share, like, review, comment on whatever platform you use. Follow @billinghamstars on all social media channels for the very latest from the club. STARS POST MATCH AUDIO:Big Red Machine Radio: https://audioboom.com/playlists/4635577-24-25-big-red-machine-radio STARS ON YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCL__iXJyGqQA5g0DUIwuMzg STARS ON SPOTIFY:  Our channel for player playlists: https://open.spotify.com/user/31erl73d34nurp5peu75kuebireq?si=1542fd69b0f84aa1 Starcast is produced by @march74sports for Billingham Stars.

We are delighted to announce NIHL’s official All-Star teams for North 1 and 2 (approx 35 mins in) - thanks to NIHL for giving us this honour/responsibilty! We are also joined by Stars’ coach Stephen Foster and captain Michael Elder to review where we are at the end of the regular season heading into playoffs (spoiler - it’s going kind of OK thanks!) How was the last game of the regular season and trophy lift?  We’ll tell you what we think! The gang look at tables and playoff fixtures for North and South 1, congratulations to Slough Jets for winning Britton and see you in Coventry! Finally a look at our playoff quarter final with Leeds Knights. Please like, subscribe, share, comment and review wherever you're getting your fix of Starcast - interaction helps the podcast grow.  Also let us know where you're listening and which team you support. Thanks for supporting the podcast wherever you watch or listen, please give a subscribe, share, like, review, comment on whatever platform you use. Follow @billinghamstars on all social media channels for the very latest from the club. STARS POST MATCH AUDIO:Big Red Machine Radio: https://audioboom.com/playlists/4635577-24-25-big-red-machine-radio STARS ON YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCL__iXJyGqQA5g0DUIwuMzg STARS ON SPOTIFY:  Our channel for player playlists: https://open.spotify.com/user/31erl73d34nurp5peu75kuebireq?si=1542fd69b0f84aa1 Starcast is produced by @march74sports for Billingham Stars.

The gang are joined by Pete from Cross Check Clothing to talk about his hockey journey, how the brand was born and recently working with your Billingham Stars. Our 100 point men Chris Sykes and Iain Brown also drop by to talk goals, assists, points, trophies and more.  Of course Iain also talks about his league goals record. There's the regular features reviewing Deeside double header, results & tables, South 1 watch and look ahead to the regular season finale. Save the date features in Any Other Business in a packed episode.  Tune in on Facebook, YouTube, Spotify, Apple, Amazon and many other places. Please like, subscribe, share, comment and review wherever you're getting your fix of Starcast - interaction helps the podcast grow.  Also let us know where you're listening and which team you support. Thanks for supporting the podcast wherever you watch or listen, please give a subscribe, share, like, review, comment on whatever platform you use. Follow @billinghamstars on all social media channels for the very latest from the club. CROSS CHECK CLOTHING www.crosscheckclothing.co.uk  STARS POST MATCH AUDIO:Big Red Machine Radio: https://audioboom.com/playlists/4635577-24-25-big-red-machine-radio STARS ON YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCL__iXJyGqQA5g0DUIwuMzg STARS ON SPOTIFY:  Our channel for player playlists: https://open.spotify.com/user/31erl73d34nurp5peu75kuebireq?si=1542fd69b0f84aa1 Starcast is produced by @march74sports for Billingham Stars.

Billingham Stars did another thing! A win on Sunday in Solihull secured a second successive League title for the Big Red Machine! Goalie Jacob Hammond joins the crew to talk about it, before Carol, Jono and Craig go through the game in more depth. We look at results and tables from last week, before previewing a Deeside double header which starts with the party bus to North Wales and ends with a long-awaited return to home ice on Sunday. In AOB we look at South 1 to see who Billingham will face at Coventry and congratulations to Cardiff Canucks, Stuart Jackson and GB Bandy. Jono has merch to sell so Carol & Craig take a breather (!) and we unveil the winner of the Steel City Showdown tickets in our competition. Please like, subscribe, share, comment and review wherever you're getting your fix of Starcast - interaction helps the podcast grow.  Also let us know where you're listening and which team you support. Thanks for supporting the podcast wherever you watch or listen, please give a subscribe, share, like, review, comment on whatever platform you use. Follow @billinghamstars on all social media channels for the very latest from the club. EIH EVENTS SHOP https://eihevents.square.site/  STARS POST MATCH AUDIO:Big Red Machine Radio: https://audioboom.com/playlists/4635577-24-25-big-red-machine-radio STARS ON YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCL__iXJyGqQA5g0DUIwuMzg STARS ON SPOTIFY:  Our channel for player playlists: https://open.spotify.com/user/31erl73d34nurp5peu75kuebireq?si=1542fd69b0f84aa1 Starcast is produced by @march74sports for Billingham Stars.

Your Starcast crew return sans guests for another packed pod talking all things of the Big Red Machine. A road double header saw two slow starts but ultimately two regulation wins. WIN! A pair of tickets to Steel City Showdown - answer in the social media thread on here or email starcast@march74.co.uk Results and tables from last week, plus a look ahead to the Road to Hobs Moat and a trip to Solihull for Billingham on Sunday. Please like, subscribe, share, comment and review wherever you're getting your fix of Starcast - interaction helps the podcast grow.  Also let us know where you're listening and which team you support. Thanks for supporting the podcast wherever you watch or listen, please give a subscribe, share, like, review, comment on whatever platform you use. Follow @billinghamstars on all social media channels for the very latest from the club. STARS POST MATCH AUDIO:Big Red Machine Radio: https://audioboom.com/playlists/4635577-24-25-big-red-machine-radio STARS ON YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCL__iXJyGqQA5g0DUIwuMzg STARS ON SPOTIFY:  Our channel for player playlists: https://open.spotify.com/user/31erl73d34nurp5peu75kuebireq?si=1542fd69b0f84aa1 Starcast is produced by @march74sports for Billingham Stars.

A story three years in the making… Billingham are Moralee Cup champions! Carol, Jono and Craig chat with Stars’ captain Michael Elder and scoring legend Chris Sykes about the weekend before reviewing the 120 thrilling minutes. We look at the results in the other Cup Finals, and NIHL 1 North league games that took place at the weekend. Finally we look ahead to Stars return to league play with a road double header in Leeds and *checks notes* Whitley Bay. Please like, subscribe, share, comment and review wherever you're getting your fix of Starcast - interaction helps the podcast grow.  Also let us know where you're listening and which team you support. Thanks for supporting the podcast wherever you watch or listen, please give a subscribe, share, like, review, comment on whatever platform you use. Follow @billinghamstars on all social media channels for the very latest from the club. STARS ON YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCL__iXJyGqQA5g0DUIwuMzg STARS ON SPOTIFY:  Our channel for player playlists: https://open.spotify.com/user/31erl73d34nurp5peu75kuebireq?si=1542fd69b0f84aa1 Starcast is produced by @march74sports for Billingham Stars.

The gang return for the latest Starcast talking all things Billingham Stars. Carol, Jono and Craig review the home & home with Nottingham before looking ahead to the Moralee Cup Final against Blackburn this coming weekend.  Podcast exclusive post game interview from Sunday with hat-trick hero Lucas Dowdle too! We are also joined in the second segment by Patrick Smyth, host and founder of A View From The Bridge - a podcast for Belfast Giants which is approaching a milestone episode next week.   There’s also the week’s results & tables courtesy of NIHL Stats Please like, subscribe, share, comment and review wherever you're getting your fix of Starcast - interaction helps the podcast grow.  Also let us know where you're listening and which team you support. Thanks for continuing to support the podcast wherever you watch or listen. Follow @billinghamstars on all social media channels for the very latest from the club. STARS ON YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCL__iXJyGqQA5g0DUIwuMzg STARS ON SPOTIFY:  Our channel for player playlists: https://open.spotify.com/user/31erl73d34nurp5peu75kuebireq?si=1542fd69b0f84aa1 Starcast is produced by @march74sports for Billingham Stars.

Carol, Jono and Craig are back for their latest Starcast. The gang look back at the road win over Widnes Wild complete with wardrobe malfunction before previewing Stars’ home & home with Nottingham this weekend.   There’s last week’s results & tables, with some results of note for sure.  And we open our first ever mailbag to talk enjoyable seasons, All Time Billingham first line, under-rated Stars and players from other teams. Thanks to everyone who submitted a mailbag entry, will be great to see your own answers to the questions posed. Please like, subscribe, share, comment and review wherever you're getting your fix of Starcast - interaction helps the podcast grow.  Also let us know where you're listening and which team you support. Thanks for continuing to support the podcast wherever you watch or listen. Follow @billinghamstars on all social media channels for the very latest from the club. STARS ON SPOTIFY:  Our channel for player playlists: https://open.spotify.com/user/31erl73d34nurp5peu75kuebireq?si=1542fd69b0f84aa1 Starcast is produced by @march74sports for Billingham Stars.

Carol, Jono and Craig are flying solo this week in the latest episode of your fave Stars podcast. The gang look back at the home win over Leeds Knights before previewing the upcoming games and Stars’ trip to Widnes in particular.   There’s last week’s results & tables, some news & notes and the usual AOB topics round things off. Please like, subscribe, share, comment and review wherever you're getting your fix of Starcast - interaction helps the podcast grow.  Also let us know where you're listening and which team you support. Thanks for continuing to support the podcast wherever you watch or listen. Follow @billinghamstars on all social media channels for the very latest from the club. BILLINGHAM STARS TV:Fozzie post-game v Leeds: https://youtu.be/kSPzO3x84MMBen G man of the match: https://youtu.be/3HB_R1xM4a0 STARS ON SPOTIFY: Our channel for player playlists: https://open.spotify.com/user/31erl73d34nurp5peu75kuebireq?si=1542fd69b0f84aa1  Starcast is produced by @march74sports for Billingham Stars.

Carol, Jono and Craig are joined by Anthony Russell from the Banners on the Wall blog/podcast/YouTube show - Anthony tells us his hockey journey from Rostock to Basingstoke and also his thoughts on NIHL National and South, with an eye on crossover playoffs and the National Final in Coventry. The Stars gang then look back at the big home win over Sheffield as Billingham returned to league action.  We also look ahead to the visit of Leeds Knights to the Forum on Sunday.   There’s last week’s results & tables, some bits of news and the usual AOB topics round things off. Please like, subscribe, share, comment and review wherever you're getting your fix of Starcast - interaction helps the podcast grow.  Also let us know where you're listening and which team you support. Thanks for continuing to support the podcast wherever you watch or listen. Follow @billinghamstars on all social media channels for the very latest from the club. BOTW: Anthony is @BannersOTW on Twitter, or visit bannersonthewall.wordpress.com for his content. STARS ON SPOTIFY:  Our channel for player playlists: https://open.spotify.com/user/31erl73d34nurp5peu75kuebireq?si=1542fd69b0f84aa1 Starcast is produced by @march74sports for Billingham Stars.

Carol, Jono and Craig are have their first guest of 2025 as Ben from the NIHL South podcast Zero Pucks Given (ZPG) joins to talk about his podcast journey, NIHL South and the crossover playoffs coming up in April. The Stars gang then review the two legs of the Moralee Cup semi final which saw Billingham reach their third successive Cup Final.   Last week’s results, news and the usual AOB topics round things off. Please like, subscribe, share, comment and review wherever you're getting your fix of Starcast - interaction helps the podcast grow.  Also let us know where you're listening and which team you support. Thanks for continuing to support the podcast wherever you watch or listen. Follow @billinghamstars on all social media channels for the very latest from the club. ZPG: all of Ben’s links can be found at linktr.ee/zeropucksgiven STARS ON SPOTIFY:  Our channel for player playlists: https://open.spotify.com/user/31erl73d34nurp5peu75kuebireq?si=1542fd69b0f84aa1 Starcast is produced by @march74sports for Billingham Stars.

Carol, Jono and Craig are back to look at the home win over Hull in league play ahead of a two-game Cup semi final against the same opponent.   We also run the rule over the other Cup ties in the NIHL North this weekend, look at results from last week’s league play and the latest league table. We round off with the usual AOB topics. Please like, subscribe, share, comment and review wherever you're getting your fix of Starcast - interaction helps the podcast grow.  Also let us know where you're listening and which team you support. Thanks for continuing to support the podcast wherever you watch or listen. Follow @billinghamstars on all social media channels for the very latest from the club. STARS ON SPOTIFY:  Our channel for player playlists: https://open.spotify.com/user/31erl73d34nurp5peu75kuebireq?si=1542fd69b0f84aa1 Starcast is produced by @march74sports for Billingham Stars.