This week Andrew is joined by Women's football expert, Kieran Thievam as they take in the first ever WSL Manchester derby at Old Trafford. Andrew treats Kieran to a local food hot spot before the brave the rain with 43,000 fans for a historic event.
Andrew packs his bags and set off to spend 24 hours in Milan. Seeing the sights, sounds, culture and the Serie A match between Inter and Frosinone in the iconic San Siro. Free pizza, hostels, walking on cathedral roofs and possibly the greatest football shop of all time. It was an action packed trip and sitting having an espresso, Andrew fills us all in on what happened. Bus transfer - https://www.terravision.eu/airport_transfer/bus-bergamo-airport-milan/ Pizza - https://www.berberepizza.it/ Hostel - https://miohostel.com/ Football Shop - https://footballteam.store/
This week the Ogden's, Andy and Geoff are joined by Gareth Hodgson in Yorkshire to watch Guiseley v Workington in The Northern Premier Division. A cracking bottle shop, lovely club house and seven goals. Can't knock that as an away day.
This week Andrew is back with Andrew and Geoff Ogden to check out the delights of Ramsbottom and United's fixture with Kendal Town in Tier 9 The away side are up in the promotion race and will look to grab three points on their travels. But how will the drink, food and experience match up to the football?
This week Andrew Ogden, and his brother Geoff are joined by Chris Linnay and Arn Furious as they take in Stockport County v Doncaster Rovers in League Two. Pubs, pies, the merit of filing versus crust, fan zones, big stands and much much more.
This week Andrew embarks on a European football adventure. Going to three games, in three days, in three different countries. Last stop on the tour is Leuven in Belgium for OH Leuven v KAA Gent in the Belgian top flight. Delayed trains, wrong hotels, Belgian beers and Ultras. Cracking night all-round. Live from the city squad in Leuven, the beers are flowing and Andrew also spoke to local fan Sepa to get the low down on why you need to visit his city. If you want to see videos from the game, go check out the TIkTok https://www.tiktok.com/@thegibshow_
This week Andrew embarks on a European football adventure. Going to three games, in three days, in three different countries. Second stop is Lower Saxony, Germany on Saturday for VfL Wolfsburg v Union Berlin, his first ever Bundesliga. A journey that started at 01:30 and finished in the lobby of the Wolfsburg Premier Inn. The journey, the beer on offer, and of course, the footy scran. You can definitely hear a mixture of beer and fatigue. A wonderful advert for anyone wanting to go to a Bundesliga game, but how does Wolfsburg rank as a city? If you want to see videos from the game, go check out the TIkTok https://www.tiktok.com/@thegibshow_
This week Andrew embarks on a European football adventure. Going to three games, in three days, in three different countries. First stop is Northern Netherlands for FC Groningen v ADO Den Haag in the Dutch second division on Friday night. The journey, the beer on offer, and of course, the footy scran. He also stopped and chatted to a lovely couple, Jesper and Nina, to get the local inside knowledge. Why you should come to Groningen, what you need to do and how it compares to elsewhere in Holland. If you want to see videos from the game, go check out the TIkTok https://www.tiktok.com/@thegibshow_
Fourth vs Fifth in the NWCFL as Chadderton travel up to Wythenshawe Town to face one of the favourites for promotion. It was a hot day in Manchester, but that didn't stop the home side putting on a show. Andrew was joined by Andrew and Geoff Ogden to discuss the game and their first visit to Ericstan Park. Like, share, subscribe and spread the word. Thanks
Two teams who play good football, with strong starts to the season, West v Chaddy was all set up to be a cracker. It didn't disappoint. Andrew and John discuss the game, the standout players and the great community work at West. Plus, Andrew speaks to Chaddy's playoff hero from last season, goalkeeper, Joey Oldham. How they prepped for the promotion fight, his penalty technique and the best and worst places he played last season. Like, share, subscribe and spread the word. Thanks
On a wet Wednesday night, we're off to North Manchester as City of Liverpool travel to Avro FC. The home of Footy Scran - but will the food live up to the reputation and can the home side continue their excellent start to life in Tier 8? Andrew was joined by John McGee in what was a bizarre evening, but a fun evening.
This week we make a return to Gigg Lane to watch Bury FC take on Chadderton FC in the NWCFL Premier Division. The home side have started strong in the league and are favourites to go up, but newly promoted Chaddy are a tough team to beat. We take AFC v FC, the stadium, pies, budgets, ridiculous goals and an amazing comeback. Andrew was joined by John McGee, Andy and Geoff Ogden at the Trackside pub in Bury.
This week we are down in Chorlton to see West Didsbury & Chorlton take on the North West Counties Premier Division Champions, Vauxhall Motors in the FA Cup Extra Preliminary Round match. Chants, food, beer, gin, two goals, a penalty and a red car. Even rain, this game had everything. Andrew was joined by John McGee (@epouvantail), and Blake Finney (@FinneyBlake).
Episode 1 of the podcast takes us to Chadderton FC as the Oldham club start their first season in the North West Counties Premier League. Joined by Rochdale fan, and non-league adventurer, Andy Ogden (@oggypart3) We look at the game, which players stood out and what sort of day you should expect at The Falcon Fire Stadium. This season I'll be checking out games across the North West, Europe, maybe even further afield and bringing you a podcast after every game.
Welcome to The Gib Football Show. The aim of the podcast is to bring you some insight into the match day experience around the North West of Manchester and beyond. Be it at Chadderton FC in Tier 9, Ligue 1 when I visit Lille in France, or recording from a bus at 1am in mainland Europe after a game in Groningen. The matches, players, footy scran, drinks and everything else which makes up the match day. I will be joined by friends and fans, maybe even some staff and players as we go. Come with me on a 15/20 minute journey this season as we kick off The Gib Football Show.