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Eddie Hearn - Putting Neymar in the Ring, Why is BOXING Booking Superstar Performers, and Saudi Arabia's Riyadh Season...

2024-10-3101:04:12

We’ve got the main man when it comes to boxing on the Fozcast today! In this episode, we are joined by the guy who puts all of the big boy fights on our screens, it’s Eddie Hearn and it’s fair to say, this one was a belter! Eddie talks to us about what really goes on behind the scenes in the boxing world including how fighters make weight and how they put it all on back on before the fight, how he makes all the big bouts happen and the time where a boxer wanted to take Eddie’s watch to promote a fight... Hearn also chats to us about how Saudi Arabia has transformed boxing for the better by enabling all of the biggest fights to happen across the world! He also discusses how boxing isn’t the only form of entertainment on the night anymore and now superstars across the world join the evening with Eminem, Noel Gallagher, Neymar and Cristiano Ronaldo just to name a few... We also touch on his dad and his involvement with Leyton Orient Football Club and we also threw in a few football hypotheticals for Eddie to decide who will win... we had too all right 😝 Thank you for Eddie for coming on the show! We hope you all enjoyed! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Stuart Dallas - The Career Ending Injury EXCLUSIVE!

2024-10-2401:38:15

This week on the Fozcast we are joined by former Leeds and Northern Ireland international Stuart Dallas! In today’s episode, Stuart gives us a deep dive into the extent of his injury which unfortunately led to his retirement from football. He goes from the very start from being rushed to hospital from the game, the setbacks he faced and the moment he decided that he should retire and tell the lads in the changing room…. Looking back on Dallas’ career, he made over 400 professional appearances including 67 goals! We look back on his time at Leeds and what Marcelo Bielsa was really like behind the scenes and we also discover what Murder Ball actually was! Stuart also signed a Leeds shirt for us to give away to you guys too! All you have to do is go over to the Cycling GK website, sign up to the Legends club and follow the instructions for your chance to win! Good Luck! https://thecyclinggk.com/login A massive thank you for Stuart Dallas for telling us his story on the Fozcast 👊🏼 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mads Hermansen - The Secret TRANSFER to the Premier League Champions...

2024-10-1746:11

On this week's episode of the Fozcast, we’re joined by current Premier League and Leicester City goalkeeper, it’s Mads Hermansen! Mads joined Leicester in 2023 and played under Enzo Maresca in the Championship, Mads suited Maresca’s playing style from playing out from the back and even acting as another defender at times! In this ep, Mads talks to us about what it was like to train under Maresca and how life in the top-flight is treating him! We also take a look on his early career in Denmark how he wasn’t always a GK which explains why his skills playing out from the back are so prominent... Furthermore, we also look at his time with the national team and how he is learning from Kasper Schmeichel and all the other experienced pros around him. Let’s hope he can get his very first cap soon... A massive thank you to Mads for coming on the Fozcast and the best of luck for the rest of the season! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Tyrone Mings and his Road to Recovery After 390 Days...

2024-10-1001:09:02

On the Fozcast this week we have current Premier League player, Aston Villa and England defender Tyrone Mings! In this episode, Tyrone gives us a current injury update and the struggles he has had to face whilst being injured. He walks us through every step of the journey to his road to recovery and fingers crossed, he should be back starting in the Premier League soon! Tyrone also talks to us about his unique journey into football and how one Ipswich Town trial helped him turn pro, it’s an incredible story. Once again a massive thank you for Tyrone for coming on and sharing his stories with us! 🙌🏼 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Fozcast LIVE at Wrexham with Stars, James McClean, Elliot Lee and a Special Guest!

2024-10-0301:55:14

The first Fozcast Live of the year and we absolutely loved it! On today’s episode, we are in Wrexham at the William Aston Hall for a special show and we're joined by current stars Elliot Lee, James McClean and kit man Iwan Pugh! We talked everything Wrexham, including some behind the scenes access which you may have not have heard before. Elliot and James talk about the time Hugh Jackman walked into the dressing room and surprised the players, James' passion for football boots and that very famous penalty save against Notts County... Thank you to everyone who came down to watch us live, the atmosphere in the crowd was great! We are looking to do more Fozcast lives in the future so let us know where you want us to go... Another massive thank you to Creative Futures at Wrexham University for filming the event for us! Check them out below! https://creativefutures.glyndwr.ac.uk/ Watch the full episode on Spotify below! 👇🏼 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sam Johnstone & That Deadline Day GK Transfer Merry Go Round!

2024-09-2601:15:34

Joining Ben and Tom on the Fozcast this week is current Wolves number one and former Manchester United, Aston Villa, West Brom and Crystal Palace GK, it’s Sam Johnstone! In today’s episode, we talked to Sam about those final days of the transfer window and why so many GK's made a change to a new team... We also had a look at his new life at Wolves and being reunited with some familiar faces such as Neil Cutler (the GK coach) and Craig Dawson! We also looked back on Sam’s career, including his time at United and what Edwin van Der Sar was really like in training. Sam also joins Ben in the infamous club where they have been scored against by another GK, but can you remember what GK scored past Sam... We hope you are enjoying Season 11 of the Fozcast so far, and a massive thank you to Sam who came to our set straight after training! 🙌🏼 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Carl Jenkinson & What It's Like Being A Free Agent in Football

2024-09-1901:09:51

On today’s episode of the Fozcast, Ben and Tom are joined by Carl Jenkison who is a former Premier League player at both Arsenal and West Ham! He also made his England debut in that infamous game where Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored that insane bicycle kick… In this episode, Carl talks about being a free agent in football and what he is trying to do to get back into a football club by training with the PFA. We also talk about his time in Australia, where he won the A-League with Melbourne City! We also dive into his career, looking through his loans and how he got his big move to his boyhood club, playing with the likes of Robin van Persie, Andrey Arshavin and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang! Carl also talks about how good Bacary Sagna was and what he learned from him to improve his game! Thank you for watching! If you would like to see us live on September 22nd at William Aston Hall in Wrexham, joined by Elliot Lee and James McClean, get your tickets down below! 👇🏼 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Shane Long - The Story Behind the Fastest Goal in PL History! The Fozcast Season 11 Ep 6

2024-09-1201:15:57

This week on the Fozcast we are joined by the man who has the fastest goal ever in Premier League history, scoring in 7.69 seconds and you never guess who was in goal, our very own Ben Foster! Of course it’s Ireland international Shane Long! Shane has been a guest we’ve wanted to have on the Fozcast for a long time and he didn’t disappoint. He told us all about what the Irish squad get up too when they go away on international break, which is traditionally very different from the English culture. We also look back on his career, specifically that Southampton squad in 2015 where they had the likes of Virgil Van Dijk, Sadio Mane, James Ward-Prowse, Dusan Tadic and many more. Shane also chats to us about his move to Hull and how it didn’t go as smoothly as he hoped… Once again we hope you enjoyed this episode of the Fozcast! If you would like to see us live on September 22nd at William Aston Hall in Wrexham, joined by Elliot Lee and James McClean, get your tickets down below! 👇🏼 https://williamastonwrexham.com/event/ben-foster Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Things You Didn’t Know About Being A Professional Footballer! Season 11 Ep 5

2024-09-0501:23:31

This week on the Fozcast, we talk about things that you didn’t know about football… We are joined by former Barnsley GK, ex England GK coach and a familiar face on the Football Fill-In, Dave Watson! We talked about how much money players lose when giving away their shirts? Do players pay for their yellow cards? How much money do players spend on boots? Where do clubs get their footballs from? Who collects fines within a club, and so much more! Dave gives us his insight from a coaches perspective too as we reveal all of the questions you wanted to know about the behind the scenes at a football club! We just wanted to say thank you to everyone who contributed to the questions too over on Instagram! The responses were great, and keep an eye out on The Fozcast Instagram page if you want to be involved in a Fozcast in the future. The Fozcast live at William Aston Hall on Sunday 22nd September! Tickets down below! Some big guests announced soon! https://williamastonwrexham.com/event/ben-foster Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The BIG Debate | Who Was The Better Footballer? Players Primes Podcast | The Fozcast S11 Ep 4

2024-08-2901:06:05

It’s back to back Tubes episodes - what’s there not to love about that! This time, Ben, Tom and Tubes discuss players in their primes and put them against each other to see who comes out on top! The good thing about having three people, is that there is always a winner so stay tuned to the end to see if your pick matches the lads! Let us know which primes we have left out and gives us your opinion on who should have won out of the players we chose! Get your tickets to the Fozcast live down below! Some special guests will be announced soon... 👀 https://williamastonwrexham.com/event/ben-foster Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ask Us Anything - Sir Alex Fergusons Pre Season & John Terry's Kind Gesture to Tubes | The Fozcast Season 11 Ep 3

2024-08-2201:13:50

This week on the Fozcast, we see the return of the legend and our good friend Tubes on the pod! In this episode, we reached out to you guys on Instagram to ask us questions about anything you wanted and we answered them on here! Some of the questions included, what was Manchester United’s and Sir Alex Ferguson's pre-season like? What are the pressures of working in media? How do players get tickets to a match and how did Ben and Tom actually meet? So many of your questions were answered and we would love to do some more episodes like this as the lads really enjoyed this one! Make sure you keep your eyes peeled on our socials to get involved in the next one! Did your question get chosen? Have a watch to find out! If you want to see the Fozcast live show with some special guests, click the link below to find out more! 👇🏼 https://williamastonwrexham.com/event/ben-foster Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Marc Albrighton - Premier League Champions to Relegation with Leicester City | The Fozcast S11 Ep 2

2024-08-1501:27:46

On episode 2 of the Fozcast, we have one of Leicester’s Premier League winners from that incredible 2015/16 season, it’s Marc Albrighton! In today’s episode Marc talks to us about that incredible season and how they upset the odds at 5000/1! On the other hand, we also discuss that relegation campaign and what exactly went wrong for a team that good, to get relegated to the Championship! Looking deeper into that Foxes team, Marc tells us about what Jamie Vardy is like behind closed doors and does he really have a drink of port before every game? We also discover what N’Golo Kante and Riyad Mahrez got up to after training had finished which saw crowds of players watching… This episode was a cracker and we hope you are enjoying the start of the new season! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Glenn Murray - The ONE Player Who Could've Been A STAR! The Fozcast S11 Ep 1

2024-08-0801:23:47

The Fozcast is back for a new season and to kick things off, we have Brighton legend Glenn Murray on the pod! Glenn has played 600 career games and has scored over 200 goals, with 111 of those playing at Brighton! In the pod, Glenn talks about Tony Pulis and how brutal his pre-season was back in the day! We also touch on how Ben and Glenn know each other from the Watford days where they go on to talk about the insane fines they had to pay for leaving equipment out on the pitch! Murray also talks about the best players and managers he has ever played with, he gives us a behind the scenes insight into Albion and how Wilfried Zaha could've become a world star... We hope you enjoy this first episode of the season, and there are many more to come over the next few weeks! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Inside Englands Football Camp with Ian Poulter

2024-07-1801:08:12

In this episode of the Fozcast, we have a slightly different episode for you! This time we have current LIV Golf Tour player, Ian Poulter on the pod! Ian tells us about signing for LIV and gives us his thoughts on why he joined team Majesticks GC. Ian also talks to us about his time with England at Euro 2024 when he got invited to their training camp to teach the players golf and gave us some real insights to what the England camp was like behind the scenes! Check out Ian Poulter and team Majesticks GC down below! 👇🏼 https://majesticksgc.com/ A massive thank you to Woburn Golf club for having us too! Check them out below! 👇🏼 https://www.woburngolf.co.uk/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Most Controversial Transfers of All-Time!

2024-07-0449:19

Tubes is back again and this time we are looking at the most controversial transfers in Premier League history and there’s some big names in there with the likes of, Sol Campbell, Ashley Cole, Raheem Sterling, and many more! Let us know if we have missed any and who do you think is the most controversial Premier League Transfer in history! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ben Tozer - The Highs, The Lows and the Long Throws!

2024-06-2701:15:48

Pre-warning, this is one of the BEST episodes that we have done! Me and Tommo are joined by Wrexham LEGEND and my good mate Ben Tozer on the Fozcast. In this week’s Pod, we go through the highs, the lows and those big long throws AND we get the lowdown on those infamous LAS VEGAS trips… There’s first impressions chat, paying the fitness staff to keep SECRETS and the truth behind the Tozer Tower! We also hear about Ben leaving Wrexham, the chat he had with Ryan and Rob and meeting his hero, Will Ferrell. It’s a cracker, so don’t miss it… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Our Top 10 Premier League Bargains of All-Time...

2024-06-2001:02:15

Me and Tom are joined by our good mate Tubesy boy again and we’ve got a cracking episode for you as we go through some of the best bargains in Premier League history. This isn’t our usual Top 10 styled Pod with Tubes, there’s plenty of names to pick from and I’m sure you lot will have your own opinions! For starters, Cristiano Ronaldo’s move to Manchester United has to go down as one of, if not the BIGGEST bargain of them all… I’m sure we have some younger listeners, but you can’t ignore Eric Cantona’s move to United in the 1990’s, however, have you seen the letter Sir Alex Ferguson sent him when he left, it’s incredible! There’s plenty more talent on the list of bargains, including David Silva, Edwin van der Sar, Thiago Silva, Dele Alli and N’Golo Kante, plus we discuss if Cole Palmer should be on that list having cost Chelsea £40 MILLION?! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

James Ward-Prowse - How He Became the Set-Piece King...

2024-06-1355:19

This week we have current Premier League midfielder and the king of set-pieces, James Ward-Prowse on the Fozcast! James is a bit of a Southampton legend, having been there since the age of 6 meaning he was there for over 20 years. He played over 400 games for Southampton, including 11 straight top-flight campaigns and two years competing in Europe. Last season, James moved to West Ham and played over 50 times in his debut season, including every league game and ten European appearances. We talked to James about what it was like leaving the Saints after all that time at the club, and we look back on the experiences he had there such as working with Dave Watson, having Mauricio Pochettino and Ronald Koeman as managers plus Virgil Van Dijk trying to take free-kicks off him! We also ask James about his set-pieces and what the secret is to why he is so good at them... Thank you to Crem Kitchen for using their venue! Check them out below! 👇🏼 http://www.crem.kitchen Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

John Ruddy and the Story Behind Birmingham City's Season...

2024-06-0601:13:07

Back-to-back GK eps for you guys on the Fozcast and this time we have big John Ruddy! In this episode, John gives us some behind the scene access to what happened at Birmingham City during the past season with Wayne Rooney coming in to replace John Eustace and how the players found out… John also talks to us about Tom Brady, including his impact on the football club and how he has a clear vision of where they want to go in the next five years! Moving away from Birmingham, I remind John about that FA Cup Semi-Final in 2019 where Watford came from behind to beat Wolves 3-2. Plus, find out about John's biggest regret in his footballing career… We also answered some of your questions from Instagram too, so keep your eyes peeled on the Fozcast Instagram for a chance to ask a question in the future! This episode was a belter so we hope you enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Emi Martinez - The SAVE which Won Argentina the World Cup!

2024-05-3001:11:151

Today on the Fozcast we have World Cup winner and current Aston Villa GK, Emi Martinez on the pod along side his former GK coach, Neil Cutler! Emi chats to us about that World Cup final and gives us the detailed breakdown of that save which all of us GK’s want to hear! He also tells us about that penalty shootout and what he was thinking in those crucial moments which inspired Argentina to victory. Moving away from the World Cup final, Emi talks to us about his time at Arsenal and how Arsene Wenger wanted him to be Number One, but he signed Petr Cech instead! This then lead to his move to Aston Villa where Emi has flourished and become one of the best keepers in World football. You do not want to miss this one! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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