Across The Pitch
341 episodes - English - Latest episode: 8 months ago - ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsAcross The Pitch began in the summer of 2018, when Phil Kennedy and Arran Airs embarked upon an idea to start a podcast to teach fans in the United States about the deeper levels of English football, beyond the Premier League. Although Phil and Arran both grew to love football rooting for Arsenal F.C., they began to grow a passion for the grassroots of the game after they started regularly attending games for their hometown. USL Championship side Phoenix Rising FC. Inspired by the story of "The Team That Wouldn't Die", they decided to make Accrington Stanley their flagship club, and in November of 2018, they recorded and released their first episode.
Things quickly took off for them when Accy midfielder Scott Brown agreed to come on the show, for what was just their second episode. By episode 10, they had added Matt Robards to the fold, and ever since the community, and scope of Across The Pitch has continued to grow. This includes Accrington natives Darren Woodhead and Tony Robinson joining the team, and expanding to another continent when Abdulai Suburu founded our partner site Ghana Football News. Moving into 2020, we are going to be bringing even more in depth coverage of the EFL pyramid, the USL and MLS, and of course our favorite teams Accrington Stanley and Phoenix Rising.
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Episodes
Episode 118 Part 1: Rock The Bell
April 24, 2020 15:48 - 40 minutes - 36.7 MBPhil and Darren speak with Accrington Stanley coach Jimmy Bell about his playing days, early life in Liverpool, how he met John Coleman, and important promotions during his Accy tenure in Part 1.
Special Edition: Chelsea Worst Signings 2010-2020
April 23, 2020 21:23 - 32 minutes - 29.5 MBPhil and Arran speak with Chelsea "super fan" and co-host of Across The Pitch Matt Robards, regarding Chelsea's worst 2 signings from 2010-2020. Part 9 in this series.
Episode 117: Cooking With Milk
April 23, 2020 03:06 - 58 minutes - 53.3 MBPhil speaks with Josh Cook founder, author and editor of Accrington Stanley Fanzine Raw Milk. They go over what articles were in the most recent 3rd edition and then have an in depth conversation on the differences in fan experience between watching football in England vs in the United States.
Episode 116: Rommy
April 19, 2020 21:23 - 46 minutes - 42.8 MBPhil and Darren speak with Rommy Boco, who played 3 different stints for Accrington Stanley, and scored the club's first modern League goal back in 2005. They also discuss his time everywhere from SLIGO to Plymouth to China and back, plus his time with the Benin National Team and more.
Episode 115: Total Wolves Show
April 19, 2020 17:16 - 51 minutes - 47.1 MBPhil and Matt have Total Soccer Show's Daryl Grove on to talk about the history of his favorite club, Wolverhampton Wanderers both past and present. Hear some of his favorite matches and players over the years. Phil also tells Daryl about how Total Soccer Show influenced his becoming and Accrington Stanley supporter.
Episode 114 Part 2: Cardy
April 17, 2020 23:32 - 47 minutes - 43.3 MBIn Part 2 Phil and Tony go in depth with Warrington Town manager and former Blackpool, Rochdale, Chester City, and Accrington Stanley player Paul Carden about the ins and outs of managing at the Non-League Level.
Episode 114 Part 1: Cardy
April 17, 2020 02:01 - 33 minutes - 46.2 MBPhil and Tony speak with current Warrington Town manager Paul Carden about his early playing career with Blackpool, Rochdale, Chester City, and even a brief stop at Accrington Stanley, plus rapid fire, trivia, and more in Part 1.
Special Edition: Wolves Worst Signings 2010-2020
April 16, 2020 16:15 - 21 minutes - 19.5 MBPhil, and Ross speak with Wolves "super fan" and co-host of The Total Soccer Show Daryl Grove, regarding Wolves's worst 2 signings from 2010-2020. Part 8 in this series.
Special Edition: Aston Villa Worst Signings 2010-2020
April 15, 2020 23:05 - 46 minutes - 42.8 MBPhil, Tony, and Ross speak with Aston Villa "super fan" and Voice of Minnesota United Callum Williams, regarding Villa's worst 2 signings from 2010-2020. Part 7 in this series.
Special Edition: Belarus Match Week 4 Review
April 15, 2020 15:16 - 24 minutes - 34 MBPhil and Jonny Hibberd of FC Isloch ENG chat about Week 4 results all around the Belarusian Premier League and look forward to what is scheduled in Week 5 after this weekend's Orthodox Easter break.
Special Edition: Everton Worst Signings 2010-2020
April 14, 2020 23:34 - 39 minutes - 36 MBPhil and Ross speak with Everton "super fan" Iain Evans, who has been attending Everton matches since 1983, regarding Everton's worst 2 signings from 2010-2020. Part 6 in this series.
Special Edition: Tottenham Hotspur Worst Signings 2010-2020
April 13, 2020 23:50 - 26 minutes - 24 MBPhil and Ross speak with Tottenham Hotspur "super fan" Jay O'Rourke regarding Spurs worst 2 signings from 2010-2020. Part 5 in this series.
Special Edition: Manchester United Worst Signings 2010-2020
April 13, 2020 19:45 - 23 minutes - 21.3 MBPhil and Ross Devonport speak with Manchester United supporter, and host of The Bellen d'Or Pod Greg Elder, to identify United's 2 worst signings 2010-2020. 4th Part In This Series.
Special Edition: Burnley Worst Signings 2010-2020
April 12, 2020 22:38 - 22 minutes - 21 MBPhil and Ross Devonport speak with Tony Robinson, who has followed Burnley since 1965 to identify Burnley's 2 worst signings 2010-2020. 3rd Part In This Series.
Special Edition: Manchester City Worst Signings 2010-2020
April 11, 2020 18:55 - 25 minutes - 23.6 MBPhil and Ross Devonport speak with Manchester City "super fan" podcaster, blogger, and author of readbutneverred.com David Walker to identify City's 2 worst signings 2010-2020.
Episode 113: A Wolf Wanders To Accrington
April 10, 2020 23:54 - 41 minutes - 37.8 MBPhil and Tony chat with Sadou Diallo, currently on loan to Accrington Stanley from Wolverhampton Wanderers. They talk about his league winning goal in the Under-23 Division, his early career with Man City academy, time with the England Youth National Teams, and much more!
Special Edition: AFC Bournemouth Worst Signings 2010-2020
April 10, 2020 19:41 - 23 minutes - 21.3 MBPhil speaks with Ross Devonport to introduce our new project where we are interviewing a "super fan" of each of the 20 Premier League clubs each day to identify each club's 2 worst signings 2010-2020. Today we start with Ross choosing the 2 worst signings by his favorite team AFC Bournemouth.
Episode 112: Clash Of The Accy Titans
April 09, 2020 19:52 - 36 minutes - 33.3 MBIn a historic debate, David "Bumble" Lloyd, who played for Accrington in the 1950's and 1960's picks his all-time Peel Park era starting XI and Darren Woodhead author of 50 Years of Accrington Stanley picks his best starting XI from 1970 to present. Phil Kennedy moderates.
Episode 111: Barc At The Moon
April 09, 2020 00:35 - 41 minutes - 38.4 MBPhil sits down with Accrington Stanley's Ben Barclay to discuss his first year at Stanley, which has included a move from central defense to defensive midfield. He talks about the challenges of learning a new positions and reflects on his early career at Man City and Brighton Academies, and a rough half season with a relegation bound Notts County.
Episode 110: River City Kickers
April 07, 2020 23:05 - 44 minutes - 41.1 MBPhil chats with Elliot "Yogi" Barr of the River City 93 Podcast about the history and culture of the Richmond Kickers, some players to look out for on the current roster, and a unique discussion on the parallels between lower league soccer in the U.S. and England.
Episode 109: Two Times A Red
April 07, 2020 03:33 - 42 minutes - 39.4 MBPhil and Darren speak with Accrington Stanley's second all-time leader in game's played Andrew Procter. In 2 separate stints Andy played nearly 300 matches and scored 29 times in league play for Stanley. He also spent time with Preston North End, Bury and is now 1st Team Physiotherapist at Wigan in is post playing days.
Special Edition: Belarus Match Week 3 Review
April 07, 2020 00:14 - 23 minutes - 21.5 MBPhil and Jonny Hibberd of FC Isloch ENG chat about week 3 between Isloch and FC Slutsk, plus other matches around the Belarusian Premier League and Isloch's upcoming match against Dynamo Brest.
Episode 108: Rad Racer
April 06, 2020 02:59 - 59 minutes - 54.8 MBPhil and Tony sit down with Accrington Stanley Managing Director David Burgess. In addition to all things Stanley, they chat with David about his football playing career in the 1970's, his time with the Lancashire FA, TT Racing on the Isle of Mann, and much more!
Episode 107: Triple Crown
April 05, 2020 06:23 - 1 hour - 62.3 MBPhil, Arran, and Matt each pick their 3 favorite all time matches. Phoenix Rising, Accrington Stanley, USMNT, Arsenal, Australia, Chelsea, Belgium and more!
Episode 106: A Return To Accy
April 05, 2020 00:22 - 52 minutes - 48 MBPhil and guest host Peter Leatham of OASSC chat with Bobby Grant, who started his career with Accrington back in 2007 and after successful stints at Fleetwood Town, Rochdale, and Shrewsbury among others, has returned back to his original club on loan from Wrexham this season.
Episode 105: A Londoner Moves North
April 03, 2020 20:11 - 35 minutes - 32.9 MBPhil and Tony sit down with Aji Alese, a defender currently on loan to Accrington Stanley from West Ham. They discuss his youth career at West Ham academy, his illustrious English youth international career, and his time at Stanley thus far.
Special Edition: FC Isloch Vs FC Slutsk
April 03, 2020 02:28 - 16 minutes - 15.4 MBPhil speaks with Jonthan Hibberd of the @FCIslochEng Twitter account about the Belarusian Premier League's decision to continue playing while the rest of the world's football has come to a halt, who some of the top teams in the league are, and the lowdown on Sunday's match between FC Isloch and FC Slutsk.
Episode 104: Joe Cool
April 03, 2020 00:21 - 48 minutes - 66.8 MBPhil and Tony sit down with Accrington Stanley left back Joe Maguire to discuss his career including his time with the Liverpool academy, stops at Fleetwood Town and Crawley Town, and his season so far at Accy. Joe also talks about some of his unique hobbies and friendship with Phoenix Rising's Corey Whelan.
Episode 103: A World Cup Winner
April 02, 2020 00:19 - 41 minutes - 37.9 MBPhil and Tony chat with goalkeeper Josef Bursik, currently on loan to Accrington Stanley from Stoke City. They discuss his impressive youth career that included winning the Under-17 World Cup with England in 2017. They also discuss the season so far with Stanley, his early career with AFC Wimbledon, and more.
Episode 102: A Mad Liverpudlian
April 01, 2020 02:14 - 56 minutes - 64.9 MBPhil and Tony sit down with Accrington Stanley midfielder Sam Finley to talk about his time with Accrington so far, and also his early career, from the Everton academy, to winning multiple Welsh League titles with The New Saints, and captaining AFC Fylde in the National League.
Episode 101: Ozzie
March 30, 2020 22:41 - 52 minutes - 47.8 MBPhil and Tony sit down with Accrington striker Offrande Zanzala, who is now in his 3rd year with Accrington. Hear Ozzie's amazing story that includes his family escaping civil war in his native Congo when he was just 2 years old, to making it to England at age 8 and signing on with the Derby academy.
Episode 100: Welchy
March 30, 2020 03:28 - 46 minutes - 42.7 MBPhil and Darren chat with former Accrington Stanley, Barnsley, Macclesfield Town, Altrincham, and Northwich Victoria defender Michael Welch about his long career that included playing a big role in Accrington's 2005 promotion to League 2, his scoring ability as a defender, what he has been up to since retirement, and THAT goal.
Episode 99: Revolution 99
March 29, 2020 07:28 - 1 hour - 105 MBClips from a few of our unreleased recordings with appearances by Matt McClennan and Peter Leatham, Arran's legendary Oasis opener, Matt bemoans the scourge that is soccer on baseball fields, and Phil takes a look back at the first 98 episodes.
Episode 98: Folks Know In San Antonio
March 28, 2020 08:14 - 1 hour - 92.8 MBPhil and Matt chat with SATX Soccer Round Table host Harry "Ramincol" Austin about San Antonio FC and soccer throughout the great state of Texas, they also talk about the Phoenix Rising vs SAFC rivalry, and Harry's new found interest in Accrington Stanley, plus much more!
Episode 97: Yosser
March 27, 2020 04:37 - 59 minutes - 81.6 MBPhil and Tony chat with Accrington Stanley veteran center back Mark Hughes about his time with the club thus far, what is was like winning the League Two title in 2018, how recovery is coming from his recent injury, and his time with other clubs including Northampton, Morecambe, Everton, and even a year in Australia.
Episode 96: Rock 'N Curse
March 26, 2020 06:00 - 45 minutes - 63.1 MBPhil sits down with Andrew Bolte for a relaxed and informative chat, plus some friendly banter, as Andrew is treasurer of Phoenix Rising rivals, New Mexico United's, The Curse supporters group, and also supports Accrington Stanley rival Rochdale AFC.
Episode 95: Bluebirds Bayou
March 25, 2020 03:02 - 35 minutes - 48.8 MBPhil and Tony chat with Barrow AFC, Community Relations Director, and Youth Team Assistant Head Coach Craig Rutherford to talk about the Bluebirds run that has them atop the National League Table, what manager Ian Evatt has brought to the club, the play of stars like Scott Quigley, John Rooney, Joel Dixon, and Dior Angus, Craig's role within the club and community, and much more.
Episode 94: Air Jordan
March 23, 2020 21:51 - 54 minutes - 75.3 MBPhil and Tony sit down with Jordan Clark to discuss his impressive 4 seasons thus far with Accrington Stanley; they have included a League Two Championship, a 2019 Team Player of The Year Award, over 25 goals and over 25 assists. Also, learn of his surprise friendship with a member of the Phoenix Rising coaching staff.
Episode 93: Across The Tele
March 23, 2020 00:38 - 48 minutes - 66.9 MBPhil, Arran, and Matt sit down to talk about what they have been watching on TV recently in the absence of live football, reminisce on some of their favorite games and goals of the past, give a really hard time to Tottenham, and announce their upcoming listener questions episode.
Episode 92: Let's Get Sykes'd Up
March 21, 2020 19:39 - 41 minutes - 56.3 MBPhil and Tony sit down with Accrington Stanley centerback Ross Sykes to talk about his career with Accy thus far and what it means to be one of the club's most successful academy products. They also talk about his FIFA skills, favorite moments from this season, and his plans for the future. Also, a Happy Birthday to Official Accrington Stanley Supporters Club Chairman Peter Leatham.
Episode 91: A Cult Classic
March 20, 2020 05:04 - 46 minutes - 63.2 MBPhil and Darren sit down with Accrington Stanley Hall of Famer and cult hero, Jonathan Smith. They reminisce on his 5 years at the club in the the early 2000's, what is was like playing under John Coleman through 2 promotions, and his current gig as a coach with Chorley FC of the National League.
Episode 90: Warrington And Peace
March 17, 2020 03:10 - 43 minutes - 59.5 MBPhil and Tony sit down with former Accrington Stanley and current Warrington Town midfielder Scott Brown. They reminisce on Scott's past appearances on the show, his time with Accrington, what he has been up to since leaving, the current promotion race Northern Premier League Premier Division, and whether or not jalapenos go on a pizza.
Episode 89: Mr. Accrington Stanley
March 13, 2020 21:05 - 1 hour - 83.2 MBPhil and Tony sit down with Accrington Stanley's active leader in goals and assists, Sean McConville, to talk about his career with the club thus far, how his recovery is coming from his achilles injury and when he expects to be back on the pitch, how Accy has changed since his first time there in 2009, other clubs he has played for including Barrow AFC, and which side of the Everton vs LFC rivalry that the Liverpool native is on.
Episode 88: The Flagship Of Devon
March 13, 2020 04:17 - 1 hour - 83.3 MBPhil, Arran, and Matt start by discussing the most recent announcements regarding the effects of COVID19 on the football and sporting world, then they make their final quarter predictions for who will get promoted, make the playoffs, and get relegated from EFL League One and EFL League Two, also a fan requested contest, and more.
Episode 87: Post Code PO4
March 11, 2020 02:01 - 44 minutes - 60.5 MBPhil and Tony sit down with Hugh Bunce, host of the PO4cast podcast and writer for Pompey News Now to preview the Portsmouth vs Accrington game on Saturday, 14 March 2020. They also discuss the ins and outs of being a Pompey supporter, a bit about Hugh's show, predictions for League One Pro/Rel, and a shout out to Hugh's favorite ice hockey team, the Philadelphia Flyers.
Episode 86: The Mighty Reds Sauce
March 10, 2020 06:20 - 40 minutes - 56.3 MBPhil and Tony sit down with Accrington Stanley attacking midfielder Joe Pritchard. They talk about his early career with Watford, Tottenham Hotspur, Bolton Wanderers, and even a trial with Arsenal. The also discuss his time at Stanley thus far, goals for his career, his favorite Elton John song, what kind of sauce he prefers on a bacon butty, and more!
Episode 85: Phoenix Rising 2020 Season Preview
March 07, 2020 03:27 - 59 minutes - 81.7 MBPhil, Arran, and Matt are joined by Kevin Gates of the PRFC Fan show as they join forces to preview the 2020 Phoenix Rising season. In a roundtable format, they discuss what they feel are the biggest questions as we lead up to opening day 2020. You can find the PRFC Fan Show on Youtube.
Episode 84: Jahn On The Spot
March 05, 2020 23:50 - 29 minutes - 40.1 MBPhil, Arran, and Matt sit down with current Atlanta United, and former Phoenix Rising striker Adam Jahn, they discuss what is has been like moving from Phoenix to Atlanta, his goals and outlook for this season, and reflect on his season with Phoenix last year. Also, learn why his dog's name is Gunner.
Episode 83: Two Pint Limit
March 05, 2020 00:35 - 41 minutes - 56.6 MBPhil, Arran, and Darren sit down with former English cricket international player and coach, broadcaster, and author of Around The World in 80 Pints David Lloyd to discuss his love of football, and specifically his love of his home town Accrington Stanley. Topics include his playing days with Stanley in the 60's, his current involvement with the club, and his wife's love of York City.
Episode 82: Reds Rovers (Accrington vs Tranmere Preview)
March 04, 2020 03:09 - 41 minutes - 57.2 MBPhil and Tony sit down with Tranmere supporter, and author Will Gilbert to preview the Accrington Stanley vs Tranmere Rovers match at WHAM Stadium on 7 March 2020. Will runs the Tranmere fan media site Will Gilbert Football Reports.