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Everyone's favourite Korean Football Podcast.

Mark, Paul and Stevie


    • Mar 27, 2021 LATEST EPISODE
    • monthly NEW EPISODES
    • 51m AVG DURATION
    • 239 EPISODES


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    Episode 224: Sharp Elbows & Wandering Hands

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 27, 2021 50:25


    The chaps take a trip to the park to discuss the fan experience at three different c-word proof grounds before going on to discuss red-card mania, flying elbows and penalties!

    Episode 223 : You Talking To Me?

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 5, 2021 41:04


    It's almost a full house tonight as The Chief calls in from his transfer window taxi while The Phantom returns to host. We review the opening weekend, talk u22s, transfers, prediction leagues and look at the upcoming weekend's games.

    Episode 222 - Who Ya Gonna Call?

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 26, 2021 45:20


    With the new K-League season just hours away the chaps return from hibernation to discuss all things Korean-football related.

    Episode 221 - Who Ate All The Squid?

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 16, 2020 57:36


    The chaps are joined by Devon Rowcliffe, author of Who Ate All The Squid? Football Adventures in South Korea, to discuss his book about Ian Porterfield's time in Busan plus plenty about buses, brown envelopes, hooligan cos-players and more!

    Episode 220 - Simply Red and Black

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 1, 2020 15:24


    We're back with another fancam as Paul sits down with a Korean FC Seoul fan to see if they agree about how this season has gone.

    Episode 219 - Kool and the Gangwon Direction

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 1, 2020 14:02


    Paul is back with another fancam as he tracks down a Gangwon fan to talk about the season so far.

    Episode 218 - 11 Blue Bottlers Floundering on a Pitch

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 24, 2020 24:28


    Another in our occasional series of 'fancams' sees us talk to DolsotDan about his Kleague life. (Note this was recorded prior to Ulsan being thrashed by Pohang)

    Episode 217 : Go, Go, Dolls!

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 16, 2020 33:41


    Mark, Tom and The Chief are back to talk about all things K1 and K2. We talk about the upcoming '48 Shades Supermatch' as Seongnam host Seoul with fans back in the stadiums, there's Korean National games, the rise, rise and rise of Suwon FC, a certain German and much more......

    Episode 216 - Hammered & Yeongtongs

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 1, 2020 51:57


    The chaps assemble in Yeongtong to discuss an abysmal weekend of the K1 relegation round as well as the FA Cup and increasingly farcical ACL. Due to the performance of their respective teams, some of the language used has regressed to the earlier days of the podcast.

    Episode 215 - Clipped Wings?

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2020 31:14


    Mark returns to discuss Seongnam, the decline of the Bluewings and the curious case of the AFC.

    Episode 214 - Socially Distanced

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 13, 2020 36:26


    The Seongnam contingent is otherwise engaged so Paul takes the remaining chaps through a night at the football in the Covid-19 era.

    Episode 213 - Ki Note Speaker

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 21, 2020 43:45


    Mark ambushes Phantom into a riverside chat about the latest goings-on in K-League.

    Episode 212 - Sealed With a Kiš

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 3, 2020 49:22


    Mark and Joe are on hand to discuss the first 48shades Derby of the year before Joe deep dives into statistics to try and work out why home teams simply can't win in K2 this year. There's an examination of the U22 substitue rule, plus the usual preview of the upcoming weekend's action.

    Episode 211 - Su Won Again

    Play Episode Listen Later May 28, 2020 52:17


    Mark, Joe and a late arriving Paul join to talk K2 and the remarkable goalscoring feats of Suwon FC. the remarkable missing K League merchandise and the ever increasing likelihood of a fan-free season.

    Episode 210 - Never A Doll Moment

    Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2020 65:21


    Paul returns to celebrate FC Seoul's moment in the sun while The Chief navigates us safely through the choppy waters of K2 and Tom and Mark discuss Seongnam, K1 and Incheon's desire not to be just a football club anymore.

    Episode 209 - Both Teams To Snore

    Play Episode Listen Later May 15, 2020 41:52


    The chaps look back at the first week of K1 and K2 in which Seongnam almost certainly wrapped up the title, before discussing the unusual experience of watching games on TV and making predictions for the upcoming weekend's matches.

    Episode 208 - Cheonan on and on and on

    Play Episode Listen Later May 7, 2020 42:11


    The 2020 K-League is finally upon us and Mark and the Phantom travel to Cheonan to sit by the side of a pitch to reminisce about the good and bad of K-Leagues gone by, stick the boot into E-Land and offer some wild guesses at what's going to happen in Week 1.

    Episode 207 - Seulgi Skills

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 7, 2019 48:35


    The K-League 1 season is over and a fun final afternoon it was too. But that's not all that's happened this past week as the chaps discuss the Women's AFC Club Championship, Korea's AFC future and plenty more besides.

    Episode 206 - R'sing Around

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 28, 2019 31:02


    The chaps find themselves in deepest Moran on a Thursday afternoon. While most are at work or school, the league of forgotten men and wannabes comes out to play.

    Episode 205 - By Georgia, they're back!

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2019 44:03


    The boys are back from their mid-season break with a slightly rusty performance in which they discuss all the recent happenings in the world of Korean football.

    Episode 204 - A Messi Messy All-Star

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 3, 2019 56:41


    In which the chaps discuss, the K1 title race, a trip to Anyang and overuse the word "shambles" when talking about a certain match. Plus Paul ventures behind enemy lines to interview a Suwon Bluewings fan.

    Episode 203 - The ACL's Next Top Model!

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 18, 2019 55:16


    Mark catches up with The Asian Game's Scott McIntyre to talk about all things Asian Champions League, from this year's tournament, coefficients, the ******** Model, World Cup groups and much much more

    Episode 202 - Kang-In out with The Tavern

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 26, 2019 49:11


    Phantom & Mark travel to Suwon to discuss the latest goings-on in K-League 1 and meet up with the Chief who weighs in on K2 before David Yoon of the Tavern of the Taeguk Warriors joins to for an in-depth look at the current state of the various Korean National Teams.

    Episode 201 - Insert Thaitle Here

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 10, 2019 43:39


    The boys are back and Mark has his tail between his legs as he discusses the recent FC Seoul v Seongnam game. The boys talk U-20 World Cups, Women's World Cups, International friendlies and whatever Chelsea Rovers is...

    Episode 200 - Goodnight John-boy!

    Play Episode Listen Later May 12, 2019 45:24


    They boys p/review recent Kleague and ACL action and deliver a swansong to a Kleague legend...

    Episode 199.5 - Definitely not 200

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 25, 2019 32:45


    The boys are back to discuss the recent Kleague and ACL action, talk about a Brazilian potentially going to become Korean and live podcasting another WK game in what is most definitely, certainly NOT the 200th episode.

    Episode 199 - Cup's Half Empty

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 19, 2019 55:22


    The chaps take a field trip to the WK-League and discuss the FA Cup and a week of many and varied news from the wonderful world of Korean football

    Episode 198 - You can't handle the Strewth!

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 11, 2019 42:22


    The boys are back to P/review recent Kleague action, ACL and FA Cup games. They discuss a potential new stadium for Seongnam and try and defend an indefensible new law of the game.

    Episode 197 : Return Of The Top Cat!

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 5, 2019 59:11


    Paul and Mark meet to discuss all the main news in the K-League and beyond. There's politics, cups, table-topping,

    Episode 196 - Masters of the University

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 29, 2019 36:21


    The boys review a week of FA Cupsets, talk about how the Korean National Team got on in their recent friendlies and look forward to the return of Kleague action

    Episode 195 - It's not Rocket Science

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 22, 2019 60:57


    The boys review recent Kleague and ACL action and look forward to the medium boys entering the FA Cup.

    Episode 194 - Tickety Booooo!

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 7, 2019 53:54


    The new season is underway and Paul is in a good mood after Seoul start with a win. Mark is indisposed so Phantom comes on to moan about tickets and the Asian Champions League.

    Episode 193 : Sponsored Talk

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 28, 2019 48:02


    The new season is finally here and The Phantom swings by 48 Shades Tower to preview both K1 and K2 and talk about his 14th season ticket in a row!! The guys also talk about sponsors, lack of sponsors, kits, ACL and much more......

    Episode 192 - Interview with a Vampire

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 18, 2019 65:11


    The boys are joined by special guest @MarcLostBoyo to discuss this weeks final round of ACL previews, Vietnamese players in the Kleague, the release of more 2019 kits and some odd team restrictions coming out of China.

    Episode 191 Formations Army

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 11, 2019 66:20


    Mark and Paul welcome special guest Joe aka The Chief to talk about all things Suwon FC and K2 for 2019. They also go over some stats from 2018 from the K-League website, talk about a surprising transfer, discuss the nightmare that was the Asian Cup and more.....

    Episode 190 - Asian Cup Lowedown

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 25, 2019 59:31


    The boys are joined by special guest Martin Lowe to dissect goings on at the Asian Cup before catching up with latest transfers and pre-season news in the Kleague.

    Episode 189 - Watergate Scandal

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 18, 2019 63:15


    The boys are joined by special guest Tom to discuss the group stage of the Asian Cup, the Kleague fixture list, this week's transfers and the ongoing saga surrounding Choi Kanghee.

    Episode 188 - You can't win anything with Kyrgyz

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 12, 2019 54:22


    The boys review the first few days of action at the Asian Cup, talk over a few of the recent transfers in the Kleague

    Episode 187 : McIntyre Investigates(HQ)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 5, 2019 51:12


    Mark sits down with Asian football expert Scott McIntyre to discuss the upcoming Asian Cup, and Asian football in general

    Episode 187- McIntyre Investigates

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 5, 2019 51:33


    Mark chats with very special guest Scott McIntyre (@mcintinhos) about club v country and his expectations for the upcoming Asian Cup.

    Episode 186 - Nice one, son!

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 15, 2018 60:04


    The boys review the relegation play-off and the FA Cup final, have special guest A Chief in Korea on to review a season spent watching Suwon FC and more...

    Episode 185 - Oakwell He's Here Now!

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 30, 2018 33:23


    Episode 185 - Oakwell He's Here Now! by Mark, Paul and Stevie

    Episode 184 - Directing Traffic to the Jeonbuk Dugout

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 27, 2018 40:17


    The boys go through the thrilling conclusion to the K2 Season, review the recent internationals and look forward to the penultimate round of the K1

    Episode 183 : 4 Non-Events : Who's Going Up?

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 9, 2018 39:18


    Paul is back as the 48 Shades boys bring you all the latest news in the K-League. They talk the Police, Choi, the Police, international squads, the Police, the FA Cup, the Police and there's even time for the winners and losers of the week(spoiler alert it involves the Police)

    Episode 182 - Doctored? Who?

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 2, 2018 44:17


    Episode 182 - Doctored? Who? by Mark, Paul and Stevie

    Episode 181 - Name That Tune

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 27, 2018 32:37


    Mark & Paul at 48 Shades Tower to discuss all the week's biggest stories in the K-League, we have Bluewings ACL, an certain ex-Jeonbuk keeper and manager, the latest episode of barbarawatch, look ahead to the FA Cup and of course the post-split K1 fxtures.

    Episode 180 - Seo'll Fix It For You

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 23, 2018 31:28


    The 48 Shades guys go over all the news in the K-League including the return of Seo, a final (?) announcement on the Police, preview Choi's FC Seoul return as well as all the K1 and K2 game ans the ACL clash with Bluewings v Kashima

    Episode 179 - Haven't we met somewhere before?

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 13, 2018 35:00


    The boys are back with an addition to the team to talk about Jeonbuk wrapping up the title in record time and the return of a familiar face to try and save FC Seoul from relegation.

    Episode 178 - Glasgow Kiss

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 5, 2018 47:57


    The boys talk ACL, FA Cup and Kleague including play by play analysis of the Wookie's winning goal and celebration.

    Episode 177 - Anarchy in Asan

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 21, 2018 48:26


    The boys review the recent Kleague action, discuss an exciting ACL QF second leg and therorise about whether anarchy will break out in the Kleague with the demise of the Police.

    Episode 176 - Bang and Well Left Son!

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 13, 2018 48:46


    The boys review the recent international fixtures, talk about Suwon's kit problems and look forward to the resumption of the K1

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