Footy Folk Tales

HOIF Unfiltered is back with a new episode featuring Navas KV, Co-Owner, Director & Head-Coach of Luca Soccer Club, a Malappuram based club. The conversation dwells into the details of the inception of the club that started as an academy. Navas shares with us his love & passion for the sport that has been the driving force behind the making of this club. The talks also include new ownership/sponsors, current situation with the team, coaching staff, management and future plans. Tune in to know it all! #LucaSC #Malappuram #HOIFUnfiltered We appreciate your support!

SHOW LESSHOIF Unfiltered Episode 5 is a detailed discussion and chat about FC Bengaluru United. Telling us all about FCBU, we have Vikram Somanna, Operations Manager. He shares with us from the forming of the club, getting the right team, the season gone by & what the future holds for the club & the fans. Listen in to know everything about this new club from Bengaluru. #FCBU #BFC #Indianfootball #HOIFUnfiltered We appreciate your support!

Episode 4 of HOIF Unfiltered hosts Debayan Sen, Senior Asst. Editor with ESPN India in Bengaluru. We speak about the current happenings of East Bengal FC. From them getting the sporting rights back to looking for investors & we also dwell into the larger Indian football conversation & ponder upon a likelihood of no Calcutta Derby in the coming season. #EastBengalFC #Indianfootball #HOIFUnfiltered We appreciate your support!

Episode 3 of Humans of Indian Football Unfiltered is about everything you need to know about ISL club ATK Mohun Bagan. And to answer all our questions about the same, we have journalist Chiranjit Ojha with The Fan Garage and also a Mohun Bagan fan. The episode is also a reunion for our host Siju & Chiranjit who revisit TFG podcasting days & the humour is all part of that throwback. We hope you enjoy this episode & have got your questions/doubts answered regarding ATK Mohun Bagan.

On episode 2, we have a bunch of Liverpool fans from India talk about their club's Premier League success this season. The ensemble cast consists of coaches Floyd Pinto & Gouramangi Singh, Akarsh Sharma, Aaditya Narayan, Conrad Barreto and Anup Menon. From Klopp's philosophy to the tactical analysis and the personal stories of all these die-hard Redsmen, we have covered it all. You would definitely want to give this a watch or listen for the knowledge and passion that our guests brought to this episode.

We have two special guests joining the Ep. #1 of HOIF Unfiltered. Varsha & Jenisha, fans of BFC & CFC on one platform sharing their love for their clubs & of course indulge in some banter.

In this special series, titled HOIF: Unfiltered, host Siju Mathew talks about Indian Football and other aspects revolving around this realm in an absolute different way. There is banter, debates and a little sprinkle of controversy added to the mix. Who else to bring on episode 0 than her colleagues at Humans of Indian Football? Ajay Menon and Vinay Dhareshwar who run Forza India Academy talk about the impact that the coronavirus pandemic has had on football coarching and the influence of digital market in the post Covid 19 world. They also engage Siju and talk about the latest happenings in the transfer market of Indian football.

In this episode, Humans of Indian Football were welcomed into the Gokulam Kerala FC office to have a chat with Fernando Santiago Varela, head coach; Bino George, technical director and Djair Miranda who is the fitness and conditioning coach. This podcast was recorded on 27th January 2020 after Gokulam Kerala had beaten Churchill Brothers in the Hero I-League, the previous evening. Enjoy

Humans of Indian Football were invited to dinner at Gokulam Kerala FC star, Zohib Islam Amiri's home in Calicut. The Afghan-international has played for several Indian clubs like Mumbai FC, Dempo, FC Goa, Pune FC in his ten year stint in Indian Football. Currently plying his trade for the Malabar based side in the Hero-Ileague, Amiri spoke about his journey and goals in this candid talk.

Humans of Indian Football sat down in the locker room with Gokulam Kerala FC's Trinidad & Tobago duo Marhcus Joseph and Andre Ettienne. This is an exclusive chat with the players on their lives, journey into football and much more.

Humans of Indian Football sat down with the management of Gokulam Kerala FC - Unni Paravannur (Operations), Mizpha Richards (Marketing) and Rajah Rizwan (First Team Manager) to get an in dept understanding on how a football club functions in the background. This a must listen to everyone in the global sports fraternity.

It is the fag end of our 14 day trip in Kerala where we immersed ourselves into the rich football culture. At the balcony of a rented Air BnB, we made a makeshift studio to record our podcast collecting thoughts and memories from this memorable trip. Have a listen!

In this episode, we look back at the 6 days that we have spent on the road in the Malabar region of Kerala. We started from Kasargod and were in our hotel room in Calicut recording this podcast. The date is 26th January 2020 and we are within hours of kick off between Gokulam Kerala FC and Churchill Brothers in the Hero I-League. We speak about the journey so far, plans ahead and best moments from what has been a fruitful trip so far.

In this episode we have a guest in Pratik Jain, Communications Associate with Enabling Leadership (Just For Kicks) to talk more about his fund-raising campaign. We also delve into speaking about our favourite human(s) that have pushed us throughout in our journey in order to do what we are doing currently. Do let us know your thoughts on this podcast. We appreciate your support. Thank you. Our Social Media handles below. Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/humansofindianfootball/ Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/humansofindianfootball Twitter : https://twitter.com/OfficialHoIF

In this first episode of a brand new show titled Footy Folk Tales, we introduce the Humans behind HOIF and in detail explain why and how HOIF came to being. We also look back on the stories covered so far. Featured on the show: Ajay, Vinay and Siju. *Please ignore the camera references made as we also shot of which we will treat you with few glimpses going ahead. Till then enjoy our beautiful voices