Not The Footy Show

Welcome to our 560th show in our 20th year, and again we have a slightly longer show but we hope that it will fly by as you listen in to our special guests. On this show we catch up Olympian

Welcome to our 559th show in our 20th year, which is slightly longer than normal as it is a show that incredibly features a sport we haven't covered previously. . On this show we catch up with Belinda Green who

This podcast is recorded outside, as our regular studio is being rebuilt, but we still have plenty to discuss in our new environment. On this podcast we catch up with Claire Abbott from Elite Pole Coaching. Claire sent nine athletes

In the past week the world of Hockey has been focussed on India and the rebirth of the Hockey India League. It is a challenge to launch such a league, but to resurrect a competition comes with a whole set

Thank you to everyone who tuned into the last show which was one of our most listened to Podcasts, and hopefully has changed the way you approach life or even coaching. If you enjoyed that podcast we are confident that

First of all apologies for the time between podcasts but a family bereavement too priority. So this show is slightly longer than normal. We are sure that you will find that it was well worth the wait as we have

In this show our special guest is author Lucas Gillard who talks about his latest book “George Best Down Under.” The book looks at the four main trips that the great Northern Ireland and Manchester United player made to Australia

Mental health has become a big issue in sport in recent years. Yet are many of the issues being branded as a mental health problem are to many not really deserving of being labelled as such. We have been trying

The celebrations are over as we move onto show number 551, and as usual plenty to discuss with another special guest on a slightly longer than normal show. Perth Glory has a new owner after over 20 years under Tony

Welcome to our 550th show!! We look back on why the show was created and celebrate a woman who has led the way in terms of coaching women's football, Nicola Williams. Nicola was the first coach of the Perth Glory

Happy New Year! . Welcome to our 549th show in our 19th year thank you to all those who have stuck with us on this journey. If you care about football this is one interview you do not want to

A slightly longer show than normal as plenty to discuss with two World Cups coming to an end. Imagine training hard for an Olympic, Paralympic, or Commonwealth Games and just being pipped for a medal, that must be soul destroying.

How many of us have dreamt of represnting our nation at any sport, to have that moment where we can say we represented our country? On this show we catch up with one of our youngest guests ever. Molly Baker

We have no control over the world to which we are born. However, there are always lessons to be learned, as our special guest on this show confirms. Gary Todd is the author of “Annie's Boy” the tale of a

The Matildas run at the FIFA Women's World Cup may well have come to an end but there are one group of ladies still seeking appropriate recognition, The First Matildas. This is the title of a book written by our

We have two guests on this show, as we delve into the topic of Pole sports. A week ago the Australian Pole Sports Federation held the national Championships in Penrith, New South Wales. We have featured Pole on NTFS on

There is plenty under discussion on this sshow as we follow up on discussions points from the last podcast. Our special guest is the Australian Men's hockey goalkeeper Andrew Charter who is a dual career athlete, who has witnessed first

On this show we have two special guests. Claire Ghabrial returned to boxing after a ten year gap, and according to her coach came back better than ever but as she turned 40 was forced to retire. Kaye Scott came

On this show we take a slightly different path with our special guest Lisa Wilson who is heading to Australia as an Ambassador for the Transplant Games. A sports festival for those who have undergone a transplant thanks to organ

Time to head to the beach! Following our last show where we were discussing surfing inland on this show we head to the beach to talk about Beach Hockey with the President of the World Beach Hockey Federation and Director

We're back for our 19th year and our 539th show. Happy New Year! This show is slightly longer than our normal length but we hope that you will feel it is worth it, as we have a very interesting guest

Live sport is all about entertainment, so why do paying fans have to endure speeches that kill rather than help build the atmosphere leading to a big game? In this show we look at this as well as the issue

As much as we are told that Politics and Sport should never mix they clearly do and appear to be becoming more and more messy. Our special guest on this show is former Swindon Town goalkeeper Jimmy Allan who took

In a first for the show we are breaking slightly with tradition and are giving over the majority of the show to the two men who will face-off in the International Hockey Federation's election for a new President this weekend,

With this being our 111th podcast since we came off the Perth Airwaves and the fact that this is “Nelson” and an unlucky number in English cricket parlance, it seemed appropriate that this sport should come under the microscope. “Mankading”

Apologies for slightly longer than usual between shows. Mohun Bagan Athletic Club was one of the strongest hockey clubs in Kolkota, India but back in the 1990's due to to the lack of an artificial turf, they withdrew. The side

We are back with another show and as usual there is much to talk about. Our special guest on this show is the new CEO of the Perth Redbacks Basketball club, Ryan Lenegan. The Redbacks are looking for a permanent

The World Cup and football are the main focus on this show. Australia's Socceroos have qualified for their fifth consecutive World Cup Finals in Qatar, and congratulations to the players and the team. The timing could not have been better

As a coach or a sports administrator you are often damned if you do and damned if you don't. In this podcast we look closely at the employment arena as it is today. There are many who are embellishing their

Time for another Podcast and plenty under the microscope. Our special guest on this show is James Reade a Professor from Reading University in the UK who was part of a team that looked at the effects of Covid 19

There has been plenty happening in the world of sport since our last show, and we put a few of those issues under the microscope and as always have a wonderful guest lined up for you. In this show, our

The Perth African Nations Sporting Association is a community group that is doing great work helping not just migrants but Australians of African descent fit into the community through sport. We catch up with Chairperson Achol Madong to hear how

Happy New Year! We are back with the first show of 2022 and with Chinese New Year soon upon us we are looking at the traditional Lion Dance and how this is very much a sport and how the competition

Thank you to everyone who tuned into the last podcast which had one of the highest number of people listen since we changed over from a live show to a podcast format. Hopefully as many will tune in to this

In today's world there are few people who will give up their time for nothing. That is what makes our guest on this show so special. Heidi Scheunemann originally comes from Germany but moved to Papua, Indonesia with her husband

Welcome to our 100th Podcast and our 524th show. For those who have only just discovered Not The Footy Show we were a weekly radio show for nine and a half years and when the station closed continued as a

Welcome to our 99th Podcast and our 523rd show. Hopefully we keep you interested and entertained as usual. In this show our guest is Performance Psychologist Jodii Maguire. We caught up with Jodii to discuss how heading home once their

It has been a while between shows and we apologise for that but Ashley had commentary duties in Tokyo. Hopefully you listened to his updates from the Olympic Games, and we hope that this show was worth the wait. In

The Games come to an end tomorrow and I head home. They have been an Olympic Games like no other. Hopefully we will never seen another Games like these in Tokyo, where the fans are locked out. Looking back there

We are well into the second week here in Tokyo and many are coming out of the 14 day bubble… Despite the lack of crowds the performances of many athletes has been fantastic. However Ashley asks whether some events need

Time for another update from Tokyo to let those who are interested know how things are panning out for one individual. Ashley has now been in Tokyo for over a week and has commentated on four different sports so far

Arrived in Tokyo and time to share the impressions of the first two days. The sport is now underway but the local interest is no where near what people would have expected. Maybe the people will be swayed, but let

The Games of the 32nd Olympiad are going ahead. Some are in favour of this some are not.For those invited to work at the Games it was not as straightforward as it may have been in the past. Once they

Despite so little international sport there is still plenty to discuss, especially with the Olympic Games just around the corner. Following on from one of our topics under discussion (Podcast #96)in this show we catch up with former Springbok Media

It is not often you have a tie in any sporting Championships. Usually there is some way of separating those tied for first. That was not the case in the Australian Boomerang Championships and we catch up with one of

Time for another show, and there is plenty to discuss in the world of sport! Our special guest on this show is a hockey player from the Golden Era of Australian hockey, a man regarded by many as one of

This show sees the interviewee take centre stage as we talk at length to former Belgian Hockey International Marc Coudron who has decided to run for the Presidency of the International Hockey Federation on May 22nd. Mr Coudron is one

Another podcast and some interesting topics under discussion. Our special guest is former Matilda turned football pundit Alicia Ferguson who looks at the recent disappointing results for the Matildas against Germany and the Netherlands and says that there is no

This show has a strong focus on the upcoming delayed Tokyo Olympic Games. The South African Hockey team qualified for the RIO Olympic Games but failed to compete due to an agreement that had been reached between their own Hockey

Was it really the pitch? After England’s humiliating defeat at the hands of India in the third Test Match, and subsequently the fourth, there were many complaining about the standard of the wicket in Ahmedabad, but was it all to

The second show of 2021 is here and as usual some interesting topics under the microscope and with our special guest we look at an area of the sports industry that many have forgotten, but one in which the experts