Thursday, Oct 22 Today's Guest: Kris Voakes --- Kris Voakes, Journalist and marathoner for charity. Having realised from a very young age that he was much better at talking football than playing it, the veteran of 43 games and scorer of 13 goals for Palace (Alexandra, not Crystal) started life in sports journalism with a production stint at Oakwell AM, Barnsley FC's matchday radio station. Kris then graduated to the production and reporting ranks at talkSPORT in London, where his biggest claim to fame was begging Chris Waddle to become Sheffield Wednesday boss every time they sacked a manager... which was often. After a spell out of journalism, during which he became more and more frustrated with the poor British coverage of his increasingly beloved italian football, he took the bull by the horns in moving to Milan at the beginning of 2009. David Beckham found inspiration from his move and followed him to the fashion capital of the world. His early work on the peninsula has included regular columns for http://italian-calcio.blogspot.com and fortnightly ramblings with Steven and Kenny on WSD. If all goes awry in journalism, he plans to check out the MilanLab and play football well into his 50s. --- WFD is daily, 10am - 1130am PST. Come be involved...call the show at (877) 382-5556 or skype: world.football.daily, email your thoughts to show@worldfootballdaily.com orTwitter: wfootballdaily.
Friday, October 23 Today's Guest: Sean Wheelock --- [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rs4zERVT-m8]Sean Wheelock[/ame], commentator, pundit, and Jimmy Conrad’s sidekick. A television broadcaster in Major League Soccer since the league's inaugural season of 1996, Sean Wheelock has served as the host of "MLS Wrap" on Fox Soccer Channel, “MLS ExtraTime” on ESPN2, and as the voice of the Kansas City Wizards. Sean’s television and radio soccer play by play experience also includes numerous MLS matches for ESPN/ESPN2 and Fox Soccer Channel, World Cup Qualifiers, US Open Cup, French League 1, Dutch Eredivise, USL, and NCAA Men’s and Women’s college soccer. For the 2006 FIFA World Cup, Sean worked as a commentator for both XM Satellite Radio and the British Broadcasting Corporation. Aside from his television broadcasting work in the United States, Sean is the US and CONCACAF correspondent for BBC Radio in the UK. As part of his duties, Sean is a panelist on the weekly "World Football Phone-In" on BBC Radio 5, and a regular contributor to Radio 5's “Five Live Sport" and to "World Football" and "Sports World" on BBC World Service. For the BBC, Sean has also written and narrated numerous documentaries on soccer, including one on America’s historic win versus England at the 1950 World Cup. In addition to his soccer broadcasting work in the UK, Sean has called three Super Bowls for BBC Radio 5, and serves as host of their weekly NFL recap program. In 2005, Sean made his feature film debut in “The Game of Their Lives,” playing reporter Matthew Tucker. That experience led him to create, write, and narrate a documentary of the actual match on which the film was based, which aired on the BBC. Sean resides in the Kansas City suburb of Shawnee, Kansas with his wife Kelly, originally of Odiham, Hampshire, England, and their young daughter Ellee. --- WFD is daily, 10am - 1130am PST. Come be involved...call the show at (877) 382-5556 or skype: world.football.daily, email your thoughts to show@worldfootballdaily.com orTwitter: wfootballdaily. For a live Audio Link via 365, hit the link on the WFD website or join the video and chat on the WFD Ustream.
Monday, October 26 Today's Guests: Dermot Gallagher, Preki Radosavljevic. --- Dermont Gallagher, longest serving referee in the premiereship, [ame=http://www.amazon.co.uk/Well-Done-Dermot-Gallagher-Autobiography/dp/0955039436]author[/ame], fond of [ame=http://www.stockphotography.co.uk/Store/Zoom.aspx?ProdID=24215]red and black[/ame], and [ame=http://www.goal.com/en/news/9/england/2009/08/31/1472668/former-referee-dermot-gallagher-urges-caution-over-arsenal]level headed lad[/ame]. After twenty five years as a referee, Dermot has only just hung up his whistle as a top official. On the National list of referees for seventeen years and on the FIFA list for nine, he remains one of the most recognisable and respected of the men in black. A budding footballer in his day, his love of the game brought him into refereeing and led him to officiating 14 international matches, 8 international cup finals, as well as the Under 20s World Cup final between Brazil and Argentina. --- Predrag “Preki” Radosavljevic, Chivas USA head coach, innovator of football’s [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I364I0QRZKY&NR=1] Full Preki[/ame], star of MLS and MISL...and he always goes to [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2lTtvF7oME]his left[/ame]. The ageless Preki was born in then Yugoslavia (Serbia), and played for Red Star Belgrade before immigrating to the USA in 1985. His playing career of 22 years spans Yugoslavian, American Indoor, and English teams, but he’s most known for his US National Team and MLS appearances. Playing for the Kansas City Wizards and a solitary year at now defunct Miami Fuzion, Preki is the only player to have won the MLS MVP Award and the MLS Scoring Champion Award twice, both in 1997 and 2003. He won an MLS Cup in 2000 with the Wizards, and is still hold the highest career point totals with 295 (Regular Season and Playoffs). Preki became a US citizen in 1995 and was capped 28 times with the USMNT, scoring 4 goals, including the memorable game winner against Brazil in the 1998 Gold Cup. He played two games in the 1998 World Cup, one of which was against his native Yugoslavia. After retiring as a player at age 42 (dramatically scoring a goal in the final minute of his last game), he join Bob Bradley’s coaching squad at Chivas USA as an assistant, and was elevated to head coach in 2007 when Bradley moved on to coach the USMNT. Preki was named MLS Coach of the Year in his first year at Chivas. --- WFD is daily, 10am - 1130am PST. Come be involved...call the show at (877) 382-5556 or skype: world.football.daily, email your thoughts to show@worldfootballdaily.com orTwitter: wfootballdaily. Live Audio Link via 365, hit the link on the WFD website or join the video and chat on the WFD Ustream.
Tuesday, October 27 Today's Guest: Andy Brassell --- Andy Brassell, Author and also a god. Andy Brassell is a freelance writer and broadcaster on European football. He is resident European football expert on BBC FiveLive Up All Night's World Football show, and has contributed to a number of other radio shows, magazines, websites and television programmes whilst covering football all over the continent. The author of ‘All Or Nothing; A season in the life of the Champions League’, Andy speaks four languages and lives in London with his wife and their pet Valencian bat. He has also DJed extensively around London and the north-east, and now forms one half of the acclaimed Gumbo DJ collective. --- WFD is daily, 10am - 1130am PST. Come be involved...call the show at (877) 382-5556 or skype: world.football.daily, email your thoughts to show@worldfootballdaily.com orTwitter: wfootballdaily. Live Audio Link via 365, hit the link on the WFD website or join the video and chat on the WFD Ustream.
Wednesday, October 28 Today's Guest: Graham Hunter --- Graham Hunter, Revista de la Liga. Graham is one of those league experts that knows way to much to be healthy. When you ask him "Does A + B = C", he'll not only answer that, but tell you how to arrive at that answer, how that answer would differ at La Mestalla vs La Rosaleda, and what the last 10 games were like for B defensively. On the road. During Februarys. Wednesdays. He's brilliant. --- WFD is daily, 10am - 1130am PST. Come be involved...call the show at (877) 382-5556 or skype: world.football.daily, email your thoughts to show@worldfootballdaily.com orTwitter: wfootballdaily. Live Audio Link via 365, hit the link on the WFD website or join the video and chat on the WFD Ustream.
Thursday, October 29 Today's Guest: Tim Vickery --- Tim Vickery, Columnist and a god. The son of a reasonably skilled amateur footballer, Tim Vickery inherited all of the enthusiasm and none of the talent. But the game helped to hone his literary skills; despite never making it out of England until his mid-20s he could spell Czechoslovakia (a sadly redundant skill these days) by the age of 7 - all based on the fact that they had made it to two World Cup finals. Since 1994 he has been based in Brazil, and he covers South American football for the BBC, World Soccer magazine, Sports Illustrated and SBS in Australia. --- WFD is daily, 10am - 1130am PST. Come be involved...call the show at (877) 382-5556 or skype: world.football.daily, email your thoughts to show@worldfootballdaily.com orTwitter: wfootballdaily. Live Audio Link via 365, hit the link on the WFD website or join the video and chat on the WFD Ustream.
The studio had no internet today, so there was no "live" broadcast, just a podcast. Apologies to those who were hoping to catch it live.
Also on Today's podcast, Simon Kuper, author of many great books including “Soccernomics“ and "Football Against the Enemy".
Friday, October 30 Today's Guest: Misha Sher, Graham Hunter --- Misha Sher from Soccerex, to discuss the business of football. Born in Ukraine and raised in Dinamo Kiev’s academy, Misha Sher has been around football his entire life. In a life that’s taken him from former USSR to the US and now to the UK , Misha has experienced the game inside and out. As a player, he competed in some of the top tournaments around the world and won an NCAA National Championship at the Ohio Wesleyan University . Since hanging up his boots, Misha has received an MBA – Football Industries at the University of Liverpool and has been heavily involved in the business and media sides of the game. Based in London , Misha is a journalist for ‘The League’ magazine and a presenter for Derby County ’s TV channel, while also regularly contributing to publications, radio shows, and television programs around the world. --- Graham Hunter, Revista de la Liga. Graham is one of those league experts that knows way to much to be healthy. When you ask him "Does A + B = C", he'll not only answer that, but tell you how to arrive at that answer, how that answer would differ at La Mestalla vs La Rosaleda, and what the last 10 games were like for B defensively. On the road. During Februarys. Wednesdays. He's brilliant. --- WFD is daily, 10am - 1130am PST. Come be involved...call the show at (877) 382-5556 or skype: world.football.daily, email your thoughts to show@worldfootballdaily.com orTwitter: wfootballdaily. Live Audio Link via 365, hit the link on the WFD website or join the video and chat on the WFD Ustream.
Monday, November 2 Today's Guests: Dermot Gallagher --- Dermont Gallagher, longest serving referee in the premiereship, [ame=http://www.amazon.co.uk/Well-Done-Dermot-Gallagher-Autobiography/dp/0955039436]author[/ame], fond of [ame=http://www.stockphotography.co.uk/Store/Zoom.aspx?ProdID=24215]red and black[/ame], and [ame=http://www.goal.com/en/news/9/england/2009/08/31/1472668/former-referee-dermot-gallagher-urges-caution-over-arsenal]level headed lad[/ame]. After twenty five years as a referee, Dermot has only just hung up his whistle as a top official. On the National list of referees for seventeen years and on the FIFA list for nine, he remains one of the most recognisable and respected of the men in black. A budding footballer in his day, his love of the game brought him into refereeing and led him to officiating 14 international matches, 8 international cup finals, as well as the Under 20s World Cup final between Brazil and Argentina. --- WFD is daily, 10am - 1130am PST. Come be involved...call the show at (877) 382-5556 or skype: world.football.daily, email your thoughts to show@worldfootballdaily.com orTwitter: wfootballdaily. Live Audio Link via 365, hit the link on the WFD website or join the video and chat on the WFD Ustream.
There will be no show Today, November 2nd. WFD will be on the air Tuesday, November 3, in anticipation of the Champions League games.
Tuesday, November 3 Today's Guests: Rob Beasley, Misha Sher --- Rob Beasley, Award-winning football writer for News of the World. --- Misha Sher from Soccerex, to discuss the business of football. Born in Ukraine and raised in Dinamo Kiev’s academy, Misha Sher has been around football his entire life. In a life that’s taken him from former USSR to the US and now to the UK , Misha has experienced the game inside and out. As a player, he competed in some of the top tournaments around the world and won an NCAA National Championship at the Ohio Wesleyan University . Since hanging up his boots, Misha has received an MBA – Football Industries at the University of Liverpool and has been heavily involved in the business and media sides of the game. Based in London , Misha is a journalist for ‘The League’ magazine and a presenter for Derby County ’s TV channel, while also regularly contributing to publications, radio shows, and television programs around the world. --- WFD is daily, 10am - 1130am PST. Come be involved...call the show at (877) 382-5556 or skype: world.football.daily, email your thoughts to show@worldfootballdaily.com orTwitter: wfootballdaily. Live Audio Link via 365, hit the link on the WFD website or join the video and chat on the WFD Ustream.
Wednesday, Nov 4 Today's Guests: Rebecca Lowe, Phil Ball --- Rebecca Lowe, ESPN UK and champion [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4wIeDiMScI]interviewer[/ame]. Daughter of a BBC legend and ex-classmate of [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7RFCAAW5ME]Peter Crouch[/ame], Rebecca has become one of the more respected presenters of football in a very short time. Graduating University in 2002, she began working at Talksport and shortly after joined the BBC as a football reporter. While greatful for the experience gained at the BBC, Rebecca desired a less safe option, and joined the ambitious Setanta Sports in 2007. When Setanta closed down in 2009, she was snapped up by ESPN, who had just established a UK station and acquired the rights to show the Premiership in the UK. --- Phil Ball Phil Ball is an Englishman who has lived in the north of Spain since 1991. He is the author of ‘Morbo: The Story of Spanish Football’, and ‘White Storm: The Story of Real Madrid’, both of them firsts in the English language. He has also written ‘An Englishman Abroad’ which deals with Beckham’s first year in Spain, and has written a weekly column on ESPN’s ‘Soccernet’ site for the last seven years. A diehard supporter of Grimsby Town, who reside in the nether regions of the English league, he dedicates himself to relatively trivial pursuits in his spare time, such as working as a University lecturer and writing educational materials for the autonomous Basque Government. He has also written a comedy entitled ‘The Hapless Teacher’s Handbook’, and is currently working on a new book about the 1st Gulf War, in which he accidentally participated. --- WFD is daily, 10am - 1130am PST. Come be involved...call the show at (877) 382-5556 or skype: world.football.daily, email your thoughts to show@worldfootballdaily.com orTwitter: wfootballdaily. Live Audio Link via 365, hit the link on the WFD website or join the video and chat on the WFD Ustream.
Thursday, Nov 5 Today's Guest: Andy Brassell --- Andy Brassell, Author, Youtube Addict (he’s got two shows now, Soccerlens and All Or Nothing TV), plus he’s also a god. Andy Brassell is a freelance writer and broadcaster on European football. He is resident European football expert on BBC FiveLive Up All Night's World Football show, and has contributed to a number of other radio shows, magazines, websites and television programmes whilst covering football all over the continent. The author of ‘All Or Nothing; A season in the life of the Champions League’, Andy speaks four languages and lives in London with his wife and their pet Valencian bat. He has also DJed extensively around London and the north-east, and now forms one half of the acclaimed Gumbo DJ collective. --- WFD is daily, 10am - 1130am PST. Come be involved...call the show at (877) 382-5556 or skype: world.football.daily, email your thoughts to show@worldfootballdaily.com orTwitter: wfootballdaily. Live Audio Link via 365, hit the link on the WFD website or join the video and chat on the WFD Ustream.
Friday, Nov 6 Today's Guest: Grant Wahl --- Grant Wahl, Sport Illustrated writer, who is reporting from the Confederations Cup in South Africa. This week his book “The Beckham Experiment” is released. Grant Wahl is an American sports writer. He joined ‘Sports Illustrated’ in November 1996 as a reporter and was promoted to his current position of senior writer in October 2000. Wahl’s writing for SI and SI.com includes college basketball, soccer, investigative reporting and features on a variety of topics. He began his career as an intern with the Miami Herald in 1996. Wahl grew up in Shawnee Mission, Kan., and attended Princeton University where he graduated with a B.A. in politics in 1996. --- WFD is daily, 10am - 1130am PST. Come be involved...call the show at (877) 382-5556 or skype: world.football.daily, email your thoughts to show@worldfootballdaily.com orTwitter: wfootballdaily. Live Audio Link via 365, hit the link on the WFD website or join the video and chat on the WFD Ustream.
Monday, November 9 Today's Guests: Dermot Gallagher --- Dermont Gallagher, longest serving referee in the premiereship, author, fond of red and black, and level headed lad. After twenty five years as a referee, Dermot has only just hung up his whistle as a top official. On the National list of referees for seventeen years and on the FIFA list for nine, he remains one of the most recognisable and respected of the men in black. A budding footballer in his day, his love of the game brought him into refereeing and led him to officiating 14 international matches, 8 international cup finals, as well as the Under 20s World Cup final between Brazil and Argentina. --- WFD is daily, 10am - 1130am PST. Come be involved...call the show at (877) 382-5556 or skype: world.football.daily, email your thoughts to show@worldfootballdaily.com orTwitter: wfootballdaily. Live Audio Link via 365, hit the link on the WFD website or join the video and chat on the WFD Ustream.
Tuesday, November 10 Today's Guests: Pat Dolan, Dom Kinnear --- Pat Dolan, Setanta pundit and blogger, ex footballer and manager, and rather [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8-uQaV5uyk]opinionated[/ame]. Dolan is a former football player, manager and executive, who currently works as a football pundit/analyst for TV station Setanta Sports. He has also recently taken the role of Head Coach with new League of Ireland outfit, Wexford Youths. Dolan, and his twin Eamon, were born to Irish parents and both began life as trainee footballers. Eamon signed with West Ham United and Pat signed for Arsenal F.C., eventually captaining the Youth side. They both played for Republic of Ireland at youth and Under 21 level. Iinjuries forced Pat to cut his playing career short, but his connections parlayed to management jobs at St. Patrick Athletic, Dublin Saints, Cork City and, in a strange way, Waterford United. Dolan has a weekly column with the Irish Daily Star. --- Dominic Kinnear, Head Coach of the Houston Dynamo. Born in Glasgow, Dom grew up in California and represented the USA 54 times in his international career. His playing career has included teams in Scotland (St. Johnstone), Mexico (Nexaca), and a variety of USA leagues. Dom started his coaching career at the San Jose Earthquakes as an assistant for Frank Yallop in 2001 and was promoted head coach when Yallop took the Canadian National Team post in 2004. After winning the Supporter Shield with the Quakes, the team moved to Houston where they won back to back MLS Cups (2006 and 2007). --- WFD is daily, 10am - 1130am PST. Come be involved...call the show at (877) 382-5556 or skype: world.football.daily, email your thoughts to show@worldfootballdaily.com or Twitter: wfootballdaily. Live Audio Link via 365, hit the link on the WFD website or join the video and chat on the WFD Ustream.
The Houston and LA press calls today will be broadcast on the WFD Ustream and Audio following the Show.