Episodes
Garby and Robbie join you for the final time this season to wrap up Melbourne City's Grand Final triumph.
They're joined by two quality guests – the entertaining Tom Glover, who took a break from City's A-League Championship celebrations to chat, and Caitlin Foord from the Matildas camp in Sweden, as the Aussies prepare for the Olympics.
Thank you all for your support and enjoy the final episode!
Published 06/28/21
It's Sydney FC and Melbourne City in the showpiece event yet again!
We go inside both A-League camps with Andrew Nabbout and Alex Wilkinson to get ready for the big one.
Published 06/21/21
We kick off the show this week with a massive transfer exclusive in the A-League before getting into the finals washup from the weekend with special guest Mark Milligan from Macarthur.
The Socceroos legend is fantastic on a range of subjects including their ploy to shock Melbourne City this week and make the Grand Final. Plus, Socceroos and Matildas analysis! Enjoy.
Published 06/14/21
It's awards time! We name our A-League teams of the season now that the regular season has concluded, as well as the best player and young player of the season.
Plus Warren Moon, the coach of the Brisbane Roar joins us for a lengthy chat, as we preview the finals and touch on the Socceroos, Matildas and plenty more! Enjoy.
Published 06/07/21
What a week in Australian Football. The news of Ange Postecoglou's potential move to Celtic has been astounding, so we cross to Scotland to speak with BT Sport Football Presenter Darrell Currie about the environment Ange is most likely stepping into.
We also touch on the new TV rights deal, analyse the Socceroos squad and speak with James Holland in Kuwait. And then there's the little matter of the tightest A-League finals race in history! Bumper show. Enjoy!
Published 05/31/21
We pay tribute to the A-League's most capped player Andrew Durante, who joins us with some stories from his wonderful career, and hail the Premiers Melbourne City with their captain Scott Jamieson.
Plus a dissection of the Sydney Derby and all your other A-League news! Enjoy.
Published 05/24/21
He’s masterminded one of the Australian sporting stories of the year and after leading the Mariners to a win in the derby, Alen Stajcic joins the show to talk through their remarkable season, reflect on the Matildas saga and provide his insights on how the women's national team is going.
Plus a full A-League wrap as the finals race tightens up even more with only a month to go!
Published 05/17/21
We pay tribute to the exploits of Sammy Kerr on the show this week, after her title / golden-boot double in England. Before chatting with Olympic hopeful, Macarthur's Denis Genreau.
Meanwhile, Melbourne City are powering to their first A-League trophy, the Wanderers look back, and what's happened to Western United and Sydney FC? The finals race is gripping and this is the best place for the breakdown.
Published 05/10/21
He's one of Australia's best football stories of the season. The Hull City left back won the League One title this season, promotion to the Championship and was named in the team of the year.
He's a lock to become a Socceroo for the first time in June. But who is Callum Elder?
We spoke with the Sydneysider from his home in the UK to get an insight on him and he's a fantastic talent on and off the park as you'll hear, so much so we felt compelled to turn it into a special episode.
Published 05/07/21
There was a Sydney Derby to savour on Saturday night and the hero from it Scott McDonald joins us to discuss the result, his departure from Brisbane and plenty more in the Aussie game.
While Robbie and Garby break down plenty more angles on the A-League, including a hit out at some of the negativity around the league last week. Enjoy!
Published 05/03/21
Yep, that's his name. One of the best strikers the A-League has seen, Adam Le Fondre is our special guest this week and he's a great listen from quarantine before he rejoins Sydney FC.
Plus we pay tribute to Wellington, ask where to from here for the Wanderers, analyse the Tony Popovic appointment at Victory, along with plenty more Australian Football discussion. Enjoy!
Published 04/26/21
A cracker of a show this week, where we discuss the crazy events of Saturday night as Grant Brebner was sacked as Victory coach, the pressure on Western Sydney and the Matildas horror week. While Ziggy Gordon joins us from the Wanderers to go through his club's situation, as well as his time as a chess prodigy! It's a great story.
Published 04/19/21
The morning after clinching the W-League title we speak with Melbourne Victory's winning coach Jeff Hopkins, along with Perth Glory's 39-year-old goalkeeper Liam Reddy. Daniel Garb and Robbie Cornthwaite also dive into the Matildas first clash and the weekend gone in the A-League.
Published 04/12/21
We build up to the W-League Grand Final on The Grandstand Football Podcast with Sydney FC captain Teresa Polias as the sky blues get set to face Melbourne Victory in the decider.
Before we head to Scotland to chat with Socceroos and Hibernian star Jackson Irvine, who gives the lowdown on playing with Martin Boyle and getting back into European Football after his recent hiatus.
This episode also features a full A-League review of the weekend and the long and the short of it from Garby and...
Published 04/06/21
A moving episode of The Grandstand Football Podcast as Melbourne City's Rhali Dobson recounts her story about retiring to look after her sick boyfriend who then unexpectedly became her fiance after her final game in the W-League.
While Socceroos star Danny Vukovic shares the reasons behind his call to leave Belgium and return home, and what that means for his club and country careers.
All that plus a full wrap of the A-League action and a focus on the W-League's premiers plate decider...
Published 03/29/21
A massive guest on the show this week, with Matildas boss Tony Gustavsson joining to discuss his enormous role guiding the national team through the upcoming Olympics and then the home World Cup in 2023.
Garby and Robbie also select their teams of the season, at the halfway mark of the A-League campaign.
Published 03/22/21
Adelaide make it four in a row, the Victory crisis deepens, Melbourne City run rampant and there's a player coming through who might just replicate one of our best Socceroos in recent times. All that and more on the show this week including great chats with returning Wellington defender Steven Taylor and Matildas and Brisbane legend Claire Polkinghorne. Enjoy!
Published 03/15/21
The shambles that is the Melbourne Victory right now is a big talking point for the boys after the 6-0 Derby drubbing from Melbourne City. Adelaide captain Stefan Mauk is a special guest as well and is incredibly honest about the Neil Kilkenny feud and criticism of allegations he's a diver. Leading women's football writer Samantha Lewis joins as well to take stock of the W-League season ahead of a big finals campaign and names her Matildas bolters.
Published 03/08/21
Two of the greatest players the A-League and W-League have seen in Besart Berisha and Michelle Heyman are the special guests on the show this week while the boys also digest another thrilling weekend of football!
Published 03/01/21
Two of the deadliest goalscorers in the A-League and W-League Jamie Maclaren and Remy Siemsen join the pod this week, and they've got plenty to say!
Meanwhile, Garby and Robbie unpack the VAR drama and problems brewing at Melbourne Victory. As well as analysing the 2023 Women's World Cup legacy plans.
Published 02/22/21
What a cracker of a show. The Central Coast Mariners are one of the great stories in Australian sport right now and their star Danny De Silva joined us to give us an insight on why it has all clicked under Alen Stajcic.
Katrina Gorry is on board as well. The 78-time Matilda recently announced her pregnancy and shares her experience making that life-changing decision in the middle of her career.
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Published 02/15/21
The boys pay tribute to the Mariners and their new cult hero Alou Kuol as they dissect another thrilling week of A-League action and analyse the coaching conundrums out of Melbourne.
Mitch Duke joins from quarantine as he gets set to rejoin Western Sydney and Mallory Weber from Adelaide United gives us the American take on the W-League.
Published 02/08/21
Brisbane go top and the Glory shock Melbourne City.
The A-League season continues to deliver so Garby and Robbie break it down, as well as chatting to Glory W-League star and Kiwi international Liz Anton, who opens up about the significance of the 2023 Women's World Cup for New Zealand.
Published 02/01/21
Daniel Garb and Robbie Cornthwaite break down another thrilling weekend in the A-League, as more young talent emerges on the Australian football scene.
Socceroos star Rhyan Grant is a special guest and shares surprising news about his famous mullet haircut.
While 17 time Matilda Alex Chidiac joins the show to talk about her experiences playing in Europe.
Published 01/25/21