Episodios

  • Club chaplain, coach, ref and all round good egg Tim Rose joins Dan and Leon to talk shop

    Club chaplain, coach, ref and all round good egg Tim Rose joins Dan and Leon to talk shop
    May 16 2024
    Tim Rose, the self-proclaimed poor man's Teddy Sheringham, joins Leon and Dan to talk shop. What does a club chaplain do? Does being a referee help you coach and does being a coach help you referee? Plus, the tale of the coach who was so incensed with what he was watching that he booted his team's kitbag....into a nearby river! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    50 m
  • Ups, downs and near-misses

    Ups, downs and near-misses
    Apr 12 2024
    Heard the one about the seven men playing against eleven men? Or even the three man cricket team taking to the field? If not, do tune in to the latest 'Ascot United: Behind the goals'. Plus, promotion for one of the Vets' sides, a near miss for the AUFC Women and the launching of the new 'Shed End' at the Racecourse. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    30 m
  • From the Cabbage Patch to Wembley and beyond

    From the Cabbage Patch to Wembley and beyond
    Feb 16 2024
    Ascot United stalwart Rob Saunders joins Leon and Dan to talk about how the club has changed since he began playing for it way back in the 1980s. From the puddle that acted as a 12th man at one end of the Racecourse, to 3G pitches and Wembley, Rob really has seen it all. Plus, ever heard the one about a side being awarded five (!) penalties in a game? If not, have a listen, it happened to one of the Ascot sides on Saturday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    55 m
  • Wembley hero Kai Walters joins Leon and Dan for Episode 5

    Wembley hero Kai Walters joins Leon and Dan for Episode 5
    Jan 24 2024
    To wear a shirt or to not wear a shirt, that is the question. Well, it's the question Kai Walters, the man who scored the goal that won Ascot United the FA Vase in May 2023, now finds himself asking every day. Why? As he's swapped Berkshire for the Gold Coast and is enjoying all that life in Australia has to offer. Leon and Dan caught up with him before he went off to the beach for another day and talked all things Wembley. And guinea pigs. They get a hefty mention, too.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    37 m
  • Penalty dramas, local derbies and a magnificent goal of the month competition

    Penalty dramas, local derbies and a magnificent goal of the month competition
    Jan 10 2024
    Ascot United seem to score a lot​ of good goals. How do Leon and Dan know this? Because the goal-of-the-month competition for December tells them so. Plus, the first team look ahead to a big local derby at Binfield and the Ascot United Women win a penalty shoot out thriller .... at the second time of asking.  Goal of the Month Competition can be seen Here Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    36 m
  • Warrior watch. Ceri Hooper and Jacob Perry join Leon and Dan to talk all things AUFC Warriors.

    Warrior watch. Ceri Hooper and Jacob Perry join Leon and Dan to talk all things AUFC Warriors.
    Nov 29 2023
    Ceri Hooper and Jacob Perry join Leon and Dan to discuss life with the Ascot United Warriors. Ceri and Leon explain who the Warriors are, how they started and indeed where they are going. Do have a listen for fascinating insight into what's arguably the most inspirational of all Ascot United sides.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    30 m
  • Onwards and upwards for the Ascot United Womens' and Girls' teams

    Onwards and upwards for the Ascot United Womens' and Girls' teams
    Nov 8 2023
    Donna Graham joins Leon and Dan to talk all things Ascot United Women and Girls. The trio discuss first-team ambitions and how Ascot United has been dealing with the (welcome) challenge of ever more players wanting to play for the women and girls section. Plus, Leon talks us through his wooden spoon carvings and we hear more than we might perhaps like about the group's karaoke choices. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    28 m
  • 1st XI manager Jamie Tompkins talks Wembley, finding Ascot in Sweden and playing goalkeepers up front

    1st XI manager Jamie Tompkins talks Wembley, finding Ascot in Sweden and playing goalkeepers up front
    Oct 18 2023
    Jamie Tompkins will forever be the man who led Ascot United to victory at Wembley. But how did he come to find his way to Ascot and where does he think the club will be in five years time? We also find out what will live longest in the memory about that famous day. Plus, the time he ended up putting a goalkeeping coach on up front and we also hear all about Leon's plumbing problems Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    33 m