Box2Box, as the name implies, is a weekly football podcast for fans, experts and part-time enthusiasts who enjoy genuine analysis and conversation from one end of the pitch to the other. Top of the agenda each week will be the A-Leagues, a specific focus on the Socceroos & Matildas playing abroad and all Australia's FIFA World Cup qualification news. We’ll also be spending plenty of time on the UEFA Champions League and the other major European competitions including Premier League, La Liga, Serie A and the Bundesliga. Box2Box features a line-up of experts who are famous for their hard-hitting opinions and each week we’ll chat current and former players along with some of the most authoritative journalists. The show digs deep into the politics and business of the world game providing insight and analysis fleshing out football's biggest issues. Box2Box is a partnership between Gilbert Media and Australia’s Football Fan Network, the Green & Gold Army.
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Box2Box Wednesday 9th March 2022 - Football's place in Ukraine invasion, A-League Women's Finals, Klopp Succession Plan, Vale Warnie
Rob Gilbert and Michael Edgley are joined by Ukraine football expert Andrew Todos of Zorya Lodonsk to put football's place in the ongoing Russian invasion in context. Andrew ties together a number of threads including Ukraine's ability to contest their World Cup qualifiers, and the nation's reaction to Russia's sporting ban.
The Athletic's Liverpool correspondent James Pearce joins the show to forecast their chances of knocking off Manchester City as the Premier League turns for the final straight, and Rob Tanner discusses the plight of Birmingham City & plenty more in a special edition of Stoppage Time.
With just four teams remaining the A-League Women's finals are previewed, and the boys touch on their memories of the late, great Shane Warne.
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