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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Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 7 days 15 hours 23 minutes
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...
Box2Box Friday 4th March 2022 - Russia Suspended, Abramovich Legacy, Phoenix Persistence, Azzurri Stress Forecast
Rob Gilbert and Michael Edgley are joined by Wellington Phoenix general manager David Dome mid-way through the club's second season in Wollongong. David discusses the challenges of launching their women's side away from home, and his hopes that their men can return to New Zealand before the season's out...
Box2Box Friday 25th February 2022 - Paramount & Keepup review, Old Trafford unrest remains, UEFA's Russia quandry
Rob Gilbert, Michael Edgley and Willem van Denderen are joined by For Vuck's Sake's Dave Srhoj to run the rule over Australian football's new broadcast era three months in, as public patience begins to wear thin around Paramount+, Channel 10 and the KeepUp app.
The Guardian's Manchester United correspondent Jamie Jackson also returns to cover the spluttering run of the Reds under interim boss Ralf Rangnick...
Box2Box Friday 18th February 2022 - Jets & Reds ownership changes, Chelsea complete set, ALW goal-fest
Rob Gilbert and Michael Edgley are joined by The Sydney Morning Herald's Vince Rugari to discuss possible changes of ownership at both the Newcastle Jets and Adelaide United. Could US investors Jordan Gardiner and Brett Johnson finally be on the verge of buying into Australian football?
The Athletic's Liam Twomey also returns following Chelsea's victory in the Club World Cup final, which completes the set under the ownership of Roman Abramovich...
Box2Box Friday February 11th 2022 - Victory turnaround, Senegal success, Boreham Wood cupset
Rob Gilbert and Michael Edgley are joined by The Age's Michael Lynch following Melbourne Victory's win in Saturday's FFA Cup final. After last season's nadir, Lynchy discusses the Popovic effect in returning the club to the pointy end of the local game.
BBC Sport Africa's Rob Stevens also returns after Senegal became the 15th country to win the African Cup of Nations...
Box2Box Friday February 4th 2022 - Socceroos slip up, Matildas crash out, Celtic go top
Rob Gilbert and Michael Edgley are joined by former Socceroos skipper Paul Wade after the side let two golden points slip on the road to Qatar against Oman. If there's one man who'll lift your spirits and help you see the positives, it's Wadey!
The Guardian and ESPN's Joey Lynch also returns to diagnose how the Matildas' Asian Cup campaign went so badly awry, and whether Tony Gustavsson is the right man to keep steering the ship towards the World Cup...
Box2Box Friday 28th January 2022 - Socceroos & Matildas win big, AFCON tragedy, Berisha calls time
Robert Gilbert and Michael Edgley are joined by two-time A-League Championship manager Ernie Merrick to analyse the Socceroos' 4-0 win over Vietnam, which has reignited their bid to gain automatic qualification for the World Cup.
Former Matilda Georgie Yeoman-Dale also returns to the show with the Matildas on the verge of the Asian Cup knockout stages, with a quarter-final against South Korea coming up on Sunday evening...
Box2Box Friday 21st January 2022 - Women's Asian Cup Preview, Toffees sack Benitez, Ghana Disaster!
Rob Gilbert and Michael Edgley are joined by Network 10's Amy Chapman on the eve of the Women's Asian Cup in India. The Matildas are considered a genuine chance to repeat their feats of 2010; can they get momentum rolling ahead of next year's World Cup?
BBC pundit Stephen Warnock returns to the show to discuss his former manager Rafael Benitez's car crash stint as Everton boss, which mercifully came to an end this week...
Box2Box Thursday 13th January 2022 - Nathan Kosmina on Cavallo abuse, Security issues reignite, AFCON underway
Michael Edgley, Derek Dyson and Willem van Denderen are joined by Adelaide United CEO Nathan Kosmina during what is a busy time at the Reds. Nathan candidly discusses a range of topics from homophobic abuse levelled at Josh Cavallo, Ben Halloran's departure, and stadium works at Hindmarsh...
Box2Box Thursday 6th January 2022 - Celtic's J1 League Trio, AFCON Preview, Ulysses Kokkinos Passing
Michael Edgley, Derek Dyson and Willem van Denderen are joined by The Athletic's Kieran Devlin for an update on Ange Postecoglou's ascension at Celtic. Having lifted his first silverware last month Ange has wasted no time in the January transfer market, signing three further J1 League players.
BBC Sport Africa's Rob Stevens joins the show to preview the 2021 African Cup of Nations, which begins in Cameroon on Monday...