The Banter Pub FC Podcast

Join the Banter Pub FC podcast as they break down what happened this week in the beautiful game! Thank you for listening to another episode of The Banter Pub FC, the sauciest team in the game, the spiciest takes on the pitch. Be sure to follow us on Instagram and Twitter @thebanterpubfc, follow and subscribe on YouTube and Twitch, and  If you like what you heard please be sure to like, subscribe, follow, and review us on your favorite platform!

Join the Banter Pub as the break down what happened this week in the beautiful game. Thank you for listening to another episode of The Banter Pub FC, the sauciest team in the game, the spiciest takes on the pitch. Be sure to follow us on Instagram and Twitter @thebanterpubfc, follow and subscribe on YouTube and Twitch, and  If you like what you heard please be sure to like, subscribe, follow, and review us on your favorite platform!

Join Jessy, Ama, Rosler, Joseph and our captain Neal as they discuss the 2023 Summer Transfer window. Who won the window, who lost!

In this special throwback Set Piece Neal and Jon create a combined XI for the 2022-2023 UEFA Champions League Final between Manchester City and Inter Milan Thank you for listening to another episode of The Banter Pub FC, the sauciest team in the game, the spiciest takes on the pitch. Be sure to follow us on Instagram and Twitter @thebanterpubfc, follow and subscribe on YouTube and Twitch, and  If you like what you heard please be sure to like, subscribe, follow, and review us on your favorite platform.

In this special throwback Set Piece from last season Neal and Jon created a combined XI for the Champions League Final between Manchester City and Inter Milan.

 On the latest episode of Captain's Quarters, El Capitan discussed all things Women's World Cup.  He went into detail about what happened with the Moroccan captain he discussed the Nigerian upset over Australia and also talked about his issues with the US women's national team and their lack of substitutions against another the Netherlands.

JESSY'S COME HOME!

You read that right: the sauciest team in the game with the spiciest takes on the pitch is delighted to announce that our beloved Jessy has made her triumphant return to The Banter Pub FC; reclaiming her time, word to Maxine Waters. We could not be more delighted to share this episode with you all, one of many from a deep backlog inside the BPFC Time Capsule.

Originally recorded on 16 March 2022, this episode features El Capitan Neal, Ama, Jessy, and Joseph diving into a smorgasbord of football; starting with recapping all of the drama in all of our fave domestic leagues in Around The Pitch. The Main Segment sees the fearsome foursome review the UEFA Champions League and Europa League fixtures in their trademark style. Finally, we wrap with Extra Time; where the hosts speak candidly about whatever was on their minds that week.

Don't delay! Press play! Get your life!

The Pub Awaits...

Epic tings a gwan this week when the Father of All Fathers comes through to lead the BPFC line.

Yep, dun know already what it is. Can't stop, won't stop, it's the World's Greatest Podcast™©® The Banter Pub FC; back with more of that BPFC Time Capsule goodness for you all to feast on.

Recorded 3 March 2022, The Pub's incomparable big man on campus Ama is your emcee this week: with El Capitan Neal, Jonathan, and Joseph making up the rest of the esteemed entourage and inner circle. The title of the episode should've given it away because Around The Pitch is nothing short of epic this week from MLS, Serie A, Coppa Italia, Premier League, the Bundesliga, La Liga, Copa Del Rey, and Ligue 1. The Main Segment is an aural adventure in its own right; starting with commentary about Roman Abramovich's decision to sell Chelsea Football Club in the wake of Russia's decision to invade and attack Ukraine. We segue into Poland, Sweden, and the Czech Republic all refusing to play against Russia in the respective World Cup Qualifiers because of the invasion as well as analysing FIFA's clumsy handling of the situation; first suspending Russia before eventually ejecting Russia from World Cup Qualifying altogether and critiquing EA Sports decision to remove the Russian National team and all Russian Premier League football clubs from its FIFA video game franchise.

Finally, we wrap with Extra Time. You know the drill: sixty seconds, all heart.

Simply put: there's plenty more where that came from. We da best, no DJ Khalid.

The Pub Awaits...

Back at it again like that one kid with the white Vans, it's the Wooooooooooorld's Greatest Podcast™©®! Too f*ck*ng right, it's The Banter Pub FC; the gold standard in football commentary; the spiciest team in the game with the sauciest takes on the pitch. It's another day so you know what that means: another episode in the BPFC Time Capsule to drop on that head top.

Recorded 24 February 2022, The Pub's beloved prodigal son Adam is your host with the most this episode; with El Capitan Neal, Ama, and Joseph providing backup vocals while Adam assumes the role of lead singer and busts out the tunes to make your significant another swoon. It's nothing but the hits as the lads launch straight into Around The Pitch, covering all kinds of European domestic action from Serie A to the Premier League; the Bundesliga to La Liga; Ligue 1; and European continental competition (UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League, Europa Conference League). The Main Segment sees the troupe tearing into the news of the USWNT settling their lawsuit against US Soccer for $24 million and what their respective takes on it were, such as what does this mean going forward for Equal Pay and future generations of female footballing talent. Finally, we wrap with Extra Time. You know the law: sixty seconds, all killer, no filler.

It's a wonderful day in the neighbourhood, a beautiful day in the neighbourhood, won't you be ours? Could you be ours?

The Pub Awaits...

Upsets. Upsets everywhere. That's the theme of this week's episode!

We're unloading another episode at you from the container that is it's the m*th*rf*ck*ng World's Greatest Podcast™©® The Banter Pub FC Time Capsule. Yes, the sauciest team in the game with the spiciest takes on the pitch is back again to deliver unto thy keen ears the takes that only BPFC can produce.

Recorded 17 February 2022, The Pub's resident amateur footballer in Joseph is given the hosting reins this week, with El Capitan Neal, Jonathan, and The Pub's resident Grandmaster Flash in Rosler filling out the rest of the team sheet. Around The Pitch sees rousing discussion of certain FA Cup Shenanigans, the Bundesliga, Serie A, and European continental competition (Champions League, Europa League, and a notable Europa Conference League result respectively) results before punching it and zooming into the Main Segment. This week, the lads chat about Gianni Infantino's baffling [yet predictable] reasoning as to what the alleged benefits of hosting the World Cup every two years instead of quadrennially are. Additionally, the boys chastise a pair of German soccer coaches banned for using fraudulent vaccine passes. Football can really be an idiocracy sometimes, word to Mike Judge. Finally, the mandem muse over what moved them personally in Extra Time. Sixty seconds or less, you know how the ting go.

There's still so much more to go before this BPFC Time Capsule is empty. Stay tuned. You're gonna like what you hear. We guarantee it.

The Pub Awaits...

Football has more than one royal family.

Ya dun know who that is! It's the sauciest team in the game with the spiciest takes on the pitch, goddammit. The World's Greatest Podcast™©®, the sinister septuplet your significant other warned you about, the very best that no one ever was (word to Ash from Pokémon), The Banter Pub FC is back with another episode fresh out of the BFPC Time Capsule.

See? Told you we're steady grinding. Don't watch that, cuz.

Anyway, the episode. Recorded 27 January 2022, The Father of All Fathers Ama is lord of the manor this week with El Capitan Neal, Adam, Rosler, and Joseph filling out the rest of the distinguished delegates at the banquet table. Mixing it up this week, it's not Around The Pitch but AFCON The Pitch; where our heroes dive right into the glory that is the African Cup of Nations while domestic campaigns are suspended due to the international break. Before getting into the action, The Pub sent its sincere condolences and sympathies to those affected by the crush in Yaoundé that regrettably killed eight people. After that moment of reflection, the lads dug right into the astounding results from Tunisia knocking Nigeria out; Cameroon humbling Comoros (but not before Comoros produced one of the finest goals in tournament history); Morocco breaking Malawian hearts, and The Gambia continuing their AFCON fairy-tale by dispatching Guinea. Three matches went to penalties, and Senegal v. Cape Verde was a sending-off fest...  you're going to love this week's AFCON-flavoured edition of Around The Pitch.

The Main Segment is another Transfer Tease where big moves and rumoured big moves are analysed down to the final signature. The episode wraps with Extra Time. You know the deal: sixty seconds. All heart. All passion. No filler.

You should get more snacks if you haven't already because... tuh. Baby. This BPFC time capsule? Sweetie, it's FULL.

You love it tho.

The Pub Awaits...

Yeah, baby. We know you like it extra spicy. We know you want it muy caliente.

Well, you're in luck. It just so happens that The World's Greatest Podcast™©® is the sauciest team in the game with the spiciest takes on the pitch; back with another batch of aural gorgeousness. Oh, you didn't know? Then yo' ass better caaaaaaaaall someboooooodaaaaaaaaaaa-

*ahem*. Anyway, where were we? Right, right. Football. BPFC Time Capsule. Cool, cool.

Recorded 20 January 2022, El Capitan Neal is back in the driver's seat this week with Ama riding shotgun, Jonathan with the aux cable, Rosler calling out directions, and Joseph texting on his phone. We do the rounds. Geddit? Because the segment is called... Around The Pitch. See? Geddit? No? Well, damn. Tough crowd. In any regard, Around the Pitch consists of plenty of juicy chatter around action in Ligue 1, La Liga, Premier League, EFL Cup, Bundesliga, Serie A, and finally a generous heaping of delicious AFCON content; complete with reactions to results and looking ahead to the Round of Sixteen. The Main Segment introduces El Capitan's latest brainchild of a segment called the Transfer Tease (which is fitting, and we don't need to say why do we?), where your boys dive into some of the strongest rumours of big-time ballers switching [or not switching] allegiances. The mandem wrap with the goodness: Extra Time. Sixty seconds. Lend us your ears.

Get comfortable and make room. There's plenty more for that ass where that came from.

The Pub Awaits...

Did you miss us?

Oh, who are we kidding? OF COURSE, YOU MISSED US. Bet you thought we were done out here, ha? Bet you thought we weren't staying low and building, ha? Bet you thought we disbanded, ha? Bet you thought we weren't for real when we said we're a goddamn family out here, ha? Don't get us wrong... we're still paper chasing. We're also the sinister septuplet podcasting arsonists keeping the block on fire. That's right. Forever remaining the sauciest team in the game with the spiciest takes on the pitch until the moment we expire. You know what it is: making nothing out of something, handling biz, and don't be cryin' and sufferin'. 

Who's ready for another Set Piece with The Banter Pub FC, bay bay?! Again: we're not Adam Cole but... you know it's all about The Pub! Yes, The World's Greatest Podcast™©®; the sauciest team in the game; giving you nothing but the spiciest takes on the pitch.

It's been a while, huh?! Yeah, life has been lifin' here at The Pub but we've never stopped creating content about the Beautiful Game for your beautiful people. This Set Piece is no exception. As you'll soon discover when we finally open yet another BPFC Time Capsule, our beloved Jessy - making her hosting debut for BPFC shortly after making her triumphant return to the BPFC fold - leads the charge with El Capitan and Ama as they discuss who they think will be the victors when Arsenal and Manchester United face off on Saturday (read: 23 April 2022) morning. Everything gets discussed from the club's respective predicaments to the creation of a combined Arsenal/Man Utd XI.

So pull up, press play, and get down with the get down.

The Pub Awaits...

ALL OUR LIFE, WE WANT FOOTBALL AND POWER
RESPECT AFCON OR DIE FROM LEAD SHOWER
WHEN BPFC GETS BIG AS THE EIFFEL TOWER
YOU HATERS CAN GET FUCKED FOR SEVENTY-TWO HOURS!

Gahtdamn, we feel amazing and we're nowhere near The Matrix! It's the sauciest team in the game with the spiciest takes on the pitch: the one and only, oft-imitated, never duplicated... The Banter Pub FC, baybeeeeee! Good news: we have yet another scintillating instalment in our latest mini-series For Africans Only, covering all things African Cup of Nations. Bad news? It's the last one in this edition of the series because unfortunately, the tournament drew to a close on Sunday, 6 February 2022. Don't fret, though! Yer boys are on the case, as per usual! Joining the host with the most Jonathan in this smashing FAO finale are Ama, El Capitan Neal, Rosler (on the decks), and Joseph; waxing lyrical about the final between Senegal and Egypt and the dramatic encounter for 3rd-place between host nation Cameroon and Burkina Faso.

We here at The Pub want to thank everyone that has listened to each episode of For Africans Only. We had a blast putting these together and talking about the world's true best top-flight international competition: the CAF African Cup of Nations. Thank you to all the players, the organisers, the coaching and medical staff, and passionate fans for making this AFCON a deeply memorable spectacle.

We'll see you in 2023 when FAO returns. Until then? Press play and reminisce with your faves.

The Pub Awaits.

WELCOME BACK TO THE BANTER PUB, YA BISH.
Yeah. Oh yeah. You know what it is. The World's Greatest Podcast™©®; the sauciest team in the game; the spiciest takes on the pitch. FC Drip. Real Saucy. Chimney FC. All up in your grill. Typical procedure.

The African Cup of Nations is still in full swing and your faves are back to recap the group stage matches. In a very special quickfire Set Piece, Jonathan, El Capitan Neal, Ama, and Adam go through all of the matches from Rounds Two and Three in the only way they know how: better than your faves do. In this edition of FAO, the mandem discuss Sierra Leone's courageous performance against Ivory Coast; Equitorial Guinea claiming a massive upset over the defending champions in Algeria; the Cape Verdean Cinderella story continues against Cameroon; and Ghana falling to Comoros in spectacular fashion.

What are you waiting for? Press play. You're still reading this? Are you for real?! STOP YOUR FOOLISHNESS. PRESS PLAY. NO READING, ONLY AFCON.

The Pub Awaits...  

Music credits:  

Sweet Talk (Instrumental) by Tyra Chantey (courtesy of Epidemic Sound)

Live and direck.
LIVE AND DIRECK.
You know what 'live and direck' mean?
LIVE AND DIRECK.
IT'S THE BANTER PUB FC BAY BEEEEE!

And oh buddy, do we have a special episode for you this week (recorded 6 January 2021). Ya boys at The Pub took some time to review the last calendar year in football and thought it'd be a lot of fun to award choice moments and people after a group vote/consensus. And lo, The Pubbies were born! This new inaugural event takes the entire calendar year of association football around the world's major leagues and sifts through the best (and the worst) before awarding them with the gong for their respective category! Hosts Ama, El Capitan Neal, Rosler, Jonathan, and Joseph take turns deliberating the nominees for Underperforming Player, Most Unappreciated Player, Best Manager, Biggest Racismo, Most Improved Player, Most Improved Team, Best Goal, Most Overrated Club, the prestigious Puballon d'Or (best overall player, regardless of league, gender et al), Best Kit, and Most Impactful Transfer before ultimately deciding a winner for each given grouping.

The lads wrap up by cruising through the Host Awards, a cheeky few nods to the moments only The Banter Pub's wonderous masters of ceremonies could bring you before firing through the 2021 Dishonourable Mentions list. Chock full of the kind of cheesy fanfare you'd get from literally any award show that you can think of, this is The Pub Awards!

Press play. Buckle up. This is gonna be a wild ride.

The Pub Awaits...

IT'S TIME... FOR THE BANTER PUB FC! Yes, The World's Greatest Podcast™©®; the sauciest team in the game; the spiciest takes on the pitch. You know the deal. It's also time for some more of that AFCON goodness, as it turns out! So without any further adieu, let's give you what you came here for.

Back for seconds in another quickfire Set Piece, Jonathan, Ama, El Capitan Neil, and Joseph go through all of the opening group stage matches in the only way they know how: with passion and panache. In this FAO Set Piece, the lads discuss Days Three & Four of the African Cup of Nations, including moments like Ineanacho's stunner v. Egypt, Max Gradel's thunderbolt v. Equatorial Guinea, the madcap ending to the Tunisia v. Mali match, and so much more.

What are you waiting for? Press play. You're still reading this? What's the matter with you?! PRESS PLAY. NO READING, ONLY AFCON.

The Pub Awaits...

Music credits:

Sweet Talk (Instrumental) by Tyra Chantey (courtesy of Epidemic Sound)

Who's ready for another Set Piece with The Banter Pub FC, bay bay?! Once again: we're not Adam Cole but... YOU KNOW IT'S ALL ABOUT THE PUB! Yes, The World's Greatest Podcast™©®; the sauciest team in the game; the spiciest takes on the pitch. Usual business. Ain't shit changed.

The African Cup of Nations is back!!! In a very special quickfire Set Piece, Jonathan, Ama, Adam, and Joseph go through all of the opening group stage matches in the only way they know how: with glorious analytical aplomb and copious amounts of witty humour. In this FAO Set Piece, the lads discuss Morocco turning the Black Stars into a supernova; island nations deserving their place in the tourney; favourites holding off slow starts, and welcoming a newly found Nigerian to the Pub.

What are you waiting for? Press play. You're still reading this? What's the matter with you?! PRESS PLAY. NO READING, ONLY AFCON.

The Pub Awaits...

Music credits:

Sweet Talk (Instrumental) by Tyra Chantey (courtesy of Epidemic Sound)

TO THE BANTERRRRR
TO THE PUB
TO THE PEOPLE SHOWIN' LOVE
ALL THESE PODCASTS CRUD
AWWWW SKEET SKEET MUTHAFU-

*ahem*

Anyway! It's the World's Greatest Podcast™©® The Banter Pub FC, you beautiful basstids! THE sauciest team in the game with THE spiciest takes on the pitch are back at it again with the junior season's seventh episode and it's a super special episode this time around. With El Capitan Neal, Rosler, and Jonathan away, The Pub's Arsenal Delegation had the keys to the kingdom and decided to dedicate the entire episode to all things Arsenal FC and Arsenal WFC!

Adam, Ama, and Joseph took full advantage (recorded 9 December 2021) fielding discussions around both Arsenal sides' exploits in their respective competitions thus far; who has stood out; who may be leaving in January; and where the respective sides' floor and ceiling are looking ahead into the future. It's truly a love letter to the three hosts' favourite football club in the whole wide world: The Arsenal. Presented as a full episode but with the feel of a Set Piece, we hope you enjoy this rare moment captured on wax. El Capitan Neal will see to it that it never happens again.

#BingeTheBanter, baby! Season Three. You know it's all about The Pub! Banter Pub, bay bay.

The Pub Awaits.

Ladies, gentlemen, gentlethems, and enbies!
Children of... well, actually... nah. Put them kids to bed.
Degeneration BPFC presents...
THE THREE TIME CHAMPIONS OF THE WOOOOOOOOOORLD
THE BANTER PUB FC!

You know what it was, what it is, and what it will be (word to Brett "The Hitman" Hart). The World's Greatest Podcast™©®. The Banter Pub FC, you magnificent futhermuckers! THE sauciest team in the game with THE spiciest takes on the pitch are back at it again with the junior season's sixth episode and it's El Capitan Neal doing what he does best: leading the side out for another scintillating episode!

The mandem (Adam, Ama, and Joseph) moved into the mess (recorded 11 November 2021) with discussions around Xavi's managerial appointment at Barcelona in this episode's (and possibly the final?!) edition of Are You Being Barcelona'd?; Roma losing to Venezia; Italian rapper Ghali heckling Matteo Salvini at the Milanese Derby; West Ham beating Liverpool; City beating Manchester United; and three head-turning  Premier League managerial announcements in a thoroughly entertaining edition of Around The Pitch.

The Main Segment chews the fat around the news about the attack on PSG's Kheira Hamraoui and teammate Aminata Diallo's stay in police custody as well as Detroit City FC's departure request from the National Independent Soccer Association (NISA) with a view to join the United Soccer Leagues (USL).  BPFC wraps with Extra Time, where everyone opens up to talk about what was on their minds and what moved them that week in sixty (60) seconds or less. Or... y'know. The rules to Extra Time are a bit like voting rights to American politicians: they don't really matter.

#BingeTheBanter until's ya can't #BingeTheBanter no more! Season Three. Banter down the foothills, Pub is on the front.

The Pub Awaits.

Hide ya kids. Hide ya wife. Hide ya husband. Sod it... hide ya sidepiece.

It's The World's Greatest Podcast™©®, The Banter Pub FC, you magnificent futhermuckers! THE sauciest team in the game with THE spiciest takes on the pitch are back with the junior season's fourth episode and it's the one and only Jonathan returning to the fold after some time away handling business where business needs to be handled (and hosting proceedings to boot)!

The boys (El Capitan Neal, Adam, Ama, and Rosler) wasted not one iota of time (recorded 14 October 2021) with discussions around Ronald Koeman's sacking from Barcelona and the El Classico result; Manchester United's continued suffering and Steve Bruce's leaving Newcastle United FC; Black Excellence in the capital of RACISMO! and more from the Serie A; the NWSL Shield; the MLS Supporter's Shield; and much more in an outrageously brilliant edition of Around The Pitch.

The Main Segment digs into the USL and USL Players Association's five-year Collective Bargaining Agreement, applying critical analysis to the terms and what this means for the league going forward. The mandem also discuss a white football fan's racially abusing West Bromwich Albion midfielder Romaine Sawyers on social media and his consequent jail sentence for said abuse. BPFC wraps with Extra Time, where everyone opens up to talk about what was on their minds and what moved them that week in sixty (60) seconds or less. Or... y'know. The rules to Extra Time are a bit like Jason Whitlock's insipid hot takes: they don't really matter.

#BingeTheBanter until's ya can't #BingeTheBanter no more! Season Three never sleeps 'cause sleep is the cousin of death.

The Pub Awaits.

Uh oh.

You hear that?

Oh no.

It's... it's... IT'S...

It's The World's Greatest Podcast™©®, The Banter Pub FC baybeeee! Let's be 'avin' ya, futhermuckers! THE sauciest team in the game with THE spiciest takes on the pitch are back with the junior season's third episode and it's big man like Rosler's first time hosting proceedings in The Pub as well as comrade Adam's long-awaited return!

Ready to tuck in? Let's get it. The lads (El Capitan Neal, Adam, Ama, and [eventually] Joseph) got right to work (recorded 30 September 2021) with discussions around Steve Baldwin finally out as Washington Spirit CEO (with a view to reportedly sell the team by the end of 2021); the return of Are You Being Barcelona'd? with Adam in this episode's coverage of La Liga; and the North London Derby result juxtaposed with Manchester United's misfortunes (plus other Premier League results) in an incendiary edition of Around The Pitch.

The Main Segment tackles just about everything surrounding the Saudi consortium takeover of Newcastle United FC. BPFC wraps with Extra Time, where everyone opens up to talk about what was on their minds and what moved them that week in sixty (60) seconds or less. Or... y'know. The rules to Extra Time are a bit like the NBA's Portland Trailblazers' recent playoff runs: they don't really matter.

#BingeTheBanter until's ya can't #BingeTheBanter no more! Season Three is outside.

The Pub Awaits.

It's been a stunning sophomore season for your boys at The Banter Pub FC (the sauciest team in the game with nothing but the spiciest takes on the pitch) but all good things must come to an end... mainly to prepare for bigger and better things but also to what? REST. Before we do though, there's a certain set of i's to dot and t's to cross and it comes in the form of the blockbuster finale to BPFC's second season. 2 whole hours of analysis, shenanigans, nuclear takes, and salient observations; just the way you like them and that's the BPFC way.

With comrade Adam in the lead host's hot seat (originally recorded on 29 July 2021), the mandem (El Capitan Neal, Ama, Jonathan, and Joseph) get it crackalackin' with a scorching edition of Around The Pitch. In it, the following is discussed: the Gold Cup semi-finals are set and predictions are made; the USWNT's Tokyo 2020 group stage results and how they reflected the concerns supporters had about the team selection; Olympic tournament quarterfinals are set for both the Women's and Men's competitions and BPFC go about making their boldest predictions as to who is medalling and who isn't. Were any of them right? You have to listen to find out!

We then move into the Main Segment, where both issues on deck are relating to the women's beautiful game. First, Racing Louisville's home ground (Lynn Family Stadium) is known for hosting a light show since LouCity started playing at the ground in 2020. The issue? No apparent regard for the health and safety of players and staff who live with sensory issues (including but not limited to: epilepsy). The lads unpack the controversy as it raged at the time and it's a very riveting listen. Rounding out this episode's Main Segment is the incident in Vienna, Austria where Nigeria's Super Falcons were subjected to being publicly harrassed and abused by a Nigerian man who conveniently forgot the difference between the Nigerian football team and the Nigerian government just so he could go on a political tirade on public transport. The boys pour over the incident in excruciating detail, best summarized by Ama as he eloquently and passionately delivers a historical context that is largely missing from other outlets covering the incident.

Finally, it's the very last Extra Time of the season! You know the drill: 60 seconds, say whatever's on your mind in the time allowed. And just when you think that's that on that for BPFC's second season, Rosler gets the de-facto final word in to announce which Premier League club he intends to support.

We cannot thank every denizen of all 31 countries we're listened to in for their support, their time, and their attention. It's been a magnificent sophomore season. Season Three, however, is where even more stops are pulled out... and it's coming sooner than you might think.

The Pub Awaits.

Now let us welcome everybody to The Wild Wild Pub! A place that's untouchable like [John] Wick with a gun. The pod hits ya eardrums like a thump to the chest. Six of the best with the spiciest takes on deck!

You! Already knooooooow, word to Big Frieda. It's the sauciest team in the game with nothing but the spiciest takes on the pitch. The World's Greatest Podcast™©®, The Banter Pub FC; still dropping content on that ass as we empty out the last of the contents inside the BPFC Time Capsule.

The BPFC Time Capsule has unsealed a while ago but we're releasing every-bloodclaat-ting whether you like it or not (though we do hope it's the former and not the latter, for the record). In this episode (recorded 8 July 2021), El Capitan Neal, Ama, Jonathan, Rosler and Joseph settling into The Pub and getting right down to business. Our heroes cover Copa America and EURO 2020 ahead of the respective final matches, the state of the tables in Major League Soccer, and how the race for the National Women's Soccer League championship is coming along in a searing edition of Around The Pitch.

The Main Segment this week has the lads discussing Racismo! because anti-Blackness takes no days off and neither do we when it comes to combatting it. Starting with unpacking Major League Soccer's inability to corroborate allegations of Diego Chara getting racially abused during the Portland Timbers v. Minnesota United FC match, the boys then slide into chatting about CF Montreal's decision to trade Erik Hurtado to Columbus Crew SC for $200,000 in general allocation money due to Hurtado's refusal to get vaccinated before wrapping up with covering Hartford Athletic's Younes Boudadi's being racially abused by Loudon United FC supporters. BPFC wraps with Extra Time where everyone takes 30-60 seconds to talk about what was on their minds and what moved them that week.

#BingeTheBanter, part of a balanced and nutritional breakfast.

The Pub Awaits.

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Who's ready for another Set Piece with The Banter Pub FC, bay bay?! Again: we're not Adam Cole but... you know it's all about The Pub! Yes, The World's Greatest Podcast™©®; the sauciest team in the game; giving you nothing but the spiciest takes on the pitch.

After a topsy turvy, COVID-riddled, excruciating but entertaining season, all of the European domestic club campaigns have drawn to a close. Champions were crowned, relegation for some were either dodged or confirmed and the latest candidates to qualify for next term's continental competitions were finalised. El Capitan Neal, Adam, Ama, Jonathan, and Joseph all take their respective seats in The Pub to discuss it all; from the Premier League to Ligue 1. The lads cover it all and then some, including having each of The Pub denizens make a position-by-position nomination for The Banter Pub FC's 2020/21 European XI.

So pull up, press play, and get down with the get down.

The Pub Awaits...

It's so hard being The World's Greatest Podcast™©® but dammit... someone's gotta do it and it might as well be us, The World's Greatest [goddamn] Podcast™©®: WHO ELSE but the sauciest team in the game with the spiciest takes on the pitch?! The Banter Pub FC, ya bish!

The BPFC Time Capsule has unsealed a while ago but we're dumping the whole lot out and in this episode (recorded 24 June 2021), El Capitan Neal, Ama, Adam, Jonathan, Rosler and Joseph settling into The Pub and wasting no time whatsoever. Opening with the Main Segment this week, the lads discuss the US Women's National Team's (USWNT) Olympic side selection and folks? These... were some choices, to put it extremely mildly. Yer bois don't hold back, as per usual. Tune in to hear them cover everything from the selections themselves to the reactions to said call-ups.

Our heroes then get into a different international competition: EURO 2020. Our heroes unpack the EURO 2020 group stage results (namely, Italy's dominant performances after a shaky start and full credit to Jonathan for predicting Italy's results succinctly) and how football is not coming home before discussing Denmark's Christian Eriksen and his terrifying, gut-wrenching moment where he collapsed on the pitch during the match. The Pub switches gears to Copa America and the results in that tournament as well as a quick CONCACAF aside regarding the Haitian men's national team and a particularly unfortunate event during one of their matches in an intense edition of Around The Pitch.  BPFC wraps with Ama's brainchild Extra Time, where Ama in particular reflects on Juneteenth 2021 and everyone else weighs in to talk about what was on their minds and what moved them that week.

#BingeTheBanter like your favourite web series. It's The Banter Pub FC: Ya heard of us. Official football nurturers. The pod comes equipped for warfare. Beware.

The Pub Awaits.

Just when you thought you had it figured out, The World's Greatest Podcast™©® changes the culture, word to CM Punk.

Yes, the sauciest team in the game with the spiciest takes on the pitch are back again to dump the entire contents of the BPFC Time Capsule, starting with a very unique episode featuring a very unique rendition of the Main Segment.

This episode (recorded 10 June 2021) sees El Capitan Neal, Ama, Adam, and Jonathan piling into The Pub to discuss the calamitous yet gripping CONCACAF Nations League final between the US Men's National Team (USMNT) and El Tri (Mexico's men's national team) and all of its moving parts. From the result itself, the homophobic chanting from El Tri fans, the anti-Black racism from USMNT fans exhibited toward Mark McKenzie, the aftermath of it all, and addressing the comments (or lack thereof) made by certain pundits, yer bois go cover every nook and cranny in a fiery edition of Around The Pitch.

Now, the Main Segment usually sees our heroes covering a particular topic exclusively but this episode goes in a unique direction. Joseph managed to get some one-on-one time with Alexi Lalas in his Twitter Spaces vignette and what transpired was rather unexpected but riveting all the same, if we do say so ourselves. Once the pleasantries were exchanged, Joseph got right down to business and grilled Alexi on why he had everything to say about the homophobia from El Tri fans but next to nothing about the anti-Black abuse doled out by USMNT fans. It is a call-out and a critical conversation you do not want to miss so get listening before Alexi makes us take it down (we presume he'll make us take it down, anyway).

You're welcome, Alexi. *wink wink*

#BingeTheBanter. There's plenty to chew on.

The Pub Awaits.

*rummages around inside the BPFC Time Capsule*

By Jove, it's another full episode of The World's Greatest Podcast™©®; brought to you by the sauciest team in the game with undoubtedly the spiciest takes on the pitch. Judging by the contents of this episode? This one might as well be marinaded in ghost chilli sauce because hoo boy! That's a spicy meat-a-ball!

This episode (recorded 3 June 2021) sees El Capitan Neal, Ama, Adam, Jonathan, and Joseph sliding into The Pub to discuss Manchester City bottling it in the UEFA Champions League final against Chelsea; the European football manager carousel which includes (but isn't limited to) Antonio Conte's departure from Inter Milan, Carlo Ancelotti moving back to Real Madrid, Massimiliano Allegri returning to Juventus, and more; the Major League Soccer, United Soccer League, and National Women's Soccer League tables in a fiery edition of Around The Pitch.  

The Main Segment sees the boys previewing how they thought UEFA EURO 2020 was going to go down. They each make their picks (most of them were horribly wrong except for Jonathan), discussing which teams will surprise and which teams will disappoint. It's a wild ride, we have to say. Kicking off Extra Time, everyone weighs in on the announcement of Major League Soccer's creation of an artificial promotion/relegation system and what implications that it will have on the United States football pyramid going forward. To conclude, the mandem each take some time (some going longer than the allotted 30 seconds, we'll grant you... but we've paid the costs to be the bosses) to talk about what was on their minds that week.

#BingeTheBanter rolls on as we get two more episodes and a Set Piece ready for that ass. Act like you know.

The Pub Awaits.

Did you miss us? Well... whether you did or not, THE BANTER PUB FC IS BACK YA BISH.

It's been a little bit and we shouldn't have left you without some dope episodes to step to so The World's Greatest Podcast is back at it with a full clip to dump out the roof! After all, we do have a spectacular sophomore season to conclude and we plan on doing that with great panache. What better way to start than to open up the BPFC Time Capsule and see what's inside!

"What the everlasting fuck is a BPFC Time Capsule," you ask? Excellent question! Here's what happened: while we stuck to our regular recording schedule, our production team had some life happenings that required more time adulting than editing. Now that our production team are back in the studio, we have four full episodes and a Set Piece for your listening pleasure and we'll be releasing each one successfully over the coming days! Pretty cool, right? You get caught up with us, we get to entertain you for hours on end... a win-win situation, really.

With that said, let's get the first round in. This episode (recorded 13 May 2021) features El Capitan Neal, Adam, Jonathan, and Joseph piling into The Pub to chat about the Premier League, Serie A, Ligue 1, and La Liga campaigns all drawing to a close. The boys discuss how they each see things concluding in terms of league positions and who qualifies for continental competition etcetera in an engrossing edition of Around The Pitch. The Main Segment features Neal, Adam, and Joseph discussing a couple of Major League Soccer-based shenanigans, namely: FC Cincinnati's signing of MAGA meathead Geoff Cameron and the Wilf Family's purchase of Orlando City SC, Orlando Pride, Orlando City Academy, and the Exploria Stadium. The lads also touch on the record TV deal brokered between ESPN and La Liga, each giving their take on what the deal means for fans based in the United States. The episode concludes with Extra Time where Adam, Joseph, and Neal all take thirty seconds or so to get some things off their respective chests.

Make sure you get some food in along with whatever you're sipping on. You're going to want to be as comfortable as possible while you #BingeTheBanter.

Still the sauciest team in the game with the spiciest takes on the pitch. The Pub Awaits.

Yer bois at The Banter Pub FC have reached another milestone: we got our first interview with a professional in The Beautiful Game! This is not a drill. This is real life.

Entering The Pub to have a chat with Ama, Neil, Adam, Jonathan, and Joseph is a Chicago Fire Original with 13 United States Men's National Team (USMNT) caps, with four Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cups, three Major League Soccer (MLS) Western Conference titles, an MLS Supporters' Shield, and an MLS Cup to his name. He is a three-time Chicago Fire Humanitarian of the Year, a two-time Chicago Fire Defender of the Year, and is currently the technical director and head coach of Chicago House AC in the National Independent Soccer Association. Ladies,  gentlemen, and enbies... he is the one and only CJ Brown!

Over the course of an hour and change, CJ chats to us about his time as a professional player (what he's experienced, what he's learned, what his favourite memories are), what he thinks about promotion/relegation (pro/rel) being implemented in the United States football pyramid, his take on the current crop of USMNT players, and much more. Our time with CJ was not just education about what it means to be a professional football player in the United States but a refreshingly candid conversation with plenty of laughs to boot.

This one's super special, peeps. You do not want to miss out on this outstanding chat we had. Big thank you to CJ and Chicago House AC and we hope to catch up with CJ again in the future. Truly, it was an honour, privilege, and pleasure to have him on.

So what are you waiting for? Stop reading this. Press play. Get all of your life.

The Pub Awaits...

It's here. We've done it. We've arrived. In just over a year, we've put out fifty - count 'em... FIFTY - episodes of The Banter Pub FC and this episode goes H.A.M. if we're keeping it a buck.

In this week's milestone appearance, El Capitan Neal, Adam, Ama, Jonathan, and Joseph tuck into the Premier League, Serie A, La Liga, MLS, Ligue 1, and the CONCACAF Champions League (as the aforementioned competitions stood at the time of recording) in a punchy rendition of Around The Pitch, bringing all the unique bombast and hot takes you've come to expect from the boys behind the bar. In the Main Segment, the lads take aim at the NWSL's Independent Anti-Discrimination Investigation result before segueing into how they see the Europa and Champions League finals playing out. Wrapping up with a rousing edition of Extra Time this week, Rosler shares a couple of thoughts but does he finally announce his allegiance to a football club in the Premier League? You'll have to listen to find out, of course. 😉

It has been our absolute pleasure and nothing short of a privilege to have brought you fifty episodes thus far but please believe that there's plenty more in the tank. We can't wait to join you for our centennial appearance and remember: The Banter Pub FC is the spiciest team in the game, bringing you nothing short of the spiciest takes on the pitch. FC Chimney, baby. We want the smoke.

Brought to you by six of the realest in the game.  The Pub Awaits.

Three. Three is the magic number. Three more episodes until vaunted 50th appearance for The Banter Pub FC. Until then, we've got work to do so let's keep this unbeaten run in our sophomore season rolling!

This week, the squad (Neil, Ama, Jonathan, and Adam) chat about the results from the Premier League, checking in on La Liga, Serie A, Ligue 1, and chatting about some of the UEFA Men's Champions & Europa League matches in a proper European continental edition of Around The Pitch. For the Main Segment this week, the boys discuss Mouctar Diakhaby's tremendously sad but extremely important video about his being racially abused (allegedly by Cadiz player Juan Cala) when Valencia and Cadiz did battle. The lads touch on everything from the incident to the various responses, including Valencia's decision to walk off the pitch and their being asked to come back if Cala apologised.  

Finally, in Extra Time, the lads take thirty seconds to chat about who they believe will hoist the NWSL Challenge Cup this season all while giving deserved props to the Orlando Pride for being inarguably the drippiest side in NWSL right now.

The World's Greatest Podcast will make ya stop, drop; at which point, we go in to shut 'em down open up shop, word to DMX. Episodes like whoa, word to Black Rob. Come through.

The Pub Awaits.

Four more episodes enbies, ladies, and germs. Can you feel it? Can you feel the excitement? The mandem are back for another full episode as The Banter Pub FC's sophomore season keeps on truckin', full steam ahead!

This week, the squad (Neil, Ama, Jonathan, Adam, and Joseph) chat about the results from AFCON Men's Qualifying, checking in on the UEFA Women's Champions League, and chatting about some of the UEFA Men's World Cup Qualifying matches in a global edition of Around The Pitch. For the Main Segment this week, the boys dig into Heiko Vogel and the German courts' ass in the wake of the Borussia Monchengladbach's under-23 coach being ordered to train the women's team as a form of punishment for his "unsporting behaviour" (or, more succinctly, his misogynistic comments about women in football).

Finally, in Extra Time, the lads take thirty seconds to chat about what they're looking forward to where the MLS is concerned before it gets underway.

We want the smoke, word to The Street Profits. Press play, get your life.

The Pub Awaits.

Five- count 'em - five more episodes until the vaunted 50th appearance for The Banter Pub FC! The World's Greatest Podcast™©®, the sauciest team in the game with the spiciest takes on the pitch. Tekkers for days like Jude Bellingham, showing up and showing out during our sophomore season!

This week, the squad (Neil, Ama, Jonathan, Adam, and Joseph) chat about the North London Derby, checking in on Ligue 1's title race, the La Liga title race (complete with another riveting edition of As The Barca Turns/Are You Being Barcelona'd?), Inter Milan making it look easy on their way to the Serie A title, unpacking the state of Shalke's season as they cruise toward relegation in the Bundesliga, and a quick review of the NWSL's Challenge Cup schedule in the latest and greatest edition of Around The Pitch. For the Main Segment this week, the boys review the recent Champions League and Europa League results at the time of recording (18 March 2021). Finally, in Extra Time, the lads talk about things that were on their mind that week.

Real names, no gimmicks. Press play, get your life.

The Pub Awaits.

Six episodes until the vaunted 50th appearance for The Banter Pub FC, still the World's Greatest Podcast™©®. Still the sauciest team in the game live and direct with the spiciest takes on the pitch. We told you our sophomore season would be a banger and so far... we're not wrong!

This week, the squad (Neil, Ama, Jonathan, Adam, and Joseph) chat about the Manchester Derby, the state of Ligue 1's title race, Inter Milan's relentless march to the Serie A title, the La Liga title race (plus another edition of As The Barca Turns/Are You Being Barcelona'd?), Ghana's U20s winning AFCON on Ghana's Independence Day, and the Champions League second leg results in the latest and greatest edition of Around The Pitch. For the Main Segment this week, the lads take Arrigo Sacchi and his racist "I'm not racist but..." comments to the cleaners as only The Banter Pub FC can. This was such a compelling discussion, we forgot to do Extra Time this week!

Real names, no gimmicks. Press play, get your life.

The Pub Awaits.

This week's Set Piece is fitting, seeing as British GQ decided to commit what can aptly be observed as a horrendous foul. Have no fear... yer bois at The Banter Pub FC are here to address it!

In this week's Set Piece: Neil, Ama, Adam, Jonathan (who reacts to the list as you'd expect The Pub's resident Citizen to), and Joseph unpack where the anonymous, cowardly author (or authors... who knows?) highly controversial ranking of the Premier League's all-time best-ever championship-winning sides.

As per usual, no stone is left unturned, no punches were pulled, and no feelings were spared so get into these new segments from your faves at The Banter Pub FC!

A wild Set Piece appears! Just another dose of that glorious content from your faves at The Banter Pub FC!

In this week's Set Piece, we focus on the NWSL player salaries and the lack of collective bargaining agreement for the players association. Ama, Neal, Joseph, Jonathan, and Adam are all on tap to give their thoughts on the salaries themselves, how this factors into the discussion about the wage gap between women and men's football, and what the federation's (read: US Soccer) role in all this was.  

As per usual, there is no nonsense so get into these new segments from your faves at The Banter Pub FC!

Seven episodes until the vaunted 50th appearance for your boys at The Banter Pub FC, still the World's Greatest Podcast™©®. Still the sauciest team in the game coming upside your head with the spiciest takes on the pitch. Still killing the game as the sophomore season rolls on!

This week, Jonathan hosts for the first time! With Neil, Adam, Ama, and Joseph on deck, the lads tuck touch on all of the latest goings-on with Ligue 1; the Serie A title race; the La Liga title picture; an update on the biggest soap opera of a club in the world in Barcelona; and how far Dortmund have fallen as the Bundesliga prepares to enter the final furlong of the latest campaign in a blistering edition of Around The Pitch. For the Main Segment this week, Neil, Jonathan, Adam, and Ama take Seth Jahn to task over his disgusting six-minute diatribe during the federation's annual general meeting and don't hold back in tearing everyone from Seth to the USSF to US Soccer as an organisation to utter shreds. Extra Time returns this week, giving the lads a moment to close by sharing what moved them, inspired them et al; drawing the episode to a close. You already know what it is. Come get some.

The Pub Awaits.