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23: “The club should mean more than the football” Samantha and Shawn, Canada - FC St Pauli, Germany.
Far Away Fan
07/31/21 • 88 min
Shawn had seen a page in a sports catalog about a team he had never heard of. He was a Liverpool supporter at the time but the skull and crossbones motif made a distinct impression. Years later when he didn’t feel the connection to Liverpool anymore, he recalled the motif, looked up the club on the internet, and read about FC St Pauli and the culture and politics of the club. He started to discuss the club with his fiance Samantha, a Manchester United fan who was disillusioned by the appointment of Jose Mourinho, and they have been on this amazing journey and shared passion for FC St Pauli ever since.
They have a podcast called Fell In Love With A Girl: An FC St. Pauli Podcast 7000km Removed
We spoke about their trip to the stadium in Hamburg with their friend Nick Davidson who has written a book called about the club called Pirates, Punks & Politics.
They talked me through the fantastic culture and fan driven ethos of the club, which you can see in the projects such as Viva Con Agua, the clean water project started by a now retired player and supported by the club. The Levi’s Music School which uses Levi’s corporate suite at the club during non-match days to provide free music lesson to kids in the district.
They shared with me a wonderful and crazy story about a pair of goalkeeper’s gloves signed by Philipp Heerwagen that you have to hear!
We went on to discuss how entertaining Bundesliga’s second division can be with it constantly shuffling week after week,
Listen to their wonderful and heartwarming response when I ask them what following the club has brought to their lives.
17: I was looking for a historical club - Germán Aguirre, Argentina - Portsmouth FC, England
Far Away Fan
02/15/21 • 24 min
Germán is 17 years old. He was searching for a club of some historical significance and a somewhat forgotten club while playing career mode in FIFA. He got interested in the club and went on to discover more about their history.
He talked to me about their rivals, Southampton and his twitter rivalry with Southampton Argentina, who has also been a guest on this podcast.
I also asked him about his local club Velez, and their historical win against Milan in the Intercontinental Cup of 1994.
He’s also a fan of AC Milan, Italy. We went on to talk at length about the challenges as a Far Away Fan.
I asked him about his interactions with fans from Portsmouth and how they reacted to him being a fan from Argentina. He also explained to me what ‘Mush’ means in Pompey slang ?!?
Finally I ask him what being a Portsmouth fan has brought to his life.
He hopes to see Pompey back in the Premier League and be able to visit Portsmouth in the near future.
It was such a joy to speak to a young fan discovering his love for a club.
Find Germán on twitter @ArgentinaPompey
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6: "This scarf, is like a conversation starter" - Muhammad Sofwan Zulkepli, Malaysia - SV Werder Bremen
Far Away Fan
05/31/20 • 34 min
He spoke to me also about how as a fan he is sometimes disappointed by the dependence football now puts on stats and data when it comes to selecting a player
Philipp Bargfrede and Kevin Möhwald are the two names he picked as players who are sometimes overlooked and don't receive their due praise from fans.
Werder Bremen has a history of picking talent very early (Ozil, Kevin De Bruyne and many more), Wan believes Luc Ihorst is one such talent who is going to be a star in the future.
He spoke to me about the up and downs of being a Werder Bremen fan and why is it better than being a fan of Bayern Munich.
A game that left him disappointed was against Bayern, where Bremen lost 6-0, but he saw a lot of heart in the players that day. And the game again Dortmund is one of the best Bremen matches he’s watched. He also talks about why his Werder Bremen scarf is so important to him, and the impact it has when he meets other fans.
I also ask him what this journey of being a fan has meant to him after seventeen years.
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12/16/20 • 25 min
Keith was a Manchester United fan because of his family. He started to watch Roma on television and liked the way they played. So he started to choose them as his team on FIFA. His passion for Roma has grown over the years as he continued to play the game. He went on to tell me about how the Italian fans and their passion are one of the many reasons he loves the team.
While we talked about the rivalries with Lazio and Juventus, he now considers Barcelona a rival as well after the Champions League game of 2018. We had to talk about that amazing game and his experience of watching it with a group of 120 people.
From among his list of legends, he wishes he had the chance to see Francesco Totti. Danielle De Rossi, Eden Dzeko and El Shaarawy are on his list. Antonio Mirante is one of the players he feels deserves more praise and Justin Kluivert is the young player he is hoping to see more of.
He told me a story about how he was among a few International fans to receive a T-shirt from the club, in fact he has a set of jerseys’ enough to celebrate a ‘Roma week’.
‘Omuroma’ is his nickname, he explained to me what it means in Bantu and how it came about.
Finally I ask him what it has meant to him to be a Roma fan.
NOTE: We ran into some connectivity issues while recording which is why the audio quality suffered a bit, but it clears up halfway through. Thanks for listening.
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Marius is a union representative and plays the bass trombone in his spare time. In 2006, he was visiting Spain with a band and visited the city of Tarragona. He fell in love with the city and decided to start following the club. He runs the twitter handle @NasticNoruega. The team currently plays in the third division of Spain. He is hoping they come back to the Segunda Division, where you can watch the games on YouTube.
His club legend is the Swedish player, Tobias Grahn, and a player he feels deserved a bit more praise from his time at the club is Manolo Reina, who now plays for Mallorca.
In Norway, he follows Tromsø IL. In 2015, he was holding a giant flag in some crazy weather, the camera picked up his struggle. The clip went viral and even today Marius gets recognised at games across Norway!
Tromsø is the northernmost professional club in the world. Marius told me
about a fascinating game from the 1997 Cup Winners Cup where Tromsø played Chelsea on a pitch that was completely covered in snow.
Marius is a groundhopper, and has visited 11 countries. The most exotic he says has been his visits to Romania with Football in Heaven. Check out his blog, http://bombaball.blogspot.com/ where he documents his groundhopping.
At the end of the show you will hear Marius on bass trombone playing a medley of football songs
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08/02/20 • 73 min
Jamie heard Mauricio Pochettino (then Spurs manager) in an interview say that he was ready for his first North London Derby since he had played and scored in the Clásico Rosarino for Newell’s Old Boys. That piqued Jamie’s interest. He researched the club and the derby, ultimately leading him to follow the club for close to 5 years now.
He started the twitter handle @Newells_en and NewellsCarajo.com for updates on the club in English.
Jamie took me through the history of the club. How they came to be called the Lepers and their rivalry with Rosario Central. He went on goes on to explain to me the campaign of the ‘Returning Hero’ in Argentine football. Messi got his start at Newell's, and has always said he will return to play for them someday.
He discussed a few names that he's looking forward to seeing in the years to come and the joy of getting to watch future stars in action when you watch Argentine football.
Lisandro Martínez, now at Ajax, is the player Jamie feels deserves a bit more praise and time at Newell's.
He spoke to me about his trip to Rosario, the matchday experience, Maradona and being blamed for bringing the luck of the Irish to Newell’s.
We discussed former coach Marcelo Bielsa, now hailed as a hero at Leeds United, for bringing them back to the Premier League and how thousands of Leeds fans are now being introduced to Newell's because of him. Much like Jamie was through Pochettino.
I got a chance to discuss with Jamie the common traits and personalities of Bielsa, Messi and Pochettino.
And finally I asked Jamie what this journey has meant to him, he considers himself blessed to have made all these friendships and lucky to call himself a ‘Leper’ now. And would like to someday get the chance to thank Pochettino for introducing him to the club.
05/10/20 • 33 min
Fascinated by Argentine football, he started to support the club after being an avid player of the video game Championship manager 99.
He wasn't able to watch the games in Norway but regularly sought updates on River Plate via Google in the early days of the internet and in 2013 decided to start the twitter handle @RiverPlateNor with news and updates in english.
His earliest memory is of the team that featured Javier Saviola, Pablo Aimar, Juan Pablo Sorín.
Andrés’ team legends are Andrés Nicolás D'Alessandro and Fernando Cavenaghi.
The midfielder and current captain, Leonardo Daniel Ponzio, who came in when they were relegated in 2011 and centre back Jonatan Maidana according to Andrés deserve a lot more praise for their contributions.
He also spoke about manager Marcelo Gallardo’s outstanding achievement of managing to keep a team together whilst also managing to bring in the young talent of River Plate. Julián Álvarez, Nahuel Gallardo and Cristian Ferreira are the young players he’s looking forward to seeing more of.
Andrés is also a UEFA C Licensed coach, he talked about an amazing experience as assistant coach to his local team Godøy Idrettslag qualifying for the Norwegian Cup.
He owns one of the kits printed for Juan Fernando Quintero from the Copa Libertadores final 2018, you can check it out on our instagram page.
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4: Giovanni Dougall, Ayr, Scotland - Parma
Far Away Fan
04/20/20 • 28 min
Over the years Parma fans have seen their fair share of turmoil but they’ve also had talent like Baggio, Zola, Cannavaro, Stoichkov, Crespo and Thuram feature for them.
Giovanni’s Club Legend is Allessandro Lucarelli, who promised to stay with the club after Parma were refounded in Serie D and led them back with a record three straight promotions to return to Serie A in 2018.
He also spoke about the back line of Riccardo Gagliolo, Simone Lacoponi and Bruno Alves, why their contribution is sometimes overlooked. Yann Karamoh is a young player he’s looking to see more of in the years to come. Giovanni reminisces about the 2006 World Cup, discusses his collection of kits and why he treasures a Lucarelli armband that the club sent him.
To learn more about the club and their fans, do visit www.parmafansworldwide.com.
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09/06/20 • 99 min
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We began by speaking about Diego Maradona and the cultural impact he had across the world, not just in football. Francisco started following Southampton for a bunch of different reasons, starting with him being the manager of a play by mail league and having to fill the slot for Southampton. As his passion for the team increased, Trevor Foy of Global Saints and journalist Sebastian Garcia (a QPR fan from Argentina, do check out his beautiful journey here) urged him to start a fan account for Southampton. So in 2014, he started the @SaintsArg Twitter account. We went on to talk about ‘Casa Fourcade’, the store his family has owned since 1956 where Fransisco continues to work today. We discussed the history of Southampton FC. Francisco is passionate about finding the connections between Argentina and Southampton. He has a matchday program from 1956 between Southampton and San Lorenzo. He told me about the connections he has developed as well, with his friend Dex in Southampton and how he’s come to call the city his home away from home. He wants to take his mother to Southampton some day. Francisco has even been invited a couple of times to the British Embassy in Argentina. We discussed managers Ralph Hasenhüttl, Mauricio Pochettino and Marcelo Bielsa. Francisco showed me a FC Goa kit. (from my home state!) It is one of the 2000 kits he owns. We both complained about the post and customs when it comes to getting kits. He tried to explain to me the erratic nature of the Argentine league. And finally, I ask him what it has meant to him to be a Southampton fan.
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How many episodes does Far Away Fan have?
Far Away Fan currently has 27 episodes available.
What topics does Far Away Fan cover?
The podcast is about Football, Podcasts, Sports and Soccer.
What is the most popular episode on Far Away Fan?
The episode title '10: Jamie Ralph, Galway, Ireland - Newell's Old Boys' is the most popular.
What is the average episode length on Far Away Fan?
The average episode length on Far Away Fan is 40 minutes.
How often are episodes of Far Away Fan released?
Episodes of Far Away Fan are typically released every 21 days, 6 hours.
When was the first episode of Far Away Fan?
The first episode of Far Away Fan was released on Dec 28, 2019.
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