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Set Piece Menu
Set Piece Menu is a British podcast about association football in which Andy Hinchcliffe, Rory Smith, Hugh Ferris and Steven Wyeth discuss stand alone football issues over a meal such as lunch or dinner, amongst others. The premise of the show is to provide a deeper look into the wider issues that affect the football industry, as well as providing colourful ‘''soccer stories''’ from Hinchcliffe’s playing career. The podcast has been praised on Football365 for being ‘ever excellent’ and providing ‘interesting nuanced and deep discussions’. Awards On the 31 October 2018 it was announced that ''Set Piece Menu Podcast'' has been nominated in the ‘Podcast of the Year’ category at the 2018 Football Supporters Federation Awards. Set Piece Menu was shortlisted for the Podcast of the Year at the Football Supporters' Association The Football Supporters' Association (The FSA) is the national, democratic, representative body for football supporters in England and Wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Podcast
A podcast is a program made available in digital format for download over the Internet. For example, an episodic series of digital audio or video files that a user can download to a personal device to listen to at a time of their choosing. Streaming applications and podcasting services provide a convenient and integrated way to manage a personal consumption queue across many podcast sources and playback devices. There also exist podcast search engines, which help users find and share podcast episodes. A podcast series usually features one or more recurring hosts engaged in a discussion about a particular topic or current event. Discussion and content within a podcast can range from carefully scripted to completely improvised. Podcasts combine elaborate and artistic sound production with thematic concerns ranging from scientific research to slice-of-life journalism. Many podcast series provide an associated website with links and show notes, guest biographies, transcripts ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Association Football
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is to score more goals than the opposition by moving the ball beyond the goal line into a rectangular framed goal defended by the opposing side. Traditionally, the game has been played over two 45 minute halves, for a total match time of 90 minutes. With an estimated 250 million players active in over 200 countries, it is considered the world's most popular sport. The game of association football is played in accordance with the Laws of the Game, a set of rules that has been in effect since 1863 with the International Football Association Board (IFAB) maintaining them since 1886. The game is played with a football that is in circumference. The two teams compete to get the ball into the other team's goal (between the posts and under t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andy Hinchcliffe
Andrew George Hinchcliffe (born 5 February 1969) is an English former professional footballer, sports television pundit, and co-commentator for Sky Sports. As a player, he was a left-back from 1986 until 2002. He began his career with Manchester City in the old First Division but later played in the Premier League of both Everton and Sheffield Wednesday. He was part of the Everton side that lifted the FA Cup in 1995. He was also capped seven times by England between 1996 and 1998 having initially won a single cap for the England U21 team. Since his retirement, he has worked largely in the media sector as a pundit and co-commentator usually on Sky Sports coverage of the Premier League and the Championship. Playing career For much of his early life, Hinchcliffe played for Manchester City's academy, coming through with a number of other players who would go on to establish themselves for City's senior side. In 1986 he was part of the side that won the club's first-ever FA Youth C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rory Smith (journalist)
Rory Smith is a journalist, broadcaster and author. He is the chief soccer correspondent of ''The New York Times'', having taken up the role in 2016. Smith is a former journalist of ''The Times'', ''The Independent'', and ''The Daily Telegraph'', Career Smith was ghostwriter on the book ''Champions League Dreams'' with Rafa Benitez published in 2012. Smith’s 2016 book ''Mister: The Men Who Gave The World The Game'' was short listed for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year. ‘Mister’ was included in the best 50 football books ever written in a list compiled by FourFourTwo magazine. In 2022 Smith published the book ''Expected Goals: The Story of how Data Conquered Football and Changed the Game Forever''. A frequent guest on ''BBC Radio Five Live'' Smith has also written for ''ESPN'', ''The Blizzard'' and ''FourFourTwo''. He has appeared on the ''Second Captains'' podcast, often on ''The Anfield Wrap'', and ''The Totally Football Show'' as well as recording his own weekly '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hugh Ferris (presenter)
Hugh Ferris is an English television, radio, podcast and events presenter specialising in sports broadcasting, and author. Early life and education Ferris attended erdon Avenue, Chandlers Ford ing Edward VI School, Southampton, and graduated with a BA in music from York University. Ferris played the trumpet and performed as a schoolboy musician at the Royal Albert Hall. Career Ferris has appeared on BBC TV, presenting the sport on the BBC News Channel, BBC Breakfast and BBC World News, and on radio for BBC Radio 5 Live including presenting ''Sports Report'' and ''The Monday Night Club'', amongst others. Ferris has contributed on BBC Radio 2 to the ''Chris Evans Breakfast Show'', and the World Service including ''Sportsworld'', which is broadcast to more than 40 million people. At the London Olympics and 2012 Summer Paralympics Ferris presented at the sold-out London Velodrome and also to an 80,000-strong crowd at the Olympic Stadium, and anchored the World Service's Rio 2016 cover ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steven Wyeth
Steven Wyeth is a British football commentator for the BBC and TNT Sports amongst others. Early life Wyeth attended the University of Manchester and commented on Manchester United for Manchester Sports and for BBC Radio Manchester. Career Commentary Wyeth commentates on the BBC’s flagship football highlights show Match of the Day. For TNT Sports Wyeth covers commentary on Champions League, Europa League, Bundesliga, Ligue 1 and Serie A In July 2023, he was announced to be commentating for the BBC at the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup. Podcasts Wyeth has a football podcast with Hugh Ferris, Rory Smith, and Andy Hinchcliffe called Set Piece Menu in which the four (a journalist, a commentator, a presenter and an ex-footballer) "discuss football over food". It has been described as ‘intelligent, well-informed and delightfully warm discourse’ by ''The Football Faithful''. Wyeth has also guested on the official UEFA Champions League The UEFA Champions League (abbreviate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Football365
Football365.com is a website operated by Planet Sport Publishing's Planet Sport Network that also includes TEAMtalk, Planet Football, Planet F1 Planet Rugby, Tennis365 and LoveRugbyLeague from its base in Leeds. The website primarily covers the Premier League, as well as other European leagues and cups. It takes an informal and humorous approach to dealing with the latest football news and often includes running jokes about individuals connected with the sport. F365 has been noted for the comprehensive coverage it provides, as well as its statistics and comment features. History The site was founded in 1997 by Arsenal fan and Internet pioneer David Tabizel, who then teamed up with journalist Danny Kelly, along with Dan Thompson (founder of computer game company Renegade Software) and Simon Morris, a former Marketing Director of BSkyB and ex-footballer & TV presenter Andy Gray, who also wrote a regular column. In an interview with Rolling Stone magazine in 2012, Tabizel sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Football Supporters Federation
The Football Supporters' Federation (FSF) is an organisation representing football fans in England and Wales. It campaigns across a range of issues and supports fan representation on clubs' boards, lower ticket prices, and the introduction of safe standing areas at grounds in the top two tiers of English football. The organisation is free to join and acts as a singular voice for football fans. The FSF represents more than 500,000 members made up of individual fans and affiliated supporters' organisations from every club in the professional game and footballing pyramid. Founding The FSF was founded in 2002 after the amalgamation of two separate bodies, the Football Supporters' Association (FSA) and the National Federation of Supporters' Clubs (NATFED). The FSF is a democratically structured organisation with a National Council made up of elected individuals, officers and divisional representatives. The FSF's current chair is Malcolm Clarke, who also sits as the supporters' repre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Football Supporters' Association
The Football Supporters' Association (The FSA) is the national, democratic, representative body for football supporters in England and Wales. They are the leading advocates for supporter ownership, better fan engagement, cheaper ticket prices, the choice to stand at the match (safe standing), protecting fan rights, good governance, diversity, and all types of supporter empowerment across both the men's and women's game. The FSA's chair is Malcolm Clarke, and its vice-chair is Tom Greatrex, both of whom sit as supporters' representatives on The FA Council. Founding and membership The organisation was formed after the merger of two national football supporters' organisations, the Football Supporters' Federation and Supporters Direct, was agreed to on 22 November 2018. The name of the new organisation was announced on 6 June 2019. The FSA represents more than 500,000 members made up of individual fans and more than 300 affiliated and associated supporters' organisations from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
