Kickin' It Local

Join Johnny Keko this week on Kickin' It Local as he sits down with Omar Hassan to chat about his football journey and road to becoming a coach.

Tune in for all the insights from dealing with anger and his early days as a player and winning trophies.

Join Johnny Keko this week on Kickin' It Local he sits down with Alessio Carrocci to chat about his football journey to playing first team football this season. Tune in for all the insights from meeting his hero, giving commentary a crack and the best years of his football career to date.

Join Johnny Keko this week on Kickin' It Local he sits down with Nat Harrison (Adamopoulos) to chat about her time with Full On Football.

Tune in for all the insights of filming local football and getting to meet some incredible people in the football community.

Join Johnny Keko this week on Kickin' It Local he sits down with Nat Harrison (Adamopoulos) to chat about her time with Full On Football.

Tune in for all the insights of hosting a football show and meeting some incredible football indentities including the late Rale Rasic.

Lead singer of Lickity Split and The Hawks number 1 Goalkeeper for many years, Connor Hudson shines a light on his focus towards his music. Connor looks back on the 2019 State League 2 Grand Final and competing in the Battle of the Bands, where he made the 2022 Grand Final with Lickity Split.

The Hawks number 1 Goalkeeper for many years, Connor reflects on his time playing for his childhood club after taking a year off from football to focus on his music.

Joining the club at 10 years old, Connor explains how he progressed through the State programs and the calibre of players and coaches he crossed path with including current and former Socceroos.

As th Collegiate Head coach for the A's and the Best & Fairest player for the B's, Mark shares his on and off journey as a footballer in SA.

Now currently at Mt Barker United, the football story began from a junior level at Adelaide City during their Championship winning NSL Era in the 90's. Mark also explains his move away from the Federation after winning the Reserves Cup Final at Hindmarsh Stadium with Campbelltown City in 2006.

Young up and coming local commentator Seb O'Neill talks about how he stumbled into commentary at the ago of 17.

Seb opens up on how he came to find himself in the position he is within football, only being a relatively new fan of the game.

Antonis Pagonis & Christian Marchetti from Front Page Footall share their experience covering the 2023 AUNZ FIFA Women's World Cup

Current Adelaide United & Adelaide Uni player Jenna McCormick shares her stories of debuting for the Matildas and switching codes, winning two Premierships with Adelaide Crows in the AFLW. Playing a World Cup is everyone's dream, however Jenna talks about how she found herself commentating the 2023 Women's World Cup for SEN and the pathways for players.

Hear Johnny's stories and reflection from Brazil vs Panama, including interviews with Brazilian and Panama players (courtesy of Triple M).

Inaugural Adelaide United Womens Captain, Di Alagich talks about her family and the football connection. Representing Australia was always a dream, Di explains how she wanted to play for the Socceroos before realising there was a Women's National Team.

Current West Adelaide WNPL Head Coach, Tracey looks back on 2022 Treble winning year for the club & shares her thoughtss around the World Cup. In Part Two Tracey shares her opinions on the Women's Game & what needs to be done to help move it forward.

Currently the West Adelaide WNPL Head Coach, Tracey looks back on her early days as a player & memories of representing the Matildas on a tour of New Zealand in Part One.

Currently coaching a community team at Flinders United, Sharon Black opens up about her career, playing in Denmark and representing her country at a FIFA Women's World Cup in 1999 as well as the 2000 Olympics.

From fundraising to afford to travel with the National team, Sharon looks back on her time and how the women's game has progressed ahead of the upcoming World Cup to be hosted on our shores.

Currently the U13 girls coach at Fulham United, in Part Two Adrian Santrac talks his time with the Matildas and the state of the game ahead of the upcoming FIFA Women's World Cup in Australia & New Zealand.

Currently the U13 girls coach at Fulham United, in Part One Adrian Santrac talks about his playing days in the National Soccer League to coaching on the International stage with the Olyroos and the big players he had the pleasure of coaching.

With 50 DAYS TO GO 'til the Women's World Cup, invites Kimberley Conte the Head of WWC Adelaide back to cover everything happening in Adelaide!

Topics covered:

• Trophy tour in Adelaide!
• FIFA Fan Fest
• Club involvement and opportunities
• Leadership opportunities
• Adelaide hosting new events

With the halfway mark of Season 2023 here, Johnny invites WNPL commentator Paul Marcuccitti to co-host a special Women's League Reflection episode.

Taking a look back at the first nine rounds, Johnny & Paul speak to special guests:

• Anastasia Willougby - Flinders United
• Chrissy Panagaris - Adelaide Comets
• Hannah DeBose - Metro United
• Victoria Mansueto - West Torrens Birkalla
• Nicole Calder - Salisbury Inter

Kevin Holohan - Fulham United

To celebrate the halfway mark of Season 2023, Johnny invites former guest Marc Talbot to co-host a special Men's League Reflection episode.

Taking a look back at the first eleven rounds, the boys speak to special guests:

• Adelaide City's Nicholas Bucco talks about scoring what could be the goal of the season in Round 11!
• Vipers FC's Maged Ibrahim reflects on his sides first season in the State League 1
• NPL SA Leading goalscorer James Temelkovski picks his favourite goal & opens up about his time in Adelaide
• Football SA's Matt Mays explains the federations plans on the media front & what we've seen so far

Mid-Season Review 2023 - Mens League

A one club man and cracking 450 games with the Adelaide Hills Hawks, Captain Nathan Elliott reflects on huis career at the Hawks and why he loves the hills football. Not coming from a soccer family, Nathan shares how he found the sport and his experience representing the state in touch footy.

Shannen has a huge passion for womens football and helping to create future opportunities for the next generation as the President of Flinders United.

A passionate coach ready to let his football do the talking. Terry Westwood shares his career spanning back to his playing days at Salisbury United and why he drives past his old club every week to this day. Now head coach of Cumberland United, Terry shares his journey as a coach, where he coached for over six years at Adelaide Raiders and a year at MetroStars along with soaking in the knowledge under coaches Rocky Aloisi and Alby Kidd.

Terry also explains the story of "stalking" Ian Wright.

Johnny's Highlights feature s the best parts from his chats with former Adelaide United player Marcelo Carrusca, Former West Adelaide player Olivia Bramley, Current Head Coach of Adelaide United Carl Veart & local football identity & current Football SA employee Hayley Routley.

A passionate football fan & founder of Front Page Football, Christian Marchetti talks about pursuing his dream. After starting a publication at 14 years old with his best mate, Christian relaunched his sports publication for a Uni project before it started to get serious. He talks about his time as Media Manager for Adelaide City in their biggest year & shares a special moment with former Adelaide United Boss Marco Kurz.

A footballer for FK Beograd and Vanuatu National Football Team, Jared Clark talks about his junior years the support from his parents.

After moving to Serbia to play for FK Vojvodina, Jared eventually moved back home where he joined Adelaide United in the NPL Youth Squad as well as their National Youth League Team. A chance to represent Vanuata received a massive response from hos family and Jared explain what the experience was like, especially whilst being surrounded by a camera filming a Netflix Documentary.

A senior footballer in the WNPL, Nicole Calder opens up her struggles with depression and how she is helping junior girls with her coaching.

After representing the Young and Junior Matildas, Nicole went over to the USA to play college football before returning to Australia after completing her degree and suffering two ACL's. Trying to play professionally wasn't an easy task, but nicole talks about the many great people and moments during her career.

**Trigger Warning: This episode contains content that may be alarming to some listeners. Nicole briefly opens up about her experience with depression and working within crisis text line. This content can be heard between the times of approx. 15mins-29mins in this podcast episode.

A senior footballer in the NPL, Alex Rideout opens up about what it's really like to be coached by his older brother and the criticism that comes along with it.

Having won the league and Federation Cups, as well as knocking out the current Asian Champions from the first edition of the FFA (Australia) Cup, Alex shares his greatest moments from his career.

In Part Three Johnny Keko gets a preview of the upcoming season as he catches up with personnel from Fulham United, Football SA NTC, Metro United & Salisbury Inter.

Hear straight from the clubs what this season means to them, including who to look out for in season 2023!

This episode includes three interviews:

1. Salisbury Inter's Tony Scalzi & Nicole Calder (00:44)
2. Metro United's Paul Morris (07:32)
3. Football SA's NTC Michele Lastella (15:12)
4. Fulham United's Georgina Toome & Laura Niejalke (22:16)

In Part Two Johnny Keko gets a preview of the upcoming season as he catches up with personnel from WT Birkalla, Adelaide Uni & Adelaide Comets.

Hear straight from the clubs what this season means to them, including who to look out for in season 2023!

This episode includes three interviews:

1. Adelaide Uni's Tony Sacca & Alysia Panagakos (00:40)
2. Adelaide Comets' Tom Monsigneur (06:33)
3. WT Birkalla's Amin Ayoubi (12:38)

In Part One Johnny Keko gets a preview of the upcoming season as he catches up with personnel from Adelaide City, West Adelaide & Flinders United.

Hear straight from the clubs what this season means to them, including who to look out for in season 2023!

This episode includes three interviews:

1. Adelaide City's Bianca Gray (00:54)
2. Flinders United's Joel Porter & Anastasia Willoughby (04:14)
3. West Adelaide's Tracey Jenkins (13:37)

Football South Australia's Media & Digital Content Manager Matt Mays talks about his journey from England to Australia, which saw him become a male nanny during his time in Holland.

A big Arsenal fan, Matt recalls when he was selected as a ball boy for his childhood club, as well as the match where he broke protocol to celebrate with two legends of the game.

Not shy of a camera, Matt explains who Mr. Matt is and breaks down how he became the poster boy in a RAA commercial.

In Part Four Johnny Keko gets a preview of the upcoming season as he catches up with the Head Coaches from Sturt Lions, Campbelltown City & Adelaide Olympic.

Hear all the big ins & outs straight from the coaches mouth, including who to look out for in season 2023!

This episode includes three interviews:

1. Campbelltown City's Michael Matricciani (01:23)
2. Adelaide Olympic's Andrew Calderbank (07:53)
3. Sturt Lions' Lino Fusco (14:06)

In Part Three Johnny Keko gets a preview of the upcoming season as he catches up with the Head Coaches from Adelaide United Youth, MetroStars & South Adelaide.

Hear all the big ins & outs straight from the coaches mouth, including who to look out for in season 2023!

This episode includes three interviews:

1. South Adelaide's Anthony Rideout (01:04)
2. MetroStars' Danny Graystone (06:07)
3. Adelaide United Youth's Airton Andrioli (17:23)

In Part Two Johnny Keko gets a preview of the upcoming season as he catches up with the Head Coaches from FK Beograd, Adelaide Comets & West Adelaide.

Hear all the big ins & outs straight from the coaches mouth, including who to look out for in season 2023!

This episode includes three interviews:

1. Adelaide Comets' George Tsonis (01:10)
2. FK Beograd's Joshua Smith (06:38)
3. West Adelaide's Jim Tsekinis (12:43)

In Part One Johnny Keko gets a preview of the upcoming season as he catches up with the Head Coaches from Adelaide City, Modbury Jets & Croydon FC.

Hear all the big ins & outs straight from the coaches mouth, including who to look out for in season 2023!

This episode includes three interviews:

1. Croydon FC's Travis Dodd (01:50)
2. Adelaide City FC's Paul Pezos (09:10)
3. Modbury Jets SC's Maurice Natale (14:30)

Part Two, Adelaide Comets' Jayden LoBasso opens up about his journey after being diagnosed with Guillain-Barre Syndrome three games into the new season.

Through the support of his family and club, Jayden was able to defy the odds with a return to the game coming off the bench during the finals series. He describes how it all started, to the tough moments of recovery and the moment he felt his body no longer being attacked.

An inspiration to everyone around him, Jayden shares his story with gratitude for the people around him at home, at his club and all of those within the community.

Adelaide Comets' Jayden LoBasso shares his journey, coming from a tight-knit community in Port Pirie before eventually moving to Adelaide for football. The dedication from his parents played a huge part, with long drives to the city on multiple nights of the week.

Jayden's dedication sets him apart, he shares his memories from his boyhood club, to the big lessons learnt from his time at Adelaide United Youth. He also describes why he believes Adelaide Comets was the right more at the right time, just before things became tough and the club was there to support him through it. 

Part Two available soon.

Part Two, Scott Tunbridge reveals his experience during the Championship winning season at Newcastle Jets in the A-League, from how he was treated, his regrets and despite the tough year personally, he shares how he celebrated the win with his teammates.

No calls were made from Adelaide United for a call up, but a family situation made for an easy decision to return home playing for MetroStars in the NPL.

Scotts memories of his time at Metro are positive, describing what it was like to share the limelight on the national stage with his local club.

Local Football writer for the Inner Sanctum and Front Page Football, Antonis Pagonis talks of his journey growing up in Greece and the transition to schooling in Australia leading him to becoming the only 16-year-old at University.

A dream first job in teaching saw him move to the UK, where he had another dream come true, being invited to an event along with his idol Thierry Henry. This was the first big star he had the pleasure of chatting to, but wasn't his last as he reveals his experiences so far in his first year as a football writer and how he managed to interview two of the biggest names currently playing in Australia, plus the moment he shared at Craig Goodwin's World Cup press conference.

Part Two with Alex Mullen sees the Sergio Medalist describe the moment he shared with his father when being crowned with the award at this years Celebration of Football, plus what the awards mean for the wider community and celebrating the achievements of those within football.

Alex talks about how a planned day out watching his brother play in the State League 1 Preliminary Final ended up with him on the pitch helping a former teammate and young Goalkeeper through a traumatic injury while paramedics made their way to the ground.

Also, life can be busy juggling football and a full time job, so taking time out for friends is very important. The introduction of COVID-19 restrictions on venues and pubs saw the birth of The Man Picnic, a group of football mates getting together in a park drinking beers, plus how a certain beer and video attracted the attention of Peter Crouch.

2022 Sergio Melta Medalist Alex Mullen opens up about his early footballing years being a part of a well known football family in South Australia. He shares the memories of playing with his cousins, including former Adelaide United defender Daniel Mullen and an incident with his brother, Matt which saw him sitting out from future games with a bruised coccyx.

Having his uncle as the coach of Adelaide United's Youth team didn't bring easy access for the teenager, after getting a trial with the club, it only lead to a tough conversation. Alex talks about how a move to Sydney FC under Graham Arnold became available, after his former coach Barney Smith called his own father, former coach at the Australian Institute of Sport.

Plus He talks about finally getting to play under his uncle in the NPL where he saw a lot of success alongside his brother.

Part Two available soon.