Fozcast - The Ben Foster Podcast

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Things You Didn’t Know About Being A Professional Footballer! Season 11 Ep 5 Sep 05, 2024

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This week on the Fozcast, we talk about things that you didn’t know about football… We are joined by former Barnsley GK, ex England GK coach and a familiar face on the Football Fill-In, Dave Watson!

We talked about how much money players lose when giving away their shirts? Do players pay for their yellow cards? How much money do players spend on boots? Where do clubs get their footballs from? Who collects fines within a club, and so much more!

Dave gives us his insight from a coaches perspective too as we reveal all of the questions you wanted to know about the behind the scenes at a football club!

We just wanted to say thank you to everyone who contributed to the questions too over on Instagram! The responses were great, and keep an eye out on The Fozcast Instagram page if you want to be involved in a Fozcast in the future.

The Fozcast live at William Aston Hall on Sunday 22nd September! Tickets down below! Some big guests announced soon!

https://williamastonwrexham.com/event/ben-foster

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Goldbridge RANTS as Liverpool Run Riot & Where’s Next for Salah? TFFI S3 Ep 4 Sep 02, 2024

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Liverpool run riot at Old Trafford and Mark Goldbridge is not a happy man!!!

Ben is joined by Tom, Watto and Goldbridge to discuss the weekend’s action as Arne Slot’s impressive start to the season continued with a 3-0 win over Man Utd.

Mohamed Salah scored again against the Red Devils, but it was his comments after the game that grabbed the headlines - could it be the end of his Liverpool career?

Elsewhere in the Premier League, it was a bad weekend for Sean Dyche’s Everton. The Toffees were 2-0 going into the 87th minute and LOST 3-2 to Bournemouth!

There were wins for Brentford, Aston Villa, Newcastle and Man City and ANOTHER Erling Haaland hat-trick…

Declan Rice saw red for the first time in 245 Premier League games plus the lads discuss the goalkeeping transfers on deadline day including moves for Aaron Ramsdale and Sam Johnstone.

The Quiz is here as usual so wait until the end to find out who claimed the last W before the international break…

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The BIG Debate | Who Was The Better Footballer? Players Primes Podcast | The Fozcast S11 Ep 4 Aug 29, 2024

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It’s back to back Tubes episodes - what’s there not to love about that! This time, Ben, Tom and Tubes discuss players in their primes and put them against each other to see who comes out on top! The good thing about having three people, is that there is always a winner so stay tuned to the end to see if your pick matches the lads!

Let us know which primes we have left out and gives us your opinion on who should have won out of the players we chose!

Get your tickets to the Fozcast live down below! Some special guests will be announced soon... 👀

https://williamastonwrexham.com/event/ben-foster

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The Future £100m STAR & Chelsea HIT Wolves for Six! The Football Fill-In S3 Ep 3 Aug 26, 2024

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Everyone at the Cycling GK is saddened to learn of the passing of former England manager Sven-Goran Eriksson, who has died at the age of 76.

Noni Madueke ensured he was the in the news for the right reasons after his earlier mishap on social media about Wolverhampton… The youngster bagged a hat-trick as Chelsea hit Wolves for 6 in Enzo Maresca’s first away match in charge of the Blues.

Ben, Tom and Watto also went through the rest of the action from an action-packed weekend in the top-flight, including a stunning save from David Raya in Arsenal’s 2-0 win at Aston Villa and Erling Haaland’s TENTH Man City hat-trick as they smashed Ipswich.

Joao Pedro grabbed a late winner for Brighton on Saturday as they beat Manchester United 2-1 at the AMEX. The former Watford man got the winner deep into added time after Danny Welbeck had earlier netted his 100th club goal of his career.

Arne Slot’s first competitive game at Anfield as Liverpool boss saw him get off to winning ways againt Brentford, whilst Spurs were in fine form as they hit four past a sorry looking Everton.

Elsewhere, there were wins for Fulham, West Ham and Nottingham Forest and VAR was once again a sore topic as Bournemouth were denied a last-minute winner against Newcastle.

All that to come plus an epic Quiz, let’s go!

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Ask Us Anything - Sir Alex Fergusons Pre Season & John Terry's Kind Gesture to Tubes | The Fozcast Season 11 Ep 3 Aug 22, 2024

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This week on the Fozcast, we see the return of the legend and our good friend Tubes on the pod! In this episode, we reached out to you guys on Instagram to ask us questions about anything you wanted and we answered them on here! Some of the questions included, what was Manchester United’s and Sir Alex Ferguson's pre-season like? What are the pressures of working in media? How do players get tickets to a match and how did Ben and Tom actually meet?

So many of your questions were answered and we would love to do some more episodes like this as the lads really enjoyed this one! Make sure you keep your eyes peeled on our socials to get involved in the next one!

Did your question get chosen? Have a watch to find out!

If you want to see the Fozcast live show with some special guests, click the link below to find out more! 👇🏼

https://williamastonwrexham.com/event/ben-foster

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That Raheem Sterling STATEMENT & Troy Deeney On Where Ivan Toney Will Go Next! | The Football Fill-In S3 Ep 2 Aug 19, 2024

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The Premier League is back finally!!!

Watford LEGEND Troy Deeney and ex-England goalkeeper Coach Dave Watson are back on the sofa joining Ben and Tom to dissect everything from the weekend.

Raheem Sterling’s statement was one of the biggest talking points for the lads to discuss this weekend - was he right to post this? What does it mean for Raheem’s Chelsea career?!

Last season’s top two are up and running with both Man City and Arsenal recording 2-0 victories whilst Arne Slot also kicked off life at Liverpool with a 2-0 win at Ipswich.

The future of Ivan Toney remains up in the air, could he be heading to Manchester United or Saudi? The lads also look at that VAR error which cost Eberechi Eze a goal, what’s next for Marc Guehi and what was Fabian Schar doing!?

There’s a lot to cover plus the return of the QUIZ, so get yourself comfy and give this episode a watch/listen!

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Marc Albrighton - Premier League Champions to Relegation with Leicester City | The Fozcast S11 Ep 2 Aug 15, 2024

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On episode 2 of the Fozcast, we have one of Leicester’s Premier League winners from that incredible 2015/16 season, it’s Marc Albrighton! In today’s episode Marc talks to us about that incredible season and how they upset the odds at 5000/1! On the other hand, we also discuss that relegation campaign and what exactly went wrong for a team that good, to get relegated to the Championship!

Looking deeper into that Foxes team, Marc tells us about what Jamie Vardy is like behind closed doors and does he really have a drink of port before every game? We also discover what N’Golo Kante and Riyad Mahrez got up to after training had finished which saw crowds of players watching…

This episode was a cracker and we hope you are enjoying the start of the new season!

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Our 2024/25 Premier League PREDICTIONS!!! TFFI S3 Ep 1 Aug 14, 2024

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If you want to see the Fozcast live at the William Aston Hall on Sunday 22nd September with players from the Wrexham squad, get your tickets below! 👇🏼

https://williamastonwrexham.com/event/ben-foster

After a sad end to the Euros with England missing out in the final to Spain, the Premier League is now BACK and we are also returning with Season 3 of the Football Fill In!

The legend Mark Goldbridge is back as Ben is joined by Tom and Paul Robinson to discuss all things football ahead of the new campaign getting underway later this week.

The boys will be giving us their predictions for the forthcoming season - the race for the Top 4 and the relegation scrap, it’s all crammed into this action packed episode!

We’ll be looking at a host of the teams competing at the top end including Man City, Arsenal and Liverpool, plus what’s happening at Chelsea with Conor Gallagher?!

Aston Villa, Tottenham and Newcastle will all be battling out for Champions League spots, plus we get Goldbridge’s take on just where he thinks Manchester United will finish.

The legendary Quiz is back as well, so stay tuned to see who picks up the first W of the season…

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Glenn Murray - The ONE Player Who Could've Been A STAR! The Fozcast S11 Ep 1 Aug 08, 2024

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The Fozcast is back for a new season and to kick things off, we have Brighton legend Glenn Murray on the pod! Glenn has played 600 career games and has scored over 200 goals, with 111 of those playing at Brighton! In the pod, Glenn talks about Tony Pulis and how brutal his pre-season was back in the day! We also touch on how Ben and Glenn know each other from the Watford days where they go on to talk about the insane fines they had to pay for leaving equipment out on the pitch!

Murray also talks about the best players and managers he has ever played with, he gives us a behind the scenes insight into Albion and how Wilfried Zaha could've become a world star...

We hope you enjoy this first episode of the season, and there are many more to come over the next few weeks!

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Inside Englands Football Camp with Ian Poulter Jul 18, 2024

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In this episode of the Fozcast, we have a slightly different episode for you! This time we have current LIV Golf Tour player, Ian Poulter on the pod! Ian tells us about signing for LIV and gives us his thoughts on why he joined team Majesticks GC. Ian also talks to us about his time with England at Euro 2024 when he got invited to their training camp to teach the players golf and gave us some real insights to what the England camp was like behind the scenes!

Check out Ian Poulter and team Majesticks GC down below! 👇🏼

https://majesticksgc.com/

A massive thank you to Woburn Golf club for having us too! Check them out below! 👇🏼

https://www.woburngolf.co.uk/

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