Football Belongs: Australia's Football Identity, by Optus Sport Podcast
1) Bonus Episode - The extraordinary legacy created by the Matildas at the FIFA World Cup 2023™ | How to continue this momentum to grow the game in Australia
Three years after we first launched the award-winning Football Belongs podcast series, Matilda Emma Checker is our guest and author Fiona Crawford reprises her role in this special bonus episode. They...Show More
2) Football Belongs nominated for two Australian Podcast Awards!
The incredible limited series from Optus Sport, Football Belongs, hosted by David Davutovic and authored by John Didulica, and featuring a host of prominent sporting personalities in this country, has...Show More
3) Ep. 10 - Looking Forward: Where does Australian football go from here? | One event that could change the course of football
Former Socceroos coach Ange Postecoglou, Matildas great Kate Gill and journalist Francis Leach are our special guests, as we close out the Football Belongs podcast series.They join series inspiration ...Show More
4) Ep. 9 - Major Events: The 2015 Asian Cup and its dramatic final | Ange Postegolou's first-hand account | Australia's pride of sporting success
In the penultimate episode of the series, former Socceroos coach Ange Postecoglou, Football Australia chairman Chris Nikou and sports reporter Richard Hinds join John Didulica and David Davutovic to d...Show More
5) Ep. 8 - Getting Equal: The power of Australia failing to take the field against USA | How the Matildas' plight reflected a societal gap
Matildas greats Kate Gill and Tal Karp plus current star Tameka Yallop, along with esteemed writer and academic Fiona Crawford, join John Didulica and David Davutovic for a strong-hearted discussion a...Show More
6) Ep. 7 - Clash of Cultures: When the VFL All-Stars took on Slavia-Port Melbourne | How Australian Rules has impacted football
Esteemed football historian & author Roy Hay and researcher & blogger Paul Mavroudis join John Didulica and David Davutovic for the latest instalment of Football Belongs. The match in focus is a day i...Show More
7) Coming soon: Episodes 7-10
There are still four incredible episodes to come in the limited edition Football Belongs series, in which John Didulica and David Davutovic will be joined by a host of engaging personalities to speak ...Show More
8) Ep. 6 - First Nations People: John Moriarty's quest | The failures of a nation and a game | Giving voice to Aboriginal Australians
Ros Moriarty and Travis Dodd are the special guests on this episode of Football Belongs, as they join John Didulica and David Davutovic to have a powerful conversation about:The outrageous notion of A...Show More
9) Ep. 5 - Cultural cringe: AC Milan's infamous 1993 tour of Australia | Ange Postecoglou's shock 2017 Socceroos exit
Cultural cringe: it runs through our entire cultural and political zeitgeist in Australia, and as former Socceroo Paul Trimboli and broadcaster Francis Leach join John Didulica and David Davutovic, th...Show More
10) Ep. 4 - Borders: Australian-born grassroots movement to Save Hakeem | The birth of the National Soccer League
Australia has been shaped by a persistent - often irrational - obsession with borders.As an accompaniment to the next chapter in the Football Belongs series: "Borders", which you can read at https://s...Show More