The lads start 2025 by recounting their lack of non-league adventures with the games between AFC Croydon Athletic V Sheppey United and Whitehawk V Lewes being called off due to the weather. However, before hastening up the football pyramid, Matt and Nick recount their Christmas break trip to see Balham FC take on Tooting and Mitcham at the Imperial ground. This episode all features clips from the game including Tooting's winning goal at the end of the pod. Other audio also includes Matt and Dad marvelling at Nick's large, but incredibly comfy looking, fleece that he wore during the game on what was a very cold day.

We then move onto talk all things FPL as the brother's analyse their game week 19 and 20 performances. Team Tok continue to perform well, while it is a case of what could have been for Matt's troops and their spluttering season. Matt's continued poor form leads Nick to compare his Team to Tottenham with the older sibling needing "all things" to be "equal and balanced" if he is to make anything of this campaign.

The brothers then talk about their game week 21 plans which include thoughts on Crystal Palace and Chelsea assets. Nick also discusses his plans whilst referring to his Tik-Tok of the week which is FPL Mowgs.

When it comes to transfers, tactics and captaincy choices, it's "choose 'em next Tuesday" at 6pm on the 14th of January. Full details of how to contact us is also included below...

• League code: jeepsw
• Blue Sky @fplpodvstok.bsky.social
• Insta @ fplpodvstok2024
• X @fplpodvstok

Thank you again lovely listeners, please do like and review the show and tell your friends about the unique blend of non-league and Premier League that is FPL Pod VS Tok.

And remember, keep it fun and keep it FPL!

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In our last episode of 2024, Matt and Nick talk about their respective game week 18 performances as well as how their teams are doing mid-way through game week 19. While the Team Tok juggernaut keeps on rolling, there are signs of life that Team Pod may still have a good end to the season. That is if Matt can stop leaving his better players on the bench.

Amongst his New Year's resolutions, Matt has also vowed to not make any changes to his FPL Team on Boxing Day as he has a tradition of making mistakes on the 26th of December. This year, he transferred in Pedro Neto instead of Enzo Fernandes, not that it made much difference with Chelsea's festive form being decidedly patchy. Speaking of which, please excuse a couple of glitchy internet moments on this episode with Nick sounding a bit like a robot at minute 4:10.

The new year is often about predictions and Nick's declaration that Ipswich are better than Manchester United seems to have been realised after the Monday game week 19 fixtures. These saw the Red Devils going down 0-2 to Newcastle and the Tractor Boys beating title chasing Chelsea. Amidst the criticism of these historically big teams, there is also praise for high flying Nottingham Forest, Fulham and AFC Bournemouth who are all competing for Europe next season.

There are also clips from Matt, Nick and Dad's trip Balham FC VS Tooting and Mitcham at the Imperial Ground. Technically, it was an away day for the Terrors, however, they are currently ground sharing with Balham who previously played at AFC Croydon's Mayfield Stadium. Cue lots of "hilarious" jokes from Matt about Tooting being intimidated as the away side.

With 2025 on the horizon, Matt and Nick finish the pod by wishing the listeners a happy new year and suggest that, one easy new year's resolution is to join us in the FPL Pod VS Tok league. You can find full details about this, as well as the transfer deadline below...

If you would like to compete against us in our mini-league, the code is: jeepsw.

• League code: jeepsw
• Blue Sky @fplpodvstok.bsky.social
• Insta @ fplpodvstok2024
• X @fplpodvstok

Thank you again listeners for all your support! If you liked the pod, please rate us and/or write a review. If there are things that we can improve on, please also let us know. One new year's resolution for us is to grow our listenership, so we'd love you to share our pod with friends and loved ones too!

Take care, see you in 2025 and, remember, keep it fun and keep it FPL!

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There's no rest for these Merry Gentleman as Matt and Saint Nick, (he does have the beard for it), dive straight in talk about their respective game week 17 performances. Whilst Team Tok win again, there are reasons to be joyful and triumphant for Team Pod as a haul from the Egyptian King, Mo Salah, provides some long awaited green arrows for Matt's beleaguered squad.

The lads then discuss their plans for game weeks 18 and 19 with both brothers promising to ring the Carol Bells of change and make some shrewd signings to strengthen their teams for this busy Christmas schedule. There also promises to be Boxing Day Blues, of the Chelsea variety, as Matt and Nick both look to bring in the bargain that is Enzo Fernandez to bolster their midfields.

This episode also features more clips from the University of Brighton's SAS Choir with Procedentem Sponsum starting the proceedings (4:44), followed by Ó,gyönyörű szép titokzatos éj, which is partly included for the Tik-Tok reference at 15:34. The Choir then sing us out with Silent Night at the end of the podcast.

Given that we are headed into the part of the year where all the days blur together, we thought it was especially important to provide the transfer deadlines for game weeks 18 and 19, which are: Thursday the 26th of December at 11:00am (game week 18) and game week 19 is Sunday the 29th of December at 1:00pm.

If you would like to compete against us in our mini-league, the code is: jeepsw.

We are also on the following social platforms...

• Blue Sky: @fplpodvstok.bsky.social
• Insta @ fplpodvstok2024
• X @ @fplpodvstok

And you can email us on: fplpodvstok@gmail.com

To echo Nick's Christmas message at the end of the pod, we would like to wish our listeners the very best as we go into this holiday period. We know that, while it is fun for many, it can also be very hard for people too. So do take care and be kind to yourselves and we send our kindest thoughts and love to you as we head into 2025. It is also important to emphasise that there are some very good online resources available if you could do with some support over the festive period and we have included a few useful links below...

Change MH

Mind

Samaritans

Shout

The Mix

Hopeline

Blurt It Out

Thank you again for your support listeners and we look forward to bringing you more shows courtesy of FPL Pod VS Tok! Remember, keep it fun and keep it FPL!

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In an episode that is part rock 'n' roll and part festive special, Matt and Nick talk about their respective game week 16s as well as the Premier League fixtures ahead.

In perhaps what is the low point of his season, Matt recounts how more poor decision making cost him 17 points this week. While he admits that he did consider resigning as Manager of Team Pod after benching Lewis Hall and missing out on his plethora of points whilst playing Rayan Aït-Nouri who "achieved" a -2, Matt has resolved to do better in the second half of the season. He has started his recovery by choosing the Gianni Butticè Podcast as his pod of the week.

With celebrity fan Robert Palmer being in the stands at the Molineux to witness Wolves' capitulation against Ipswich, the brothers squeeze in as many Led Zeppelin puns into the episode as possible. You will be Dazed and Confused by the end of it! Matt also persists with his Pep Guardiola impression as he empathises with City's own run of bad form.

Conversely, Nick continues to put in strong performances as Manager of Team Tok and, in response to Matt's admission that he may need to take in more stats and spreadsheets to turn his season around, he details his approach by stating: "I watch TikTok's, I drink vodka and I'm winning!"

With Matt needing some kind of Christmas miracle to turn his season around, he sees an opportunity with the long-awaiting Mystery Chip being revealed as the Assistant Manager Chip. The brothers analyse this new asset which will be available from game week 24. Will this provide the much needed boost for Matt and Team Pod?

With the lads still waiting on their podcast music, the interludes in this week's show are provided by the SAS Choir and features renditions of "God Rest You, Merry Gentlemen" (00:00), "Es ist ein Rose Entrsprungen" (6:52), "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing" (22:58), "Jingle Bells" (38:54) and "We Wish you a Merry Christmas!" (45:33).

Transfer deadlines and social media details are included below...

• Transfer deadline 11:00, Saturday the 21st of December.
• League code: jeepsw
• Blue Sky: @fplpodvstok.bsky.social
• Insta @ fplpodvstok2024
• X @ @fplpodvstok

Happy Holidays listeners and remember, keep it Festive and Keep it F.P.L!

Bye for now!

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In this week's episode, Nick regales the pod about his underwhelming experience of non-league football action when, due to storm Darragh, he had to switch from the Mayfield to Champion Hill to see Dulwich Hamlet take on the far superior Dover Athletic. The lack of atmosphere at the game leads Nick to conclude that if it comes to watching Dulwich or no football that weekend, he'd take his chances and not watch a game at all. Dulwich fans, you know how to contact us if you disagree!

Ahead of discussing all things Premier League, Matt talks about making time to see more Sussex based football as well as overcoming his aversion to watching Brighton and Hove Albion. Despite being a Chelsea fan, maybe those trips to Selhurst Park as a youngster sewed the seeds of bias against the Seagulls.

Matt's miserable season continues as the lads talk about their game weeks 14 and 15 and it's made all the worse when the new listeners to the Pod VS Tok league also beat beat him. It can only get better right?

There's genuinely good FPL advice as the lads look to GW 16 and Nick talks Liverpool and double game weeks. He also talks about his Tik-Tok of the week, FPL Fran. We finish the episode by wishing, former Tooting and Mitcham player and current West Ham forward, Michail Antonio all the best in his recovery.

The first footie clip in this episode is from Dulwich V Dover, the remaining sound bites are more clips from the brother's visit to the Cherry Red to see AFC Wimbledon take on Accrington Stanley. As it may be a little while before we see any live football, we would appreciate any recordings that you have from matches where you have seen you local team! We'd love to hear them with a view to featuring them on the pod, so please do email them over!

And here's the rest of the details ahead of game week 16.

• Transfer deadline 13:30, Saturday the 14th of December.
• League code: jeepsw (Come and have a go if you think your 'are enough!)
• Blue Sky: @fplpodvstok.bsky.social
• Insta @ fplpodvstok2024
• X @ @fplpodvstok

And our email is: fplpodvstok@gmail.com

Thank you for listening and please do like and review the pod as well as share with your friends, family and other football lovers!

Keep it fun and keep it FPL!

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This week's episode sees Matt and Nick recount their trip last month to the Cherry Red Records Stadium to see AFC Wimbledon battle back to salvage a 2-2 draw with Accrington Stanley, who are they? Of course, Stanley have more recently been in the news after drawing local rivals Liverpool in the FA Cup, cue lots of references in the media to that famous advert from the 80s.

The lads then ascend the football pyramid to the Premier League where they review their FPL performances and look ahead to game weeks 14 and 15. Matt is optimistic, despite Team Pod's recent struggles, although his recent misery is compounded by a new entrant to the Pod VS Tok mini-league knocking him further down that particular table.

Matt talks about his team with references to his podcast of the week Let's Talk FPL with FPL Andy. There's also lots of love for the legend that is Neville Southall and Nick sings the praises of the former Everton number 1. This has somehow turned into a Mersey Side Special, all fittingly ahead of the derby between Everton and Liverpool this weekend.

Before we give you your deadline and ways to contact us, Matt and Nick would also like to hear your own match day experiences. This episode features extended clips of the Wombles Vs Accrington and we would like to feature clips from the games that, you the listener, have attended. If you would us to showcase your own visits to your local clubs, please do email an mp3 clip to: fplpodvstok@gmail.com. We have 5 slots that can be used to feature your recording and you can either send them as 5 separate short clips, preferably with a file name that describes what they are, or 1 longer clip between 5 and 10 minutes. We'd love for you to share your experiences of the beautiful game on FPL Pod VS Tok.

But anyway, the deadline to make changes is: Saturday 7th of December at 11:00am (GMT, aka Blighty Time!)

• League code: jeepsw
• We’re on Bluesky @fplpodvstok.bsky.social
• Insta @ fplpodvstok2024
• X @fplpodvstok

Thank you again listeners and, as always, keep it fun and keep it FPL!

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While the usual feature length version of the pod will be available ahead of game week 15, Matt and Nick use this mini-episode to remind listeners of the deadline to make your transfers, tactics and captain selections.

We also bring back the French Jazz through music courtesy of William King.

As ever, you can join our mini league via the code: jeepsw

You can also contact us via these different options too...

• League code: jeepsw
• Blue Sky @fplpodvstok.bsky.social
• X @ @fplpodvstok
• Insta @ fplpodvstok2024
• And our email is: fplpodvstok@gmail.com

Thank you as ever listeners and, remember, keep it fun and keep it FPL!

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Welcome back listeners and after a bit of a hiatus, Matt and Nick made it back to Stamford Bridge to see Chelsea take on Manchester City in the WSL.

As well as featuring clips from the day, (00:00, 10:55, 29.04, 45:29 and 52:32), the lads also discuss their match day experience. This included an ultimately dominant display from the Blues which was made all the sweeter due to the free yoghurt that was available on entry to the stadium!

Despite revelling in the latest victory from the Chelsea Women's Team, Matt and Nick then get stuck into all things FPL with the main thrust of the conversation being on the dramatic decline of Manchester City. Cue a lament from Matt who decided on a "pro-Haaland" instead of a "no-Haaland" team for his wildcard. Will he stick or twist for game week 13? Nick also airs his frustrations as he talks about how his "TikToks of the Week" actually damaged his FPL performance and how he will try and get his team back on track going forward.

Matt and Nick finish the pod with some sterling Womble chat, this is ahead of next week's episode which will feature clips and discussion on AFC Wimbledon's frustrating draw against Accrington Stanley, "who are they?"

Remember, it's an early transfer deadline tomorrow which is: 18:30, Friday, 29th of November. The rest of the details, including our new BlueSky account, are below...

• League code: jeepsw
• Blue Sky @fplpodvstok.bsky.social
• X @ @fplpodvstok
• Insta @ fplpodvstok2024
• And our email is: fplpodvstok@gmail.com

We'd also like to recommend the We Are Chelsea podcast, provided by our partners Acast, and which gives you a fantastic behind the scenes access to the mighty Chelsea Women's side!

Hope you enjoy the episode, we enjoy creating these for you!

And remember, keep it fun and keep it F.P.L!

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