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The original English-language podcast about Finnish football. Presented by Mark W, Mark H, Rich, Keke & Ally, five Brits with Finnish wives and shared passion for the beautiful game. @explorefinland @fcsuomi @escapetosuomi @kekemyllari & @mano99 bring you a variety of show formats; the original Finnish Football Show discussion show, interviews with key people in Finnish football, and Match Reports of key Finnish national team games. FFS – supporting football in Finland since 2015.
Episodes
Wednesday Mar 17, 2021
Wednesday Mar 17, 2021
Part 1 of 2 – Paula & the Helmarit
Paula talk us through the final few games of the Euro 2021 qualifying campaign, from which the Helmarit qualified for Euro 2021 in impressive style. She tells us about her feelings at the start of the qualifiers and as she saw Amanda Rantanen's unbelievable goal to seal their place. She tells us about making her debut for the Finland National Team, aged 34, and the close feeling between the group of goalkeepers (see the photo below).
- Amanda Rantanen's goal for Finland vs Scotland https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xphkFT_Fnxk
- Linda Sällström's goal for Finland vs Portugal https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgw3PWdSqBk
Wednesday Mar 10, 2021
Wednesday Mar 10, 2021
FFS36
The Suomen Cup has progressed through the groups stages, so we look back at the recent action and forward to the upcoming knockout games. We also discuss the recently released 2021 fixture list for the Finland Mens National Team, the Huuhkajat. We blow a little smoke up Keke's a** for the interviews he's arranged recently in our FFS In Conversation... series. And we throw a little shade at Mark W for moonlighting with other podcasts about Finnish football 😱
But there's only one place we can start and that is by discussing the Finland Womens National Team, the Helmarit, who stormed through their qualification group for Euro 2021 (which will be hosted in the UK in 2022, of course.)
Episode Links
- Womens Euro 2021 Tables https://www.uefa.com/womenseuro/standings/
- Suomen Cup groups https://www.palloliitto.fi/ottelut-ja-sarjat/tulospalveluarkisto/valtakunnallinen/2021-jalkapallo-valtakunnallinen?X&spljp21&MSC
- Suomen Cup knockout fixtures https://www.palloliitto.fi/ottelut-ja-sarjat/suomen-cup/ottelut
- SJK Seinäjoki's 'Nottajoki' podcast https://open.spotify.com/show/51Uq19d0SLqxflc5pdCVJp?si=JNU0FWJsSOyescT_VNm4ag
- Huuhkajat fixtures 2021 https://www.palloliitto.fi/maajoukkueet/huuhkajat/ohjelma-ja-tulokset
Show notes: https://finnishfootballshow.com/2021/03/10/ffs35-helmarit-euro2021-suomen-cup-huuhkajat-fixtures/
Tuesday Mar 02, 2021
Tuesday Mar 02, 2021
The Finnish Football's Show's intrepid interviewer, Keke, was flying solo again for this interview, with Finland and Chievo Verona defender, Sauli Väisänen. Keke took one of his customary trips with a player through their career, and Sauli was good value, sharing stories about:
- His varied youth career around Helsinki.
- Moving to the Allsvenskan in Sweden at an early age and ALMOST playing with Eero Markkanen.
- His views on Finnish players moving overseas at a young age.
- Making a big move to Serie A in Italy and how he kept active under the first, strict lockdown in Italy.
- Making his international debut away to Iceland and, later, playing for Finland alongside his brother, Leo.
- How he still gets chills when he thinks about THAT NIGHT in Helsinki, when Finland qualified for Euro 2020. And taking inspiration from Greece winning Euro 2004
- His appreciation for the support from the Huuhkajat fans over the years, through good times and bad.
Wednesday Jan 27, 2021
Wednesday Jan 27, 2021
We're in the middle of the closed-season in Finland, which is why we've been quiet lately, but with the Suomen Cup due to restart on 1st February, we look forward to the group stage and explain the structure of the competition. We also discuss the closed-season transfers in the Veikkausliiga and for Finns overseas.
But first, we look at the recent noise created by UEFA and the recent announcements about ticket refunds for EURO 2020...
Thursday Dec 17, 2020
Thursday Dec 17, 2020
Our guest for this episode, inspired the entire FFS team to turn up for a five-way Zoom. Current Bayer Leverkusen and Finland goalkeeper, Lukáš Hrádecký, spoke to us for an hour about, well, his entire career. A career that started at TPS Turku and took him to Denmark and then Germany. Luke explains the perils of hearing a room with Teemu Pukki and why he turned down Manchester United.
We learn what situations give him 'brown underpants' and his perspective of his 3rd minute red card and following 'walk of shame'. He also explains the camaraderie among the national team, created by a club-style atmosphere in the dressing room. He also gets his Huuhkaja mask out – no, that's not a euphemism!
Monday Dec 07, 2020
Monday Dec 07, 2020
Mark W, Rich and Keke get together to talk through the draw as it happens. This was streamed live on Facebook and involved a little hanging around for the draw to start, so if you want to skip to the action, there are two places you could head to:
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12:05 Review of the FFS Predictions survey for 2020
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19:00 The draw starts with the FFS commentary
Show notes and links
Sunday Nov 29, 2020
Sunday Nov 29, 2020
Keke flies solo on this episode and speaks with Jussi from the Armada Turku Ultras supporters group. Jussi tells Keke about the different supporter groups following Inter Turku, the rivalry with 'the other Turku club' and dealing with heavy-handed security.
He explains how they design and create their eye-catching Tifos and how it helps attract new, younger fans to both to Inter Turku and Finnish football in general. They also discuss following the Finland National team, the Huuhkajat, which is Keke's 'club side' nowadays and those all-important Away Days, travelling to support their teams.
Recorded on 29.10.2020
Thursday Nov 19, 2020
Thursday Nov 19, 2020
The FFS team reconvenes for the Nations League qualifying match between Wales and Finland. Winner takes all and finishes top of group B4 (although, technically, a draw is good enough for Wales.) Join Mark W, Mark H, Rich & Keke to will hear our pre-match predictions, our half-time thoughts and our full-time reaction.
Sunday Nov 15, 2020
Sunday Nov 15, 2020
The first in a new format of FFS show, as the team get together for the Nations League qualifying match between Bulgaria and Finland. You will hear our pre-match predictions, our half-time thoughts and our reaction at full-time.
Saturday Nov 14, 2020
Saturday Nov 14, 2020
In this episode, firstly, we look back at the historic win for Finland away to France. We then turn our attention forward to this week’s Nations League fixtures. There are two away games for the Huuhkajat, who take on Bulgaria and Wales in the final two games in the 2020 Nations League.
We’ll also look back at the Veikkausliiga season, which was cut short after the 22 'regular season' games (as we'd speculated in the last show). We'll look at the winners, the losers, the surprise packages and the predictably average.