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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.
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Friday Jan 31, 2020
Friday Jan 31, 2020
As a special bonus episode, Rich chatted with Finland captain Tim Sparv about Finland's historic qualification for Euro 2020, along with his time in Denmark was FC Midtjylland, spending time in the youth team at Southampton and his work to promote football in Vaasa.
Please click here to view the show notes for the episode.
Saturday Nov 30, 2019
Saturday Nov 30, 2019
As a supplement to the regular Finnish Football Show, Mark W, Mark H & Keke watch the Euro 2020 Draw live and comment, react and critique the show.
Read Rich Nelson, Escape to Suomi's preview of the Euro 2020 Final draw
Finland's Group at Euro 2020
Friday Nov 22, 2019
Friday Nov 22, 2019
Episode 26
The whole team is back: Mark H, Mark W, Keke & Rich.
Mark H & Keke share their experiences of being in the stadium (and on the pitch) as the Finnish national team create a piece of history.
We’ll recap the end of the Veikkausliiga season, discuss who won the European places and promotion & relegation between the leagues. We’ll also have our regular features, but surely there’s only one place to start this show....
And that is with last week’s games for the Huuhkajat; a 3-0 victory against Liechtenstein, to seal qualification, followed by a 2-1 defeat to Greece – after a heavy weekend of celebrating!
Add to that, the re-emergence of our old friend (and FFS founding co-host) Rich from Escape to Suomi and our regular features. It all adds up to refreshingly upbeat, Finnish Football Show.
Saturday Oct 19, 2019
Saturday Oct 19, 2019
Episode 25
Mark, Keke & Mark preview the upcoming weekend’s final round of Veikkausliiga games and discuss who might get the European places and these new, European play-off spots.
But. Surely. There’s only one place to start this week. And that is with last week’s games for the Finnish National team; a 4-1 defeat to Bosnia-Herzegovina, followed by a 3-0 win against Armenia.
Add to that, the re-emergence of our old friend (and FFS founding co-host) Rich from Escape to Suomi and our regular features. It all adds up to refreshingly upbeat, Finnish Football Show.
Tuesday Oct 01, 2019
Tuesday Oct 01, 2019
Episode 24
Keke, Mark & Mark look back at the recent Euro 2020 qualifiers, a 1-0 win over Greece and a 2-1 defeat to Italy, and look forward to the upcoming games. We TRY to explain what happens now that the 2019 Veikkausliiga has split into two 'series' and we discuss a few Finnish players, who are figuratively (not literally) on fire!
Saturday Jul 20, 2019
Saturday Jul 20, 2019
As a supplement to the live recorded Finnish Football Show, Mark W & Mark H meet in person for the first time 😳 and get a guided tour of SJK Seinäjoki's OmaSp Stadion.
Huge thanks (again) to Lari Paski, Supporters Liaison Officer, for organising the tour at very late notice, and to Tom Dunne for taking time out of the Academy training session to share his memories of the early days of SJK.
Wednesday Jul 10, 2019
Wednesday Jul 10, 2019
Episode 23
Keke, Mark & Mark discuss the 2019 Veikkausliiga season at the halfway stage. We look back at the disgraceful scenes at the end of the Suomen Cup Final. We also hear Keke trying to remember his trip to Liechtenstein to watch the Finnish national team win 2-0, preceded by a fine 2-0 home win over Bosnia-Herzegovina.
Add-in some short news stories and the new, regular features and it's another high-standard Finnish Football Show.
Wednesday May 08, 2019
Wednesday May 08, 2019
Episode 22
Keke, Mark & Mark look at Finnish players overseas, some reaching for the stars and some heading in the other direction. We allow Keke to bask in the glory of his Suomen Cup quarter final predictions and look ahead to the semi-finals on 16.5.2019. We then review the first 6-8 rounds of the Veikkausliiga season 2019.
Add-in some news stories about protests, the new, regular features and Mark W's tantalising tease for FFS23, and it all adds up to another high-standard Finnish Football Show.
Thursday Mar 28, 2019
Thursday Mar 28, 2019
Episode 21
For family reasons, i.e. his keeps getting bigger, Rich has left the FFS team 😢 so we asked friend-of-the-show, Keke Myllari to take his place.
In the long-delayed episode (yeah we know it’s been 8 months!) Mark, Mark & Keke look back to late-2018 and Finland's successful Nations League campaign. We discuss the 2020 qualifying competition which started last weekend; a 2-0 defeat to Italy and a 2-0 victory over Armenia.
We also cover the 2019 Suomen Cup competition, with the group games in February & March 2019, progressing onto the first knockout round in late-March. Add-in some short news stories and a few new, hopefully regular, features and it's another high-standard Finnish Football Show.
Thursday Jun 07, 2018
Thursday Jun 07, 2018
Episode 20
Richh, Mark & Mark look at how the Veikkausliiga season 2018 looks with 33% of games played, and we discuss the June 2018 friendlies for the Finnish national team; a 2-0 defeat to Romania followed by a 2-0 win against Belarus. Add-in some short news stories, Finns Overseas and ramblings about Rich's shirt, and it's another high-standard Finnish Football Show.