Welcome to the first ever Long Ball Futebol Christmas Quiz! We're joined by representatives from All Things Alvalade, The Portugal Corner, and Mr Benfica to battle it out for the first ever LBFCQ trophy. Follow our contestants and subscribe to them wherever you get your podcasts: The Portugal Corner → https://x.com/Portugal_Corner Mike Agostinho a.…

Thanks for listening to the Long Ball Futebol Podcast! Become a Long Ball Futebol Sócio for just £1 a month → https://www.patreon.com/LongBallFutebol This week we're joined by Patrick Ribeiro to discuss a huge win for Sporting under João Pereira, their first in the league under their new manager. The title race is tightening up but Benfica miss an …

Thanks for listening to the Long Ball Futebol Podcast! Become a Long Ball Futebol Sócio for just £1 a month → https://www.patreon.com/LongBallFutebol This week, we're joined by Andrew Batista and Kevin Fernandes to discuss Jornada 12 of the Primeira Liga season, João Pereira looses his first league game, Benfica and Porto close the gap and a discus…

Thanks for listening to the Long Ball Futebol Podcast! Become a Long Ball Futebol Sócio for just £1 a month → https://www.patreon.com/LongBallFutebol This week, we're joined by Andrew Batista to discuss Jornada 11 of the Primeira Liga season, as Ruben Amorim leaves Sporting in dramatic fashion, and Benfica thump Porto in the Clássico. You can get i…

With Ruben Amorim set to become the new Manchester United manager, we sat down with Portuguese football experts Tom Kundert & Patrick Ribeiro from PortuGOAL.net to discuss the biggest news story to come out of Portugal in many years. We discuss his journey so far, if he can take the step up to Manchester United, his managerial style, and the future…

Thanks for listening to the Long Ball Futebol Podcast! Become a Long Ball Futebol Sócio for just £1 a month → https://www.patreon.com/LongBallFutebol This week with the international break upon is we dug into the LBF vaults and found these recordings from Albert's trip to Portugal in May 2024. Over the next three days we'll be inviting you on a jou…

Thanks for listening to the Long Ball Futebol Podcast! Become a Long Ball Futebol Sócio for just £1 a month → https://www.patreon.com/LongBallFutebol This week with the international break upon is we dug into the LBF vaults and found these recordings from Albert's trip to Portugal in May 2024. Over the next three days we'll be inviting you on a jou…

Thanks for listening to the Long Ball Futebol Podcast! Become a Long Ball Futebol Sócio for just £1 a month → https://www.patreon.com/LongBallFutebol This week with the international break upon is we dug into the LBF vaults and found these recordings from Albert's trip to Portugal in May 2024. Over the next three days we'll be inviting you on a jou…

Thanks for listening to the Long Ball Futebol Podcast! Become a Long Ball Futebol Sócio for just £1 a month → https://www.patreon.com/LongBallFutebol This week we're joined by Andrew Batista (PortuGOAL) and Matthieu Monteiro (Golaço TV) to discuss Jornada 8 of the 24/25 Primeira Liga season! There's a huge game between Porto and Braga which highlig…

Thanks for listening to the Long Ball Futebol Podcast! Become a Long Ball Futebol Sócio for just £1 a month → https://www.patreon.com/LongBallFutebol This week we're joined by Tom Kundert from PortuGOAL.net and Andrew Batista to discuss Jornada 7 of the Primeira Liga season. Sporting continue to set the pace, whilst Benfica, Porto, and Braga all ge…

Thanks for listening to the Long Ball Futebol Podcast! Become a Long Ball Futebol Sócio for just £1 a month → https://www.patreon.com/LongBallFutebol This week we're joined by Filipe Melo to discuss Bruno Lage's return to Benfica following the sacking of Roger Schmidt, and what he needs to do to get Benfica back on track. Plus we discuss Sporting's…

Thanks for listening to the Long Ball Futebol Podcast! Become a Long Ball Futebol Sócio for just £1 a month → https://www.patreon.com/LongBallFutebol This week we're joined by Kevin Fernandes & Andrew Batista to discuss Roger Schmidt being sacked by Benfica, Sporting beating Porto in the first Clássico of the season, and Vitória & Famalicão having …

Thanks for listening to the Long Ball Futebol Podcast! Become a Long Ball Futebol Sócio for just £1 a month → https://www.patreon.com/LongBallFutebol This week we round up every game from Jornada 3 of the 24/25 Primeira Liga season, including another massive win for Sporting, impressive performances from Porto and Braga, a first win for Arouca, Cas…

Thanks for listening to the Long Ball Futebol Podcast! Become a Long Ball Futebol Sócio for just £1 a month → https://www.patreon.com/LongBallFutebol This week we discuss all the action from this weekend's Primeira Liga futebol, including Sporting's 6-1 demolition of Nacional, Benfica bounce back to beat Casa Pia 3-0 at home, Carlos Carvalhal compl…

Thanks for listening to the Long Ball Futebol Podcast! The Primeira Liga is back, and brings with it an instant dose of drama and chaos as Daniel Sousa is sacked by Braga just hours after their first game of the season, and Benfica fall to a shock defeat against Famalicao as their season gets off to the worst start possible. PLUS we discuss Porto a…

Thanks for listening to the Long Ball Futebol Podcast! In the final of our club specific season preview shows we're joined by Jason Rego from 'The Porto Podcast in English'. Porto have had a huge change over the summer as Andre VIllas-Boas became the new president after 42 years of Jorge Nuno Pinto da Costa, and Sérgio Conceição departed after 7 ye…

Thanks for listening to the Long Ball Futebol Podcast! We're joined by great friend of the show Dave Pereira from 'That Braga Podcast' to discuss Braga heading into the 24/25 season. Last year there was a lot of optimisim around Braga which never quite lived up to people's hopes, this season they've got a new manager, and a host of young players. W…

Thanks for listening to the Long Ball Futebol Podcast! On this episode we discuss all things Benfica with Mr Benfica himself, Mike Agostinho. We talk about the impact new signings could have, how Roger Schmidt is seen by the fans in his third season in charge, what are Benfica's expectations heading into a new season, and much more. Become a Long B…

Thanks for listening to the Long Ball Futebol Podcast! In the first of our season preview shows we're joined by Sam Fonseca from 'All Things Alvalade' to discuss Sporting CP. We discuss the transfer market, pre-season friendlies, prospects for the upcoming season, and much more. Become a Long Ball Futebol Sócio for just £1 a month → https://www.pat…

The 24/25 season starts HERE! We're back, and we're so excited to get started this season. In this quick intro episode we outline all our plans for pre-season and beyond, as well as discuss what we're excited about for the upcoming Primeira Liga season. Make sure you're subscribed to get all our upcoming podcasts straight into your feed; we'll be r…

Thanks for listening to the Long Ball Futebol Podcast! Become a Long Ball Futebol Sócio for just £1 a month → https://www.patreon.com/LongBallFutebol In part 2 of our 'End of Season Awards' show discuss our Team of the Season, as well as a Team of the Season made of players from outside the top 4 clubs! You can get in contact with the show on Twitt…

Thanks for listening to the Long Ball Futebol Podcast! Become a Long Ball Futebol Sócio for just £1 a month → https://www.patreon.com/LongBallFutebol In part 1 of our 'End of Season Awards' we host the awards ceremony and crown our Player of the Season, Manager of the Season, and much more! Part 2 will be out tomorrow where you can find out our Tea…

Thanks for listening to the Long Ball Futebol Podcast! Become a Long Ball Futebol Sócio for just £1 a month → https://www.patreon.com/LongBallFutebol In Part 2 of our End Of Season Roundup, we head from Vitória in 5th place, all the way down to Chaves in 18th and disect how every team performed in the league this season. Stay tuned to hear about so…

Thanks for listening to the Long Ball Futebol Podcast! Become a Long Ball Futebol Sócio for just £1 a month → https://www.patreon.com/LongBallFutebol This is part 1 of our End Of Season Roundup! In part 1 we discuss the seasons of the top 4 clubs in Portugal, what made Sporting Champions? What lead to Benfica & Porto underachieving? Was it a good s…

Thanks for listening to the Long Ball Futebol Podcast! Become a Long Ball Futebol Sócio for just £1 a month → https://www.patreon.com/LongBallFutebol This week Sporting were finally crowned Champions of the Primeira Liga after leading the league for the majority of the season. They won comfortably against Portimonense and saw their cross-town rival…

Thanks for listening to the Long Ball Futebol Podcast! Become a Long Ball Futebol Sócio for just £1 a month → https://www.patreon.com/LongBallFutebol This week we're joined by Zach Lowy from breaking the lines to discuss all the action from Jornada 31 of the Primeira Liga season. Focus is on FC Porto as Andre Villas-Boas wins a landslide election t…

Thanks for listening to the Long Ball Futebol Podcast! Become a Long Ball Futebol Sócio for just £1 a month → https://www.patreon.com/LongBallFutebol This week Sporting edge closer to clinching the Primeira Liga title with a big win against an impressive Vitória side. Benfica win comfortably against Farense but does fan unrest spell the end for Rog…

Thanks for listening to the Long Ball Futebol Podcast! Become a Long Ball Futebol Sócio for just £1 a month → https://www.patreon.com/LongBallFutebol This week we discuss Sporting's continued run towards the Primeira Liga title as they go 7 points clear at the top of the table! Benfica switch things up in the league as their focus switches to the E…

Thanks for listening to the Long Ball Futebol podcast! Become a Long Ball Futebol Sócio for just £1 a month → https://www.patreon.com/LongBallFutebol This week we discuss all the action from the Lisbon derby as Sporting beat Benfica to get one hand on the Primeira Liga trophy! But is the title already theirs? And where does this result leave not ju…

Thanks for listening to the Long Ball Futebol podcast! Become a Long Ball Futebol Sócio for just £1 a month → https://www.patreon.com/LongBallFutebol This week things get ugly in the Primeira Liga as the season nears it's climax! Porto fall to a shock defeat away at Estoril in a game with 3 red cards, a controversial penalty decision, and some seri…

Thanks for listening to the Long Ball Futebol Podcast! Support the show by becoming a Long Ball Futebol Sócio for just £1 a month → https://www.patreon.com/LongBallFutebol This week we discuss wins for Sporting, Benfica, Porto, and Braga, as Viktor Gyökeres once again strikes fear into the hearts of Primeira Liga defenders as Sporting score 6 again…

Thanks for listening to the Long Ball Futebol podcast! You can become a Long Ball Futebol Sócio on Patreon for just £1 a month → https://www.patreon.com/LongBallFutebol This weekend's podcast is naturally dominated by an astonishing Clássico between Porto and Benfica which saw Porto thrash Benfica 5-0 at the Estádio do Dragão, as Sergio Conceição o…

Thanks for listening to the Long Ball Futebol podcast! Become a Long Ball Futebol Sócio for just £1 a month → https://www.patreon.com/LongBallFutebol This week Barney & Albert discuss one of the best weekends of the season so far, with plenty of goals, drama, upsets, and everything in between! Sporting drop points against Rio Ave and allow Benfica …

Thanks for listening to the Long Ball Futebol Podcast! Become a LBF Sócio for just £1 a month → https://www.patreon.com/LongBallFutebol This week we're back to discuss Jornada 22 of the 23/24 Primeira Liga season, and whilst it was wins all round for the top 4, all is not as it seems for Braga and Porto who both have clouds hanging over them and th…

On a very special episode of the Long Ball Futebol podcast, join Albert & Barney on their journey from the UK to Leiria in Portugal to watch the Allianz Cup final LIVE! On this audio diary podcast from a weekend in Portugal, we take you with us to the final of the Taça da Liga between Braga & Estoril for some fantastic football, amazing atmosphere,…

This week we're joined by Lee Wingate from The Sweeper podacast for a special episode discussing the Madeira derby! Lee is back from a trip to the Portuguese island where he took in the Madeira derby between Marítimo and Nacional, and we invited him onto the podcast to discuss it. We chat everything from underrated players, to matchday atmosphere, …

Become a Long Ball Futebol Sócio for just £1 a month - https://www.patreon.com/LongBallFutebol Thanks for listening to the Long Ball Futebol Podcast! It's another jam packed show as the Primeira Liga reaches the halfway point. Braga go down with a whimper against Porto, Benfica made to work hard against Rio Ave, Sporting overcome Chaves in the rain…

Become a Long Ball Futebol Sócio for just £1 a month → https://www.patreon.com/LongBallFutebol Thanks for listening to the long Ball Futebol podcast! This week we discuss a week of derbies as Braga and Vitória contest the Minho Derby (one of the best derbies in Portugal), Boavista host Porto (the most miserable derby in Portugal), and Sporting face…

This week we're giving you a taster of our weekly preview podcast which is normally exclusive to our LBF Sócios over on Patreon. If you like what you hear please subscribe to our Patreon page to get the same bonus podcast every week for just £1 a month! Sign up here → www.patreon.com/LongBallFutebol For just £1 a month you get: A weekly bonus podca…

Thanks for listening to the Long Ball Futebol Podcast! This week we recap a fantastic week of football with TWO clássicos to disect. Benfica and Braga play out a highly entertaining game seperated by a single goal, and Sporting go top of the tree at Christmas with a comprehensive 2-0 win over Porto in a game full of drama. We also take a look at th…

This week we're very pleased to present a very special podcast in collaboration with our friends at PortuGOAL.net. With such an exciting weekend of futebol coming up, we're joined by Tom Kundert and Patrick Ribeiro from PortuGOAL.net to preview two HUGE games as Benfica take on Braga and Sporting face Porto in two games that could be season definin…

Thanks for listening to this episode of the Long Ball Futebol podcast! This week Barney & Albert are back to discuss Jornada 12 of the Primeira Liga season as Benfica slip up against Moreirense and allow to go Sporting back to the top of the tabel. There's also discussion of Porto's win against Famalicão, Braga beating Estoril, Arouca winning after…

Thanks for listening to the Long Ball Futebol podcast! This week we're delighted to be joined by Matthieu Monteiro from Golaço TV to discuss all the action from the Dérbi de Lisboa, as well as Porto's important win against Vitória, Braga beating Arouca, and Estoril beating Casa Pia 4-0 which resulted in Filipe Martins leaving Casa Pia. Follow Matth…

Thanks for listening to the Long Ball Futebol Podcast! This week Albert & Barney are back to discuss a typically unpredictable week of Primeira Liga action including Porto's shock loss to Estoril at home, Braga's crazy 6-1 win over Portimonense, Sporting coming from behind thanks to some Marcus Edwards magic, and much more. Become a Long Ball Futeb…

This week we're joined by friend of the show Kevin Fernandes who joins us to discuss all things Primeira Liga, with a particular focus on Sporting and their game against Arouca. As well as Estoril, Chaves, Braga, Rio Ave, Vitória, and more! Follow Kevin on Twitter here. Become a Long Ball Futebol Sócio here.…

Thanks for listening to the Long Ball Futebol podcast! This week we're joined by PortuGOAL.net's own Matthew Marshall to discuss all things Clássico as Benfica beat Porto 1-0 at the Estádio da Luz, as well as games involving Braga, Sporting, Boavista, Famalicão, Vitória, Estoril, and more.You can follow Matthew and his travels through Portuguese & …

Thanks for listening to the Long Ball Futebol Podcast! On this week's show Barney & Albert dicuss one of the biggest games of the season so far as Braga beat high flying Boavista with plenty of debate around a red card. There's also discussion of Sporting going top of the table, Benfica making life harder than it needs to be against Portiomonense, …

Thanks for listening to the Long Ball Futebol Podcast! On this week's show we discuss Boavista's incredible 4-1 win over Chaves which puts them top of the Primeira Liga table, whilst Chaves sit rock bottom and sack manager José Gomes. There's wins for both Algarve sides as Faro get a surprise win over Braga and Portimonense get their first win of t…

Thank you for listening to the Long Ball Futebol Podcast. On this week's episode Albert & Barney discuss o jogo bonito, and o jogo slightly less bonito as the Primeira Liga provides drama and entertainment in equal measure. We disect the incredible scenes during and after Porto's game against Arouca, there's a clássico of sorts as Braga host Sporti…

Thanks for listening to the Long Ball Futebol Podcast. In part 2 of our summer transfer window roundup we discuss 4 smaller teams who've had interesting transfer windows, and why. Which of their players to look out for, and what it's like being a smaller team in the Primeira Liga. Plus we answer your listener questions including which newly promote…