Between Two Beers Podcast

In this episode we talk about Danny's time at Leeds playing with Rio Ferdinand, Harry Kewell, Mark Viduka and Jonathan Woodgate, his Champions League debut against Barcelona at the Nou Camp infront of 90,000 people, playing against Man United at Old Trafford, why Ole Gunnar Solsjkaer is the smartest player he's ever seen, the nine groin operations across three seasons that killed his dreams of playing at the top level and his coaching influences and philosophies.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode we talk about how Honey fared at the Putaruru athletics championships as a teenager, some of the toughest times from her childhood – and how she turned a corner, why she only discovered her legal name as a teenager, the sudden loss of her mum and the lessons in strength she received from her final weeks, why she peaked as an athlete in her mid 30s and the time she skipped from a sevens World Cup to a rugby league World Cup in a week.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode we talk about the highs and lows of commentating on the All Blacks for the first time at the Rugby World Cup, his transformative running journey and the race that made him cry, why he left SKY to join Spark, why he dropped out of journalism school to be a bartender, the problems with sports media in New Zealand and his biggest influences in sport media.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this episode of Between Two Beers we talk to Paul Ifill. We talk to Paul Ifill about the time he tore his groin celebrating Tim Cahill’s winner in the 2004 FA Cup semi-final, playing against Ronaldo, Giggs, Scholes, Keane and Van Nisteloory in the final, the time he was dropped due to one of Neil Warnock’s wife's dreams, his experiences with Keith Gillespie – who gambled away 7 million pounds across his career, why he’s a part owner of a petrol station in Sierra leone, and why he hung one of Steve's columns from his fridge in 2015.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode we get O'Leary to officiate on some unresolved Between Two Beers matters, we go in-depth on his experience at the 2014 World Cup, where he received death threats as the result of a mistake his team made during a match between Bosnia and Nigeria, we talk about the time he was plucked out of the stand to officiate during a Premier League match, the time he pulled a condom out of his pocket in the middle of a game and the health of refeering in NZ.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

How Liti can do the splits at 180kgs, why a doctor told David not to compete at the Commonwealth Games, and why he ignored the advice, the pains and struggles of balancing his weighlifting dreams and family expectations, how his life changed after winning gold at Comm Games, how he would expect to win gold at Tokyo if the sport was clean, and that one time he put on 11kgs of weight in 7 days after a competition.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

How Higgins got Tua and Cameron to fight, why he lost control at the infamous Hughie Fury press conference in London and how he feared for his life in the aftermath, growing up in poverty, his relationship with money and how he manufactured a rivalry between Parker and Anthony Joshua that earned Parker a world title fight.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We talk about the struggles of coaching a national league team as a 24-year-old in Gisborne, the time he fought Ken Dugdale at training, what it was like watching his son Rory score the winner against Bahrain on that special night in Wellington, his reflections on his controversial sacking from Mount Albert Grammar school and how he turned Gisborne into a footballing juggernaught.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tim Wigmore, a sports writer for the Daily Telegraph and author of "The Best: How Elite Athletes Are Made," shares captivating insights into athlete development. He reveals why younger siblings often excel in sports and how medium-sized towns nurture talent. The importance of informal play, rethinking youth sports training, and the surprising role of sleep in performance are discussed. Tim also explores the innovative use of virtual reality in training and shares memorable moments from elite athlete interviews, emphasizing mental approaches and personal stories.

We talk about Rog's most memorable and fiery sideline confrontations, why Chris Wood made it when many other talented young Kiwis have failed, why his son Sam never made it as a player, where the relentless joke-telling comes from and why his Hamilton Soccer Shop never quite made it.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.