BIG KICK ENERGY
Welcome to Big Kick Energy, where comedians Maisie Adam and Suzi Ruffell dive headfirst into women's football. They'll be dissecting matches, sharing thoughts and predictions and following football in the only way they know how. Whether you're a die-hard fan like Maisie or finding your footie feet like Suzi, this is an inclusive podcast, breaking barriers one episode at a time. To get in touch please email bigkickpod@gmail.com
Episodes
December 16, 2025 • 64 mins
This week on Big Kick Energy, Pacey and Goosey discuss everything that went down at our live show last week including Maisie's elaborate live show guest clues, all the action from a very exciting weekend of WSL action, The FA Cup and so much more!
You can enter a raffle to win an England shirt signed by Georgia Stanway, Maisie and Suzi here with all proceeds going to Football v Homophobia: https://raffall.com/402124/enter-raffle-...
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December 9, 2025 • 33 mins
This week on Big Kick Energy we record the podcast from the back of a taxi on the way to our live show! We chat about England's friendly against Ghana, our live show, the latest WSL scores and the occasional London landmark on our trip across London.
You can enter a raffle to win an England shirt signed by Georgia Stanway, Maisie and Suzi here with all proceeds going to Football v Homophobia: https://raffall.com/402124/enter-raff...
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December 2, 2025 • 57 mins
This week on Big Kick, Pacey and Goosey discuss England's 8-0 triumph over China at Wembley, Maisie's return to football, Suzi's big award and so much more!
You can enter a raffle to win an England shirt signed by Georgia Stanway, Maisie and Suzi here with all proceeds going to Football v Homophobia: https://raffall.com/402124/enter-raffle-to-win-stamway-x-infinity-signed-jersey-hosted-by-foudys-x-big-kick-energy
Suzi and her wif...
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November 25, 2025 • 52 mins
This week on Big Kick Suzi tells us about who she had in her audience at the weekend, we discuss all the action from the Champions League and League cup, chat to Louise McIvor from the LGBT Foundation about the work the foundation does around women's football, look ahead to the last Lioness games of the year and read a very special match report from 9 year old Elodie.
To find out more about Kerstin's "Levelling The Playing Field...
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November 21, 2025 • 34 mins
It's another bonus episode and this time we are chatting with the delightful Kerstin Casparij! We chat all things Man City, her work with LGBT Foundation, Maisie gets surprised by a giant cat and so much more!
To find out more about Kerstin's "Levelling The Playing Field" fundraiser head to her instagram @kerstin_casparij or head to this link: https://ig.me/2eeOR190FxLTp7O
You can find us on Instagram @bigkickenergypod or drop ...
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November 18, 2025 • 55 mins
This week on the pod we discuss Maisie's time on Taskmaster, that Sky Halo social launch disaster and advent calendars (yes it's early we know). We also chat through all the action from the WSL and Champions League and Suzi tells us about her trip to see Brighton play.
You can enter the raffle to win the signed Georgia Stanway shirt here with all proceeds going to Football v Homophobia: https://raffall.com/402124/enter-raffle-to-w...
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November 12, 2025 • 61 mins
This week on the pod Pacey and Goosey discuss their trip to Brighton's training ground, a very dramatic weekend in the WSL and Maisie sheds a few tears at a truly lovely match report.
We have been nominated for a Football Supporters Association award for Best Women's Football Media, it's a public vote so if you've enjoyed our podcasting adventures this year please give us a vote here:
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/fsa-awards-20...
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November 10, 2025 • 32 mins
In this special bonus episode, Big Kick heads to Brighton and Hove Albion's training ground to meet the team's captain Maisie Symonds. We find out how she became captain this season, how she always can tell when her dad is in the crowd and Pacey and Goosey have a bit of a shocker when they try to guess what music a young person listens to these days.
To get in touch you can email us on bigkickpod@gmail.com or find us on Instagra...
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November 4, 2025 • 72 mins
On this week's episode we hear all about Maisie and Producer Charlie's trip to Munich and the much anticipated tattooing from England and Bayern Munich's Georgia Stanway!
We also run through all the action from the WSL this week and discuss the much talked about Mary Earps book.
Have you seen our brilliant new Big Kick football shirts? Head over to our instagram for a sneak peak if you haven't already! They are available from Fri...
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October 29, 2025 • 48 mins
This week on the pod Suzi is a little bit ill and Maisie is a little bit scared about her imminent tattooing by Lioness Georgia Stanway. We discuss all the action from the international break and some exciting debuts in the England squad.
Tickets for our live show can be found here: https://www.leicestersquaretheatre.com/show/big-kick-energy-live-at-christmas/
We've got Big Kick football shirts coming very soon! Sign up here to ...
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October 23, 2025 • 47 mins
On this week's episode, Maisie and Suzi are recording remotely so reminisce about online gigs, Maisie does her best newsreader voice and Suzi tells us about embarrassing herself in Wales at a recent gig.
We also catch up on all the latest Champions League and League Cup action as well as looking ahead to this weekend's international friendlies!
There are a few tickets left for our live show on the 8th December in London, get t...
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October 15, 2025 • 53 mins
On this week's episode, Pacey and an injured Goosey discuss the latest WSL action, drunk DMing your favourite players (and managers!), try to guess the England squad announcement and so much more.
We have a live show in London on the 8th December! Tickets available here: https://www.leicestersquaretheatre.com/show/big-kick-energy-live-at-christmas
To get in touch you can email us on bigkickpod@gmail.com, find us on Instagram ...
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October 8, 2025 • 52 mins
On this week's episode, Maisie tells us all about dealing with wardrobe issues in front of past and present Lionesses, Suzi tells us why she supports West Ham now, and we take a look at all the weekend's WSL results.
Our live show in London on the 8th December is on sale now! You can get your tickets here: https://www.leicestersquaretheatre.com/show/big-kick-energy-live-at-christmas
To get in touch you can find us on Instagram...
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September 30, 2025 • 53 mins
This week on Big Kick Energy, a very jetlagged Maisie returns and tells us all about her US trip. We discuss Kaz Carney's triumphant Strictly debut, the Ballon D'Or results and Maisie gives us her thoughts on her replacements whilst she was away. And of course we chat about all the action from the WSL this past week.
HUGE NEWS! We are doing a live show in London on Monday 8th December. Tickets on sale very soon so keep an eye on...
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September 23, 2025 • 40 mins
On this week's episode, Suzi and Producer Charlie are joined by guest host and TikTok star Helena Moody! They discuss all the action from the WSL, supporting multiple teams, spiders crashing post match interviews and whether Maisie is going to return next week with an American accent. We also pay tribute to the brilliant former Liverpool manager Matt Beard who sadly passed away at the weekend.
If you or someone you know is stru...
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September 16, 2025 • 53 mins
This week on the pod, Maisie is still on holiday so Producer Charlie has been bullied into guest hosting. We discuss all the action from this week's games, whether Suzi could do her show in brand new shoes and we chat to Arsenal and England goal scorer extraordinaire Beth Mead about her winning summer and her work with Fun Football.
Our new t shirts and stickers are available from AFTA Studios now! You can get them here: https:/...
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September 9, 2025 • 61 mins
This week on the pod Maisie is on holiday so Suzi is joined by actress and football fan Laura Checkley (What it Feels Like For A Girl - BBC, The Change - Channel 4) as guest host to discuss all the drama from the opening weekend of the WSL.
In a special pre recorded interview Maisie meets Millie Bright and MAAREE founder Mari Thomas-Welland to discuss the importance of sports bras.
To get in touch you can email us on bigkickpo...
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September 2, 2025 • 52 mins
On this week's episode we talk you through everything you need to know ahead of the new WSL season starting. We talk teams, transfers, new kits and Maisie compares each team to a musical artist.We did record this a week ago and women's football moves fast so there are a few big news items that may be missing from this episode. Don't worry we'll chat about them all next week!
To get in touch you can find us on Instagram @BigKickE...
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August 26, 2025 • 34 mins
We're back! And to kick off the new season we are celebrating our 100th episode! We reminisce about the Euros, make up some chants to celebrate Kaz Carney taking part in Strictly Come Dancing and chat about all our favourite moments of the last 100 episodes.
Yes those are seagulls you can hear in the background of this episode, it was very warm and we had the studio window open.
To get in touch you can find us on Instagram @b...
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July 28, 2025 • 60 mins
Fresh from a huge night in Basel watching the Lionesses once again lift the Euros trophy, Pacey and Goosey chat through all the action from the game and beyond!
To get in touch you can email us on bigkickpod@gmail.com or find us on Instagram @bigkickenergypod
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