World Football Index Podcast

World Football Index Podcast

A world football / soccer podcast, covering the beautiful game from all corners of the globe with experts on every continent. A unique mix of football journalism & fandom.

Episodes

Frantic Football Episode 62: Catching Up & Format Chat

December 16, 2023 • 62 mins
Neel Shelat and Ben Griffis finally return for another episode of the Frantic Football Podcast. They round up some of the big stories from around the world in lesser-publicised leagues they have been following before delving into an in-depth discussion about a number of major international club tournaments' format changes.
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Frantic Football Episode 61: AFC Qualifiers, CSL Title Race Twist & More

October 20, 2023 • 67 mins
Neel Shelat and Ben Griffis return to roundup all the major action from the last week, including 2026 World Cup qualifiers in a couple of continents, women's Copa Libertadores and UEFA Champions League updates, some interesting title races in Asia, the new African Football League and much more.
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Frantic Football Podcast Episode 60: League Rankings & Tiers

September 8, 2023 • 69 mins
Neel Shelat and Ben Griffis have an in-depth discussion on the subject of rating/ranking leagues, examining various methods including coefficients and ELO. They discuss the strengths and flaws of each and ultimately propose creating a ranking based on what you have watched, after which Ben's rankings come under scrutiny.
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Frantic Football Episode 59: RFEF, AFC Draws & More

August 25, 2023 • 69 mins
Neel Shelat and Ben Griffis discuss all the big stories of the last week from across the world of football, including the drama at RFEF, Lionel Messi's exploits at Inter Miami, the AFC Champions League draw and much more.
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Frantic Football Episode 58: Unstoppable KÍ, Time For 2023/24 & More

August 11, 2023 • 58 mins
Neel Shelat and Ben Griffis discuss the week's on-pitch action and look ahead to the 2023/24 season across various leagues, making one interesting prediction each for 8 different competitions.
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Frantic Football Episode 57: Kings League Madness, Big Moves in Salzburg & More

July 31, 2023 • 45 mins
Neel Shelat and Alex Barker discuss some very interesting storylines from the weekend, including a unique season format in Uruguay, the madness of the Kings League in Spain and a weekend of huge developments in Salzburg.
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Frantic Football Episode 56: Review – Stade Lausanne-Ouchy, Many Millions & More

July 28, 2023 • 35 mins
Neel Shelat and Ben Griffis talk through all the action from the week, including century-old teams making league debuts, UEFA qualifiers and crazy-money transfers.
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Frantic Football Episode 55: Preview – UECL Qualifiers, Nani & More

July 21, 2023 • 44 mins
Neel Shelat is back with Ben Griffis to talk through all the action from the week, including some dramatic UEFA qualifiers and very interesting career moves.
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Frantic Football Episode 54: Review – Youth Tournaments, Noa Lang & More

July 10, 2023 • 42 mins
Neel Shelat and Alex Barker are back this Monday to take you through all that happened this weekend and discuss lots of interesting transfers again.
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Frantic Football Episode 52: Review – SAFF Championship, Saudi Arabia & More

July 4, 2023 • 63 mins
Neel Shelat and Alex Barker talk through all the action from the weekend and discuss truckloads of transfers, including the recent splurges from the Saudi Pro League.
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Frantic Football Episode 50: Review – ASFAR, Sophia Smith & More

June 26, 2023 • 33 mins
Neel Shelat brings up the half century for the Frantic Football Podcast with another review of the weekend's action, discussing a couple of dramatic title-deciders, sensational individual performances and shocking scorelines.
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Frantic Football Episode 48: Review – Finals, Transfer Time & More

June 12, 2023 • 38 mins
For the last time in the 2022/23 season, Neel Shelat takes you through all of the weekend's action. The round-up includes three Champions League titles including a historic one in Oceania, a lot of play-off final drama and a bunch of already-completed transfers even though the window has barely opened.
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Frantic Football Episode 46: Review – Champions Leagues, Play-offs & More

June 5, 2023 • 68 mins
Neel Shelat and Alex Barker discuss an incredible weekend in the world of football. Between three Champions League finals, a three-way title decider, various relegation battles and some high-profile transfers, they had a lot to talk about.
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Frantic Football Episode 44: Review – Final Day Drama, Heartbreak, Confusion & More

May 29, 2023 • 67 mins
Neel Shelat and Alex Barker round up an incredible weekend of action in the world of football, as lots of leagues drew to a close in spectacular fashion. The two discuss some incredible final day drama in various tiers in Germany, the ever-confusing Belgian Pro League championship play-off format and much more.
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Frantic Football Episode 42: Review – Farul Constanța, LaLiga 2 & More

May 22, 2023 • 51 mins
Neel Shelat talks through all the major action in the world of football from the weekend, including a couple of first-time champions and a few more title winners in Europe, some enthralling title-deciding matches in Bulgaria and Denmark, relegation battles in Austria and France and much more.
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Frantic Football Episode 39: Review – Ekstraklasa Relegation Battle, Sion & More

May 15, 2023 • 47 mins
Neel Shelat and Ben Griffis round up all of the weekend's major action, which includes many more trophies won, some increasingly exciting title races and relegation battles, and a manager reportedly sacked at half-time!
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Reasat Khaton on his intercontinental career, wanting to emulate Lutz Pfannenstiel & more

May 12, 2023 • 20 mins
Reasat Khaton, the first Bangladeshi footballer to play in a European top-flight European football and professionally in South America, joins Neel Shelat in an exclusive WFi interview to discuss his experiences through his well-travelled career, starting from the lower tiers of Germany and going to Venezuela via the Phillipines, Wales, Albania and more.
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Frantic Football Episode 37: Review – Mathematics, Scraps & More

May 9, 2023 • 53 mins
Neel Shelat takes you through another busy week of action across the world of football, featuring first-time champions, mathematical certainties in relegation and promotion battles, a surprising number of on-field scraps at the end of matches, and much more.
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Frantic Football Episode 35: Review – Title Procrastinations, Chainsaws & More

May 1, 2023 • 54 mins
Neel Shelat and Alex Barker come together to discuss all the happenings from around the world of football over the weekend. The agenda is dominated by about ten titles handed out all over the place, but they also discuss continental knockouts, title races and much more.
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Frantic Football Episode 33: Review – Continental Cups, Hertha & More

April 24, 2023 • 69 mins
Neel Shelat, Alex Barker and Ben Griffis enjoy yet another roundup of the weekend's action in the world of football, which takes them through continental cups in Europe and Africa, domestic leagues with exciting title races and relegation battles including in Belgium, Romania and Slovakia, and an interim manager sacked in England among other things.
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