Footy Prime The Podcast

Footy Prime The Podcast

Hosted by James Sharman, former football pros Craig Forrest, Jimmy Brennan & Amy Walsh, and producers Jeff Cole and Dan WongYour Almost Daily Footy Fix!Follow us on socials @:X @footy_primeTikTok @FootyPrimeThePodcastYoutube @FootyPrimePodcastIG FootyPrimeIGFacebook: Footy Prime The PodcastEmail: footyprimepodcast@gmail.com

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January 12, 2026 51 mins

Sharms, Dubs, Jimmy B, Craiger and Wonger, with JC in the corner, discuss Jimmy's and Craig's FA Cup Experiences with plenty of detail.  Then, the Crew share their Canadian Men's Team's January Window insights with what to look for, who to watch and whose passports may be changing.


 

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Presenters: James Sharman, Craig Forrest, Jimmy Brennan, Amy Walsh & Dan Wong

Newsie: Jeff Cole, VO and Editor/Producer

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This pat week we welcomed our good friend Tommy Wheeldon Jr. to the show, who is now En Route to the CANMNT camp, down, there, with our guy;  Jesse Marsch. So here is our last convo with Jesse Marsch!

 

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Presenters: James Sharman, Craig Forrest, Jimmy Brennan, Amy Walsh & Dan Wong

Burt to Ernie: Jeff Cole, VO and Editor/Producer

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Sharms leans into the uncontrollable FP Crew as they peruse Wonger's Mail Bag.  Some great comments and questions and Craiger shares a hernia/toy story that is worth all 9 minutes.  More with FIFA World Cup Embellishment, CANMNT's January Training Window and Ali Ahmed and Kone in the mix.


 

Plus a newsletter comes a knocking so keep on rocking!


 

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The FP Crew Welcome Old Pal of the Show Cavalry FC's Top Man Tommy Wheeldon Jr.  In a revealing INTVU, Tommy shares his professional and personal insights on his joining Jesse Marsch's Canadian Men's National team window and their Guatemala friendly.


 

Who he's looking forward to coach and his personal takeaways all shared.


 

The Best Hair in the Biz Wheeldon Jr. is always up for a great chat!


 

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The FP Crew share their innermost wants and unwants (is that a word?) for the year 2026.  Lots of World Cup talk too plus Canada's Men's National Team's January training window is discussed.


 

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Presenters: James Sharman, Craig Forrest, Jimmy Brennan, Amy Walsh & Dan Wong

Ballet Instructor : Jeff Cole, VO and Editor/Producer

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The FP Crew is back firing on all cylinders.  Ali Ahmed goes from the Vancouver Whitecaps to the Championship with the Canaries waiting for help, Jacob Shaffelburg gets his sunnies ready for LAFC, and it looks like Maxime Crepeau will be moving to Orlando.  And the season of firings opens with Nancy's short term at Celtic cemented, Chelsea and Man United move on and all is well in the world.

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This past Summer, we we're honoured  to welcome World Cup winner, Premier League Champion and all around good dude, Emmanuel Petit to our first INTVU live from SiriusXM studios!  In our interview the French Champion explains what post playing careers look like, why athletes brain health is something he has personal agency in following the death of his brother. The Arsenal legend also builds his best 5-aside team, waxes poetically o...

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FP Celebrates its 1000th Episode with the Return of an OG, Danny Dichio, Head Coach at Detroit City FC and a founding member of Footy Prime. The Crew name their Canadian Soccer Personality of the Year and crown the 1st annual 'Razor Ruddock Guest of the Year' for 2025 voted on by our faithful supporters!  

Happy New Year and just like Kool and the Gang, it's a Celebration! with a great opening from our maestro JC.

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On the eve of #1000, more love for the MLS Cup/ConcaChampion finalists/Voyageur Cup hoisting Vancouver Whitecaps on this latest “best-of”, but this time we revisit chats with the ones pulling the strings: Architects and visionaries of the club, Sporting Director Axel Shuster and manager Jesper Sorensen.

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Presenters: James Sharman, Craig Forrest, Jimmy Brennan, Amy Walsh & Dan Wong

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Footy Prime was on the Vancouver Whitecaps train from the start.  Why?  Well, these two players were a big reason and displayed their bonafides, and share their season and career ups and downs.  Ryan Gauld and Sebastian Berhalter, a Scot and American making the most of their time in Vancouver.

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Presenters: James Sharman, Craig Forrest, Jimmy Brennan, Amy Walsh & Dan Wong

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Sharms, Dubs, Craiger, Jimmy B, Wonger and JC, mind meld and deliver a Christmas Miracle, A Phenomenal Festivus and Holiday Happening with A Very Merry Quiz-Mas!  6 Primers, & 7 Questions and a wonderful way to wrap up 2025!  Not our last show of the year but pretty, pretty, close.


 

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It's Almost Christmas so we thought we'd give y'all the gift of nostalgia with a Best Of Ep!

James Sharman, Craig Forrest, Amy Walsh and Dan Wong, with the JC, welcome Canada's Men's National Team player and Union Saint Gilloise striker Promise David.  Promise shares plenty in this all-consuming interview.

(Original Air Date June 19th, 2025)


 

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December 22, 2025 49 mins

With Dubs in her sick bed and Wonger on the road it was left up to Brennan, Forrest, Cole and Sharman to steer the ship... and they did so through a sea of nostalgia, from Batistuta to Totti, Boban to Maldini...  that was before they reacted to Canada Soccer's Player's of the Year, and way before an AI fueled existential crisis left them reeling through the choppy waters ahead.

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Sharms, Dubs, Jimmy B, Forrest and Wonger, with JC in his gimp locker, tee up the life of a Celtic manager, with inside info from Dubs as she knows the former Montreal coach personally.  The FP Crew then take a shot at who will be the breakthrough player for Canada's Men's Team as the World Cup approaches.


 

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Sharman, Walsh, Brennan and Wong, with Cole waiting in the wings, discuss the rumoured move of Canada's Dayne St Clair from Minnesota to Inter Miami to play with Messi and Beckham.  Then, The Big Question: What grade would you give Jesse Marsch for 2025 as head of Canada's Soccer's Men's National Team?


 

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Amy, Craig, JC and James are in the mood to talk about the burgeoning Canada soccer landscape and welcome Canada Soccer Business CEO James Johnson to the pod.  Just six months on the job, James talks candidly about the long delayed Canada Soccer agreement, whether linear carriage for One Soccer is close at hand and is Valour officially a dead franchise?

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James Sharman, Amy Walsh, Craig Forrest, Jimmy Brennan and Dan Wong, with a spackle of JC, welcome the world of comments to their studio.  Funding and the Business of  Domestic Soccer and Pride Match at FIFA...Ironical and Political or just a coincidence?   Plus Mo Salah, Strategic or Spiral and Canada's Players of the Year Candidates Announced


 

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More good news for the Whitecaps as the club and the City are talking Stadium… we think… but what exactly does that mean? Asa Rehmann joins Craig and Sharms to break it all down.  Canada’s Player of the Year shortlists have been released, which means we can start arguing, and Craig reminisces about that time he found himself in goal for Chelsea!

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Shireen and Sigs join Dubs to unpack a turbulent and challenging year under Casey Stoney for our Canadian Women's National Team.

From team identity, to personnel, to the state of our player pool-the Broads examine what changes are required in order to have a successful 2026.


 

Plus: Big changes afoot in NSL at the conclusion of the inaugural year-what roster moves will be next as the off season ramps up?


 

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James Sharman, Craig Forrest, Amy Walsh and Dan Wong, along with JC, welcome Samantha Rogers, VP of Philanthropy at Canada Soccer, who discusses the Federations new approach to fundraising, alumni relations and details Canada Red and Canada Rising plus the Corporate Football Landscape in Canada.


 

And some FIFA World Cup Draw info from the Forrest!


 

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Presenters: James Sharman, Craig Forrest, Jimmy Brennan, Amy Walsh & Dan Wong

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