Broadway To Brazil

Broadway To Brazil

Broadway to Brazil tells the fascinating story of Corinthian-Casuals, an English non-league club with an extraordinary tale. We explore the rich history and exciting present of this unique team, speaking to players, supporters, management, and volunteers, and delving deep into the stories that mark the Casuals out as a club apart. Hosts Jarek Zaba and Dominic Bliss examine the origins and legacy of the old Corinthian FC – once one of the world’s most famous teams and the only club to have provided the entire XI for the England national side – before following this lineage all the way through to the modern day Corinthian-Casuals. Today the club play in inauspicious surroundings in Tolworth, south-west London, and compete in the seventh tier of the English football pyramid. But in Broadway to Brazil you’ll find out how the same club dished out Manchester United’s record defeat, inspired Real Madrid to wear white and shared the pitch with icons such as Brazilian legend Socrates. Plus we’ll discover why they are adored by millions in Sao Paulo and beyond thanks to their role in the founding of Corinthians Paulista.

Episodes

Egri Erbstein Bonus Episodes: Tournament Review

August 1, 2022 • 25 mins
The Egri Erbstein Tournament celebrated amateur and semi professional football, as well as the legacy of one of football's pioneering coaches, on the weekend of 23 and 24 July at the Corinthian-Casuals' home in Tolworth. 

Along with the Casuals, visitors Sheffield FC, Hilltop FC, and Budapesti AK provided rich entertainment for the bumper attendances that came down to King George's. 

Broadway to Brazil was th...
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Egri Erbstein Bonus Episodes: Abdullah Mohammed, Hilltop FC

July 18, 2022 • 24 mins
On the weekend of July 23rd and 24th, Corinthian-Casuals will be hosting the second edition of the Egri Erbstein Tournament. Celebrating one of football’s great pioneering coaches, the tournament also brings together like minded amateur and semi-professional clubs from around the world. 

In the third of our bonus episodes, we speak to Abdullah Mohammed, first team manager at Hilltop FC. Based in nor...
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Egri Erbstein Bonus Episodes: Richard Tims, Sheffield FC

July 13, 2022 • 22 mins
On the weekend of July 23rd and 24th, Corinthian-Casuals will be hosting the second edition of the Egri Erbstein Tournament. Celebrating one of football’s great pioneering coaches, the tournament also brings together like minded amateur and semi-professional clubs from around the world. 

After a successful tournament in Budapest in 2019, it’s now the turn of Corinthians to host. And in these Broadwa...
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Egri Erbstein Bonus Episodes: Bertalan Molnar, BAK

July 7, 2022 • 16 mins
On the weekend of July 23rd and 24th, Corinthian-Casuals will be hosting the second edition of the Egri Erbstein Tournament. 


As well as celebrating the achievements of one of football’s great pioneering coaches, the tournament also brings together like minded amateur and semi-professional clubs from around the world. 


Broadway to Brazil listeners may remember the Casuals travelling to Budapest in 2...
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S2 Ep8: What Does It Mean To Be A Corinthian?

October 26, 2021 • 52 mins
Football is a sentimental culture. Where do you draw the line between heritage and progress? And when you represent a club that has chosen to set itself apart, with its own respected ethos, how do you move with the times and maintain your unique identity?

These are the questions that have faced custodians of the Corinthian-Casuals legacy from the 1880s through to the 2020s. 

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S2 Ep7: Current Crop

October 19, 2021 • 51 mins
The footballing paths trodden by the Corinthian-Casuals side are long and varied. From as far afield as Australia and Belgium, and featuring clubs right at the very top of the English game, the players have often seen it all before they walk through the gates at King George’s Field.

But they all have one thing in common – they’ve all fallen in love with this famous old club hidden away off a slip road on the A...
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S2 Ep6: The Russians Are Coming!

October 12, 2021 • 31 mins
The list of international teams that the Corinthian-Casuals have visited is long, weird and wonderful. But perhaps one of the most unusual ties in the club’s history features them as hosts rather than visitors. 

In 1991 a squad of the Soviet Union’s greatest former player came to Tolworth. As if this wasn’t weird enough, their home country was all but being dissolved at this precise moment. 
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S2 Ep5: The Search For The Shield

October 5, 2021 • 32 mins
In 1898, the Corinthians broke their own code and agreed to compete for silverware for the first time. They did so in a showpiece game played between the best amateur and the best professional team in the country. The winner took the mountainous Sheriff of London Shield, an oak leviathan too big for any captain to lift in celebration.

But since the club were forced to sell the Shield in 1996, its whereabouts have been...
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S2 Ep4: Socrates in Chocolate and Pink

September 28, 2021 • 48 mins
Socrates is one of the icons of Brazilian football. His effortless grace on the pitch, and his political activism off it, made him an unmistakable symbol for a generation of Brazilians. 

Lesser known is the 17 minutes he spent playing for the Corinthian-Casuals. Having just scored for the opposition, he swapped his number 8 shirt and took his place alongside his Spartan League teammates. 

T...
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S2 Ep3: The Remarkable Story of Andrew Watson

September 21, 2021 • 36 mins

140 years ago - after Scotland hammered England 6-1 to record what remains their record away win in football’s oldest international rivalry - the Scottish captain decided to move south of the border to help an English club side master the passing game.

He was one of the best players of his era. His impact on the game has been likened by some football historians to Pele. He was also the first black international ...
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S2 Ep2: Billy's Heroes

September 14, 2021 • 50 mins
For three years in the early 1980s, Billy Smith transformed the fortunes of Corinthian-Casuals. 

When he took over as manager, the team had finished bottom of the league for three straight seasons. By the end of his time at the club, they had reached the first round proper of the FA Cup for only the second time in their history, with future stars like Alan Pardew, Andy Gray and Tony Finnigan among their ranks.
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S2 Ep1: The Season That Wasn't

September 7, 2021 • 38 mins
Since the first season of Broadway to Brazil, the Corinthian-Casuals have continued punching above their weight. Surviving in the Isthmian Premier League, the club went on to win silverware in Budapest in 2019 at the Egri Erbstein Tournament. 

But like everyone else at this level, they have been left frustrated by lockdowns and league cancellations over the last year and a half. Yet the club still s...
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S2: Broadway to Brazil Series 2

August 31, 2021 • 3 mins
Broadway to Brazil is back for a second series and we couldn’t be more excited. 

After delving into the history of Corinthian-Casuals and covering their promotion campaign in Series 1, Jarek Zaba and Dominic Bliss return for more incredible stories of this unique non league club. 

With original plans to cover the 2020/21 season scuppered by Covid, attention was turned to some of the lesser told ...
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S1 Ep7: Broadway to Budapest

September 6, 2019 • 43 mins
In June 2019 the Corinthian-Casuals were given a special opportunity to travel to Hungary to participate in the inaugural Egri Erbstein Tournament and compete for the new Corinthian Cup. Broadway to Budapest travelled with the club for a bonus episode, telling the story of the tournament’s origins with one of football’s forgotten pioneers, and covering the action as James Bracken aims to win his first ever Corinthian-Casuals t...
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S1 Ep6: Big in Brazil

November 9, 2018 • 50 mins
From South Africa to Japan, via a hugely significant stop in Brazil, these tales more than any other underline just why the Casuals are such a unique entity in English non league football. After Jarek recounts how Corinth’s original journeys led to the birth of a São Paulo club who became champions of the world, Dominic catches up with former players who had the fortune of touring far flung corners of the globe while represent...
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S1 Ep5: Hythes and Lows

November 5, 2018 • 53 mins
Broadway to Brazil is there to chronicle the thrilling conclusion to the 2017/18, as Corinthian-Casuals aim for promotion to the Bostik Premier Division following heartbreak in the previous two years. Late goals, penalty shoot drama and unexpected twists and turns all contribute to a rollercoaster ride. 

To help tell the tale, the podcast delves deeper into a fanbase that has grown significantly since it ...
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S1 Ep4: It Takes A Village

July 16, 2018 • 56 mins
Having looked at the on-field success yielded by the club’s players and management, Broadway to Brazil was also there to explore the Corinthian-Casuals’ tight knit community of volunteers, whose behind-the-scenes devotion ensures the club’s survival week in week out.

From beanie hats to pitch maintenance via cheesy chips and stadium construction, this bumper length episode is a tribute to the unsung heroe...
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S1 Ep3: Bracken to Broadway

March 12, 2018 • 37 mins
In the 2017/18 season the Corinthian-Casuals first team, led by charismatic manager James Bracken, defied the odds and challenged for promotion despite not paying their players.

This episode explores the short yet success-ridden coaching career of Bracken thus far, including two recent heartbreaking seasons at the Casuals, speaking to players past and present – as well as a big name visitor in the form of...
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S1 Ep2: Crush The Shamateurs

December 27, 2017 • 33 mins
In episode 02 of Broadway To Brazil, the team connect the dots between the Victorian era, where the original Corinthian FC were almost the Harlem Globetrotters of their time, to the present day, which has seen Corinthian-Casuals continuously struggle to secure its own future.

Father and son cricketing legends Alec and Micky Stewart explain their links to the club, while ex-player and Sky Sports commentato...
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S1 Ep1: Broadway to Brazil

November 7, 2017 • 31 mins
In our opening episode, host Jarek Zaba wanders the streets of Tolworth Broadway to find out just how much the man and woman on the street know about their local football side, Corinthian-Casuals FC. An apparent lack of local knowledge is contrasted to São Paulo resident Rafael Pedroso, an enthusiastic recent visitor to Tolworth, while first team manager James Bracken explains more about the challenges of running an entirely a...
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