The chaps take a trip to the park to discuss the fan experience at three different c-word proof grounds before going on to discuss red-card mania, flying elbows and penalties!

Episode 224: Sharp Elbows & Wandering Hands

The boys discuss Korea's latest export to the EPL, the ongoing Kang Sooil saga and discuss various aspects of Korean fan culture with special guest host Gary.

Episode 27 - Here comes the Sun

The boys preview this week's KLeague awards and special guest Geordie Paul takes time of from regaling the noraebangs of Busan with Fog on the Tyne, to help the boys preview the relegation play-off.

Episode 40 - Up, down and ever-present

The boys chat with some special guests about the East Asian teams in the group stages of this year's Asian Champions League

Episode 51 Part 1 - The Asiavision Footy Contest

Paul is away and the Phantom is back to discuss the Kim Hak Bum leaving, an All-Korean ACL semi-final and much much more. 

Episode 81 - A Chuseok Cheerio for Kim

The boys review the recent Kleague games and have a chat about where the national team goes from here...

Episode 169 - Once beaten, thrice shy

The boys review the recent Kleague action, discuss an exciting ACL QF second leg and therorise about whether anarchy will break out in the Kleague with the demise of the Police.

Episode 177 - Anarchy in Asan

The boys talk ACL, FA Cup and Kleague including play by play analysis of the Wookie's winning goal and celebration.

Episode 178 - Glasgow Kiss

The boys are back with an addition to the team to talk about Jeonbuk wrapping up the title in record time and the return of a familiar face to try and save FC Seoul from relegation.

Episode 179 - Haven't we met somewhere before?

Episode 182 - Doctored? Who?

The boys go through the thrilling conclusion to the K2 Season, review the recent internationals and look forward to the penultimate round of the K1

Episode 184 - Directing Traffic to the Jeonbuk Dugout

The boys review the relegation play-off and the FA Cup final, have special guest A Chief in Korea on to review a season spent watching Suwon FC and more...

Episode 186 - Nice one, son!

Mark chats with very special guest Scott McIntyre (@mcintinhos) about club v country and his expectations for the upcoming Asian Cup.

Episode 187- McIntyre Investigates

The boys review the first few days of action at the Asian Cup, talk over a few of the recent transfers in the Kleague

Episode 188 - You can't win anything with Kyrgyz

The boys are joined by special guest Martin Lowe to dissect goings on at the Asian Cup before catching up with latest transfers and pre-season news in the Kleague.

Episode 190 - Asian Cup Lowedown

Mark and Paul welcome special guest Joe aka The Chief to talk about all things Suwon FC and K2 for 2019. They also go over some stats from 2018 from the K-League website, talk about a surprising transfer, discuss the nightmare that was the Asian Cup and more.....

Episode 191 Formations Army

The new season is finally here and The Phantom swings by 48 Shades Tower to preview both K1 and K2 and talk about his 14th season ticket in a row!! The guys also talk about sponsors, lack of sponsors, kits, ACL and much more......

Episode 193 : Sponsored Talk

The new season is underway and Paul is in a good mood after Seoul start with a win.  Mark is indisposed so Phantom comes on to moan about tickets and the Asian Champions League.

Episode 194 - Tickety Booooo!

The boys are back from their mid-season break with a slightly rusty performance in which they discuss all the recent happenings in the world of Korean football.

Episode 205 - By Georgia, they're back!

The chaps find themselves in deepest Moran on a Thursday afternoon. While most are at work or school, the league of forgotten men and wannabes comes out to play.

Episode 206 - R'sing Around

The K-League 1 season is over and a fun final afternoon it was too.  But that's not all that's happened this past week as the chaps discuss the Women's AFC Club Championship, Korea's AFC future and plenty more besides.

Episode 207 - Seulgi Skills

The 2020 K-League is finally upon us and Mark and the Phantom travel to Cheonan to sit by the side of a pitch to reminisce about the good and bad of K-Leagues gone by, stick the boot into E-Land and offer some wild guesses at what's going to happen in Week 1.

Episode 208 - Cheonan on and on and on

The chaps look back at the first week of K1 and K2 in which Seongnam almost certainly wrapped up the title, before discussing the unusual experience of watching games on TV and making predictions for the upcoming weekend's matches.

Episode 209 - Both Teams To Snore

Mark and Joe are on hand to discuss the first 48shades Derby of the year before Joe deep dives into statistics to try and work out why home teams simply can't win in K2 this year. There's an examination of the U22 substitue rule, plus the usual preview of the upcoming weekend's action.

Episode 212 - Sealed With a Kiš

Mark ambushes Phantom into a riverside chat about the latest goings-on in K-League.

Episode 213 - Ki Note Speaker

Mark returns to discuss Seongnam, the decline of the Bluewings and the curious case of the AFC.

Episode 215 - Clipped Wings?

The chaps assemble in Yeongtong to discuss an abysmal weekend of the K1 relegation round as well as the FA Cup and increasingly farcical ACL. Due to the performance of their respective teams, some of the language used has regressed to the earlier days of the podcast.

Episode 216 - Hammered & Yeongtongs

Mark, Tom and The Chief are back to talk about all things K1 and K2. We talk about the upcoming '48 Shades Supermatch' as Seongnam host Seoul with fans back in the stadiums, there's Korean National games, the rise, rise and rise of Suwon FC, a certain German and much more......

Episode 217 :  Go, Go, Dolls!

Another in our occasional series of 'fancams' sees us talk to DolsotDan about his Kleague life. (Note this was recorded prior to Ulsan being thrashed by Pohang)

Episode 218 - 11 Blue Bottlers Floundering on a Pitch

Paul is back with another fancam as he tracks down a Gangwon fan to talk about the season so far.

Episode 219 - Kool and the Gangwon Direction

We're back with another fancam as Paul sits down with a Korean FC Seoul fan to see if they agree about how this season has gone.

Episode 220 - Simply Red and Black

The chaps are joined by Devon Rowcliffe, author of Who Ate All The Squid? Football Adventures in South Korea, to discuss his book about Ian Porterfield's time in Busan plus plenty about buses, brown envelopes, hooligan cos-players and more!

Episode 221 - Who Ate All The Squid?

With the new K-League season just hours away the chaps return from hibernation to discuss all things Korean-football related.

Episode 222 - Who Ya Gonna Call?

It's almost a full house tonight as The Chief calls in from his transfer window taxi while The Phantom returns to host. We review the opening weekend, talk u22s, transfers, prediction leagues and look at the upcoming weekend's games.

Episode 223 : You Talking To Me?

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