World Football Index Podcast

World Football Index

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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.

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553 episodes

Frantic Football Episode 62: Catching Up & Format Chat

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.

1h 2m
Dec 16, 2023
Frantic Football Episode 61: AFC Qualifiers, CSL Title Race Twist & More

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.

1h 7m
Oct 20, 2023
Frantic Football Podcast Episode 60: League Rankings & Tiers

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.

1h 9m
Sep 08, 2023
Frantic Football Episode 59: RFEF, AFC Draws & More

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.

1h 9m
Aug 25, 2023
Frantic Football Episode 58: Unstoppable KÍ, Time For 2023/24 & More

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.

58m
Aug 11, 2023
Frantic Football Episode 57: Kings League Madness, Big Moves in Salzburg & More

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.

45m
Jul 31, 2023
Frantic Football Episode 56: Review – Stade Lausanne-Ouchy, Many Millions & More

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.

35m
Jul 28, 2023
Frantic Football Episode 55: Preview – UECL Qualifiers, Nani & More

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.

44m
Jul 21, 2023
Frantic Football Episode 54: Review – Youth Tournaments, Noa Lang & More

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.

42m
Jul 10, 2023
Frantic Football Episode 52: Review – SAFF Championship, Saudi Arabia & More

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.

1h 3m
Jul 05, 2023
Frantic Football Episode 50: Review – ASFAR, Sophia Smith & More

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.

33m
Jun 26, 2023
Frantic Football Episode 48: Review – Finals, Transfer Time & More

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.

38m
Jun 12, 2023
Frantic Football Episode 46: Review – Champions Leagues, Play-offs & More

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.

1h 8m
Jun 05, 2023
Frantic Football Episode 44: Review – Final Day Drama, Heartbreak, Confusion & More

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.

1h 7m
May 29, 2023
Frantic Football Episode 42: Review – Farul Constanța, LaLiga 2 & More

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.

51m
May 22, 2023
Frantic Football Episode 39: Review – Ekstraklasa Relegation Battle, Sion & More

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!

47m
May 15, 2023
Reasat Khaton on his intercontinental career, wanting to emulate Lutz Pfannenstiel & more

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.

20m
May 12, 2023
Frantic Football Episode 37: Review – Mathematics, Scraps & More

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.

53m
May 09, 2023
Frantic Football Episode 35: Review – Title Procrastinations, Chainsaws & More

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.

54m
May 01, 2023
Frantic Football Episode 33: Review – Continental Cups, Hertha & More

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.

1h 9m
Apr 24, 2023
Frantic Football Episode 31: Review – Larne, Germany & More

Neel Shelat takes you through yet another busy weekend of action in the world of football, telling you all about some newly-crowned champions, intensifying relegation battles, big derbies, managerial changes and much more.

50m
Apr 17, 2023
Frantic Football Episode 29: Review – LA Galaxy, Wrexham & More

Neel Shelat and Raphael Adelugba come together on Tuesday to look back on the truckload of action in the world of football from the long weekend. They talk through a couple of titles handed out as well as some intensifying relegation battles and title races, including the one featuring Wrexham and Notts County in the National League.

1h 6m
Apr 11, 2023
Frantic Football Episode 27: Review – A-League Women, Sackings Galore & More

Neel Shelat, Raphael Adelugba and Alex Barker round up a very busy weekend of action in the world of football. They highlight some decided titles, the end of the group stage of this season's CAF competitions, title races and relegation battles heating up in Europe, as well as discussing a truckload of managerial sackings.

41m
Apr 03, 2023
Frantic Football Episode 25: Review – WSL Title Race, Kazakhstan & More

In spite of the men's international break, Neel Shelat, Ben Griffis and Alex Barker have no shortage of topics to discuss. They talk through some big results in major women's leagues, a number of international matches, Antonio Conte's departure from Tottenham and much more.

51m
Mar 27, 2023
Cameron Herbert on Coaching in Malawi, Ascent Soccer & More

Football coach Cameron Herbert joins WFi regulars Neel Shelat and Ben Griffis to talk about his journey to becoming a coach at the Ascent Soccer Academy at Malawi and life at the Lingadzi facility. Cameron details the benefits and challenges of coaching in Malawi as well as discussing his key takeaways after a year. Follow Cameron on Twitter: @CamH___

53m
Mar 24, 2023
Frantic Football Episode 23: Review – ATKMB, European Derbies & More

Neel Shelat, Raphael Adelugba and Ben Griffis round up an incredibly busy weekend in the world of football. They discuss lots of huge matches in Europe, but first focus on a couple of titles won in Asia and a couple of title races too. There are bits from Africa and the Americas as well in an action-packed episode.

55m
Mar 20, 2023
Frantic Football Episode 21: Review – Croatia, Hat-Tricks & More

Neel Shelat and Alex Barker round up a busy weekend of action from all over the world. They go through a number of relegation battles heating up in Europe, some close title races, some new seasons starting elsewhere, and also mention two hat-trick heroes.

39m
Mar 13, 2023
Frantic Football Episode 19: Review – Walk-Offs, Seven & More

Neel Shelat, Raphael Adelugba and Alex Barker convene to recap an absolutely mad weekend in the world of football. There were bigger results than the much-referenced 0-7 loss Manchester United suffered, as well as a team walking off the pitch mid-game in protest of a goal they conceded among other things.

46m
Mar 06, 2023
Frantic Football Episode 17: Review – Türkiye, Zdeněk Zeman & More

Neel Shelat and Alex Barker recap a very busy weekend in the world of football, discussing titles won, new seasons starting and routine league action. They also touch on the poignant scenes in the returning Turkish Süper Lig, as well as going over Zdeněk Zeman's intriguing career path among other things.

47m
Feb 27, 2023
Frantic Football Episode 16: Preview – Asia, Fresh Seasons & More

Ben Griffis and Alex Barker join forces for the first time to review lots of continental cup action from the week, including matches from the AFC Champions League and Copa Libertadores qualifiers. They also look ahead to some new league seasons, as well as big derby matches this weekend.

44m
Feb 24, 2023