We Welcome Your Teams - A Podcast About Stadium Announcers
A podcast by and about stadium announcers at football. Meet the people behind the voices you hear every week. Find out how they got the job and why they love it so much. Some are fans, some are presenters, some are both! They've all seen incredible moments in football history, and had to then announce it to the fans!
Episodes
53 episodes
Howard Borrell - Chesterfield FC
Introducing Howard Borrell who is now into his 38th season as stadium announcer for Chesterfield.From humble beginning as a supporter, he now welcomes the Spireites to the pitch every home game and has even announced for them at Wembley...
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Season 6
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Episode 4
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56:18
Lewis Costello - Blackburn Rovers
Our guest for this episode is someone who hasn’t been doing the gig for very long but he’s got a lot to say about the role of the announcer and the unique job that it is - it's the voice of Blackburn Rovers, Lewis Costello.He's a ...
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Season 6
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Episode 3
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55:54
27 years and counting at Lincoln City - announcer Alan Long
Listen to Alan Long talk about how he got the job as stadium announcer at Lincoln City 27 years ago!Find out why he loves it so much, where he sits, what tech he uses and the best moments he's been on the mic for over all that time....
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Season 6
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Episode 2
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55:36
ROTHERHAM UNITED'S James Bolton
We're back for Season 6 starting with James Bolton, stadium announcer at Rotherham United.James was off for a year due to his main job but is back this year at the AESSEAL New York Stadium, as the team battle for promotion back to the C...
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Season 6
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Episode 1
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1:02:52
The FINAL experience - Leeds, Southampton and Man Utd
What's it like being the stadium announcer for a big final at Wembley?Rich Hurst from West Brom talks to Leigh Nicholson of Leeds Utd and Steve Forbes of Southampton about their experience of the Championship Play-Off Final.Plus...
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Season 5
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Episode 10
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1:01:06
Peter Sleigh - COLCHESTER UNITED
Our guest this episode is the announcer at a club that recently secured their status in League Two for another season, after a nailbiting final day that saw rivals Sutton drop out of the football league. - Colchester United's Peter Sleigh
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Season 5
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Episode 9
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58:33
NEWPORT COUNTY - Gareth Hillier
Gareth Hillier has been announcer at Newport County FC for just 6 months but he's already achieved national fame for the sponsor of added time at Rodney Parade.Hosts Rich Hurst (West Brom) and Alan Keegan (Man Utd) talk to Gareth about ...
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Season 5
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Episode 8
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55:53
Jay Drackford - Stevenage FC
In this episode Rich Hurst of West Brom is joined by guest co-host Rich Reynolds from Brighton to chat with Stevenage FC announcer Jay 'Drackers' Drackford.Jay has been doing it at the Lamex for 10 years and loves his job. The energy he...
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Season 5
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Episode 7
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1:11:17
FIFA Matchday Announcer Steven Peios
A very special guest joins us for this episode, voice of the last men's World Cup final in Qatar, Steven Peios.As FIFA's Matchday Announcer, he's covered all the major tournaments including the World Cups, Asia Cups, Club World Cups and...
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Season 5
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Episode 6
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1:04:21
Morecambe FC announcer MARK SWINDLEHURST
Happy New Year!Our first podcast of 2024 sees hosts Rich Hurst of West Brom and Alan Keegan of Manchester United speak to Morecambe announcer of 30 plus years - Mark Swindlehurst.Mark's announced for them in different leagues, a...
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Season 5
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Episode 5
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1:04:37
Graeme Easton - Hampden Park, Scotland & Hearts
What's it like to be the stadium announcer for Scotland at Hampden Park?Graeme Easton is the man with the job and he's also recently started doing it for Hearts too!That meant there was loads for Rich Hurst of West Brom and Alan...
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Season 5
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Episode 4
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1:07:25
Bradley Varnam - 26 years and counting at Leicester City
Brad Varnam has been at Leicester City for 26 years and counting.Join fellow stadium announcers Rich Hurst (West Brom) and Alan Keegan (Man Utd) as they chat about his time on the mic at Filbert Street and The King Power Stadium.
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Season 5
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Episode 3
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1:19:09
Notts County's stadium announcer - Andy Stokes
Promotion's, broken records and moonlighting at City - it's all in the story of Andy Stoke's time as announcer at Meadow Lane.We hear about how he got the job, the great times he's seen and how he creates that atomsphere at Notts County...
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Season 5
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Episode 2
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54:57
Brighton & Hove Albion - Rich Reynolds
Join us to speak to Richard Reynolds, stadium announcer at Brighton, about what it's like being the voice of the Amex.For the first episode of season 5, Rich of West Brom and Alan of Manchester United interview Richard about how he got ...
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Season 5
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Episode 1
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1:00:00
Announcing at the Champions League Final - Alex Kirkley MAN CITY
Join us as we find out what it was like for Man City announcer Alex Kirkley to be asked to announce at the Champion's League final in Instanbul last month.Alongside Rich Hurst who is the announcer at West Brom was regular co-host Alan K...
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Season 4
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Episode 9
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45:03
Luton Town ARE PREMIER LEAGUE
We welcome back a previous guest on the pod Matt Crawley, announcer at Luton Town.We talk to him and his co-announcer Darren Jones about what that day was like and what it means to have won promotion to the big time.There's some...
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Season 4
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Episode 8
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59:53
Plymouth Argyle's Gary McLean
Fresh from his team winning promotion to the Championship, we're chatting to man on the mic at Home Park, Plymouth Argyle's Gary McLean.In his 13 years at the club, he's been through some highs and lows, from interviewing Neil Warnock t...
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Season 4
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Episode 7
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43:04
Rob Byron - Newcastle United
We're back and chatting to the man that is the voice of St James' Park (NUFC), Rob Byron.He's been the announcer for Newcastle United for 25 years and just loves every second of his time on the mic.Rich Hurst of West Brom and Al...
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Season 4
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Episode 6
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1:07:14
Weston-super-Mare's SINGING Announcer - Tim Clarke
In this last episode of 2022, Rich Hurst from West Brom and Alan Keegan of Man Utd interview Weston-super-Mare's Tim Clarke about being the announcer at the Optima Stadium.Tim is the first announcer we've ever had who is in panto and si...
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Season 4
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Episode 5
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1:00:28
IAN HAWKINS - Burton Albion
Ian Hawkins has been the announcer at Burton Albion for 30 years.Doubling up on the press team has made it quite the role for him but it's announcing the goals, teams and best of all the subs that he loves most - especially as the subs ...
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Season 4
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Episode 4
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1:00:12
Kenny Boxshall - Stockport County FC
Kenny Boxshall has been a stadium announcer since 1982 and his tales of doing it back in the day when he began at Stockport County are priceless.Join Rich Hurst of West Brom and Alan Keegan of Man Utd as they chat to Kenny about what it...
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Season 4
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Episode 3
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54:39
MIDDLESBROUGH - John Foster
John has been announcing for over 20 years, covering Sunderland for a long time and now at 'Boro.Join Rich Hurst of West Brom and Alan Keegan of Man Utd to talk about his favourite moments as the man with the mic. He's had ...
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Season 4
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Episode 2
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59:20
NOTTINGHAM FOREST - Mark Dennison
Mark Dennison has been the stadium announcer at The City Ground for over 20 years and finally gets to see his side compete in the Premier League.What better time for Rich Hurst from West Brom and Alan Keegan from Man Utd to chat to him ...
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Season 4
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Episode 1
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46:09
Extraordinary Ends To The Season
Join us as we speak with two announcers who had EXTRAORDINARY ends to their seasons.Lance Cook who was the announcer on the last day of the season at Bristol Rovers when they won 7-0 to secure automatic promotion. Graeme Wh...
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Season 3
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Episode 8
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1:00:54
Marching On - Leigh Nicholson - LEEDS UNITED
Join Rich Hurst of West Brom and Alan Keegan of Man Utd as they talk to their stadium announcing counterpart at Leeds United - Leigh Nicholson.Leigh's been in the job for a few years now, including their recent promotion to the Premier ...
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Season 3
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Episode 7
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1:03:32
