
The NPL Victoria Pod
Join Lachie Flannigan, Josh Parish & Nick D'Urbano and a rotating panel of Victorian football players, coaches and experts for your weekly review of all things NPL!
Episodes
102 episodes
The biggest NPL Victoria weekend ever? | Dandy City break the curse | Preston get their revenge | Heidelberg make Aus Cup final
Massive crowds, upsets, and an NPL Victoria team in the Australia Cup final for the first time: it was a good weekend to be a football fan in Melbourne. Josh, Lachie and Ivka dive deep into Dandenong Thunder's failure to launch at h...
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1:36:01

Avondale prove the "doubters" wrong | Georgies & Bentleigh back in the big time | Finals & playoffs preview
The final round is in the books! Josh, Lachie and Ivka salute Avondale for lifting the Premiership - and ponder how on earth the star-studded Avengers have managed to concoct a siege mentality.Meanwhile, the relegated Sharks ...
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1:32:17

Heidelberg THRASH the Nix | Knights season ends in ignominy | Hajduk vault Hume into 6th
"Johnny A is the best coach outside the A-League" - or so goes the conventional wisdom. But after Heidelberg's 7-0 aggregate win over two A-League sides in the Australia Cup, has he surpassed some of his professional counterparts? J...
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1:59:45

Dovison wins the Dockerty | Heidelberg humble WSW | R25 Predictions
Half-time substitute Campbell Dovison was the unlikely hero for South Melbourne as they successfully defended the Dockerty Cup trophy in a thrilling and controversial win over Heidelberg. Josh, Lachie and Ivka discuss the decisions ...
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1:05:38

90+13' minute MADNESS as Avondale break Heidelberg hearts | Preston's statement win at Fox St
Nick, Lachie, Josh and Ivka go full Gary Neville after an un-bee-leeevable finish at Avenger Park. Why was there so much stoppage time? Why did Heidelberg end up with one defender left on the pitch? And do Avondale have the mental advantage hea...
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1:39:16

Nuna goes nuclear | Bear Necessities at the Village | Premiership race down to the wire
It's a full house this week as Josh, Lachie, Nick and Ivka review last week's Australia Cup results and frivolities, before diving into the NPL. Dinamo are left with whiplash as Gully come back from two goals down, a Markovski wonde...
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1:37:57

AI-assisted Oakleigh demolish Hume | Dinamo young gun dazzles | Is the relegation battle done and dusted?
This week's edition of the NPL Victoria Podcast has been scripted and recorded by a specially-trained LLM.Hume City's miserable run continued on Friday night as Oakleigh put four goals past another finals contender. Is Nick Hegarty under...
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1:35:10

Hellas & Heidelberg Into Dockerty Cup Final | Catch-Up Round Chaos at Somers Street
It's an Espresso Edition (by our standards) of the pod this week and Josh, Nick & Ivka dive into the Dockerty Cup semi finals and catch-up round games.With a 3-1 upset win over Avondale, South Melbourne are officially 'Box Office' ag...
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1:05:00

Screamers & comebacks galore | Dinamo down Knights | 5-star Preston turn on the style
Has there ever been a better round of goals in this competition? From Diego Cuba's physics-defying free kick to a pair of Preston pile-drivers, we were spoilt for choice for goal of the week. Add in two six-goal thrillers a...
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1:35:52

Can Knights pull off the great escape? | Oakleigh demolish Preston | Murphy's law for Gully
Josh, Nick and Ivka dive into the Knights' 2-1 win over Victory in a relegation six-pointer. Is this the start of an unlikely revival? Plus, Ivka delivers a first-hand account of last week's SGM, and we discuss the approach of the new board to ...
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1:41:58

Dinamo Reverse the Curse | Diaz at the Double | Knights on the Precipice
St Albans looked set for a fourth straight Desmond, before Mickel Platt stepped up in stoppage time. Are Dinamo set for another great escape? And why do Oakleigh always seem to get the June blues?Victory's goalkeeping woes continue as Po...
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1:37:50

Mikkola's Magic Moment | Victory STUN Oakleigh | Transfer Silly Season Begins
It's all hands on deck this week as Nick, Lachie, Josh & Ivka dive into South Melbourne's storybook finish against Preston, with Max Mikkola scoring a 90th-minute bicycle kick to win the game. Where did South's best performance of the seaso...
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1:50:05

Hume sack Marchioli | Avondale's King's Birthday gift | Dockerty Cup Preview
Welcome to The Late Late Show with Nick, Josh & Ivka!The trio hop on the mic after Victory's dramatic comeback and even more dramatic collapse against Avondale in stoppage time. Were the young Vucks hard done by against the league le...
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1:26:37

Thunder's Derby Destiny | South Take Step To Safety | Are Dinamo Cursed?
Is there such a thing as TOO MUCH NPL Victoria? One brave commentator put that to the test this weekend on his trip south of the Barassi Line, and has been left a little worse for wear.It's a full complement this week as Josh, Nick, Ivka...
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1:41:05

All aboard the Popemobile | Knights board steps down | Guest in class
37 minutes was all it took for Jack Pope to write his name in South Melbourne folklore, with two ripper goals and a red card for shirt-fronting a Knights opponent, helping lift Hellas out of the relegation zone.Josh, Lachie and Ivka sift...
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1:36:58

South & Knights BOTTOM of the table | Port Melbourne's international man of mystery | Gully's 'lights out' finish
An unprecedented relegation six-pointer looms in the OG Melbourne derby. How on earth did we get here? Josh is back alongside Nick and Ivka to dive into South Melbourne's shock defeat at the hands of Port Melbourne. Just who is Max...
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1:31:39

Gully's Huge Statement | Preston Thunderstruck by Dandenong | South's New Era Begins
We have officially hit the half-way point of the NPL Victoria season and Nick, Lachie and Ivka are back on deck to dissect a huge round of action!Green Gully shocked the Victorian football world with a 5-2 thumping of Avondale on Friday ...
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1:31:06

Utter coaching CHAOS | South find their new manager as TWO NPL head coaches depart!
The coaching merry-go-round has well and truly arrived in NPL Victoria and Lachie, Mark and Nick are here to pick up the pieces!The coaching chaos began at South Melbourne, where former Technical Director Sinisa Cohadzic has been confirm...
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1:32:06

A Puskas nominee from NPL Victoria?! | Incredible Thunder comeback | Bergers take down Avengers
What a way to return from the Dockerty Cup break!Nick, Lachie and Ivka are back to dissect a bonkers weekend of NPL Victoria action, which was headlined by Luka Kolic stealing all the headlines on Monday night with a goal which could see...
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1:27:24

Debating Esteban's legacy | Heidelberg flying high | Knights humbled at home
The end of an era.South Melbourne have parted ways with Esteban Quintas after a 3-0 humbling at the hands of an irresistible Heidelberg in the Greek Derby, and Josh, Lachie and Ivka are on board to debate the legacy and achievements of t...
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1:57:57

Victory win in Monday night madness | Schroen's golden moment | South scrape a scoreless draw
Milestone moments, refereeing controversies, temper tantrums, and "Chaos League heritage" finishes - Round 9 had it all. Josh, Nick, Ivka, and our interstate interloper Lachie are on board to break it down in a bumper episode of the NPL Victori...
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1:42:04

South Melbourne drop into relegation zone | Sharks stun Preston | Northcote's incredible comeback
The knives are out for Esteban Quintas again after a home defeat to Dandenong City - but what will it take for South Melbourne to pull the ripcord?Two former Preston players come back to haunt their former club, with Nick Dib submitting...
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1:32:07

Days of Thunder | Oakleigh punish profligate Preston | Knights fall into drop zone
Josh and Ivka are joined by special guest Steve Curtain to discuss Dandenong Thunder's shock win over Avondale, Oakleigh stealing the points late at BT Connor, Hume finally reversing the South Melbourne curse, and Melbourne Knights dropping int...
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1:15:01

South struck by Thunder | Ice-cold Asahi sinks Hume | Dinamo break 3-decade drought
Nick, Josh and Ivka are back on deck to discuss South Melbourne's 3rd defeat on the trot, as Dandenong Thunder climb to an astonishing 2nd in the table.Injuries derail Preston in the searing heat against Avondale, Asahi Yokokawa nets a m...
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1:23:47

SCENES at BT Connor | Murphy's Law for South Melbourne | Thunder state finals credentials
Josh, Lachie and Ivka recap a wild night in front of 9,036 spectators at Genis Steel Stadium. From Gian Albano's nerves of steel panenka to Lleyton Brooks' emphatic sealer, it's a night no Preston supporter will ever forget.For South Me...
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