Episodes

  • Tom Cannon & Ben Wilmot - Live Audience Show from Ricardo's Bar

    Tom Cannon & Ben Wilmot - Live Audience Show from Ricardo's Bar
    Jan 9 2025
    Vote for Potters' Pod in the Sports Podcast Awards! We've been nominated in TWO categories, Best Football Podcast and Best Team Podcast. Please show your support for the show by clicking both of the links below and casting your vote. Vote for Potters' Pod in the Best Football Podcast Category: LINK Vote for Potters' Pod in the Best Team Podcast Category: LINK Tom Cannon and Ben Wilmot joined Rob Adcock on stage in Ricardo's bar at the bet365 Stadium for Potters' Pod's first show in front of a live audience. Tom talks about his lifelong ‘rinse and repeat’ obsession with football and how, despite interest from rival clubs spanning the length & breadth of the land, Stoke City was an easy sell. Ben, meanwhile, talks through an early career Italian job with Udinese, warming up the Stevenage Borough goalkeepers at the age of seven and why he enjoys being Ben Wilmot, not just Richard Wilmot’s son. Make sure you’re subscribed to Potters’ Pod to get notified when the next episode is released. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    57 mins
  • Ryan Shawcross (Part 2) - Being a Bona Fide Stokie, Spoiling Steven Gerrard’s Swan Song and Life in Miami with David Beckham

    Ryan Shawcross (Part 2) - Being a Bona Fide Stokie, Spoiling Steven Gerrard’s Swan Song and Life in Miami with David Beckham
    Dec 19 2024
    Vote for Potters' Pod in the Sports Podcast Awards! We've been nominated in TWO categories, Best Football Podcast and Best Team Podcast. Please show your support for the show by clicking both of the links below and casting your vote. Vote for Potters' Pod in the Best Football Podcast Category: LINK Vote for Potters' Pod in the Best Team Podcast Category: LINK In Part 2 of our interview Ryan Shawcross, the former Potters’ captain discusses leading his side to a memorable 6-1 victory over Liverpool, getting to know David Beckham in Miami and why he speaks from bitter experience when telling Stoke’s current crop of youngsters they might only get one chance. Currently Lead Coach of the Club’s U21s, Shawcross reveals why being a defender is too stressful to ever enjoy playing, becoming a proper adopted Stokie, and why, despite many opportunities, he never wanted to leave. The club legend reveals why he’s a tough ‘no silver spoon’ parent, how injuries during his latter career left his body ‘shot to pieces’ and why saying what he sees has always served him well. You can listen to Part 1 of our interview with Ryan here Make sure you’re subscribed to Potters’ Pod to get notified when the next episode is released! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    31 mins
  • Ryan Shawcross (Part 1): The Pulis Influence, Promotion, Three Lions and The Highs & Lows of Football

    Ryan Shawcross (Part 1): The Pulis Influence, Promotion, Three Lions and The Highs & Lows of Football
    Dec 5 2024
    Vote for Potters' Pod in the Sports Podcast Awards! We've been nominated in TWO categories, Best Football Podcast and Best Team Podcast. Please show your support for the show by clicking both of the links below and casting your vote. Vote for Potters' Pod in the Best Football Podcast Category: LINK Vote for Potters' Pod in the Best Team Podcast Category: LINK In this episode of Potters’ Pod, Rob Adcock is joined by our former defender and current U21 coach, Ryan Shawcross. Ryan reflects on how his time at Stoke City began under Tony Pulis and how a squad full of players with something to prove helped define the team’s gritty identity. He reveals ways in which the Championship is actually tougher than the Premier League, opens up about the whirlwind of being called up to the England squad at just 21 and why both Pulis and Mark Hughes were the right managers at the right time. He also recounts the terrifying presence of Fabio Capello, the mythical magic of Rory Delap’s long throw, FA Cup and European adventures and how the Potters’ family supported him during the toughest moments of his career. Part Two is on the way soon, so make sure you’re subscribed to Potters’ Pod to get notified when the next episode is released! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    48 mins
  • Andrew Moran (Part 2): Signing For Stoke, The Secret Celebration and Similarities Between De Zerbi and Pèlach

    Andrew Moran (Part 2): Signing For Stoke, The Secret Celebration and Similarities Between De Zerbi and Pèlach
    Nov 21 2024
    Vote for Potters' Pod in the Sports Podcast Awards! We've been nominated in TWO categories, Best Football Podcast and Best Team Podcast. Please show your support for the show by clicking both of the links below and casting your vote. Vote for Potters' Pod in the Best Football Podcast Category: LINK Vote for Potters' Pod in the Best Team Podcast Category: LINK In Part 2 of Rob Adcock’s interview with Andrew Moran, the Republic of Ireland international recalls feeling like an imposter after signing for the Seagulls, and describes how Roberto De Zerbi opened his eyes to new ways of playing the beautiful game. The midfielder reveals how Narcís Pèlach bears exciting similarities to the former Brighton boss and how an Emerald Isle allegiance with Jon Walters paved the way for a summer move to the Potteries. Moran also devises and pledges to perform a Potters’ Pod inspired celebration when he next finds the net for the lads in red and white. Make sure you’re subscribed to Potters’ Pod to get notified when the next episode is released. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    45 mins
  • Andrew Moran (Part 1): From Diminutive Dublin Underdog To Answering Ireland’s Call

    Andrew Moran (Part 1): From Diminutive Dublin Underdog To Answering Ireland’s Call
    Nov 7 2024
    Vote for Potters' Pod in the Sports Podcast Awards! We've been nominated in TWO categories, Best Football Podcast and Best Team Podcast. Please show your support for the show by clicking both of the links below and casting your vote. Vote for Potters' Pod in the Best Football Podcast Category: LINK Vote for Potters' Pod in the Best Team Podcast Category: LINK In this episode of Potters’ Pod, Rob Adcock is joined by Stoke City’s Republic of Ireland international playmaker, Andrew Moran. In Part 1, Andrew opens up about his path from being an diminutive Dublin boy to a full Ireland international. A rising star with Brighton & Hove Albion, currently impressing on loan in the Potteries, Moran shares how his love for the game nearly faded in his youth and how a surprise home visit from emerald isle icon, Damian Duff, changed everything. Potters’ Pod takes a ‘This Is Your Life’ turn with messages from Andrew’s boyhood coaches. And the midfielder reveals how his move to England was initially so daunting that he simply did not want to go, together with just how much of a boyhood dream it was to represent the Boys in Green on the world stage. Part Two is on the way soon, so make sure you’re subscribed to Potters’ Pod to get notified when the next episode is released. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    38 mins
  • Ben Gibson (Part Two): “Disaster” Recovery, the Trauma of Premature Birth and What Stoke City Can Achieve

    Ben Gibson (Part Two): “Disaster” Recovery, the Trauma of Premature Birth and What Stoke City Can Achieve
    Oct 17 2024
    Vote for Potters' Pod in the Sports Podcast Awards! We've been nominated in TWO categories, Best Football Podcast and Best Team Podcast. Please show your support for the show by clicking both of the links below and casting your vote. Vote for Potters' Pod in the Best Football Podcast Category: LINK Vote for Potters' Pod in the Best Team Podcast Category: LINK In Part Two of Rob Adcock’s interview with Ben Gibson, the Stoke City Captain opens-up about a “disastrous” period in his career, the difficult times triggered by the premature birth of his daughter and what he believes Stoke City can achieve in future. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    37 mins
  • Ben Gibson (Part One): The Stoke Dressing Room, Middlesbrough and England Call-ups

    Ben Gibson (Part One): The Stoke Dressing Room, Middlesbrough and England Call-ups
    Oct 3 2024
    Vote for Potters' Pod in the Sports Podcast Awards! We've been nominated in TWO categories, Best Football Podcast and Best Team Podcast. Please show your support for the show by clicking both of the links below and casting your vote. Vote for Potters' Pod in the Best Football Podcast Category: LINK Vote for Potters' Pod in the Best Team Podcast Category: LINK For Episode Three of Potters’ Pod, Rob Adcock is joined by Stoke City Captain, Ben Gibson. Ben singles out some of his Stoke teammates and tells us which ones could go right to the very top, reveals what it’s like having a family member renew his contract at Middlesbrough, and recalls his call-ups to the England National Team. Part Two is on the way, so make sure you’re subscribed to get notified when the next episode is released. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    55 mins
  • Million Manhoef and Wouter Burger: Bonkers boxing ambitions, mobile data deprivation and terrace chanting joy

    Million Manhoef and Wouter Burger: Bonkers boxing ambitions, mobile data deprivation and terrace chanting joy
    Sep 5 2024
    Vote for Potters' Pod in the Sports Podcast Awards! We've been nominated in TWO categories, Best Football Podcast and Best Team Podcast. Please show your support for the show by clicking both of the links below and casting your vote. Vote for Potters' Pod in the Best Football Podcast Category: LINK Vote for Potters' Pod in the Best Team Podcast Category: LINK Potters’ Pod goes double Dutch for episode two as Rob Adcock is joined by Wouter Burger and Million Manhoef. Million candidly opens up about his relationship with his famous father, reveals post-career ambitions in the boxing ring and sings his own terrace chant. Wouter, meanwhile, provides a lesson in romance, shocks Rob with a revelation about how he uses his phone and explains why money is no guarantee of happiness. Finally, find out what the duo think of Love Island and social media, and how they have adopted Stokie taxi drivers as friends. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    47 mins