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IN TONIGHT'S EPISODE #36... 1 – BELL Park Sports Club had double cause for celebration on the weekend and we were there to capture all the excitement… 2 – CORIO Soccer Club is also in celebration mode, with the Seniors gaining promotion to next season’s State League 1 competition. On Saturday, they will be playing for the title at home… 3 – GEELONG Soccer Club has set up a final day Grand Final scenario with nothing less than a win against Brunswick City on Saturday if they want to remain in NPL2 next season… 4 – AND FINALLY, there was a touch of sadness out at Stead Park yesterday as Geelong Galaxy United played its final game in the NPLW Victoria competition with the women’s only club dropping down to State League 1 as of next year… TONIGHT'S EPISODE SPONSORED BY HELLOWORLD TRAVEL GEELONG WEST

IN TONIGHT'S EPISODE #35... 1 – ONE OF Geelong's ’s newest football clubs is sadly about to be wound up. We'll tell you which club is going under... 2 – LAST Saturday evening, the Barwon Soccer Club invited its past juniors who are currently playing or have played in the NPL Juniors competitions, to come and watch the State League team in action at Grovedale Reserve… 3 – NORTH Geelong Warriors are inviting the Football family from the Geelong Region to come along and be part of the pre-season preparation of Western United FC in its pre-season hit-out against the Warriors next Tuesday night in Melbourne. 4 – AND FINALLY, Barwon SC could be crowned Geelong Region Men’s Division 1 league champions this weekend - without kicking a single ball. TONIGHT'S EPISODE SPONSORED BY ELEPHANT AND CASTLE HOTEL and MARIO GREGORIO

IN TONIGHT'S EPISODE #34... – BELL Park SC sharpshooter Mijo Marinovic will be aiming to score his 100th career goal against Laverton FC in front of his own fans at the Bell Park Sports Club on Saturday. We’ll hear from the big striker himself, very shortly… – A MASTERS’ Football members’ group has been started on Facebook with the aim of next year bringing back the Over 35s Masters’ competition after a year in the wilderness… – CONSTRUCTION of a new second full sized pitch has commenced at the Bannockburn Recreation Precinct with Golden Plains Soccer Club officials expecting it to be ready in time for the 2020 season… – AND FINALLY, the curtain will come down on the 2019 Geelong All Abilities’ Football League season with a special Gala Day on Saturday at Lara’s Recreation Reserve. TONIGHT'S EPISODE SPONSORED BY ELEPHANT AND CASTLE HOTEL and MARIO GREGORIO

IN TONIGHT'S EPISODE #33... – IN MORE breaking news today, the coaching merry go round in Geelong soccer circles continues with the announcement that North Geelong Warriors coach James Coutts will not be returning to Elcho Park next season... – CORIO defeated Mill Park 4-3 in a heart stopping midweek catchup game at the Darebin Sports Centre last night to jump to the top of the State 2 standings with just two rounds remaining… – GEELONG has a new club – a futsal club. We will shortly let you in on what is the name of the new club, its colours and where it will play… – AND another young Geelong junior has been selected for the upcoming National Youth Championships in Coffs Harbour, on this occasion, the talented 12-year-old has been selected in the Victoria Metros U13s team... TONIGHT'S EPISODE SPONSORED BY ELEPHANT AND CASTLE HOTEL and MARIO GREGORIO

IN TONIGHT'S EPISODE #32.... – THE BIG news that has sent shockwaves reverberating around town today is that Geelong Galaxy United will NOT be participating in next year’s WNPL Victoria competition… – CORIO SC’s season goes on the line later tonight when it takes on Mill Park in a rescheduled State 2 league match in Melbourne... – NORTH Geelong Warriors will play against new A-League side Western United in an historic friendly hitout next Tuesday night... – SPEAKING of Western United, last night the fledgling new club held an informal “Meet and Greet’ with reps from local community clubs at the Elephant and Castle Hotel... – AND FINALLY tune in to tonight’s episode #19 of the Geelong Region Soccer Show on FNR Football Nation Radio. We’ll tell you shortly who will be the special in studio guest tonight. (TONIGHT'S EPISODE SPONSORED BY ELEPHANT AND CASTLE HOTEL and MARIO GREGORIO)

IN TONIGHT'S EPISODE #31... – AFTER the weekend results, Corio SC has its destiny firmly in its hands knowing full well if it wins its last three games, it will be crowned State League 2 champion for 2019… – GEELONG Rangers Soccer Club is super stoked to announce that due to its amazing soccer family, Maxwell Muscat is off to the Deaf Games in Hong Kong later this year... - SURF Coast FC’s season is still alive in State League 4 following a dramatic 1-0 win over top side Altona North in a drama filled Round 20 clash at Altona’s Duane Reserve on Saturday… – GEELONG Galaxy United waited until the penultimate round of the NPLW Victoria season to capture its biggest scalp of the season... – AND IN LATE BREAKING NEWS…. A Geelong girl scores the only goal of the game in Victoria’s 1-0 win over WA on opening day of the National School Football Championships! TONIGHT'S EPISODE SPONSORED BY: ELEPHANT AND CASTLE and MARIO GREGORIO

IN TONIGHT'S EPISODE #30... 1 – GEELONG Soccer Club is putting a week of high drama behind it to exclusively focus on capturing three valuable points against top of the table St Albans in NPL2 action tomorrow evening. 2 – CORIO knows full well its destiny is in its own hands and this week the Eagles host lowly Hume United in a must win game if it’s to earn promotion to next season’s State League 1 3 - NORTH Geelong president John Didulcia has this week paid homage to the huge contribution that women have made at the Warriors ahead of the club’s big Warriors’ Womens Gala on Saturday night… 4 – BELL Park is looking forward to a derby clash with near neighbours Golden Plains in Bannockburn tomorrow night. We’ll hear from the coach of the All Whites Mike Spasevski a little later on… TONIGHT'S EPISODE SPONSORED BY AUSTRALIAN CROATIAN COMMUNITY SERVICES

IN TONIGHT'S EPISODE #29... - GOLDEN Plains coach Sean Howe is hoping to catch Bell Park by surprise and ambush the All Whites in their Round 20 State League 4 local derby at home on Saturday night… – THE CITY of Greater Geelong’s Leisuretime Centre and the Barwon Valley Activity Centre are gearing up for a record breaking summer season of Futsal… – AND new A-League club Western United has expressed a strong desire to work closely with local clubs in the region to promote and grow the game across the western region, says a statement issued by the club recently… TONIGHT'S EPISODE SPONSORED BY AUSTRALIAN CROATIAN COMMUNITY SERVICES

IN TONIGHT'S EPISODE... – GEELONG Rangers Soccer Club will be staging a Sponsors, Life Members and Past Players Day with the ‘Scottish Derby’ against sister club Hoppers Crossing taking centre stage on Saturday. – WE’LL hear from one of two local ladies who last week took part in the first training workshop of a new Football Victoria program which aims to support the development of female administrators in Victorian football. – EX-NORTH Geelong president and club patron Josip Zilic believes there is a large gulf between Seniors NPL and U20s NPL. We’ll hear shortly what his solution for that problem is… – AND FINALLY, there is only one day left for the entire soccer community to get behind one of our own, Ricky Scade from FC Leopold, and make him a Viva Energy Club Legend of the Year. TONIGHT'S EPISODE SPONSORED BY: AUSTRALIAN CROATIAN COMMUNITY SERVICES

IN TONIGHT'S EPISODE... – NORTH Geelong Warriors will feature strongly in Victorian Country Representative sides with no less than 17 boys selected to represent the state at the National Youth Championships in Coffs Harbour.  – SPEAKING of the Warriors, North Geelong will be the featured club in tonight’s Geelong Region Soccer Show on FNR Radio. We’ll tell you who will be on tonight’s blockbuster show.  – DO YOU want to represent Victoria Country at the 2020 Futsal Nationals? We’ll tell you how you can be a part of the National Club Championships to be held in Sydney early next year  – AND FINALLY, Geelong Rangers Soccer Club has announced that Western United FC will be joining the Northern Hub MiniRoos for an A-League Gala Day at Myers Reserve on Sunday the 8th of September. TONIGHT'S EPISODE SPONSORED BY: AUSTRALIAN CROATIAN COMMUNITY SERVICES

IN TONIGHT'S EPISODE... – GEELONG SC has been rocked by revelations of a wild brawl that required police to attend a club fundraiser at Stead Park late on Saturday night….  – RISING North Geelong FC star George Ellis scored his first senior goal for the NPL2 side on the weekend in the Warriors’ 1-0 win over Box Hill at Elcho Park on Saturday… – THE Geelong region’s newest club, Armstrong United FC has secured promotion twice in two years to earn entry into next season’s Geelong Region Men’s Division 1 competition…  – AND FINALLY, Football Victoria today released its independent final report following a comprehensive review into the Women and Girls’ competition structure for football in Victoria, which will obviously have connotations for female football in Geelong. TONIGHT'S EPISODE SPONSORED BY: AUSTRALIAN CROATIAN COMMUNITY SERVICES

IN TONIGHT'S EPISODE... – IN NEWS JUST announced about an hour ago, we’ll tell you which club will be hosting this year’s Geelong Region leagues’ Grand Finals! Stay tuned for that…. – WE chat to new Geelong SC coach Gabriel Markaj ahead of his coaching debut at the helm of the Lions for Saturday’s ‘cut throat’ clash with Goulburn Valley Suns after a drama filled week… – CORIO is faced with yet another ‘must win’ game on Saturday if it is to hold any hope of finishing in the top two promotion spots in State 2.… - LARA United FC will this weekend be officially opening its new female friendly changerooms at the Lara Recreation Reserve… - AND LAST but not least, we’ll take a look at the local league action in Men’s Div 1 and Women’s Div 1 this weekend. TONIGHT'S EPISODE SPONSORED BY: WSM - WESTERN SHEETMETAL

IN TONIGHT'S EPISODE... 1 – A GEELONG teenager from Norlane will embark on a fully paid trip of a lifetime to attend a special All-Stars football trip to Spain and the United Kingdom later this year…. 2 –BARWON SC is gearing up for it’s biggest game of the season on Saturday, when the 2nd placed State 5 outfit travels to top team Keilor Wolves. We’ll hear what Barwon coach Dale Harris has to say about the big showdown… 3 –SURFSIDE Waves president Mike Sutton has spoken about the Ocean Grove club’s future direction, conceding the local league powerhouse is not getting the best deal possible at its Shell Road Reserve complex… 4 – AND FINALLY, hear about one local soccer club’s innovative way of attracting volunteers to help out on game day at the club… TONIGHT'S EPISODE SPONSORED BY: WSM - WESTERN SHEETMETAL

IN TONIGHT'S EPISODE.... 1 – THE FALLOUT from the sudden departure of Geelong SC coach Dom Barba continues with Galaxy United weighing into the appointment of his replacement. And the end result is a rather stunning outcome for the WNPL club, that no one expected! We’ll tell you more shortly…. 2 – WESTERN United has today released its membership packages for its inaugural A-League season and we’ll tell you what they contain…. 3 – BELL Park will open its newly renovated clubrooms at the Bell Park Sports Club, later this month… 4 – AND FINALLY, the popular ‘Soccer Mums’ program is coming to Leisuretime Sports Precinct for a 5 week season on Friday mornings, commencing as of the 23rd of August! TONIGHT'S EPISODE SPONSORED BY WSM - WESTERN SHEETMETAL

IN TONIGHT'S EPISODE... IN MAJOR news that has shaken the foundations at Stead Park, Senior team coach Dom Barba is no longer in charge of the Senior Men’s NPL2 side! Stay tuned and we will tell you who his replacement will be for the remaining four games… - SURFSIDE Waves have moved to within two points of Geelong Region Men’s Divvy 1 leaders Barwon following last weekend’s rain affected round of matches… – FIND out who will be featured in tonight’s episode of the Geelong Region Soccer Show on FNR Football Nation Radio, kicking off at 8pm - AND FINALLY, Geelong Rangers Soccer Club is running a raffle for one of its senior players, Maxwell Muscat in his quest to raise money to represent Australia at the Deaf Games in Hong Kong later this year. TONIGHT'S EPISODE SPONSORED BY WSM - Western Sheetmetal

IN TONIGHT'S EPISODE... 1 – IS GEELONG doomed to spend next season in the new NPL third tiered Victorian Premier League 2 division? 2 – NORTH Geelong’s came out on top against Rangers in the battle of the top two in the local Geelong Region Women’s Divvy 1on Saturday… 3 – GEELONG’S newest junior club, the Geelong Knights Futsal Club, completed its commitments in U10s division of the Victorian State Futsal League in Ballarat in the weekend…  4 – AND SPEAKING of Futsal, expressions of interest are being sought for teams to take part in the upcoming Summer Futsal League run by Futsal Geelong… TONIGHT'S EPISODE SPONSORED BY: WSM 

In tonight's special Weekend Preview episode... GEELONG SC to take on Northcote City in a must win NPL2 catch up game, find out about the popular local volunteer who has made it to the final cut of the 2019 Viva Energy Club Legend Award nominees, while the highly anticipated top two clash between leaders Geelong Rangers and second placed North Geelong Warriors in Gelong Region Women's Div 1 is the pick of the local weekend games... Tonight's episode sponsored by NARDI PRODUCE

IN TONIGHT'S EPISODE...  New A-League draw released today, Golden Plains coach reveals planning has started for next season and ex-Croatian international and Geelong boy Joey Didulica to speak at a special book launch looking exploring the 'lost' Socceroos.... Tonight's episode sponsored by Nardi Produce

IN TONIGHT'S EPISODE... 1 – GEELONG Soccer Club has announced the appointment of a new Technical Director for next year... 2 – SEVEN local teenage boys will embark on a footballing trip of a lifetime to Welsh giants Cardiff City in October… and if you’re a boy and aged between 14-16 years, we’ll tell you how you can also be a part of it... 3 – NEW A-League club Western United has appointed a well regarded local junior coach and academy provider into the newly created role of Schools Club and Community Engagement manager… 4 – AND FINALLY, a new permanent co-host of the Geelong Region Soccer Show on FNR Football Nation Radio was unveiled last night…  TONIGHT'S SHOW SPONSORED BY: NARDI PRODUCE

IN TONIGHT'S EPISODE.... 1 – FOOTBALL Victoria has announced the 12 successful applicants for a Junior NPL licence in next year’s restructured competition, and Geelong Rangers is not one of them… 2 – CORIO‘s promotion hopes have suffered yet another major blow following revelations of yet another season ending injury sustained after last weekend’s game against Hopper s Crossing… 3 – WE CAN reveal who the special guest will be on tonight’s edition of the Geelong Region Soccer Show on FNR, which will also feature Geelong SC as the special Club in Focus… 4 – AND FINALLY, in local league action Barwon increases its lead at the top of the Men’s Division 1 while in Women’s Division 1, more surprises near the top as North Geelong drops points yet again…  Tonight's episode sponsored by Nardi Produce