Kickin' It Local Johnny Keko

A senior footballer in the WNPL, Nicole Calder opens up her struggles with depression and how she is helping junior girls with her coaching.

After representing the Young and Junior Matildas, Nicole went over to the USA to play college football before returning to Australia after completing her degree and suffering two ACL's. Trying to play professionally wasn't an easy task, but nicole talks about the many great people and moments during her career.



**Trigger Warning: This episode contains content that may be alarming to some listeners. Nicole briefly opens up about her experience with depression and working within crisis text line. This content can be heard between the times of approx. 15mins-29mins in this podcast episode.

A senior footballer in the NPL, Alex Rideout opens up about what it's really like to be coached by his older brother and the criticism that comes along with it.

Having won the league and Federation Cups, as well as knocking out the current Asian Champions from the first edition of the FFA (Australia) Cup, Alex shares his greatest moments from his career.

In Part Three Johnny Keko gets a preview of the upcoming season as he catches up with personnel from Fulham United, Football SA NTC, Metro United & Salisbury Inter.

Hear straight from the clubs what this season means to them, including who to look out for in season 2023!

This episode includes three interviews:


Salisbury Inter's Tony Scalzi & Nicole Calder (00:44)
Metro United's Paul Morris (07:32)
Football SA's NTC Michele Lastella (15:12)
Fulham United's Georgina Toome & Laura Niejalke (22:16)

In Part Two Johnny Keko gets a preview of the upcoming season as he catches up with personnel from WT Birkalla, Adelaide Uni & Adelaide Comets.

Hear straight from the clubs what this season means to them, including who to look out for in season 2023!

This episode includes three interviews:


Adelaide Uni's Tony Sacca & Alysia Panagakos (00:40)
Adelaide Comets' Tom Monsigneur (06:33)
WT Birkalla's Amin Ayoubi (12:38)

In Part One Johnny Keko gets a preview of the upcoming season as he catches up with personnel from Adelaide City, West Adelaide & Flinders United.

Hear straight from the clubs what this season means to them, including who to look out for in season 2023!

This episode includes three interviews:


Adelaide City's Bianca Gray (00:54)
Flinders United's Joel Porter & Anastasia Willoughby (04:14)
West Adelaide's Tracey Jenkins (13:37)

A volunteer for many years, Andrew Marshall shares his experience as one of the many personnel behind the scenes to help Mt Barker United prepare for thier place in the State League 2 competition.
Having grown up in the UK, playing football in Australia was a way to meet new people for Andrew. Starting off as a player and eventually taking on many roles around the club.
Andrew opens up about the toll volunteering, playing football whilst juggling work and home life took on his health and explains the formation of Mt Barkers yearly charity match in memory of Nathan Done and how it brings the community together.