Latvian Football Podcast

Dmitrijs, Frank and Gustavs
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Latvian Football Podcast

Delve into the weird and wonderful world of Latvian association football - the youngest top league in Europe - as Dmitrijs, Frank and guests cover the Latvian Virsliga, Cup, National Team and everything in between! Do you fondly recall the times when football was about passion and not just about the cash? Perhaps you miss competitive football during the summer months? Or do you like using football as a means to travel and discover beautiful new countries? Then Latvian Virsliga is a great fit for you, so tune in and join in on the fun!

  1. OCT 31

    Youth development at FS Metta (feat. James Prieditis)

    We sit down with one of the Metta Academy coaches - James Prieditis, former coach at Huddersfield, Rochdale and Burnley - to talk about Latvian football, youth development, things to consider when picking an academy for your child, and about his extraordinary connection with Latvia. *please note that the original interview was about twice longer, but we lost half the footage due to a technical glitch :( Would you like to look as slick as James? Our friends at Manscaped have you covered with a range of new and existing products, ranging from the known and loved Lawn Mover 5.0 Ultra, to the recent Beard Hedger to the newest Scalp Buffer - a silicone pad designed to exfoliate the scalp, stimulate blood flow, and enhance shampoo performance for a cleaner, healthier head of hair. To get this, or any other manly grooming gear of theirs, go to manscaped.com and use our code LFP20 for 20% off plus free shipping! Also, we highly recommend the Bradt Travel Guide to Latvia by Paul Brummel! It is a legitimately excellent guide (even approved by Dmitrijs, wow!) that will make your visit to Latvia much, much more special and enjoyable! OR, if you are already here, will definitely help discover, rediscover or see places around our beautiful land in new light - yes, it's THAT extensive! Bradt offer our listeners a sweet deal with a LATVIA30 promo code!

    17 min

  2. OCT 23

    Eintracht Frankfurt vs RFS preview (feat. Oliver Schlegl)

    Matchday 3 of Europa League 2024/2025 is here and RFS are heading out to Germany, to play one of the most formidable teams on their fixture list - Eintracht Frankfurt. A club with 125 year history and a 58000 capacity stadium, which is expected to be sold out, is a proper powerhouse of European football. To learn more about them, their style of play, and their famous fans, we are joined by Oliver Schliegl, a football agent and former CEO of Latvian Virsliga, to share his unique experience of being a bridge between Latvian and German football.

    25 min

  3. OCT 17

    What a thrilling conclusion! Virsliga and Europa league update

    With only four rounds to go, there is no shortage of drama and excitement remaining in Virsliga 2024! Whether it is last minute coach changes at Riga FC, seemingly unbeatable RFS, emergent Metta and resurgent Liepaja, failing Valmiera or Grobina in a free-fall, the conclusion of this season is promising to be emotional! (02:50) Riga rumours and Simo Valakari departure (09:45) The Latvian Cup - all that happened, scores and misfortunes (14:00) The cup curses - PPK and Grobina (20:55) Do Daugavpils have a shot at Europe? (21:25) Virsliga table, form and teams observations (23:45) Grobina league woes (25:11) Latvia win Euro UNITY Cup! (25:45) Our Virsliga predictions (33:22) RFS Women win the Latvian Cup! (34:06) Europa league: RFS vs Galatasaray One of the most unique games of Europa league is going to be against Ajax in Riga on the 23rd January 2025, which means that it's time to start growing a nice and thick beard in order to keep your face from freezing off during the match. To help you with this, and with your other grooming needs, our friends at manscaped.com developed a whole range of products, including The Beard Hedger - a specialist shaver for your face - and the latest Scalp Buffer - a silicone pad specifically engineered to improve blood circulation on and in your dome. Whether you are as hairy as Herdi Prenga or as shiny as Viktors Morozs, scalp buffer will make you feel fantastic and look your best. To get 20% off any order at manscaped.com + free shipping, use our promo code LFP20. For a chance to win a EUR100+ shaver (The Lawn Mover 5.0), share what you feel was the closest shave of this season thus far on any of our social media channels (Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, TikTok)! Also, we highly recommend the Bradt Travel Guide to Latvia by Paul Brummel! It is a legitimately excellent guide (even approved by Dmitrijs, wow!) that will make your visit to Latvia much, much more special and enjoyable! Bradt offer our listeners a sweet deal with a LATVIA30 promo code!

    39 min

  4. OCT 2

    RFS v Galatasaray UEL preview (feat. Ahmet Atasoy)

    Europa league is underway and one of the largest clubs in the world is about to visit Riga for RFS’s first home fixture at the almost fully sold out Daugava stadium. We are, of course, talking about Turkish Galatasaray! To learn about what we could expect from visiting supporters, as well as to catch up on how Galatasaray currently play, their strengths and weaknesses, Frank sat down with Ahmet Atasoy of the Tottiler Messiler podcast (@messiler)! Our friends at Manscaped have a range of new products available, including the all new Scalp Buffer - a silicone scalp scrubbed that feels incredible and is very good for your hair and scalp. Remember the heavenly sensation first time someone used those wire head massagers on you? Scalp Buffer makes you feel this way every time you wash your hair, regardless of whether you have the hair of David Beckham in the early 2000s or of Viktors Morozs as he is trying to figure out his starting 11 for Galatasaray. Get 20% off and free shipping with our promo code: LFP20 Don't forget that one of the key games of Europa leagues is going to be against Ajax in Riga on the 23rd January 2025, meaning that it's time to start growing a nice and thick beard to keep your face warm during the match. To help you with this, our friends at manscaped.com developed The Beard Hedger - a specialist shaver for your face bush. To get 20% off any order at manscaped.com and for free shipping, use our promo code LFP20. For a chance to win a EUR100+ shaver (The Lawn Mover 5.0), share what you feel was the closest shave of this season thus far on any of our social media channels (Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, TikTok)! Also, we highly recommend the Bradt Travel Guide to Latvia by Paul Brummel! It is a legitimately excellent guide (approved by Dmitrijs!) that will make your visit to Latvia much, much more special and enjoyable! Bradt offer our listeners a sweet deal with a LATVIA30 promo code!

    23 min

  5. SEP 5

    Keeping up with the Virsliga: 3/4 of the season update

    RFS, Auda, Riga FC and Liepaja delivered a long and generally very successful qualification campaign in Europe, culminating with RFS making history by qualifying for the Europa League league stage, where they will face Galatasaray, Anderlecht, PAOK, Ajax, FCSB, Eintracht Frankfurt and Maccabi Tel-Aviv! But with all this excitement, we feel that Virsliga got a bit neglected, so, in this episode, we catch up on what's been going on during the summer! (00:00) Table update (19:57) Niang to USG! (22:26) Big Riga Derby 3 (23:35) Can Riga FC catch up? (27:57) Nations league C debut (33:24) Europa league in Riga One of the key games of Europa leagues is going to be against Ajax in Riga on the 23rd January 2025, meaning that it's time to start growing a nice and thick beard to keep your face warm during the match. To help you with this, our friends at manscaped.com developed The Beard Hedger - a specialist shaver for your face bush. To get 20% off any order at manscaped.com and for free shipping, use our promo code LFP20. For a chance to win a EUR100+ shaver (The Lawn Mover 5.0), share what you feel was the closest shave of this season thus far on any of our social media channels (Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, TikTok)! Also, we highly recommend the Bradt Travel Guide to Latvia by Paul Brummel! It is a legitimately excellent guide (approved by Dmitrijs!) that will make your visit to Latvia much, much more special and enjoyable! Bradt offer our listeners a sweet deal with a LATVIA30 promo code!

    40 min

  6. AUG 17

    Who are APOEL Nicosia? RFS in Europa League play-off round!

    And then there was one! With Auda unable to hold on to their first leg advantage against FC Drita from Kosovo and losing 3-2 in the second leg away, it is now up to RFS to represent Latvia in Europe! And they will whatever the outcome of the final qualification round but, having already qualified for the Conference League, wouldn't it be nice to up the ante and take it all the way to the Europa League? With only the Cypriot champions APOEL in the way, we are joined by Stel from the This is Mappa podcast to learn more about what this club is all about! While this game was nowhere near a close shave, you can ensure that you are well groomed with new products from our friends at MANSCAPED! They have a new Beard Trimmer, which will leave you looking gorgeous and very manly indeed. Get your hands on one and show the love for our work by going to manscaped.com and using promo code LFP20 for 20% off plus free shipping! Did you get inspired by the romance of Latvian football and the beautiful sights in the background of LNK Sporta Parks? If so and you'd like to visit Latvia to enjoy the beautiful game and enjoy our beautiful country, make sure to get your hands on a proper guide (and not those knock-off touristy ones that highlights generic things ChatGPT can). And we've got just the one for you - the Bradt Travel guide to Latvia! Not only is it legitimately impressive, Bradt are also giving our listeners a great deal with the promo code LATVIA30 !

    31 min

  7. AUG 7

    Europa league, Wroclaw sorrows, and Kosovo football (feat. Eljon Kastrati)

    We continue to reflect on how Latvian clubs performed in the European competitions, where three Riga teams played against clubs from Norway, Poland, and Northern Ireland: Bodo/Glimt, Śląsk Wrocław, and Cliftonville. One game won, one game lost, and one game broke our hearts... We then look ahead to the upcoming Europa league QR3 match between FC RFS and Andorran champions UE Santa Coloma, and Frank interviews Eljon Kastrati of Kosovo Football (@FootballKosovo) about FK Auda's Conference League QR3 opponents - FC Drita (which means "light" in Albanian). Please remember to share your thoughts and predictions, like the podcast and join in the conversation in the comments! Finally, our friends at MANSCAPED came up with a solution for all of you, like Dmitrijs, with a manly bush adorning their faces! The days of using the same trimmer for your face and your private parts are officially over thanks to the Beard & Balls Bundle featuring The Lawn Mower® 5.0 and The Beard Hedger®— a trimmer for the money maker, and another for the boys downstairs. Get 20% off + free shipping with the code LFP20 at manscaped.com. For the premium grooming experience and to show your love for our podcast, trust MANSCAPED.

    47 min

  8. JUL 19

    The curse is broken! Champions League QR2 and Bodo/Glimt awaits!

    European cup qualification rounds 1 are behind us and the highlight is RFS breaking the 15-year long curse of Latvian clubs not progressing past QR1 of the Champions League by convincingly beating Northern Irish Champions Larne FC 7-0 on aggregate! FK Auda also made history by winning their first ever European game and by progressing through a European qualification round for the first time, beating Faroese B36 Torshavn 3-0 on aggregate. Liepaja didn't make it (unsurprisingly) and Riga FC only start their Conference League campaign from QR2. In this episode, we are first joined by Peter Cinnamond of the Kicking Match: An Irish League Podcast to reflect on RFS - Larne FC tie as well as to learn more about Auda's QR2 opponents - Northern Irish Cup winners Cliftonville FC. We are then joined by a Norwegian sports journalist - Jonas Adnan Giæver - to learn more about RFS's Champions League QR2 opponents - FK Bodø/Glimt. MANSCAPED.COM know that our listeners are some of the most attractive human beings out there and they want to help bring all this beauty out from underneath a nordic layer of winter wool. In order to help with this, they are willing to give you 20% off on your order with manscaped.com + free shipping when you use promo code LFP20. Help the podcast and help yourself to look neat and fresh with their genuinely very impressive range of products. Franks likes the shaver and Dmitrijs is really impressed with the boxers and the care products!

    46 min
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Delve into the weird and wonderful world of Latvian association football - the youngest top league in Europe - as Dmitrijs, Frank and guests cover the Latvian Virsliga, Cup, National Team and everything in between! Do you fondly recall the times when football was about passion and not just about the cash? Perhaps you miss competitive football during the summer months? Or do you like using football as a means to travel and discover beautiful new countries? Then Latvian Virsliga is a great fit for you, so tune in and join in on the fun!

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  • Creator
    Dmitrijs, Frank and Gustavs
  • Years Active
    2023 - 2024
  • Episodes
    44
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Dmitrijs, Frank and Gustavs
  • Show Website
    Latvian Football Podcast

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