Ho, Ho, Ho everybody and welcome to the 2021 AFTN Christmas party! There's fun, there's games, there's music, there's presents, and there's lots of football chat.
Our feature interview this episode is what is now our ninth annual State of the Whitecaps end of season chat with the current head coach on the podcast, and our first one with Vanni Sartini. In a very honest and raw interview, Vanni talks about the season past, looks ahead to next year, and talks about what he learned about himself as a coach and as a person.
There's some interesting player chat and we talk about formations, the team's identity, getting to the next level, and the pressure that comes with it all.
Getting the festive spirit flowing, we find out what Christmas is like in the Vanni Sartini, Ryan Gauld, Maxime Crepeau, and Brian White households, plus you can play along at home as we play some football themed games.
All of this, plus some Christmas music from Crazy and the Brains, Super Furry Animals, The Monkees, Walk The Earth, Dean Martin and of course, no Christmas episode would be complete without The Pogues.
Here's the rundown for the main segments from the episode:
01.32: Intro chat
04.27: Christmas Presents - Part One
11.31: A Maxime Crepeau Christmas
14.03: Walk The Earth - Feliz Navidad
16.34: Whitecaps Six of the Best game
37.24: A Brian White Christmas
38.43: Dean Martin - White Christmas
41.19: Whitecaps 2021 Festive XI
44.25: Crazy and the Brains - Little Saint Nick
47.16: Vanni Sartini State of the Whitecaps interview
79.30: The Monkees - Unwrap You For Christmas
84.52: Christmas Presents - Part Two
91.16: Unpacking Sartini - interview discussion
107.56: A Ryan Gauld Christmas
109.23: The Pogues - Fairytale of New York
115.27: Football Jeopardy
133.08: Super Furry Animals - The Gift That Keeps Giving
141.50: A Vanni Sartini Christmas
148.35: Quizball - East Fife v Bayern Munich
157.12: Christmas Presents - Part Three
163.49: Wavelength - Glenn Hoddle - Happy Xmas (War Is Over)
170.49: Glasvegas - Silent Night
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Episode 638 – The AFTN Soccer Show (A Most Haunting Sound - Whitecaps limp into playoffs, VFC season over, Diana Matheson talks NSL, Katie Collar)
Episode 637 – The AFTN Soccer Show (Decisions, Decisions with Dario Zanatta, Miki Cantave, Afshin Ghotbi, and Rob Gale)
Episode 636 – The AFTN Soccer Show (Looking For Some Action - Whitecaps lose to LAFC, the grim playoff path ahead, Kei Kamara and Thomas Hasal interviews)
Episode 635 – The AFTN Soccer Show (Over Before It's Began? - Whitecaps spiral, Ryan Gauld, Jay Herdman, games during international windows)
Episode 634 – The AFTN Soccer Show (When I Was Asleep I Always Had A Dream - Canadian Championship threepeat, Whitecaps book playoff berth, Isaac Boehmer, Katie Collar, Jessica De Filippo)
Episode 633 – The AFTN Soccer Show (Now It's Getting Serious with guests Liam Mackenzie and Todd May)
Episode 632 – The AFTN Soccer Show (To Live For The Weekend with Jesse Marsch, Ali Ahmed, Sebastian Berhalter, and Nicolas Fleuriau Chateau)
Episode 631 – The AFTN Soccer Show (The Beating Heart Will Never Die - Canada beat US, Whitecaps draw with Dallas, Nicolas Fleuriau Chateau, James Cameron, Rants about refs)
Episode 630 – The AFTN Soccer Show (Dreams Stay With You with guests Stuart Armstrong, Fafa Picault, Jay Herdman, and Cindy Tye)
Episode 629 – The AFTN Soccer Show (Rise and Shine - Stephanie Labbe and Sinead King talk NSL, Whitecaps reach Can Champ final, Ryan Gauld earns Scotland call-up)
Episode 628 – The AFTN Soccer Show (Fragments of Fiction with guests Thomas Meilleur-Giguère, Sebastian Dzikowski, Eric Lajeunesse, and Keira Martin)
Episode 627 – The AFTN Soccer Show (Kites of Chaos Still in Motion with guests Axel Schuster and Katie Collar)
Episode 626 – The AFTN Soccer Show (All Plans Are Golden - Canada's Olympics defence over, Dronegate continues, Leagues Cup, L1BC champs crowned)
Episode 625 – The AFTN Soccer Show (Lazy Days In Summer Haze - Olympics drone scandal, Ali Ahmed interview, Wrexham v Whitecaps, Leagues Cup)
Episode 624 – The AFTN Soccer Show (Don't Try This At Home - Whitecaps win one and lose one, new MLS roster rules, Canada NTs)
Episode 623 – The AFTN Soccer Show (Fighting Spirit - CMNT on the rise, Copa Chaos, Whitecaps' road success in league and cup)
Episode 622 - The AFTN Soccer Show (Tripping - Canada in Copa semis, Whitecaps draw in Montreal, Can Champ preview, Euros bore)
Episode 621 - The AFTN Soccer Show (A New Day Has Come - Whitecaps v St Louis, Canada's historic Copa, Jesse Marsch, Euro 2024)
Episode 620 - The AFTN Soccer Show (Tears On Tour)
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