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The J-Talk Podcast

Ben Maxwell

A weekly Japanese football podcast focusing on the J.League.

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15:44

J-Talk: Short Corner – J3 Round 14

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2024/05/20

After another action-packed round of fixtures in Japan’s 3rd tier, JTSC host Mike Innes has a full review of J3 round 14, and a preview of Wednesday’s Levain Cup and the weekend’s Emperor’s Cup matches involving J3 teams.

01:06:24

J-Talk: Extra Time – J2 Season So Far & JTSC

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2024/05/17

In a slight change of pace, James Taylor and Jon Steele decided to step back and take stock of the J2 season so far, focusing on 5 teams in particular: Shimizu S-Pulse (start to 07:35), Vegalta Sendai (to 14:45), Iwaki FC (to 23:45), Montedio Yamagata (to 33:15), and Tochigi SC (to 41:10). That’s followed by a preview of the matchday 16 fixtures and Levain Cup matches involving J2 teams (to 53:10). After that, J-Talk: Short Corner host Mike Innes has all the details of J3 teams’ efforts to qualify

01:30:36

Episode 520 - ACL Final 1st Leg & J1 Matchday 13

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2024/05/14

This bumper episode features Stuart Woodward on the first leg of the ACL Final, then a full review of the nine J1 games played over the weekend. In Part 1 Stuart takes us inside the Nissan Stadium for that roller coaster of a first leg, with Yokohama F.Marinos holding a slender advantage after a VAR-assisted 2-1 victory over Al Ain on Saturday night (to 31:50). Then in Part 2 Jonny and Ben run through the top flight results, beginning with the 3-3 draws involving the two Tokyo clubs (to 50:30),

01:18:07

JTET - Golden Week Review (J2 Round 13 & 14 / J3...

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2024/05/10

After a packed double-header of Golden Week matches in both J2 and J3, the JTET team are back to catch you up on all of the major talking points from last week's action. In Part 1, James and Jon look back on some of the big games from last Friday in J2 (Round 13). The focus is placed initially on Yamagata's exciting 2-2 draw against Okayama (02:00 to 10:10), then the boys talk about Fujieda's massive home win over Gunma in the relegation dogfight (10:10 to 20:50). In Part 2, the gentlemen turn

01:33:20

Episode 519 - J1 Golden Week Roundup

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2024/05/08

With Jonny back in the co-hosts chair, this new episode features a full rundown of both rounds of top flight fixtures played over Golden Week. We begin with Jonny's travels while his mum was visiting the country, and Japan's triumph in the Under 23 Asian Cup final against Uzbekistan, with their ticket to Paris stamped after the semi final win over Iraq (to 13:25). Then Jonny reviews the Osaka Derby, with Gamba earning a first victory in the fixture for five years (to 27:55), before we move on to the

01:14:35

J-Talk: Extra Time – J2 Round 12, J3 Round 11 &...

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2024/05/02

James Taylor, Jon Steele and Mike Innes joined forces for another full and frank review of all the latest J2 and J3 football. First, James and Jon discussed Okayama v Shimizu (start to 07:20), Akita v Yokohama FC (to 17:35), Mito v Fujieda (to 24:55), and Tokushima v Yamagata (to 34:20). Then, they chose their Most Bravo Players of the weekend (to 37:50), and previewed a busy weekend of Golden Week football (to 47:05). After that, Mike Innes takes over for a run through of the Levain Cup games

01:37:57

Episode 518 - F.Marinos reach ACL Final, & J1...

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2024/04/30

In this week's episode Alan Gibson slid into the co-hosts chair with Jonny away, as we reviewed a huge week in Japanese football, joined by special guest Stuart Woodward.In a brief Part 1 Alan and Ben chatted about Japan's Under 23s making it through to the semi finals of their Asian Cup with a very eventful win over Qatar (Update: Japan beat Iraq 2-0 in the semis to qualify for the Paris Olympics), and then some cupsets from the second round of the Levain Cup (to 10:18). Then Stuart joined us to

20:43

JTET - J2 Round 11 / Levain Cup Round 2 Review

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2024/04/26

Fashionably late this week, James and Jon have you covered with another review of the latest events in the second tier of the J.League. Pesky scheduling conflicts in the real world meant that the boys couldn't record together this time, so in Part 1 of this episode (Start to 10:30), James covers all of the weekend's J2 action (Round 11) in solo mode (including an important win for Nagasaki, and a five-goal thriller at Nihondaira). There's also a quick-but-vital preview of this weekends's upcoming

01:30:29

Episode 517 - J1 Matchday 9

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2024/04/23

Our new episode features a full breakdown of all nine J1 Matchday 9 games played over the weekend, beginning with Machida returning to the top of the table after a controversy-tinged Tokyo Derby victory over FC Tokyo, and Cerezo Osaka slipping off the summit after their first loss of the season, away at Nagoya. We then move on to a trio of 1-0 away wins for Gamba Osaka, Kobe and Niigata, before Tosu's big day out at home against Kashima, as Sagan hauled themselves off the foot of the table. The

15:18

J-Talk: Short Corner – J3, Levain Cup and Emperor’s Cup

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2024/04/22

In this standalone episode of JTSC, Mike Innes guides you through all the latest action involving J3 teams in the Levain Cup, prefectural qualifiers for the Emperor’s Cup, and rescheduled J3 league matches. First, Mike runs through the Levain Cup 2nd round matches from Wednesday 17th(start to 04:30). Then, there’s a recap of the games that took place on Saturday 20th (to 08:00) and Sunday 21st (to 12:10). To close out the episode, Mike reviews the J3 standings, before looking ahead to the remaining

52:45

J-Talk: Extra Time – J2 Round 10

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2024/04/18

James Taylor and Jon Steele cast their analytical gaze over another round of J2 football. In this episode, they focus on 4 games from matchday 10: Iwaki v Shimizu (start to 08:35), Nagasaki v Tokushima (to 20:15), Kumamoto v Kofu (to 26:50) and Yamaguchi v Gunma (to 34:40) and crown their Most Bravo Player (to 39:55). Then there’s a preview of the round 11 fixtures (to 46:40) and the second set of Levain Cup Second Round games (to end).*To get some pass notes on any of the games that we don't

22:46

JTET - JTSC Special (J3 Rounds 9 & 10 Review)

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2024/04/17

With perfect timing, another 'J-Talk: Short Corner' special is now ready for mass consumption!Scheduling conflicts mean that James and Jon's J2 chat is being recorded later than usual this week, so we've once again decided to give Mike 'The Magic' Innes some richly-deserved limelight by putting out JTSC in advance (so that listeners can hear Mike's midweek previews in time for the Levain Cup action on Wednesday evening). Before JTSC, Jon has a quick preview of the triumvirate of Levain Cup ties

01:46:16

Episode 516 - J1 Matchday 8

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2024/04/16

After another terrific round of J1 action, Jonny and Ben were joined by Lewis White and Tom Pennington to get their thoughts on a Tokyo Derby that was worth the 16 year wait (to 36:55).Then in Part 2 your co-hosts run through the other nine games from Matchday 8, beginning with Kobe knocking Machida off the summit, and Cerezo Osaka taking over at the top (to 53:10. Then its 1-0 wins for Kashima, Kashiwa and Nagoya (to 1:04:45), before Jonny recounts his day out at the Panasonic Stadium on Sunday,

42:42

JTET - J2 Round 8 & Round 9 Review

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2024/04/11

After a packed week of J2 action, Jon and James are back to have their say on the big talking points from two full rounds of second-tier thrills and spills.In Part 1, the focus is on last Wednesday's midweek fixtures. The boys discuss a tight (ahem) home victory for JEF Chiba against a hapless Tochigi (Start to 07:00), then move on to cover Nagasaki's impressive win at home to inconsistent Yamagata (07:00 to 11:55). In Part 2, attention turns to Sunday's Round 9 action. James and Jon shared their

16:52

JTET - JTSC Special (J3 Round 8 Review)

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2024/04/10

Due to some scheduling conflicts for Jon and James, the J2 segment of JTSC is coming slightly later than usual this week - but not to worry, as Mike 'The Magic' Innes is here to bring you up to speed on all the latest news from J3. In this episode, Mike looks back at a weekend slate of J3 matches that produced stacks of goals (not least at the Go Go Curry Stadium in Kanazawa). There are also two full rounds of J3 games coming up in the next 5 days, with Round 9 taking place on Wednesday night, &

01:53:15

Episode 515 - J1 Matchdays 6 & 7 with Sean Carroll

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2024/04/09

Sean Carroll made a very welcome return to the pod to discuss the last two rounds of J1 action, as well as his recent trip down to Kyushu, and his book: Between the Lines. We began our top flight round-up with the three teams that won twice in Matchdays 6 & 7 - Hiroshima, Iwata and FC Tokyo - before moving on to the two that notched first wins in the past week - Sapporo and Tokyo Verdy (to 1:02:23). Then we run through the rest of the games from Sunday, answering some questions from patrons

01:02:48

J-Talk: Extra Time – J2 & J3 Round 7

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2024/04/02

Jon Steele, James Taylor and Mike Innes are back with another action packed JTET. In part 1, Jon and James run through J2 round 7 fixtures, stopping to talk in detail about Yokohama FC v Sendai (start to 09:10), Kofu v Yamaguchi (to 15:30), and Tokushima v Gunma, along with all the off-field news from the latter two clubs (to 30:35). Then the guys pick their Most Bravo Player (to 33:30), before previewing rounds 8 and 9 (to 41:25). After that, it’s time for Mike Innes and a full review of J3 round 7

01:16:11

Episode 514 - J1 Matchday 5

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2024/04/01

J1 returned with a bang after the international break, and in this episode we review all 10 top flight games, beginning with Kobe's rout of Sapporo, whose start to the season is bordering on a crisis.Next, Nagoya's horror start might be a thing of the past after they came from behind to beat Yokohama F.Marinos, before we discuss leaders Machida going about their winning ways at home against Tosu, and work our way through the other games. We finish off the episode with a look at the big fixtures to

01:06:50

JTET - J2/J3 Rounds 5 & 6 Review

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2024/03/28

After a rather hectic 7 days of fixtures in J2 and J3, the JTET team are back to round up all of the key points (and some minor ones) from the most recent games.First of all, James and Jon look back on some of the eye-catching games from last Wednesday in J2 (Round 5), chatting about Shimizu's late breakthrough at JEF Chiba (Start to 07:50), and early leaders Okayama's fairly comfortable home win over Gunma (07:50 to 13:40). After a quick break, the boys do similar for Sunday's Round 6 slate,

53:57

Episode 513 - Japan & J1 with Scott McIntyre

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2024/03/26

It was our great pleasure to welcome Scott McIntyre back for his long-awaited return to the pod, to chat about Japan's 1-0 win over North Korea last Thursday night and the ramifications of the cancelled rematch, scheduled for Tuesday night in Pyongyang (to 21:05). In Part 2 we discuss some of the teams that have disappointed and surprised through the first four rounds of the new J1 season, before we preview the weekend's Matchday 5.

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