The J-Talk Podcast

Oops, they did it again! Urawa claimed the third ACL title in their history with a 2-1 aggregate triumph in the Final over Al Hilal of Saudi Arabia, and Ralf Seidl returns to the pod to give us a taste of the atmosphere of the second leg at a rollicking Saitama Stadium (to 23:50). Then we shift our attention to the eight games played in J1 Matchday 12 over the weekend, with several teams wrapping up a very 'Golden' Week. Others... not so much.

Phew, that was a hectic 'holiday' period (especially on the J.League beat)! To help everyone catch up with a breathless midweek of J2 and J3 action, JTET is back and banging with Jon Steele and Mike Innes at the controls. First of all, Jon looks back at the Wednesday afternoon J2 matches, comprising Round 13 of the season (Start to 15:15). There's also a brief-but-hopefully-useful preview of this Sunday's Round 14 games too (15:15 to 17:30). After that, Mike 'The Magic' Innes has the J3 lowdown

Reds get the result they were after in Saudi Arabia, sleeping giants rouse from their slumber, movement in the top flight top four, and the rest of the J1 matchday - it's all in our new pod. We begin with Urawa's battling draw away at Al Hilal in the first leg of the ACL Final, leaving it all to play for at Saitama Stadium this Saturday night (to 10:00), then move on to convincing wins on Saturday - that took them both out of the bottom six - for Kashima and Kawasaki (to 27:35). Next its on to the

With the busy Golden Week fixture schedule upon us, Jon Steele and Mike 'The Magic' Innes guide you through all of the thrills and spills from last weekend in J2 and J3. First off, Jon covers all of the J2 action from Round 12 (Start to 16:45), and previews the full program of midweek games in Round 13 (16:45 to 19:20). After that, Mike takes control for 'J-Talk: Short Corner' to cover a very exciting set of J3 games from Round 8 (19:20 to 37:00), and to give us all a heads-up on the midweek

Jon Steele and James Taylor teamed up to review J2 matchday 11. In part 1, Jon covers Levain Cup matches featuring Shimizu and Iwata and Saturday’s league games, and in part 2 James rounds up Sunday’s games. In part 3 they discussed 3 games in detail: Nagasaki v Akita, Fujieda v Sendai, and Tochigi v Iwaki, and looked ahead to the start of the busy Golden Week football schedule. Then in J-Talk: Short Corner, Mike Innes has details of J3 teams who were involved in qualifiers for the Emperor’s Cup and

It was an absolute pleasure to welcome Ryo Nakagawara on for his J-Talk debut, to chat about the two games he attended in the Kansai region over the weekend, as well as FC Tokyo's win away at Hiroshima. First up is the huge clash at the Noevir Stadium on Saturday night, which saw Yokohama F.Marinos come out on top against leaders Kobe (to 32:20), then Gamba Osaka's draw with Yokohama FC on Sunday (to 51:10), before we finish up with Ryo on the Tokyo win, and how the capital club are traveling under

James Taylor and Jon Steele joined forces to bring you all the action from J2 matchday 10. In part 1, James rounds up 6 matches, and in part 2 Jon takes care of the other 5. In part 3 there’s analysis of both ends of the table: Machida v Oita, Tokushima v Nagasaki, and Yamagata v Kanazawa, and a preview of matchday 11. Then, Mike Innes guides you through another action-packed round of J3 in J-Talk: Short Corner. 00:00 to 07:40 James’ roundup 07:40 to 18:35 Jon’s roundup 18:35 to 27:30 Machida v