Podcasts by Our Game Too

27 Shin Aujla - Man of Many Hats from 2021-03-26T07:30

OGT speaks to Shin Aujla.

Shin is a busy bee. He works for Albion Foundation, leads Apna Albion and is an elected member of the FSA's council.

In this fasci...

26 - Bend It Like Permi from 2021-03-08T08:00

OGT speaks to Permi Jhooti who was the original inspiration behind Bend It Like Beckham!

We speak about growing up in an era when women's football wasn't respected and h...

25 Kevin Coleman Making Inclusion Happen from 2021-03-04T19:47:31

OGT speaks to Kevin Yusuf Coleman, currently head of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion of Brentford FC (@kevincoleman2 on Twitter).

He's been doing this a long time. And by ...

24 Butch Fazal & The Rules of Engagement from 2021-02-26T09:01:07

OGT speaks to Abdul 'Butch' Fazal, The FA's Coach Inclusion and Diversity Manager.

Butch has been involved in football his whole life and from all aspects, having su...

23 Jas Batt - Started At The Bottom & Now... from 2021-02-19T08:00

OGT speaks to Jas Batt of the Birmingham FA.

First we had to discuss Social Media and online abuse in the wake of Yan Dhanda, FB and troll in the last week or so befo...

22 Rachel & The Importance of Women's Footy from 2021-02-12T07:00

A lot has happened that concerns Asians in football this week and that is discussed first by Apu and Zee.

Then, OGT speaks to Rachel Pavlou, National Women's Football Manage...

21 Stefan Lawrence - Learned Ignorance from 2021-02-05T07:00

OGT speaks to Dr Stefan Lawrence of Newman University.

You'll probably recognise him if you look him up. Not only is he featured on the video on our home page around Asians ...

20 India And Football - Not What You Think from 2021-01-29T08:02:56

OGT speaks to Arun Chaudhuri about Indian football who is an expert writer and commentator.

He's been involved in setting up the ISL and was the initiator of Manchester City...

19 Life Changing & Changing Lives from 2021-01-22T05:00

OGT speaks with Sanny Rudravajhala.

What would you do if the football club that you have supported your entire life no longer exists?

When it comes to the story...

18 Riaz Khan - Assimilation Not Integration from 2021-01-15T08:44:40

OGT speaks to Riaz Khan, author of Khan, Memoirs of an Asian Casual.

Now a university lecturer and activist, Riaz had a more colourful past.

The 70's and 80...

17 Terry Singh Breaking Barriers from 2021-01-06T18:19:44

OGT speaks to Terry Singh

He's coached all over the world and was prominent in bringing the modern game to China.

Terry has also been involved in getting As...

15 Anwar - Privileged Pressure from 2020-12-04T10:02:15

OGT meet it's hero, Anwar Uddin.

Anwar had a great playing career and in part one we hear some fascinating stories of getting into the game and playing with some of the grea...

14 Coach Ruudy #WeWorking from 2020-11-27T13:56:04

OGT #asiansinfootball speaks with Coach Ruudy, first team coach at Billericay Town FC

If ever there's an example of a go getter, it's Ruudy.

He's be...

13 Learning From The Past from 2020-11-20T10:34:05

OGT tries a different tack today.

There is still racism in the game and there are still prejudices, be they overt or subconscious.

On the coaching, administrati...

12 Not So Undercover (Asian) Agent from 2020-11-13T11:34:29

OGT speak to a real life football agent and it turns out that he's not the bad guy!

He deals with top clubs and players from all around the world and he got to his position ...

11 Trishan Patel From Luton to Liverpool from 2020-11-06T10:16:38

OGT speaks to Trishan Patel who amongst other footballing things, is Assistant Manager at non-league Berkhamsted FC.

Football has been his life and his passion has taken him to ...

10 Dr Dan and The Asian Exclusion from 2020-10-30T08:25

OGT speaks to Dr Dan Kilvington, lecturer, author and podcaster.

He's been studying Asian exclusion from football for a very long time.

And yes, he does use...

09 A British Raj (Athwal) from 2020-10-23T10:00:28

OGT speaks to Raj Athwal. He's held senior commercial positions in some of Britain's largest football clubs including Watford, Coventry during their Premier League years and one of the v...

08 Sanjay Bhandari - Moving Beyond T-Shirts from 2020-10-16T08:16:33

OGT speaks to Sanjay Bhandari, Chair of Kick It Out. One of the most prominent Asians in football (unfortunately) we hear about his circuitous journey and how Kick It Out are much more proactive...

07 Introducing 'Desi' and Yahyah's Degree in Football from 2020-10-09T07:38:35

OGT welcomes Zee from @desiballers the final musketeer!

We then interview Yahyah of Blackburn Ladies who has studied football at University and has thought deeper than most as t...

06 Final Frontiers and Doorsteps with Sanjiv Arora from 2020-10-02T08:31:06

OGT speaks to Sanjiv Arora formerly of ITV Sport, BEIN Sport and Fifa.

Great anecdotes of his time at football's governing body and his grand plan to get Asians into the gam...

05 Bradford; Qasim and the Community from 2020-09-25T09:44:04

OGT speaks to Qasim Akhtar of Bradford City Community Trust about the efforts of the football club to engage with the local community, how tragedy has improved community relations and equal oppo...

04 Manisha's Extraordinary Journey from 2020-09-18T08:00

Join us and Manisha Tailor as we explore her remarkable journey from the verge of being a headmaster to academy coach at QPR.

03 Professional Parents from 2020-09-09T21:35

OGT speaks to Sunny Luthra, father of Crystal Palace professional, Rohan..

We discuss his son's journey to pro, academic and familial sacrifices that had to be made and how ...

02 The FA - Purview & Plans with Dal Darroch from 2020-09-09T21:24:39

OGT speaks to Dal Darroch from The FA.

We discuss his work and football journey, the plans of The FA and he explains their plan to increase Asian participation in football.