The Other Bundesliga - The Austrian Football Podcast (TOB Sports Media)

Tom Middler and Lee Wingate are at the home of the podcast, The Long Hall, to talk about the ÖFB Cup Semi-Finals and the latest Austrian Bundesliga football action.

Sturm lose then gain ground on Salzburg in the league, Rapid are back in the Cup Final, Leoben have some wild ambitions, and Poland join Austria at UEFA EURO 2024.

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The Other Bundesliga team discuss the latest young Salzburg squad, before enlisting the help of superb special guests Aaron (@ProximaJornada1), Alvaro (@Alvaro_Romeo) and Nima (@ItaFootPod) to give the best possible previews of Salzburg's group stage opponents.

Benfica 08:30

Internazionale 31:30

Salzburg 00:30

Real Sociedad 22:30

Simon and Tom talk all-things cup final in Klagenfurt, as LASK attempted to stop Salzburg winning an eighth Austrian Cup trophy since 2012. We break down the game and discuss the outlook for both teams going forward into next season, as well as rounding up the rest of the action from Austrian football for your listening pleasure!

Tom & Lee look back on some chaotic European qualifying matches, and preview the group stages following the draw for the UEFA Champions League, Europa League and Europa Conference League. We decide which away trips we want to make, and we look at the lie of the land in the Bundesliga as a picture starts to form following match day 6, and Sturm secure a huge sum for their young striker!

A video of LASK breaking Covid-19 rules in training has overshadowed the news that the Bundesliga will be back in a few weeks.

Tom, Simon and Lee are back together at the Long Hall in Vienna to record our first regular pod in what seems like ages! We look at the possible punishments for LASK, the accusations of "industrial espionage", and just how the league (and cup) is going to make a comeback.

Join Tom Middler, Simon Clark and Anna Konovalova as The Other Bundesliga Podcast is back to look at Matchday 3 from the Austrian Football Bundesliga.

Simon reports from the derby in Linz, whilst Anna looks at TSV Hartberg and their top six chances. Plus all the rest of the Bundesliga news, Ruben Providence's boot, and a quick look at our European hopefuls.

Why aren't the public enjoying Austria's tilt towards EURO 2020? Tom and Lee enlist the help of Football Radar's Anna Konovalova to round up the Group G qualification action of Austria vs Israel, & Slovenia vs Austria.

Lee Wingate and Tom Middler cover all things Austrian Football Bundesliga as we head into the international break.

Hartberg's president wins hearts by splashing the cash, Rapid fall bravely short once more, and WSG are in trouble at the bottom after Blau-Weiß cruise to a first Bundesliga win.

Lee Wingate joins Tom Middler to talk about the latest round of the Austrian football Bundesliga season, in which some nice new records were set!

The Italian Football Podcast @ItaFootPod help us preview Fiorentina v Rapid, whilst Simon Clark dials in to look back on Austria Vienna 3-5 Legia Warsaw.

Gordon from The Tartan Scarf joins us for a bonus episode chat! The opening game in World Cup Qualifying was more interesting than expected, and concluded with handshakes all round and a 2-2 draw. We look back over a cracking night for Sasa Kalajdzic and a game graced by McGinn's overhead kick; the qualifiers arrived in style!

WAC are flying high following a run of victories that few saw coming, whereas several big sides are still languishing in the bottom six after matchday 14. Rapid have said goodbye to Head Coach Didi Kühbauer, but was it the right time for the capital club to move on?
Tom, Simon and Lee meet at The Long Hall Pub & Kitchen in Vienna to talk all-things Austrian Bundesliga!

Tom, Lee & Simon get together again at The Long Hall in Vienna to catch up on all things in Austria as the Bundesliga reached Match Day 10, and the international break is over ahead of the World Cup. We look at the men's and women's international teams, Austria's European club sides, and review what's been going on in the Bundesliga over the past month. Enjoy!

The Other Bundesliga team take a look at Sturm Graz's chances in UEFA Europa League Group D, and we bring in brilliant special guests Aaron (@ProximaJornada1), Nima (@ItaFootPod) and Christopher Lash (@RightBankWarsaw) for the best possible preview of all the opponents.

Atalanta 35:00

Sporting 06:00

Sturm 00:30

Rakow 19:00

Whilst we wait to see what happens with the rest of the 2019/2020 football season in Austria, we spoke to some of the players!

In this episode Lee talks to SK Rapid captain Stefan Schwab about his home life, his finest moments on the pitch and much more.

The European group stages are halfway through already, but how are the Austrian teams looking in their respective tables with three games still to play, and what made Matchday 3 so successful for most of our sides?

We look back on the last set of fixtures, as well as evaluating the challenges ahead for Salzburg, Rapid, Sturm and LASK.

Tom Middler & Simon Clark are joined by special guest David Parkes (@dpnina10) as we talk all things Austrian Bundesliga football once more on The Other Bundesliga Podcast.

Part 1: 01:00 - 08:20

We summarise the action from the 1st round of the ÖFB Cup.

Part 2: 08:45 - 28:45

We answer your questions and round up the Austrian football news.

Part 3: 29:00 - 40:00

David Parkes joins us to look ahead at the season and explain the lie of the land for Austria in the UEFA coefficient.

Salzburg gear up for one of their biggest ever European nights against reigning UCL champs Liverpool, and LASK secure a stunning knockout berth in the Europa League to boot! Wolfsberger AC are down and out, but how long until they're back on the European stage? We look ahead to Match Day 6, and what possible draws might await the Austrian teams after Christmas!

Tom Middler, Lee Wingate and Simon Clark discuss Austria's win in Sweden which took Ralf Rangnick and the National Team to the brink of EURO 2024.

A Wolfsberg wonder-goal lit up the league, but could Salzburg start as they meant to go on? LASK faced their big comeback against Hartberg. and down in the bottom six there was a Jamaican sensation for struggling St Pölten.

The team look back at the last few domestic game weeks to spot the trends, the troubles and the triumphs of the Bundesliga's 12 teams. 

Lee & Tom get together at The Long Hall to look at LASK's new stadium, Salzburg's double-edged season, and the impending split with one round to go! We give you our predictions for the Top 6, the Vienna Derby, the relegation battle, and even incorporate the Norwegian Black Metal scene... somehow.

04:45 - LASK, Salzburg and the teams at the top.

24:10 - The top six battle, the relegation race, and all your questions!

Tom, Simon & Lee are back at The Long Hall for the first time in 2023, reflecting on the winter World Cup, Emi Martinez's shithousery, Bundesliga transfer news including the GK merry-go-round in Salzburg, and a look back at how our pre-season predictions have held up. Wish us luck!

Could Austria be on their way to Germany next summer? Tom & Simon watched both the away game against Belgium and the home tie vs Sweden, as Ralf Rangnick's team picked up a feel-good 4 points over the June international break.

We've got all the talking points from those two games, plus Simmeringer SC, Austria Vienna's UECL draw, and Everton players haunting Simon (again)!

The team send back live reports from around the grounds at Rapid vs Sturm and Admira vs Mattersburg, as well as casting an eye over the remaining games, most of which were full of goals, and good ones too!

Tom, Simon and Lee gather at Vienna's lovely Long Hall to get back up to speed with the Austrian football action over the summer. From the Women's EURO to the transfer market, via the first round of the cup and much more, join us as we embark on another season of Other Bundesliga goodness!

Two teams secured themselves against the drop, setting up a thrilling final day showdown at the bottom. Up at the other end, Simon was in attendance for a washed out Wednesday of games played in the middle of huge storms! The team look ahead to the last day of the Austrian Bundesliga season...

Tom, Simon and Lee discuss the action on and off the field as two dramatic cup finals are concluded, Europa League runs are over, and the Bundesliga battle for the top six spots heats up in a big way! There's also news of success in the women's football scene, transfer updates and important investments coming into play.

Tom Middler & Lee Wingate look back over the Austrian teams' games form match day 1 of the various European competitions, before calling in expert help in the form of French football writer Jeremy Smith and West Ham correspondent for Football.London, Tom Clark, as we preview all the upcoming fixtures on match day 2 of the group stages.

The EURO 2020 Group C Preview - With the help of special guests from North Macedonia, the Netherlands and Ukraine; The Other Bundesliga squad gather to talk about the Austrian national team, and what they can do to finally bring some tournament success home this summer.

Lee looks on in horror as Salzburg stumble through their return to the UEFA Europa League at home to Villarreal CF, and special guest Chris Cowlin helps the regular crew to round up WAC vs Spurs from Budapest, as Tottenham dispatched the Carinthians with no erring.

Why did some U7s go viral? What happened to the Golden Boot leader? Which of us had beer-related drama?

Austria kicked off their EURO 2024 Qualifiers in Linz, the Bundesliga has restarted after the great divide, and the lower leagues have been cooking up some drama as well. Join Lee & Tom as they chat at The Long Hall to discuss all of that, plus a shock transfer and a whole bunch of lovely listener questions!

Part 1: Austria National Team - 02:15

Part 2: Bundesliga News - 23:30

Part 3: Listener Questions & Lower Leagues - 52:45

The unthinkable happened! Salzburg finally slipped to a home defeat in the Champions League. The Other Bundesliga team look at their chances of progression, and assess how LASK and Wolfsberger are getting on at the halfway stage in their Europa League groups, to boot!

Includes a post-match interview with Salzburg superstar Erling Haaland.

Lee & Tom look at Matchday 14 of the Austrian Football Bundesliga, which saw Blau-Weiß win the bragging rights of Linz with a superb display, Hartberg somehow defeating inefficient Rapid, and Alex Schlager saving Salzburg's away record.

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Tom, Simon and Lee look back on an action packed week for Austrian sides in Europe! Only the 1 point gained, but a whole lot of pride. We also ask: What's behind the recent rise in Austrian football?

Featuring: Liverpool vs Salzburg, Wolfsberger vs Roma & Sporting vs LASK.

Lee & Tom look at the move which made Christoph Baumgartner Austria's priciest ever transfer, and wade through some of the other top 10 transfers.

[14:00] Part 2 sees us turn our attentions to the "relegation" of 10x national champs Wacker Innsbruck, the strategic partnership between Wacker (Admira, that is) and Celtic, plus our favourite current transfers from the Bundesliga.

The Other Bundesliga team called Israeli football expert Raphael Gellar to talk about Salzburg's season-defining clash with Maccabi Tel Aviv in the Champions League Play-Off round, and there's also a look back at how Hartberg's Euro history got started, plus the lowdown on Rapid and LASK's qualifiers too.

Tom and Simon celebrate Austria reaching their 3rd EUROs, and their second in succession! We look back on the qualifying campaign, and ahead to the prospect of going into the tournament with feet firmly on the ground. Team member Julian Baumgartlinger tells us what qualifying means to Austrian football.

From the lovely Long Hall in Vienna, Tom & Lee look back at the Austrian national team's final few games under Franco Foda, as well as looking ahead to the Women's team's outing at EURO 2022 in England!

We answer your questions about the Bundesliga, and ask who's had a good time and who has struggled since the league split after match day 22.

Tom Middler and Lee Wingate are at The Long Hall in Vienna to chat all things Austrian Football Bundesliga after Match Day 5.

There's an all-Austrian XI for Rapid Vienna in European competition, Jakob Jantscher says farewell to Sturm as he heads for Hong Kong, and Altach are mixing it in the top half of the table!

Tom, Lee and Simon are joined by special guest Lars Sivertsen to discuss the bizarre circumstances of Austria vs Norway on the final night of international action. We pore over Austria's last 3 games and discuss the much maligned "FodaBall". We also look ahead to Euro 2020 (2021, you know what we mean) and clashes with some giants ahead in "League A" next time the Nations League comes around!

Tom Middler & Lee Wingate are at The Long Hall to talk all about SK Sturm's title triumph on the final day of the Other Bundesliga season!

How Sturm sealed it, what went wrong at Salzburg, your questions about the league and much more!

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When American owners took over a third division Austrian club, they had our attention. When they announced their unique fan-ownership model and plans to open the club up to an international audience, our interest was piqued even further. Once Christian Ziege came in as the manager, we had no choice but to get over there and find out what was going on!

Ahead of the new season, we spoke to EURO 96 winner Ziege, club Managing Director Mark Ciociola, and also caught up with the squad's Englishman abroad, Harry Cooksley.

Tom, Simon and Lee look back at a group stage of highs and lows, and ultimately two wins to take Austria through. We look forward to a massive tie against an imperious Italy at Wembley on Saturday... can they do the unthinkable?

Simon Clark was on hand to witness FC Salzburg's 7-1 (8-2) drubbing at the hands of a clinical FC Bayern side. He and Tom Middler nonetheless do their best to find some positives from the Austrian champions' groundbreaking UEFA Champions League campaign!

The team pick through the Europa League Last 32 draw, and assess the final day of Champions League and Europa League group stage action for the Austrian sides. European Champions Virgil van Dijk and Andy Robertson tell us what they thought of FC Salzburg.

Tom Middler & Simon Clark provide a detailed look at what's going on in both the Austrian Football Bundesliga and the ÖFB Cup, with exciting games all round and a cracking Cup QF draw to boot!

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Austria Lustenau ensured a safe distance from the season's first trophy with a drubbing in the final, and Jesse Marsch gets his hands on his first European silverware as a head coach. 

LASK have their punishment dished out, but could an appeal drag the whole league into a mire?

We look back on the cup final, and ahead to the restart of the Austrian Bundesliga season!

Group Stages? Completed them mate! It's an historical week for The "Other" Bundesliga as FC Salzburg go through to the UEFA Champions League knockouts for the first time ever. LASK and SK Rapid join them in securing European football for the new year, and Sturm even pop up with a creditable point in their final match of the Europa League. Tom, Simon & Lee can sit back and enjoy being football fans for a change, for the winter break at least!

Tom Middler and Simon Clark are back to talk about the Austrian Bundesliga and the dramatic ÖFB Cup draw on the Other Bundesliga Podcast!

01:00 - 32:00 A bumper Bundesliga section as Sturm and Salzburg start with wins, plus who else starred and who stumbled.

32:00 - 40:00 Austria Salzburg versus Red Bull Salzburg in Round 2, the cup draw for the ages!

Tom Middler & Lee Wingate meet to discuss Austria's EURO 2024 Group Stage draw and look back upon a one-sided home win against Germany.

We also take listener questions, and round up the Austrian Bundesliga action from a snow-covered weekend.

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Tom, Simon & Lee meet at Vienna's finest establishment "The Long Hall Pub & Kitchen" to chat all things Austrian Bundesliga. How have the teams fared in the early Euro qualifiers, and who got off to a flyer in the Bundesliga? Find it all here on the pod!

Lee & Tom are live in Hütteldorf after the curtain comes down on Matchday 11 in the Austrian Football Bundesliga.

Everyone has played everyone once, and Sturm are now four points clear, with Salzburg setting a rare negative record, and LASK hot on their heels.

Catch up with all the Bundesliga action, plus our take on Austria's qualification for UEFA EURO 2024!

The Other Bundesliga team take an in-depth look at how SK Rapid are shaping up ahead of their return to European competition! With a brilliant draw pitting them against Arsenal, Molde and Dundalk, we spoke to special guests from all over Europe to get the inside look at Rapid's competitors. Can they make it through the group?

On their return to the Champions League group stages FC Salzburg were drawn against some European heavyweights, so what did we do? We brought in some European heavyweights ourselves, with Raphael Honigstein, Alvaro Romeo and Artur Petrosyan giving you a brilliant in-depth look at each one of Salzburg's illustrious opponents in the European "Königsklasse"!

The team look ahead to the huge World Cup Qualifying Play-Off between Wales & Austria in Cardiff.

Is this the end of the road for Franco Foda or will he cement his legacy in charge of The National Team?

Lee looks at the Hoffenheim connection that makes Austria tick (sometimes) and Sioned Dafydd is on hand to give us the perspective from Cardiff!

Lee, Simon & Tom took a long overdue trip to Austria's westernmost state: Vorarlberg! We stopped off at a sold-out Altach for their dramatic relegation finale, and stuck around for Austria Lustenau as they took the final step towards the Bundesliga! 

We couldn't resist a hop across the borders to both Liechtenstein and Switzerland, where we saw some lower league action in a stunning setting, and had a pint in 3 countries in 1 day. Top stuff! Enjoy the episode, and we'll be back soon with an end of season look-back!

The Other Bundesliga team make a triumphant return to The Long Hall in Vienna to look back over the surreal season that was 2020/2021 in the Austrian Bundesliga. Who can relax for the summer knowing they're looking good for next year? Who were our stars of the season? Who faded and who just fell short? We discuss every team and survey the lie of the land both domestic and European as the season comes to a close.

Welcome back, Austrian football! The team are back at The Long Hall in Vienna to have a few beers and talk about the transfers that have taken place in Austria this winter. We look back on some weird and wonderful friendlies, and get geared up for a nice looking line-up in the Cup Quarter-Finals!

The last round of matches would decide the fates of four Bundesliga teams, but who would be in the league no longer, and who would be in the Europa League for next year?  Tom, Simon and Lee discuss the final day drama, and look ahead to those UEL quali play-off things!

Tom, Lee and Simon track Austria's four European competitors on their way through match day 2 of their respective competitions. Plus, Salzburg look for any glimmers of hope they can find before facing Bayern in the Champions League, Rapid need to bounce back against Dundalk, and LASK & WAC want to keep up momentum after some scintillating wins last week.

Lee Wingate & Tom Middler are at The Long Hall in Vienna to discuss Matchday 10 of the Austrian Football Bundesliga, plus the European action from last week.

Sturm & Salzburg are on different ends of two-goal turnarounds, whilst Rapid & Austria both record much-needed wins.

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With pure drama and controversy, the 2nd Division came to and end and gave us another team to take their place in the Other Bundesliga. At the same time though, we could have a relegated team who just beat the drop... sounds confusing? It is! Listen up for all that and the latest transfer news and kit "reviews" in Austrian football!

The team dissect match day 1 of the Champions League and Europa League group stages over breakfast! Featuring our thoughts on stunning wins for all 3 Austrian sides, Salzburg, LASK and Wolfsberger.

Tom Middler and Simon Clark meet to discuss the end of the regular football season in the ADMIRAL Austrian Bundesliga.

We look at where each club lies ahead of the final 10 rounds of this campaign, with a relegation battle brewing, and Salzburg and Sturm fighting for first.

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The team cast a lockdown lookback upon Austria's run to the France '98 World Cup, as well as their tough draw in the group stages. Relive the goals, the classic shirts and the haircuts of the late 1990's with our special episode! Polster, Herzog, Stoeger and more come to the fore as Austria took on the world for the last time to date...

Tom Middler & Anna Konovalova look back on the four ÖFB Cup Quarter Finals, before reflecting on the transfer window in Austria and looking ahead to the upcoming Bundesliga openers!

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We cast our eyes back over the last 12 months in Austrian football.

We select (with the help of some polls) our favourite players and best moments from 2023, as we look ahead into 2024.

Thanks for being with us this year!

His Excellency Martin Weiss, the Austrian Ambassador to the United States of America joins us all the way from Washington, DC as a very special guest for this episode of The Other Bundesliga Podcast. We talk about his love of Austrian football and how that runs alongside his international career as a diplomat. With stories from derbies in Cyprus, support for Salzburg and even a seat at the presidential inauguration, it's an interview not to be missed!

Tom, Lee and Simon hit record to discuss the latest developments from the Violet half of Vienna. We also round up Bundesliga action and look back on the recent international break which saw Austria take on Scotland, the Faroe Islands and Denmark. In association with FotMob.

Lee & Tom meet to talk about Match Day 31 in the Austrian Bundesliga. With just one round to go, the Relegation spot is taken by Ried, but the European places are still up for grabs, as is the one promotion spot from a great battle in LigaZwa!

Rapid's comeback leaves them in position to finish fourth, LASK have some ticketing troubles, and the Bundesliga's Player of the Year has been chosen.

00:00 - The bottom of the Bundesliga, and the top of the 2. Liga!

20:00 - Two big comebacks in the Top 6, PotY and more.

We're joined by Karan Tejwani, author of the Red Bull football book "Wings of Change" to discuss Salzburg's special 19/20 season, and where they sit when compared to RB Leipzig, FC Liefering and other teams in the Red Bull football stable.

Salzburg finally seal the deal and close out the title, but elsewhere in the league the European battles and the relegation scrap only heated up with the results on match day 30. Tom, Simon and Lee report back on all the action as we head into a frantic final week of the Austrian Bundesligs season!

Tom Middler & Lee Wingate are back at The Long Hall to discuss a hangover for the Austrian teams after their midweek action in the UEFA Champions League & Europa League.

We pick through the results of matchday 8, including a shock win for Blau-Weiß Linz in Salzburg, and Austria Vienna getting no luck in their loss at Altach.

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With just three rounds to go, Lee, Simon & Tom talk about another dominant Vienna Derby win for Austria, plus Sturm keep pace near the top, Salzburg overcome a crucial hurdle, and VAR gives us plenty more to talk about, too!

Tom, Lee and Simon are (remotely) reunited thanks to the magic of the internet to talk winter friendlies, all the transfers and discuss any other goings on in Austria. We take time to see how each squad has evolved (or not) over the break as we look ahead at January's first few proper Bundesliga match days and some mouthwatering clashes!

Simon Clark & Tom Middler look back over a weekend packed with action, including a sensational 3-3 draw, Sturm losing for the first time this season, two strugglers continuing to, erm, struggle, and much more action from the Austrian Football Bundesliga!

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The Other Bundesliga team enlist the help of fantastic special guests Nina Kauzer (@AnfieldIndex), Jonathan Johnson (@Jon_LeGossip) and Scott Coyne (@BelgianPodcast) to take a detailed look at LASK and each of their opponents and give the best possible UEFA Europa League Group E previews and predictions.

Liverpool

LASK

Union St. Gilloise

Toulouse

WIth LASK fighting their way impressively back to the Europa League groups, we got on the phones around Europe to take a detailed look at each and every one of the Upper Austrians' opponents for the coming matches. It's a cracker of a group, with a recent Champions League finalist, and three other teams who will fancy their chances of battling it out for second spot. Check out our special preview episode now!

We drafted in special guest Manuel Veth to talk about the breathtaking 2-6 between Salzburg and Bayern in the Champions League, as well as covering wins for Rapid and LASK in the Europa League, and a tough task for WAC away in Zagreb.

Tom, Lee & Simon are reunited at The Long Hall to talk all things Bundesliga as we look back at how the 12 teams have fared in 2022. Who was desperate for a long winter break and which teams didn't want to end their decent run? We discuss all that plus listener questions, tenuous Austrian World Cup links, Liga Zwa, and everything in between!

Special interview episode: Tom Middler catches up with the man from the Morning Show, Radio FM4's Stuart Freeman. We talk about Stuart's career on the airwaves and how he's followed football throughout the years, coming into contact with many teams and players along the way.

Tom & Simon talk through the Women's EURO, the UCL, UEL & UECL Qualifiers, tantalising transfers and the first three rounds of the Bundesliga. We answer your questions from Twitter and talk about which players are performing above expectation, who's getting the goals and who's missing the most chances as the season starts to hit its stride in Austria!

Simon & Tom are at The Long Hall in Vienna to look back at the domestic European play-offs. All 5 European spots are taken, so we looked at how the teams might fare in their respective Euro trips at the start of next season. There's also talk of a bigger Bundesliga, transfer news and a look ahead to some crucial internationals around the corner.

00:30 Austria Vienna win in the play-offs, and how does UEFA Qualification look for the others?

23:50 LASK's new coach, transfer talk and a national team preview.

Tom & Lee look back on the 342nd Vienna Derby from Hütteldorf, as Rapid took a big step towards the top six of the ADMIRAL Austrian Bundesliga. Simon is in the studio too, as the Other Bundesliga team discuss Lustenau's first win, and all the rest of Austrian football in 2024.

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The team get together (remotely) to talk about the ending of the season in Austria. Does the cancellation of the league in Belgium bring Austria (and other leagues) one step closer to the same fate? And what would the potential repercussions be for Austrian football if it did end early? Listen to our thoughts here...

Hartberg go wild away from home once again, but Salzburg can't get over the line (yet). Austria record 3 on the bounce for the first time in ages, and the battle at the bottom is looking peachy!

Recorded live at First Vienna's Hohe Warte stadium, we look over the Bundesliga games as LASK move further clear at the top of the table. Are Jesse Marsch's Salzburg in crisis?

Meanwhile in the Europa league Salzburg have only a sliver of hope left vs Eintracht, and LASK vs AZ is poised nicely for Thursday in Linz!

Tom & Simon answer as many listener questions as we can including:

"The transfer policies of Sturm, LASK, Rapid and co."

"Make a case for Salzburg not winning the league"

"The most exciting transfer so far"

"The biggest free agent right now"

"The best Austrian beer."

All that and more is on this week's pod, but new kit reviews are coming on a future episode!

The usual pod suspects have 6 more Bundesliga games to look at, as well as some suggestions on the hottest talents in the league, and who should have a shave!

Lee, Simon and Tom are back sooner than usual after a series of dramatic cup ties saw 2023 open up with a shock! Salzburg will not be winning the ÖFB Cup this season, so who will be taking their crown? We look at how the last four came through their games to reach the Cup Semis and stay in with a chance of silverware.

Tom, Lee and Simon get together at Vienna's Long Hall Pub to review the opening month of the Bundesliga season! We look at all 12 teams and how they've got started, as well as getting excited for upcoming international, ÖFB Cup and European ties too! 

Tom Middler and Lee Wingate are at the Long Hall to discuss all the football-related goings on in Austria's ÖFB Cup Final, plus the business end of the Austrian Bundesliga season, as SK Sturm Graz and Red Bull Salzburg tussle for the title.

Part 1: Sturm's second-straight ÖFB Cup Final, after they saw off SK Rapid 2-1 with a bit of controversy in Klagenfurt, plus Austria's worst accommodation?

Part 2: ADMIRAL Bundesliga business; Salzburg's dramatic draw with Sturm, Hartberg throwing a spanner in the works, and Rapid to the rescue as they beat the Red Bulls.

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Tom, Lee & Simon look back at the UEFA EURO 2024 Group Stages, after Austria sensationally topped a group including France, the Netherlands and Poland.

What has Ralf Rangnick done right, and how far can this Austria team go?

Check out our thoughts from Germany!

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Wow! Lee & Tom are still recovering from an amazing weekend in the west, involving games in all three top tiers of Austrian football.

In Part 1 we look at the dramatic LigaZwa conclusion from our perspective in Dornbirn, plus our picturesque trip to RW Rankweil.

Part 2 sees us turn to the Bundesliga as the final round of games settled a few matters in both the top and bottom six. Enjoy!

With a remarkable four Austrian teams in group stage action, Tom, Lee and Simon looked at all the games from the UEFA Champions League and Europa League, as Salzburg, Rapid, LASK and WAC were gunning for Euro glory in the name of Austria (and the coefficient!). We round up the games, the goals, the star performers, and look ahead to the fixtures for match day 2.

The team reconvene to look back on some delicious "final day" drama, and a top of the table clash that lived up to its billing in the Bundesliga. We also took a look ahead to the upcoming international fixtures, with three tasty ties on the cards for Austria. 

The closing chapters of Sindelar's amazing story. A look back at some incredible moments in Austrian football history; from the 1934 World Cup, to the annexation of Austria and ultimately, Sindelar's tragic final day. 

The second part of a special Other Bundesliga double-episode on the Austria and FAK legend Matthias Sindelar, told with the help of his biographer Camilo Francka.