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The U.K. Basketball Hub Podcasts, a thread (will be updated):
1: Talking all things #Birmingham, Sunderland and #Newcastle with former @NewcastleEagle1, Gateshead, Bullets and Sunderland player @allcityball, as well as discussing his time as a coach: https://open.spotify.com/episode/5jRhyV5katqxuHcPPDp8v0?si=t7jCGr3CQoqxmxx0Za9Oxw">https://open.spotify.com/episode/5...
1: Talking all things #Birmingham, Sunderland and #Newcastle with former @NewcastleEagle1, Gateshead, Bullets and Sunderland player @allcityball, as well as discussing his time as a coach: https://open.spotify.com/episode/5jRhyV5katqxuHcPPDp8v0?si=t7jCGr3CQoqxmxx0Za9Oxw">https://open.spotify.com/episode/5...
2: Talking of @NewcastleEagle, we caught up with @andrewbridge6, who played for them, winning A LOT and @SheffieldSharks, while he also picked up a bronze medal during his time playing for @bballengland in the @thecgf. https://open.spotify.com/episode/0fHCAJIDecnJf01tlOP2fF?si=1jT3pPBrRTWZShjsMRRsfA">https://open.spotify.com/episode/0...
3: For the first time in EIGHTEEN years Colin Irish spoke to a British media organisation about his time in Manchester, Portsmouth, Kingston and Worthing as well as finding out what he’s up to now! https://open.spotify.com/episode/112ahs8X9I4BKQwUZZSOGG?si=TevlCLoVQuaoiZRkw5P0LA">https://open.spotify.com/episode/1...
4: Our next episode was with someone who knows Colin very well in the form of @SteveCEOWesport!
He discusses growing up in the Midlands, playing in Portsmouth, a golden run with the Worthing Bears and having basketball playing kids https://open.spotify.com/episode/4rfY6K8y7TAHzYIVIueMUC?si=a5wmGgVsSoizZ4gIy1VsGQ">https://open.spotify.com/episode/4...
He discusses growing up in the Midlands, playing in Portsmouth, a golden run with the Worthing Bears and having basketball playing kids https://open.spotify.com/episode/4rfY6K8y7TAHzYIVIueMUC?si=a5wmGgVsSoizZ4gIy1VsGQ">https://open.spotify.com/episode/4...
5: Our fifth podcast episode is with @gbbasketball legend @rachvanderwal, discussing playing across the globe, the 2012 Olympics and of course the magical EuroBasket run last year. https://open.spotify.com/episode/61PGbCJsve3qT2UYIQ7rO2?si=P9VNQi8pTB-X9dxuMN6aQQ">https://open.spotify.com/episode/6...
6: We then spoke to record-setting @BBLofficial and @bballengland legend Peter Scantlebury, who played for clubs including @SheffieldSharks (who he also coached) and @NewcastleEagle, before coaching England to a bronze medal in 2006. https://open.spotify.com/episode/3cLjrJxKRZvQOgNiJ0qV9k?si=HjdfqOtaRCO2sANd9i4bIg/">https://open.spotify.com/episode/3...
7. In episode seven we caught up with @Hatters_BC founder Betty Codona about a lifetime in basketball, having a basketball family and the development of @WBBLofficial: https://open.spotify.com/episode/2El6r90FyJSEKnscfjRjcZ?si=qdErMcVUT7Sx-gcafxCEjA/">https://open.spotify.com/episode/2...
8. In episode eight we spoke with @gbbasketball star Temi Fagbenle who discusses her time in @WNBA with @minnesotalynx as well as the 2012 Olympics and @EuroBasketWomen. https://open.spotify.com/episode/3oRI9tYsYLpSZluS2ubG9d?si=zSuxRKMWSki2TgVaHwaxFg/">https://open.spotify.com/episode/3...
9. For the first time in around two decades former Birmingham Bullets head coach Mike Finger talked about winning the @BBLofficial play-offs and rooming with @Raptors and former BBL head coach Nick Nurse: https://open.spotify.com/episode/0JyKSXJR9gniCkPkYhReiS?si=CAB1rOMMTDe6DPlLloeA5g/">https://open.spotify.com/episode/0...
10. In an episode from the archive we look back at a 2014 interview with 1948 Olympic basketball player Lionel Price: https://open.spotify.com/episode/0AsuSVe3pH0a7HRyzqtDWu?si=jeuv3c7xQDmM4wOsIXMLGQ/">https://open.spotify.com/episode/0...
11. Another episode from the archives as we spoke to @brixtontopcats legend and one of the greatest coaches in British basketball history; Jimmy Rogers in 2014: https://open.spotify.com/episode/0wOzDEmnhHyYxQHTI5Af1e?si=l2CgqiTmQwi5XBh0vbtCkQ/">https://open.spotify.com/episode/0...
12. In this episode we spoke to the London Leopards first ever coach and, talking of firsts, the first coach to lead @RidersBball to a trophy in @CoachBillyMims. https://open.spotify.com/episode/095FaLOxh4EfWjcQE9XlGg?si=9JMPdibARbyHWZ2QV-z5HA/">https://open.spotify.com/episode/0...
13. And on the theme of @RidersBball, we spoke to their current head coach and former Birmingham Bullets and Panthers player Rob Paternostro: https://open.spotify.com/episode/40cb5faejeKc8la8pwSpzF?si=FHM4McO3REmNdLMa6JnqWQ">https://open.spotify.com/episode/4...
14. In this episode we turned to @BritWheelBBall and spoke to captain, world and European champion @AbdiJama10: https://open.spotify.com/episode/5ETs7PuOCyjYpuB0UJuBb9?si=7DUJKkM5TKyhSGOzEfPA8Q/">https://open.spotify.com/episode/5...
15. Episode 15 featured an interview with @steutel10 who discussed working with the @gbbasketball set-up, @TN_Basketball and now heading to @TeessideLions: https://open.spotify.com/episode/1iLuvfIVC2lARaCTB4uHXP?si=Xft2SsrST9WYl1ZQ0yk2mA">https://open.spotify.com/episode/1...
16. In this edition we caught up with @Furybball1 founder John Bunyan who discusses the ups and downs of running a club, coaching @basketballscot and having basketball playing children: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6PUK1eqlvklKQMd5k44L2h?si=3x3v2KdoRKqPki6VWXVWpg/">https://open.spotify.com/episode/6...
