S2E19: Candy Orange Boogaloo
GOALS! Hladík: not useless, Štepanovský as the Terminator, stadium video annoyance, two Beers of the Podcast, shirt launch fever, death metal, a Club (capital C) statement, and more! 0.00 - opening 3.20 - Varnsdorf vs. Zbrojovka 8.00 - What's the deal with... Varnsdorf? 12.10 - Beer of the Podcast (part 1) 17.50 - Zbrojovka vs. Viktoria Žižkov 27.45 - Hot? Or Not?! 37.55 - Slavoj Vyšehrad vs. Z...
1hr 4m Jul 08, 2020
1hr 4m
S2E18: David and Sam Sell Out
Delicious football continues, including Dreksa's massive head, Příchystal proving us wrong, Machálek's klobasa diet, the return of the Eismann Alarm, beer-based sluttery, Bats vs. Cats, big dick loan energy, Mad Jens Lehmann... and more in this bumper episode! 0.00 - opening 1.50 - FCZB vs. Líšeň and Jihlava 18.10 - What's the deal with... Líšeň? 24.35 - Beer of the Podcast 30.20 - Hot? Or Not?...
1hr 9m Jun 24, 2020
1hr 9m
S2E17: Martin Šustr's Cruyff Turn
Four games, longbow antics, weird beer, a Christmas tree, promotion for some, Mr. Black for others, wall controversy, and more in this absolutely packed episode. 0.00 - opening 1.50 - Ústí vs. Zbrojovka 10.05 - Zbrojovka vs. Dukla 17.40 - So what's the deal with... Ústí nad Labem? 27.00 - Zbrojovka vs. Vítkovice and Třínec 39.40 - Beer of the Podcast 44.30 - Líšeň and Jihlava previews 51.50 - H...
1hr 4m Jun 10, 2020
1hr 4m
S2E16: Crap Starobrno (for Slightly Cheaper)
We're preparing for the return of the Czech football leagues with previews, reviews, political satire, Hearts attacked, Rashford being a good egg, hangover reminiscences, your regular favourites, and more. 0.00 - opening 3.20 - the state of play regarding the team and the league, friendly match reviews 13.50 - Ústí nad Labem preview 22.30 - Hot? Or Not?! 34.15 - Beer of the Podcast 42.20 - Dukl...
56m May 27, 2020
56m
S2E15: Watch with Zbrojovkast!
Got a couple of hours to spare? Of course you have. Download the game (link below), get some beers in, and enjoy Boby Brno's foray into the UEFA Cup against Inkaras Kaunas with us in real time. We'll tell you when to press play and everything. There are two download options: fast, for 1,48kč/50p ("Stáhnout rychle"), and slow, which is free ("Stáhnout pomalu"). https://uloz.to/file/Jv7gFPDQvsty/...
2hr 5m May 07, 2020
2hr 5m
S2E14: Football Music Special!
Less chat, more tunes, as we look at the good, the bad and the other of football-based music in this special episode of Zbrojovkast. 0.00 - opening 2.25 - runout music 15.15 - Czech football club songs (hymna) 26.20 - songs for club and country 49.20 - curiosities and oddities 1.00.05 - a Czech-language song sung in Czech by an Englishman
1hr 7m Apr 18, 2020
1hr 7m
S2E13: Kindergarten No. 14
It's a self-isolation special involving a Big Football Quiz, Sokolov from long ago, catching up with Jakub Alexeiovich Černin, multi-national first XIs, Clint Dempsey rapping, and more! 0.00 - opening 2.00 - the Big Zbrojovkast Football Quiz 13.55 - Zbrojovka vs. Baník Sokolov 20.25 - the Continuing Tales of Jakub Alexeiovich Černin 25.40 - Multi-National Club XIs 40.25 - a (quick) Beer of the ...
1hr 5m Mar 27, 2020
1hr 5m
S2E12: Eighty-three Thousand Hundred Players
Football's nearly back, and here we are again! Reviews, previews, brown coal basins, ciders, a possible Zbrojovka XI, crap jokes about Brazilians and Jacques Villeneuve! 0.00 - Opening 1.50 - Winter break review 13.30 - Baník Sokolov preview 23.10 - Hot? Or Not?! 36.00 - Beer of the Podcast 41.25 - Ustí nad Labem preview 48.40 - a song sung in French by a Canadian Formula One driver
53m Mar 04, 2020
53m
Winter Specials 2019/20, E4: Fame, Fraud & Football - Petra Drnovice and Chmel Blšany
Two villages, two businessmen, two football teams that rose and fell in spectacular fashion. David looks at the period when Czech football was ripe with possibilities for sporting and financial gain, some of it legal, some of it... not so much. Also Sam gets overjoyed by a tweet, a beer unbottling, respect for Bohemians (the Dublin version), JK=jk and more! 0.00 - opening 3.40 - the story of Pe...
1hr 1m Feb 13, 2020
1hr 1m
Winter Specials 2019/20, E3: Jiří Floder
A conversation with Jiří Floder, Zbrojovka Brno goalkeeper. We talk about 10.15 kick-offs, Šustr and Machálek, bus travel etiquette, players' taste in music, shirt numbers, going out on loan, VAR on penalties, creative chanting, Formula One... and more! We're taking his career in vaguely chronological order, but really it's just a chat. 0.00 - Opening 1.35 - Part 1 15.20 - Part 2 33.35 - Beer o...
1hr 33m Jan 16, 2020
1hr 33m
Winter Specials 2019/20, E2: The Blansko Klobása
1hr 26m Jan 08, 2020
1hr 26m
Winter Specials 2019, E1: The Czechs at Euro '96
56m Dec 11, 2019
56m
S2E11: Sat on a Cannon, Commanding the Peacocks
57m Nov 27, 2019
57m
S2E10: Hypocrisy, Banality and "Soul Poverty"
59m Nov 20, 2019
59m
S2E9: Two Lads in a Rowing Boat Going Up and Down the Svratka
53m Nov 06, 2019
53m
S2E8: Victooooooria!!
53m Oct 23, 2019
53m
S2E7: Fake Juventus Replica Shirt FC
1hr Oct 10, 2019
1hr
S2E6: An Absolute Clown Car
1hr Sep 25, 2019
1hr
S2E5: In Which Jakub Černin Fails to Buy Meat
1hr 1m Sep 13, 2019
1hr 1m
S2E4: Friday Night (No) Lights
1hr Aug 28, 2019
1hr
S2E3: Sound the Eismann Alarm!
1hr 2m Aug 14, 2019
1hr 2m
S2E2: Throwing Přichystal Under the Bus
58m Jul 31, 2019
58m
S2E1: Explosions!
57m Jul 16, 2019
57m
Episode 19: A Meltdown in the Kitchenware Section of Ikea
It's the End of Season Awards + Your Personal Highlights of the Season! Picking over the corpse of the campaign, the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band, a dabbing beer label, Caractacus Potts, Marek vs. egg, and more! 0.00 - opening; 3.05 - the End of Season Awards; 15.00 - a team update; 21.00 - Hot? Or Not?!; 30.05 - Beer of the Podcast; 35.50 - Where Are They Now?; 42.10 - Your personal highlights of th...
54m Jun 12, 2019
54m
Episode 18: Magera, Boing, Eismann, Peanuts, Růsek
Dissecting Příbram (although not literally), Jirka the cyclist, a stolen quiz format, award requests, apricot beer, 500 Zbrojováci, a Willie Sandwich and more! 0.00 - opening; 1.50 - Zbrojovka vs. Příbram; 12.50 - the fallout from the playoffs; 25.40 - a (delayed, ironically) railway station jingle; 28.20 - Hot? Or Not?!; 36.20 - a short, mainly stolen, game; 38.45 - Beer of the Podcast; 44.25 ...
57m Jun 04, 2019
57m
Episode 17: Kdo Má Tričko? Not Zbrojovkast.
A bonus episode speedily edited and hurled at you through the ether, featuring a remarkable escape, an outbreak of Simon & Garfunkel, the key to the City of Paisley, shirtless antics, a Lancastrian Slovak and more! 0.00 - opening; 1.20 - Vysočina Jihlava vs. Zbrojovka; 7.55 - the relegation scrap and its outcome; 11.55 - a Přibram přeview; 19.50 - Question Time!; 24.50 - Beer of the Podcast; 28...
43m May 28, 2019
43m
Episode 16: Thumbless Mickey
Two games and a preview, dulcimers, free agent, goals! goals! goals!, Čech + Taylor = cringeworthy fun, David doesn't get 20,000kč for a car, Asamoah Gyan's retirement statement, and more! 0.00 - opening; 2.00 - Vitkovice vs. Zbrojovka; 10.30 - railway station jingle; 13.30 - Zbrojovka vs. FK Fotbal Třinec; 23.10 - how things stand league-wise; 30.40 - Hot? Or Not?! (feat. Petr Čech); 44.20 - B...
1hr May 22, 2019
1hr
Episode 15: Cheese
Russians, What Not To Wear - the Funeral Edition, Sam's cat voice, possible libel, Jirka Floder's glove-filling capabilities, further travels in the north-west, 400kč goulash, Beer of the Podcast, and more! 0.00 - opening; 1.50 - Zbrojovka vs. 1.FC Znojmo; 10.45 - Baník Sokolov vs. Zbrojovka; 20.30 - Karlovy Vary, a visitor's guide; 26.10 - Hot? Or Not?!; 32.50 - Zbrojovka vs. Hradec Králové; 4...
59m May 09, 2019
59m
Episode 14: Diving Around and Yelling at People
Long distance away days, two (count 'em!) Beer of the Podcasts, Petr Švancara's massive arse, good klobása and an even better brewery, Start!, a plea for an American, "cheering like they won the Bundesliga" and more! 0.00 - opening; 1.30 - Zbrojovka vs. FK Pardubice; 10.50 - Zbrojovka vs. SC Znojmo preview; 16.20 - a visit to TJ Start Brno; 19.40 - FK Varnsdorf vs. Zbrojovka; 28.40 - Beer of th...
1hr Apr 25, 2019
1hr
Episode 13: A Pound Shop Guardiola
An abundance of Koreans, Sam vs. Sparta's social media team, very few goals, non-league clogger appreciation, Paul Robeson and more. 0.00 - opening; 2.00 - Zbrojovka vs. Prostějov; 9.20 - MAS Táborsko preview and some excuses for not going; 19.15 - railway station jingle; 22.05 - Zbrojovka vs. Ústí nad Labem; 33.30 - Hot? Or Not?!; 43.20 - FK Pardubice preview; 52.00 - Beer of the Podcast; 57.0...
59m Apr 12, 2019
59m
Episode 12: All Meat, No Vegetables
A packed episode, including a polka (by a castle, on a road), the return of both Railway Station Jingles AND Vrabec Review, badly-pronounced Turkish words, a burger disappointment, David's fear of Chomps, and some football stuff as well! 0.00 - opening; 1.40 - England vs. the Czech Rep.; 9.40 - ČB railway station jingle; 11.25 - Dynamo České Budějovice vs. Zbrojovka; 21.00 - ČB, a visitor's gui...
55m Mar 28, 2019
55m
Episode 11: Peter Štepanovský's Magic Haircut
Brno's finest Specials tribute act, six-goal mania, Jan Hus and the like, Goethe's hoppy lover, a man from Burnley, and more! 0.00 - opening; 1.20 - Chrudim vs. Zbrojovka; 11.30 - Hot? Or Not?!; 21.00 - Dan Statham interview; 26.10 - Zbrojovka vs. Viktoria Žižkov; 33.15 - Beer of the Podcast; 37.50 - České Budějovice preview; 49.05 - Outro, and an English-language song sung in Czech
54m Mar 14, 2019
54m
Winter Special 5: Football's (Almost) Back, Baby!
After a long winter watching the Premier League (urgh), real football's almost back! We assess the state of play in the top two leagues, play Hot or Not, preview our next fixtures, and David sings a Chrudim-based cover of a Flaming Lips song. We do spoil you, don't we? 0.00 - opening; 1.40 - Looking back at the winter friendlies; 8.15 - Hot? Or Not?!; 18.45 - Chrudim vs. Zbrojovka preview; 29.5...
1hr 1m Feb 27, 2019
1hr 1m
Winter Special 4: The '62 and '76 Finals
Czechoslovakia made it to both the final of the 1962 World Cup and the final of the 1976 European Championships; here we look in-depth at both, as well as a bit on Antonin Panenka. Who were SONP Kladno? What's with all the Slovaks? Is 8kč beer any good? Is this the way to Amarildo? And what is a Slovnaft anyway? All this, and some. 0.00 - opening; 2.00 - Background to the 1962 tournament; 13.05...
1hr 6m Feb 13, 2019
1hr 6m
Winter Special 3: Zbrojovka, Europe and the Scottish Connection
What was the Inter-City Fairs Cup? Who is David Shrigley? What connects John le Carre to Brno? Is David Vaněček simply a "lanky streak of piss"? (Yes). The answers to all these questions - and others! - in Winter Special number three. 0.00 - opening; 2.50 - Zbrojovka in Malta; 12.15 - the Inter-City Fairs Cup explained and the Zbrojovka identity mystery; 24.30 - Introducing Partick Thistle and...
55m Jan 30, 2019
55m
Winter Special 2: The Czechs at Euro 2004
Euro 2004, the tournament that got away. Examining a fantastic squad and going in-depth on a couple of games. Plus Beer of the Podcast, the TipSport Winter League and other blah. 0.00 - opening; 2.15 - an introduction to Euro 2004; 10.05 - examining the Netherlands vs. the Czech Republic; 34.08 - Greece vs. the Czech Republic and the importance of the 2003 UEFA Cup Final; 43.00 - Beer of the Po...
59m Jan 09, 2019
59m
Winter Special 1: The Leagues
A look at the 1. Liga, the 2. Liga and a bit of the MSFL. Structure, promotion, relegation, ownership and some more bits and pieces. 0.00 - opening; 1.35 - 1. Liga structure and current form in Europe; 12.50 - Sparta, Slavia, and the myth of money-throwing; 24.57 - Viktoria & Banik: think locally, compete globally?; 33.12 - Zbrojovka update; 38.53 - Beer of the Podcast; 41.48 - 2. Liga & MSFL ...
1hr Dec 13, 2018
1hr
Episode 10: Live! From a Beach in Barbados
Two games and a half-term report, kebab tomfoolery, the Alois Hýčka operatic society, Amish Cymbal Man feat. Soldier Child, a BMX track near Poland and more! 0.00 - opening; 2.00 - Třínec vs. Zbrojovka; 11.27 railway jingle; 14.10 - an Elke-less friendly vs. St. Pölten; 16.45 - Zbrojovka vs. Bill and Ted Vlašim; 26.05 - Shanks and Bigfoot Vlašim HT report; 37.28 - Beer of the Podcast; 44.50 - H...
1hr 8m Nov 28, 2018
1hr 8m
Episode 9: Hmm... needs more sock
Two games, two previews, a Chet Atkins tribute, "crackling! It came with crackling!", a lost Hungarian, Nelly Furtado, disappointment from Nová Paka and Lego knights. 0.00 - opening; 5.02 - Hradec Králove; 20.33 - Hradec station jingle; 22.41 - Fotbalový klub Fotbal Třínec preview; 34.10 - MFK Vítovice; 50.45 - Beer of the Podcast + bonus Chet Atkins; ___ & ___ Vlaším preview; 1.03.58 - outro: ...
1hr 7m Nov 07, 2018
1hr 7m
Episode 8: A horse put in charge of a bicycle
A windswept 0-0 against some mining village or other, Republica, Grolsch-top memories, Hradec Kralove and Vitkovice previews, Sam's dad, Pavel-based optimism and more! 0.00 - opening and a listener request; 3.50 - Zbrojovka vs. Banik Sokolov; 6.45 - Sokolov HT report and more; 15.53 - Hradec Kralove preview; 27.58 - Beer of the Podcast; 36.50 - Vitkovice preview; 49.08 - an English-language so...
53m Oct 24, 2018
53m
Episode 7: Hit by a well-aimed till roll
A James Richardson impersonation, "the Pickle Boys", double beer-of-the-podcast, a lucky Austrian, Tynecastle memories, and some non-Australian singing. 0.00 - opening; 6.17 - Zbrojovka vs. Slovan Liberec; 14.36 - Beer of the Podcast one and a trip to Hamburg; 19.03 - Zbrojovka vs. Varnsdorf; 19.19 - SC Znojmo vs. Zbrojovka; 34.22 - Beer of the Podcast two; 38.46 - Banik Sokolov preview; 52.35...
56m Oct 10, 2018
56m
Episode 6: Less a corridor, more a gulf
Listen! Download! Enjoy! We go to Pardubice, there's a quick game of "peacock or pheasant", the Brno version of the Beckham-Neville dynamic, a glass of porter, an editorial apology... and some football!
1hr 8m Sep 26, 2018
1hr 8m
Episode 5: 11 railway lines and a goods yard.
A trip to the North Bohemia Brown Coal Basin, double Beer-of-the-Podcast, a one-man jug band and some football jabber. It's all here!
1hr 2m Sep 14, 2018
1hr 2m
Episode 4: Listener, he drank it
Featuring managerial sacking, a shocked reaction to a bottle of Kanec, a Simpsons singalong and an actual victory in an actual game of football.
1hr 2m Aug 29, 2018
1hr 2m
Episode 3: Sam's indie credentials
Chrudim and Viktoria Žižkov, more railway station jingles, raging at the Czech FA, a non-vrabec vrabec review, previewing Česke Budějovice and Prostějov... and some other stuff. Enjoy!
1hr 2m Aug 16, 2018
1hr 2m
Episode 2: In which mic complacency leads to echo
In a badly recorded episode (sorry, we'll do better next time!), we look at Zbrojovka's first two games, at home to Jihlava and away to (insert famous duo) Vlašim. We also preview home to Chrudim later on the evening of recording and the following weekend's trip to the bright lights of Prague and the weird scaffolding of Viktoria Žižkov. Plus Aberdeen vs. Rangers gets a frustrated exhaling of b...
57m Aug 09, 2018
57m
Episode 1: Stumbling over at key moments
A 2018/19 preview episode. What and where is Brno, who the club is and how it's in this state, new signings and old faces, coughing, and a railway station jingle.
54m Jul 20, 2018
54m