Rob Gilbert and Michael Edgley are joined by The ABC and The Guardian's Sam Lewis to preview the Matildas' upcoming friendlies against Spain and Portugal, as Tony Gustavsson conducts one last audition for fringe players ahead of next year's World Cup.

Following the Socceroos centenary celebrations last week, historian Trevor Thompson joins the show to discuss his new text 'Burning Ambition - The Centenary of the Australia - New Zealand Football Ashes', providing a look at the 1922 & 1923 series' played between the nations.

Willem van Denderen covers changes to squad sizes ahead of the FIFA World Cup and which Socceroos might squeeze their way over the next couple of months, while Derek Dyson wraps up all the latest European transfer news, and recounts Mark Viduka's most famous Premier League performance.

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