In this week's episode, Matt and Martin recap the Halifax Wanderers' 0-3 road loss to Pacific FC, Aiden Rushenas's performance between the sticks, Dan Nimick and Cale Loughrey's double yellows and what happens next for the Wanderers. Plus, Martin has a really bad time in Fiji.

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In this week's episode, Matt and Martin recap the Halifax Wanderers' 2-1 home triumph over York United FC. Plus, Martin gets deep into xG to make a case for Halifax's playoff chances, the guys trade stories of sporting villainy and Wanderers winger Clément Bayiha joins the podcast to talk about life in Halifax and playing under Thierry Henry.

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In this week's episode, Matt and Martin recap the Halifax Wanderers' club record-setting 4-0 victory over Vancouver FC (a Nimick brace! a Telfer brace! A brace of braces!) and crunch the numbers on the path ahead to earning a playoff spot. Plus, in honour of Landon Donovan's Euro Cup gaffe, Matt and Martin trade bad hairdo stories.

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As the Halifax Wanderers approach the 10-game mark of their 2024 Canadian Premier League season, Martin has four reasons why the Wanderers will turn their winless season into a playoff berth and four reasons why Halifax is destined for more pain.

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In this week's episode, Matt and Martin recap the Halifax Wanderers' 0-0 draw against a 10-man Pacific FC and Giorgio Probo joins the show to talk about life as a pizza delivery driver, the proper way to drink coffee and adjusting to life in Halifax. Plus, the guys swap travel mishaps and longtime submariner Matt has thoughts on DND appreciation.

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In this week's episode, Martin recaps the Wanderers' 2-2 draw against Atlético Ottawa, Ryan Telfer's emergence as a striker, Riley Ferrazzo's breakout and losing Dan Nimick to injury.

Note: Telfer is *not* available for the Wanderers against Pacific FC this weekend due to international duty. Martin is still very sleep deprived and made an 'oopsie.'

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In this week’s episode, Matt and Martin look back at the Halifax Wanderers’ 2-1 road loss to York United, the “worst start in CPL history” distinction and how Halifax can begin to right the ship. Plus, Clément Bayiha joins the Wanderers on loan, and the Northern Super League is here.

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A programming note on why there won't be a match recap episode today.

In this week's episode, Matt and Martin look back on the Wanderers' 1-1 draw against Cavalry FC, Giorgio Probo opening his scoring account for Halifax, the art and science of timing substitutions and the role of media and fans in sports. Plus, Matt has a secret beef and Martin is sleep-deprived.

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In this week’s episode of The Wanderer Grounds podcast, Matt and Martin look back at the Wanderers’ 7-5 defeat on penalties and try to make sense of what’s not working. Plus, fullback Riley Ferrazzo joins the show to talk about scoring his first professional goal, roommate life with Massimo Ferrin and what to take away from Halifax’s winless start to the season.

In this episode of the Wanderer Grounds, hosts Matt Stickland and Martin Bauman discuss a 3-1 loss that didn't feel like a loss. The boys talk about an early red card, a late goal and the right way to cook a pasta.

In this week's episode, Martin and Matt discuss what went wrong in Halifax's 2-0 road loss to Vancouver FC, along with the difficulties of a prolonged spell away from home. Martin swears a lot and confuses the Maritimes with Atlantic Canada. The guys also talk about what would happen if Matt got into a fight with Mike Tyson.

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In this week's episode, Matt and Martin recap the Halifax Wanderers' wild 1-1 draw against Atlético Ottawa and talk about shuffling the starting lineup. Plus, Matt has one hell of an Ottawa story.

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In this week's Wanderer Grounds, Matt and Martin dissect the Halifax Wanderers' season-opening loss to Pacific FC, the pros and cons of mixing things up, and train misfortunes in Italy.

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In this week's Wanderer Grounds episode, the guys chat about Halifax's road trip to Langford, BC, and what will qualify as a successful 2024 season. Martin speaks with CPL commissioner Mark Noonan about super teams, salary cap compliance, league expansion, and broadcast updates. Also: Martin has an update on the Atlantic Women's FC project after a talk with the club's new CEO.

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In this week’s Wanderer Grounds episode, Martin and Matt dive into the Wanderers’ off-season retooling approach and chat about kit reveals, the CPL’s version of the Avengers and what Halifax could learn from Wrexham AFC.

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The new-look Halifax Wanderers are looking *dangerous* in pre-season training. Matt and Martin talk about who's in, plus Martin chats with Wanderers full-back Zach Fernandez and new striker Christian Volesky.

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The Halifax Wanderers' 2024 pre-season is officially underway, and Martin speaks with sporting director Matt Fegan live from the squad's first training session open to media. Then, defender Cale Loughrey joins the pod for a special one-on-one interview. No Matt Stickland this week, but he'll be back soon!

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In this week’s episode of the Wanderer Grounds podcast, Coast reporters Matt Stickland and Martin Bauman commiserate over the Wanderers' playoff disappointment and talk about the season that was. Plus, midfielder and vice-captain Mo Omar joins the show to talk about what went wrong for the Wanderers and his offseason plans.

Also in this episode: The boys detail their plans for offseason episodes -- speaking of which, please reach out if you have nominations for any player awards, serious or silly.

In this week's Wanderer Grounds episode, Coast reporters Matt Stickland and Martin Bauman go deep on the Halifax Wanderers' odds against their playoff opponents—will it be York United or Pacific FC? Plus, Wanderers forward Massimo Ferrin and midfielder Lorenzo Callegari join the show to talk scoring streaks, praise from Karim Benzema and taking visitors to Eastern Passage.

(Editor's note: The conversation with Lorenzo is in French. Really, truly bad French—at least on Matt and Martin's part. Lorenzo speaks French just fine.)

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In this week’s Wanderer Grounds episode, Coast reporter Martin Bauman is joined by HFX Wanderers FC assistant coach Jorden Feliciano to talk about how Halifax stymied Forge’s well-oiled offense, Massimo Ferrin’s status as a top-10 CPL player and overcoming disappointment in Langley to earn a crucial three points at home.

(Editor’s note: Martin got excited in the live recording after the match and thought that Halifax had guaranteed they would finish no worse than fourth in the CPL playoff standings. In fact, Atlético Ottawa could still surpass them, but it would require Ottawa winning both on Sunday against York United and next week against Forge FC. The Wanderers would also have to lose to Valour FC on Friday.)

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In this week’s Wanderer Grounds episode, Coast reporters Matt Stickland and Martin Bauman dissect what went wrong for Halifax in Langley and what it’ll take for the Wanderers to hit their stride going into the playoffs—if they manage to qualify.

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In this week’s Wanderer Grounds episode, Coast reporters Matt Stickland and Martin Bauman reflect on the Wanderers’ Monday night nerves, Gheisar’s U-21 quandary and a tight three matches to go in the regular season. Plus, Wanderers forward Jordan Perruzza joins the show to talk about riding out post-tropical storm Lee and the grandeur of Canada’s Wonderland. Martin makes an immediate fool of himself, but he’s really hoping you won’t notice. He’s sensitive about these things.

Schmoz (n) A crowd of wrestlers during a pullapart [dfn.] brawl; general chaos meant to conclude an angle or match without having to book anything intricate.

Martin's story on fixed-term leases: https://www.thecoast.ca/news-opinion/fixed-term-leases-that-let-nova-scotia-landlords-avoid-rent-cap-rules-are-popular-and-legal-but-are-they-fair-31530094

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In this week's episode, Martin and Matt look back at the Halifax Wanderers' three-game road losing streak and break down their chances of making the playoffs with 10 games remaining. Plus, is it time to see more of Aiden Rushenas?

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In this week's episode, Matt and Martin talk about the Wanderers' fatigue levels, Mo Omar taking one for the team, the silver lining when things backfire, and one hell of a noisy press box.

P.S. In our intro, we introduced you to everyone else but forgot to introduce ourselves. Which was silly. Matt is the one who starts the podcast by yelling "Hello!"

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In this episode, Martin and Matt talk about U-21 minutes, lame excuses for smoking weed and, of course, the dropped three points against York United FC.

Also in this episode, the boys talk to Wesley Timoteo about his new role as a "hybrid fullback," living with Yann Fillion and just how many bananas he eats every day.

In this week's episode, Matt and Martin talk about the wet three points the Halifax Wanderers earned over the weekend against Winnipeg's Valour FC. They also discuss U-21 minutes, taking off shirts and which sport is the most selfish.

(Correction: In this episode, Martin says he believes that Jake Ruby isn't yet healthy enough to return to play for the Wanderers. Per the club, Ruby is healthy and available.)

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The most telling sign that the Halifax Wanderers are not the same ill-fated team of old might well be this: On Saturday, Aug. 19, the Wanderers managed to draw defending Canadian Premier League champions Forge FC in a tight 1-1 road affair, and Halifax will head home feeling like they could’ve taken all three points away. Through three matches against Hamilton’s Forge this season, the Wanderers have remained undefeated, with one win and two draws.

In other years? That kind of head-to-head record against the three-time CPL champions would’ve been unheard of.

In this week’s Wanderer Grounds episode, Coast reporters Matt Stickland and Martin Bauman recap the Wanderers’ road result, Dan Nimick’s hot streak, Lorenzo Callegari’s YouTube adventures and the CPL’s U-21 minutes quandary.

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In this week's episode, Martin is joined by Canadian international (and now Wanderers centre-back) Doneil Henry. The two talk about the Wanderers' 3-0 win over Vancouver FC and what playing and living in Halifax has been like for Henry.

Matt joins Martin at the tail end of the interview and the two of them go through the game, talk about João Morelli's performance and some standouts. The boys also talk about U-21 minutes while getting some U-21 minutes in on the podcast.

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In this week's episode Matt and Martin are joined by League Commissioner Mark Noonan and the three of them talk about the future of the league and the standard of reffing.

Then Martin and Matt do a speed run through the events of the last game, as Martin had to rush off for a birthday event. Happy Birthday Martin!

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In this week's episode, it's just Martin because Matt's voice is down for the count.

Make that five home wins in a row for the Halifax Wanderers. On Sunday, July 23, in front of an ebullient Halifax crowd, the Wanderers looked comfortable in beating reigning regular season champions Atlético Ottawa 1-0 behind a magnificent goal from striker Théo Collomb.

In this week’s episode of The Wanderer Grounds, Coast reporters Matt Stickland and Martin Bauman discuss the Wanderers’ run of form, Canadian international Doneil Henry’s debut and the best way to eat a potato. Plus, Collomb joins the show to talk about that moment from Sunday’s match, the gift of French cuisine and how he came up with his favourite goal celebration: the knee slide.

(Also: Martin was wrong about the Wanderers' win streak. He would like to beg forgiveness.)

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In this episode Matt and Martin talk about a soggy game, Fillion's antics and the return of Morelli.

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In this week's Wanderer Grounds episode, Coast reporter Martin Bauman is joined post-match by Wanderers beat reporter Joshua Healey (Wanderers Notebook) and Wanderers centre-back Dan Nimick to recap HFX Wanderers FC's dramatic 2-1 victory over defending Canadian Premier League champions Forge FC. Nimick talks penalty mind-tricks, pump-up songs and why he loves a good bowl of Chipotle. Plus, Martin and Josh discuss Wesley Timoteo's turn at left-back, the Wanderers' four-game unbeaten run and a historic night at Wanderers Grounds.

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This week, Matt and Martin dig into the Halifax Wanderers' 3-2 road loss to Cavalry FC at Spruce Meadows and try to make sense of what went wrong. Plus, Matt hates airplanes and Martin does the robot.

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In this week's episode Matt is joined by new guest Lauchlin. The two of them are joined by Aiden Daniels to talk about whether or not it's okay to be mean to soccer players (and his sweet goal).

Then Josh from the Wanderers Notebook (thewanderersnotebook.ca) joins and they talk about press box shenanigans, reffing and debate if Halifax's grass gives the team an advantage.

You can read Josh's recap here: https://wanderersnotebook.ca/2023/06/18/hfx-wanderers-keep-rolling-with-second-win-beat-cavalry-fc-3-1/

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In this episode of The Wanderer Grounds podcast, Coast reporters Matt Stickland and Martin Bauman recap a raucous 2-0 home victory for HFX Wanderers FC—the Canadian Premier League soccer club’s first win of 2023, as well as the first under new coach Patrice Gheisar. 

Matt apologizes for doubting Mo Omar’s midfield merits, Martin digs deep into hot-take territory to suggest that when teams play well, it leads to winning more games and the two take stock of a brilliant performance from English midfielder Callum Watson. Plus: 2021 MVP João Morelli returns.

Has Aidan Daniels cemented his Starting XI spot? Does Halifax’s earlier 0-3 loss to York United FC feel any different after the Greater Toronto-based club’s run of success? And why Martin believes it’s everyone’s duty when flying in a commercial airplane to be as physically uncomfortable as possible.

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Saturday ended in disappointment. In this episode of The Wanderer Grounds, Coast reporters Matt Stickland and Martin Bauman break out their armchair whiteboards to settle the matter of HFX Wanderers FC’s ongoing struggle to secure three points. What happened on Saturday? How does Gheisar find his elusive starting 11? Is Halifax just supremely unlucky, or is there more behind the club’s string of results?

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A special episode of the Wanderer Grounds, a quick recap, a programing note and a plea for help.

Bit of a shorter episode this week in Martin's absence. Matt is in stead joined by special guest co-host Josh Healey from The Wanderer's Notebook.

The boys talk about the game and then get joined by a special guest who talks to the boys about what the game felt like on the pitch.

Matt also found an away fan who didn't gloat about the win.

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Matt and Martin are back to discuss a bit of a disappointing game in Calgary. In the 2-2 draw the most influential man on the match was the referee. 

The boys take some time to reflect on the season so far, and Matt learns how the league table works.

Then the episode is capped off with a return of the final press, where Martin asks Matt misleading questions about the Wanderers to see where Matt would bring the Stanley Cup and save the CPL. 

For anyone interested in the articles we mentioned, below you can find Matt’s piece on backup goalies featuring the mentioned Team Canada psychologist. 

https://unravelhalifax.ca/people-say-im-pretty-normal-for-a-goalie/

And the article Martin talks about, the fan owned club in Burnaby B.C. 

https://mondaymorningcentreback.wordpress.com/2023/04/03/q-can-a-professional-womens-soccer-league-work-in-canada-a-yes-but/

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In this episode of the Wanderer Grounds Matt and Martin are joined by Alex Sheppard of Suburban FC. The three talk about the Wanderer's game on the weekend (nil-nil draw) that happened.

After the recap of the game that took 90 minutes to play on Saturday Alex told Matt and Martin all about the upcoming Maritime Super Series in which will feature some former wanderers. Why do we need a Maritime Super League? Listen to find out. (or click on this link (https://www.maritimesuperseries.ca)

And finally, at the end of the episode, Matt learns that Martin is famous.

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Matt and Martin are joined by the only fan to respond saying they wanted to be on the podcast Pat Burton! Welcome Pat!

At the Grounds, Matt also found a Vancouver fan who traveled to watch Vancouver play.

Hear the boys answer serious questions like: Will we ever win? And does Fernandez run while falling over?

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In this week's episode, Matt and Martin discuss why the Wanderers' first two league games are signs for optimism, even if the team hasn't won yet. Matt also explains his strange eating habits and how to poop underwater. This episode runs long because we weren't watching the clock, but enjoy and we'll be back after this weekend's game against team newcomers Vancouver FC.

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Matt and Martin talk about this weekend's first game of the season between the HFX Wanderers and Atletico Ottawa. The teams shared the points, and the boys break down all the action. High lights include: A correction about magic cards, penalty analysis, and how we feel about the season, one game in.

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In this week's episode, Martin is joined by Mitchell Bailey (Healey & Bailey Notebook) to recap the Halifax Wanderers' 3-2 Natal Day win over Vancouver FC. Then, the guys are joined by Wanderers debutant Sean Rea and talk about lobster rolls, playing soccer like IRL FIFA and returning to the Canadian Premier League.

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In this inaugural episode, Matt asks Martin how realistic his expectations for a Jumbotron are, and the boys hear from two senior Wanderers players and find out what new coach Patrice Gheisar watches on YouTube in his rare down time.

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The recently-announced Halifax Tides are gearing up for their pro women's soccer debut in the Northern Super League in 2025.

In this week's episode, Martin chats with Tides president Val Malone and sporting director Amit Batra about recruitment efforts, kit reveals, starting from scratch and where the club will play.

In this week's episode of the Wanderer Grounds, midfielder Jérémy Gagnon-Laparé joins the show to talk with Martin about rejoining the Halifax Wanderers, the conversation with Patrice Gheisar that made up his mind, and looking forward to playing with Andre Rampersad again.

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