Football Index Podcast

Football Index conversation, insights and a few laughs

About the show

Hosted by yours truly The FIG, I attempt to dissect the Index on at least a weekly basis, getting as many interesting guests on board as possible. These guests are either experienced traders who can offer their insights, or newer traders who can give a fresher perspective on things.

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Episodes and Blog Entries

  • Episode 108: Football Index Veteran Paul Anthony Joins the Show

    Episode  |  November 10th, 2019  |  1 hr 6 mins
    fantasy football, football, football index, football index guide, investing, soccer, trading

    I was joined by Paul Anthony, who's been on the index since 2018. We discuss how he found out about the index and his FI journey, set pieces, the PB matrix - how could it be changed, , Large users or small users, the next FI trend, and much, much more.

  • Episode 107: Football Index Psychology Special Ft. FI Sigmund Freund

    Episode  |  November 3rd, 2019  |  1 hr 25 mins
    fantasy football, football, football index, football index guide, investing, soccer, trading, trading psychology

    I was joined by FI Sigmun Freund for a really special episode of the FigCast. We talk all about the psychology of Football Index.

  • Episode 106: Football Index Investor and Nick Join the Show

    Episode  |  October 27th, 2019  |  1 hr 26 mins
    dividends, fantasy football, football, football index, football index guide, investing, media buzz, performance buzz, soccer, stockmarket, trading

    I was joined by returning guest FI Investor, and debutant NickFI_LFC to discuss market reaction to the dividend announcement, whether it's forced people to change strategies and what players are the main beneficiaries from the dividend announcement.

  • Episode 105: The 57% Dividend Increase Reaction Ft. Allen Cooper and Ellisandro

    Episode  |  October 20th, 2019  |  1 hr 23 mins
    fantasy football, football, football index, football index guide, investing, soccer, trading

    I was joined by returning guest Allen Cooper from the Football Index Twitter community, and Ellisandro from the FI forum - hours after the new dividend announcement, as we streamed live on YouTube! It was a great episode, showered in positivity after an awesome FI announcement.

  • Interviews: EJ: How Football Index Conquer Sports Betting

    Article  |  October 17th, 2019
    betting, fantasy football, football index, football index dividends, gambling, trading, what is football index?

    EJ is one of the biggest investors on Football Index, and we did a blog post together 9 months ago. I was curious to hear his thoughts on Football Index since then, and he didn't dissapoint. Absolutely excellent blog, that I urge everyone to read!

  • Episode 104: Are Dividends Going to be Increased? Dividend Review Announcement Ft. Football Index Trader Ali G

    Episode  |  October 13th, 2019  |  1 hr 9 mins
    fantasy football, football, football index, football index guide, investing, soccer, trading

    I was joined by Ali G (no, not the character Sasha Baron Cohen played...), formerly indexDentist (don't ask) for a great episode of the podcast! Most of it centres unsurprisingly around the 'Dividend review' Announcement, as traders wen't into meltdown about the prospect of a revamped dividend structure!

  • Episode 103: £200k+ Portfolio Trader PB Man & his High Volume Strategy

    Episode  |  October 6th, 2019  |  1 hr 48 mins
    fantasy football, football, football index, football index guide, investing, soccer, trading

    I was rejoined by the great PB man, who has recently been making a stir in the Football Index community with good help from Maximilian Arnold. His approach to FI is heavy in few players, and he doesn't overtrade. It's been very successful for him thus far, and it was great to pick his brain at length about his strategy!

  • Episode 102: FI HQ Takeover: Football Index CMO Mike Bohan & COO and CPO Ciaran Rowan Rejoin the Show

    Episode  |  September 29th, 2019  |  1 hr 20 mins
    fantasy football, football, football index, football index guide, investing, soccer, trading

    I was rejoined by Mike Bohan, Chief Marketing Officer of Football Index and Ciaran Rowan, Chief Operating and Product officer of Football Index. 80 minutes of goodness was split across discussing NASDAQ and how they're matching engine will help faciliate order books, IPOs, Media Buzz and how that will develop, how FI will take feedback on the product going forward - and much, much more.

  • Episode 101: Alex Field and Mozz FI join the show to discuss IPDs, Fixture Planning & the Market 'Downturn'

    Episode  |  September 22nd, 2019  |  1 hr 26 mins
    fantasy football, football, football index, football index guide, investing, soccer, trading

    I was joined by MozzFI and Alex Field for a great episode of the show. Apolgies for being interrupted by one Erling Braut Haaland, who scored a hatty whilst we were recording. Yes, we recorded during the opening gameweek of the UCL, that's how much we love FI. We discuss fixture planning, short term trading, a market 'downturn' and much, much more.

  • Episode 100: LIVE: Century FigFest Special Ft. Sam Freedman, Lee (SOTD) and Tall Bob

    Episode  |  September 15th, 2019  |  1 hr 12 mins
    fantasy football, football, football index, football index guide, investing, soccer, trading

    I was joined by Sam Freedman, Lee (SOTD) and Tall Bob for a very special Live episode of the Football Index Podcast. At the Astronomer pub, in front of a jam packed crowd - we discuss the really big things going on in the Football Index world at this current moment in time!

    Thanks for everyone's support, 100 episodes is epic - and I'm over the moon with the journey so far. Here's to the next 100!

  • Episode 99: £1 Million Portfolio man A.S.P Returns to Show

    Episode  |  September 8th, 2019  |  1 hr 39 mins
    fantasy football, football, football index, football index guide, investing, soccer, trading

    I was rejoined by ASP, who after a 'haitus' came back on the show to explain why he'd gone into 'hiding' from Football Index, and why he acted in such a fashion toward the Football Index community, and the platform itself.

    We also talk about IPO's, Order books and what his trading strategy is like currently

  • Episode 98: Chris Askew Joins to Talk About his Youth Strategy

    Episode  |  September 1st, 2019  |  1 hr 19 mins
    fantasy football, football, football index, football index guide, investing, soccer, trading

    Chris has been on Football Index for just over a year, and has since created a very thorough and successful youth player based strategy for himself. We discuss the database he's created, what variables feed into it - and how he values these young players. All this, and much, much more on today's episode!

  • Episode 97: Taking Value joins to talks IPOs, Modelling Markets & Increasing Dividends

    Episode  |  August 25th, 2019  |  1 hr 15 secs
    fantasy football, football, football index, football index guide, investing, soccer, trading

    Taking Value (Gavin) is someone I've wanted on the show for a while, but was waiting for a cyrpto company he's been building to get on his feet! We talk how to value players, IPOs, dividends and institutional investment in sports betting.

  • Episode 96: Football Index Frog Joins the Show

    Episode  |  August 18th, 2019  |  1 hr 5 mins
    fantasy football, football, football index, football index guide, investing, soccer, trading

    The man behind #FrogsFinds joined me on the show to talk about his trading strategy, research, tipping, a new king of the index - and much, much more.

  • Episode 95: Founder and CEO of SmarterScout Dan Altman Joins the Show

    Episode  |  August 11th, 2019  |  1 hr 5 mins
    dan altman, fantasy football, football, football index, football index guide, investing, smarterscout, soccer, trading

    Dan Altman is a former Economist, sporting advisor for DC United & Swansea, analytic & scouting consultant and has recently created an analytic scouting website called SmarterScout.

  • Episode 94: FI Announcement Aftermath Ft. FI Scotland & Whot Nicked the Assist

    Episode  |  August 4th, 2019  |  59 mins 33 secs
    fantasy football, football, football index, football index guide, investing, soccer, trading

    Who Nicked the Assist is one half of the popular FPL Podcast (WGTA_FPL on twitter) - who has recently hit the £5k portfolio mark, and works in the financial world. FI Scotland is recently celebrating 1 year on the Index, and is a big personality in the FI twitter community.