The Neutral Zone (2024)

10/05/2024

It wouldn't be the day before league without one more of these...

Everything to play for! Sam, Kathryn, Jordan and Dave review the most recent set of fixtures in each of the leagues, review what's yet to be decided in each of the regionalised league tiers, and we find which team stakes a claim to have the most average results in the community. Want to get involved...

26/04/2024

Just in time for tomorrow!

Getting to crunch time... Sam, Kathryn, Jordan and Dave check in at the halfway point of the St George's Park leagues, review some close-fought promotion and relegation races, and we touch on our favourite Dutch pastimes of care home security and fish doorbells. Want to get involved? Explore dodgeba...

22/03/2024

Back around the mic to review all the leagues so far!

(except mixed, sorry)

Too many leagues to keep track of... Sam, Kathryn, Jordan and Dave have a bumper review of all the league standings so far, including the race to play at St George's Park next season among the regionalised tiers, and we debate the hypothetical lengths we may or may not go to in order to win Super Le...

12/01/2024

Some of us are back around the mic to chat about some of the leagues!

League is back underway! Sam, Dave, Kathryn and not Jordan take a look at the first day back at St George's Park, work out who are the early high-fliers and who has some catching up to do, and we try to mentally get over the fact that it's such a short time before the next one... Want to get involve...

15/12/2023

Last one of the year, have a listen to our preview of the league season. Catch us wherever you get your pods!

The Christmas present that nobody asked for... Sam, Jordan, Dave and not Kathryn take a look at the first set of fixtures for each of the leagues, provide some typically non-committal predictions of what to expect, and we try and piece together all the transfers that are flying around the rumour mil...

20/11/2023

We're back around the mic to talk about Euros!

It took us about a month to recover and get around to recording this one... Sam, Kathryn, Jordan and Dave have an overdue review of the 2023 European Championships, debate what that means for each of the nations looking at the World Championships, and we all showcase our varying levels of knowledge....

31/08/2023

Back around the mic to take a look at the upcoming Euros! Check us out wherever you get your podcasts :)

Euros is coming! Sam, Kathryn, Jordan and Dave have a look at the upcoming European Championships after the group draws, we try and pick a winner despite having no idea on the schedule, and Dave tells us when he can expect his Sheriffs stash to arrive. Want to get involved? Explore dodgeball in the....

08/06/2023

For the last time in what has been a crazy league season!

The grand finale of the league season! Sam, Kathryn, Jordan and Dave have one last look at this league season, have a review of a number of intriguing games on the final day, and Jordan showcases his grasp of southwestern UK geography. Want to get involved? Explore dodgeball in the UK: http://britis...

05/05/2023

We're back in a surprisingly ahead of schedule episode...

The final showdown... Sam, Kathryn, Jordan and Dave take a look back at an interesting set of results which have seen some decisive promotions and relegations, work out who needs what to secure medals and survival, and Dave tells us about his favourite pseudonyms to use on the phone. Want to get inv...

21/04/2023

Back around the mic once again!

Also we've updated our distribution channels - you should be able to find us on any of Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Audible, Samsung Podcasts or the Podbean app - get listening and following wherever you get your podcasts!

Getting to crunch time...! Sam, Kathryn, Jordan and Dave review the most recent set of fixtures including some pivotal matches at both ends of all the leagues, do the maths on who's still playing for promotion and survival, and we talk about what a dodgeball league pyramid might look like. Want to g...

16/03/2023

Hope you enjoyed your few months of respite, but we're back!

It's been a while! Sam, Kathryn, Jordan and Dave review the most recent set of fixtures including a double helping of Men's 4 League, look ahead to some highly anticipated League Super clashes, and Kathryn tells us the story of how Dodgeball Belgium came to be. Want to get involved? Explore dodgebal...

19/01/2023

Back around the mic again! Get your dose of some league chat but mostly completely random other stuff here:

Back up to full strength! Sam, Kathryn, Jordan and Dave have a look back at the first league meeting of the new year, take a look at the repeat of the season's opening fixtures, and have an involved debate of which club name would win in a fight. Want to get involved? Explore dodgeball in the UK: ht...

05/01/2023

We're back!

Well, three of us are anyway...

New year, same leagues! Sam, Kathryn, Jordan and not Dave have a look back at the league fixtures that closed off the year, preview the rematches faced by a lot of teams, and mention our personal favourite nickname that's been floating around... Want to get involved? Explore dodgeball in the UK: htt...

15/12/2022

Last one of the year...!

The race to be top of the table at Christmas is on! Sam, Kathryn, Jordan and Dave review some leagues that are starting to take shape, feel general jealousy at the leagues with some time off in the coming months, and we touch on some ideas for how to find ...

25/11/2022

Here we go again...!

1-1 on the pod-racing front! Sam, Kathryn, Jordan and Dave are back around the microphone to review some incredibly congested leagues, preview an interesting set of fixtures to look forward to, and we wonder quite how well England will do at the World Cup ...

10/11/2022

Back at league, now back around the mic!

Back underway! Sam, Kathryn, Dave and not Jordan recap a busy first set of matches, look ahead to some early crunch fixtures in a number of the top leagues, and we reminisce about some of our favourite dodgeball capitulations that we've either seen or part...

17/10/2022

In other news, league is already happening again...

It's that time again... Sam, Kathryn, Jordan and Dave have a look ahead to the English leagues restarting very soon, including a brand-new Men's League 4, and we collectively wonder how much influence we had on a recent club's rebranding... Want to get in...

09/06/2022

Well that was a fun way to end a season...

https://neutralzonepod.podbean.com/e/episode-18-emancipation/

That's a season! Sam, Kathryn, Jordan and Dave recount a topsy-turvy final day in the English leagues, review the final outcomes of the medal races and relegation scraps, and we discuss some of our least favourite venues we've ever played in (not all of th...

12/05/2022

Just in time for the weekend shenanigans.

Also, we're now on Spotify - and there are only 5 other podcasts called The Neutral Zone on there... go check it out!

https://neutralzonepod.podbean.com/e/episode-17-balls-to-the-void/

The final showdown. Sam, Kathryn, Jordan and Dave have a look at the final stretch for the races for titles, medals and survival across all the leagues, express general befuddlement at the continuing enigma of Women's Super League, and Dave tells us about ...

19/04/2022

Quite a bit to unpack this time around...!

https://neutralzonepod.podbean.com/e/episode-16-very-good-catchy-catchy-time/

This season is going down to the wire. Sam, Kathryn, Jordan and Dave have a look at the many promotion and survival races across the leagues, check in on Raptors securing the Women's League 1 title, and Jordan offers his typical extensive opinions on somet...

14/02/2022

Here's to a little reprieve after a full-on January... see you all in April!

https://neutralzonepod.podbean.com/e/episode-15-catching-ability-and-good-hair/

The calm before the storm. Sam, Kathryn, Jordan and Dave review some crunch fixtures across the board, look ahead to some mouth-watering clashes in both Super Leagues, and we debate how a team of Sams would fare at league... Want to get involved? Explore d...

28/01/2022

For the (not many) of you asking where we've been - sorry, Jordan works shifts...

https://neutralzonepod.podbean.com/e/episode-14-churn-is-the-word/

January is nearly over... Sam, Kathryn, Jordan and Dave check in on the halfway point of the season, look forward to all teams replaying the fixtures from the first set of fixtures, and Dave reminisces about his best food day as a student... Want to get in...

10/01/2022

Because there wasn't enough dodgeball in January to digest, we thought we'd add to it:

https://neutralzonepod.podbean.com/e/episode-13-the-month-of-dodgeuary/

Same league, different year... Sam, Kathryn, Jordan and Dave try and keep top of a manic month by reviewing what the neck-and-neck title races look like in the Super Leagues, marvelling at the dogfights for promotion and relegation, and checking in on a mu...

17/12/2021

Our slightly early Christmas present to all of you:

https://neutralzonepod.podbean.com/e/episode-12-hindsight-is-5050/

IT'S CHRIIIIIIIIIIISTMAAAAAAAAAAAAS! Sam, Kathryn, Jordan and Dave close off the year by looking at a titanic tussle for the top of Men's League 1, marvelling at Bedford Rangers leading the way in Men's Super League, and continuing the pedantry about what ...

29/11/2021

Another league meet, another episode! Have a listen here:

https://neutralzonepod.podbean.com/e/episode-11-tokyo-gore-police/

The undefeated record is over. Sam, Kathryn, Jordan and Dave revisit Meteors' highly-anticipated clash with Spartans, try to make sense of a topsy-turvy Women's Super League, and Dave explains why he'll never be able to see Canterbury Crocodiles in the sam...

13/11/2021

League is back underway!

Have a listen of what we had to say about the first set of results and what the next games may have in store, including one of the most highly-anticipated fixtures of the season...

https://neutralzonepod.podbean.com/e/episode-10-up-and-running/

The leagues are underway once again! Sam, Kathryn, Jordan and Dave get back around the microphone and review the first league fixtures for 20 months, look ahead to one of the most anticipated fixtures in the calendar, and brainstorm some ideas for dodgebal...

20/10/2021

So we had all the fun of recording and producing mediocre content about dodgeball without suffering the pain of editing...!

Big thanks to The Dodgeball Podcast for having us on - do check out Sergio's other stuff if you haven't already!

https://soundcloud.com/thedodgeballpodcast/season-5-episode-45-podcast-of-the-podcasters-international-part-2

In this episode i have the cast/panel of the "The Neutral Zone" podcast to talk about their beginnings, favorite moments and what they look forward to. take a listen and enjoy

03/10/2021

So with league just around the corner, we thought it's about time that we do another one of these...!

https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-qt2bf-10f56c9

T-minus four weeks... Sam, Kathryn, Jordan and Dave get back to grips with the microphone and chat through some Instagram questions, offer our thoughts on the upcoming national league season, and reel off some of our favourite pub quiz team names... Want to get involved? Explore dodgeball in the UK:...

20/08/2020

So, that's another season done and dusted...

https://neutralzonepod.podbean.com/e/episode-8-recap-and-review/

End of an era. Sam, Kathryn, Jordan and Dave look back on the final English league standings, review the initial Super League predictions from the start of the season, and debate on whether there truly is a worse green kit than Sheriffs' one... Want to get...

15/01/2020

Everyone recovered from the weekend?

No, nor us.

https://neutralzonepod.podbean.com/e/episode-7-opens-and-unis/

New year, same us. Sam, Kathryn, Jordan and Dave recap the manic weekend of the British Open, dive into this season’s University leagues and Kathryn tells us about her experiences behind a wheelie bin in Cardiff. Want to get involved? Explore dodgeball in ...

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