Gladiators boss is new podcast star!

14 Jan 2017 By David Watters

With his Gladiators preparing to fly the flag for the EVO-STIK Northern Premier League at National League Barrow in the Buildbase FA Trophy on Saturday, Matlock Town's joint manager Craig Hopkins is the star guest on the new EVO-STIK NPL Show Extra!

Released for download on Friday by the team behind FCUM Radio, the latest weekend podcast hears from one half of the management team at the EVO-STIK NPL's sole survivors in Non-League's showpiece cup competition after joint boss Glen Kirkwood left Hopkins to debate the chances of the Gladiators of securing a fourth victory on the road to reach the last 16.

After their heroics in the third round of the Emirates FA Cup at Wycombe Wanderers last weekend, the hour long audio show for fans, players and officials of the EVO-STIK NPL also pays due homage to Stourbridge, Black Country Radio's Adam Parkes with the inside story on the cup king's latest heroics and heart-breaking 2-1 exit at Adams Park.

As well as hearing the latest post match verdicts from the managers at Frickley Athletic, Workington and Spennymoor Town, host Ben Hughes, along with regular guests James Heyes and FCUM Radio's Swampy, also debate Nantwich Town with Red Shift Radio's Jonny Crowther and talk Ilkeston with the Ilkeston Advertiser's Mark Duffy.

Thousands of listeners have been downloading the EVO-STIK NPL Show and its two sister spin-off podcasts - the EVO-STIK NPL Show Extra and the EVO-STIK NPL Division One Show - since the audio specials returned for the fourth season running in August.

Sponsored for the third season running by the Northern Premier League's title sponsors EVO-STIK, the podcasts are available on both iTunes and Audioboom via the links below and directly via their own buttons on the right hand side of the home page.

To download the EVO-STIK NPL Show Extra via Audioboom click here: http://audioboom.com/posts/5491725-evo-stik-extra-14th-january-2017.

To download December's monthly EVO-STIK NPL show featuring former regular guest 'Swampy' following his return from China for Christmas, BBC Manchester's Ian Burke and The Mirror's Aaron Flanagan, click here: http://audioboom.com/posts/5445180-the-evo-stik-npl-show-december-2016

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