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Fox Sports FC is an Australian football (soccer)
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...

 discussion show televised on Fox Sports
Fox Sports (Australia)
Fox Sports is an Australia group of sports channels. They are owned by the Premier Media Group, which is in turn owned by News Corporation, and Consolidated Media Holdings. Its main competitors are ESPN, which has little local content and the free-to-air digital channel One HD...

, part of the Foxtel
Foxtel
Foxtel is an Australian pay television company, operating cable, direct broadcast satellite television and IPTV services. It was formed in 1995 through a joint venture established between Telstra and News Corporation....

 and Austar
Austar
Austar is an Australian telecommunications company. Its main business activity is Subscription Television but it is also involved with internet access and mobile phones...

 networks.

History

Aired at 7:30pm every Wednesday night on Fox Sports
Fox Sports (Australia)
Fox Sports is an Australia group of sports channels. They are owned by the Premier Media Group, which is in turn owned by News Corporation, and Consolidated Media Holdings. Its main competitors are ESPN, which has little local content and the free-to-air digital channel One HD...

, the show is split in to two halves, with the first half of the show dedicated to the Hyundai A-League, and the second half dedicated to European football, in particular, the Premier League. It was originally aired at the same time on a Tuesday night but has since been moved to a Wednesday for the upcoming 2011-12 season.

Andy Harper
Andy Harper
Andy Harper is a former Australian football player who played in Australia's National Soccer League for St George, Marconi, Brisbane Strikers, Newcastle Breakers and Newcastle United.-Writing:...

 hosts the A-League segment of the show, and is often joined by two guests to discuss and dissect the weekend's action. Regular panellists include Mike Cockerill
Mike Cockerill
Michael Cockerill is an Australian football journalist who writes for Fairfax newspapers, Fox Sports and formerly C7 Sport. He is also a football pundit, match commentator and appears regularly on the football show Fox Sports FC.- External links :*...

, Paul Trimboli
Paul Trimboli
Paolo "Paul" Vincenzo Trimboli is a former Australian international football player of Italian ancestry. He attended Xavier College and was a member of the First XI, and was captained by his brother.-Club career:...

, Ross Aloisi
Ross Aloisi
Ross Aloisi is a former Australian football player who was known for being the captain of Adelaide United in the Hyundai A-League - a team he guided to a minor premiership, a pre-season cup and earning entry into 2 Asian Champions League campaigns...

 and others.

The European-based segment is hosted by Simon Hill
Simon Hill
Simon Hill is an Australian-based association football commentator.-British-based work:After graduating from the University of Portsmouth in 1990, Hill began his work in the field of journalism, initially writing for newspapers as a freelance author while studying for the NCTJ Pre-Entry Course in...

, who is joined by Mark Bosnich
Mark Bosnich
Mark Bosnich is a retired Australian football player and football pundit. He represented Australia 17 times and played for English Premier League clubs Aston Villa, Manchester United and Chelsea.-Manchester United :...

 and Robbie Slater
Robbie Slater
Robert "Robbie" Slater is a former Australian footballer and football pundit.-Early years:Slater, a red-haired midfielder, moved to Australia as a youngster and started his playing career in Australia, with various clubs in his youth before joining St George Saints in the National Soccer League in...

. The primary discussion centres around the Premier League, with wrap-ups and highlights of football around the world such as Spain and Italy.
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