85. The history of Bristol Flyers - with Danny James and Gareth Till | 20th Anniversary Special

We take a deep dive into the early history of Bristol Flyers in our latest 20th Anniversary special, as we welcome former Director of Basketball at SGS / Filton College Danny James and former club captain Captain Gareth Till to the podcast, to learn more about the early formation of the club and its journey through the National League.

On this week’s show - proudly sponsored by MatchdayLive:

• What was the basketball scene like in Bristol before the Flyers was formed?
• Danny and Gareth reminisce on moving from Plymouth to Bristol to play for the then Bristol Bombers
• Danny recalls his earliest memories of meeting Coach Kapoulas and the conversations that led to him leading the newly-formed Bristol Academy Flyers
• We discuss the very first Bristol Academy Flyers team almost 20 years ago and the players that were involved
• Danny discusses his role as Head of Basketball at Filton/ SGS College and the formation of the Flyers player pathway that we see today.
• Danny recalls his early memories of coaching a young Greg Streete and Tyrone Treasure at Filton College, and how they set the blueprint for future young players receiving first team opportunities
• We discuss the club's promotion to NBL Division One in 2007, and how the club needed to start becoming financially sustainable as they began to sign semi-professional import players.
• We talk about the Flyers’ first taste of silverware with the 2010 National Cup and NBL Division One title in 2011
• Danny discusses his departure from the Flyers program in 2013 and how he discovered the interest from the Lansdown Family to take the club into the Bristol Sport era.
• We remember some of the former Flyers players and Staff who are sadly no longer with us anymore.
• A round up of the latest news, including the games against Sheffield Sharks, Inter Bratislava and much more!

The Bristol Flyers Podcast brings supporters a unique perspective from behind the scenes, and is available to listen on all major podcast providers, including Spotify and Apple Podcasts and also available to watch on YouTube!

The Flyers Podcast is proudly sponsored by MatchdayLive, a product of UK-based sport media and technology company Matchday Media. Their origin sees the coming together of a Bristol-based specialist in sports video production and broadcast, and experienced media and technology partners. 

Through their first and flagship product MatchdayLive, the company have set out to democratise the ability for clubs and leagues across the globe to deliver broadcast quality, live and on-demand content, directly to their fans.