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Regulars John, Jeff, Kyle and Scott are on as they review the last week in Scottish football. We kick off by discussing the events at the SWFA awards ceremony which unfortunately was ruined by some shocking comments from one of the guest speakers. Following on from this we discuss the need for more respect to be shown in Scottish football overall. Rangers qualified for the Europa League final which takes place next week. The team discuss the achievement but don't call it a fairytale or Jeff will turn in to the Incredible Hulk. The relegation spot in Premiership looks pretty nailed on with playoff spot being similar. Can Arbroath or Inverness win the playoffs and get promoted? Congratulations are in order to Darvel for winning the inaugural WOSFL in a long season. We discuss the prospect of them playing in the Lowland League and hint at possible reconstruction we'd like to see in future. The podcast concludes with the news that Scott Brown has retired from playing and some of his achievements. Remember y

We’re onto the penultimate episode of our Euro ’92 throwback series, and it’s onto the fortunes of the two home nations England and Scotland. In this episode, John Bleasdale talks to England striker Alan Smith, and leading Scottish Sports Writer Hugh MacDonald. Alan talks about England’s tight qualifying group where they sneaked through ahead of Republic of Ireland by one point, and his part in the campaign with the winning goal against Turkey at Wembley. He then goes into detail about why this England side didn’t have the same expectation of winning the tournament, with injuries in certain areas playing a part, before analysing their sub-standard performances in Sweden, culminating in a 2-1 loss to the hosts that sent them home. Alan goes into detail about that substitution where he replaced Gary Lineker and how he felt at replacing a man he was expecting to partner, and also how the stick for manager Graham Taylor was over the top. It was a tournament to forget for England, added by the riots of a section

Good John is joined by Falkirk fan Alan, aka Air Force Wan, SFSA chairman Paul Goodwin, and two men of many clubs Ally Graham and Davie Irons in our review of the Championship to League Two campaign. Lower League expert Ally is still reeling at his predictions game defeat to the podcast team, he should take tips from Davie's daughter Amy who's been successful in beating the Sportscene pundits this season. The lads discuss the season gone by for the 30 clubs outside the top tier. From the over-achievement of part time Arbroath pushing Kilmarnock almost all the way in the Championship, through the PR circuses at Falkirk and Raith Rovers, to the fight for SPFL status for Cowdenbeath. Everything is covered in what's been another memorable season with some great stories, and also some worrying times for others. We do go off in a tangent by discussing the development of young players caused by the curtailing of youth academies within regions and clubs forced by budget constraints. We agree that this will be worth

It’s the second instalment of our Euro ’92 throwback series, where John Bleasdale looks at two sides who underperformed in the tournament – France and CIS, formerly known as Soviet Union and now Russia. He is joined by journalists Pierre-Etienne Minonzio of French newspaper L’Equippe and Russian correspondent for ESPN, Sky Sports and The Guardian amongst others Artur Petrosyan. France arrived in Sweden as one of the pre-tournament favourites having won all eight of their qualifiers, but Pierre explains that part of it was down to luck rather than design. He goes into tremendous detail as to why France performed so poorly at Euro ’92, culminating in their exit at the hands of Denmark in the final group game. From an unfocussed group of players believing their path to the Final was mapped out, to an unfocussed manager in French legend Michel Platini, who announced pre-tournament he was leaving to focus on an ambassador role for the France ’98 World Cup, it was a recipe for their disastrous early exit in the gr

For our latest episode regulars John and Erin are joined by Lyle Kennedy of La Club Royale and Box of Trash Music for the latest football/music special. Lyle is a Hibs fan so we discuss the Maloney sacking, who may be contenders for the job and who he definitely doesn't want. We move on to music chat with Lyle talking about how his band got signed in some interesting circumstances. He also answers some questions from friends and followers of the podcast about his inspirations, favourite lyricists and much more. Later on we return to the football chat with Lyle lamenting Hibs injuries this season and the loss of Martin Boyle. To conclude the podcast he gives us a best Hibs eleven from his lifetime. Recently our Fantasy Football sponsor (@supernovatwear on Twitter) have released their Spring/Summer collection so make sure to check it out on their website. Remember you can get free shipping and 20% off any product at uk.manscaped.com with the code SFF20. #ad Thanks also to our other Fantasy Football Scotla

It’s been 30 years since Scotland’s inaugural appearance at a European Championship Finals, and to commemorate the occasion, John Bleasdale takes a look at the fortunes of each side who participated at the tournament held in Sweden. He begins by assessing two of Scotland’s heavyweight rivals in Group Two – defending European Champions Netherlands and reigning World Champions Germany, who reunified from the West and East split just shy of two years earlier. John is joined by Dutch international Bryan Roy, who started all of Netherlands’ games at Euro ’92 alongside Marco Van Basten and Dennis Bergkamp in attack. Bryan gives an in-depth view of the Dutch side from their qualifying campaign through to the finals, with the expectation being to defend their trophy. He recalls the pain and anguish of going out in the Semi Finals to eventual surprise winners Denmark. In part two, John is joined by podcaster for The Yellow Wall Podcast Matthias Suuck to assess the Germans campaign. Matthias picks the bones as to why

Vinny and Josh are joined by journalist and disability campaigner Michael McEwan and Partick Thistle Women's goalkeeper Lauren Grant to discuss the current issues surrounding mental health and some helpful support networks. Recently our Fantasy Football sponsor (@supernovatwear on Twitter) have released their Spring/Summer collection so make sure to check it out on their website. Remember you can get free shipping and 20% off any product at uk.manscaped.com with the code SFF20. #ad Thanks also to our other Fantasy Football Scotland prize sponsors: Surprise Shirts and Mind, Body and Sole UK. Tweet us @sffpodcast Instagram - sffpodcast Facebook - Scottish Football Forums Email - scottishfootballforumspodcast@gmail.com

On our latest episode John and Josh are joined by new regular Vinny and guest Alan for a roundup of the last week in Scottish football. We kick off with some chat about Alan's team Falkirk and where it seems to have gone wrong and the steps being taken to get them back to where they think they should be. There is chat about who should secure League Two too. This leads on to some Championship chat where we discuss the quality in the league, how competitive it is and the run in till the end of the season. Vinny gives us an insight in to this and more. We skip over League Two generally with Kelty having already secured the league and bottom spot looking just about done and dusted. Sunday saw the third 'Old Firm' clash of the season which as a neutral was an entertaining clash but not so good for Rangers fans. Josh bemoans their recruitment this season and we discuss how a big rebuild may be required in the summer. The podcast concludes with a review of the Scotland friendlies as we continue to speak positiv

On an evening where the World Record attendance for a Women's Football match was broken in Barcelona, John B was joined by SFA Head of Girls and Women's Football Fiona McIntyre. The chat begins by touching on that 90,000+ crowd at Camp Nou for Barcelona v Real Madrid in the Women's Champions League, and how the SWPL has benefited recently from matches being held at SPFL stadiums like Pittodrie, Easter Road, Tynecastle and Celtic Park. This leads us onto Fiona's temporary role as Interim Managing Director of SWPL to oversee the transition from Scottish Women's Football to SPFL. She was happy to respond to people who are sceptical of the move and explain the benefits of the changeover. We then discuss the Scotland Women's National Team's chances of qualifying for the World Cup and look ahead to their upcoming World Cup Qualifier against Spain at Hampden, where tickets can be purchased at £10 adults and £5 children - or FREE if you're a Scotland Supporters Club member. Fiona then talks about her role at the SF

Our latest episode sees returning guest, Rangers fan Andy return for a Fan Special where he discusses his time so far supporting Rangers. Its a one on one discussion with John. We kick off by Andy telling us how he ended up supporting Rangers, memorabilia, chatting about some of his early childhood memories, treble winning seasons and some of his favourite players growing up. The 2008 UEFA Cup final commences the European chat as Andy reflects on some highs and lows in Europe as Rangers look ahead to their Europa League quarter final against Braga. There is chat around last season and what is meant to Andy with the title win being something that could be shared with his family. There are some lows though but Andy does well not to dwell on them too much. We round up the podcast with some slowfire questions and Andy picks his best Rangers eleven from his lifetime. Recently our Fantasy Football sponsor (@supernovatwear on Twitter) have released their Spring/Summer collection so make sure to check it out on

For our latest episode, the two John's and Josh are joined by debutant Vinny. To kick off the show, Vinny gives us an insight in to his background which includes doing podcasts around the same time we started, having an interest in data analysis and writing about football. We discuss the situation at Rob Roy where they remain homeless and campaigning to be able to play at new facility within Kirkintilloch. There is chat around how he became a Partick Thistle fan, favourite memories and a recent passion for the women's game too. He picks an interesting six a side team from his time as a fan which includes some Jags legends. We conclude the podcast with a brief discussion about upcoming friendlies, SFA ticket fiasco, sausage trains plus some slowfire questions. Recently our Fantasy Football sponsor (@supernovatwear on Twitter) have released their Spring/Summer collection so make sure to check it out on their website. Remember you can get free shipping and 20% off any product at uk.manscaped.com with the c

It's international week for the Men's National Team, though not the week we were hoping for as the awful situation in Ukraine has postponed the World Cup playoff Semi Final until June. Instead, we have a couple of friendlies against Poland at Hampden on 24 March before setting off to either Wales or Austria five days later depending on who loses their Semi Final. To preview those friendlies, John B is joined by 40-times capped Scotland international, and current Motherwell manager, Graham Alexander. Graham gives his views on the postponement, and how it may impact the squad. We divulge on the latest squad Steve Clarke has picked, which includes two of Graham's players, and how Graham feels it will be utilised over the two matches. We also cover off Graham's main memories growing up as a Scotland fan and his main memories during those 40 caps, including the famous double victory over France in the Euro 2008 qualifying campaign. Graham then gives TWO six-aside teams, one based on his favourite Scotland player

Our latest podcast is something you'll hear from certain nightclub bouncers, regulars only John, Erin and Jeff are on. We discussed ownership of football clubs and the potential impact of dodgy investment and whether fan ownership can work. This leads on to fan behaviour at football whether it be inside or outside the ground including singing of various songs. There is chat about what could or should be done to limit or prevent this. There are some food hacks, monopoly board chat, secret pies and Guess Who. We finish off with best goals that have meant nothing and some shout outs to some of our sponsors. Recently our Fantasy Football sponsor (@supernovatwear on Twitter) have released their Spring/Summer collection so make sure to check it out on their website. Remember you can get free shipping and 20% off any product at uk.manscaped.com with the code SFF20. #ad Thanks also to our other Fantasy Football Scotland prize sponsors: Surprise Shirts and Mind, Body and Sole UK. Tweet us @sffpodcast Instagram

For our latest podcast regulars John, Erin and Scott are joined by Graeme (@Hampdeners on Twitter) and poet Julie (@JulieMcNeill1 on Twitter) from Hampdeners. Graeme gives us an insight in to how he got involved with The Hampden Connection which is a fascinating story in itself and gives us a brief summary of what Football Square's Mile is in relation to the history of the different Hampden parks. Julie tells us how she got involved as the poet and we are lucky enough to hear some poetry too. Keep your eyes out for a wee SFF Podcast pietry competition and maybe some poems on the back of it. We are lucky enough to have them both on ahead of a very important date in Scottish football history of 11th March. There is chat around the campaign to make the area of Hampden and the old ones a UNESCO heritage site too. There are various questions from followers and friends of the podcast which creates some interesting chat about who should have statues at Hampden and favourite memories are shared. As is tradition we fi

In a double-host and double-guest special, regulars Jeff and John B are joined by friends and authors Kevin Donnelly and Mauro Bonvicini. The pair met at San Marino v Scotland in October 2000 and have remained friends ever since. Kevin has recently released his second book called Le Kilt, a sequel to previous publication Chancers, Dancers and Romancers. Without giving too much away, he explains the concept of the book which is based on part-fact part-fiction from Scotland's qualification to France '98 and from the finals themselves. All the proceeds from Le Kilt are going to the Tartan Army Sunshine Appeal. Mauro has the unusual tale of being an Italian who took a fascination to Scottish Football going back to the Mexico '86 tournament. He talks about this journey that led him to attending several Scotland games over the past 21 years and led to him writing his own book called "Il Ruggito di Hampden", written in Italian to tell his tale to his natives. The rest of the chat centres around both guys best and

Our latest episode sees us rack up a half century for the season and has Martin from 2 Clubs 1 Love join regulars John, Jeff, Josh and Kyle. We start off by discussing how Martin ended up supporting Kilmarnock and he gives us an insight in to some of his favourite players with an alternative 5 a side team. There is some chat too about the shock of McInnes taking over and whether he thinks that Kilmarnock can get promoted. There's been plenty managerial changes in the Premiership recently so this provides discussion around how the new managers may do. The title race in Premiership is touched on too. The guys aren't completely in the mood to talk about the Scotland v Ukraine playoff due to events over the last couple days. Keep your eyes peeled though for some specials in the build up with a fine selection of special episodes. We predict the scores in our Lower League predictions game where we've now managed to get a couple of points recently. Ally Graham currently leads 10-9. We finish up with some slowf

In this guest special, John B and Scott J are joined by Craig, host of the Football Kit Memories podcast. Craig tells us about his podcasts and goes into details about what makes a kit special, the fondest memories, why the retro range is so popular and how certain kits can be attributed to iconic moments for a particular team or era. If you're into nostalgia, you'll love this chat as much as the three guys did. We round off with the usual slowfire questions, though Craig misread the request of a combined Celtic and Scotland XI and gave two separate ones. Both had interesting picks. Remember you can get free shipping and 20% off any product at uk.manscaped.com with the code SFFPODCAST. #ad Thanks also to our Fantasy Football Scotland prize sponsors: Supernova Terracewear, Surprise Shirts and Mind, Body and Sole UK. Tweet us @sffpodcast Instagram - sffpodcast Facebook - Scottish Football Forums Email - scottishfootballforumspodcast@gmail.com

For our latest Football/Music special we're joined by Mark Sharp from Mark Sharp and the Bicycle Thieves (@marksharpmusic on Twitter) and their manager Ross Coutts (@itsrossx). Regulars are John and Erin. There is some chat around Jim Goodwin's appointment at Aberdeen, the battle for fourth and if Livingston can get Europe as Ross is a Livi fan. The guys both tip the same team to win the Scottish Cup which you will hear towards the end. The West Lothian music scene is arguably the hottest in Scotland just now so there is discussion around influences in the area with previous guests mentioned. Ross is far too modest though when we discuss his influence in the area. There are various questions from listeners as we chat about upcoming talents, being part of the Tartan Army, Scooby Doo and Leon Jackson. Mark chats too about supporting the likes of Lewis Capaldi and The Snuts plus growing up and playing football with some familiar names in Scottish football. There is obviously food chat and some slowfire ques

That podcast was only resting in your feed. In this special Jeff speaks with three experts ahead of the League of Ireland season starting. The boys chat about the teams, the troubles and the controversies that make LOI the #GreatestLeagueinTheWorld They chat about everything from chips to Chinese take aways and even the Irish Dick Campbell. So, join Jeff, Barry @redsindependent , Phil @forgottenclubs and Dylan @Judgedyl to talk about a league so similar to Scottish Football, it could be drinking Irn Bru and saying Awk Aye to you. Finally, read more about #SaveTolkaPark on twitter @SaveTolkaPark Remember you can get free shipping and 20% off any product at uk.manscaped.com with the code SFFPODCAST. #ad Thanks also to our Fantasy Football Scotland prize sponsors: Supernova Terracewear, Surprise Shirts and Mind, Body and Sole UK. Tweet us @sffpodcast Instagram - sffpodcast Facebook - Scottish Football Forums Email - scottishfootballforumspodcast@gmail.com

Our latest episode was recorded on Valentine's Day and is full of love for the Glasgow Football Tour as Lindsay joing regulars John, Jeff, Josh and Scott J. Lindsay discusses how the tour came about, hopes for the future and some of the funny moments she has had while doing the tour. Stephen Glass left Aberdeen on Sunday and we discuss where it went wrong, what needs to change and who may be a candidate for the job. Jeff takes great delight in this as a few fishing rods are cast. There is some discussion around Subbuteo and memories of playing that as Lindsay took part in a tournament at the weekend. Josh also lets us know about a bizarre game they used to play at school which we would be interested to find out if anyone else played. We finish off with some questions for our guest and there is some fun with some poetry for our sponsors Manscaped. Remember you can get free shipping and 20% off any product at uk.manscaped.com with the code SFFPODCAST. #ad Thanks also to our Fantasy Football Scotland prize