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In the latest installment of our Guest Specials, Good John is joined by fellow Aberdeen fan Erin Grieve. Erin was brought up a Dons fan by her father, who took her to her first game at the age of 5, and she talks in great detail about life supporting her beloved Dons. There is an interesting discussion about the Derek McInnes era, something that often divides fans on social media, and the desperation to end the 30 year Scottish Cup curse (Erin wasn't born when the Dons last won the trophy). We also discuss the Aberdeen Women's side, who are off to a six game winning start in SWPL2, and how much effort is being put into make the Women's team successful. The chat ends with the usual quickfire questions including Erin's best Aberdeen XI. Erin turns 30 today and she explains that she is making the most of her celebrations, which she hopes is capped off with a win over Rangers on Sunday. We wish Erin a happy 30th birthday. Tweet us @sffpodcast Facebook - Scottish Football Forums Instagram - sffpodcast

In the second part of our Women's Football Special's, Good John is joined by Glasgow Women's FC Head Coach, and host of 6, 8 and 10 podcast. Craig talks us through his coaching career and how chance meeting's led to him getting involved with Women's Football in the first place. He talks about earlier roles within Glasgow Uni Under 19's, Glasgow City Under 13's and Rangers Under 14's before he went back to City as Head Coach of the Development squad. Craig talks about the pride of seeing players from his group go onto make it into the City first team and other clubs and why City ultimately have been so dominant in Women's Football. Last December, Craig took up the Head Coach position at Glasgow Women FC of SWPL2. One of his first tasks was to adapt to life after the Coronavirus outbreak and he talks about how he helped keep the girls in good shape physically and, more importantly, mentally. Now that the football has started, he talks about the hopes for Glasgow Women for the season and the challenges they fa

We are focussing on Women's Football in this weeks guest specials and in the first part Good John is joined by Spartans Women's Manager Debbi McCulloch. Debbi joined Spartans in 2008 after Community Coaching roles at Dundee United and Ross County, starting off as Shelley Kerr's assistant before taking the reigns in 2010 and, bar an 18 month break a couple of years ago, she has been at the helm ever since. In addition, Debbi is the Business and Operations Manager at the Spartans Academy. She talks about the enjoyment of the job, a regret in not winning a trophy despite reaching four Premier League Cup Finals and the 2014 Scottish Women's Cup Final. She also talks about the start to the season, where Spartans have began with narrow defeats to Hibs, Rangers and Celtic, and previews the weekends game against Forfar Farmington. Debbi also covers the lack of coaching opportunities for Women in the Men's game and the barriers that need to be broken down. There is also a good section on Mental Health, which is pro

John is joined by Scott from The Footy Blog Net and Donald who makes his first appearance on the podcast. Donald is a keen follower of non league football and is a reporter for what is now the West of Scotland Football League. We kick off the podcast by asking Donald what his thoughts are with regards to the change to professional status and the impact this may have on Scottish football. The chat moves on to Europe where once again Rangers and Celtic had mixed results. Once again we discuss what the issues are at Celtic and whether the blame is with the manager. The weekend saw Rangers maintain their lead at the top of the table and we focus on the improvement in terms of goals conceded. We try to pinpoint what is different. The other games are covered though it's a bit difficult with a couple due to the poor weather. It's the week of the Nations League playoff as we look to reach Euro 2020. The excitement is building with the uneasy feeling of being optimistic for just now. We discuss what the lineup is

This Thursday, Scotland play in their biggest match for 13 years (when they faced Italy at Hampden) as they take on Serbia in the Euro 2020 playoff. As part of our preview special, Good John was joined by THREE special guests over the course of the past week. First up was commentator Paul Mitchell, the voice of BBC Scotland's coverage of Scotland Internationals from 2004 until 2010. Paul recalls that period where, despite not witnessing qualification, there were some special moments, notably Paris though he very nearly missed the game as he explains. Losing the number one commentators role at the BBC was a large contributory factor to Paul's interest in the National team waining over the years. However, he still points out he wants to see Scotland do well and that ending the 22 year wait for tournament football will get him interested again. Next up was a fans contributor in Gordon Sheach, blogger for Tartan Scarf. Gordon has been going to games regularly since 2007 and shares some of his favourite experien

John is joined this week by Tony and Scott from The Footy Blog Net. We kick off with discussing the European action where Celtic and Rangers continued their Europa League campaign. Was it a missed opportunity for Celtic or a good point? There is discussion around what Celtic need to do in order to qualify. Rangers should face their toughest test against Benfica, however as we are recording we find out they are losing in domestic action. There were only three Premiership fixtures so we discussed them and the need for teams to improve in front of goal. Tony and Scott disagree with how well Dundee United are doing which makes for an interesting debate. The Scottish Cup semi finals were played at the weekend so we review the games and pay tribute to Mariusz Zaliukus who sadly passed away at the weekend. Can Hearts end Celtic's domestic dominance in terms of winning trophies? Ally Graham won the weekend prediction game so it's now 2-1 to the podcast team. Tony picks the games for the upcoming weekend with John

In the latest of our Guest Special series, Good John is joined by Radio Presenter and Dunfermline fan Steven Mill, currently with Bauer Media Group which has Clyde, Tay FM, Moray Firth, Northsound and West FM as part of their network. We begin by chatting about his current role, where he presents Monday to Friday from 4pm til 7pm, and on his new Big Football Saturday Show that he co-hosts with Ewen Cameron. After starting out at Kingdom FM in Fife, Steven got his big break when he landed the newsreaders role on the Capital Scotland Breakfast Show. He talks about the camaraderie he had with presenters Des Clarke and Jenny Black and how the success of the show drew in a higher audience age average than their target market. When Jenny left to start a family, Steven moved into the co-presenter role with Des, with Amy Irons moving into the newsreaders role. He talks about the natural progression and how the show continued to be a success until its axe in 2019, leading to him moving onto his current role. Steven

John is joined by Scott from The Footy Blog Net who returns after missing last week. There is plenty to discuss and we kick off with the mixed fortunes of Celtic and Rangers in Europe. Celtic continued to toil as they seem stuck between formations while Rangers continue their terrific record in Europe under Gerrard. The game between Standard and Rangers saw the best goal you'll possibly see all season from Roofe. We move on to domestic action and continue to discuss Celtic and their current form. They continued to have major issues defending though looked better in attack. Aberdeen will probably be slightly disappointed that they didn't win after putting in a strong performance. It leads us nicely in to their semi final from last season which takes place on Sunday. We cover the rest of the Premiership action and discuss whether Kevin Nisbet may be in for a Scotland call up. The lower league action is discussed as we give the results of our predictions game and this week it is the turn of Scott to represent

In the latest installments of our Guest Specials, Good John is joined by Paul Goodwin from fans group Scottish Football Supporters Association. Paul outlines the work that goes on within the organisation as they aim to give fans more of a say in the running of Scottish Football and to have more fans representation on club boards. He goes in depth with the work that they do to get supporters to buy into what they're doing and the progress they have made over the past five years. Paul also gives an interesting insight into the ongoing debates for the Scottish Government to let fans back into grounds after test events were halted, despite no linked positive Coronavirus cases to either event. He does acknowledge that our game is only a fraction of society, where many aspects have similar issues. If you are interested in getting involved, please go to their website for more information on how to join - https://scottishfsa.org/about-sfsa/ Tweet us @sffpodcast Facebook - Scottish Football Forums Instagram - sffp

John is joined by Tony as we discuss the current events in Scottish football. We kick off by reflecting on Scotland's game on Czech Republic and how it may be difficult for certain players to get back in the team. The Betfred Cup continues and we discuss whether it may have been better to make it a straight knock out tournament again for this season. The Premiership returned so we discussed the fallout from the Celtic and Rangers match. It looks like there is going to be a real title race this year though it is early days. Aberdeen have had a couple games since the international break and are next up for Celtic. John is hopeful that they will continue their positive approach that they've had in recent games. The lower leagues started and we get Tony to make some predictions for a game in each league in our new predictions contest against Ally Graham. The podcast concludes with some other chat about whats been happening in Scottish football and beyond. Tweet us @sffpodcast Facebook - Scottish Football Fo

In the latest installment of Good John's guest specials, he is joined by former SFA Grade 1 & FIFA Referee John Rowbotham. John talks openly about how he went from Junior and Amateur football to referee at the age of 29. Starting off at officiating Under 18's football, John progressed through the ranks to become one of Scotland's best known referees by the mid-nineties along with the likes of Willie Young, Hugh Dallas and Kenny Clark. He is perhaps best remembered for two games involving Paul Gascoigne. Firstly, a Rangers v Aberdeen game in 1995 where he admits he should've sent Gazza off in a match that affected his confidence, secondly in an Old Firm game two years later where he did produce a red card to the Geordie. John also oversaw 50 European club matches and five International matches before he hung up the whistle after the 2005 Scottish Cup Final between Celtic and Dundee United. John gives some great tales from his career, from a ballboy being disappointed at getting his autograph instead of P

Scott from The Footy Blog Net and Tony join F Bomb John for the latest podcast. Unfortunately the Covid pandemic features a fair bit with it impacting domestic football and the international team. It also comes up when we discuss the latest news about the West of Scotland Football League. The Betfred Cup saw a couple teams have to forfeit games and as we were recording an announcement was made that Kilmarnock will play their midweek cup tie after it being in doubt. Good John recorded a podcast last week previewing the lower leagues so we discuss our various predictions about promotion and relegation assuming the season doesn't finish early like it did last season. We discuss the latest news about the West of Scotland Football League with news of 9 teams deciding to withdraw from this season due to the restrictions in place. All clubs have faced a difficult situation but we agree that the start of the league could have been put back to next season. Scotland have played two games since we were last on and

The new season in the SPFL lower leagues commences on 16 October, and Good John is joined by ex-player Ally Graham, who has played for nine of the thirty clubs involved. The duo share their views on who they think will be getting promoted, relegated and who will be in the playoffs at either end of each of the three divisions, with some similar predictions and also some completely different takes on each league. One thing John and Ally definitely agree on is that the need for fans to return to grounds is massive for these clubs and we hope that the paying public can return safely sooner rather than later. Tweet us @sffpodcast Facebook - Scottish Football Forums Instagram - sffpodcast

It's a busy podcast as F Bomb John is joined by Scott from The Footy Blog Net, Tony and Iain from The Famous Tartan Army Magazine. Make sure to check out the latest issue of The Famous Tartan Army Magazine when it comes out later this month. Good John has done a fair bit of work for the magazine which should be a great read. We begin by discussing the efforts of Celtic and Rangers in the Europa League and their prospects in the group stages of the tournament. It's transfer deadline day too and interestingly enough Celtic signed Laxalt on loan from Milan. It's the week of Scotland's biggest game since they played Italy in 2007. There is a really interesting conversation about the formation that Clarke might use, who will play and our hopes for the game. We're all in a positive mood but I think it's helped by the various drinks we've got. The top 4 in the Scottish Premiership all won which covers the majority of the weekend review. To conclude we discuss what might happen in the Celtic and Rangers clash aft

In the second of Good John's interview's this week, he is joined by fellow Aberdeen fan and former model, pop star, MUTV and Celtic TV presenter and ESPN Singapore and BEIN Sports Producer Ally Begg. We began the podcast by speaking about the Coronavirus pandemic and how he's been affected, which led to redundancy at BEIN and has now relocated to Salzburg, Austria, and his plans for the future. Ally grew up supporting the Dons during their most enjoyable period of the early 1980's. He talks about Pittodrie's greatest night against Bayern Munich in 1983 and the trip to Gothenburg to see Aberdeen defeat Real Madrid in the European Cup Winners Cup Final. He was lucky enough to go to Pittodrie the following day to see the team bring home the trophy. After being let go by the club following a spell with the Boys Club, Ally pursued a modelling career after a reference from his hairdresser. This led to him being snapped up by a music producer to form one part of the boy band Bad Boys Inc, whom he was with for thre

In the latest of the guest specials with Good John, he is joined by former Ayr United (two spells), Dundee, Aberdeen, Kilmarnock & Queen of the South midfielder Robert Connor, who also won four caps for Scotland and had a brief spell as Ayr Manager. Robert talks in depth about his career, the laughs he had off it with his teammates, the difficulty of management and life after football. Tweet us @sffpodcast Facebook - Scottish Football Forums Instagram - sffpodcast

F Bomb John is joined by Tony and our latest guest Robert Love who is currently player and assistant manager at Annbank United. The podcast starts by discussing the change to West of Scotland league setup, the challenges of taking on a management role in the current climate and concerns about the future of clubs in the non league setup. We take a look at Robert's career in Senior football and success in the playoffs for Stenhousemuir and Albion Rovers. Robert talks about how he got involved in football and the setbacks he had as a youngster making his way in the game. His time in the Juniors is discussed mainly focusing on his time at Cumnock, rivals Auchinleck Talbot and the success he had there and Largs. Robert speaks openly about how he considered stopping playing as he had fallen out of love with football but thankfully he found his appetite for the game again. As is standard when we have a guest on we get him to pick a best eleven of players he played with. There are also funny stories in terms of a

In the second of our special guests for the week as Good John is joined by Airdrie legend John Martin. John talks through his 19 year spell with The Diamonds, from taking over as number one from Ernie McGarr to leaving the club in 1999, three years before the clubs unfortunate demise. He fondly recalls the 90's where Airdrie reached two Scottish Cup Finals, four League Cup Semi Finals, won the B&Q Challenge Cup, had two years in the Premier League and played Sparta Prague in the 1992/93 European Cup Winners Cup. John also speaks highly of his teammates such as Alan Lawrence, Jimmy Sandison, Kenny Black and Owen Coyle. After leaving Airdrie, John had short spells at Cowdenbeath, Preston Athletic and Bo'ness, plus a role in the movie "A Shot at Glory" alongside Robert Duvall, Ally McCoist and Michael Keaton amongst others. John also speaks of his pride at being a club ambassador for Airdrie and at being named in their hall of fame. Tweet us @sffpodcast Facebook - Scottish Football Forums Instagram - sffp

F Bomb John is joined this week by Scott from The Footy Blog Net. We kick off by talking about latest government announcement relating Covid and implications on Scottish Football. There were three Scottish teams in European action who all progressed. We discuss whether they and Celtic can reach the Europa League playoff round. The weekend action is discussed with Rangers conceding their first goals of the league season. Before the Aberdeen game the news broke out that a deal had been accepted for Scott McKenna. The guys discuss what impact the sale may have and whether he will be replaced. The podcast concludes with other news in Scottish football relating to the women's game and lower leagues. Tweet us @sffpodcast Facebook - Scottish Football Forums Instagram - sffpodcast

Good John is back with another guest special, this time it's not a footballer or coach. He was joined by Actor and St Johnstone fan Colin McCredie. Colin starts off by talking about the effects Covid has had on the acting industry and concerns for the future, though he was able to do some work by using his daughter's bedroom for a scene. He then goes through his acting career, mainly his role as DC Fraser in Taggart including working with fellow co-stars James McPherson, Blythe Duff, John Michie and Alex Norton. He talks at length about the storyline of his character revealing that he was gay and how that was received within the media, and also the sour axing of his character after 15 years on the show. He also covers off roles in River City, Wooly and Tig and Still Game as well as pantomine roles. Away from the sets and stage, Colin talks fondly about his love for St Johnstone FC from the early 80's starring Ally McCoist and Jim Brogan to the present day. The interview couldn't be passed without recalling