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Regulars John, Dave and Josh are joined by returning guest from last week John W from Scots Abroad Pod. We also have two Scott's as Scott from SM Media joins us and Scott from Hearts podcast Scarves Around the Funnel returns after being a guest previously. We focus on the League Cup final and discuss how the game went. where the game was won, Robson interview after the game and more. There is discussion on back of it in terms of what Aberdeen need to do to change things. Is it down to the manager as there is a general consensus that squad is strong enough. There is chat surrounding the possible future of Lawrence Shankland and how important he is to Hearts as rumours persist that Rangers want to sign him in January. Scott reacts to Hearts victory at Celtic Park and what this may mean in terms of pressure on Naismith. John W gives us an insight in to some tactical analysis and we ask who actually gave the worst interview of the week as Derek Adams slates Scottish football. On the back of Celtic losing back

Ahead of the cup final on Sunday we have regulars John, Erin and Robbie representing Aberdeen while guests Andy and John W join Josh in the blue corner. We discuss the upcoming game with possible selection dilemmas for both managers especially with both teams playing in Europe on Thursday. There is a bit of debate about whether Rangers focus should be on the final with the importance that a trophy could bring to Clement's reign at the club. We finish off with a bit of fun with everyone selecting three players from their time supporting the club to replace current players. Thank you to supernovaterracewear.com who are sponsoring our Fantasy Football Scotland league for the third season running. You can find them on Twitter Supernova Terracewear or Instagram @supernovaterracewear Tweet us @sffpodcastInstagram - sffpodcastFacebook - Scottish Football ForumsMastodon - @sffpodcast@mastodon.scotEmail - scottishfootballforumspodcast@gmail.com

The two John's and Scott J are joined by returning guest Russell from the 3 Lions podcast and Swiss football expert Craig who joins us for the first time. The focus is predominantly on the reaction to Group A with the excitement of Scotland being involved in the opening game and a group where anything could happen. Some of the podcast team recorded their reaction to the draw with everyone being fairly confident of Scotland doing well. We discuss the other teams involved and how they have been getting on recently. Russell gives us an insight in to England's draw with them being one of the favourites to win the tournament. There is discussion around the other groups, predictions and we finish off with a quiz. Thank you to supernovaterracewear.com who are sponsoring our Fantasy Football Scotland league for the third season running. You can find them on Twitter Supernova Terracewear or Instagram @supernovaterracewear Tweet us @sffpodcastInstagram - sffpodcastFacebook - Scottish Football ForumsMastodon - @

Ahead of the final double header of Scotland's Women's Nations League campaign, Dave is joined by John Bl and Eva for another chat about all things going on in both the national team and SWPL1. As well as previewing the fixtures away to Belgium and home to England, there's a look back at the recent league fixtures. There's also a discussion around the medical cover in the women's game, particularly given how widespread ACL injuries seem to have been of late not only in Scotland and affecting the national side's hopes, but across the world. Finally, as is now tradition on these podcasts, there's our Higher or Lower caps quiz. Thank you to supernovaterracewear.com who are sponsoring our Fantasy Football Scotland league for the third season running. You can find them on Twitter Supernova Terracewear or Instagram @supernovaterracewear Tweet us @sffpodcastInstagram - sffpodcastFacebook - Scottish Football ForumsMastodon - @sffpodcast@mastodon.scotEmail - scottishfootballforumspodcast@gm

Josh is back in the driving seat this week and is along side podcast regular Dave.Joined by guests Stephen Reside of "A Different View", Happy Jambo Graeme Duthie. This week it's back to the fun of domestic football and all the usual chat that dominates the rivalries. There's VAR conspiracies at Celtic Park and Pittodrie, the Olympic diving finals... there's even Dicks out all over the place! Thankfully though there's always the magic of the cup - it's never dull in Scottish football! Thank you to supernovaterracewear.com who are sponsoring our Fantasy Football Scotland league for the third season running. You can find them on Twitter Supernova Terracewear or Instagram @supernovaterracewear Tweet us @sffpodcastInstagram - sffpodcastFacebook - Scottish Football ForumsMastodon - @sffpodcast@mastodon.scotEmail - scottishfootballforumspodcast@gmail.com

With Christmas just around the corner, John B and Scott J were joined by authors Callum McFadden of Football CFB and Donald Stewart of SFSA to plug their new books. Callum's book "Behind the Curtain of the Beautiful Game" is a series of short stories from some of the biggest names in football sharing their tales of their respective experiences, from players and managers, through pundits and broadcasters, to referees and fans. It is a unique insight into what makes the beautiful game, and all royalties go to the mental health charity Man on Inverclyde, which leads to a great conversation around the importance of mental health. Donald's book "Back o the Net" in conjunction with Paul Goodwin is a collation of fans stories across 49 clubs in Scotland on how they got involved with their respective clubs and why they mean so much to them. The community aspect is particularly highlighted with Donald telling the story of how he got involved with his local team Ayr United, and even gets the

Regulars John, Erin, Josh, Krys and Scott J are joined by Laurie as we reflect on a fantastic campaign for Scotland. We take a look back through the campaign and discuss some of our memories and favourite highlights. Safe to say we'll never forget that moment in Oslo or that crazy game against Georgia in June. There are some quiz questions throughout the podcast as we discuss Group A. We also talk tunes at Hampden with Josh not liking a couple of tunes that are played regularly. Who will be on the plane to Germany? We consider that there might be a 26 man squad again and discuss some wildcards and who may miss out. As we look ahead to the draw for Euro 2024, we discuss who we'd prefer to get in our group. Keep your eye out for the draw in Hamburg on the 2nd December. Thank you to supernovaterracewear.com who are sponsoring our Fantasy Football Scotland league for the third season running. You can find them on Twitter Supernova Terracewear or Instagram @supernovaterracewear Tweet us @sffpodcastInstagra

The two John's are joined by the Easton brothers as we preview the last two qualifiers and talk about their respective jobs. Keith is the man behind the music as he is the DJ at Hampden and Graeme is the stadium announcer. There are questions about how they secured their roles, the preparation ahead of the games and much more. The most popular question we got from our listeners was surrounding the home game v Georgia where the weather wasn't favourable with the guys having to think on their feet. Keith gives us an insight in to how the music is selected while Graeme gives us an insight in to how he learns the names of players. We hear from Georgian fan Luka who gives his take on the upcoming game and provides his own 7 a side team. Team selection is discussed with some regulars being out as we look at the game away in Georgia. We round off the podcast by getting the guys to pick their best 7 a side Scotland team, pick their favourite albums and have a quiz. Thank you to supernovaterracewear.com who ar

Regulars John, Erin and Josh are joined by up and coming Scottish band Hitlist. It's a first as we have a full band on with the Callum, Calum, Ollie and Scott. In addition to this we also have Hibs fan Allan on. You can find the band on X and Instagram @HitlistAberdeen  We kick off with some reflection on Saturday's semi final between Aberdeen and Hibs as we chat about VAR, controversial decisions, the goal and more. The guys from Hitlist give us an insight in to how the band came about, how they picked the name, their influences and much more. If you haven't checked them out before then check them out on your usual music platform. We get a wee exclusive with announcement of their upcoming song which is almost mixed and there is news about a gig in Glasgow next year.  There are some football related questions such as favourite Aberdeen kits, favourite players and getting their songs played at Pittodrie. Josh reviews the other semi on Sunday between Rangers and Hearts as he likes what he sees so fa

John hosts as Josh and Robbie feature from the regulars and are joined by our friends from Edinburgh, Charlie and Graeme as we preview the League Cup semis. We start by looking back at Rangers v Hearts in the league ahead of their semi final this Sunday. There is chat around how teams are doing so far this season, the pressure that Naismith faces and who might win.  In the other semi on Saturday there is chat around the recurring excuses that Robson is making while Charlie is pretty confident that Hibs will get the business done. The guys reflect on some of their favourite memories from League Cup semi finals at Hampden with everyone having some varied experiences. There is a bit of fun as we come up with a best eleven with rule that a minimum of two players can feature from each side. Fans can not nominate players from their own team though. We round up by making predictions for each semi and who the potential match winners could be. Thank you to supernovaterracewear.com who are sponsoring our Fantasy Footba

Dave's back in the hosting chair once more as we once again as we turn our attention to the women's game ahead of Scotland's double header with the Netherlands in the Nations League. He's joined on the podcast by returning guests Eva and Clare. Before the international chat though there's the regular look at SWPL1 following a weekend where Rangers went top after ending the 100% record of previous leaders Celtic. They discuss the differences at Rangers that Jo Potter has made this season and wonder if this is just a blip for an otherwise flawless Celtic. On the other side of the country, Hibernian have been running riot and Hearts appear to be back to their best as well. Meanwhile champions Glasgow City had a disappointing end to their Champions League hopes at the hands of Brann. Turn to the Nations League, there's the difficult prospect of facing the Dutch without several of our key players which will make a difficult prospect even harder. Finally there's another of the fun cap qu

We're back for our second Championship special and John is lucky enough to be joined by the guests who were on the first one. Katie, Andy, Adam, Robert, Heather and Ali are on to represent some of the clubs in the division. We kick off with a bit of banter regarding the weekend result between Partick Thistle and Dundee United. This leads on to everyone giving their views on how the first quarter of the campaign has gone so far with Dundee United the only unbeaten team. There is chat about the box office appeal of having Duncan Ferguson as a manager in the league though the team are not sure how well he will do. There is discussion about what players have been a surprise so far in the league, best away days so far and some pie chat. John gets everyone to come up with a filling of their choice. The podcast concludes with some chat around the Her Game Too movement which Heather leads in Scotland. If any clubs are interested in partnering up with the movement then get in touch by sending an email to hergameto

Dave takes up hosting duties once more and is joined by Krys as well as guests Michael, Hazel (or is it Heather...) from Tartan Army Magazine and Tartan Army foot soldier Gordon. Obviously there's only one top worthy of conversation this week, and that's the achievement of Scotland reaching a second consecutive European Championship. The achievements of Steve Clarke's men across the campaign finally came to fruition despite the defeat in Seville when Norway failed to beat Spain a few days later. There's an in depth look into all the goings on in Thursday's game against Spain, including a lot of discussion around the refereeing decisions made that night (and not just the disallowed goal from Scott McTominay) There's also a look back at what everyone thought were the key moments of the campaign as a whole, whilst still thinking ahead to next month's final two games of qualifying that could still yet prove important in deciding which pot Scotland find themselves in for December's

John, Josh and Robbie are joined by returning guest Stephen Reside as we look ahead to the Spain v Scotland game. Before that though we give Josh an opportunity to reflect on Beale's sacking at Rangers as we discuss potential candidates for the vacant position.  Excitement is building ahead of Scotland's trip to Seville to play Spain as we look to secure qualification for Euro 2024. The guys are optimistic that the job can be done in what will obviously be a tricky tie. We discuss who will replace Tierney, what formation that Clarke will opt for and who will start up front.  There is then the first part of a quiz as is now tradition ahead of the international games as we have a game of higher/lower. We then reflect on the weekend action as we discuss Lennon Miller's sending off, Aberdeen's draw with St Johnstone and the Edinburgh derby. To conclude the show we go back to Scotland as we discuss Lewis Ferguson and round up with the second part of our quiz. Thank you to supernovaterracewear.com w

John, Erin and Robbie are joined by returning guests Charlie and Graeme for another busy podcast. To begin with we look at the League Cup quarter finals and review the action. Following on from this we discuss the sacking of Michael Beale and who may replace him on a permanent basis. We move on to the weekend action in the Premiership as Celtic and St Mirren continue their unbeaten runs while Aberdeen get the result of the weekend. There is some chat about the European games coming up for Celtic, Rangers and Aberdeen with predictions made in terms of how they will do. The podcast concludes with Graeme and Charlie taking centre stage as we preview the first Edinburgh derby of the season. Thank you to supernovaterracewear.com who are sponsoring our Fantasy Football Scotland league for the third season running. You can find them on Twitter Supernova Terracewear or Instagram @supernovaterracewear Tweet us @sffpodcastInstagram - sffpodcastFacebook - Scottish Football ForumsMastodon - @sffpodcast@mastodon.scotEmail

John, Robbie and Scott are joined by Michael for a busy show with plenty of quality football chat. We kick off by discussing how the Scottish teams got on in Europe with their being mixed fortunes. Rangers were the only ones who won but there was an encouraging performance by Aberdeen in Germany. Something that we've bemoaned for a while is the lack of youngsters getting regular minutes in the Scottish Premiership. In particular we focus on the lack of Scottish youngsters playing regularly in the top flight and discuss why this might be. There is chat about identity, Director of Football role in Scotland and much more. Robbie guides us through a quick review of Scotland's defeat against England in the Nations League. We discuss the contract given to Pedro Martinez Losa and hopefully a bright future under him. To round off the show we take a look at the weekend action as St Mirren continue to impress, referees don't and Aberdeen get their first league win of the campaign. Thank you to supernovaterr

Ahead of the inaugural women's Nations League, Dave is joined by returning guest Eva Murray and freelance journalist Laura Howard from Vavel to look ahead to the opening match for Scotland against the Auld Enemy in Sunderland. There's a good look into the general state of Scottish football for women, including the recent fall out with the SFA, as well as a look back at how SWPL1 is shaping up so far. Dave also has interviews with newly called up Amy Gallacher and her Celtic manager Fran Alonso, as well as the fast approaching 50 caps Nicola Docherty and her Rangers manager Jo Potter. There's also a look at things from an England perspective, and an international caps quiz to finish up. Thank you to supernovaterracewear.com who are sponsoring our Fantasy Football Scotland league for the third season running. You can find them on Twitter Supernova Terracewear or Instagram @supernovaterracewear Tweet us @sffpodcastInstagram - sffpodcastFacebook - Scottish Football ForumsMastodon - @sffpodcast@mastodo

Regulars John, Josh and Dave are joined by singer John Hamilton for our first football/music special of the season. John's a Killie fan so there is plenty of chat about favourite players, memories and more. We kick things off by reviewing the England friendly from last week though don't dwell on it too much. There is music chat about favourite gigs, influences, the Ayrshire music scene and John's hopes to play more gigs in the future. Keep an eye out on the usual socials for John Hamilton to keep up to date with any new song releases. All six Premiership games took place on Saturday so we discuss what went on and pressure on Barry Robson at Aberdeen. We finish off with some quickfire questions and John picks his all time Killie eleven. Thank you to supernovaterracewear.com who are sponsoring our Fantasy Football Scotland league for the third season running. You can find them on Twitter Supernova Terracewear or Instagram @supernovaterracewear Tweet us @sffpodcastInstagram - sffpodcastFacebook - Sco

John, Erin, Krys and Robbie are joined by guest Hazel who makes her first appearance on the podcast. There are some stories from Hazel about her trip to Cyprus for the game which set the tone for the podcast. We discuss the game itself too and the all round positive performance. There is some debate about whether John McGinn is our best player in the last 30 years and chat about how good our midfield is. As rumours persist about Harvey Barnes switching allegiance to us we discuss whether he would be an asset of not and what we think about players being able to switch nationality. We may be getting carried away too as we look at what we could do when we qualify for Euro 2024. The podcast concludes with some discussion about loyalty points in terms of getting to Scotland away games and we make our predictions ahead of the game against England. Make sure to check out tartanarmymagazine.com featuring some excellent articles from John Bl and Hazel. Thank you to supernovaterracewear.com who are sponsoring our Fanta

Regulars John, Dave and Josh are joined by Euan as we look ahead to the international fixtures. The focus is on our qualifier against Cyprus with discussion around the squad and general optimism going in to the game. We discuss what we expect the starting lineup may be with a general consensus between us in terms of most of the starting eleven. As we approach the 150 year celebration match against England, Russell from Three Lions Podcast joins us to preview the game from an England perspective. We test his knowledge with a short quiz. We then return for a quiz from a Scotland perspective with lots of fun to be had. Don't miss John's guess the club game. Finally, make sure to check out tartanarmymagazine.com featuring some excellent articles from John B and our guest next week Hazel. Thank you to supernovaterracewear.com who are sponsoring our Fantasy Football Scotland league for the third season running. You can find them on Twitter Supernova Terracewear or Instagram @supernovaterracewear Tweet us @s