Pure Fitbaw

The unbiased Scottish voice celebrating the good, calling out the bad and giving you in-depth insight into football from the local park to the World Cup On this week's Pure Fitbaw podcast Owen Brown and Gavin Miller give you the lowdown on each of the twelve teams left in this season's Champions League. From the Round of 16 ties still to be concluded to the single game knock out set up in Lisbon f...

On this week's Pure Fitbaw podcast Owen Brown and Gavin Miller kick things off with a look at the signing of Laurent Robert's son, Thomas, to Airdrieonians FC which leads into a chat about other strange transfers in Scottish football   We then discuss all the transfers made so far this summer in the Scottish Premiership club and identify a key need for every club.   Enjoy the podcast? Consider lea...

Gavin and Owen co-host the podcast for the first time in a while and, as well as discussing recent food and music discoveries, they get stuck into the Hearts and Dundee United managerial situations. A comprehensive run down of Daniel Stendel's tenure including views on the realities of his tactics, what the stats showed and what the future holds for Hearts is followed by a discussion of Robbie Nei...

Chris Samson, Gordon Sheach and Lewis Cumming continue their discussion around what Scottish football could look like off the pitch in a perfect world. In this part they go into what the clubs could do differently and discuss a few more examples of things they'd like to see become part of the game here.

Chris Samson is joined by Gordon Sheach and Lewis Cumming to dream of what Scottish football would be like off the pitch in a perfect world. In this first part they discuss what the unique selling point of Scottish football should be and how the SPFL should be structured in order to deliver on their task of promoting our beautiful game.

Gav, Owen and Chris scour the Scottish Premiership free agent list and pick out five players each who they hope stay in Scotland and join another club. Have a listen and let us know who you want your club to snap up.

Gav, Owen and Chris discuss whether they'd make any changes to the Scotland starting line up by the time 2022 rolls around and qualifying starts for the 2024 European Championships. Who's making your squad? Let us know @PureFitbaw on Twitter.

Chris speaks to the manager of United Soccer League (USL) side Indy Eleven, Scotsman Martin Rennie. They talk about his path to managing in America, which has taken him across the globe since doing his coaching badges in Scotland and playing for lower league clubs in the country.

Owen is joined by Chris and Cammy to chat all things Football Manager. They answer some listener questions and share their thoughts on some of the key aspects that make up the game, from tactics to training to keeping your players happy. Have a listen, share and leave us a review.

This week Owen and Gavin talk about the return of some live football to watch as German football is scheduled to (re) kick off this weekend.   We each pick a team to support, get our resident expert’s views on players to look out for, talk about Lewandowski, Werner and Haaland before debating the best and wurst (sorry!) kits.   If you enjoy the show please leave a review and share the episode with...

This week Gavin Miller and Owen Brown discuss things they’ve recently read that they recommend and which players in Scottish football are overrated and underrated.   Is Ryan Kent so overrated that he’s now underrated? What type of players do fans tend to think are underrated? What do these words even mean?   Are you Pure Fitbaw? Analysis, scouting, tactics, stats & opinion about football in Scotla...

Cammy speaks to Phil Delves, Head of Content at Football Shirt Collective, about one of the most popular topics in football, kits. They discuss kit culture, the changes across the years and just why are certain kits from across the years so loved?

Andrew Miller ( European Fitbaw ) & Cammy Anderson (Pure Championship) are joined by guest Barry McConnachie to discuss the differences between the Scottish system and American collegiate systems. 

Gavin is joined by Chris Samson and Euan Robertson to dissect the last week across Scottish football. Votes, statements, potential restructures and more. Where do we start?

Owen Brown and Gavin Miller pick their Scottish Premiership teams of the season with a slight difference. One team of Rangers and Celtic players and one team made up of the best of the rest.   Analysis, scouting, tactics, stats and opinion about football in Scotland and beyond via podcast, article and social media. Subscribe for the Pure Championship and European Fitbaw shows in addition to the Pu...

Chris from the Pure Championship Podcast chats to Dundee United's Head of Analysis and Opposition Scouting, Stevie Grieve, about his role at the club. We touch on analysing opponents, developing young players and recruiting players based on stats. Have a listen and let us know what you think!

Gavin Miller and Owen Brown discuss who, if and when the transfer window reopens after this season, would be the optimum player for each Scottish Premiership club to sell.     We consider the makeup of the squad, contract length and value - not just picking the most valuable player. Let us know who you'd pick for each team too and why.   Subscribe and also listen to the Pure Championship and Europ...

A bonus Pure Fitbaw episode all about Hearts’ 2019/20 season featuring special guest Joel Sked (The Terrace podcast, A View From The Terrace tv show, The Scotsman and Edinburgh Evening News).   We discuss:   * Was Craig Levein sacked too late? * Cathro/McPhee/Stendel * Hearts players this season   Are you Pure Fitbaw? Listen and subscribe to Pure Fitbaw, European Fitbaw and Pure Championship.

Chris and Cammy reunite for a lockdown special going through their picks for the Championship Team of the Season. Disagree? Get in touch with us and let us know who'd be in your team.

On this week's flagship show Owen Brown and Gavin Miller tackle three topics:   * Scottish Premiership 5 a-side team * Which footballer would you like to be self isolating with? * What are the best snacks during a pandemic lockdown?  

The European Fitbaw show brings your our team of the season (so far?!) this week. Andrew, Gavin, Byron and Owen each pick their favourite eleven players from Europe’s ‘top 5 leagues’ before determining the official Pure Fitbaw select.   Tune in and debate along before sending us a picture of your own choices to Pure Fitbaw on twitter, Facebook or Instagram.   Are you Pure Fitbaw? Subscribe and als...

This week Gavin Miller and Owen Brown are joined by football analyst and tactician Blair Newman (www.twitter.com/thesecondball) to discuss three matches.   First a look back at Livingston’s 2-0 victory over Celtic earlier in this Scottish Premiership season, next the famous James McFadden inspired 2007 Scotland win over France and, finally, the 2001/02 Champions League final which took place at Ha...

Gavin is joined on a bonus episode by Laura McCallum (https://twitter.com/laurasportslaw), Dundee United’s Head of Football  Administration and Legal Affairs.   We discuss a number of topics relating to football, the law and regulations which include;   Contracts Work Permits Commercial and Legal advice for clubs General advice on standard practices and avoiding pitfalls.        

Cammy is joined by special guest Euan Booth-Robertson   @EuanBRobertson to talk through the latest action in the Scottish Championship and preview the upcoming fixtures! 

  On this week’s flagship episode Gavin and Owen discuss Rangers and Scotland.   Why have results dipped for Rangers? Have the club been slow to react and is poor recruitment to blame? Is Steven Gerrard under pressure?   Should Billy Gilmour be in the Scotland squad? Who are the players that might feel hard done by not getting a call up? What would be our teams against Israel?   Are you Pure Fitba...