Scottish Football Forums Podcast

In our first Football/Music special for a while, John is joined by Conor and Patrick from Cloud House. You can find them on Twitter, Instagram and TikTok @CloudHouseBand The guys give us an insight in to their sound, how they managed to release their EP and plans for the future. Both of them are Celtic fans so they chat about favourite memories supporting Celtic, their thoughts on introduction of...

World Cup 2022 is four weeks away. As Scotland fans, we don't care, so let's do what we've been good at for the last 24 years and look back at a time we made them regularly! In this episode, John B is joined by fellow author Tom Brogan to recall Scotland's fortunes at Spain '82. Tom wrote a book on the subject titled "We Made Them Angry" in reference to David Narey's toepoke against Brazil. Tom go...

On this episode, John B is joined by Vinny and Krys to go over the Women's World Cup playoffs which sadly ended Scotland's hopes of reaching their third major tournament and second World Cup taking place in Australia and New Zealand next year. Having narrowly beaten Austria after extra time in the first round, the second round against Republic of Ireland was a bridge too far. We reflect on both ga...

On our latest episode, regulars John, Erin, Jeff and Josh are joined by vlogger Blair McNally to have a chat about the content he creates and Scottish football. We kick off by discussing the Euro 2024 qualifying draw and what we can expect from the group with some tricky ties ahead. Blair talks us through the videos he creates and gives us an insight in to some of his favourite experiences from hi...

The two John's are on this week which doesn't happen that often these days on the same podcast. They discuss the weekend action in the Premiership and how the other leagues are looking so far. We reflect on Scotland's achievements on getting promoted to Group A of the Nations League and discuss what would potentially be a good draw for Euro 2024 qualifying. Best of luck to the SWNT as they look to...

It's a big week ahead for the Scotland Women's National Team as they look to take a giant step towards qualification for a second consecutive World Cup Finals, being held in Australia and New Zealand next summer. John B is joined by four special guests with a fountain of knowledge of the Women's game - Chris Marshall, Amy Canavan, Jane Lewis and Emma Black - to assess our chances of defeating Aust...

John and Josh are joined by Alan as we preview the away game against Ukraine and reflect on our home double header. We start off by discussing the importance of the game against Ukraine and whether Steve Clarke might be tempted to revert back to three at the back. The squad has been decimated by defensive injuries so if we are to get a positive result then we'll have done it under difficult circum...

John and Josh are joined by returning guest Michael as we look ahead to Scotland's home double header against Ukraine and Ireland. Before that though Josh is keen to point out that Celtic got beat in the league at the weekend and this leads on to a brief chat about what went on in the Premiership at the weekend. Scotland will look to get revenge on both their opponents this week after disappointin...

In our latest guest special, John B is joined by Aberdeen Director Zoe Oglivie. Having worked closely with the club in her capacity at Big Partnership, Zoe was officially announced onto the Dons Board on 3 June 2021, becoming the first female to become a Director at the club. She talks about the moment the call came from Chairman Dave Cormack invited her onto the board, the challenges she has face...

John and Josh are on for the latest episode of the podcast. We reflect on a miserable week for Scottish teams in Europe with all of them losing and consider whether they will get more favourable results this week. The Scotland squad is due to be announced for our upcoming triple header. There is discussion around who we expect to make the squad and if there will be any surprise selections. To conc...

On the eve of Scotland Women's National Team finding out their World Cup playoff fate, John B & Vinny are joined by Dave Smith to review their recent matches. First up, an away trip to Netherlands proved to be a useful exercise as Scotland gave a good account of themselves before going down 2-1 to the FIFA ranked sixth best side in Women's Football. This was followed up by a resounding 6-0 win in...

On the latest episode we have John, Erin, Josh, Krys, Scott M and special guest Michael on. Last week the transfer window closed so we start off by discussing what teams signed well and those who didn't do so well. In the week of the Champions League group stages starting and both Celtic and Rangers being in it, we chat about how well both teams will do with both having a tough start. This links i...

In our latest guest special, John B and Vinny are joined by former Scotsport, Setanta and Clyde Superscoreboard presenter, and current Scottish Sun columnist, Jim Delahunt. Jim gives a great insight into his career that saw him start off at the Sunday Standard before joining STV in 1990. He succeeded Jim White as Scotsport presenter in 1998 and was there for eight years before joining Setanta Spor...

John, Jeff and Josh are on to chat about some of the latest Scottish football goings on. We kick off by Josh talking us through the Marymass derby in Irvine which took place on Friday night. There was speculation that Jack Ross had left Dundee United after their recent bad form. The guys discuss whether the reaction to results has been a bit over the top. European action is discussed with Rangers...

For our latest podcast, the two John's are joined by Ally Graham, Kevin Harper, Falkirk fan Alan and Stirling Albion fan Marc. League One and Two have started with some interesting results as teams who were expected to do well are struggling while those who were expected to struggle are doing well. It's early days though. The guys discuss how competitive they think League One will be and are torn...

John is joined by Vinny and returning guest, Dundee fan Ethan as we take a deep dive in to the Championship and what to expect of this season. There are predictions around who will win the league, finish in promotion playoff positions, who will be relegated and who will finish elsewhere. We look at where teams have strengthened with all being in agreement that some teams still have a fair bit of t...

Sunday 7 August is a special day in the Scottish Football calendar as the 2022/23 SWPL1 season gets underway. The top division has now increased to 12 teams and we bring you two podcasts to preview the new campaign, featuring interviews with players and coaches of each of the twelve teams represented in the league. In part two, we speak to Spartans forward Becky Galbraith, Aberdeen co-manager Gavi...

Sunday 7 August is a special day in the Scottish Football calendar as the 2022/23 SWPL1 season gets underway. The top division has now increased to 12 teams and we bring you two podcasts to preview the new campaign, featuring interviews with players and coaches of each of the twelve teams represented in the league. In part one, we speak to Rangers forward Lizzie Arnot, Glasgow City new girl Amy Mu...

John, Josh and Scott J are on the latest episode of the podcast as we discuss some of the events in Scottish football recently. We kick off by discussing Motherwell and Graham Alexander leaving the club after their European exit. There is chat about Rangers and Dundee United upcoming European ties and how they might get on. The guys are all fans of the West of Scotland football league so we have a...

The podcast returns for a twelfth season as regulars John, Scott and Jeff are joined by Laurie, Harry, Neil, Euan, Andy R, Andy L, Ross, Paul and Nory with every team being represented. We discuss predictions for the upcoming season in terms of league position with some optimistic thoughts from some and pessimistic from others. The fans of teams who have qualified for Europe discuss how things mig...

For our final episode of the season, the two John's are joined by Josh, Krys and Scott. We kick off with a wee bit of chat about the Football Square Mile walk that some of the team did at the weekend. If you want to book it then check out glasgowfootballtour.com There is discussion around transfer activity so far with not much business taking place so far. Highlights of the season are discussed wi...

The Men's National Team's World Cup dream may be over, but the Scotland Women's side hopes of reaching their finals in Australia and New Zealand next year is still very much alive. In this episode, John B is joined by Chris Marshall and Amy Canavan to preview their latest qualifier against Ukraine which, due to the ongoing atrocities in their homeland, is being played in Poland. We look back at wh...

In our latest episode the two John's are joined by returning guest David and Armenia guest Aram from Football Kentron ( @FootballKentron ). We discuss the Nations League group so far with mixed results for everyone with exception of Ukraine. Aram gives us an insight in to the Armenian team and what to expect in the reverse fixture of last Wednesday. The fallout from Scotland's defeat in Ireland is...

We have a treat in store for you in our latest episode as we discuss the biggest event that happened at Hampden last week. John Bleasdale, our co-host had the launch of his superb debut book, Scotland's Swedish Adventure. The other John hosts and is joined by Alan, Neil and of course John himself. John discusses the event at the Scottish Museum at Hampden last week, how the book came about and giv...

The two John's and Josh are joined by Welsh football writer Ian Mitchelmore in what we hoped was going to be a preview of a Home Nations final to decide who qualifies for Qatar 2022. Ukraine didn't get the script though as Scotland were convincingly defeated in the playoff semi which leaves us once again not at the party. The guys discuss whether Clarke got his team selection right, the lack of wi...