Scottish Football Forums Podcast

Just five days to go until the long awaited World Cup playoff Semi Final between Scotland and Ukraine. On this special three-part preview, John B is joined by a mixture of commentators and fans to look ahead to the big game. First up is Hampden Roar Podcast host and freelance commentator Andy Bargh, who had the misfortune of being on before the squad was announced, so we debated what new faces wou...

In this latest episode regulars John, Jeff, Erin and Scott are joined by some returning guests in Rangers fan Andy L ( @AndyLoughran ), Motherwell fan Andy R ( @MFCPodcast86 ), Dundee fan Ethan ( @EthanHampton11 ), Livingston fan Euan ( @rankine_euan ) and Hearts fan Laurie ( @lauriedunsire ) while Hibs fan Charlie ( @charliebanks97 ), St Mirren fan Div ( @pieandbov ), Ross County fan Ross ( @ross...

Four guests, three hosts, two teams, one big occasion. This is the SFF Podcast's preview to the Scottish Women's Cup Final between Glasgow City and Celtic, a repeat of the League Cup Final in December. Holders City are looking for their tenth Scottish Cup and to end the season with silverware having seen their 14 years of League dominance ended by Rangers. Vinny speaks to midfielder Niamh Farrelly...

John, Jeff and Vinny are on as we round up what has been going on in Scottish football with some of the playoffs being decided in the last week. So far, it's pleasing to see that the playoffs have seen teams progress and be promoted so congratulations to Bonnyrigg, Edinburgh City and Queen's Park. Can Inverness complete the set and defeat St Johnstone? Further down in tier 6 things have still to b...

We’ve saved the best until last in our Euro ’92 throwback series as John Bleasdale looks at the success of the two Scandinavian sides in the tournament, hosts Sweden and late entrants, and surprise winners, Denmark. He is joined by 96-capped Swedish internationalist Patrik Andersson, Danish journalist Sebastian Stanbury , and Danish commentator Niels Harild. Patrik broke into the Sweden side at th...

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 whic...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 ca...

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...

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, Ea...

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 fin...

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 Kirki...

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...

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 sho...

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 park...

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 th...

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 Kil...

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...

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 Scotti...

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 @forgottencl...

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 can...