Scottish Football Forums Podcast

It's the second of our Women's Specials as John B is joined by three female guests sharing their love of football. Vivienne McLaren - Chair of Scottish Women's Football who help run the Women's game in conjunction with the SWPL and SFA Amy Canavan - Student Journalist already making a name for herself as a contributor to A Celtic State of Mind podcast, running the Social Media account for Bonnyrig...

This is episode 44 even though John incorrectly stated it was episode 43. We should have also called this podcast 'No to Qatar, Just Guitars' Ciaran and Jordan from Arcade State join regulars John and Erin for another Football/Music Special and bring the banter too. The guys talk about what they've been up to recently with single 'Splinter' being released last week and being busy with gigs. Check...

In this episode, John B and Ross are joined by Rangers fan and author Alistair Aird. The timing of Alistair's appearance is somewhat unfortunate given the recent defeat by Celtic, but he and Ross don't avoid the discussion and dissect on what went wrong for their team that night, but why they believe the title race is very much on. Alistair then discusses his love of Rangers and how it began by lo...

For our latest Football/Music special regulars John, Erin, Kyle and Scott are joined by Jodi (Silvi) and Gary who was a member of The Begbies. It's a busy week for Silvi as she has her single Rain out on 4/2/22 and plays her first gig too the same day at PG Molloys. That's not even to mention her excitement about being on the podcast. There is the difficult opening question from Erin about her top...

On our latest show, John and Erin are joined by DJ and Aberdeen fan Paul Harper. There is a variety of chat which ranges from memories of old jobs, going to Aberdeen games, celebrity encounters and memorabilia. We said before the podcast it wouldn't be just about Aberdeen but to be honest we struggled to avoid it with all of us being Dons fans. Paul chats about fan experience in Canada and the dif...

In our first Football/Music special of 2022, John and Josh are joined by Matt from Brownbear ( @brownbearband ). We kick off with a variety of questions about the name of band, news of the second album out this year though he isn't giving too much away to build the excitement. There are questions galore relating to football, musical influences, who he'd like to duet with and who indeed is the Long...

On our first podcast of 2022, regulars Erin, Jeff, John, Josh and Scott J are joined by special guest Michael McEwan. Michael is a freelance journalist and it's a pleasure to have him on. We discuss some of the recent managerial changes in Scotland and how the transfer window is going for some of the teams in the Premiership. Unfortunately the subject of Covid comes up as restrictions look set to...

Our last podcast of the year is a quiz and some of our best moments of 2021. Format is a quiz but hopefully some laughs too. Regulars Jeff, John, Josh, Krys, the two Scott's are joined by guests Alan, James, Joe from Dictator and Kyle. There are six rounds where you will need to pause if you want to compete. We like random fun so there is mix of questions and statements like Falkirk. Hopefully you...

For our latest podcast, we take a look at Premiership so far with regulars John, Erin, Jeff and Scott joined by Ethan, Harry, Laurie, Andy R, Andy L, Nory and Paul who all return from episode 2. Euan and Ramsay join as replacements for AET Shirts and Andy Skinner. We kick off with the League Cup final being discussed as Scott lords it over Harry. This leads on to some interesting debate about divi...

For our latest episode we reflect on episode 3 where we previewed the Championship, League One and League Two. The two John's are joined by a few guests who return in the shape of Davie Irons, Paul from the SFSA and Marc. Alan and Grant join us too in a podcast that has some questions and some statements too. We look back at predictions made at the start of the season and whether we are sticking o...

For our latest episode, John is joined by Josh, new regular Jeff who has made a few appearances this season and returning guest Grant from Campbell's Footballs. We take a look at the influence of Irish football and the impact it has had on Scottish football. Grant gives us an in depth look at current situation in Northern Irish league while Jeff and Josh provide the detail with regards to the Leag...

Good John was joined by new signing Josh and special guests Neil Doherty, Russell Osbourne and Russell Todd for a Throwback special. As 2021 heads to a close, we look back at the summer of 2021 by reviewing the finals for Euro 2020 - as backward as that sounds. Delayed a year because of the pandemic, the Euros provided light at the end of the tunnel from a football perspective. The Scots recall th...

For our latest Football/Music special, John is joined by singer Jack ( @jackmcleodd ) from East Lothian band The Rah's ( @therahsmusic ). Jack is a Hibs fan so there is chat about their Scottish Cup win in 2016, what it meant to his family and a best eleven of players he has seen in his lifetime. The band brought out album 'When Does It Become Real?' earlier this year and featured on Tim Burgess's...

For our latest episode we have a treat in store with a mix of guests - Gary and James from band Dead Sea Souls, James from our Fantasy Football sponsors Supernova Terracewear and Robbie Hanratty who is a broadcast journalist. They join regulars Erin, John and Scott for one of the most bizarre episodes we've ever done. In a celebration of all things Scottish, we chat football, music, food, booze fa...

It's another big week for the Scotland Women's National Team as they prepare for a massive World Cup qualifying double header at home to Ukraine and away to Spain. John B is joined by Leading The Line podcast host Chris Marshall and author Steven Lawther, who penned the book Arrival on the SWNT's adventures to Euro 2017 and World Cup 2019. This is without doubt Pedro Martinez Losa's toughest test...

For our latest episode, regulars Erin, John and Scott M are joined by singer PG Ciarletta ( @PGCiarletta on social media). Phil joins us do discuss his upcoming single "27" which comes out on 27/11/21 at 00:27. Check out his socials for details on how to presave the tune. We love a bit of self promo on the podcast and it might well be that Phil is better than us at it as he name drops his singles...

In our latest guest special, John B is joined by returning guest and fellow Aberdeen fan Ally Begg, who is on predominantly to talk about his latest book "Aberdeen European Nights." Before we get into the book chat, Ally recalls his memories of the late Bertie Auld and the laughs they shared during Ally's stint at Celtic TV in the mid noughties. Bertie enjoyed taunting Ally about the many defeats...

It's another Scotland love-in podcast this week as the team reminisce about the last few days where Scotland not only qualified for the World Cup playoffs by winning in Moldova but went and made sure they were seeded in the draw by beating the tenth best team in the world, Denmark. F-Bomb John is the happy host, joined by semi-regular Scott, two-pies Krys, too drunk Josh, and special guest Tartan...

In our second podcast of the week we have Football Manager Research Team Manager for Scotland, Stuart Milne and writer of 'Scotland's Lost Clubs' Jeff Webb on. They join regulars John and Ross. This week, FM22 came out so we discuss the release, the evolution of the game, wonderkids and stars of the game who never quite made it in real life. Jeff gives us an insight in to his book which is availab...

For our latest podcast we have the privilege of being joined by iconic commentator Derek Rae who returns after being on in season two of the podcast. The two John's, Erin and Scott M join from the regular squad. There is a wide range of football chat such as getting involved with EA Sports FIFA series of games and the importance of pronouncing someone's name correctly. We cover some of Derek's pas...

In our latest episode John, Erin and Scott M are joined by poet Erin Boyle for another guest special. We're in good company as Erin was nominated this year for Scots Performer of the Year. We discuss the fantastic work she does with the Kano Foundation which helps get kids get a chance to visit Celtic Park for games. One of the key parts to this is the sense of community with all the various fundr...

In a first for the podcast we are joined by a Head Coach and captain of a team as Andy Gardner and Laura McLaughlin from Kilmarnock Women FC join the two John's and Erin. There's plenty to discuss as we cover how they got involved in coaching and playing football, the way that they had to adapt during the pandemic and much more. Andy talks about how the club have been really supportive around prom...

It's International weekend for the Scotland Women's National Team and John B is joined by commentator Stuart Mitchell, freelance reporter David Smith and returning guest Alan, aka Air Force Wan to preview Friday's World Cup qualifier against Hungary at Hampden. Alan was late on as he was busy washing his hair in anticipation of his competition prize from Supernova Terracewear. We review the openin...

In our second football/music special, we have Michael and Joe from West Lothian band Dictator join John for a blether. It's exciting times for the band as they have recently signed a record deal with Blackhall Records and they are preparing for their headline gig at Stereo in Glasgow. The guys are Celtic fans so they give their view on how the season has gone so far, their all time favourite playe...

We said before when we qualified for the Euros that we may not have a more magical moment but Saturday came close with many fans and players proclaiming it the 'Best Night Ever' For our latest podcast, regulars John, Erin, Ross and Scott are joined by debutant Alan and returning guests Josh and Kyle. There are some croaky voices, plenty of banter, some great debate and a great buzz overall. Making...