Scottish Football Forums Podcast

This week we have a treat as journalist, columnist, St Mirren fan and all round good guy Kyle Gunn joins the two John's and Erin. There is plenty to discuss with Scotland v Israel coming up on Saturday and we're all on the positivity bus. Who starts in defence is the biggest concern with Hanley being out? It's the biggest game since Serbia but we can't rely on a penalty shootout this time round. T...

In our latest episode, John and Donald are joined by a couple of fine guests. We have Adam (@FitbaNomad) and Graeme (@GilesGraeme) on who have a passion for visiting different grounds in Scotland and on occasion further afield. We discuss how everyone makes their decision on what games to attend, is it location, fixture, derby or because they do a top pie? There is chat about the best pies on offe...

We love on the podcast celebrating Scottish football and we believe that we should also champion Scottish music from singers and bands. This week we have Iona Fyfe joining John, Erin and McGill for the first of our football/music specials. The last 18 months has seen many industries struggle due to Covid and the music industry was affected massively. A sector that brings so much to the economy and...

In our latest episode, regulars John, Donald, Erin and Scott are joined by Ibrahim Mustapha who has recently launched his book 'No Longer Naive'. The book is about African teams at the World Cup so we discuss what inspired him to write the book and some of our memories of teams playing at the World Cup. It's really interesting as we talk about what could be done to improve the game in Africa behin...

There was a last minute change in host as regular guest special host John B had to call in sick. With none of the regular Podcast team available, Leading The Line Podcast host Chris Marshall kindly stepped into the hosts chair and was joined by regular SWPL commentator Stuart Mitchell. The guys discuss the excitement and anticipation of the Scotland Women's National Team's upcoming World Cup Quali...

For our latest episode John is joined by Ethan and Jeff who return after being on the Premiership Preview earlier in the season. Our main focus is to preview the Dundee derby with our guests being very complimentary about the opposition. We discuss the intriguing tactical battle, key players and favourite memories from the derby. Scotland recorded a massive win against Austria which means we know...

In the latest of our guest specials, John B is joined by former Dundee, Aberdeen and Dundee United full back, and 40 capped Scotland International, Stewart McKimmie. Nowadays, in conjunction with business partner Andy Trail, Stewart co-runs a Recruitment firm called Traill McKimmie, who specialise in the Oil and Gas industry. We begin by talking about how he got involved with this venture and how...

For our latest episode we are joined by long serving Tartan Army member Clark for some stories about his time following Scotland across the globe. He joins John, Erin and Scott to reflect on the game against Moldova and look ahead to a crucial game against Austria. As always we have plenty to discuss, there is still a concern in front of goal, are the tactics a bit too rigid and how much is it for...

In the latest of our guest specials, John B dives back into the world of Scottish Women's Football as he welcomes Aileen Campbell onto the podcast. Aileen is the newly appointed Chief Executive of Scottish Women's Football. A former MSP, Aileen starts by talking about swapping Holyrood for Hampden and what Scottish Women's Football as a governing body do, including her aims as CEO for the organisa...

This week we have the Daft Punk of Scottish football as a guest as Adam from @oldfirmfacts1 joins us on the podcast. He's the guy that makes us all laugh with his funny take on what is happening in Scottish football. He joins the John's, the Scott's and Erin in a really fun podcast to do but also with some good football chat and serious stuff too. The nation continues to be in shock as Erin contin...

It's a welcome first for the podcast as there are FOUR women on one episode. Co-host John B and regular Erin are joined by Celtic fan Natasha Meikle, regular contributor to A Celtic State of Mind, Falkirk Foundation Business Manager Stephanie Dawson, who also oversees Falkirk Women's development from age 7 and up, and Airdrieonians fan Katie Robertson. The ladies all share their experiences in how...

For our latest episode, John, Scott and McGill are joined by guest Josh who is a Rangers fan and part of The Leftwingers Podcast. As always there is plenty to chat about and we lead with the fortunes of the four Scottish teams who remain in Europe and discuss their chances of advancing to the group stages of their respective competitions. This leads us on to previewing the Rangers v Celtic clash a...

The SWPL1 season kicks off in two weeks time (5 September) and we have a preview special ahead of the big kick-off with focus on four of the ten clubs taking part in the extended league. First up is returning guest Emma Hunter, Manager of Aberdeen Women. She led the Dons to a comprehensive SWPL2 title win with 16 wins from the 18 games played, and they are not in the top flight to make up the numb...

For our latest episode John and Scott M are joined by Raith fan and writer of two books, Steven Lawther. It's a good week to get him on with Raith providing a cup upset against Aberdeen. Steven reflects back on the 1994 League Cup win over Celtic and their European adventures which led to him writing Unthinkable. We discuss some of the weekend action, European football and why you should never lea...

For our latest episode regulars John, Erin, Scott J and Scott M are joined by guest Harry the Hibee. We kick off the show by discussing European action and who we think will manage to progress to the next round. There were some impressive results with only Rangers losing. This continued at the weekend as Rangers lost their first league game since the 2019/20 season. Is there a sign that they are v...

In the first of this seasons guest specials, John is joined by former Rangers and Hearts defender, and 27 capped Scotland Internationalist, Dave McPherson. Dave begins by talking about his current role as Director at Global Sports Recruitment, which involves setting up young, aspiring athletes of many sports to go to America to take on scholarships. We then move onto Dave's first spell at Rangers...

On our latest episode, regulars John, Scott M and Tony are joined by debutant Colin. Colin is no stranger to a podcast as involved with Peterhead one along with being busy with their TV streaming service and writing about the beautiful game. It's a great week to have two Celtic fans on in a week that was pretty miserable for them but they try to take some of the positives and not be overly critica...

For our latest episode, the two John’s are joined by a selection of guests. We have reigning Lower League Predictions champion Ally Graham, Davie Irons, Paul from the Scottish Fans Supporters Association and Stirling Albion fan Marc. It’s excitement overload with everyone loving being able to get back to games. To kick off we discuss the West of Scotland briefly and the threat to teams in League T...

A new season is upon us with it being the most anticipated season in quite some time. Fans are back after a season which will be remembered for differing reasons. It wouldn’t be a season without pie chat and we’re quickly in to it with the introductions on the podcast. It’s not only some of the teams in the league who have shown ambition but ourselves with a record number of guests on the latest e...

It's the start of a new podcast season and John is joined by Erin and Scott M to preview our teams who are playing in Europe this week. The show kicks off by looking over the end of Euro 2020 and a win for Calcio in an entertaining tournament. Unfortunately there was a disgraceful reaction on social media afterwards which needs to be addressed properly. We'd like to thank Supernova Terracewear ( w...

In the last episode of season 10, we have a special with two John's, two Scott's, Krys and Erin. We cover the game against Croatia, the buzz that is surrounding the national team, best moments of the tournament off the pitch, football food, great songs, fantasy football and much more. The campaign starts now for Scott McGill to play live at Hampden for Scotland v Moldova as he talks us through his...

On the latest podcast the two John's and Scott are delighted to welcome returning guest Russell from 3 Lions Podcast and a first time guest in Lovre from the Croatian Footy Podcast. We did ask Scott if he would act as the Czech Republic representative but he passed. The discussion naturally focuses on the group so far as we discuss how our respective teams have done, what has gone well and what ha...

On our latest Euros special we have the two John's on, Scott and Ross who makes his second appearance on the podcast. Ross is in the process of writing a book about France '98 which we discuss towards the end of the podcast. Last week we were full of positivity and we've tried to stay on that journey despite the result against Czech Republic. There was hope and expectation but it was not to be. Th...

We have a seven a side team that needs no introduction as we preview Euro 2020 but I'll give you one anyway. The two John's are joined by regulars from this season Donald, Scott and Tony plus Krys makes a welcome return and we have the star of Mr Brown's Boys in Iain from The Famous Tartan Army Magazine. It's been 23 years since we qualifies for a tournament but even longer since we were last in t...

In the latest of our Euros preview specials, John has THREE guests on the one show as he is joined by Hampden Announcer Graeme Easton, Sky Sports News reporter Charles Paterson, and Scotland fan Neil Doherty, who has written a book based on Scotland's last major tournament adventure. We start by reviewing Scotland's 2-2 draw with Netherlands in the first of two pre-tournament warm up matches. The...