Scottish Football Forums Podcast

In the latest installment of our Guest Specials, Good John is joined by fellow Aberdeen fan Erin Grieve. Erin was brought up a Dons fan by her father, who took her to her first game at the age of 5, and she talks in great detail about life supporting her beloved Dons. There is an interesting discussion about the Derek McInnes era, something that often divides fans on social media, and the desperat...

In the second part of our Women's Football Special's, Good John is joined by Glasgow Women's FC Head Coach, and host of 6, 8 and 10 podcast. Craig talks us through his coaching career and how chance meeting's led to him getting involved with Women's Football in the first place. He talks about earlier roles within Glasgow Uni Under 19's, Glasgow City Under 13's and Rangers Under 14's before he went...

We are focussing on Women's Football in this weeks guest specials and in the first part Good John is joined by Spartans Women's Manager Debbi McCulloch. Debbi joined Spartans in 2008 after Community Coaching roles at Dundee United and Ross County, starting off as Shelley Kerr's assistant before taking the reigns in 2010 and, bar an 18 month break a couple of years ago, she has been at the helm eve...

John is joined by Scott from The Footy Blog Net and Donald who makes his first appearance on the podcast. Donald is a keen follower of non league football and is a reporter for what is now the West of Scotland Football League. We kick off the podcast by asking Donald what his thoughts are with regards to the change to professional status and the impact this may have on Scottish football. The chat...

This Thursday, Scotland play in their biggest match for 13 years (when they faced Italy at Hampden) as they take on Serbia in the Euro 2020 playoff. As part of our preview special, Good John was joined by THREE special guests over the course of the past week. First up was commentator Paul Mitchell, the voice of BBC Scotland's coverage of Scotland Internationals from 2004 until 2010. Paul recalls t...

John is joined this week by Tony and Scott from The Footy Blog Net. We kick off with discussing the European action where Celtic and Rangers continued their Europa League campaign. Was it a missed opportunity for Celtic or a good point? There is discussion around what Celtic need to do in order to qualify. Rangers should face their toughest test against Benfica, however as we are recording we find...

In the latest of our Guest Special series, Good John is joined by Radio Presenter and Dunfermline fan Steven Mill, currently with Bauer Media Group which has Clyde, Tay FM, Moray Firth, Northsound and West FM as part of their network. We begin by chatting about his current role, where he presents Monday to Friday from 4pm til 7pm, and on his new Big Football Saturday Show that he co-hosts with Ewe...

John is joined by Scott from The Footy Blog Net who returns after missing last week. There is plenty to discuss and we kick off with the mixed fortunes of Celtic and Rangers in Europe. Celtic continued to toil as they seem stuck between formations while Rangers continue their terrific record in Europe under Gerrard. The game between Standard and Rangers saw the best goal you'll possibly see all se...

In the latest installments of our Guest Specials, Good John is joined by Paul Goodwin from fans group Scottish Football Supporters Association. Paul outlines the work that goes on within the organisation as they aim to give fans more of a say in the running of Scottish Football and to have more fans representation on club boards. He goes in depth with the work that they do to get supporters to buy...

John is joined by Tony as we discuss the current events in Scottish football. We kick off by reflecting on Scotland's game on Czech Republic and how it may be difficult for certain players to get back in the team. The Betfred Cup continues and we discuss whether it may have been better to make it a straight knock out tournament again for this season. The Premiership returned so we discussed the fa...

In the latest installment of Good John's guest specials, he is joined by former SFA Grade 1 & FIFA Referee John Rowbotham. John talks openly about how he went from Junior and Amateur football to referee at the age of 29. Starting off at officiating Under 18's football, John progressed through the ranks to become one of Scotland's best known referees by the mid-nineties along with the likes of...

Scott from The Footy Blog Net and Tony join F Bomb John for the latest podcast. Unfortunately the Covid pandemic features a fair bit with it impacting domestic football and the international team. It also comes up when we discuss the latest news about the West of Scotland Football League. The Betfred Cup saw a couple teams have to forfeit games and as we were recording an announcement was made tha...

The new season in the SPFL lower leagues commences on 16 October, and Good John is joined by ex-player Ally Graham, who has played for nine of the thirty clubs involved. The duo share their views on who they think will be getting promoted, relegated and who will be in the playoffs at either end of each of the three divisions, with some similar predictions and also some completely different takes o...

It's a busy podcast as F Bomb John is joined by Scott from The Footy Blog Net, Tony and Iain from The Famous Tartan Army Magazine. Make sure to check out the latest issue of The Famous Tartan Army Magazine when it comes out later this month. Good John has done a fair bit of work for the magazine which should be a great read. We begin by discussing the efforts of Celtic and Rangers in the Europa Le...

In the second of Good John's interview's this week, he is joined by fellow Aberdeen fan and former model, pop star, MUTV and Celtic TV presenter and ESPN Singapore and BEIN Sports Producer Ally Begg. We began the podcast by speaking about the Coronavirus pandemic and how he's been affected, which led to redundancy at BEIN and has now relocated to Salzburg, Austria, and his plans for the future. Al...

In the latest of the guest specials with Good John, he is joined by former Ayr United (two spells), Dundee, Aberdeen, Kilmarnock & Queen of the South midfielder Robert Connor, who also won four caps for Scotland and had a brief spell as Ayr Manager. Robert talks in depth about his career, the laughs he had off it with his teammates, the difficulty of management and life after football. Tweet u...

F Bomb John is joined by Tony and our latest guest Robert Love who is currently player and assistant manager at Annbank United. The podcast starts by discussing the change to West of Scotland league setup, the challenges of taking on a management role in the current climate and concerns about the future of clubs in the non league setup. We take a look at Robert's career in Senior football and succ...

In the second of our special guests for the week as Good John is joined by Airdrie legend John Martin. John talks through his 19 year spell with The Diamonds, from taking over as number one from Ernie McGarr to leaving the club in 1999, three years before the clubs unfortunate demise. He fondly recalls the 90's where Airdrie reached two Scottish Cup Finals, four League Cup Semi Finals, won the B&a...

F Bomb John is joined this week by Scott from The Footy Blog Net. We kick off by talking about latest government announcement relating Covid and implications on Scottish Football. There were three Scottish teams in European action who all progressed. We discuss whether they and Celtic can reach the Europa League playoff round. The weekend action is discussed with Rangers conceding their first goal...

Good John is back with another guest special, this time it's not a footballer or coach. He was joined by Actor and St Johnstone fan Colin McCredie. Colin starts off by talking about the effects Covid has had on the acting industry and concerns for the future, though he was able to do some work by using his daughter's bedroom for a scene. He then goes through his acting career, mainly his role as D...

John is joined by Tony this week as we discuss what's been going on in Scottish football. We start off with discussion about the non leagues being a bit further forward in terms of fixtures being announced. The West of Scotland League has now confirmed that the conferences will be split in to two groups with fixtures due out on Thursday. Discussion moves on the the weekend where the league looks l...

Good John is back and so is the return of our special guests features, starting with current Stenhousemuir Manager Davie Irons. Davie begins by talking about how the Covid situation has affected his main job as a Police Officer as well as the club. With the new season coming up in a few weeks, the fear of no crowds being allowed in is something of a concern. On the pitch, Davie is hoping that his...

It's the same trio on as last week as John is joined by Scott and Tony. We'd like to call it a Scotland special but there wasn't much to get excited about over the two games. Have we learned much ahead of our crucial game next month ahead Israel? The guys discuss what few positives there were and why performances were not of a particularly great standard. News broke on Tuesday that Aberdeen and Ro...

F Bomb John is joined by Scott and Tony this week as they discuss the week gone by and what's to come. It's early in the season so there is plenty to discuss with the European qualifying rounds, domestic action and upcoming Nations League Campaign. We discuss the fall out from Celtic getting knocked out of the Champions League qualifying rounds. A fair bit of focus surrounds the decision not to pl...

Regulars F Bomb John and Krys are joined once again by Scott from The Footy Blog Net. In a week where it seems like there is less to discuss we make a fine effort of talking about plenty. We kick off by talking about Celtic's win in Europe and what lies ahead for them. It looks like there may be movement with regards to Turnbull coming in from Motherwell after a long pursuit. Aberdeen and Motherwe...