Scottish Football Forums Podcast

John, Josh and Robbie are joined by ex professional footballer and current coach at Petershill Under 21s, Christian Nade for our first guest special of 2024. We kick off by discussing growing up in France and the difference with coming up through an academy and later on being involved in the international setup at under 21 level where he played with likes of Patrice Evra and Jeremy Mathieu. There...

John and Josh are joined by Laurie who returns fresh off a couple of appearances on the show, Martin from The Killie View Podcast (@KFCView) and debutant Jordan who is the Charity Manager at Kilmarnock Community Trust. To kick off, Jordan gives us an insight in to his role at the club in terms of what they do and how they engage with fans in the community. Laurie and Martin share their own stories...

The SWPL season recommences this weekend, and ahead of the restart John B is joined by fellow regular Vinny, regular contributor to our Women's Football specials Eva Murray, and Jerry Taylor from A Celtic State of Mind podcast. Glasgow City have had a difficult season so far, has their grip on the title gone? Jerry gives an insight into the tough decision made by Fran Alonso to leave Celtic mi...

Our mid season review sees fans from all clubs apart from Dundee. John is joined by Erin, Michael, Anas, Charlie, Laurie, Euan, Stephen, Andy, Ross and the two Alan's. We cover how the season has gone so far for everyone with Euan in particular being despondent about his team. St Mirren and Kilmarnock are probably among the happiest in terms of fans so far with how with how the season is going...

Regulars John and Josh are joined by returning guests Andrew, Charlie, Danny, Laurie and debutant Anas for the second edition of our festive period quiz. The group is split in to pairs with 8 different rounds. Play along and see if you can beat the winners. In between the quizzing, we discuss favourite matches of the year, best albums of the year and that Scotland game v Georgia. Thanks to everyon...

On this podcast special, John Bl is joined by "SFF Technical Director" Krys, as well as guests Scott from SM Media and Grant from Campbell's Footballs, to pay tribute to Craig Brown who sadly passed earlier this year. Looking back over the life and the career of the former Scotland national team coach, as well as manager of Clyde, Preston, Motherwell and Aberdeen, this podcast is fil...

Regulars John, Dave and Josh are joined by returning guest from last week John W from Scots Abroad Pod. We also have two Scott's as Scott from SM Media joins us and Scott from Hearts podcast Scarves Around the Funnel returns after being a guest previously. We focus on the League Cup final and discuss how the game went. where the game was won, Robson interview after the game and more. There is...

Ahead of the cup final on Sunday we have regulars John, Erin and Robbie representing Aberdeen while guests Andy and John W join Josh in the blue corner. We discuss the upcoming game with possible selection dilemmas for both managers especially with both teams playing in Europe on Thursday. There is a bit of debate about whether Rangers focus should be on the final with the importance that a trophy...

The two John's and Scott J are joined by returning guest Russell from the 3 Lions podcast and Swiss football expert Craig who joins us for the first time. The focus is predominantly on the reaction to Group A with the excitement of Scotland being involved in the opening game and a group where anything could happen. Some of the podcast team recorded their reaction to the draw with everyone bein...

Ahead of the final double header of Scotland's Women's Nations League campaign, Dave is joined by John Bl and Eva for another chat about all things going on in both the national team and SWPL1. As well as previewing the fixtures away to Belgium and home to England, there's a look back at the recent league fixtures. There's also a discussion around the medical cover in the women&#39...

Josh is back in the driving seat this week and is along side podcast regular Dave. Joined by guests Stephen Reside of "A Different View", Happy Jambo Graeme Duthie. This week it's back to the fun of domestic football and all the usual chat that dominates the rivalries. There's VAR conspiracies at Celtic Park and Pittodrie, the Olympic diving finals... there's even Dicks out a...

With Christmas just around the corner, John B and Scott J were joined by authors Callum McFadden of Football CFB and Donald Stewart of SFSA to plug their new books. Callum's book "Behind the Curtain of the Beautiful Game" is a series of short stories from some of the biggest names in football sharing their tales of their respective experiences, from players and managers, through pund...

Regulars John, Erin, Josh, Krys and Scott J are joined by Laurie as we reflect on a fantastic campaign for Scotland. We take a look back through the campaign and discuss some of our memories and favourite highlights. Safe to say we'll never forget that moment in Oslo or that crazy game against Georgia in June. There are some quiz questions throughout the podcast as we discuss Group A. We also...

The two John's are joined by the Easton brothers as we preview the last two qualifiers and talk about their respective jobs. Keith is the man behind the music as he is the DJ at Hampden and Graeme is the stadium announcer. There are questions about how they secured their roles, the preparation ahead of the games and much more. The most popular question we got from our listeners was surrounding...

Regulars John, Erin and Josh are joined by up and coming Scottish band Hitlist. It's a first as we have a full band on with the Callum, Calum, Ollie and Scott. In addition to this we also have Hibs fan Allan on. You can find the band on X and Instagram  @HitlistAberdeen  We kick off with some reflection on Saturday's semi final between Aberdeen and Hibs as we chat about VAR, controversial...

John hosts as Josh and Robbie feature from the regulars and are joined by our friends from Edinburgh, Charlie and Graeme as we preview the League Cup semis. We start by looking back at Rangers v Hearts in the league ahead of their semi final this Sunday. There is chat around how teams are doing so far this season, the pressure that Naismith faces and who might win.  In the other semi on Saturday t...

Dave's back in the hosting chair once more as we once again as we turn our attention to the women's game ahead of Scotland's double header with the Netherlands in the Nations League. He's joined on the podcast by returning guests Eva and Clare. Before the international chat though there's the regular look at SWPL1 following a weekend where Rangers went top after ending the 100%...

We're back for our second Championship special and John is lucky enough to be joined by the guests who were on the first one. Katie, Andy, Adam, Robert, Heather and Ali are on to represent some of the clubs in the division. We kick off with a bit of banter regarding the weekend result between Partick Thistle and Dundee United. This leads on to everyone giving their views on how the first quart...

Dave takes up hosting duties once more and is joined by Krys as well as guests Michael, Hazel (or is it Heather...) from Tartan Army Magazine and Tartan Army foot soldier Gordon. Obviously there's only one top worthy of conversation this week, and that's the achievement of Scotland reaching a second consecutive European Championship. The achievements of Steve Clarke's men across the ca...

John, Josh and Robbie are joined by returning guest Stephen Reside as we look ahead to the Spain v Scotland game. Before that though we give Josh an opportunity to reflect on Beale's sacking at Rangers as we discuss potential candidates for the vacant position.  Excitement is building ahead of Scotland's trip to Seville to play Spain as we look to secure qualification for Euro 2024. The gu...

John, Erin and Robbie are joined by returning guests Charlie and Graeme for another busy podcast. To begin with we look at the League Cup quarter finals and review the action. Following on from this we discuss the sacking of Michael Beale and who may replace him on a permanent basis. We move on to the weekend action in the Premiership as Celtic and St Mirren continue their unbeaten runs while Aber...

John, Robbie and Scott are joined by Michael for a busy show with plenty of quality football chat. We kick off by discussing how the Scottish teams got on in Europe with their being mixed fortunes. Rangers were the only ones who won but there was an encouraging performance by Aberdeen in Germany. Something that we've bemoaned for a while is the lack of youngsters getting regular minutes in the...

Ahead of the inaugural women's Nations League, Dave is joined by returning guest Eva Murray and freelance journalist Laura Howard from Vavel to look ahead to the opening match for Scotland against the Auld Enemy in Sunderland. There's a good look into the general state of Scottish football for women, including the recent fall out with the SFA, as well as a look back at how SWPL1 is shaping...

Regulars John, Josh and Dave are joined by singer John Hamilton for our first football/music special of the season. John's a Killie fan so there is plenty of chat about favourite players, memories and more. We kick things off by reviewing the England friendly from last week though don't dwell on it too much. There is music chat about favourite gigs, influences, the Ayrshire music scene and...

John, Erin, Krys and Robbie are joined by guest Hazel who makes her first appearance on the podcast. There are some stories from Hazel about her trip to Cyprus for the game which set the tone for the podcast. We discuss the game itself too and the all round positive performance. There is some debate about whether John McGinn is our best player in the last 30 years and chat about how good our midfi...