The ABZ Football Podcast

Ally Begg returns to the ABZFP and he joins Gary ( @tchocky83 ), Graham & Gavin ( @TheRogue87 ) to pore over the season-shattering Scottish Cup exit at the hands of Motherwell on Saturday and the subsequent dismissal of Stephen Glass from the manager's hot seat after just 40 games in charge of the Dons.  We take some time to assess where it all went wrong for the man from Fintry and where the Club...

It's Episode 30 (THIRTY!) of the ABZFP and it's another jam-packed, full to the gunnels outing for the guys as we dissect last weekend's defeat at the Tony Mac; we look back over the Women's side and their impressive outing against Hibs in SWPL1; we cast our eye over our loanees and their respective performances during the week; we preview this week's huge double-header as league leaders Celtic vi...

Welcome to Episode 29 of the ABZ Football Podcast!  This week, it's a busy one as we look over the disappointing 1-1 draw in Dingwall; we have a good ol' rant and rave about our ineffectual Transfer Deadline Day; we preview our second trip to the Tony Macaroni on Saturday in the company of Liam from @AlmondViewPod; we take a look at NFTs and whether this is something that the Club should be consid...

It's EP28 of the ABZFP and this week, Gary & Gavin take a look over our Scottish Cup 4th Round victory over Gary Naysmith's Edinburgh City and our depressingly meek reverse at the hands of St. Mirren on Tuesday night; we review the Women's side and their win over Hearts in SWPL1, take a look at our loanees in Loan Watch and review this week's incomings and outgoings at the Club with the arrival of...

It's another packed episode in the week that saw the cinch Premiership return from it's winter hibernation.  Join the ABZFP gang as we review our 1-1 draw with The Artist Formerly Known As Rangers, we look forward to our first ever senior meeting with Edinburgh City in the 4th Round of the Scottish Cup and we preview our second trip to the SMISA in the company of St. Mirren fan, Kenny Leckie.    W...

Thom Watt makes his return to the ABZFP line-up as we finish off our mid-season review with our thoughts on the performance to date of the manager, Stephen Glass.  We take our usual whistle-stop tour of our players out on loan and provide our thoughts on next week's visit to Pittodrie of The Artist Formerly Known As Rangers as the cinch exits its winter hibernation.   Our series of exclusive, in-d...

It's a quarter of a century for the ABZFP and we are joined this week by Noel Blaha as we bring you Part 2 of our Mid-Season Review where we take a collective look at the squad as a whole and we examine the areas that need addressing in the January transfer window.  Noel also gives us some insight into his family's recent pilgrimage back to the North East of Scotland.   We take our usual look at t...

Episode 24 of the ABZ Football Podcast is here!  Join Gary & Gavin as we pick through the leftovers of the festive double-header against Hibs & Dundee and as the league enters it's (earlier than anticipated) winter shutdown, we bring you the first in our mini-series of mid-season reviews as we take a look back at our Summer recruitment and rank those who joined the famous with our customised ABZFP...

It's a pre-Christmas bonus on Episode 23 as Gary, Gavin & Graham bring you our preview(s) of the upcoming SPFL Premiership double-header against Hibs & Dundee; we bring you the latest look at how our loanees are doing in our regular Loan Watch segment; and we round things off with our little present under the tree for our ABZFP listeners as we bring you an exclusive, in-depth interview with Icelan...

Episode 22 of the ABZ Football Podcast is here!  Andy Murray from online behemoth, WhatCulture, makes his ABZFP debut as he joins the lads to look back on the Dons' 1-0 victory in Perth; we then take our regular look at the AFC Women's Team together with our usual Loan Watch feature; in Part 2, in true end of year fashion we bring you the Worst Dons XI, as voted for by you, the ABZFP Universe.  Jo...

Gavin takes a wee breather so it's up to Gary & Graham to lead you through the bleak, mid-winter days and nights as we look back on a fine pair of wins for Stephen Glass' Showtime Dons against Livingston & St. Mirren and we preview this weekend's trip to Perth to face St. Johnstone.  Sandwiched in-between are our usual Loan Watch & Fantasy Football segments before we round things off with an exclu...

Quite unbelievably, your ABZFP crew have made it to 20 episodes and what better way to celebrate than pick over the bones of the 2-1 defeat at Celtic Park - has Gary turned?  We then take some time to look ahead to a critical Pittodrie double-header as Livingston & St. Mirren head north in the space of 4 days as the Dons look to get back on track.  In the absence of a Women's game to review, we lo...

Erin Grieve joins the regular ABZFP crew as we look back over last weekend's tumultuous visit to Tannadice and we pick the bones out of the aftermath; we then take our usual look at the Women's Team, the Young Team and bring you our regular look at our loanees; we check out our progress (or lack thereof) in the ABZFP Fantasy Football Scotland league before rounding things off with our preview of t...

After one of the more entertaining international breaks in recent memory, the ABZFP crew are back with Episode 18 which includes an in-depth preview of our upcoming visit to Tannadice in the SPFL Premiership; our regular look at the Young Team and our Loan Watch segment before rounding things off in Part 2 with an exclusive interview with a man who only spent one season at Pittodrie but who left a...

The ABZFP crew are a man light this week with illness forcing Gary Scott onto the sidelines but fear not, Gavin Baxter & Graham Steele are here to take a look back over the disappointing 2-0 reverse at the hands of Motherwell as we head into the final international break of the calendar year.  The guys then take our usual look at the Women's team and their recent fixtures against Glasgow City and...

Welcome to Episode 16 of the ABZ Football Podcast! This week Gary, Graham & Gavin look back over a promising week for the Dons including the impressive draw at Mordor & the win over Hearts at Pittodrie; the guys also review the Women's Team and their SWPL Q/F defeat to Hibs before providing a round up on our loanees and their form in the last week; the gang look ahead to the visit of Motherwell to...

Join Gary, Graham & Gavin in Episode 15 of the ABZ Football Podcast where the guys take a look back over Saturday's huge win over Hibs before turning to preview the Premiership double-header against Rangers at Ibrox and Hearts at Pittodrie.  There is the usual look at the Young Team and our respective loanees before closing the show out with an exclusive interview with the legendary Paul Mason nea...

Thom Watt joins the ABZFP crew to look back at the Dons' capitulation in Dundee and the fallout therefrom - including a remarkable appearance by Dave Cormack on the radio.  We take our usual whistle-stop tour around our Young Team out on loan and provide an overview of the Women's Team and their 1-0 defeat in SWPL1 at the hands of Hibernian before rounding off the show with our preview of the firs...

Join the truncated and under the weather ABZFP crew for the 13th episode of the ABZ Football Podcast where we preview this weekend's crucial away fixture under the lights at Dens Park; we also have a look at the Women's Team following their 8-0 hammering at the hands of Rangers together with our usual round up of the Young Team and our players out on loan; and we round things off with an exclusive...

It's Wednesday...and you know what that means!  Join us for Episode 12 of the ABZ Football Podcast where we review our 2-1 home defeat to Celtic in the Cinch Premiership and we take a look at where the lads think the Dons are as we head into the second international break of the campaign; we run the rule over the Women's team and their 3-2 reverse to Hearts in SWPL 1; our weekly look at our loanee...

It's Wednesday, and you know what that means!  Join us for Episode 11 of the ABZ Football Podcast where we review Stephen Glass' 20th game in charge that ended in defeat at the SMiSA Stadium; we'll cast our eyes over the AFC Women's Team, the Young Team & give you our weekly Loan Watch; we take a look at Ange Postecoglou's Celtic side ahead of this Sunday's visit to Pittodrie and we round this wee...

Join the ABZFP crew to celebrate the milestone of hitting 10 (TEN!) episodes with another packed show where we look at the 1-0 defeat to St. Johnstone & the reaction to it; we review another busy week for all things AFC with reports on the Women's team, Young Team and a check-in on our players out on loan; music from Broken Chanter; and we round things off with an exclusive interview befitting an...

Join the ABZFP crew for Episode 9 of the ABZ Football Podcast where we will look back over the disappointing 2-0 reverse at the hands of Motherwell and the reaction to it; we also take a look over another busy week for all things Aberdeen FC with reports on the Women's team, youth teams and a check-in on our players out on loan; and we round things off with the return of our interview segments wit...

It's an international break week but there's no rest for your ABZFP crew.  Join us this week as we provide our thoughts on the Aberdeen FC / Atlanta United partnership as we approach the two year anniversary of its inception and we are also joined by Doug Roberson from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution to give the State-side view of the link-up.  We have an exclusive early play of Iona Fyfe's new t...

Join us for EP7 of the ABZ Football Podcast where we are joined by well kent Aberdeen fan, Martin Stone, to review our Europa Conference League exit at the hands of Qarabağ and our frustrating draw at home to Ross County in the league; we will be joined by Fuad Alakbaraov to get the Azeri view on the Playoff Round; and Martin and the guys will cast our eye over the first 11 games of the 2021-22 se...