The Hampden Roar

The Hampden Roar

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The only dedicated Scotland National Team podcast featuring weekly episodes on player form, match build-up & reviews, squad announcements, interviews with former players, retrospectives, quizzes and much more. Nominated for Football Podcast of the Year at the Scottish Podcast Awards!

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Jun 30, 2026

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Episodes

33: Inches from immortality against England at Hampden 27.04.2020

Host Andy Bargh chats with Ben Ramage and Gordon Sheach to remember the iconic moment Leigh Griffiths scored two free-kicks in the dying minutes against England at Hampden, and the wider implications after Harry Kane broke our hearts with a stoppage time equaliser. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

32: Squad competition ahead of play-offs 17.02.2020

Andy Bargh, Gordon Sheach and Ben Ramage discuss the players in contention to feature against Israel, and hopefully Norway or Serbia, in the Nations League play-offs for Euro 2020. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

31: Shaun Maloney - the Strachan years 16.12.2019

Shaun Maloney recalls his playing time under Strachan when he was a vital member of the Scotland team during campaigns that saw us nearly qualify. He also gives his opinions on the current Scotland set-up having been part of the Belgium coaching staff in Euro 2020 qualifying. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

30: Shaun Maloney - Part One 02.12.2019

Shaun Maloney talks about his first few years as a Scotland international, the Euro 2008 qualifying campaign and George Burley and Craig Levein's tenures. Part two of Shaun's podcast features the Gordon Strachan era. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

29: John McGinn shows his worth ahead of the play-offs 20.11.2019

Andy Bargh is joined by Ben Ramage and Gordon Sheach to discuss the final two group games against Cyprus and Kazakhstan as well as look forward to the play-offs in March. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

28: Colin Cameron 11.11.2019

Andy Bargh and Colin Cameron discuss the caps he achieved between 1999 and 2004. The former Hearts midfielder broke into the squad while Craig Brown was manager and became a regular player for his country until Walter Smith took the reigns a few years later. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

27: Clarke must find our best XI during upcoming double header 07.11.2019

Host Andy Bargh was joined by Media Scotland journalist Ben Ramage and the Tartan Scarf football blogger Gordon Sheach to discuss the latest squad announcement for the double header against Cyprus and Kazakhstan.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

26: Disappointing displays against Russia and Belgium 12.09.2019

Andy Bargh and Ben Ramage pick the bones of a disappointing double header against Russia and Belgium, and discuss what our options are going forward before the play-offs in March. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

25: Who will start our must win game against Russia? 06.09.2019

Andy Bargh and Ben Ramage discuss the players in contention for a start in the huge qualifier against Russia at Hampden. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

24: The summer transfers of Scottish players 08.08.2019

Host Andy Bargh and Media Scotland's Ben Ramage take a look at the club moves of players involved in the national set-up, including Kieran Tierney, Oli McBurnie, Liam Lindsay, Steven Naismith, Graeme Shinnie and more. They also discussed players who were linked with moves but stayed put, including Ryan Fraser and John McGinn. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

23: Pat Nevin - part two 26.07.2019

Pat Nevin expands on the second half of his international career and tells some tremendous stories along the way, touching on his role in the team, Euro 92, and how his Scotland career came to an end. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

22: Pat Nevin - part one 14.07.2019

Pat Nevin discusses how he fell in love with Scotland, Jock Stein, his stop-start introduction to international football and how he fitted in around the set-up in part one of his chat with host Andy Bargh. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

21: Important win v Cyprus and encouragement despite defeat in Belgium 14.06.2019

Host Andy Bargh and Media Scotland's Ben Ramage discuss Steve Clarke's first two games in charge against Cyprus and Belgium. Among other matters, the boys touch on.. Is James Forrest's importance hyped up? McTominay must start. Other options for right back? We need a goal scoring centre forward. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

20: Willie Miller 09.06.2019

Willie Miller talks host Andy Bargh through his Scotland career. It was a stop/start introduction to international football for Miller, but he became a regular under Jock Stein in the early 80s and featured consistently for almost a decade, playing at two world cups in the process. NOTE: The microphone's memory card ran out of space around half way through the interview, so the change to recording...

19: Steve Clarke announced and squad debate 25.05.2019

Andy Bargh and Ben Ramage discuss the very pleasing appointment of Steve Clarke as Scotland's new Head Coach and the players in contention to be included in his first squad for the imminent double header versus Cyprus and Belgium. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

18: Steven Thompson 09.05.2019

A change of scene for Steven Thompson as he moves from the Sportscene sofa to the Hampden Roar on a one-hour contract. The former striker talks us through his memories of playing for Scotland the 16 caps he achieved while Berti Vogts was manager. Despite the relatively small number in his eyes, Steven certainly has a lot to talk about in this episode and also gives his take on the current situatio...

17: Who should our next manager be? 23.04.2019

Host Andy Bargh and Media Scotland journalist Ben Ramage debate the credentials of some of the names linked with the vacant Scotland manager position. Steve Clarke, Slaven Bilic, Scot Gemmill, Derek McInnes and David Moyes have all been mentioned. The clock is ticking with only six weeks until our double header against Cyprus and Belgium.. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com...

16: Jackie McNamara 16.04.2019

Jackie McNamara gives a very honest account of his time spent with the Scotland team. Capped 33 times, the full-back believes he should have had around double that. Jackie speaks frankly about a tough professional relationship with Craig Brown, life under Vogts and also gives a brutal assessment of the current Scotland set-up. Not an episode to be missed! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit po...

15: Kazakhstan and San Marino review 02.04.2019

Host Andy Bargh and Media Scotland journalist Ben Ramage pick through the bones of Scotland's disastrous start to the Euro 2020 qualifying campaign. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

14: Kazakhstan and San Marino preview 12.03.2019

Alex McLeish threw a few curve balls in his squad for the upcoming European Qualifying matches against Kazakhstan and San Marino. There are plenty of familiar faces in the set-up but a few more inexperienced players such as Oli Burke, Kenny McLean, John Fleck and Liam Palmer were all included too. Host Andy Bargh debates McLeish's choices with Media Scotland sports journalist Ben Ramage. Learn mor...

13: Craig Levein 18.02.2019

Craig Levein talks Andy through his experience at Italia 90 before delving into his spell as manager from 2009 to 2012. Craig was part of the last XI to win a World Cup match for Scotland having played in the 2-1 win against Sweden in Italy. Chatting at Hearts' training ground (which, as you'll hear, must have the thinnest walls of all the training complexes in Scotland), Craig discusses how he wa...

12: Archie McPherson 11.02.2019

Off the beaten track for the Roar this week as Archie McPherson recalls covering Scotland at five World Cups in a row between 1974 and 1990. From highs such as Gemmill's goal against Holland and Narey's strike against Brazil to lows like drawing against Iran and losing to Costa Rica, McPherson has witnessed them all! He also discusses his relationships with players and managers throughout the year...

11: Billy Dodds 03.02.2019

Billy Dodds had to go through his "apprenticeship" before becoming an important pick for Craig Brown's Scotland side, but in the late 90s and early 00s he was involved in some huge matches for the national team. Dodds recalls the defining moments of his international career such as his first goals, the Euro 2000 play-off against England and Belgium wrecking a dream performance at Hampden. A very i...

10: Kenny Miller (part two) 17.01.2019

In part two of his interview with the Hampden roar, Kenny discusses the defeats to Georgia and Italy that saw our Euro 2008 qualifying campaign fall to pieces. He also chats about the reigns of George Burley and Craig Levein, including the Boozegate incident and the infamous 4-6-0 formation in the Czech Republic. Kenny also discusses the appointment of Gordon Strachan, how his international career...

9: Kenny Miller (part one) 10.01.2019

Kenny Miller was capped 69 times for Scotland and is sixth on the all-time scoring list with 18 goals. Having played under six managers for Scotland and been an ever-present from his second cap onward, there's not much he didn't experience with the national team.. Miller, who netted at Wembley on his last appearance for Scotland, talks Andy through the first half of his international career includ...

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