The Scottish Football Show

If you haven't seen Barry's Biscuits yet, where have you been? Probably hiding from the storm, we'll let you off. Celtic and Rangers are into the knock out rounds of Europe with a game to spare. It's MD8 in the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League this week. Jota is back, Kyogo is away and it's only just hotting up as we approach the January transfer window deadlin...

Rangers are scrapping their B team... so we look at what that means for youth academies and young, promising players in Scotland. We lost two greats of the game this week, with the sad passings of Jimmy Calderwood and Denis Law. And St Johnstone may have won in the Scottish Cup at the weekend, but they're rock bottom in the Premiership. Can they avoid the drop? Greg Browning joins us to revie...

We try and not get caught up in VAR-gate but refereeing decisions and pyro are the hottest topics as we head into the Christmas break. Willie Collum has admitted his VAR team made a mistake not giving Rangers a penalty in the League Cup Final and SFA Chief Executive Ian Maxwell has again came out lambasting the use of pyro at football games. Meanwhile, Hearts have crashed out of Europe, leaving ou...

The authorities clearly don’t like the ultra culture sweeping Scotland right now but the scenes in the stands would say fans feel differently. We’ve seen a growing connection in authorities speaking about these supporter groups in a derogatory manner, brandishing them hooligans, committing violent crimes. So in order to move the conversation forward we teamed up with Mentalida Media’s Martino Simc...

Celtic triumphed in a classic cup final which saw six goals and a penalty shootout against city rivals Rangers. Hearts have a huge week ahead, they’re one game away from being in Europe after Christmas for the first time in their history.  And Scotland’s World Cup draw sees us facing Greece (again), Belarus (behind closed doors) and the losers of Denmark v Portugal. Join Findlay Marks and Laura Br...

You might not have heard of them before, but two little clubs called Rangers and Celtic are competing for the first silverware of the season this weekend. Whilst the Hoops have been in imperious domestic form, their cross-city rivals have stuttered for most of the season so far. But this is an Old Firm cup final, which means absolutely anything can happen. With Andrew and Laura currently in the mi...

Hibs have moved off the bottom of the table, leaving Edinburgh rivals Hearts rooted to the base instead. Meanwhile in Europe, Rangers are treating their fans to Thursday nights under the lights but continuing to punish them at the weekend. Scotland assistant manager John Carver has taken on another job, Scott McKenna is on fire against Barcelona and there’s been a change ahead of the World Cup qua...

More late drama in League A as Scotland rescue their place in the top division, for the time being, thanks to Andy Robertson’s last minute winner against Poland. Finishing third means we miss out on Pot 1 for the World Cup qualifiers but there’s a small chance we can still make it into Pot 2. And we now face a play off to stay in the top flight, thanks to John McGinn and captain Robbo, rather than...

It's the Modric and Lewandowski show this week... or will our star man Scott McTominay bag the headlines instead? Scotland head into their final international break of the year as the Nations League comes to a close and second place is still up for grabs between us, Croatia and Poland. But what about the squad? Cieran Slicker is in for the first time, Nicky Devlin is in from the start this ti...

It's Showtime! St Mirren fans were just one group that put out a stunning pre-match display in support of their club last week in Scottish football. But do these displays, especially pyro ones, go too far? On the pitch, we're heading for yet another Old Firm final, as both Rangers and Celtic saw off their semi-final opponents to reach the Premier Sports Cup Final in December. Was it a mi...

Forget Night of the Day of the Dawn, it's all about the Night of the Day of the Dons this Hallowe'en week. They've got a bumper few days as they take on Rangers on Wednesday and Celtic on Saturday. The Ibrox side are the final Premiership team that will try and stop Aberdeen's incredible unbeaten record so far, while Celtic go head to head with them at Hampden for a play in the...

It's international break again which means yet more heartache for Scotland fans. This time thanks to a 95th minute equaliser against Croatia being ruled out by VAR. (Spoiler, Laura doesn't like VAR). Next up, it's Portugal, but is being relegated to League B really a bad thing? The team also discuss YouTube as a streaming platform for live matches, is this the future we're gett...

Naivety or arrogance... what's the reason for Rangers & Celtic's European downfall last week? You can't blame Hearts though, who struck a stoppage time winner in Baku. Who had the side stuck bottom of the Premiership as Scotland's coefficient savours?! Meanwhile, Craig Levein has shown his rock 'n' roll past admitting he used to sport a nipple ring back in the day...

The rumours are rife following the two managerial departures in the Scottish Premiership, with Simo Valakari being tipped for St Johnstone and Gareth Aisworth being linked with Hearts. Yes, an actual rockstar front man, can you imagine the headlines. We look at what actually happens in press conferences and how it's divided between broadcast, digital and written media. Dundee United and Heart...

Sacking Season is upon us once again, with Hearts' Steven Naismith the latest manager to get his P45. Just what is it about this time of year that forces clubs to take such extreme measures? Falkirk gave a magnificent account of themselves against Celtic in the League Cup and, although they fell short in the end, it could be shaping up to be another memorable season for the Bairns. We'll...

Jimmy Thelin is at it again, another week, another win. As Aberdeen stretch it to 10 out of 10 at the start of the season, we’re joined by Dons fan and host of Red Tinted Glasses, Glen Schreuder. VAR is back on the lips of everyone again, partly because of the decisions that happened in the Celtic v Hearts and St Mirren v Kilmarnock games at the weekend. But also because Head of Refs, Willie Collu...

We're back. A little later than planned but season three of our podcast gets underway here. Join us - three football producers Andrew Slaven, Laura Brannan and Findlay Marks - for the latest news and stories from Scottish football. Together we reflect on Scotland's Nations League double header and how the defeats to Poland and Portugal did anything but ease the EURO 2024 hangover.  Craig...

We're coming back for our third season... but you'll have to wait just a little bit longer. 

We’re the famous Tartan Army and we’re off to Germany. The wait is finally over. The bags are packed. The time has come. We’re going to EURO 2024. Andrew Slaven, Laura Brannan and John Blaesdale warm up for the big one, looking at the changes to the final squad, the fans that are making the journey over and who should start the opening game of the tournament. They also look at the opposition, chat...

In the third of our four special episodes building up to EURO 2024, we turn our attentions to Hungary. They will be the final team lying in the path of qualification from the group stages to the knockout rounds for the first time in Scotland's history.  Laura Brannan catches up with Hungarian analyst and reporter Abel Meszaros for the lowdown on the opposition.  GET IN TOUCH: • Follow us on T...

In the second of our four EURO 2024 special episodes, we turn our attentions to Switzerland. Arguably our most important game of the group stages, Scotland take on Switzerland in the second round of matches on Wednesday 19 June in Cologne. Reporter Craig King, who has done work for FC Basel, Sky Sports and BBC 5 Live, joins Laura Brannan for a look ahead to the crunch tie. What are Switzerland&apo...

In the first of our four EURO 2024 special episodes, we turn our attentions to Germany. They're not only this summer's hosts but also Scotland's toughest rivals in Group A. Our fixture will open the tournament on Friday, 14 June in Munich. Bundesliga reporter Archie Rhind-Tutt, who is most seen on ESPN, joins Laura Brannan for a look ahead to the hotly anticipated fixture. How is Ge...

Have you booked your haircut for Germany? Stuart Armstrong is sorted. Lyndon Dykes is sorted. Are we going to have a team of cornrows lining up in our first game? But before all focus turns to EURO 2024 we round up the end of the domestic season.  Ross County are safe, Celtic win the Scottish Cup and the ban on plastic pitches looks imminent.  And wtf is going on at Inverness?! Just days after bei...

Sh*t's getting real... Steve Clarke is naming his Scotland squad ahead of Euro 2024. Tartan Scarf's Gordon Sheach joins us to dissect the players who are likely to feature. Some new jobs have been handed out this week, but do Malky Mackay and Willie Collum's new roles reek of who they know? Sky Sports' Anthony Joseph looks back on Celtic's third title in a row and what Bre...

Celtic put one hand and a pinky on the Scottish Premiership trophy after defeating Rangers 2-1 in the final Old Firm derby of the season. Meanwhile, at the other end of the SPFL, East Kilbride are sitting on a 2-2 draw from their Pyramid play-off first leg against Stranraer.  The Kilby boss Mick Kennedy joins us to chat about the big finale next weekend as well as his own business, in charge of Bl...