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It's four weeks until Euro 2024 begins and our countdown to the big event gets underway as we bring viewpoints from the media both sides of the border. In part one, John B speaks to BBC's lead commentator Guy Mowbray who talks about his rise to the top of the commentary ladder, and gives his thoughts on England's chances of landing the big prize having come so close in the delayed Euro 2020 finals.
John then chats to freelance reporter Connie McLaughlin, who gives a great insight into what it's like to interview Steve Clarke and what he's really like behind the camera. She also recalls how she had to react during the infamous Rodri interview and frantically trying to find out what was going on during the rain delay when Georgia came to Hampden.
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This week's episode features regulars John, Charlie, Josh and Krys as we take a look at the leagues that don't get as much coverage as they should. Joining them are returning guest Graeme and debutant Paul.
There is discussion about the pyramid system and concerns about it in it's current format with debate about whether there are enough teams who are ambitious enough to climb the leagues and the self preservation nature of the leagues above.
Graeme is keen to tell us that the Highand League is the best in not just Scotland but the world though that might be due to having his second book come out soon.
We discuss Buckie Thistle and the licensing issue, Josh tells us about all his favourite teams in the West of Scotland and we predict who will win some of the playoffs in the lower leagues.
There is chat about grounds that everyone would like to visit, favourite food that they've had on their travels and much more.
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The countdown continues for this year's European Championship, so whilst in past years we've seen tournaments take place without Scotland and we've thrown back to those that we were at, here we've flipped the script as Steve Clarke and co can tell their own story this summer!
John Bl is joined by Krys and Scott to look back at Euro 2000 and Euro 2004, two tournaments that Scotland missed out on the playoffs - so yes we touch on those as well!
At Euro 2000, we had possibly the strongest lineup of semi finalists you're ever likely to see, and a host of the best players that football had to offer at the time all turning up and turning on there style. And of course there was the dramatic ending to the tournament with how the final went.
At Euro 2004, there was the emergence of young talent like Wayne Rooney and Cristiano Ronaldo, shocks from the opening game to the final itself - although is it a shock if the same thing happens to the same teams in both?
And Krys gets to gush about Henrik Larsson across both tournaments. The bigger surprise might be his favourite kit!
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Outro Music - Whatever it Takes by Scott McGill
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John is joined by the regular group of fans from the Championship with Adam, Ali, Andy, Heather, Katie and Robert.
We review the season and look ahead to the playoffs in what has been another exciting season.
Airdrie are looking to secure back to back promotions through the playoffs and Partick Thistle are looking to get over the heartache of last season.
There are predictions in terms of who will come through the playoffs to face St Johnstone or Ross County.
The debate about whether structure of playoffs favours the club in the Premiership is debated and what could be done to make the playoffs better.
Andy talks about where the league was won. There is chat too about lack of youth getting their chance in the league but praise for the likes of Airdrie, Dunfermline and Queen's Park who are bucking the trend.
To round up the episode we make predictions on who will be well placed for next season and who was the best manager in the Championship.
Good luck to all the teams in the playoffs.
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The countdown is on for this years European Championship, and to get you in the mood we are going back 28 years to relive Euro '96. In the final instalment of this four-part series, fittingly John B looks at the two sides who reached the Euro ‘96 Final at Wembley - Czech Republic and Germany. To help provide an insight, John spoke to Czech sports journalist Jiri Hosek and Co-Host of Yellow Wall Pod Matthias Suuck.
It was the Czech Republic’s first campaign since the separation of Czechoslovakia in 1993 and they won a tight qualification group ahead of Netherlands and Norway to reach the Finals. Their fighting spirit saw them recover from an opening match defeat to Germany to progress ahead of Italy and Russia, before Karel Poborsky’s improvised lob saw off Portugal in the last eight then a dramatic penalty shootout win over France saw them unexpectedly reach the Final. The Germans, meanwhile, were expected to bring the trophy back to their homeland and qualified with minimum fuss, dropping just five points from their ten qualifiers, and cruised to wins over the Czech’s and Russia in Group C before holding Italy to a goalless draw. A narrow win over Croatia in the Quarter Finals was followed by a penalty shootout win over the hosts England to face the Czech’s again in the Final, where Oliver Bierhoff came off the bench to score a double, including a golden goal winner, to secure victory for Berti Vogts’s side. Jiri and Matthias give a good insight into their respective journeys and also give a combined Euro 96 & 2024 XI for each nation, which throws some interesting selections.
Footnote - John is also doing this series as a build-up to the launch of his second book, We're Going To Wembley: Scotland's Euro '96 journey by Pitch Publishing, which he has co-written with Neil Doherty. Full details on where you can pre-order the book can be found on Pitch's website or by contacting John or Neil directly.
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This week John, Charlie, Josh and Laurie are joined by host of Behind the Whistles podcast, James and former referees Des Roache and Steve Conroy.
There is plenty of chat about VAR, how it is used and what could be done to improve it.
We talk about former players getting involved in refereeing, the fast track process and whether referees should have the ability to talk about decisions they make on the field.
Des and Steve give us an insight in to how they managed the game when in charge of 22 players on a field and their approach to this. Plenty of interesting points that we might not consider as fans.
There are questions from listeners about how the game is officiated in Scotland with the guys being open and honest with their answers.
Thanks to the guys for coming on and be sure to check out their podcast which comes out every Sunday.
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Dave's been busy on the interview front ahead of this weekend's women's Scottish Cup semi finals at Hampden between Celtic and Rangers, and Hearts and Spartans. Although none of our guests are directly involved in the semis, each of them give their thoughts on what could happen and who might be back at Hampden for the final next month.
First up we have Clare Docherty, Head of Ayr United's woman's and girl's academy, on the club's SWPL2 aspirations and ambitions following their securing of a playoff spot in the SW Championship earlier this month.
Next we have Craig Joyce, Head Coach of the newly crowned SWPL2 champions Queen's Park, on what that achievement means and what the club might be able to achieve in SWPL1 next season.
Finally we have Robert Watson, manager of Hamilton Accies, ahead of their chance to play Dundee United at Tannadice this weekend. He also gives us his thoughts on the inspiration of Megan Quinn, who hit 200 appearances the club recently.
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John, Charlie, Erin and Laurie are joined by returning guest Graeme as we reflect on the Scottish Cup semis that took place over the weekend.
We kick off by looking at the game on Saturday where Aberdeen took Celtic all the way in an enthralling contest that could have gone either way. They key moments are discussed with there being plenty of them to digest.
Graeme gives us his view on the other semi which took place with his thoughts on team selection, missed chances and more.
Anyway, enough about these losers, John B talks to Scotland Cerebral Palsy head coach Billy McAdam after they won the World Championship by beating Northern Ireland 4-0. Congratulations again on a tremendous achievement.
Now that the top six and bottom six has been decided in the Premiership we discuss fixtures, predictions for the rest of the season and put together a best eleven from both where the criteria is maximum of two players from each club.
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The countdown is on for this years European Championship, and to get you in the mood we are going back 28 years to relive Euro '96. In the third of this four-part series, John B looks at the fortunes of Portugal and Netherlands by speaking to PortuGOAL creator Tom Kundert and Dutch football expert at Flashscore Finley Crebolder.
Having been knocking on the door for a place at Euro ‘92 and USA ‘94, Portugal strolled to qualification and with the talents of Luis Figo and Rui Costa they were considered a dark horse for the tournament. However, despite winning their group with seven points from three games, they came unstuck against Czech Republic in the Quarter Finals. Meanwhile, the Dutch endured a difficult route to England, where they needed a playoff victory against Republic of Ireland to secure their place, and then they scraped into the last eight on goal difference ahead of Scotland before a penalty shootout defeat to France ended their hopes of success. Tom and Finley give a good insight into their respective journeys and also give a combined Euro 96 & 2024 XI for each nation, which throws some interesting selections.
Footnote - John is also doing this series as a build-up to the launch of his second book, We're Going To Wembley: Scotland's Euro '96 journey by Pitch Publishing, which he has co-written with Neil Doherty. Full details on where you can pre-order the book can be found on Pitch's website or by contacting John or Neil directly.
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Our latest podcast focuses on the Scottish Cup semi finals due to take place this upcoming weekend.
John hosts with regulars Erin and Charlie joining him along with guests Andy, Graeme and Michael.
We kick off by getting Charlie's view on the Edinburgh derby that took place on Friday night. This leads in to our very own Chas and Dave segment which features interviews with Hearts head coach Eva Olid and goalscorer Megan Bell who is on loan at Hearts from Rangers.
Erin and Michael give their thoughts on Saturday's semi between Aberdeen and Celtic with some thoughts on selection issues plus we have our first draft of the night.
Moving on to Sunday, Andy and Graeme give their thoughts on how the game will go and there is another draft to enjoy.
Nick Montgomery's future at Hibs has come under scrutiny recently so Charlie gives his own thoughts on what might be the best way forward.
Good luck to Scotland's cerebral palsy team on Thursday in the World Championship final.
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The countdown is on for this years European Championship, and to get you in the mood we are going back 28 years to relive Euro '96. In the second of this four-part series, John B looks at the fortunes of Scotland and tournament debutants Croatia by speaking to Scottish Sun journalist Gordon Waddell and Croatian Journalist for 24 Sata newspaper Tomislav Gabelic.
Scotland recovered from the failure to qualify for the USA '94 World Cup to reach their second consecutive Euros, where fate decreed they would face the Auld Enemy in their own backyard. Ironically, after a heartbreaking defeat at Wembley, Scotland fans cheered England goals as the hosts did their bit to help their neighbours, but the Scots fell agonisingly short of a Quarter Final berth. In their first ever international qualification campaign since becoming independent in 1992, Croatia stormed to the finals by winning a group containing World Cup runners-up Italy, even defeating the Italians in their own backyard. They made a good impression in the finals too, defeating reigning European Champions Denmark thanks to a moment of genius by Davor Suker en route to the Quarter Finals, where they were knocked out by eventual winners Germany. Gordon and Tomislav give a good insight into their respective journeys and also give a combined Euro 96 & 2024 XI for each nation, which throws some interesting selections.
Footnote - John is also doing this series as a build-up to the launch of his second book, We're Going To Wembley: Scotland's Euro '96 journey by Pitch Publishing, which he has co-written with Neil Doherty. Full details on where you can pre-order the book can be found on Pitch's website or by contacting John or Neil directly.
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The countdown is on for this years European Championship, and to get you in the mood we are going back 28 years to relive Euro '96. In the first of this four-part series, John B looks at the fortunes of England and France by speaking to Chief Sportswriter at The Times Henry Winter and L'Equippe Sports journalist Pierre-Etienne Minonzio.
Hosts England went into their finals under intense media scrutiny following unsavoury drinking incidents in Hong Kong and the flight back to London, but they rallied round after a slow start to reach the Semi Finals before falling to Germany in a penalty shootout, just like they did in Italia '90. France went through an indifferent qualification campaign, drawing half of their matches, but picked themselves up to also reach the last four, and were also denied a Final berth by losing on penalties to the Czech Republic. Henry and Pierre-Etienne give a good insight into their respective journeys and also give a combined Euro 96 & 2024 XI for each nation, which throws some interesting selections.
Footnote - John is also doing this series as a build-up to the launch of his second book, We're Going To Wembley: Scotland's Euro '96 journey by Pitch Publishing, which he has co-written with Neil Doherty. Full details on where you can pre-order the book can be found on Pitch's website or by contacting John or Neil directly.
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John is joined by Katie, Heather, Ali, Andy, Adam and Robert for out latest Championship special as the we edge closer to the end of the season.
We kick off with discussion around whether there is still a title race after Dundee United beat Raith at the weekend. This leads on to some discussion around who everyone would fancy if they are to reach the Premiership Playoff final.
There is chat around who will make the playoffs with a good few teams being in the fix. Adam gives us an insight in to why Dunfermline's recent form has been so good.
Heather talks about the anniversary of Her Game Too which took place at Partick Thistle over the weekend and you can check more of this out on X (Twitter) @PTFC_HGT
As with every season it is hard to predict what will happen in the Championship but it is safe to say that Arbroath are relegated and everyone is in agreement about who should finish ninth.
To conclude the podcast we discuss who should win player of the year and young player of the year.
We'll be back next month once the league season is over to see how successful the predictions made at the start of the season were.
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After Rangers 4-1 victory over Partick Thistle at Tynecastle to pick up the first silverware of the women's season in the Sky Sports Cup final, Dave is joined by Eva Murray to review how the game went.
Some great goals, some great saves (despite what some on social media might think), and another new record crowd for the SWPL Cup final enjoying all the action in the sunshine.
Following Dave's chat with Eva, he's joined by John for a quick interview at Tynecastle with vlogger Sam North, before we finish up with the post-match press conference featuring Rangers manager Jo Potter, Partick Thistle manager Brian Graham, Partick Thistle player Cara Henderson, and Rangers players Mia Macaulay and Rio Hardy.
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An absolute treat in store for our latest episode as author and broadcaster Billy Kay joins some of the regulars on the podcast.
John, Charlie, Josh, Krys and Scott J are on as we reflect on Scotland's friendly against Netherlands and look ahead to our friendly against Northern Ireland. There is chat about selection issues as we get close to Euro 2024 and our recent form.
Billy shares with us some stories of going to World Cups in the past watching Scotland with him being lucky enough to go to three tournaments in the 70s and 80s. He talks about his first Scotland game and being fortunate enough to see us defeat the auld enemy on a few occasions.
We're privileged to hear billy read out a passage from the chapter, 'Valley Boays' from his book, 'Born in Kyle' which came out towards end of 2023.
There is also some chat about how he became a Dundee United fan including derby day moments, European games and his thoughts on the current title race.
The podcast concludes with some fun questions and one of best stories ever shared on the podcast about how an icon of the game took a fancy to one of his daughters.
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It's cup final week as the first major honour of the women's season will be handed out this Sunday at Tynecastle. Despite being in Edinburgh, it's a Glasgow derby as Partick Thistle will take on the current holders of the trophy Rangers.
So with that in mind, we have three interviews ahead of the game. First, Dave caught up with former Rangers captain Clare Gemmell for her thoughts on what lies ahead, before speaking with Partick Thistle fan and matchday programme editor Tom Hosie for the Thistle side of things. In between those two interviews, John catches up with the Managing Director of the SWPL, Fiona McIntyre.
Good luck to both teams in the final, hopefully it's an exciting game of football for all involved!
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Regulars John, Charlie, Erin and Laurie are on this week and joined by Mark Poole to talk about his book, '99 Iconic Moments in Scottish Football' which came out in October 2023.
Mark gives us an insight in to the book and chats about some of the moments that never made the final edit.
There is chat about some of the chapters in the book with one giving a good laugh as we discuss what Scottish teams would be called if they adopted American sports name titles.
Everyone shares their own iconic moments in Scottish football from the ridiculous to the sublime with contributions from friends of the podcast too.
We finish off with some fun questions including our Desert Island Dicks feature.
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In a different focus on women's football, Dave caught up with Glasgow Caledonian University's Professor Fiona Skillen.
While most of our focus on this podcast so far has been on the current developments in the SWPL or with the women's Scottish National Team, Professor Skillen was named BBC Woman Expert in 2014 for her research on women's sport history.
As well as discussing Fiona's own work, we go into detail of some key areas of the history of women's football in Scotland. From wartime football, to Rutherglen Ladies, to the only country to turn down women's football in the 1970s, as well as some upcoming books, there's more than a few topics covered that might help shine a light on some of the challenges that the game still faces today.
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The two John's, Erin, Josh and Krys are joined by Adam aka Old Firm Facts ahead of his showon Monday 18th March as part of Glasgow Comedy Festival. You can get tickets on https://www.glasgowcomedyfestival.com/events/old-firm-facts-podcast-live/
We chat VAR and our thought on how it could be improved seeing as we are stuck with it.
There is some chat about the Scottish Cup quarter finals on the back of us.
As Adam is on, we discuss what has been making us laugh in Scottish football recently and the title race in the Premiership.
There are questions from listeners of the podcast for Adam and we finish off by getting him to pick a banter eleven and tell us some of his favourite albums etc.
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Ross from County Corner joins John and Josh for our latest fans special as he gives us his story of being a Ross County fan.
We begin with him chatting about how he became a fan of the club, early memories and favourite players while growing up.
There is chat about cup finals over the years including success in League Cup final of 2016 where they defeated Hibs.
Other memories are shared from success climbing the leagues and of being a ball boy growing up.
Ross speaks about the rivalry with Inverness and how he has missed the fixture. we find out too how Premiership playoff final last season ranks compared to winning 2015/16 League Cup.
We round off by getting Ross to pick a best eleven from his time supporting the club and some fun questions.
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