Scottish Football Forums Podcast

This week on the show we welcomed Cameron (Ayr United) and David (Partick Thistle) to talk the upcoming playoff showdown between the two former-McCall clubs. We also discuss Dundee's title win, Owen Coyle being mutual consented and the chances for Dundee, Partick and Ayr facing the 11th placed premiership team and the possibility of going up.

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11 May 1983, a day forever etched in the history of Aberdeen Football Club as they defeated Real Madrid to win the European Cup Winners Cup.

In this throwback special, John B is joined by journalist and avid-Dons fan Graham Hunter, who goes through his memories on what it was like growing up supporting the Dons and the lead up to that amazing night, one which he says inspired him to go to Spain many years later. He is then joined by historian Kevin Stirling, who has written a book called "Aberdeen's Greatest Games", which unsurprisingly includes the glory in Gothenburg.

Match audio courtesy of Aberdeen Team of the Decade video released in 1990.

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It's been another compelling season in the Championship, League One and League Two and John B is joined by Lower League expert Ally Graham, Falkirk Fan Alan Risk and Stirling Albion fan Craig Brown to go through the trials and tribulations of the last ten months.

The conversation begins with the controversial Conference League plans, which have not been well received across the board. They then move onto review the regulation league campaigns, with Craig reflecting on his side's promotion from League Two, Alan wondering if Falkirk will finally get out of League One via the playoffs, and Ally gloating on trouncing the SFF guys in the Predictions League 18-13. He'll be back for more next season. We also discuss the enthralling last game between Queens Park and Dundee, which should be used as a selling point for the lower leagues.

With the playoffs now coming up, the guys give their thoughts on who will preserve their status and who will win promotion.

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On our latest episode we have regulars John, Josh and Scott M on to discuss what has been going on in Scottish football.

We kick off with Josh and Scott going toe to toe as they reflect on Celtic's win over Rangers in the Scottish Cup final. This leads on to Josh saying who he would be happy to leave Rangers while Scott reckons there won't be many changes at Celtic next season.

There are congratulations in order to Barry Robson as he is confirmed as Aberdeen manager with John discussing what will be a busy summer for the club in terms of recruitment.

The Championship comes to a conclusion on Friday with everyone bar Raith Rovers having something to play for. Another exciting conclusion to the season after the drama last year. John needs to learn to read his stats correctly.

We finish off with some West of Scotland football league chat with congratulations in order to Beith for winning the Premier Division and Auchinleck Talbot winning the West of Scotland Cup.

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Regulars John, Erin and Dave are joined by guests Andy and Michael who return after being on a few times this season.

We discuss the playoff situation with Brechin and Spartans set to play for the right to face whoever club 42 will be.

Congratulations are in order to Stirling Albion and John B provides some superb interviews with fans of the club and manager Darren Young live from Forthbank on Saturday.

We discuss who might finish in the playoffs for League One, Championship and the Premiership.

A review of Aberdeen's win over Rangers features too with chat once again about rebuilding job that needs to take place at the Glasgow side.

There is chat about the bias around the TV deal in Scotland, what may happen with regards to the post split fixtures and we give predictions around Scottish Cup semi finals.

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It's the latest of our Women's Football review as John B and Dave take a look at recent events in the Scottish game.

The Scotland National Team had a good Easter weekend with a 1-0 win over World Cup hosts Australia in London, and followed this up with a resounding 4-0 win over Costa Rica at Hampden. 17 year old Emma Watson grabbed most of the headlines with two eye catching performances, and two goals at the National Stadium, and the guys talk up her prospects, including a potential move to Manchester United though staying at Rangers can't be ruled out. With the inaugral Nations League draw looming, it was two confidence boosting wins for Pedro Martinez Losa's side as they seek to reach the next European Championship Finals in 2025.

Before last weekend, Glasgow City were eight points clear of Celtic and nine ahead of defending champions Rangers. Consecutive home defeats to the Old Firm within four days has whittled that gap down to just three points between the three sides. Can Leanne Ross galvanise her side to recover from those setbacks and reclaim the title, or will one of their city rivals pounce? At the other end, Aberdeen took a huge step towards safety with consecutive wins over Hamilton and Dundee United, taking them eight points clear of Accies in that playoff position. The battle to face the SWPL1's 11th placed side is intensifying with seven points seperating four teams, with Montrose closing in on the SWPL2 title thanks to a commanding ten point advantage.

It's a big weekend in the Women's game as the Scottish Cup Semi Finals take place, and the first time both will be at Hampden. Treble-chasing Rangers face underdogs Motherwell on Saturday at 1230pm, whilst it's a repeat of last seasons final on Sunday as holders Celtic take on Glasgow City, again at 1230. Tickets are £10 adult £5 concessions so anyone who can should get along to the National Stadium for potentially two cracking Semi Finals.

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John and Josh are joined by Hearts fan Graeme for the latest podcast.

The focus is mainly on Neilson getting the sack at Hearts and what Graeme would like to see going forward. We discuss lack of leadership on the pitch, who should leave at the end of the season and what Naismith needs to do for the rest of the season.

There is discussion around the other managerial changes in the Premiership this season as Callum Davidson left St Johnstone after their weekend game.

We discuss the situation at Darvel as Mick Kennedy left the club less than three months since one of biggest Scottish Cup shocks ever.

To finish off there are congratulations in order for Dunfermline and some brief chat about the other leagues.

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This week we have John and Josh on the podcast joined by our new regular Dave. He joins us officially after some valued contributions on the SWPL specials.

We kick off by discussing the Scotland win over Spain last week and how it rates among performances in our lifetime. There is chat regarding how assured we were and we discuss the significance of Clarke creating a club like setup.

There are player ratings from the game against Spain and optimism all round over what we can achieve going forward.

The battle for the top six and European places is looked at as we cover the remaining fixtures before the split. Following on from this we preview the game between the top two in the Premiership.

The podcast concludes with a wee slowfire set of questions for Dave.

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The latest podcast sees us review the Scotland v Cyprus game from Saturday where we won 3-0. The two John's, Josh and guest Grant Campbell are on to discuss how the game went.

We take a slightly different approach to this as we go through the team individually, assess their performance and give them a rating out of 10. There is discussion around how good the performance was and the impact in particular made by the subs that Clarke made.

This then leads on to whether those who came off the bench should start against Spain and how we expect to line up. Can we defeat Spain for a famous win under the floodlights? The guys give their predictions.

Following on from this we then pick a combined Scotland/Spain team from the starting lineups on Saturday.

To finish off we have a Scotland quiz that is based mostly on Euro qualifying campaigns.

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It's an action packed lineup with regulars John, John B, Erin, Scott J being joined by Iain from The Famous Tartan Army Magazine.

The latest edition of the magazine is out and can be found at https://tartanarmymagazine.com/ where you'll find some excellent articles including from her very own author John Bleasdale.

There was plenty of controversy in relation to VAR on Saturday in the Premiership so we discuss some of the decisions and our thoughts on the technology and how it is used.

We move on to briefly chat about the quality of the league as teams struggle to find consistency and what could be the cause of this. This leads on to discussion around the lack of young Scottish talent getting opportunities in the Premiership.

League action is on hold now as we look ahead to the international break. There is chat about squad selection, who is likely to start and we answer a range of questions from followers of the podcast on Twitter.

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