Bryan Jackson is too humble to admit it but he is a huge name in Scottish football. As an administrator for clubs in financial distress he has been involved in saving some of the biggest clubs in Scotland from going out of business.

The Foundation of Hearts have credited him as "the man who saved Hearts", and he had just as significant an input at Motherwell, Dundee, Dunfermline, Clyde and Clydebank - who are now preparing for a return to senior football.

Since his retirement from full-time work, he has taken his interest in football in a new direction - his play "The Pieman Cometh", based on his experiences in Scottish football, opens tonight (Sunday 18th March) at Oran Mor as part of the Glasgow International Comedy Festival. The opening night is sold out, but there are still some tickets available for Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday evening.

Tickets can be purchased from the venue or from See Tickets (https://www.seetickets.com/event/the-pieman-cometh-a-cautionary-football-tale/oran-mor/1178392)

Jim Thomson, Andrew Millar and Elaine Millar of the Killie Trust spoke to us about the "Trust In Killie" campaign, which has already invested £100,000 in Kilmarnock FC.

The sharp-eared amongst us will recognise Elaine as a voice from the past. Elaine was a member of the Supporters Direct Scotland team between 2006 and 2012, and it was great to re-connect with her.

The Killie Trust can be found online at http://killietrust.killiefc.com, where you can pledge to Trust In Killie.

The article we mentioned from "The Insider" can be read here:

https://www.insider.co.uk/special-reports/scottish-football-clubs-celtic-rangers-12149778

Chris Ewing recently announced a plan to take a brand new club to the Premiership with the help of fans. Currently playing their first season in the Lowland League, a crowdfunding campaign will enable Edusport Academy to be turned into a professional club with ambitions to progress up the Scottish football pyramid.

Find out more at ourfootballclub.com

In our chat after the interview with Chris we talked about a few other clubs on the rise, including a great article on The Fitba Nomad about Kelty Hearts. Read that article at thefitbanomad.wordpress.com/2018/02/25/kicking-off-at-kelty/

Email us at [email protected] or tweet us at @SuppDirectScot - we always enjoy your feedback and suggestions for future episodes.

Club 1872 (@Club1872rfc) is the 2nd largest shareholder in Rangers International Football Club plc, with a shareholding of over 10%. It aims to preserve and defend the interests of the supporters of Rangers Football Club, and ensure that Rangers supporters are at the centre of everything Rangers does. We spoke to board member Laura Fawkes about their origins and their achievements so far.

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Andrew Jennings is an investigative reporter, best known for his work investigating corruption in the IOC and FIFA. His 2006 book, "FOUL!" and his series of Panorama documentaries exposed the Sepp Blatter regime and was a big part of its eventual collapse.

Now retired, Andrew was an entertaining guest, and we hope you get as much from our conversation with him as we did.

"Whatever It Takes" by Bonita Mersiades is available from Amazon (https://www.amazon.co.uk/Whatever-Takes-Inside-Story-978-0-999643-1-0-5/dp/099964310X/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1519038489&sr=8-2&keywords=whatever+it+takes+bonita), and Rebecca Ruiz's NY Times article can be found at https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/31/sports/fifa-ioc-usoc-iaaf.html

Contact us on [email protected] or via @SuppDirectScot

Niamh O'Mahony (@Niamh_OMahony) joined us to talk about Cork City's journey to supporter ownership and the origins of the FORAS Trust. She also spoke about her role at Supporters Direct Europe, and their Erasmus+ projects on improving governance and supporter liaison.

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Graeme and Keith Easton, who are the stadium announcer and DJ at Hampden, as well as at many other sporting events, came in to talk to us about how to improve the matchday experience.

The brothers also produce the "Graeme Easton's Playlist" podcast (https://www.woosh.tv/graemeeastonsplaylist) where they interview the stars and business minds of Scottish Sport to find out what music makes their playlists and to take part in the "See You In The Charts" quiz. We turned the tables and put them head-to-head against each other... find out which one of them won!

Chris Samson blogs as Sports Marketing Scotland, where he interviews people from across the Scottish sports marketing industry. We spoke to him about his recent article on what it would mean for Scottish football to adopt a 'startup mentality' (http://sportsmarketingscotland.co.uk/adopting-startup-mentality/)

Follow us on Twitter @SuppDirectScot, and email us at [email protected]. Let us know what you think of this episode, and what you'd like to hear in future episodes.

Portugal-based writer and Hibs fan Edd Norval (@EddNorval) recently wrote an article for Box To Box Football (and since published in the Football Pink) on what Scottish football could learn from companies such as BrewDog about marketing and identity.

And it looks like the BTG guys will be heading to Lisbon for a weekend of beer and football!

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This week, Duncan McKay (@DuncMcKay), star of the *sublime* Terrace Podcast, shares an idea which could bring Scottish football into the 21st century, and make it easier for established and new supporters alike to attend games.

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