The Dogger Saints Podcast : An Unofficial St Johnstone Podcast

Life begins at 40, as the old saying goes, so why not join Sam and Dan for a very special Episode 40 of Dogger Saints: An Unofficial St. Johnstone Podcast!

Alas, whilst life may begin at 40, Saints’ stunning unbeaten run in the cups, stretching all the way back to before any of us had even done heard of a lockdown, has come to an end. As we must, we discuss Saturday’s heartbreaking League Cup Semi-Final defeat your Celtic. We promise it won’t be too painful.

We are also joined by the man who commentated on Saturday’s game, and also so many happier moments for Saints through 2021. The man behind the mic for Premier Sports, BT Sport and STV, and all round gent Rory Hamilton joins us for a fantastic chat about the life of a commentator, following Scotland, Saints’ wild ride and much more.

Right, that’s the football out of the road, so we know what you want now. Features. As ever, we’ve got them by the bucketload, baby, as it’s time to musk up at the Club Shop of Shame, we pay homage to our bonny and deeply unhealthy country in Theme Team and this weeks trip to The Royal leaves us with the many questions about just what is Liam Craig up to?

Pointless Dan! Sam advertising Japanese automobiles! David Martindale Nipple Cream! Somehow we have all of that, along with a look forward to our clash with Hibs in the glorious cinch and much more. We reckon it’s a good’un, so why not join us and celebrate the good times with Episode 40 of your handy weekly nonsense. Get there!

Mister, your eyes are full of hesitation....yes my sweet, sweet friends, Bonnie Scotland are heading to the play-offs for the World Cup and what a night it was at Hampden as the John McGinn’s big fat arse, John McGinn himself, and the rest of the boys gave the Danes a couple. However, as we know, that was merely the warm up act for the famous old ground, as Sexy St. Johnstone go to their second home for the League Cup Semi-Final, so for all the build-up to that, and much more you join your old pals Sam and Dan for Episode 39 of Dogger Saints: An Unofficial St. Johnstone Podcast!

We were delighted to be joined this week by the voice of McDiarmid Park, our pal Liam Doris, joins us to discuss working the mic at the ball game, European trips, broadcasting to an empty ground, and much more in a fantastic chat, giving us an insight behind the scenes at McDiarmid.

We also have a look forward to the aforementioned semi-final, as we assess Saints’ chances, issue a call to arms to all Saints fans and look a potential role for Eetu.

Enough of all that though, we know what you really want, and boy oh boy we’ve got the features for you, my good time buddy old pals! This weeks trip to the Royal sees a Saints Hall of Famer complete a daring rescue mission, we take in a poochy based trip to Turin for the Club Shop of Shame, and this weeks Theme Team sees us take a walk down the aisle.

Sam and Dan hit the stage! Hue and Cry! John McGinn’s big fat arse again! We’ve got it all, and much, much more for you to hopefully enjoy. So get yourselves comfy, and let the boys take you through this Cup Semi-Final week. Get there!

In 1964, the artist Andy Warhol created the avant-garde film ‘Sleep’. It came in at 5 hours 20 minutes, and consisted entirely of footage of poet John Giorno sleeping. Later that same year, Warhol would go further and make the film ‘Empire’, which consisted entirely of slow motion footage of the same view of the Empire State Building, and came in at 8 hours 5 minutes. Both of these films were more exciting than St Johnstone v St Mirren on Saturday. However, worry not, because Sam and Dan have got your back, and we’re going to bring some good time entertainment in Episode 38 of Dogger Saints: An Unofficial St. Johnstone Podcast!

We take a very, very quick look on Saturday’s draw against the men from Paisley, with particular reference to Shaun Rooney’s wild 45, which was genuinely about as exciting as it got. Alas, we don’t even have a guest to cheer you up this week, but so you don’t have to listen to us talk about that game for any longer than necessary, we take a walk down memory lane with some clips of some of our favourite interview moments from the first 37 episodes.

Fear not though my sweet, sweet friends, we’ve got features by the bucketload for you this week, with a trip to the Royal revealing what you can do when you’re having a tinkle next to a Saints legend, or indeed a Scottish singing sensation. We also head over to the Club Shop of Shame to discuss why Benfica deserve their European curse, we go all Tennis the Menace in this week’s Theme Team and a welcome return of Doggers on Tour take us to the chilly north for a wee Finnish double-dunter.

Scooter Gran! Sex Tips with Lynne Hoggan! Fat lads from Idaho posing as hot girls on Facebook! We’ve (somehow) got all of this and much, much more. So put your feet up, and let the boys treat you to a damn good time. Get there!

The year is 1978, and Bruce Springsteen opens his seminal album Darkness on the Edge of Town with the song Badlands. These badlands start treating us good. Now, a little known fact, Bruce wasn’t actually going along his theme at the time of escapism. No, what Bruce was actually looking 43 years into the future, singing about Sexy Perth St. Johnstone going all the way to the Badlands of Dundee and clearing off with all three points. So, if you’d like to hear more on this theme, why not join your old pals Sam and Dan for Episode 37 of Dogger Saints: An Unofficial St. Johnstone Podcast!

We round up all the action from Saints’ two games since we last met, with us revelling in our victory over Thomas Courts’s Dundee United at Tannadice, whilst also bringing their catering choices under the microscope. We also discuss our midweek draw against high-flying Hearts, and to do so we needed a little help, so we were delighted to welcome on A View From The Terrace and Hearts TV’s own Robert Borthwick to have a chat about the game, Hearts’s season, life in the telly and much more.

We are also absolutely honoured and privileged this week to be joined by former Saints manager Alex Totten, for a frank and fascinating chat about the glory days at Saints, the dangers of a few choice words with a pal in front of the fuzz, spotting a young Callum Davidson and much, much more.

Features though? You want them, we got them, as we take a trip to the Club Shop of Shame for a touching tribute to the fallen, and Dan gets awfully excited for our cricket Theme Team, along with announcing the winner of circus week.

Ocean Drive! Dumbarton spandex! Zander Clark’s big day out! We’ve got it all, and much more, so you come and join the boys for a damn fine time. Get there!

Frank Sinatra once sung of Strangers in the Night. It’s a beautiful song. Now, a little known secret, this song was not written about love at first sight, but actually about the Saints back line playing like they’ve never met each other since the international break. But strangers can become friends, and Sam and Dan were once strangers, but now they’re the best of pals leading you into Episode 36 of Dogger Saints: An Unofficial St Johnstone Podcast!

We dissect Saturday’s dogged defeat to Celtic and from that try to answer the two big questions - where do Saints go from here, and what the fuck is wrong with Celtic fans?

We catch up with journalist Ed Hodge, the author of Our Day in May and the recently released Make Mine a Double, for a fantastic chat as we discuss following Saints, penning the story of a season on a deadline, balancing football with his work in golf, and much more.

After all this football chat, on a football podcast of all things, we know what you want...features! And boy we got loads for you! Romance is in the Royal air, the Club Shop of Shame takes us to the city of love, we get the juggling balls and curly wigs out for a trip to the circus in Theme Team, and a very special Alphabet There sees us pay homage to a bona fide Saints great.

Celebrity spotting with Dan! Sam on Tipping Point! A midweeker against Hearts and a Tayside trip to Thomas Courts’s Dundee United! We’ve got it all here, so get yourselves involved, join the boys and have a bloody lovely old time. Get there!

"It’s sh*te being a Saints fan”, might have been the line if Trainspotting was set in Perth last Saturday. It would have been justified. However, we’re not having any of it, it’s still absolutely ace being a Saint, so join Sam and Dan as we talk everything great about supporting Saints on Episode 35 of Dogger Saints: An Unofficial St. Johnstone Podcast!

Right, first thing’s first, we have to talk about whatever in the name of whoever you pray to on Saturday. To make matters worse, albeit funnier, we invite a very happy Livingston fan, our pal and host of the excellent Almondview Podcast, Liam Innes to discuss the game and where this leaves the West Lothian outfit going forward.

With that unpleasantness out of the way, we catch up with former Saints director and all round gent Stan Harris, for a tremendous chat in which he offers his views on Saints, whilst giving us a fascinating insight into life behind the scenes at the club and marrying his former role with his lifelong love of the Saints.

You may well be thinking, with all that, what more can we fit in? Well, baby, you know us well enough by now to know that we’ve got features coming out of our ears! We bring you all your favourites, with a trip to The Royal turning Jason Scotland from “wholesome” to “previously wholesome”, a trip to the club shop giving us a real stinker from West London and we bring you the results of Theme Team’s 80’s week before running through the best candidates for 70’s week.

With all of this and much more, including a look forward to the Celtic game, a look back at a lovely Sunday at McDiarmid, and Dan’s continuing guide to Facebook, put your feet up and have a damn fine time listening to your favourite weekly nonsense. Get there!

“Take me away, I don’t mind, but you better promise me I’ll be back in time!” The wise old words of Huey Lewis, and indeed The News, and you can join Sam and Dan as they go back in time - it’s Retro Week here at Dogger Towers, so join us for Episode 34 of Dogger Saints: An Unofficial St. Johnstone Podcast!

We know how much you love the features, so we’re going to give you all of the features this week! A trip to the Royal sees us hit up Dan’s home town and a marginally more popular Scottish Football Podcast than ours, conjuring up a repressed childhood banter for Dan and some repeater I’ve parenting for Sam. And on the theme of the seaside, we head over to Bavaria for an absolute shop window item in the Club Shop of Shame.

The return of Doggers on Tour sees is head over to the World Cup via Trinidad and Tobago, Theme Team takes us back to the glorious decade which brought us Back to the Future and we FINALLY reveal a Saints Story which Dan has been sitting on for six months, and might very well prove to be a crushing disappointment, and Wholesome Content Corner takes us back to the glory days of 2020-21.

We do actually talk about Saints at various points too, as we discuss the upcoming fixture against Livingston and discuss Liam ‘The Prince of Perth’ Gordon’s new contract. With all this and much more, including a direction of the chilling damage done by 90s televisual light entertainment, you don’t want to miss this! Get there!

Of all the things, ALL THE THINGS, that could stop us in our tracks in our 33 episodes so far, the world’s largest social media group crashing and stopping us doing interviews was not one that we foresaw. However, Twitter’s better anyway and it was never going to stop us for long, so 24 hours later than planned, please join Sam and Dan for Episode 33 of Dogger Saints: An Unofficial St. Johnstone Podcast!

We round up all the Saints action from this week, including Saturday’s glorious victory over our good pals, admirers, and apparently purveyors of total football from up the road, Dundee. and also take a look at the Saints to leave the club, albeit temporarily, in the past week.

We also have a hugely entertaining and interesting catch-up with former Saints defender, present football media man on the Emerald Isle, and all-round smashing guy Graham Gartland as we discuss his time in Perth, scoring in the top-flight, friendships at the club and dolphins.

Features? We know you love ‘em. You know we love ‘em. So let’s have some! This weeks trip to The Royal sees a vexed Scottish Cup winner in Singapore, a trip to Old Trafford for some styling tips in the Club Shop of Shame, the letter J is decided in the Alphabet There, and Theme Team inevitably takes us to the 90s, because we do bloody love the 90s!

You may not think we have time for more, but baby you couldn’t be more wrong, as we catch-up with our pal Katie Mitchell from Perth Theatre to discuss the upcoming Team Talk series of events (and we will admit especially our night) and we also swoon over Liam Craig for 2 hours. With all this, and much more, you’d be mad to miss this! Get there!

Once again thanks to our friends at Flonix for sponsoring this episode even in the midst of numerous conference calls with Mark Zuckerberg.

“So instead look what he done, he’s found a girl who’s 31”. Not my words friends, the words of The Pigeon Detectives, as they discuss a 22 year old man with a thirst for an older lady. You know what else is 31? Dan. So come come and join him and Sam for Episode 31 (see, we were getting there) of Dogger Saints: An Unofficial St. Johnstone Podcast!

We review all the action from a fine day up at Pittodrie on Saturday, as Stevie May FINALLY brought up a half century of goals for the club to FINALLY give the Saints a first league win of the season.

We also had the pleasure of catching up with Saints cult hero and all-round superstar Attila Sekurlioglu for a brilliant chat about his time and affection for the Saints, how he wound up managing in Ghana, keeping spirits high during lockdown, and much more.

Features? You want features? Well you’re in luck, because we’ve got plenty of ‘em as we take a trip to The Royal via Hong Kong, stop for breakfast in God’s own Granada Television Region for this weeks Club Shop of Shame, and announce the results of the Retail Special Theme Team.

Plenty more happening on the pitch, so we discuss the upcoming Cup Der....Quarter Final away at Dundee, and are joined by radio man, hoarder of Buckfast, Hibee and all-round good guy Rory Barraclough to look forward to next Sunday’s trip to Easter Road.

With all this, and much, much more, we are truly spoiling you on a level of the ambassador at his reception. Get there!

Whose best to tell us about the wonderful last 12 months of Zander Clark's career than his own brother. Rangers Fan Ross Clark joins us to tell us about how he brought about Zander's upturn in penalty fortunes and what he'd do if he signed for the Green Half of Glasgow!! Join us for for the best spin off since Strictly:It Takes two!