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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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Outro Music - Whatever it Takes by Scott McGill
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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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Outro Music - Whatever it Takes by Scott McGill
Intro Voiceover - Rory Hamilton
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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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Dave hosts another busy women's football podcast as he's joined by SFF regular Charlie, regular guest Eva, former Rangers captain Clare, Dundee United head coach Graeme, and Jessica from The Celtic Star to look back at all the latest SWPL action following the winter break.
We jump straight in with post-match reaction from Sunday's derby at Ibrox which saw Celtic and Rangers share the points and maintain the hosts unbeaten record and four point lead at the top of the table. There's chat around what Celtic would have to do in the remainder of the season to have any chance of catching Rangers.
There's obviously discussion about the fall out from the away ticket issue that unfortunately preceded the game and what that might mean for the growth of the women's game in Scotland.
At the other end of the table, unfortunately for Graeme, there's talk of who might go down with the bottom three all level on points and even fourth and fifth bottom being three and six points ahead. The race for fourth also seems just as tight with just one point separating three teams.
With the Pinatar Cup on the horizon this weekend, there's also discussion around who is and isn't in the latest Scotland squad as well as Scotland's chances in the tournament along with Finland, Philippines and Slovenia.
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This week we have our latest Championship special as John is joined by fans from some of the clubs in the league. Adam, Ali, Andy, Heather, Katie and Robert all return to chat about the most exciting league in Scotland.
We kick off with discussion around why Dunfermline are struggling and if they can avoid the position they are currently in.
The top of the table clash on Friday is discussed with regards to what it means in terms of a title race and who will end up winning the league.
There are questions throughout for our guests about the playoffs, how teams might manage if they get promoted and Dougie Imrie's impact at Morton.
We discuss who might get dragged in to the mix for the relegation playoff and if any teams need to look over their shoulders in terms of Premiership playoffs.
To conclude, the guests try and come up with an eleven from the six teams that could compete in the Premiership.
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John, Dave and Erin are joined by new regulars Charlie and Laurie for the latest episode of the podcast.
We kick off by discussing the Nations League draw and our thoughts on the group. This leads on to some chat about goalkeeping situation and whether Shankland should start up front.
The Scottish Cup 4th round took place at the weekend so we look at some of the ties that took place and the draw for the next round.
Neil Warnock recently was appointed interim manager at Aberdeen till the end of the season so we gather the thoughts of everyone in terms of what they think of him getting the job.
Valentine's Day is coming up so there is a short chat about what everyone loves about their club the most.
To finish off we have not one but two drafts as Dave and Erin go head to head to pick their Aberdeen teams and Charlie and Laurie pick combined Hibs/Kilmarnock elevens.
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The two John's and Josh are joined by author Tom Brogan who makes his second appearance on the podcast.
Tom speaks to us about his latest book 'Scotland 101: An Introduction to The National Team' which contains chapters on unforgettable Scotland moments, players and much more. He gives an insight in to how the book came about, some of the research, his own favourite chapters and players who feature.
We discuss Scotland moments that should be put in Room 101 and some of our favourite memories of following the national team.
On Thursday the draw for the Nations League takes place so we all give our preferences on who we would like to get in our group. It's exciting times to be a Scotland fan as we consider where this current squad compares to other successful periods in the history of the Scotland team.
To conclude the podcast we have Tom go head to head with John/Josh in the Scotland draft as they pick a best eleven from 1983 onwards. Some really interesting selections. Let us know who you think was unlucky to miss out.
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