Welcome to the heartbeat of Scottish football – this is the Scottish Football Forums Podcast. Join us as we delve into the passion, drama, and camaraderie that make Scottish football unique. From the highs of thrilling matches to the lows of heart-wrenching defeats, we're your dedicated source for all things Scottish football. Whether you're a die-hard supporter or just curious about the beautiful game north of the border, come along on this journey through the fierce rivalries, and untold s ...
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S13E52 Women's Scottish Cup Semis Preview
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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 …
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S13E51 Semis/Split
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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 …
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S13E50 Euro '96 Throwback: Portugal and Netherlands
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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 knockin…
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S13E49 Scottish Cup Semi Special
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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 …
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S13E48 Euro '96 Throwback: Scotland and Croatia
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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 Tomi…
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S13E47 Euro '96 Throwback: England and France
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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 Engla…
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S13E46 Championship Special Part 4
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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 t…
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S13E45 Sky Sports Cup Final Review
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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…
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S13E44 Guest Special: Billy Kay
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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 2…
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S13E43 Sky Sports Cup Final Preview
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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 capt…
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S13E42 Iconic Moments in Scottish Football
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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 g…
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S13E41 Guest Special: Professor Fiona Skillen
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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 hist…
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S13E40 Old Firm Facts: The Sequel
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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 cha…
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S13E39 Ross (County) Fan Special
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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 d…
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S13E38 SWPL February
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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 wh…
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S13E37 Championship Special Part 3
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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 to…
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S13E36 Double Draft
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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 …
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S13E35 Scotland 101: An Introduction to the National Team
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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,…
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S13E34 Christian Nade Guest Special
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John, Josh and Robbie are joined by ex professional footballer and current coach at Petershill Under 21s, Christian Nade for our first guest special of 2024. We kick off by discussing growing up in France and the difference with coming up through an academy and later on being involved in the international setup at under 21 level where he played wit…
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S13E33 The Killie Show
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John and Josh are joined by Laurie who returns fresh off a couple of appearances on the show, Martin from The Killie View Podcast (@KFCView) and debutant Jordan who is the Charity Manager at Kilmarnock Community Trust. To kick off, Jordan gives us an insight in to his role at the club in terms of what they do and how they engage with fans in the co…
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S13E32 Mid Season SWPL Review
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The SWPL season recommences this weekend, and ahead of the restart John B is joined by fellow regular Vinny, regular contributor to our Women's Football specials Eva Murray, and Jerry Taylor from A Celtic State of Mind podcast. Glasgow City have had a difficult season so far, has their grip on the title gone? Jerry gives an insight into the tough d…
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S13E31 Mid Season Premiership Review
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Our mid season review sees fans from all clubs apart from Dundee. John is joined by Erin, Michael, Anas, Charlie, Laurie, Euan, Stephen, Andy, Ross and the two Alan's. We cover how the season has gone so far for everyone with Euan in particular being despondent about his team. St Mirren and Kilmarnock are probably among the happiest in terms of fan…
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S13E30 Big Fat SFF Quiz of the Year 2023
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Regulars John and Josh are joined by returning guests Andrew, Charlie, Danny, Laurie and debutant Anas for the second edition of our festive period quiz. The group is split in to pairs with 8 different rounds. Play along and see if you can beat the winners. In between the quizzing, we discuss favourite matches of the year, best albums of the year a…
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S13E29 Craig Brown Tribute
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On this podcast special, John Bl is joined by "SFF Technical Director" Krys, as well as guests Scott from SM Media and Grant from Campbell's Footballs, to pay tribute to Craig Brown who sadly passed earlier this year. Looking back over the life and the career of the former Scotland national team coach, as well as manager of Clyde, Preston, Motherwe…
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S13E28 League Cup Review
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Regulars John, Dave and Josh are joined by returning guest from last week John W from Scots Abroad Pod. We also have two Scott's as Scott from SM Media joins us and Scott from Hearts podcast Scarves Around the Funnel returns after being a guest previously. We focus on the League Cup final and discuss how the game went. where the game was won, Robso…
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S13E27 Scottish League Cup Final Preview
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Ahead of the cup final on Sunday we have regulars John, Erin and Robbie representing Aberdeen while guests Andy and John W join Josh in the blue corner. We discuss the upcoming game with possible selection dilemmas for both managers especially with both teams playing in Europe on Thursday. There is a bit of debate about whether Rangers focus should…
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S13E26 Euro 2024 Draw Reaction
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The two John's and Scott J are joined by returning guest Russell from the 3 Lions podcast and Swiss football expert Craig who joins us for the first time. The focus is predominantly on the reaction to Group A with the excitement of Scotland being involved in the opening game and a group where anything could happen. Some of the podcast team recorded…
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S13E25 Women's Nations League Finale Preview
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Ahead of the final double header of Scotland's Women's Nations League campaign, Dave is joined by John Bl and Eva for another chat about all things going on in both the national team and SWPL1. As well as previewing the fixtures away to Belgium and home to England, there's a look back at the recent league fixtures. There's also a discussion around …
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S13E24 Olympic Diving Finals
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Josh is back in the driving seat this week and is along side podcast regular Dave.Joined by guests Stephen Reside of "A Different View", Happy Jambo Graeme Duthie. This week it's back to the fun of domestic football and all the usual chat that dominates the rivalries. There's VAR conspiracies at Celtic Park and Pittodrie, the Olympic diving finals.…
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S13E23 Book Club: Callum McFadden & Donald Stewart
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With Christmas just around the corner, John B and Scott J were joined by authors Callum McFadden of Football CFB and Donald Stewart of SFSA to plug their new books. Callum's book "Behind the Curtain of the Beautiful Game" is a series of short stories from some of the biggest names in football sharing their tales of their respective experiences, fro…
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S13E22 Kein Schottland, Keine Party
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Regulars John, Erin, Josh, Krys and Scott J are joined by Laurie as we reflect on a fantastic campaign for Scotland. We take a look back through the campaign and discuss some of our memories and favourite highlights. Safe to say we'll never forget that moment in Oslo or that crazy game against Georgia in June. There are some quiz questions througho…
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S13E21 John Wark Love In With The Eastons
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The two John's are joined by the Easton brothers as we preview the last two qualifiers and talk about their respective jobs. Keith is the man behind the music as he is the DJ at Hampden and Graeme is the stadium announcer. There are questions about how they secured their roles, the preparation ahead of the games and much more. The most popular ques…
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S13E20 Hitlist Football/Music Special
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Regulars John, Erin and Josh are joined by up and coming Scottish band Hitlist. It's a first as we have a full band on with the Callum, Calum, Ollie and Scott. In addition to this we also have Hibs fan Allan on. You can find the band on X and Instagram @HitlistAberdeen We kick off with some reflection on Saturday's semi final between Aberdeen and H…
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S13E19 Semi Special
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John hosts as Josh and Robbie feature from the regulars and are joined by our friends from Edinburgh, Charlie and Graeme as we preview the League Cup semis. We start by looking back at Rangers v Hearts in the league ahead of their semi final this Sunday. There is chat around how teams are doing so far this season, the pressure that Naismith faces a…
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S13E18 Women's October Football Show
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Dave's back in the hosting chair once more as we once again as we turn our attention to the women's game ahead of Scotland's double header with the Netherlands in the Nations League. He's joined on the podcast by returning guests Eva and Clare. Before the international chat though there's the regular look at SWPL1 following a weekend where Rangers …
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S13E17 Championship Coverage Part 2
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We're back for our second Championship special and John is lucky enough to be joined by the guests who were on the first one. Katie, Andy, Adam, Robert, Heather and Ali are on to represent some of the clubs in the division. We kick off with a bit of banter regarding the weekend result between Partick Thistle and Dundee United. This leads on to ever…
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S13E16 Destination Deutschland
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Dave takes up hosting duties once more and is joined by Krys as well as guests Michael, Hazel (or is it Heather...) from Tartan Army Magazine and Tartan Army foot soldier Gordon. Obviously there's only one top worthy of conversation this week, and that's the achievement of Scotland reaching a second consecutive European Championship. The achievemen…
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S13E15 Viva Escocia
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John, Josh and Robbie are joined by returning guest Stephen Reside as we look ahead to the Spain v Scotland game. Before that though we give Josh an opportunity to reflect on Beale's sacking at Rangers as we discuss potential candidates for the vacant position. Excitement is building ahead of Scotland's trip to Seville to play Spain as we look to s…
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S13E14 UnBEALEvable
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John, Erin and Robbie are joined by returning guests Charlie and Graeme for another busy podcast. To begin with we look at the League Cup quarter finals and review the action. Following on from this we discuss the sacking of Michael Beale and who may replace him on a permanent basis. We move on to the weekend action in the Premiership as Celtic and…
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S13E13 The Scottish Show
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John, Robbie and Scott are joined by Michael for a busy show with plenty of quality football chat. We kick off by discussing how the Scottish teams got on in Europe with their being mixed fortunes. Rangers were the only ones who won but there was an encouraging performance by Aberdeen in Germany. Something that we've bemoaned for a while is the lac…
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S13E12 Women's Nations League September Preview
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Ahead of the inaugural women's Nations League, Dave is joined by returning guest Eva Murray and freelance journalist Laura Howard from Vavel to look ahead to the opening match for Scotland against the Auld Enemy in Sunderland. There's a good look into the general state of Scottish football for women, including the recent fall out with the SFA, as w…
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S13E11 John Hamilton Football/Music Special
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Regulars John, Josh and Dave are joined by singer John Hamilton for our first football/music special of the season. John's a Killie fan so there is plenty of chat about favourite players, memories and more. We kick things off by reviewing the England friendly from last week though don't dwell on it too much. There is music chat about favourite gigs…
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S13E10 Schottland ist Wunderbar
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John, Erin, Krys and Robbie are joined by guest Hazel who makes her first appearance on the podcast. There are some stories from Hazel about her trip to Cyprus for the game which set the tone for the podcast. We discuss the game itself too and the all round positive performance. There is some debate about whether John McGinn is our best player in t…
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S13E9 Cyprus Preview and Teaser for England
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Regulars John, Dave and Josh are joined by Euan as we look ahead to the international fixtures. The focus is on our qualifier against Cyprus with discussion around the squad and general optimism going in to the game. We discuss what we expect the starting lineup may be with a general consensus between us in terms of most of the starting eleven. As …
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S13E8 SWPL Opening Weeks Review and Nations League Preview
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On this review of women's football, Dave is joined by writer Steven Lawther and Glasgow councillor Eva Murray. They open with a look back at the World Cup just passed and discussed all the highs and lows of the tournament in Australia and New Zealand. Focus then turns to the opening few weeks of the new SWPL season and a look at how each of the top…
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S13E7 Hibs Get Their Johnson Out
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Our latest episode features regulars John and Josh who are joined by guests Charlie and Michael. There has already been a sacking in the Premiership three games in to the season with Lee Johnson leaving Hibs. We discuss the potential candidates for the job and Charlie gives us his preference in terms of who he would like to see get the job. Four cl…
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S13E6 Championship Covered
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This week on the regular show the Scottish Championship takes centre stage with fans of six of the clubs involved. We have returning guests in Katie (Airdrie) and Andy (Dundee United). Joining them are debutants Adam (Dunfermline), Robert (Morton), Heather (Partick Thistle) and Ali (Raith Rovers). John is your host for this special. We discuss recr…
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Regulars John, Erin and Scott are joined by new regular Robbie for the latest episode. Returning guest Graeme joins us as well as debutant Jenna. There is plenty to discuss but we start off by calling out the abuse that Erin has got recently for appearances elsewhere. Remember if you can't say anything nice then don't say anything at all. European …
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S13E4 Optimistic Opener
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Regulars John, Dave, Erin and Josh are joined by guests Danny and Laurie as we discuss the opening weekend of the Premiership season in the main. To kick things off though, Dave gives us a quick review of Dundee United's win at Gayfield on Friday. Everyone is in agreement that there was excitement going in to the season and we discuss what fans enj…
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S13E3 SWPL1 Preview
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Next Sunday sees the return of the SWPL1 season and John B is joined by regular Dave and guests Chris Marshall and Emma Black. After the dramatic events of "Taxi Sunday", will we see another closely contested title race between Glasgow City, Celtic and Rangers? Will Hearts and Hibs be able to bridge the gap on the top three? Who will be making the …
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