A world cup special for you all this time round, with John hosting and being joined by Tony and Krys. Prepare for three guys all reminiscing about their childhoods coinciding with Italia 90. The chat meanders all the way back to the 1950s up to present day as we reflect on the highs, the lows, [Read more]

We have a trio on this week as the two John’s are joined by Krys who returns. A good week for him to return as Celtic clinched the treble and made it a double treble. We couldn’t add to the charity pot at the weekend but we’ve managed to win £671.32 this season. The charity [Read more]

The wait continues for Scotland to qualify for its first World Cup of the new millennium, but there is a certain freedom that comes with having a world class tournament to enjoy that doesn’t feature your home team. The key to it is the word “enjoy.” We all remember France 98, but in all honesty, [Read more]

TWO long decades have passed since Scotland’s last appearance at any major tournament, and the pain at missing out doesn’t ease any. Five European Championships and five World Cups have passed us by as campaign after campaign ebbed away into failure. Instead of getting ready to face the World’s best, we’ve become the warm up [Read more]

EVERY World Cup produces a shock result here and there, often propelling an unlikely side pushing to the latter stages of the tournament. From Cameroon’s defeat of Argentina at Italia ’90 to Costa Rica humbling Uruguay and Italy en route to the 2014 Quarter Finals, the World Cup has seen so called minnows emerge from [Read more]

THREE weeks today, the 21st World Cup gets underway when Russia take on Saudi Arabia in Moscow. With the eyes of the World watching over five weeks of competition, it’s the chance for the best players to take centre stage and showcase their talents to show everyone why they are the best at their trade. [Read more]

EVERYONE remembers their first World Cup. What got them excited about it, the memorabilia they collected and, most importantly, what teams and players caught the eye during the course of the tournament. My first World Cup was Italia ’90! Technically, two World Cups had passed by since I was born nine years earlier. However, I [Read more]

ONE of the most eagerly anticipated dates in the Scottish Football calendar is just days away as Hampden Park gets ready to host the 2018 Scottish Cup Final. Unlike their counterparts down south who devalue their showpiece event by proclaiming a 17th place League finish as a greater achievement than Wembley glory, the Scottish Cup [Read more]

Rumours of Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s return to the game were previously squelched by Swedish manager Janne Andersson. The centre forward of Los Angeles Galaxy was expected to come out off retirement just for the 2018 FIFA World Cup, but we’ve learned that he will not be stepping onto the pitch. It was after Sweden’s romping over [Read more]

ONE Hundred and Eighty minutes to go before the SPFL season checks out for the summer, two sides looking for the bullseye of Premiership football for 2018/19. For the fans of Livingston and Partick Thistle, it promises to be two legs full of excitement, nerves and passion that comes with the Premiership Playoff Final. They’ll [Read more]

Betting on football might be one of the UK’s most enjoyable hobbies but it’s not quite so easy for those who are trying to get into it with a distinctly limited knowledge. Having no experience in football betting will obviously make partaking extremely difficult but there are some surprisingly simple tips that should be enough [Read more]

FOUR years ago, the newly formed SPFL, a merger between the SFL and SPL the previous year, introduced a pathway for non-League clubs into the senior league setup. The introduction of a playoff between the best side outwith the SPFL and the bottom club in League Two was seen as a step in the right [Read more]