On our latest Euros special we have the two John’s on, Scott and Ross who makes his second appearance on the podcast. Ross is in the process of writing a book about France ’98 which we discuss towards the end of the podcast. Last week we were full of positivity and we’ve tried to stay [Read more]

We have a seven a side team that needs no introduction as we preview Euro 2020 but I’ll give you one anyway. The two John’s are joined by regulars from this season Donald, Scott and Tony plus Krys makes a welcome return and we have the star of Mr Brown’s Boys in Iain from The [Read more]

This is the day. Nine days short of twenty three years since Scotland last played at a major championship, Andy Robertson will lead eleven Scotsman out at Hampden Park to take on the Czech Republic at the European Championships. 2pm cannot come quick enough. I feel like I’ve been waiting for it since David Marshall [Read more]

In 23 years, I don’t think I haven’t had a lump in my throat when I hear Del Amitri’s “Don’t Come Home Too Soon”. Actually I think it has probably got worse over the years when we haven’t even left home! Yes, I am an apologist when it comes to this song. I completely agree [Read more]

THE odds for St Johnstone winning the Cup Double were double that of Leicester City winning the English Premier League in 2016. That is the scale on what the Perth side achieved following their Scottish Cup triumph against Hibs yesterday, which followed their League Cup success against Livingston in February, thus becoming only the fourth [Read more]

THE Scottish Cup Final should be the perfect climax to the season. For Hibs and St Johnstone, who don’t get to win the trophy all too often, it should be a Final to look forward to. However, the occasion has turned sour before the game is kicked off as the Scottish Government went back on [Read more]

As we near the end of another Scottish football season, there are many narratives that can be written. A season behind closed doors, the demise of the dominant Celtic, a first league title at Ibrox in a decade, the return of the national team to the big stage after more than two decades, the usual [Read more]

For the first time since 2009/10, Celtic will finish the 2020/21 season without a single piece of silverware. Ordinarily, this would not raise too many eyebrows. After all, there are only three trophies on offer in any given season, and although these three trophies are more often than not divided up between the two large [Read more]

EIGHT years ago, Derek McInnes walked into Pittodrie looking to rebuild his own reputation not just Aberdeen’s after his sacking by Bristol City a couple of months earlier. The timing of his arrival at the club was perfect as he was given five dead-rubber post-split fixtures to assess his squad. That final position of eighth [Read more]

THIS time last year was the last weekend of normality in Scottish Football. Normal in the sense that games were played in front of crowds at every stadium in the country at all levels, players got changed in dressing rooms across from each other and there were no issues over team buses. A week later, [Read more]

May 21st, 2016. In the dying minutes of the Scottish Cup final, having only equalised with ten minutes of the game remaining, David Gray headed the winning goal in dramatic fashion. As the scenes of jubilation spilled out of the stands and onto the pitch, everyone watching that day knew we were witnessing history. Back [Read more]

WHAT does Neil Doncaster have to do for SPFL clubs to vote for his removal as Chief Executive of the League? Over eleven years since he took up the post, then with the SPL before they and the SFL merged in 2013, Doncaster has presided over some of the most challenging times in Scottish Football, [Read more]