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Regulars John, Erin and Krys are joined by returning guest Stephen.

Just under 3 months have passed since Euro 2024 so we briefly reflect on Scotland's performance at the tournament.

Steve Clarke named a 24 man squad for the upcoming double header against Poland and Portugal. There is discussion around concerns in certain positions, what we think will happen tactically and who will start the game on Thursday.

Moving on to the game on Sunday, John Bl is joined by Portuguese correspondent Tom who gives us an insight in to the Portugal squad where there are a few chances from Euro 2024.

As is tradition with our Scotland specials we finish with a mini quiz. 

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Regulars John, Charlie, Graeme, Josh and Laurie are joined by returning guests, Hearts fan Graeme.

Charlie kicks things off by looking at this day in Scottish football over the years before we have some lower league chat.

European action takes centre stage when Kilmarnock and Hearts both looking to recover from 1st leg defeats. There is some good debate about McInnes and his approach to the away game and whether he should have been more positive.

Hearts have started the season poorly domestically and there is chat about Naismith and whether he may be under any pressure.

There is some chat too about the weekend action in the Premiership.

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Sadly it's the last of our Morning After the Night Before podcasts and this one feels like the most painful of hangovers as Scotland bow out of Euro 2024 following an agonising 1-0 defeat to Hungary.

John B is joined by Robert McCahill and Kevin Donnelly and we simply go over what went wrong. What tactics should've been deployed, were the substitutions too late and predictable, why we only had 17 shots on goal in three matches? The biggest question is is Steve Clarke's time up? So many questions to be asked.

We end on a positive by rounding up what the tournament meant to us and here's hoping we get to another major tournament soon.

Intro Music - Glasgow to Berlin by PG Ciarletta

Outro Music - Whatever it Takes by Scott McGill

Intro Voiceover - Rory Hamilton

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The SWPL1 action resumes this weekend and there are three derby matches to look forward to, and SFF Podcast brings you the best preview possible ahead of the big matches.

Firstly, we have the Women's Old Firm derby between Celtic and Rangers on Friday night at the Penny Cars Stadium, Airdrie. Dave spoke to Celtic midfielder Natalie Ross and Head Coach Fran Alonso to talk up their chances of a home win, and also spoke to Rangers Manager Malky Thomson as his side seek to get three vital points in their quest for back-to-back titles.

Next up is the Edinburgh derby, which is being played at Tynecastle on Sunday. John caught up with Hearts Head Coach Eva Olid and Hibernian centre half Siobhan Hunter to get their thoughts on the match, with Capital bragging rights up for grabs.

Lastly it's off to Lanarkshire and the match between Motherwell and Hamilton, also on Sunday at EK Park, East Kilbride. Ahead of this derby, Vinny spoke to Motherwell captain Gill Inglis and Hamilton Assistant Coach Bobby Watson.

We wish all six clubs the best this weekend and hope the matches are backed with a good crowd at each stadium as the Scottish Women's game continues to grow.

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This week we have John and Josh on the podcast as we discuss the latest events in Scottish football.

We kick off by discussing the Scottish Cup which resulted in two managers losing their jobs. One of these was Ian McCall which we discussed may happen due to recent results in the league. The other was Motherwell manager and club legend, Stevie Hammell.

There is some discussion around where these clubs may look to for their next manager.

As we recorded this episode on Valentine's Day, we come up with some footballers who have links to the day.

To conclude the podcast we discuss some of the players who made us fall in love with football.

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This week we have John, Josh, Scott M and Vinny on the podcast as we discuss the Glasgow teams the latter three support.

We kick off with Vinny giving us an insight into what has gone wrong at Partick Thistle and how he believes a change in management is required.

Scott discusses how well the transfer window went for Celtic and his belief that new signings will need time to integrate themselves in to contention for a place in starting lineup.

There is some chat around how many Rangers players would get in the Celtic lineup and the change in fortunes under Beale.

The podcast concludes with a quiz in relation to the Scottish Cup.

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It's been another fascinating month in the SWPL as regular trio John, Vinny and Dave look back at the last few weeks in the top two divisions in the Women's game.

January definitely belonged to Glasgow City in the title race as their main rivals Celtic and Rangers drooped two points apiece in their respective goalless draws with Motherwell and Hearts. Two wins and a credible draw away to the champions helped interim-Head Coach Leanne Ross stake a claim for the job on a permanent basis. With four points separating the three sides, and with Celtic hosting both City and Rangers before the split, it's sure to be an intriguing title race.

Hearts impressive season under Eva Olid continues and she has added Gavin Beith to her backroom team. Gavin kindly took time to talk to Dave about joining the club after stints at Aberdeen and Dundee United, and what he's expecting from the role as second first team coach. Their Edinburgh rivals Hibs had another erratic month but still have done enough to all but assure top six football, whilst two points separate Partick Thistle, Motherwell and Spartans for the remaining spot. Meanwhile Aberdeen, Dundee United and Hamilton are in a tight battle to avoid the playoff spot against the SWPL2 runners-up, and Glasgow Women's wait for their first point in the top flight goes on.

At the top of SWPL2, Montorose took control of the title race with impressive wins over St Johnstone, Queens Park and Stirling University, whilst Gartcairn have suffered from a curse of this podcast as a draw and two defeats saw them surrender top spot since Robert McCallum's appearance. Kilmarnock could still make this a three horse race if they come out of games against the top two at home victorious this month.

We round off with predictions for this weekends matches in SWPL1. We will return later in the month with a look ahead to three derbies taking place on the weekend of 24 February, so tune in for that.

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In our latest episode, regulars John, Erin and Jeff are joined by Hibs fan Charlie. He returns to the podcast after being on a couple of our Premiership specials.

We kick off by chatting about Hibs weekend over Aberdeen at the weekend which resulted in Jim Goodwin being relieved of his managerial duties at Aberdeen. Does the victory give Lee Johnson more time for Hibs fans to change their mind about whether he should stay?

There is some chat around the transfer window closing but it looks like there won't be much more business done in the Premiership.

Charlie discusses some of his favourite memories supporting Hibs, answers some quickfire questions and gives us his all time Hibs eleven.

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Regulars John, Josh, Krys, and Scott J are joined by special guest Robbie Hanratty.

There is no surprise that much of the focus is on what happened at Recreation Park where Darvel produced the biggest upset in Scottish Cup history.

We discuss where Aberdeen go from here as it is expected that Goodwin will be sacked and that problems run deeper than just the management.

Credit to Darvel on their win and thanks to John Walker, video analyst at the club for speaking to John B about the occasion.

On the back of this we discuss the Pyramid system and agree that there needs to be more movement to allow teams to progress.

The transfer window closes next week so there is some chat surrounding that and criticism of VAR.

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You've a treat in store for our latest podcast as the two John's are on and joined by coaching staff from two of the clubs who will compete in 4th round of the Scottish Cup.

Assistant manager Craig McEwan at Darvel joins us, as does Stirling Uni head coach Chris Geddes. Can either or both make history and progress? The guys are confident that their respective teams will do well.

We discuss what the build up has been like so far including media commitments with certain players relishing it.

The guys chat about some of their favourite Scottish Cup memories and what could be done to improve Scottish football.

There are questions from friends and followers of the podcast with plenty of interesting chat. We'd like to thank both guests for coming on and wish them well for the rest of the season.

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