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3: Furry Fifers, healing Hearts and the cursed coefficient Aug 16, 2019

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Not a good week for Scottish clubs in Europe but Andrew Slaven, Kieran Canning and Fin Marks have a weekend of League Cup action to look forward to.The panel give a measured analysis of Celtic’s elimination from the Champions League while JJ Bull gives an on-the-whistle reaction to Aberdeen’s Europa League exit.Can East Fife upset Stevie G on Sunday? Winger and fellow podcaster Danny Denholm gives us the inside track.Forfar manager Jim Weir discusses his team’s strengths ahead of their last 16 clash with Livingston.Can the cup cure the ills of Kilmarnock and Hearts fans? And why does Dumfries suffer from a swarm of seagulls?WE’VE GOT A NEW WEBSITE!check out thetotallyfootballshow.com (http://thetotallyfootballshow.com/) ! • PART 1: Seagulls in Dumfries (01m 30s)• PART 2: Celtic eliminated from the Champions League (04m 10s)• PART 3: East Fife v Rangers preview with Danny Denholm (11m 00s)• PART 4: Motherwell v Hearts preview with Amoruso Lets It Run (18m 00s)• PART 5a: JJ Bull on Aberdeen’s Europa League elimination (28m 00s)• PART 5b: Dundee v Aberdeen preview (30m 20s)• PART 6: Lee Price from Paddy Power – an outside bet for the trophy? (33m 10s)• PART 7: Forfar v Livingston preview with Forfar manager Jim Weir (35m 00s)• PART 8: Hibs v Greenock Morton, Kilmarnock v Hamilton & Partick Thistle v Ross County previews (40m 15s)

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2: Tierney, Tansey and the transformation of Cosgrove Aug 09, 2019

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Andrew Slaven, JJ Bull and Kieran Canning preview a big weekend in Scotland, on and off the pitch.James McNicholas aka Gunnerblog joins us to discuss Kieran Tierney becoming the most expensive Scottish player ever. Aberdeen’s Scott McKenna has itchy feet as well as he hands in a transfer request at Pittodrie.Former Don Greg Tansey left St Mirren this week and he’s on the podcast to lift the lid on his injury nightmare.Cove Rangers enjoyed their start to life in the SPFL – 49-goal striker Mitch Megginson discusses their 5-0 victory on opening day.It’s all kicking off at Partick Thistle – we hear from Jags fans in Scotland…and Iceland.Plus there’s incompetent kick-offs and why Ronaldinho might be the answer to St Mirren’s problems.• PART 1: The state of Scottish cricket (01m 30s)• PART 2a: Kieran Tierney leaves Celtic, with Gunnerblog (03m 00s)• PART 2b: Motherwell v Celtic & Rangers v Hibs previews (06m 30s)• PART 3a: Greg Tansey interview (18m 00s)• PART 3b: St Mirren v Aberdeen preview (25m 10s)• PART 4: Lee Price from Paddy Power gives us the odds – Brechin & Saints set to struggle? (32m 50s)• PART 5: Cove striker Mitch Megginson joins us (35m 00s)• PART 6: Hearts v Ross County previews (38m 45s)• PART 7: Panic at Partick Thistle with Matt Greer (44m 20s)• PART 8: Hamilton v Kilmarnock & St Johnstone v Livingston previews (51m 55s)

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1: Premiership preview 2019/20! Aug 01, 2019

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About 5 minutes after the end of last season, Andrew Slaven, JJ Bull and Fin Marks are back to preview the league that boasts Seedorf, Fjortoft and Djorkaeff.Can Celtic complete the less catchy quadruple treble? Or will Hamilton prove that the world actually ended in 2016?Killie’s new manager has already endured the worst possible start – James Horncastle gives us the down low on Alessio.Hibernian’s financial worries are behind them – will they hit new heights under Heckingbottom?There are 10 new faces at Motherwell so our dear friend Laura Brannan returns to tell us about the feeling at Fir Park.Plus we’re looking forward to watching Doidge, McKay and Livingston’s Pepe.• PART 1: Scott McTominay – Pro Evo cover star (02m 00s)• PART 2: Celtic + Rangers preview (03m 30s)• PART 3: Kilmarnock preview with James Horncastle (12m 30s)• PART 4: Aberdeen preview (18m 30s)• PART 5: Hibs + Hearts preview with Anthony Brown from the Edinburgh Evening News (22m 30s)• PART 6: Lee Price from Paddy Power gives us the odds – Doidge and a Dundee double? (30m 00s)• PART 7: St Johnstone + Motherwell preview with Laura Brannan (33m 00s)• PART 8: Livingston, Hamilton, St Mirren & Ross County previews (41m 30s)• PART 9: A look at the weekend’s Premiership fixtures (53m 45s)

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40: Coconut on pitch – the Totally Scottish season finale May 27, 2019

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JJ Bull, Anthony Joseph and Fin Marks bring you the last episode of the Totally Scottish Football show this season.Celtic complete the treble treble with a Scottish Cup final win over Hearts and offer Neil Lennon the manager’s job immediately after the game. Sensible or sentimental? And from the Hearts perspective, on the plus side (and the down side), it looks like Scotland has produced another good left-back.The relegation/promotion play-off sees Dundee United contribute to perhaps the worst penalty shootout in Scottish football history. St Mirren survive as Pie & Bovril tells us about a nerve-shredding afternoon.Oldfirmfacts joins us to take a look back at the season that was in Scotland and what he’d like to see change next season.And with the Women’s World Cup just days away, Hibs vice-captain Rachael Small gives us the inside track on the Scotland squad making history in France.Plus there’s Levein the Tynecastle Transformer and Stewart and Thompson’s Knightmare.• PART 1: John McGinn and the value of Scottish players (01m 30s)• PART 2: Celtic 2-1 Hearts – the treble treble (05m 00s)• PART 3: St Mirren stay up in the play-off, with Pie & Bovril (15m 45s)• PART 4: Scotland Women’s World Cup preview with Rachael Small of Hibs (28m 00s)• PART 5: A look back at the season in Scotland with Oldfirmfacts (34m 30s)

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39: The Totally Scottish team of the season! May 20, 2019

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Steve Clarke is the new manager of Scotland. Reasons for Andrew Slaven, JJ Bull and Kieran Canning to be cheerful.Clarke’s last act as Kilmarnock boss is to lead them into the top 3 for the first time since 1966\. Time for Europe’s finest to sample some Killie pie.There’s no getting rid of Hamilton who survive, while St Mirren face a dreaded date with Dundee United in the relegation/promotion play-off.And with the Premiership season done and dusted, the panel pick their Totally Scottish team of the season! That’s a team based on who’s good at football, not who’s good at being Scottish….Plus Ziggy Gordon’s 3 year stag do and why we need John Anderson refereeing in Scotland.• PART 1: John Robertson, Jon Flanagan and refereeing rage (01m 30s)• PART 2a: Kilmarnock qualify for Europe, with Barry Richmond from the Killie Trust (05m 30s)• PART 2b: Steve Clarke is the new Scotland manager (13m 00s)• PART 3: Aberdeen miss out on the top 3 (16m 00s)• PART 4: Hamilton survive as St Mirren get set for the play-off (21m 00s)• PART 5: SPFL play-off round-up (29m 45s)• PART 6: The Totally Scottish Premiership team of the season (33m 00s)

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38: Cove, Congerton and Clarke’s last hurrah? May 14, 2019

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Andrew Slaven, JJ Bull and Kieran Canning review the penultimate weekend of Premiership action. St Mirren’s surge for survival will go to the last day after they beat 10-man Hamilton in Paisley.Rangers see off Celtic in the last derby, despite Flanagan’s elbow on Brown. Are Steven Gerrard’s team better without Morelos? And will Rafa Benitez be the man in the opposition dug-out at Ibrox next season?Alex Bruce melts away as Kilmarnock beat Hibs 1-0\. Will Sunday’s meeting with Rangers be the last match in charge for Steve Clarke? It’s definitely time to say goodbye to Shinnie at Aberdeen and McIntyre at Dundee.Plus we talk to Cove Rangers co-manager Graeme Mathieson, whose colleague John Sheran suffered a heart attack last month. Yet Cove have one foot in the SPFL for the first time in their history.• PART 1: Rangers 2-0 Celtic with David Edgar from the Heart & hand podcast (03m 00s)• PART 2: St Mirren 2-0 Hamilton (15m 00s)• PART 3: Kilmarnock 1-0 Hibs with Barry Richmond from the Killie Trust (20m 15s)• PART 4: SPFL play-offs update & an interview with Cove Rangers co-manager Graeme Mathieson (29m 20s)• PART 5: Aberdeen 2-1 Hearts, St Johnstone 2-0 Motherwell & Livingston 0-1 Dundee (38m 00s)

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37: Dundee down, Celtic crowned & more McGregor madness May 07, 2019

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Huge weekend of talking points in the Premiership and beyond. Andrew Slaven is joined by JJ Bull from the Telegraph and Fin Marks from COPA90 on the Totally Scottish Football Show.Celtic win the title at Pittodrie despite the presence of the McKenna GTA lorry. Has Neil Lennon done enough to secure the manager’s job next season?Rangers make it 5 wins in a row against Hibs but Allan McGregor channels John Cleese and gets himself sent off. And Hearts have a cup final on the horizon. So why are the fans revolting?Dundee are down and we have a mountain of stats to explain why. And there’s plenty of love for Motherwell’s young superstar David Turnbull.It was the last day of the regular season in the SPFL and we talk to Alloa Athletic chairman Mike Mulraney about the only amateur club in the Championship surviving in the second tier.Plus Zander Clark is like a cat in goal for St Johnstone. But not in a good way.• PART 1: Mourinho to Celtic? (01m 30s)• PART 2: Celtic crowned champions at Pittodrie (03m 00s)• PART 3: Dundee relegated by Hamilton with Alan Pattullo from The Scotsman (10m 30s)• PART 4: Rangers 1-0 Hibs (19m 00s)• PART 5: SPFL update with Neil White (26m 00s)• PART 6: Interview with Alloa Athletic chairman Mike Mulraney (32m 45s)• PART 7: Hearts 0-1 Kilmarnock, Motherwell 1-1 St Mirren & St Johnstone 1-1 Livingston (36m 15s)

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36: Ikpeazuball and the curious fury of Defoe Apr 29, 2019

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4-3, 3-3 and another two Tavernier penalties. Goals galore in the Premiership this weekend – let Andrew Slaven, JJ Bull and Kieran Canning talk you through it.Celtic honour the great Billy McNeill by finding a way past the Scottish Simeone. Has Neil Lennon done enough to secure the manager’s job permanently in the summer?Motherwell and Dundee take part in a bouncy castle game. David Turnbull’s a bit special. Dundee are almost down. Should there be a reshuffle in the Premiership structure? More teams or less teams?Rangers see off Aberdeen with two penalties but what was Jermain Defoe up to when he smacked Joe Lewis in the mouth? And how do we assess Steven Gerrard’s first season in management?Hibs and Hearts share the spoils in the Edinburgh derby with Hearts playing a Levein brand of football. Heckingbottom’s still unbeaten. But he is not a dentist.And we check in to Coatbridge as Albion Rovers, pointless after 11 games, complete the great escape in League Two.• PART 1: Moyes does the rounds as Fort William do a Panenka (01m 00s)• PART 2: Celtic 1-0 Kilmarnock, with Barca Jim on Billy McNeill & Stevie Chalmers (03m 30s)• PART 3: Rangers 2-0 Aberdeen (13m 00s)• PART 4: Hibs 1-1 Hearts (22m 00s)• PART 5: SPFL update with Neil White (28m 15s)• PART 6: Albion Rovers survive with Neil Cameron from the Herald (31m 30s)• PART 7: Motherwell 4-3 Dundee, & Hamilton 3-3 Livingston & St Mirren 1-1 St Johnstone (38m 00s)

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35: McLeish out as Clarke crosses the line Apr 22, 2019

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Everyone’s been getting the boot, literal or figurative in Scottish football this week. Andrew Slaven, JJ Bull and Anthony Joseph are back once again with the Totally Scottish Football Show.Alex McLeish is sacked as Scotland manager. Stefan Bienkowski joins us to discuss where it went wrong for Big Eck. And who steps into the hotseat? Clarke? McInnes? Scotland Gemmill?Speaking of Steve Clarke, Kilmarnock lose 1-0 to Aberdeen, with three Killie players sent off in the process. Did Clarke go too far in his criticism of referee Steven McLean?Ross County are all but promoted to the Premiership while St Mirren are doing their best to ensure a trip to Dingwall next season.Elsewhere, could Heckingbottom’s Hibs sneak into Europe? Do Hearts get bored? And Hamilton owe the waiter a large tip.• PART 1: Alex McLeish sacked by Scotland (04m 00s)• PART 2: Kilmarnock 0-1 Aberdeen – Killie end with 8 men! (13m 00s)• PART 3: Livingston 1-3 St Mirren with Graeme Macpherson from the St Mirren Supporters Trust (19m 00s)• PART 4: Hearts 1-3 Rangers (25m 45s)• PART 5: SPFL update with Neil White (30m 00s)• PART 6: Ross County promoted to the Premiership (34m 30s)• PART 7: Hibs 0-0 Celtic, St Johnstone 2-0 Dundee & Hamilton 1-1 Motherwell (38m 30s)

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34: Crowd surfing in Arbroath & Beattie’s dad bod Apr 15, 2019

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After a frantic Scottish Cup semi-final weekend, Andrew Slaven, Kieran Canning & Anthony Joseph try and make sense of all the red cards, goals and disallowed goals.Celtic defeat nine-man Aberdeen 3-0 at Hampden. What next for Derek McInnes, who’s subjected to sectarian chants? What next for the Dons? JJ Bull has his say. Plus does James Forrest get enough credit in Britain?Craig Levein’s Hearts are standing in the way of the treble treble after seeing off Inverness on Saturday. Do Ikpeazu and co have what it takes to take home the trophy? And Souttar has suitors. Is it time for John to move on?Arbroath are finally champions of League One. Lichties winger and host of the Lower League Ramblings podcast Danny Denholm tells us about the night out that followed and how they plan for life in the Championship.Who will replace them in League One? Craig Turnbull from the Falkirk Herald looks at the Bairns’ fall from grace, as half the division face possible relegation.• PART 1: Celtic 3-0 Aberdeen….with JJ Bull! (03m 30s)• PART 2: Hearts 3-0 Inverness (16m 30s)• PART 3: SPFL update with Neil White (27m 40s)• PART 4: Arbroath promoted to the Championship – with Danny Denholm (31m 00s)• PART 5: Falkirk and the Championship relegation battle with Craig Turnbull from the Falkirk Herald (36m 50s)

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