Glory Days Of Gold

Episode 32 - Glory Days of Gold (Standing Around with special guests Darren Young and Tony McMinn)

Welcome to Episode 32 of Glory Days of Gold.

Recorded across two continents, Glory Days of Gold brings you a regular dose of East Fife FC and Scottish football chat, with a splattering of interesting interviews, fun segments, and music thrown in along the way.

We sensed it was coming and so it came to pass. East Fife's season is once again on hold as a three week firebreak has curtailed Scottish football at League One level and below. We chat about that and the impact that Covid continues to have on the Scottish game. Will we see the season out?

But it does give us the chance to catch up with the dynamic duo in the dugout at Bayview as we're joined by Darren Young and Tony McMinn to chat about the first third of East Fife's season, the campaign being on hold, the loss of Jack Hamilton, our home form versus our away form, bringing in new players, and a lot more. Plus Darren talks about what the Scottish Cup means to him.

All of that, plus we talk the best centre backs we've seen play in the in the black and gold, the lengths we've gone to to watch a Fife game, Fatherson feature as our first Artists of the Month, and I, Ludicrous return in this week's Wavelength.

Here's the rundown for the main segments from the episode:

02.41: East Fife's season is back on hold
10.21: Darren Young and Tony McMinn interview
78.43: Artists of the Month - Fatherson - I Like Not Knowing
83.55: All-time greatest East Fife centre backs
93.39: Wavelength - I, Ludicrous - We Stand Around
100.19: What lengths have you gone to to watch an East Fife game?

Episode 31 - Glory Days of Gold (What Time Is It? - East Fife v Tranent postgame show)

Welcome to Episode 31 of Glory Days of Gold.

Recorded across two continents, Glory Days of Gold brings you a regular dose of East Fife FC and Scottish football chat, with a splattering of interesting interviews, fun segments, and music thrown in along the way.

East Fife are still unbeaten in 2021! In both league and cup! A 5-1 Scottish Cup victory over Tranent on Saturday was a comfortable outing in the end after an early scare. We look back on the game, share some of our favourite East Fife Scottish Cup memories, look ahead to the cup draw, and talk about what we can take from the match into our tough league campaign.

A campaign made all the tougher with leading scorer Jack Hamilton returning to Livingston after being recalled from his loan spell. A temporary move and he'll be back in a few weeks or do the Fife need to find a replacement asap? Can they afford to wait and see if they have enough firepower in their ranks to carry them over the next couple of games.

Will there even be games now that Covid is hitting teams in England hard? We discuss all of that and a lot more. Plus Werd (SOS) is in this week's Have You Heard? and Dive In The Box feature in this week's Wavelength.

Here's the rundown for the main segments from the episode:

05.26: Jack Hamilton goes back to Livingston
22.20: Have You Heard? - Werd (SOS) featuring Kirsty Innes - On The Rocks
28.39: Scottish Cup memories
36.43: Fife Fanzone: East Fife 5 Tranent 1
71.37: Is another Covid postponement looming?
87.34: Wavelength - Dive In The Box - Away Match Rules
89.15: What happened to exciting cup draws?
91.45: Scotland's most deluded fans

Episode 30 - Glory Days of Gold (Loss Leaders - East Fife v Falkirk postgame show)

Welcome to Episode 30 of Glory Days of Gold.

Recorded across two continents, Glory Days of Gold brings you a regular dose of East Fife FC and Scottish football chat, with a splattering of interesting interviews, fun segments, and music thrown in along the way.

East Fife got 2021 off to the perfect start with a 2-1 home win over league leaders Falkirk, hopefully starting the year as they mean to go on and leaving them eight points off top spot with two games in hand.

We look back the highs and few lows from the match in Fife Fanzone, talk about the character shown by the team, chat about what's behind the club's home and away form, and look ahead to next week's Scottish Cup game against Tranent amongst other things.

Plus Edinburgh rapper Madhat McGore is in this week's Have You Heard? and The Macc Lads feature in this week's Wavelength.

Here's the rundown for the main segments from the episode:

01.26: Christmas/New Year round-up as 2020 finally ends
20.48: Have You Heard? - Madhat McGore featuring Ian Halliday - Simple Things
25.56: Fife Fanzone: East Fife 2 Falkirk 1
105.24: Mailbag - retro East Fife strips, car football playlists, best East Fife centre back
114.58: Wavelength - The Macc Lads - Don't Fear The Sweeper

Episode 29 - Glory Days of Gold (2020 Christmas Special featuring Kevin Smith, Danny Swanson, and David Barnett)

Welcome to Episode 29 of Glory Days of Gold, our first ever Christmas special!

Recorded across two continents, Glory Days of Gold brings you a regular dose of East Fife FC and Scottish football chat, with a splattering of interesting interviews, fun segments, and music thrown in along the way.

So what can you expect in our Christmas special? Well football chat, festive fun, Christmas music, and interviews for starters.

East Fife players Kevin Smith and Danny Swanson share some of their Christmas memories around Boxing Day matches, football related presents, and what Christmas is like in their households. Plus we find out East Fife legend Dave Clarke's Fish and Chip condiment choice, manager Darren Young's favourite jam, look at some of the East Fife news from the past week, and talk more Christmas presents with a footballing flavour.

Away from the football, there's splatterings of some excellent Christmas songs and our feature interview is with the lead singer from the band The New Royal Family, David Barnett, the man behind the cult section and song that is "Anyone Fancy A Chocolate Digestive?", as we talk biscuits, football, music, and general nonsense. There's even a Steve Archibald anecdote!

Here's the rundown for the main segments from the episode:

06.02: Gurr featuring Eddie Argos - Christmas Holiday
10.03: East Fife News of the Week
17.42: The Killers - Great Big Sled
23.06: Kevin Smith's Christmas memories
29.41: Boxing Day games
38.00: Peat and Diesel - Fairytale of Stornoway
44.13: Who Are You?
53.25: Fish and Chips - Davie Clarke
54.44: Bruce Springsteen - Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
60.07: David Barnett of The New Royal Family Interview
98.47: The New Royal Family - Thank Christ It's Christmas (A New Hope)
103.43: Darren Young's Favourite Jam
104.44: Maggot's Christmas Fantasy
110.20: Danny Swanson's Christmas memories
118.12: The Killers - Don't Shoot Me Santa
123.08: Football related Christmas presents
131.06: Halftime Oranges - Six Point Christmas

Episode 28 - Glory Days of Gold (Bridie Bashers - East Fife v Forfar postgame show)

Welcome to Episode 28 of Glory Days of Gold.

Recorded across two continents, Glory Days of Gold brings you a regular dose of East Fife FC and Scottish football chat, with a splattering of interesting interviews, fun segments, and music thrown in along the way.

East Fife got back to winning ways with a comfortable 2-0 win over Forfar, that was two goals going on six or more. We look back the match in Fife Fanzone, chat about how much we can take from the performance, talk about the 150k government grant the club are receiving, and more in this episode.

Plus Cameron Barnes is back in this week's Have You Heard? with his version of a Christmas classic and Swiss punk band Vanilla Muffins feature in this week's Wavelength.

Episode 27 - Glory Days of Gold (Meh - Peterhead v East Fife, Scotland World Cup qualifying, football food, headers, Paolo Rossi)

Welcome to Episode 27 of Glory Days of Gold.

Recorded across two continents, Glory Days of Gold brings you a regular dose of East Fife FC and Scottish football chat, with a splattering of interesting interviews, fun segments, and music thrown in along the way.

The good times didn't last long as we're back to talking about an East Fife defeat again, a disappointing 2-1 loss at ten man Peterhead. Doug Pirie and Gordon Henderson join us to pick over the bones of it all in the latest Fife Fanzone and we take a look at what's next, what's needed, and where the latest away loss leaves us in the standings.

Plus Lee and Michael take a look at Scotland's qualifying path for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, chat about the campaign to remove heading from the game, look at the death of another footballing legend, Italy's Paolo Rossi, and we delve into some of the best and worst football fare across Scotland.

All that plus Sunstinger are back in this week's Have You Heard? and English punk band The Adicts feature in this week's Wavelength.

Here's the rundown for the main segments from the episode:

01.40: Should heading be banned in football?
12.21: Fife Fanzone: Peterhead 2 East Fife 1
80.40: Have You Heard? - Sunstinger - Nothing's Alright, Leave Me Alone
88.30: Paolo Rossi's death
93.35: Wavelength - The Adicts - Football Fairy Story
96.19: Scotland's qualifying road to Qatar 2022
107.51: Mailbag - football food, best East Fife right back, Pele v Maradona

Episode 26 - Glory Days of Gold (Diamond Geezers - East Fife v Airdrie postgame show)

Welcome to Episode 26 of Glory Days of Gold.

Recorded across two continents, Glory Days of Gold brings you a regular dose of East Fife FC and Scottish football chat, with a splattering of interesting interviews, fun segments, and music thrown in along the way.

And it's nice to be celebrating and talking about a victory once again this week! We look at the ins and outs of East Fife's 2-0 victory over Airdrie in this week's Fife Fanzone, and we hear the exclusive postgame thoughts from East Fife assistant manager Tony McMinn.

Plus we look at last week's postponement against Clyde, the death of Diego Maradona, the entitlement of some fans at bigger clubs, chat about whether we're actually watching less football on TV the more there is on, and a lot more, including Nicky Lipp in this week's Have You Heard? and Glam legends Slade in this week's Wavelength.

Here's the rundown for the main segments from the episode:

02.23: Last week's postponement against Clyde
08.36: Fife Fanzone: East Fife 2 Airdrie 0
62.51: Postgame Thoughts: East Fife assistant manager Tony McMinn
66.52: General Football Chat - League 1 standings, entitled Premier fans, are you actually watching less football?, EPL chat
96.30: Have You Heard? - Nicky Lipp - Will You Be My Baby
101.24: Diego Maradona's death
110.46: Wavelength - Slade - Give Us A Goal
114.40: Mailbag

Episode 25 - Glory Days of Gold (Buzzkill At Firhill - Partick Thistle v East Fife postgame show)

Welcome to Episode 25 of Glory Days of Gold.

Recorded across two continents, Glory Days of Gold brings you a regular dose of East Fife FC and Scottish football chat, with a splattering of interesting interviews, fun segments, and music thrown in along the way.

It was a tough outing for East Fife at Firhill on Saturday afternoon. On the wrong end of a 2-0 result, in a game in which they simply weren't at the races, there's a lot of concerns to talk about and we do just that.

Are we at panic stations yet? What can be done to help the left side of the defence? What will the rest of this year show the team to be? All this and a lot more are chatted about in this week's Fife Fanzone.

Plus we talk about what you're missing most from not being able to attend matches, look at behind the scenes football documentaries, and try and find a famous fan for East Fife. Also we find out Kenny Deuchar's chips condiments of choice, HYYTS feature in this week's Have You Heard? and Welsh rappers Goldie Lookin' Chain are in this week's Wavelength.

Here's the rundown for the main segments from the episode:

06.37: Fife Fanzone: Partick Thistle v East Fife
70.24: Have You Heard? - HYYTS - S.O.S.
74.39: What are you missing most about not being at the football?
84.45: Fish and Chips - Kenny Deuchar
86.37: TVOD - Behind the scenes football documentaries
97.49: The search for a famous East Fife fan to buy the club?
111.57: Wavelength - Goldie Lookin' Chain - I Wish I Could Have Been A Footballer
119.08: Mailbag

Episode 24 - Glory Days of Gold (Marshall Law with special guests Chris Higgins and Willie Johnston)

Welcome to Episode 24 of Glory Days of Gold.

Recorded across two continents, Glory Days of Gold brings you a regular dose of East Fife FC and Scottish football chat, with a splattering of interesting interviews, fun segments, and music thrown in along the way.

We look at East Fife's final two matches in this season's Betfred Cup and hear from veteran defender Chris Higgins about his role as Personal Development Officer with PFA Scotland, preparing players for a life outside football, youth development, and more.

It's also been a week of triumph for Scotland, who are back at a major finals for the first time in 23 years. We chat about the emotions of the win over Serbia and sit down for a chat with a Scottish footballing legend, and one of the best players to come out of Fife, Willie Johnston.

East Fife assistant manager Tony McMinn joins us to spill the beans on his teammates, we find out Gary Naysmith's favourite jam, Tam McManus' fish and chips condiment choices, and whether Barrie Moffat fancies a chocolate digestive. Plus PG Ciarletta is back with his new single in this week's Have You Heard? and Del Amitri feature in this week's Wavelength.

Here's the rundown for the main segments from the episode:

03.27: East Fife Betfred Cup chat
14.17: Teammates - East Fife assistant manager Tony McMinn
23.22: Have You Heard? - PG Ciarletta - Chancer
28.44: Chris Higgins interview
65.26: Anyone Fancy A Chocolate Digestive? - Barry Moffat
67.48: Scotland v Serbia chat
76.44: Fish and Chips - Tam McManus
79.31: Willie Johnston interview
98.04: Gary Naismith's Favourite Jam
99.55: East Fife A to Z - C
103.07: Wavelength - Del Amitri - Don't Come Home Too Soon

Episode 23 - Glory Days of Gold (#Winning)

Welcome to Episode 23 of Glory Days of Gold.

Recorded across two continents, Glory Days of Gold brings you a regular dose of East Fife FC and Scottish football chat, with a splattering of interesting interviews, fun segments, and music thrown in along the way.

East Fife got their first league win of the season at their fourth attempt on Saturday, coming away with a hard fought 2-1 win against Dumbarton at Bayview. We pick over the bones of the match, look at all the highs and lows, and a lot more as Doug Pirie, Gordon Henderson, and Hendry Ireland join us in our latest Fife Fanzone. Thanks also to Hendry for sponsoring this episode.

East Fife assistant manager Tony McMinn joins us to chat about the game, we find out cult hero Willie Brown's favourite jam, plus a lot more football chat, our latest letter in the Bayview A to Z, and more.

Here's the rundown for the main segments from the episode:

02.35: East Fife v Dumbarton postgame analysis in Fife Fanzone
54.56: Tony McMinn postgame chat
62.30: Have You Heard? - Dev Green - No Sleep
67.05: More football chat - Chairman's newsletter, donate a ticket and groundhopping
86.44: Willie Brown Favourite Jam
91.17: East Fife A to Z - B
94.56: Wavelength - Matt McGinn - The Fitba' Referee