Glory Days Of Gold

Episode 5 - Glory Days of Gold (The Minging Kettle with special guest Div Muir)

Welcome to the fifth episode of your new favourite podcast - Glory Days of Gold. This episode is brought to you in partnership with the East Fife Supporters Club.

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 and fun segments thrown in along the way.

And for the first time, there's more people on the show from the other side of the Atlantic than in Scotland as we bring you our latest in-depth interview with a man who spent six seasons at Bayview before heading over to Canada for love, David 'Div' Muir.

Div takes us on a hilarious and heartfelt journey through his career at Bayview, the antics from the locker room, his new life in Canada, and a lot more. His love for East Fife shines through in what was a very enjoyable chat and gives you a wonderful insight into what life is like for a lower league footballer.

Find out his memories of that dramatic goal in Peterhead that kept the Fife up, the Aberdeen cup shock, the managers he's played under, the highlights and heartbreaks, and about the time he quit East Fife. Plus hear such gems as what it was like playing in an unsanctioned league in Canada, which international manager he doesn't rate, which teammate he hated, which one broke up one of his relationships, and just what happened with a kettle in Greece?

We also look at the results from the East Fife supporters survey, chat about some of the big talking points from Scottish football, find out if former East Fife gaffer Gary Naysmith fancies a chocolate digestive, and Dundee singer-songwriter Michael Marra features in this week's Wavelength with a song about the legendary Dundee United goalkeeper Hamish McAlpine (yes, we're ignoring the fact that he also played for R*ith!

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

02.23: East Fife supporters survey results
36.12: Div Muir interview
142.16: When will fans be back on the Scottish terraces and what should/could it look like?
150.43: Anyone Fancy A Chocolate Digestive – Gary Naysmith
152.23: Mailbag - players you love to hate and another all-time East Fife XI
161.06: Wavelength - Michael Marra - Hamish (The Goalie)
165.28: Goalkeepers chat

Episode 4 - Glory Days of Gold (Gaffer Tape with special guest Darren Young)

Welcome to the fourth episode of your new favourite podcast - Glory Days of Gold. This episode is brought to you in partnership with Levenmouth Food Bank.

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 and fun segments thrown in along the way.

This week we bring you an in-depth interview with the man in charge at Bayview, the gaffer, Darren Young.

We chat with Darren about his time at East Fife so far, the upcoming season, the challenges of so much uncertainty in the Scottish game, what the future might have in store, and delve into his footballing past as both a player and a coach. There’s a lot of good stuff in here and well worth a listen.

Plus we chat about some of the big talking points from Scottish football, look at the latest East Fife news from the past week, look at the return of English football to our screens, find out if former East Fife player Paul McManus fancies a chocolate digestive, and Flyscreen feature in this week's Wavelength with a song about the only man to play for both East Fife and Vancouver Whitecaps, former Scottish international Willie Johnston.

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

02.38: East Fife know where and who they’ll be playing next season… or do they?
13.47: Darren Young interview
91.04: The future of Anton Dowds and the search for a possible new striker
96.25: Robbie Neilson leaves Dundee United for Hearts
103.12: English football is back on our TVs
114.07: Anyone Fancy A Chocolate Digestive – Paul McManus
115.17: Twitter poll on fans feeling safe to return to matches
125.00: Wavelength - Flyscreen - My Phil Neal For Your Willie Johnston
128.47: Panini stickers chat

You can download and/or listen to this, and all previous, episodes of the podcast on the following services:

Apple Podcasts.

Spotify

Episode 3 - Glory Days of Gold (Leaving A Legacy with special guest Gary Naysmith)

Welcome to the third episode of your new favourite podcast - Glory Days of Gold. This episode is brought to you in partnership with Glenrothes-based joinery company KJK Installation.

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 and fun segments thrown in along the way.

This week we bring you an interview with a man who has written himself into Bayview folklore, Gary Naysmith.

Gary became part of an exclusive three-man club when he delivered a league championship in 2016, and with approaching a quarter of a century in the game in Scotland and England, he has many a good tale to tell.

We chat with Gary about his time at East Fife, that championship winning season, the mess he came into, and whether he'd like to return to Bayview one day. Plus we look at the highlights and low points of his playing career with Hearts, Everton, Sheffield United, and Scotland, the injuries that plagued his career, and his managerial stint at Queen of the South.

Plus we chat some more about league reconstruction, look at the latest East Fife news from the past week, find out if former East Fife player and coach, and current Dundee United assistant manager, Gordon Forrest fancies a chocolate digestive, and Glenrothes band The Newtown Grunts feature in this week's Wavelength.

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

06.10: East Fife News of the Week
24.05: Gary Naysmith interview
141.47: League reconstruction chat - the topic that will never go away
157.37: Anyone Fancy A Chocolate Digestive - Gordon Forrest
159.30: Mailbag - including listeners all-time East Fife XIs
167.20: Wavelength - The Newtown Grunts - Everywhere She Goes

You can download and/or listen to this, and all previous, episodes of the podcast on the following services:

Apple Podcasts.

Spotify

Episode 2 - Glory Days of Gold (A Programme About Art with special guest Paul McManus)

Welcome to the second episode of your new favourite podcast - Glory Days of Gold.

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

This week we bring you our first interview, as we sit down for an in-depth chat with a man who has had a 20 year career in Scottish football and four spells at East Fife - Paul McManus. Paul looks back at the highs and lows of his career, his moves, his goals, his controversies, tells us the best players he's played with and against, and reveals exactly how he got his nickname of Shagger!

Plus we chat some more about league reconstruction, the new five sub rule, what football might look like when it returns to our screens, find out if Scottish international Johnny Russell fancies a chocolate digestive, and Irish band The Hitchers feature in this week's Wavelength with a song about an all-time Scottish great.

** Warning - The podcast contains swearing **

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

01.09: Intro and how we've been keeping busy during football's shutdown
11.07: Paul McManus interview
111.33: Alcohol, anger, passion, and Scottish football
120.04: Anyone Fancy A Chocolate Digestive - Johnny Russell
122.02: News of the Week - East Fife signings, league reconstruction, 5 subs, and what football might look like on our screens when it returns
142.25: Wavelength - The Hitchers - Strachan
149.15: Mailbag - including listeners all-time East Fife XIs

You can download and/or listen to this, and all previous, episodes of the podcast on the following services:

Apple Podcasts.

Spotify

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Episode 1 - Glory Days of Gold (Hello, Hello, We Are The Bayview Boys)

Welcome to the very first episode of your new favourite podcast - Glory Days of Gold.

Recorded across two continents, the podcast will bring you a regular dose of East Fife FC and Scottish football chat, with a splattering on interesting interviews and fun segments thrown in along the way.

For this episode though, we wanted to introduce ourselves, taking a trip down the Bayview memory lane as we look back at some of our favourite East Fife players, games, and moments from the last couple of decades and explain who we are and what this podcast is going to be all about.

We also look at East Fife and Scottish football in this time of Corona and ponder what the future of the game might look like, play you a punk song all about the mighty Fife, and find out if Rangers player Scott Arfield fancies a chocolate digestive.

The sound is a little bit hit and miss in this episode, so apologies for that. We plan to work on that for the next episode, but that's the perils from recording across an ocean!

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

01.13: Who are we? Who are we?
13.41: What does East Fife mean to you?
27.37: A trip down Bayview memory lane - favourite players
42.50: Anyone Fancy A Chocolate Digestive - Scott Arfield
45.53: East Fife and Scottish football in the time of Corona
63.44: Wavelength - Slugger - Bonny Lassie
68.17: Best East Fife XI from player's we've seen play