Glory Days Of Gold

Welcome to Episode 18 of Glory Days of Gold. This week's episode is brought to you by our sponsors John Scott Neill and KJK Installations. Much thanks and appreciation goes out to you all.

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.

Our feature interview this week is with the current captain of East Fife, and a man who has already won one championship with the club and is on the hunt for more, Kevin Smith.

It's a fun chat with Kevin as we travel through his career from the early days at Leeds United and Sunderland, to coming back to Scotland with Dundee United and some team from Kirkcaldy, before heading back to England, then back to Scotland, then ending up at East Fife, where he will be starting his seventh season with the club.

There's some great stories along the way including Danny Swanson pulling his trousers down in a petrol station in Dundee, having to explain to a receptionist why he couldn't go on a date with her, punching a Rover, and find out why he cruelly threw one of Danny's favourite woolly hats out of a speeding car!

There's a lot more football chat as well as we talk about his dad 'Pogo', the current squad, and his hopes for this season and beyond.

Plus there's lots of East Fife chat, we find out if Danny Swanson fancies a chocolate digestive, former Man United footballer Andy Cole features in this week's football music section Wavelength, Ballingry band Paris Street Rebels feature in this week's Have You Heard? and Stephen Mill joins us for our relaunched Who Are You? section.

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

04.44: East Fife News of the Week
20.43: Have You Heard? - Paris Street Rebels - Diane
26.38: Kevin Smith interview
123.21: Anyone Fancy A Chocolate Digestive – Danny Swanson
126.59: Who Are You? with Stephen Mill
131.59: Mailbag
143.14: Wavelength - Andy Cole - Outstanding

Welcome to Episode 17 of Glory Days of Gold. This week's episode is brought to you by our sponsors Tony Ciarletta, Hendry Ireland, and John Scott Neill. Much thanks and appreciation goes out to you all.

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.

Our feature interview this week is with one of the signature signings made by the Fife this offseason, a man with a lot of experience in both Scotland and England, a man who has lifted cups at both Hampden and Wembley, and the player who Glory Days Of Gold are sponsoring this season - Danny Swanson.

We chat with Danny about his career to far, from Berwick to Dundee United, from spells in England to three stints at St Johnstone, and about playing for both Edinburgh teams, one of whom he adores and one of whom he's grown up hating. So how did he end up at East Fife, what has he made of being at the club so far, and how does he view the club's prospects for this coming season?

Plus find out which manager made the biggest impression on him, his most cherished piece of football memorabilia, and we also talk about some personal off the pitch issues including having a heart bypass in his early teens and his battles with depression.

All this and a lot more besides in what is one of our best interviews so far that will leave all East Fife fans delighted that this man is at our club right now.

Plus there's lots of East Fife chat, we find out if Dougie Cameron fancies a chocolate digestive, Argy Bargy feature in this week's football music section Wavelength as Football Violence Awareness Month wraps up, and Have You Heard? returns with a song from Kirkcaldy band The Shambolics.

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

02.00: East Fife News of the Week
14.26: Have You Heard? - The Shambolics - Sandra Speed
21.02: Danny Swanson interview
128.57: Anyone Fancy A Chocolate Digestive – Dougie Cameron
133.59: Mailbag
142.42: Wavelength - Argy Bargy - Saturday's Heroes

Welcome to Episode 16 of Glory Days of Gold. This week's episode is brought to you by our sponsors Chris Gillies, John Scott Neill, and Michael Sullivan. Much thanks and appreciation goes out to you all.

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.

Our feature interview this week is with a local hero and the man who Lee has pledged to name his next child after. He started his pro career at East Fife, he's been off on some adventures since, but he also wants to come back and finish his career down at Bayview one day, it's striker Nathan 'Fash' Austin.

Fash talks about his early days playing football, his move to East Fife, the pressures of playing for his local team and what he learned there, winning a championship, his moves to Falkirk and Inverness, the deal that took him to Kelty Hearts, and how close he was to coming back to the Fife.

We also find out if he might be representing Barbados internationally one day, which teammate just loved to walk around naked, did Michael nearly get him a move to MLS, and we talk about racism in Scottish football, plus much more.

Plus there's lots of chat about East Fife's first preseason friendly, a 5-1 trouncing of Stenhousemuir, we talk about the Scottish national team, and bring you a little bit of audio from Johnny Russell ahead of the upcoming crunch game against Israel.

All this and we find out if the East Fife legend that is Davie Clarke fancies a chocolate digestive, Tippa Irie features in this week's football music section Wavelength as Football Violence Awareness Month continues, Have You Heard? returns with a song from Glenrothes band Sergeant, and Who Are You? makes its return.

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

03.30: East Fife News of the Week including the Stenny friendly
19.37: Have You Heard? - Sergeant
25.40: Nathan 'Fash' Austin interview
133.27: Who Are You?
135.38: Wavelength - Tippa Irie - Football Hooligan
140.40: Scottish national team chat and some audio from Johnny Russell
148.45: Anyone Fancy A Chocolate Digestive – Davie Clarke
150.10: Mailbag

Welcome to Episode 15 of Glory Days of Gold. This week's episode is brought to you by our sponsors Tony Ciarletta, Hendry Ireland, John Scott Neill, and James Smale.

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.

Our feature interview this week is with an absolute East Fife legend. A man who has gone down in Bayview folklore as both a player and a manager - Davie Clarke.

With two stints as manager and holding the record for the number of appearances by an East Fife player, by a long way, Davie talks about his lengthy time at Bayview from when he joined in 1968, till he left in 1987, before returning once again for a couple of brief spells around the millennium.

We get to hear the highs and lows of football at Bayview in the 70s and 80s, the real reasons he left to join Falkirk, the players he admired, the deals that got done, about playing top flight football as a player and nearly taking the club there again as a manager. Plus we find out how club legend Jim McLaren nearly didn't become an East Fife player, what Scottish football manager did he simply detest, and so much more.

All this and we find out if Willie Brown fancies a chocolate digestive and Falkirk band Skin Deep feature in this week's football music section Wavelength as Football Violence Awareness Month continues.

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

02.25: East Fife News of the Week
05.43: Davie Clarke interview
145.40: Anyone Fancy A Chocolate Digestive – Willie Brown
147.50: Mailbag
152.40: Wavelength - Skin Deep - Football Violence

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Welcome to Episode 14 of Glory Days of Gold. This week's episode is brought to you by our sponsor John Scott Neill.

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.

Our feature interview this week is with an East Fife player who wrote his names in the annals of history at Bayview Stadium, scoring the first goal there, Barrie Moffat.

The prolific goalscorer chats about his time at Bayview, his footballing career, and lets us know what the late 1990s was like at East Fife as the club went into something of a downward spiral under four different managers.

There's some fun tales along the way too, plus Barrie tells us the most shocking thing a guest has revealed to us so far!

All this and we find out if Stevie Campbell fancies a chocolate digestive, Crowpony are this week's artists in Have You Heard?, The Oppressed feature in this week's football music section Wavelength as Football Violence Awareness Month kicks off, there's another Who Are You?, and we hear another East Fife rap.

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

02.29: East Fife and Scottish football chat
15.48: Have You Heard? - Crowpony
22.52: Barrie Moffat interview
94.51: Who Are You?
96.45: Anyone Fancy A Chocolate Digestive – Stevie Campbell
98.30: Away Days shenanigans
105.27: Wavelength - The Oppressed - Football Violence
110.30: Another East Fife rap
115.15: Mailbag

Welcome to Episode 13 of Glory Days of Gold. This week's episode is brought to you by our sponsor Ross Young.

Back to being recorded across just two continents this week, 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 may be Episode 13 but it's certainly not an unlucky one for all you listeners because our feature interview this week is with an East Fife legend, and one of Michael's all-time favourite players to have pulled on the Black and Gold shirt. A man who inspired an iconic piece of graffiti outside the old Bayview, and who was sent off more times than we've had episodes so far, the one and only Willie Brown.

We take a trip down memory lane with Willie as he looks at his time at Bayview and his footballing career away from the Fife. We find out what it was like to play for the team in the Murray years, why he had to leave the club when he did, chat about his disciplinary record, talk about the heartbreak that was that 1990 Dundee United cup tie, and lots, lots more.

There's lots of fun tales to be told along the way from a different time in Scottish football. We don't want to spoil them for you too much but they involve drinking, fighting, arguments, and a lot more!

All this and we find out if Dr Kenny Deuchar fancies a chocolate digestive, Dancing On Tables are this week's artists in Have You Heard?, Serious Drinking feature in this week's football music section Wavelength, there's another Who Are You?, and we hear an East Fife rap from The Fresh Prince of Nae Hair.

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

02.51: East Fife and Scottish football chat
15.41: Have You Heard? - Cameron Barnes
21.00: Willie Brown interview
141.23: Who Are You?
143.55: Anyone Fancy A Chocolate Digestive – Kenny Deuchar
147.23: Away Days shenanigans
154.40: Wavelength - Serious Drinking - Love On The Terraces
160.56: The Fresh Prince of Nae Hair and his East Fife rap
165.58: Mailbag

Welcome to Episode 12 of Glory Days of Gold. This week's episode is brought to you by Michael Hunter and the Auckland Supporters Group, and The Bedwell Group.

Recorded across THREE continents this week, 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.

Our feature interview this week is with a member of the 2015/16 East Fife Championship winning team, and a man who spent seven seasons at Bayview, Stevie Campbell.

We chat with Stevie about his time at Bayview, that championship season, coming through the ranks at Ibrox, the injuries that plagued his early years, playing in Australia, and moving to become a teacher in Dubai, amongst many other topics. Through them all his love for East Fife shines brightly.

There's lots of fun tales to be told along the way including being wound up as a young player at Partick Thistle and nearly shitting himself on the pitch. And where does Beetlejuice come into all of this?! Plus he doesn't hold back when talking about Willie Aitchison's time at the club and his own time at Airdrie!

All this and we find out if Tam McManus fancies a chocolate digestive, Cameron Barnes is this week's artist in Have You Heard?, Wardie Burns, Jordan Butler and Werd SOS feature in this week's football music section Wavelength, and there's another Who Are You?.

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

03.48: East Fife and Scottish football chat
12.32: Have You Heard? - Cameron Barnes
18.30: Stevie Campbell interview
125.22: Who Are You?
128.57: Help pick the podcast's all-time, seen with your own eyes, East Fife XI
135.07: Wavelength - Wardie Burns, Jordan Butler, and Werd SOS - Sick Division
143.19: Mailbag
148.20: Anyone Fancy A Chocolate Digestive – Tam McManus

Welcome to Episode 11 of Glory Days of Gold. This week's episode is brought to you by Glen Walker and you'll be glad to know it's a much shorter show this week after last week's mammoth one!

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.

Our feature interview this week is with another member of the 2007/08 Championship winning team, left back extraordinaire Dougie Cameron.

We chat with Dougie about his time at Bayview, coming from a footballing family, his career, and his future plans now that he's hung up the boots. We hear some fun stories along the way, and discuss his famous smelly feet!

Now, we all know how good (and tough) it is to be an East Fife fan. But what if you were trying to convince someone to become one, especially someone in another country? Well East Fife associate director and long time fan and historian Stephen Mill joins us as we try and convert Pennsylvanian football fan James into joining the black and gold faithful. Can we do it?

All this and we find out if Jonny Smart fancies a chocolate digestive, Midnight Zoo are this week's band in Have You Heard?, James feature in this week's football music section Wavelength, and there's another Who Are You?.

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

04.53: East Fife and Scottish football chat
14.48: Have You Heard? - Midnight Zoo
21.47: Dougie Cameron interview
71.15: Anyone Fancy A Chocolate Digestive – Jonny Smart
73.41: Who Are You?
75.51: Conversion Therapy - Stephen Mill joins us to see if we can convince an American to become a Fife fan?
113.03: Wavelength - James - Goal, Goal, Goal
117.08: Mailbag

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Welcome to Episode 10 of Glory Days of Gold. This week's episode is brought to you by Liam Anderson Architectural Services, Peter McCue, and Phil and Toj Ciarletta.

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.

Our feature interview this week is with a man voted in as an East Fife all-time great, the Good Doctor himself, Kenny Deuchar.

We chat with Kenny about his time at Bayview, his footballing and doctoring careers, and of course that goal. We find out how he became a Fifer, talk about the highs and lows he faced at Gretna, look at his time in MLS, talk about the difficulties of balancing a medical career with a football one, and lots, lots more including which footballing hero of his wanted him to look at his rash!

We also sit down with East Fife boss Darren Young to chat about the club's signing of Danny Swanson and the release of this season's fixtures. Plus we chat with East Fife fan, and local singer-songwriter, PG Ciarletta about the release of his new single "The Sesh" in this week's Have You Heard? section.

All this and we find out if Greig McDonald fancies a chocolate digestive, Barmy Army feature in this week's football music section Wavelength, and there's another Who Are You?.

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

05.49: Darren Young interview
30.55: East Fife and Scottish football chat
39.00: Have You Heard? - The Sesh -
57.18: Who Are You?
59.33: Anyone Fancy A Chocolate Digestive – Greig McDonald
61.38: Kenny Deuchar interview
174.56: Wavelength - Barmy Army - Sharp As A Needle
183.52: Mailbag - what's the best shout you've heard at a game?

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Welcome to Episode 9 of Glory Days of Gold. This week's episode is brought to you by Eugene Clarke on behalf of the Levenmouth Rail Campaign, Max McCarroll, and by a donation on behalf of the Levenmouth Children's Clothing 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, fun segments, and music thrown in along the way.

Our feature interview this week is with the man we all went to bed dreaming of a team of, the one and only Jonathan Smart.

Jay, sitting in his own East Fife jersey, chats to us about his five seasons with the club, his footballing career pre and post Bayview, the highs and lows, and the lots of laughs along the way. There's some absolutely fantastic stories along the way and could we even see him back at Bayview in a managerial capacity some day? He reveals all!

Plus we find out if Jay's Dundonian chum Bobby Linn fancies a chocolate digestive, I, Ludicrous feature in this week's football music section Wavelength, we spotlight Dunfermline band Oskar Braves in the latest Have You Heard?, there's another Who Are You? and more.

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

04.58: Danny Swanson signs for the Fife!
13.55: Have You Heard? - Oskar Braves - Fall
19.07: Jonathan Smart interview
104.50: Anyone Fancy A Chocolate Digestive – Bobby Linn
107.47: Who Are You?
110.24: East Fife's fixtures are out. How screwed over were we?
120.23: Wavelength - I, Ludicrous - The Highland League
127.08: Mailbag - what's the best shout you've heard at a game?

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

Apple Podcasts.

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