Glory Days Of Gold

Welcome to Episode 8 of Glory Days of Gold. This episode is brought to you by sponsors Lauren Higgins and Anthony Gillies.

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 and music thrown in along the way.

Our feature interview this week is with a man who is an East Fife legend. He spent six seasons at Bayview and was part of both championship and promotion winning teams, going on to make 159 appearances and captain the club. It's Toro himself, Greig McDonald.

We take a journey through Greig's career, from becoming disillusioned with the game after being released by Dunfermline to becoming an East Fife hero to going on to become a manager aged just 29 at Stirling, relegating us in the process. Yes, we don't let him forget that, nor the time he missed his team beating Rangers at Ibrox to get married!

There's lots of great chat and fun stories as we take a wonderful trip down memory lane with Greig.

We also bring you a second interview this week, as we bid farewell to striker Anton Dowds who departs East Fife for full time football at Falkirk. Anton joins us to talk about his move, his time at Bayview, his football journey so far, and bid farewell to the East Fife faithful.

Plus we find out if the now former Fifer Anton Dowds fancies a chocolate digestive, indie legends Half Man Half Biscuit feature again in this week's football music section Wavelength, we spotlight local singer-songwriter Joshua Grant 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:

06.46: Anton Dowds farewell interview and discussion
28.28: Anyone Fancy A Chocolate Digestive – Anton Dowds
29.47: Have You Heard? - Joshua Grant - Edinburgh
36.12: Greig McDonald interview
153.17: Who Are You?
157.47: Wavelength - Half Man Half Biscuit - Dead Men Don't Need Season Tickets
162.25: Mailbag - club's engagement with season ticket holders and another all-time East Fife XI

Welcome to the seventh episode of your new favourite podcast - Glory Days of Gold. This episode is brought to you by sponsors Scott Young and John Scott Neill. Give them a follow on Twitter.

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.

Our guest this week is a man who is a Scottish football lower league legend, who has won four league championships with three different clubs, one of them being East Fife, Bobby Linn.

We take a journey through Bobby's career in a refreshingly frank and funny interview as we look back at his time at Bayview, hear the stories he has to tell, look at all the highs and lows, and the relationship he has with East Fife fans today. We talk ferries, taxis, what makes him tick, and a lot, lot more.

Lee and Michael also look at all the main East Fife and Scottish football news from the past week, plus we chat with current gaffer Darren Young about the club's recent signings from the U20 squad and the future of the much heralded Anton Dowds.

Plus we look at the 2022 World Cup kick off times that have been announced, find out if former Fifer Div Muir fancies a chocolate digestive, and indie legends Half Man Half Biscuit feature in this week's football music section Wavelength. We also add in a couple of new features this week, but we won't spoil the surprises here.

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

03.49: East Fife News of the Week - season tickets out, Covid testing concerns, Darren Young talks youth signings, and Pat Quinn passes away
30.06: Have You Heard? - Sunshimmer
38.36: Bobby Linn interview
140.49: Who Are You?
146.35: Scottish football chat - do Hearts and Partick face expulsion?, more big names head to non league teams
156.25: Anyone Fancy A Chocolate Digestive – Div Muir
159.35: World football chat - Five subs rule extended and 2022 World Cup kick off times announced
169.33: Wavelength - Half Man Half Biscuit - All I Want For Christmas Is A Dukla Prague Away Kit
175.02: Mailbag - favourite fan memorabilia, teams you love to hate, and another all-time East Fife XI

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Welcome to the sixth episode of your new favourite podcast - Glory Days of Gold. This episode is brought to you by My Sporting Blog and Jennifer Russell (@HairdressingPrincess).

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.

Our guest this week is a man who may have only spent a short loan spell at East Fife, but who was taken to by the fans right away, Tam McManus.

We take a journey through Tam's career that saw him play in Scotland, England, Ireland, and over the Atlantic for two spells in the US. The highs, the lows, the successes, and the regrets. There's some great stories along the way, including playing with Gazza, against David Beckham, playing in altitude for the first time, and best of all, his warm feelings for his time at Bayview.

We delve into the current state of Scottish football and what needs to change, and find out why he doesn't like John Collins, yet champions what he could bring to improving the game here. There's some real honest talk in this and very enjoyable and refreshing it is too.

Lee and Michael also look at all the East Fife related news from the past week, try to fix Scottish football, find out if current East Fife gaffer Darren Young fancies a chocolate digestive, and Cork band the Sultans of Ping FC feature in this week's Wavelength.

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

05.34: East Fife News of the Week - season confirmed, youth signings
17.39: Tam McManus interview
109.10: We try and fix Scottish football
139.50: Anyone Fancy A Chocolate Digestive – Darren Young
141.41: Wavelength - The Sultans of Ping FC - Give Him A Ball (and a yard of grass)

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

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:

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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:

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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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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