Glory Days Of Gold

Episode 101 - Glory Days of Gold (Taking The Pâtisserie)

Welcome to the latest episode of Glory Days of Gold, the East Fife and Scottish football podcast recorded across two continents.

Michael, Lee, and Gordon are back and so might East Fife be in the battle for the Scottish League 2 playoffs. Back to back wins and clean sheets, and seven points from nine, have seen the Bayview boys move back into the top four. Is this how they’ll be contesting the rest of the season? Can they finally stop looking over their shoulder the trap door into the pyramid?

We look at all of that, the club’s 2-0 win over league leaders Dumbarton, and a lot more. Plus we chat with Pat Slattery about some of his East Fife teammates over the years.

Episode 100 - Glory Days of Gold (Centurions with guests Kenny Deuchar and Eugene Clarke)

Welcome to the landmark 100th episode of Glory Days of Gold, the East Fife and Scottish football podcast recorded across two continents.

Michael, Lee, and Gordon are back to celebrate the fun that’s been the past 33 months and 100 episodes. What started during the lockdown era in May 2020 has grown into a must listen for East Fife fans the world over, looking at the past, present, and future.

The guys are joined by a couple of special guests for this special episode and first up is the Bayview legend that is Kenny Deuchar (26.10). Making his sixth appearance on the show (four of those having been as co-host), the good doctor takes questions from listeners about his time at East Fife, his career, and more, including a fantastic story about meeting Jeff Stelling.

We’re also joined by Eugene Clarke (77.42) to talk about the latest attempt to buy out the majority shareholder of East Fife and have the club community owned. It’s been tried before to no avail, but this time around it’s looking a lot more positive and there’s some government backing to the plan as well.

All of this and there’s still time to delve into East Fife getting back to winning ways, with a hugely important 1-0 win at Albion Rovers (115.26).

Episode 99 - Glory Days of Gold (Double Denim)

Welcome to Episode 99 of Glory Days of Gold, the East Fife and Scottish football podcast recorded across two continents.

The Fab Four are back together as Michael, Lee, Doug, and Gordon pick over the bones of the recent developments down Bayview way. There's been some terrible performances, disappointing results, and a slide down the table. Has the recent draw with Stirling steadied the ship?

We dig into all of that, the still pressing need to strengthen the team with time running out, and look at the latest plans to buy the club and have it as a community one.

Episode 98 - Glory Days of Gold (Home Is Where The Heartbreak Is)

Welcome to Episode 98 of Glory Days of Gold, the East Fife and Scottish football podcast recorded across two continents.

Well the feelgood factor didn’t last long down Bayview way as the first month of 2023 isn’t even done and dusted and Fife fans are very unhappy with what is happening with their team.

Sitting three points of third, but just six off bottom, the season could still go either way for midtable East Fife with 15 games to go, yet the overriding feelings amongst the Bayview faithful are anger, worry, and disappointment. How will the season play out? Should we be worried about our future? What is behind the terrible home form? Is Greig McDonald the man to get the team out of the current rut of just one win in nine and if he is, how is he going to do it?

Lee and Michael delve into all of that and more in an unscripted and unplanned episode where they’re just telling it like it is and shooting from the hip and speaking from the heart.

Episode 97 - Glory Days of Gold (New Year, New Hope)

Welcome to Episode 97 of Glory Days of Gold, the East Fife and Scottish football podcast recorded across two continents.

It’s our first podcast of 2023 and we’re starting the year on a high after East Fife’s positive start to the new year, a 2-1 away win at Elgin.

Michael, Lee, and Doug look back at the crucial win, the comings and going down Bayview way this past week, take a look around the rest of the league, and more.

Episode 96 - Glory Days of Gold (A Rose By Any Other Name)

Welcome to Episode 96 of Glory Days of Gold, the East Fife and Scottish football podcast recorded across two continents.

Michael, Lee, Doug, and Andrew are back to look at East Fife's latest game, a pretty dire goalless draw at home to Bonnyrigg Rose.

Are the alarm bells ringing yet or can we at least take the positives of a point and a clean sheet? How desperately are the club needing an experienced defender and a goalscorer in the upcoming transfer window? Why was this game moved from a New Year fixture drawing a small crowd and clashing with a World Cup quarter-final?

We talk about all of this and more, plus we delve into the listeners' best East Fife five-a-side teams and a little bit of World Cup chat.

Episode 95 - Glory Days of Gold (Repeat Offenders)

Welcome to Episode 95 of Glory Days of Gold, the East Fife and Scottish football podcast recorded across two continents.

Lee, Doug, and Gordon are back to look at East Fife's latest defeat, the concerning mistakes that keep being repeated, the important transfer window coming up, the current worrying state of the squad, and more.

Plus a little bit of World Cup chat.

Episode 94 - Glory Days of Gold (Football Feasts and Famines)

Welcome to Episode 94 of Glory Days of Gold, the East Fife and Scottish football podcast recorded across two continents.

The whole world is thinking about football just now, so that means everyone must want to hear about East Fife and Scottish League 2. Good job we're back with another show then!

The top flights around the world may have shut down, but the Fife are still plugging away. Michael, Lee, and Gordon look back at the last three matches, games which have only seen them take one point from the available nine. Have we jinxed Greig McDonald after he was on the last show?

The team have at least been playing some good football. Is that some solace? Is it only a matter of time before the results come? What needs to happen in the January transfer window? And how big are the next three home games? We chat about all of that and a lot more.

Plus with the World Cup now underway in Qatar, we give our thoughts on what we're expecting from the tournament and how big, or small, our excitement levels are for it.

Episode 93 - Glory Days of Gold (In The Hot Seat with Greig McDonald)

Welcome to Episode 93 of Glory Days of Gold, the East Fife and Scottish football podcast recorded across two continents.

There's a new man in the hot seat down Bayview way, but it's someone we're all very familiar with as caretaker boss Greig McDonald has lost the interim tag and is tasked with being the man to take the club forward.

In this episode we sit down with Greig for an in-depth chat about taking over, what he's learned about the team these past few weeks and months, his managerial style and footballing philosophy, what the immediate and long term future looks like for the club, and a lot, lot more.

Episode 92 - Glory Days of Gold (Fourplay)

Welcome to Episode 92 of Glory Days of Gold, the East Fife and Scottish football podcast recorded across two continents.

Is the feelgood factor back at Bayview after not just two good wins, but two very impressive performances where the team has played some fast moving, free flowing football that has been a joy to watch? Can East Fife keep it going and if they do, will it be with Greig McDonald losing the interim tag and becoming the permanent man at the helm?

Michael, Lee, Gordon, and Andrew are back to delve into all of that as they look at the Fife's latest win at Bonnyrigg and what it might mean to the appointment of the next manager. Plus they look around the rest of the division, look ahead to the black and gold's Scottish Cup campaign that gets underway in Stenhousemuir next weekend, and chat about what is a very exciting looking cup draw with a few giantkilling possibilities on the cards.