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The countdown is on for this years European Championship, and to get you in the mood we are going back 28 years to relive Euro '96. In the third of this four-part series, John B looks at the fortunes of Portugal and Netherlands by speaking to PortuGOAL creator Tom Kundert and Dutch football expert at Flashscore Finley Crebolder.

Having been knocking on the door for a place at Euro ‘92 and USA ‘94, Portugal strolled to qualification and with the talents of Luis Figo and Rui Costa they were considered a dark horse for the tournament. However, despite winning their group with seven points from three games, they came unstuck against Czech Republic in the Quarter Finals. Meanwhile, the Dutch endured a difficult route to England, where they needed a playoff victory against Republic of Ireland to secure their place, and then they scraped into the last eight on goal difference ahead of Scotland before a penalty shootout defeat to France ended their hopes of success. Tom and Finley give a good insight into their respective journeys and also give a combined Euro 96 & 2024 XI for each nation, which throws some interesting selections.

Footnote - John is also doing this series as a build-up to the launch of his second book, We're Going To Wembley: Scotland's Euro '96 journey by Pitch Publishing, which he has co-written with Neil Doherty. Full details on where you can pre-order the book can be found on Pitch's website or by contacting John or Neil directly.

Intro Music - Glasgow to Berlin by PG Ciarletta

Outro Music - Whatever it Takes by Scott McGill

Intro Voiceover - Rory Hamilton

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Our latest podcast focuses on the Scottish Cup semi finals due to take place this upcoming weekend.

John hosts with regulars Erin and Charlie joining him along with guests Andy, Graeme and Michael.

We kick off by getting Charlie's view on the Edinburgh derby that took place on Friday night. This leads in to our very own Chas and Dave segment which features interviews with Hearts head coach Eva Olid and goalscorer Megan Bell who is on loan at Hearts from Rangers.

Erin and Michael give their thoughts on Saturday's semi between Aberdeen and Celtic with some thoughts on selection issues plus we have our first draft of the night.

Moving on to Sunday, Andy and Graeme give their thoughts on how the game will go and there is another draft to enjoy.

Nick Montgomery's future at Hibs has come under scrutiny recently so Charlie gives his own thoughts on what might be the best way forward.

Good luck to Scotland's cerebral palsy team on Thursday in the World Championship final.

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The countdown is on for this years European Championship, and to get you in the mood we are going back 28 years to relive Euro '96. In the second of this four-part series, John B looks at the fortunes of Scotland and tournament debutants Croatia by speaking to Scottish Sun journalist Gordon Waddell and Croatian Journalist for 24 Sata newspaper Tomislav Gabelic.
Scotland recovered from the failure to qualify for the USA '94 World Cup to reach their second consecutive Euros, where fate decreed they would face the Auld Enemy in their own backyard. Ironically, after a heartbreaking defeat at Wembley, Scotland fans cheered England goals as the hosts did their bit to help their neighbours, but the Scots fell agonisingly short of a Quarter Final berth. In their first ever international qualification campaign since becoming independent in 1992, Croatia stormed to the finals by winning a group containing World Cup runners-up Italy, even defeating the Italians in their own backyard. They made a good impression in the finals too, defeating reigning European Champions Denmark thanks to a moment of genius by Davor Suker en route to the Quarter Finals, where they were knocked out by eventual winners Germany. Gordon and Tomislav give a good insight into their respective journeys and also give a combined Euro 96 & 2024 XI for each nation, which throws some interesting selections.
Footnote - John is also doing this series as a build-up to the launch of his second book, We're Going To Wembley: Scotland's Euro '96 journey by Pitch Publishing, which he has co-written with Neil Doherty. Full details on where you can pre-order the book can be found on Pitch's website or by contacting John or Neil directly.
Intro Music - Glasgow to Berlin by PG Ciarletta
Outro Music - Whatever it Takes by Scott McGill
Intro Voiceover - Rory Hamilton
Thank you to supernovaterracewear.com who are sponsoring our Fantasy Football Scotland league for the third season running. You can find them on Twitter Supernova Terracewear or Instagram @supernovaterracewear
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The countdown is on for this years European Championship, and to get you in the mood we are going back 28 years to relive Euro '96. In the first of this four-part series, John B looks at the fortunes of England and France by speaking to Chief Sportswriter at The Times Henry Winter and L'Equippe Sports journalist Pierre-Etienne Minonzio.

Hosts England went into their finals under intense media scrutiny following unsavoury drinking incidents in Hong Kong and the flight back to London, but they rallied round after a slow start to reach the Semi Finals before falling to Germany in a penalty shootout, just like they did in Italia '90. France went through an indifferent qualification campaign, drawing half of their matches, but picked themselves up to also reach the last four, and were also denied a Final berth by losing on penalties to the Czech Republic. Henry and Pierre-Etienne give a good insight into their respective journeys and also give a combined Euro 96 & 2024 XI for each nation, which throws some interesting selections.

Footnote - John is also doing this series as a build-up to the launch of his second book, We're Going To Wembley: Scotland's Euro '96 journey by Pitch Publishing, which he has co-written with Neil Doherty. Full details on where you can pre-order the book can be found on Pitch's website or by contacting John or Neil directly.

Intro Music - Glasgow to Berlin by PG Ciarletta

Outro Music - Whatever it Takes by Scott McGill

Intro Voiceover - Rory Hamilton

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John is joined by Katie, Heather, Ali, Andy, Adam and Robert for out latest Championship special as the we edge closer to the end of the season.

We kick off with discussion around whether there is still a title race after Dundee United beat Raith at the weekend. This leads on to some discussion around who everyone would fancy if they are to reach the Premiership Playoff final.

There is chat around who will make the playoffs with a good few teams being in the fix. Adam gives us an insight in to why Dunfermline's recent form has been so good.

Heather talks about the anniversary of Her Game Too which took place at Partick Thistle over the weekend and you can check more of this out on X (Twitter) @PTFC_HGT

As with every season it is hard to predict what will happen in the Championship but it is safe to say that Arbroath are relegated and everyone is in agreement about who should finish ninth.

To conclude the podcast we discuss who should win player of the year and young player of the year.

We'll be back next month once the league season is over to see how successful the predictions made at the start of the season were.

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After Rangers 4-1 victory over Partick Thistle at Tynecastle to pick up the first silverware of the women's season in the Sky Sports Cup final, Dave is joined by Eva Murray to review how the game went.

Some great goals, some great saves (despite what some on social media might think), and another new record crowd for the SWPL Cup final enjoying all the action in the sunshine.

Following Dave's chat with Eva, he's joined by John for a quick interview at Tynecastle with vlogger Sam North, before we finish up with the post-match press conference featuring Rangers manager Jo Potter, Partick Thistle manager Brian Graham, Partick Thistle player Cara Henderson, and Rangers players Mia Macaulay and Rio Hardy.

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