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  • The Decline of Scottish Football? European Failure Laid Bare (Emergency Podcast!)
    Aug 28 2025

    Emergency Podcast: The Decline of Scottish Football | European Failure Laid BareScottish football’s latest European collapse is here — and it’s time to stop pretending everything’s fine.🌳 Link to all our socials: https://linktr.ee/ImprovingScottishFo...🙋🏻‍♂️ For partnership enquiries: improvingscottishfootball@gmail.comScotland, Scotland football, national, Scottish football, podcast, Celtic, Rangers, Aberdeen, Hearts, Hibs, Hibernian, Dundee, Kilmarnock, Motherwell, United, Highlights, the terrace, open goal, PLZ, heart and Hand, Rangers Review, 20 Minute Tims, ACSOM, A Celtic State of Mind, Review, BBC, radio, SPL, SPFL, Premiership, championship, league 1, league 2, show

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    36 min
  • Croatia cracked the footballing code! These are the key lessons for Scotland!
    Jun 11 2025

    - 75% of the players in their league are home grown!

    - Youth football is much more competitive than in Scotland

    - Kids play multi-sports – not just football!

    🌳 Link to all our socials: https://linktr.ee/ImprovingScottishFootball
    🙋🏻‍♂️ For partnership enquiries: improvingscottishfootball@gmail.com
    Kieran is joined by Ian Coll from Sparta Prague, formerly Hadjuk Split and Celtic for this insightful podcast.
    Scotland, Scotland football, national, Scottish football, podcast, Celtic, Rangers, Aberdeen, Hearts, Hibs, Hibernian, Dundee, Kilmarnock, Motherwell, United, Highlights, the terrace, open goal, PLZ, heart and Hand, Rangers Review, 20 Minute Tims, ACSOM, A Celtic State of Mind, Review, BBC, radio, SPL, SPFL, Premiership, championship, league 1, league 2, show

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    19 min
  • The fans have spoken! Here’s what matters most to Scottish football supporters
    May 26 2025

    - “Scrap the two-legged play-offs"
    - “It's time to re-think the alcohol ban"
    - “Hardly anyone wants a 12-team league"
    🌳 Link to all our socials: https://linktr.ee/ImprovingScottishFootball
    🙋🏻‍♂️ For partnership enquiries: improvingscottishfootball@gmail.com
    Kieran is joined by marketing expert Michael Bochel for this special mini-episode.
    Scotland, Scotland football, national, Scottish football, podcast, Celtic, Rangers, Aberdeen, Hearts, Hibs, Hibernian, Dundee, Kilmarnock, Motherwell, United, Highlights, the terrace, open goal, PLZ, heart and Hand, Rangers Review, 20 Minute Tims, ACSOM, A Celtic State of Mind, Review, BBC, radio, SPL, SPFL, Premiership, championship, league 1, league 2, show

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    18 min
  • Innovation is essential! We need to think like the Dutch and be a destination for young talent (Special mini-episode with Rory Hamilton)
    May 12 2025

    - We need to study what the Dutch are doing so well
    - Innovation is key - otherwise Scottish football will move backwards.
    - We should be the place where every young British player wants to go.
    🌳 Link to all our socials: https://linktr.ee/ImprovingScottishFootball
    🙋🏻‍♂️ For partnership enquiries: improvingscottishfootball@gmail.com
    Kieran is joined by Rory Hamilton for this special mini-episode.
    Scotland, Scotland football, national, Scottish football, podcast, Celtic, Rangers, Aberdeen, Hearts, Hibs, Hibernian, Dundee, Kilmarnock, Motherwell, United, Highlights, the terrace, open goal, PLZ, heart and Hand, Rangers Review, 20 Minute Tims, ACSOM, A Celtic State of Mind, Review, BBC, radio, SPL, SPFL, Premiership, championship, league 1, league 2, show

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    16 min
  • My greatest regret! Talent is being missed, and the ambition is too small! (Special mini-episode with Henry McLeish)
    Apr 28 2025

    - “Our footballing ambition is too small!”
    - “We need regional academies everywhere from Stranraer to Orkney!"
    - “My greatest regret from the McLeish report”


    🌳 Link to all our socials: https://linktr.ee/ImprovingScottishFootball
    🙋🏻‍♂️ For partnership enquiries: improvingscottishfootball@gmail.com


    Henry McLeish joins Kieran for this special mini-episode—former First Minister of Scotland and author of the McLeish report.


    Scotland, Scotland football, national, Scottish football, podcast, Celtic, Rangers, Aberdeen, Hearts, Hibs, Hibernian, Dundee, Kilmarnock, Motherwell, United, Highlights, the terrace, open goal, PLZ, heart and Hand, Rangers Review, 20 Minute Tims, ACSOM, A Celtic State of Mind, Review, BBC, radio, SPL, SPFL, Premiership, championship, league 1, league 2, show

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    14 min
  • What's going on with Scotland's Under-21s?
    Apr 15 2025

    - Why is nobody talking about the Under-21s?

    - What are the pros and cons of young Scots moving to English academies?
    - How do we entice dual nationals to declare for Scotland?


    🌳 Link to all our socials: https://linktr.ee/ImprovingScottishFootball
    🙋🏻‍♂️ For partnership enquiries: improvingscottishfootball@gmail.com


    Kieran is joined by Owen Brown from The Young Team for this important and timely chat.


    Scotland, Scotland football, national, Scottish football, podcast, Celtic, Rangers, Aberdeen, Hearts, Hibs, Hibernian, Dundee, Kilmarnock, Motherwell, United, Highlights, the terrace, open goal, PLZ, heart and Hand, Rangers Review, 20 Minute Tims, ACSOM, A Celtic State of Mind, Review, BBC, radio, SPL, SPFL, Premiership, championship, league 1, league 2, show

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    41 min
  • The Right to Dream philosophy – A blueprint for Scottish football?
    Mar 16 2025

    - What makes 'Right to Dream' so successful?
    - How does Belgian football constantly punch above its weight?
    - Why is Belgium moving to an 18-team league?


    🌳 Link to all our socials: https://linktr.ee/ImprovingScottishFootball


    🙋🏻‍♂️ For partnership enquiries: improvingscottishfootball@gmail.com


    Kieran is joined by Frazer Robertson, 1st Team Coach at Standard Liege. Frazer has also worked for Right to Dream in Ghana and in the MLS with Philadelphia Union. This is a fascinating chat about Frazer’s career and what Scottish football could learn from these other footballing nations and cultures.


    Scotland, Scotland football, national, Scottish football, podcast, Celtic, Rangers, Aberdeen, Hearts, Hibs, Hibernian, Dundee, Kilmarnock, Motherwell, United, Highlights, the terrace, open goal, PLZ< heart and Hand, Rangers Review, 20 Minute Tims, ACSOM, A Celtic State of Mind, Review, BBC, radio, SPL, SPFL, Premiership, championship, league 1, league 2, show

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    49 min
  • Scottish vs. Foreign Managers: A Crisis or a New Era?
    Mar 3 2025

    Kieran is joined by former Professional Player Jamie Mitchell and coach and analyst John Walker to discuss what’s happened to Scottish managers. There are fewer Scottish managers than ever before in the Scottish Premiership, and there’s only David Moyes in the English Premier League (in 2011 there were 7!)


    - What are the benefits of bringing in foreign coaches to Scotland?

    - What can we learn from Ian Cathro’s success at Estoril?

    - Who will get the new Rangers manager?


    Get in touch: ⁠improvingscottishfootball@gmail.com⁠ ⁠

    https://www.linkedin.com/company/improving-scottish-football


    Scotland, Falkirk, Championship, raith rovers, ayr united, Hamilton, Dunfermline athletic, Livingston, Partick thistle, Greenock Morton, Queen’s Park, Airdrie, Euros, 2024, world cup, Scotland football, national, Scottish football, podcast, Celtic, Rangers, Aberdeen, Hearts, Hibs, Hibernian, Dundee, Kilmarnock, Motherwell, United, Highlights, Review, BBC, SPL, SPFL, Premiership, England

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    50 min