The Totally Scottish Football Show

Andrew Slaven, JJ Bull and Laura Brannan are back after a weekend that’s been seismic in the Scottish Premiership. Motherwell are matching Celtic stride for stride in 2019 as they win for the 6th game in a row. Richard Tait talks about the young crop of Steelmen coming through and his Scotland chances. For the first time this season, Dundee (or the new Dundee assembled in January) are out of the relegation zone. Paul Heckingbottom is the new man at Hibs – but let’s talk about how perfect Marcelo Bielsa is for Scottish football. People are lining up to serenade Sam Cosgrove – the Aberdeen striker laughs in the face of expected goals. As Rangers stumble at Ibrox, we ask are they mince without Morelos? And Allan McGregor is the voice. Try and understand him. In the Championship, Scott McDonald is out of retirement and onto the scoresheet to help save Partick Thistle from the dreaded drop. Plus plastic pitches. And there’s Broadfoot, Brown and Byrne – bad boys with questionable tackles. • PART 1: The plastic pitch debate (01m 30s) • PART 2: Kilmarnock 0-1 Celtic (05m 45s) • PART 3: Motherwell 2-1 Hearts with Motherwell defender Richard Tait (14m 00s) • PART 4: Livingston 1-2 Dundee with Alan Pattullo from The Scotsman (24m 00s) • PART 5: Aberdeen 2-2 St Mirren (32m 30s) • PART 6: SPFL round-up with Neil White (36m 30s) • PART 7: Partick Thistle sign Scott McDonald with Jags fan Matt Greer (38m 10s) • PART 8: Hibs 2-0 Hamilton & Rangers 0-0 St Johnstone (44m 00s)

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Andrew Slaven, JJ Bull and Laura Brannan took a week off dissecting referee’s decisions last week. Then Andrew Dallas showed up at Ibrox. Four penalties were awarded to Rangers against St Mirren. But how many should they have had? Five? One and a half? Plus we preview the midweek fixtures as Steven Gerrard looks for a win over Aberdeen at the 4th time of asking. Hamilton are feeling happy again after swapping Martin Canning for Brian Rice but Hibs are no closer to a successor for Neil Lennon. We check in at Berwick Rangers, the only English team in the SPFL, as they look to avoid the dreaded drop. Elsewhere Naismith shouts Hearts to victory while it’s a wasted trip for East Fife. We’re dreaming of a Dundee derby in the promotion/relegation play-off. And please join JJ’s Scotch pie appeal • PART 1: Canning canned as Hamilton order Rice. With Andy McGilvray from the Hamilton Advertiser (3m 00s) • PART 2: Celtic v Hibs preview (06m 45s) • PART 3: Rangers given four penalties + Aberdeen v Rangers preview with Dons blogger Ally Begg (14m 20s) • PART 4: Dundee v Kilmarnock preview (28m 30s) • PART 5: SPFL round-up with Neil White + our biggest wastes of time (34m 00s) • PART 6: The story of Berwick Rangers with Simon Pryde from BBC Newcastle (40m 45s) • PART 7: St Mirren v Motherwell, Hearts v Livingston & Hamilton v St Johnstone (46m 45s)

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The Premiership is back and so are the trio of Andrew Slaven, JJ Bull and Laura Brannan in Totally Towers. Kilmarnock prepare to take on Rangers having lost Greg Stewart now and Jordan Jones in the summer. Only the Killie Hippo can help us dissect this mess. Only one man has made more appearances for St Johnstone than Liam Craig. The Saints legend joins us to discuss their season so far. In the Scottish Cup, it’s all about Auchinleck. The junior side cause one of the biggest shocks in years by knocking out Ayr. It’s a trip to Tynecastle next and striker Mark Shankland speaks to us on the podcast. Elsewhere we examine Timothy Weah the brand and explore the possibility of Gary Mackay-Steven leaving Aberdeen for New York. Plus the answer to the question you’ve all been waiting for - what’s the coldest train station in Scotland? • PART 1: Scots abroad – Jack Harper making an impact (2m 00s) • PART 2: Kilmarnock v Rangers preview – the Jones and Stewart sagas - with Sandy Armour, editor of the Killie Hippo (5m 45s) • PART 3: Motherwell v Hibs preview (15m 30s) • PART 4: Auchinleck Talbot’s adventure continues - striker Mark Shankland joins us (19m 45s) • PART 5: Hamilton v Aberdeen preview – the future of Gary Mackay-Steven (24m 20s) • PART 6: Celtic v St Mirren – Weah’s instant impact (31m 15s) • PART 7: A look ahead to Livingston with St Johnstone legend Liam Craig (37m 00s) • PART 8: Hearts v Dundee preview (44m 45s)

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The season so far in the Premiership has entertained beyond all expectation and the January transfer window is following suit. The Totally Scottish Football Show is back as Andrew Slaven, Harry Slavin and JJ Bull look at the progress made in this campaign so far by each Scottish Premiership club. 1 point separates the top 3 so Rangers have gone big, signing Jermain Defoe and Jordan Jones amongst others. Will the impending departure of Jones in the summer unsettle Bret 'The Hitman' Hart’s favourite team Kilmarnock? Or will Timothy Weah, the President’s son, give the champions the advantage in the title race? Can Ross McCormack put a controversial few years behind him as he returns to Fir Park on loan? And will he fit into Motherwell’s herd of rhinos approach? The great Oldfirmfacts joins us to review Beaton Mania, and the continued fall-out from the referee’s performance in Rangers’ victory over Celtic at the end of 2018. They never sleep in the Championship, League One or League Two. The BBC’s Richard Winton tells us about the structural changes being made at Tannadice, as Dundee United strive for a way back into the big time. Plus we analyse a disappointing January so far for Hibs, the end of the Levein-McInnes bromance and the Dumbarton Ultras. • PART 1: The top three – Beaton Mania and a busy window already for Celtic, Rangers and Kilmarnock, with Oldfirmfacts (2m 00s) • PART 2: Aberdeen and Hearts in the title hunt, plus the row between McInnes and Levein (17m 15s) • PART 3: SPFL round-up with Neil White (26m 15s) • PART 4: The state of Dundee United with Richard Winton (29m 30s) • PART 5: St Johnstone and Livingston defying expectations (35m 30s) • PART 6: Hibs’ miserable start to 2019 with Gavin Wilson from the Hibs Talk podcast (38m 35s) • PART 7: Motherwell and Hamilton – the return of Ross McCormack (42m 45s) • PART 8: The bottom two – St Mirren and Dundee’s struggles (46m 00s)

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Steve Clarke’s side progress on penalties in the play-offs against Israel. We discuss the pragmatic style of play and the misunderstood McBurnie. The nation has Considine fever – should we embrace the romance of the Aberdeen defender’s call-up for Scotland or are we all getting carried away? The Championship and League One and Two campaigns hopefully return this weekend, featuring rampaging Hearts and a returning Charlie Adam. Plus Celtic v Rangers looms large – will the lack of fans do the players and the officials a favour? RUNNING ORDER PART 1 – Watt does it take to move on? (01.00) PART 2 – Scotland beat Israel on penalties (04.00) PART 3 - Considine’s call up and clean sheet (15.00) PART 4 – Championship preview with Euan Booth Robertson (32.30) PART 5 - Odds with Paddy Power (39.30) PART 6 – Celtic v Rangers looms large (41.00) GET IN TOUCH: follow us on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/totallyfootballshow/) find us on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/thetotallyfootballshow/) send us a tweet: @TheTotallyShow (http://www.twitter.com/thetotallyshow) PARISH NOTICES: We’re sponsored by Paddy Power - home of the Money Back Special (http://www.paddypower.com/) Get your FFS - Fantasy Football Scotland - team sorted here (https://www.fantasyfootballscotland.com/) READ STUFF ON OUR WEBSITE: Check out thetotallyfootballshow.com (http://thetotallyfootballshow.com/) . And get yourself some Athletic action here (https://www.theathletic.com/leagueshow)

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