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Off the Ball Podcast

BBC Radio Scotland
Off the Ball Podcast
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  • Off the Ball Podcast

    World Cup semi-finals; What's in a name; League Cup; Trialists and Terracing Teaser

    13/07/2026 | 1h 44 mins.
    The most petty and ill informed podcast in the world! World Cup semi-finals; What's in a name; League Cup; Trialists and Terracing Teaser. Film maker Ged Fitzsimmons and River City's Darren Brownlie and football analyst JJ Bull join Stuart Cosgrove and Ray Bradshaw.
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    Scotland: Where Are We Now? Your Big Break; What Does Mexico Mean To You? Cat XI and Terracing Teaser

    06/07/2026 | 1h 37 mins.
    The most petty and ill informed podcast in the world! Scotland: Where Are We Now? Your Big Break; What Does Mexico Mean To You? Cat XI and Terracing Teaser. Stuart Cosgrove and Tam Cowan are joined by Adam 'Old Firm Facts' Miller, Jake Sturgess and BBC Sport's South American football expertTim Vickery.
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    World Cup Special Part 3: Scotland Are Out! Steve Clarke is Gone!

    29/06/2026 | 1h 29 mins.
    And just like that... it's all over! The most petty and ill informed podcast in the world reflects on Scotland's time at the World Cup. Scotland - the post-mortem; On-air ding dongs; Clarke's gone - who next? Could a dream team of Big Ange, John McGlynn and James McFadden be the answer? This week's Terracing Teaser is 'if the answer is 70 seconds, what is the question?' With Andy Halliday, Belle and Sebastian, Susie Mccabe and Professor Sir David MacMillan joining Stuart Cosgrove and Tam Cowan in what proved to be - unfortunately - our last World Cup special.
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    World Cup Special Part2: Scotland Morocco Reaction; What Have Loved/Hated about World Cup So Far?

    22/06/2026 | 1h 3 mins.
    The most petty and ill informed podcast in the World (Cup). Full reaction to Scotland Morocco; What have you loved or hated about the World Cup so far? Kitchen XI; Terracing Teaser with guests Sanjeev Kohli and Rosco McClelland joining Stuart Cosgrove and Tam Cowan.
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    World Cup Special Part1 - John Higgins, Paul Lambert, Prof Sir David MacMillan, Colin Macintyre and John Walker

    15/06/2026 | 1h 26 mins.
    The most petty and ill informed podcast in the World (Cup)! It's time, after nearly 30 years of waiting the Odd Couple of Scottish football get to savour the excitement of Scotland at the biggest show on earth. Stuart and Tam are joined by snooker legend John Higgins. We got the beep machine out to hear what Scotland, Motherwell and Celtic great Paul Lambert really thought of France '98 opponent Rivaldo. Noble Prize winner David MacMillan tells us what the Boston-buzz is like from the States and we have live music from Mull Historical Society. We also get the post-match thoughts from World Cup analyst John Walker.
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About Off the Ball Podcast
Scottish football gets a kicking from BBC Radio Scotland’s Off the Ball, presented by Stuart Cosgrove and Tam Cowan.
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