The Scottish Football Citizen

By: Andy Kerr/The Scottish Football Citizen
  • Summary

  • The Scottish Football Citizen is a new weekly podcast that delves into the long and illustrious past of Scottish football. We cover every level from internationals to the juniors, discussing players, managers, teams, big games and even the fans and how they earned a crust in order to pay for their match tickets. Sign up to our mailing list at https://the-scottish-football-citizen.mailchimpsites.com/ to make sure you never miss an episode or an update from us!
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Episodes
  • Episode 50 - An Interview With Frank Beattie
    Dec 3 2021

    In the last episode of the Citizen for a while, Andy unearths an interview with Kilmarnock FC's greatest-ever player, Frank Beattie. Born in Stirling in 1933, Frank grew up playing football for juvenile teams before joining Bonnybridge Juniors in 1953. He didn't stay in the juniors long as after only six weeks, Frank was signed by Kilmarnock FC and would work down the pits in the morning and train with Killie in the afternoon. When Willie Waddell took over from Malky MacDonald in 1957, the club entered its golden age that culminated in the final-day title win over Hearts at Tynecastle in 1965. After Frank's sad passing in 2009, Kilmarnock renamed their main stand The Frank Beattie Stand, and even among younger supporters he is considered the club's greatest servant.

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    54 mins
  • Episode 49 - The Man Who Would Be King
    Nov 26 2021

    With former Scotland hero Denis Law having yet another statue being unveiled in his home city of Aberdeen last week, we look back at Law's life in this episode. Law came from humble beginnings, the son of a fisherman in the granite city and began his professional career when Huddersfield Town signed him at a young age. Law's performances with the Terriers caught the eye of Manchester City, where he spent time at Maine Road before moving to Torino. Despite enjoying the Italian lifestyle off the pitch, Law found it difficult to cope playing against defensive Italian opposition and was desperate to go back to Britain. Fortunately for him, Matt Busby's Manchester United came calling - and Law never looked back. Law also made his mark on the international scene too, scoring a record 30 goals for Scotland - and only Kenny Dalglish has managed to equal that tally in dark blue! Ask any member of the Tartan Army about Denis Law and the first image that comes to mind is his goal at Wembley in the 3-2 win over the auld enemy in 1967 when Scotland became unofficial world champions.

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    37 mins
  • Episode 48 - Remembering Bertie Auld
    Nov 19 2021

    In this episode we look back on the life and times of Bertie Auld who sadly passed away on Sunday 14th November at the age of 83. One of the famous Lisbon Lions, Bertie was born in Maryhill in 1938 and joined Celtic from Maryhill Harp in 1955. After a season on loan at Dumbarton to prepare him for first team football, he fitted into Jimmy McGrory's Celtic team - but his poor disciplinary record and refusal to back down in arguments led to Celtic's chairman Robert Kelly selling Bertie to Birmingham City in 1961. Bertie was part of the Birmingham team that won the League Cup against local rivals Aston Villa in 1963 before making a return to Celtic in 1965, just weeks before Jock Stein took over and heralded in a new era of success for the hoops. After finishing his playing career with Hibernian, Bertie went into management with Partick Thistle in 1974 where we won promotion to the Premier Division with the Jags in 1976. Bertie also had spells in charge of Hibernian, Hamilton Academical and Dumbarton in addition to a second spell at Firhill.

    To find out more about what Bertie Auld means to Celtic fans, Andy spoke to Lindsay Hamilton about her memories of Bertie. Andy also takes a look into Walking Football by visiting a Dementia Walking Football Festival at Toryglen Regional Football Centre.

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    47 mins

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