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The Hampden Roar

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A Scotland national football team podcast featuring interviews with former players and managers as well as debates and discussions on current players, squad selections and matches.
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Euro 2024: Spirited draw against the Swiss leaves Scotland needing a win against Hungary

Scotland produced a much-improved performance against Switzerland to keep hopes alive of qualifying for the knockout stage of the Euros. Andy Bargh welcomes commentator Rory Hamilton and Air Force Wan's Alan Risk for a chat about Billy Gilmour, Anthony Ralston, Tierney's injury and Sunday's game. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 21, 202441 min

Euro 2024: Swiss game approaches after Scotland thumped by hosts Germany

A deflating Friday evening saw Scotland hammered 5-1 by Germany on the opening night of the Euros. Why were we so flat, confused and impatient on the park? Exploited by a brilliant Germany side. The standard has been set before with performances against Denmark and Spain as well as bossing Netherlands for an hour in Amsterdam. Hopefully the lads can reach those levels against Switzerland on Wednesday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 17, 202441 min

Scotland/Euros quiz

Alone or among friends while in transit on the planes, trains and automobiles around Germany, this should help kill an hour or two. Round 1: Euro 24. Round 2: Scotland at Euro 24 Round 3: Euros all-time Round 4: Scotland all-time Round 5: Picture round Round 6: Guess the goal Rounds 7: Pointless round See the thread on Twitter for the picture round and links to the pointless answer round. If you're enjoying the pod, please leave a rating or review, and if you enjoyed the quiz, feel free to give ...

Jun 12, 202446 min

Scotland's group stage opponents analysed: Switzerland's tournament prowess, patchy form and experienced squad

Creator and host Andy Bargh welcomes Switzerland football expert and afficionado Craig King to chat about the state of Swiss affairs ahead of the Euros. The experience of players like Xhaka and Shaqiri alongside younger ones, a poor qualifying campaign and expectations heading into the tournament are all discussed. If you're enjoying the pod please leave a rating and review, thank you! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 12, 202448 min

Who does McTominay start come in for, the man up top and the three centre-halves: Scotland's potential starting XI against Germany

Creator and host Andy Bargh is joined by BeIN Sports' Calum Brown and Alan Risk ofthe Air Force Wan page on Twitter to chat ahead of Scotland's opening match of the Euros. Who drops out the team for McTominay? Is Hanley a certainty to start at CCB and does Porteous or Hendry join him? Adams of Shanks to lead the line? Ralston the stick-on at RB? Please leave a review and spread the word if you're enjoying the podcast! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 11, 202459 min

A good half-an-hour v Finland & the final Euros squad confirmed

Creator and host Andy Bargh welcomes BBC Scotland's Lewis Irons & Barry Anderson from the Edinburgh Evening News to discuss Scotland's poor form, Craig Gordon, the Finland match in general and the final 26-man squad for the Euros. If you're enjoying the pod, please leave us a rating or review! It really helps us get more exposure. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 09, 202442 min

Scotland squad announced for Euro 2024

Andy Bargh welcomes BBC Scotland's Lewis Irons & The Scottish Sun's Ben Ramage to chat about Steve Clarke's squad for the Euros. Ben Doak is included, James Forrest has returned after three years, seven centre-backs, Stuart Armstrong has made it, four keepers, no Max Johnston or Tommy Conway, loads to talk about with just more than three weeks to go until the opener. If you're enjoying the pod, please like, subscribe and leave a rating to help keep it growing! Learn more about your ad choice...

May 22, 202439 min

On The Plane - Episode 5: The Hampden Roar Euro 2024 squad with a month to go until kick-off

Creator and host Andy Bargh is joined again by BBC Scotland's Lewis Irons & the Scottish Sun's Ben Ramage to discuss the state of play ahead of next week's squad announcement. Will Ross McCrorie make it in due to his versatility? Will Liam Cooper be left at home? Will Ben Doak be the wildcard? Is Stuart Armstrong going to be fit enough? Tune in next week for the squad announcement pod! At Walkabout pub in Glasgow on June 6th, there will be a European Championship & Scotland national team...

May 15, 202458 min

On The Plane - Episode 4: Injuries hit the Scotland squad with a month to go until announcement

With Nathan Patterson and Lewis Ferguson definitely out, and uncertainty over others like Aaron Hickey and Stuart Armstrong, episode 4 of the Hampden Roar's On The Plane series brings more debate. Creator and host Andy Bargh is with Lewis Irons of BBC Scotland & Calum Brown of BeIN Sports to chat about wide options like James Forrest, right-back replacements like Tino Livramento and Ross McCrorie, and a potential recall for Tom Cairney in midfield. Please like, subscribe and share the word! ...

Apr 30, 20241 hr 4 min

On The Plane - Episode 3: Potentially three extra places in Euros squad with managers backing increase to 26

Predicting Steve Clarke's Euros squad isn't the most arduous task given his consistency of selection and the international break in March, but now that there's a chance of three extra places being made available, it gives us something new to discuss! Will players like Josh Doig, Ryan Fraser or Oli McBurnie benefit? Creator and host Andy Bargh is with Ben Ramage from the Scottish Sun and BBC Scotland's Lewis Irons. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 09, 202449 min

Deflating night at Hampden with slow Scotland losing 1-0 to Northern Ireland

After passing Netherlands off the park on Friday, Scotland had no idea how to get past Michael O'Neill's Northern Ireland team who defended well and made us think. Andy Bargh welcomes commentator Rory Hamilton and the Scotsman's Barry Anderson to discuss what concerns this brings for Scotland and Steve Clarke. Lack of tempo, lack of intuition, lack of solidity. Work to do! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 27, 20241 hr 7 min

Scotland suffer heavy defeat in Amsterdam after outplaying the Netherlands for 70 minutes

What a strange game and outcome. Scotland passed Netherlands off the park for at least an hour but collapsed after the substitutions and eventually lost 4-0, with the Dutch subs working in the opposite fashion. Big misses from Shankland & McTominay plus a great save from Christie's header are just three opportunities that came and went before the Dutch put the game well out of sight in the final five minutes. Andy Bargh is joined by BBC Scotland's Lewis Irons to discuss the match. Learn more...

Mar 23, 202437 min

Souttar & Hanley back in, Christie in midfield and Shankland the starter: Squad announced for Netherlands & Northern Ireland friendlies

Creator and host Andy Bargh welcomes Gordon Sheach from the Tartan Scarf, Alan Risk from Air Force Wan and Calum Brown of BeIN Sports chat about the few talking points in Steve Clarke's Scotland squad for the games against Netherlands and Northern Ireland. Seven centre-backs with Souttar and Hanley involved. Christie to play in deeper midfield? McTominay or Ferguson behind a striker? Will that striker be Shankland? Four keepers in a friendly squad Che Adams' form Plenty more including....... the...

Mar 15, 20241 hr 2 min

On The Plane - Episode 2: Any changes to the certainties in Steve Clarke's Euro '24 squad?

Creator and host Andy Bargh brings you the second episode of On The Plane, with BBC Scotland's Lewis Irons and the Scottish Sun's Ben Ramage. Has Lawrence Shankland made his inclusion certain? Does Grant Hanley's return to fitness and John Souttar's form pose a problem for Liam Cooper? Does Ryan Fraser stand a chance? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 27, 202439 min

Scotland drawn with Croatia, Portugal & Poland in League A of the Nations League

Scotland's first League A adventure lands us in an exciting group with Croatia, Portugal and Poland. Creator and host Andy Bargh is joined by Gordon Sheach of the Tartan Scarf & Calum Brown of BeIN sports to explain what it all means and chat about the lay of the land ahead of the matches in Autumn. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 09, 202434 min

On The Plane: Episode 1

The build up to Euro 2024 starts now as creator and host Andy Bargh is joined by BBC Scotland's Lewis Irons & the Scottish Sun's Ben Ramage to hypothesize about how Steve Clarke's squad might look. Those who've been around the squad recently, or pushing for it, are split up into four categories: On the plane, in the departure lounge, waiting by the phone or booking a holiday. Monthly episodes to come between now and the announcement at the end of May! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit ...

Jan 24, 202439 min

My Scotland career: Callum Davidson

Creator & host Andy Bargh chats with former Scotland left-back Callum Davidson about an international career that spanned 10 years from the late 90s to the late 00s. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 29, 20231 hr 1 min

A Nation Again audiobook - Chapter 8: Vital wins against Albania & Israel in the Nations League

The Hampden Roar creator and host Andy Bargh had a book on the National Team published earlier this year. 'A Nation Again: The Inside Story of Scotland's Journey to the European Championship' begins with Gordon Strachan's contract ending and finishes with the shootout in Belgrade. With all the audio from player interviews, Andy has decided to turn it into an audiobook and has uploaded a chapter here for your curiosity. Available at Waterstones and Amazon. Audiobook to be released in January. Lea...

Dec 20, 202349 min

Germany, Hungary & Switzerland: Scotland's exciting Euro 2024 group

Scotland will open Euro 2024 against hosts Germany after we were drawn into a challenging yet encouraging group along with Hungary and Switzerland for next summer's tournament. Creator and host Andy Bargh welcomes Gordon Sheach and James Scott from the Tartan Scarf page to discuss the draw. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 04, 202342 min

A boring 3-3, Brown's audition and Armstrong's reminder: Scotland finish campaign with draw against Norway

Scotland's qualifying campaign ends with a 3-3 draw against Norway at Hampden, which was by no means a 'thriller'. Andy Bargh welcomes Gordon Sheach from the Tartan Scarf to reflect on the performance of the team, the chances given to patient players, begin to turn an eye to the draw and squad selection for next summer. Please rate and subscribe if you're a regular listener or are enjoying the pod! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 21, 202352 min

Shankland's moment, a change of shape and previewing Norway: Scotland battle from behind to take point in Georgia

Creator and host Andy Bargh welcomes former Scottish Premiership striker Rory Loy, BeIN sports commentator Calum Brown and Norweigan Markus Fjortoff, formerly of Ayr United, Morton and Hamilton, to chat about Scotland's draw in Georgia and preview the final game of the group against Norway. Talking points include Shankland taking his chance, the change of shape to a 4, the loss of Hickey on the right and the different style of Taylor on the left, Ferguson doing well again and McTominay scoring h...

Nov 17, 202356 min

Big names missing, Doig's opportunity and out-of-form strikers: Scotland squad announced for final group games

Creator & host Andy Bargh welcomes Scottish football journalist Ben Ramage & Air Force Wan's Alan Risk to dissect the Scotland squad announced for the final games against Georgia & Norway. Angus Gunn's injury, the loss of Hickey, the goal-shy strikers and the inclusion of Josh Doig are all covered. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 08, 202336 min
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