Down The Divisions
109 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 2 years ago -ARE you a fan of fitba played in Scotland’s lower leagues? Then you’ve come to the right place. Join the Scottish Sun’s Gareth Law and Carluke Rovers co-manager manager Paul Davies for a weekly look at the game away from the limelight. Hear the latest news, discussion and stories along with guests including managers, players, administrators, fans and more from SPFL League One and Two, the Lowland and Highland Leagues, South and East of Scotland Leagues and the juniors. There’s a chance for you to get involved too. If you have suggestions for guests, subjects or anything else then contact us through Twitter, Facebook or email [email protected]. Please do leave a review too. Down The Divisions artwork by Adam Aitken. www.instagram.com/adamaitkenart Music www.bensound.com
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006 Is the juniors game dying? A Down The Divisions Special with all three regions
May 06, 2020 16:00 - 1 hour - 24.2 MBThe whole of the West region juniors have moved across to the West of Scotland League. A group of clubs had already done the same in the East. Meanwhile up in the North the vast majority of clubs at that are happy to stay as they are. So where does this leave the juniors game in Scotland? For so long the school of hard knocks and a breeding ground for some of the best players to come from the country, is it a level that's now about to become extinct? In a Down The Divisions special we're ...
005 Davie Irons on Stenny, selfishness in Scottish football, highs and lows at Gretna and working in the police. Plus Davie Syme on the juniors title ...
April 29, 2020 17:00 - 1 hour - 54.4 MBStenhousemuir manager and Bruce Springsteen fan Davie Irons is this week's special guest. He's already given his wage back to the club to help them survive the coronavirus lockdown. Davie tells Gareth and Paul why he did that plus why he believes Scottish football's selfishness could backfire on clubs. In the week which marks the 13-year anniversary of the day he guided Gretna into the top flight, Davie reflects on that high and the lows of liquidation which followed. He also reveals how ...
005 Davie Irons on Stenny, selfishness in Scottish football, highs and lows at Gretna and working in the police. Plus Davie Syme on the juniors title controversy
April 29, 2020 17:00 - 1 hour - 54.4 MBStenhousemuir manager and Bruce Springsteen fan Davie Irons is this week's special guest. He's already given his wage back to the club to help them survive the coronavirus lockdown. Davie tells Gareth and Paul why he did that plus why he believes Scottish football's selfishness could backfire on clubs. In the week which marks the 13-year anniversary of the day he guided Gretna into the top flight, Davie reflects on that high and the lows of liquidation which followed. He also reveals how ...
004 Vale of Leithen player-coach Gerard Rossi: Escaping relegation, Scott Brown, trials in LA and nude training while playing in Slovakia
April 22, 2020 14:00 - 52 minutes - 20.9 MBThis week we speak to Vale of Leithen player-coach Gerard Rossi. His side were bottom of the Lowland League when the season was brought to an end last week but they won't be going down. He tells Gareth and Paul why they deserve that second chance and what life at The Vale is like. Gerard talks about his early years at Hibs, when he'd have days trying to find where in Easter Road Scott Brown had hidden his clothes. We hear about his trial with LA Galaxy and what it was like being the fi...
003: Airdrieonians director of football Stuart Millar on coronavirus, the Nolans, managing in the juniors, Stranraer's highest ever league finish and ...
April 15, 2020 16:00 - 1 hour - 54.7 MBNolans-loving Airdrieonains director of football Stuart Millar has been at the heart of steering his club through the coronavirus crisis.. In Episode 3 hear him talk about: • The current state of the game in Scotland as it faces up to the effects of the coronavirus • Starting out as a manager in the juniors at Carluke Rovers and Cumbernauld United - and his first ever signing sweeteners. • His role working alongside Neil Watt in Stranraer's two successive promotions and highest ever leag...
003: Airdrieonians director of football Stuart Millar on coronavirus, the Nolans, managing in the juniors, Stranraer's highest ever league finish and Ian Murray
April 15, 2020 16:00 - 1 hour - 54.7 MBNolans-loving Airdrieonains director of football Stuart Millar has been at the heart of steering his club through the coronavirus crisis.. In Episode 3 hear him talk about: • The current state of the game in Scotland as it faces up to the effects of the coronavirus • Starting out as a manager in the juniors at Carluke Rovers and Cumbernauld United - and his first ever signing sweeteners. • His role working alongside Neil Watt in Stranraer's two successive promotions and highest ever leag...
002: Lowland League chairman George Fraser on the juniors becoming part of the pyramid
April 09, 2020 11:00 - 50 minutes - 34.5 MBGeorge Fraser isn't only general manager at Lowland League side BSC Glasgow. He's also chairman of the Lowland League itself and right now is the man behind the West Region Scottish Junior Football Association's ground-breaking move into a new West of Scotland League setup. Tuesday's deadline saw all 68 teams in the existing structure sign up to the proposals, which will see them sit alongside the East of Scotland and South of Scotland Leagues in Scotland's sixth tier. On Episode Two of Do...
001: Coronavirus crisis, juniors joining the pyramid and a Whitburn fan's song
April 05, 2020 14:00 - 56 minutes - 39.1 MBTo kick-off the new Down The Divisions podcast, Gareth and Paul discuss how the coronavirus shutdown is affecting clubs lower down the leagues. Junior football is set for its biggest shakeup in its 134-year history this summer - and ahead of Tuesday's deadline for clubs from the west juniors section to apply for the new West of Scotland League, Paul takes us through what this really means for the game. While we're all missing our football, singer songwriter Sam Speirs joins us to talk abou...
001: Coronavirus crisis, juniors joining the pyramid and a Whitburn fan's song
April 05, 2020 14:00 - 56 minutes - 39.1 MBTo kick-off the new Down The Divisions podcast, Gareth and Paul discuss how the coronavirus shutdown is affecting clubs lower down the leagues. Junior football is set for its biggest shakeup in its 134-year history this summer - and ahead of Tuesday's deadline for clubs from the west juniors section to apply for the new West of Scotland League, Paul takes us through what this really means for the game. While we're all missing our football, singer songwriter Sam Speirs joins us to talk abou...