Andy Laing - Football Writer, Alba Matter

Hello, Im Craig and welcome to another episode of Football Kit Memories - the football podcast that gets under the shirt

In today’s episode I'm joined by football writer Andy Laing.

During our chat I find out how being laid up in a hospital bed was the motivation behind Andy’s starting the Alba Matter website in 2020. Andy uses his background in education and growth mindset coaching as inspiration for his writing - and its his personal outlook that makes these articles covering mainly Scotland’s Men and Women’s national teams so interesting. Andy also sheds light on the excellent poem he wrote that was published by the Scottish FA the night before the Czech Republic game at Euro 2020.

Later I asked Andy to pick out three of his favourite football shirts and tell me a little bit about what they mean to him. Andy shared some great memories as we reminisced about reading football annuals cover to cover and the same football VHS titles till they were worn out. We started in Mexico in 1986 and the great home shirt El Diego wore to dazzle defenders. Our travels took us to Turin and Bianconeri stripes worn by Baggio, Ravenlli and Vialli… and we finished in glamorous Kenilworth road, home of Luton Town.

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