Nutmeg Magazine
87 episodes - English - Latest episode: 7 months ago - ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsA version of the Scottish football magazine for your ears. Hosted by Daniel Gray, the Nutmeg Podcast lands fortnightly and includes in-depth football culture interviews with players, managers, writers, musicians and actors.
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E81 - Interview: Liam Grimshaw
October 06, 2023 07:00 - 41 minutes - 28.7 MBGood day! Please have a think about trying our print magazine, via nutmegmagazine.co.uk In this War of the Roses special, Dundee United’s ex-Motherwell Lancastrian Liam Grimshaw joins Yorkshireman and Nutmeg magazine editor Daniel Gray for a conversational meander from his youth days at Manchester United to Tannadice times now. On the way, there is talk of Liam’s writing career, cricket, Scotland’s best chippies, a Burnley delicacy, his Cappielow admiration and what these two Englishmen lov...
E80 - Back Onside: Footballers Talk About Mental Health
September 20, 2023 05:00 - 33 minutes - 23.1 MBHello! Please have a think about trying our print magazine, via nutmegmagazine.co.uk In this honest and emotional conversation, two footballers – Andy Munro and Kerr Fraser – and one manager – Greig McDonald – discuss mental health struggles within football, and how the game deals with them. They are joined by Libby Emmerson from the Back Onside charity and Saumya Khullar from Oriam, Scotland’s Sports Performance Centre. Together, they run a programme for footballers facing mental health st...
E79 - My Favourite Year: Colin McCredie, St Johnstone 2013/14
August 04, 2023 05:00 - 44 minutes - 30.3 MBBest known for his starring role in Taggart, the actor Colin McCredie is a diehard St Johnstone supporter. Here, he discusses Saints’ astounding cup winning season with Nutmeg editor Daniel Gray. Before that, Colin tells us of life as one of the 25th Perthshire Cubs’ star players, flying coins behind the Muirton Park goal and a rammy between John Lambie and Denzil from Only Fools and Horses. Escapism as good as any drama. Support the show Come on over to our revamped website and give our pr...
E78 - Interview: Tessel Middag Part 2
April 21, 2023 08:00 - 34 minutes - 23.8 MBFrom Joy Division to the delight of a crisp one-two, here is part two of our engrossing chat with the Rangers WFC midfielder, Tessel Middag. This time, Tessel talks us through her transfer to Manchester City and then swapping Corrie for Eastenders with a move to West Ham United. There is World Cup jubilation and ACL devastation (twice), a discussion of the need for trade unions in football and a fascinating account of Tuscan life in lockdown following Tessel’s move to Fiorentina. Plus, firs...
E77 - Interview: Tessel Middag Part 1
March 31, 2023 07:00 - 33 minutes - 23.3 MBRangers WFC midfielder Tessel Middag began her career with Den Haag, then played for her childhood heroes Ajax, before moving on to Manchester City, West Ham United and Fiorentina, representing the Netherlands national team 44 times along the way. In the first half of this fascinating, entertaining chat with Daniel Gray, Tessel talks us through the street games and pavement bounces of her youth, playing in boys’ teams until the age of 18 and her pride in representing the very first Ajax w...
E76 - My Favourite Year: Giancarlo Rinaldi, Queen of the South 2012/13
March 13, 2023 06:00 - 47 minutes - 32.5 MBDusting down the My Favourite Year feature like a pair of old trousers that just about still fit, Daniel Gray is joined by BBC journalist Giancarlo Rinaldi who nominates Queen of the South’s 2012/13 season. The pair discuss Scots-Italian life, Giancarlo’s 1990s Italian football fanzine, football and family and the beauty of Palmerston Park before meandering their way through Queens’ sublime championship-winning year. A joyous portion of chitchat. Please give our beautiful print magazine a ...
Sponsor Special - Inside Oriam: Football Scholarships
January 23, 2023 14:00 - 34 minutes - 23.9 MBIn this special episode of the Nutmeg podcast, we go behind the scenes with our sponsor, Oriam – Scotland’s Sports Performance Centre, and hear about their football scholarships, offered in conjunction with Heriot Watt University. As part of that programme, as you’ll hear, students earn their degree while pursuing footballing excellence in a set-up that replicates a modern football club. Those players feed into the squad of Heriot Watt University FC, members of the East of Scotland League. A...
E75 - Player Take Over: The Elephants in the Room
December 13, 2022 08:00 - 25 minutes - 17.8 MBMichael Devlin and his former Aberdeen team-mate – and ex-Watford man – Tommie Hoban take us inside footballers’ lives again. The pair talk about Tommie’s terrifying call in which he told the Crewe Alexandra manager that he was quitting the game aged 27 and what happened next. They discuss feeling like the elephant in the room, the problems of being an over-thinker and putting the hours of spare time footballers have to good use. Never read Nutmeg magazine? We have offers on back issues an...
E74 - Player Take Over: Highs, Lows & Turmeric
November 25, 2022 08:00 - 31 minutes - 21.5 MBMichael Devlin updates Daniel Gray on his move to Fleetwood and hitting a maximum high before a crushing low in the space of a few days. Then, Michael’s former Aberdeen team-mate Tommie Hoban joins him again - Michael felt there was still more to discuss about Tommie’s decision to suddenly quit the game aged 27, and other revealing topics about the sheer fragility of being a footballer. Never read Nutmeg magazine? We have offers on back issues and subscriptions. See https://www.nutmegmagaz...
E73 - Player Take Over: Grant Family pt 2
October 14, 2022 08:00 - 41 minutes - 28.7 MBIn the second part of this fascinating conversation, Clyde FC footballing brothers Peter and Raymond Grant chat with their Dad, also Peter, who played hundreds of games for Celtic and Norwich among others before a top flight coaching career. They are joined by Nutmeg’s Daniel Gray. This time, the three discuss the nomadic life of a football family, worrying about each other from the sidelines and the wonder of watching Premier League training sessions as children. Never read Nutmeg magaz...
E72 - Player Take Over: Grant Family pt 1
September 30, 2022 07:00 - 42 minutes - 29.1 MBBrothers Peter and Raymond Grant both play for Clyde. Their Dad, also Peter, played hundreds of games for Celtic and Norwich among others before a stellar coaching career. Here, in the first part of a unique, fascinating chat, the three tell Nutmeg’s Daniel Gray their story. There is conversation about best atmospheres played in and the “buzzing" sound that Old Firm noise becomes from the pitch. They talk too of coaching instructions from the sidelines, including speculation over what is re...
E71 - Player Take Over: Michael Devlin & Tommie Hoban pt 2
September 16, 2022 07:00 - 29 minutes - 20.3 MBAged 27, former Watford defender Tommie Hoban suddenly quit football. In the second part of this latest Player Take Over episode of the podcast, Tommie chats with his former Aberdeen teammate Michael Devlin about the mental damage of long-term injuries. The centre-half pairing also talk about the way injury changes a player’s game, its effects on a footballer’s homelife and how not playing can lead to an identity crisis. Tommie discusses his time at Blackburn Rovers, his spell with Aberdee...
E70 - Player Take Over: Michael Devlin & Tommie Hoban pt 1
September 02, 2022 07:00 - 28 minutes - 19.8 MBAged 27, former Watford defender Tommie Hoban suddenly quit football. In this latest Player Take Over episode of the podcast, his former Aberdeen teammate Michael Devlin, and Nutmeg’s Daniel Gray, ask him about a childhood spent with Arsenal, non-league struggles, establishing himself at Vicarage Road and his early attitude to injuries. They talk too of the pressures placed on promising teenager footballers, a debut asthma attack, squad initiation songs and signing yourself on Football Man...
E69 - Player Take Over: Release & Renewal
August 19, 2022 07:00 - 37 minutes - 25.6 MBWhat does it feel like when a footballer is suddenly told he is no longer wanted? In the Player Take Over this time, Clyde’s ex-Falkirk defender Peter Grant talks Daniel Gray through that exact scenario, played out for him at the beginning of this summer when he was released by Queen’s Park. In a raw, honest and reflective conversation, Peter discusses the impact of that decision, the dilemma over whether to give up on full-time football and the constant uncertainty of a career in the game...
E68 - Player Take Over: Routines & Rituals
August 04, 2022 04:00 - 23 minutes - 16 MBBedtimes and boxer shorts, superstitions and the same pasta sauce… In the Player Take Over this time, Daniel Gray meets Clyde’s ex-Falkirk and Queen’s Park defender Peter Grant to talk Routines and Rituals. In this breezy but informative conversation, the two discuss pre-match food from a footballer and fan viewpoint, the things players and supporters eat and wear to make their teams win and Don Revie’s fear of ornamental elephants. Plus, coffee confusion, cans in Starbuck’s and biscuit ba...
E67 - Player Take Over: Insult and Injury
July 21, 2022 04:00 - 36 minutes - 25.4 MBWhat does it feel like to suffer fan abuse as a footballer? What are the effects on mental health of long term player injuries? How does it feel to be called a 'wage thief'? In this new series format, presenter Daniel Gray is joined by a number of footballers and football types to discuss what matters to them in an honest and open Nutmeg fashion. This is the Player Take Over. For the first two episodes, Scotland cap Michael Devlin is our guest, and after that we’ll be bringing in colleagu...
E67 - Player Take Over: Insult & Injury
July 21, 2022 04:00 - 36 minutes - 25.4 MBWhat does it feel like to suffer fan abuse as a footballer? What are the effects on mental health of long term player injuries? How does it feel to be called a 'wage thief'? In this new series format, presenter Daniel Gray is joined by a number of footballers and football types to discuss what matters to them in an honest and open Nutmeg fashion. This is the Player Take Over. For the first two episodes, Scotland cap Michael Devlin is our guest, and after that we’ll be bringing in colleagu...
E66 - Player Take Over: Intro
July 07, 2022 04:00 - 34 minutes - 23.6 MBThe stadium has had a fresh link of paint, the fixtures are out and we are back. In this new series format, presenter Daniel Gray is joined by a number of footballers and football types to discuss what matters to them in an honest and open Nutmeg fashion. This is the Player Take Over. For the first two episodes, Scotland cap Michael Devlin is our guest, and after that we’ll be bringing in colleagues of his to go inside the game. In this ‘getting to know you’ introductory podcast, Dan and Mi...
E65 - From Blitzkrieg to the Bernabeu: The Basque Refugee Children Who Became Footballers
August 23, 2021 23:00 - 28 minutes - 19.5 MBDaniel Gray tells the incredible tale of the Basque refugee children exiled to Britain during the Spanish Civil War who became professional footballers. Theirs is a compelling, life-affirming story of heartbreak, horror and heroism, and a journey from blitzkrieg to the Bernabeu via Ibrox, Guernica, Alf Ramsey and László Kubala. Never read Nutmeg magazine? We have offers on back issues and subscriptions. See https://www.nutmegmagazine.co.uk/shop Please help us make this podcast by joining...
E64 - Pat Nevin, Accidental Footballer
June 03, 2021 05:00 - 47 minutes - 32.5 MBDaniel Gray and Alan Pattullo are joined by Pat Nevin for a blether about his book The Accidental Footballer, and much besides, from Motherwell to Morrissey. Never read Nutmeg magazine? We have offers on back issues and subscriptions. See https://www.nutmegmagazine.co.uk/shop Please help us make this podcast by joining Nutmeg FC on Patreon. Your money keeps us going and gets you some goodies: https://www.patreon.com/nutmegfc Support the show Come on over to our revamped website and give o...
E64 - Nutmeg Arms: Pat Nevin
June 03, 2021 05:00 - 47 minutes - 32.5 MBOpen those Scampi Fries and sup that pint of mild, it’s our first visit to the Nutmeg Arms, a series of podcast chats in pubs between Daniel Gray, Alan Pattullo and a footballing figure. This time, the pair were joined by Pat Nevin for a blether about his book The Accidental Footballer, and much besides, from Motherwell to Morrissey. Never read Nutmeg magazine? We have offers on back issues and subscriptions. See https://www.nutmegmagazine.co.uk/shop Please help us make this podcast by j...
E63 - Whose Game Is It Anyway?
May 05, 2021 15:00 - 43 minutes - 30.2 MBHost Daniel Gray is joined by acclaimed author Michael Calvin for a chat about his newest book, Whose Game Is It Anyway? Expect a fascinating insight into the meaning of football, Calvin’s journalism career from The Watford Observer to broadsheet travels, the writing process and the football manager who lived on fish and chips. Never read Nutmeg magazine? We have offers on back issues and subscriptions. See https://www.nutmegmagazine.co.uk/shop Please help us make this podcast by joining...
E63 - Book Club: Whose Game Is It Anyway?
May 05, 2021 15:00 - 43 minutes - 30.2 MBPour yourself a pint of prosecco and fill that bowl with Monster Munch: it’s the first ever episode of the Nutmeg Book Club. Host Daniel Gray is joined by acclaimed author Michael Calvin for a chat about his newest work, Whose Game Is It Anyway? Expect a fascinating insight into the meaning of football, Calvin’s journalism career from The Watford Observer to broadsheet travels, the writing process and the football manager who lived on fish and chips. Never read Nutmeg magazine? We have of...
E62 - Interview: Craig Easton
March 17, 2021 16:00 - 1 hour - 43.1 MBFormer Dundee United midfielder and current Cowdenbeath assistant manager Craig Easton joins Daniel Gray for a wide-ranging chat about the imminent fixture pile-up, his career in Scotland and England, the lure of Dundonian nightspots and the joy of animals entering the pitch. Craig talks also of his writing career, playing for the McLeans of Tannadice, Britpop, the moments when pre-match nerves truly hit, favourite old grounds, referees falling over and much more. An entertaining chat as ecl...
E61 - Tartan Army Travels
February 10, 2021 16:00 - 59 minutes - 41.1 MBWhat was Elton John’s view on Stephen Glass? How does Rod Stewart keep up to date with East Fife scorelines? Those vital questions and so much more are covered in this genial conversation between Daniel Gray and Sun writer Ally Ross, BBC man Colin Paterson and ex-Smash Hits editor and Daily Record columnist John McKie. In this mazy dribble of an episode, the trio talk about their Tartan Army travels across the world, including euphoric dejection in Kazakhstan, the importance of talcum powder...
E60 - My Favourite Year: Paul English, Celtic 1987/88
January 22, 2021 12:00 - 45 minutes - 30.9 MBIn the fourth edition of our occasional series My Favourite Year, journalist and broadcaster Paul English joins Daniel Gray for an entertaining gallivant through Celtic’s 1987/88 double-winning season. Our battered old football time machine lands them in a Clydebank car park in the summer of 1987 where they stumble upon Billy McNeill agreeing to become Celts’ boss for a second spell. Then, it’s off for a canter through a magnificent season via a Chris Morris shrine, the beauty of player numb...
Episode 59 - Interview: Don Masson
December 22, 2020 16:00 - 33 minutes - 22.9 MBDaniel Gray is joined by former Scotland international Don Masson, the man who infamously missed a penalty at Argentina ’78. The pair discuss Don’s early days in Banchory and the spiritualist who forecast his career, his move to Middlesbrough and his playing days at Boro, Notts County and QPR. He talks about a crucial penalty he did score – the one that helped Scotland to the World Cup – and the chaos surrounding the Argentinian campaign. And of course, Don reveals his feelings about THAT sp...
Episode 58 - Interview: Ian Crocker
November 19, 2020 05:00 - 39 minutes - 27.1 MBSky Sports commentator Ian Crocker joins Daniel Gray to talk Scotland, Serbia and Somerset Park. In the first part of a chat that oozes love for the Scottish game, Ian talks about his commentary career thus far, from the highs (co-commentating with Bobby Moore…) to the lows (Having “You’re just a fat Harry Potter” chanted at him…), and gives unique insight into broadcasting in the time of Covid. Then, Dan joins an emotional Ian again the morning after the Belgrade night before to ask him abo...
Episode 57 - Snapshot
October 16, 2020 06:00 - 47 minutes - 32.6 MBDaniel Gray is joined by Alan McCredie for a conversational journey through the heartlands of Scottish football. The pair delve into the pages of their new book, Snapshot (published jointly by Nutmeg and Birlinn Publishing), recounting their Saturday roaming from Lowland to island in search of stories, scenes and scraps (from chippies). Buy the book here: https://birlinn.co.uk/product/snapshot/ Never read Nutmeg magazine? We have offers on back issues and subscriptions. See https://www.n...
Episode 56 - Interview: Jim Leighton
September 30, 2020 22:00 - 54 minutes - 37.2 MBFormer Scotland, Aberdeen, Manchester United and Hibernian goalkeeper Jim Leighton chats to Daniel Gray. The two discuss Jim’s early years in Junior football, the influence of his father, Aberdeen glory days, World Cups with Scotland, hard times at Old Trafford and happy ones at Hibs. Plus, insight into the delights of goalkeeping from claiming catches to organising walls, and answers to the questions “Are keepers wired differently?” and “Is there really a goalkeepers’ union?” Jim also talks...
Episode 55 - Steve Clarke’s doorbell and Dundee faces
September 09, 2020 13:00 - 44 minutes - 30.8 MBDaniel Gray is joined by Scotsman football writer Alan Pattullo, Times journalist Kenny Farquharson and Nutmeg publisher Ally Palmer to talk all things magazine issue 17, and whatever else comes up. This conversational meander takes us from the things we can now hear managers and players shouting to the many faces of Tannadice, and from homophobia in men’s football to the first Brazilian players in Scotland. Plus, Kilmarnock joy and despair, the Challenge Cup, Joe Tulip, being blanked by Bin...
Episode 54 - Interview: Iain McMenemy
August 26, 2020 04:00 - 57 minutes - 39.7 MBStenhousemuir FC’s Iain McMenemy joins Daniel Gray to give a unique insight into life as a football club chairman. In a revealing interview, McMenemy details the outstanding community work Stenny have undertaken down the years and their activist role during COVID-19, and takes us behind the scenes of Scottish football’s failures throughout the pandemic. Plus, Norwegian supporters, Space Raiders, insight into life for fans in Coronavirus-era stadiums and the best board room catering revealed....
Episode 53 - Interview: Danny Denholm
July 17, 2020 15:00 - 58 minutes - 39.9 MBEast Fife’s former Arbroath and Forfar winger Danny Denholm chats to our own Daniel Gray. The Lower League Ramblings podcaster and BBC columnist talks about his fitness regime during lockdown, including avoidance of Coco Pops and dodging disposable barbecues on Leith Links. The two Dans discuss: the tiny delights of football, from indirect free-kicks in the box to goalkeepers going forward for corners; life under Dick Campbell at Forfar and Arbroath; the joys of Cappielow, Somerset Park, Cli...
Episode 52 - Archie MacPherson on the Old Firm
July 01, 2020 13:00 - 39 minutes - 27.4 MBLegendary broadcaster and writer Archie MacPherson joins host Daniel Gray to discuss More Than a Game (Luath Press), his new book on ‘Living with the Old Firm’. In this moving and thoughtful conversation about a lifetime of the Celtic v Rangers rivalry, MacPherson takes us back to the Hampden Riot of 1980, The Ibrox Disaster of 1971 and the 1995 murder of Mark Scott, and to his memories of how the fixture charged the atmosphere in the Glasgow of his youth. A compelling dissection of sectaria...
Episode 51 - Quizball, Spam Hill and Proper Grounds
June 19, 2020 04:00 - 1 hour - 56.9 MBIn this conversational canter through issue 16 of the magazine, host Daniel Gray is joined by Nutmeg Publisher Ally Palmer and the author and journalist James Morgan. They discuss the authentic beauty of Scottish football grounds, a promising coaching innovation and other issue 16 highlights. Plus, BBC man Giancarlo Rinaldi on the charisma of Palmerston Park, Ginny Clark on a Queen’s Park legend, Greg Gordon on the genius of Jocky Scott, Jon Spurling on a quiz show in which contestant Ian Ur...
Episode 50 - Birthday Best: Highlights from the Nutmeg Podcast
June 04, 2020 03:00 - 54 minutes - 37.4 MBWe’ve reached 50 episodes, so we’re feeling all sentimental. Here are some of our favourite clips from the podcast, as selected by host Daniel Gray. All of them are taken from over a year ago, so if you have heard them before, you might have forgotten them; if you haven’t, here’s a taster for you to enjoy. Contributors include Christopher Brookmyre, Ron Ferguson, Ricky Ross, Hugh MacDonald, Pat Nevin, Jonathan Watson, Eilidh Doyle, Chris McQueer, Leeann Dempster, Cathy Jamieson, Stuart Cosgr...
Episode 49 - Interview: Jason Thomson
May 21, 2020 03:00 - 57 minutes - 39.2 MBArbroath defender Jason Thomson joins Daniel Gray for a fascinating delve into his 16-year career. Thomson gives a behind-the-scenes insight into rising though the Hearts ranks, life under Vladimir Romanov, happy times at Turnbull Hutton’s Raith and Red Lichties glory with Dick Campbell. In a candid, compelling conversation, Thomson talks about the challenges of starting a first ‘real job’ aged 31, the perils of being a lower division footballer and the anxieties faced by players as they app...
Episode 48 - My Favourite Year: Pat Nevin, Chelsea 1983/84
May 06, 2020 14:00 - 47 minutes - 32.7 MBIn the third edition of our occasional series My Favourite Year, former Scotland international Pat Nevin looks back at Chelsea’s 1983/84 season with Daniel Gray. Nevin was a key part of the Blues team which won England’s Division Two playing a swashbuckling form of attacking football. Plus, the forward reflects angrily on the hooliganism and racism which sometimes marred that era, and reminisces about the music of the time. Expect mazy runs, importing square sausage to London and a lonely ni...
Episode 47 - My Favourite Year: Patrick Barclay, Dundee 1962
April 22, 2020 19:00 - 59 minutes - 41.2 MBIn the second edition of our occasional series My Favourite Year, esteemed football writer Patrick Barclay looks back upon Dundee’s ‘long’ 1962 with Daniel Gray. A beguiling tale of a time when Dundee won the league, raced to the European Cup semi-finals in a haze of goals and played the best football many ever saw. Plus, Ian Ure eating a pebble and what happens when you wear a tailored green suit to Ibrox. Never read Nutmeg magazine? We have offers on back issues and all previous digital ...
Episode 46 - My Favourite Year: Richard Gordon, Aberdeen 1982/83
April 08, 2020 20:00 - 48 minutes - 33.1 MBIn the first of our occasional series My Favourite Year, BBC Scotland broadcaster Richard Gordon looks back upon Aberdeen’s wonderful 1982/83 season with Daniel Gray. An almost impossible tale of domestic and European success, mesmerising football and dodgy waterproofs from Gothenburg department stores. Never read Nutmeg magazine? We have offers on back issues and all previous digital editions are free until April 30th 2020. See https://www.nutmegmagazine.co.uk/shop Support the show Come o...
Episode 45 - Elvis, 7-a-side and the beautiful north
March 25, 2020 17:00 - 42 minutes - 29 MBA rummage around the pages of Nutmeg issue 15. Editor Ally Palmer and Alan Russell of Supporters Direct Scotland join host Daniel Gray to talk about the game’s sudden halt, the rise of supporter club ownership, the football friend who turned out to be a neo-Nazi, Elvis’ visit to Ayrshire and more. Plus, David F. Ross pays homage to 7-a-side, and ‘Silent Saturday’, an article from Nutmeg’s Lost Weekends webpage. Never read Nutmeg magazine? We have offers on back issues and all previous digi...
Episode 44 - Interview: Michael Stewart part 2
March 11, 2020 11:00 - 52 minutes - 36.1 MBFormer Manchester United, Hearts and Hibs midfielder, and now media pundit, Michael Stewart chats again to host Daniel Gray. This time, Michael gives a compelling account of his last days as a player, including his dealings with Turkish football, Leeds United and Ian Holloway, and he reveals a shocking and fabricated rumour that undermined his chances of finding a club. He talks also about punditry and the football media in general, and about his political activism. Support the show Come on...
Episode 43 - Interview: Brian McClair part 2
February 24, 2020 05:00 - 39 minutes - 27 MBPart two of ex-Manchester United, Celtic and Scotland star Brian McClair’s chat with host Daniel Gray. This time McClair speaks about leaving Celtic for Old Trafford, life under Alex Ferguson, playing alongside Giggs, Cantona et al and Gucci money clips. Plus, his role in the birth of the Premier League, inflatable wrestlers, Euro 92, Sonic the Hedgehog with Gary Pallister and watching games through windows. Support the show Come on over to our revamped website and give our print offering a...
Episode 42 - Documentary: Behind the scenes with A View From the Terrace
February 10, 2020 05:00 - 47 minutes - 32.4 MBThe makers of hit BBC Scotland television series A View from the Terrace open their studio doors to Nutmeg. Our man Daniel Gray meets producer Andy Maas, director Jordan Laird, BBC Commissioning Executive David Harron, show presenter Craig Telfer and prop artist Sophie Lant. A fascinating glance into how television is made, the wider context of football on TV and supporter media, from fanzines to podcasts. Warning: Includes whistling, the odd F-word, an upbeat approach to Scottish football, ...
Episode 42 - Documentary: Behind the scenes with A View From the Terrace
February 10, 2020 05:00 - 47 minutes - 32.4 MBThe makers of hit BBC Scotland television series A View from the Terrace open their studio doors to Nutmeg. Our man Daniel Gray meets producer Andy Maas, director Jordan Laird, BBC Commissioning Executive David Harron, show presenter Craig Telfer and prop artist Sophie Lant. A fascinating glance into how television is made, the wider context of football on TV and supporter media, from fanzines to podcasts. Warning: Includes whistling, the odd F-word, an upbeat approach to Scottish football, ...
Episode 41 - Interview: Brian McClair part 1
January 27, 2020 05:00 - 48 minutes - 33 MBEx-Manchester United, Celtic and Scotland star Brian McClair talks to Daniel Gray. In this first part of the interview, McClair speaks about life with Eric Cantona, childhood football in Airdrie, early playing days at Motherwell and his Celtic career including the last-day 1986 title win. The pair also discuss footballers’ voting habits, Panini stickers and Keswick Pencil Museum. Support the show Come on over to our revamped website and give our print offering a try: Take me to your wonderf...
Episode 40 - Interview: Michael Stewart part 1
January 13, 2020 06:00 - 55 minutes - 37.9 MBFormer Manchester United, Hearts and Hibs midfielder, and now media pundit, Michael Stewart chats to host Daniel Gray. An honest, colourful account of life under Alex Ferguson, the reign of Vladimir Romanov and the magic of chippy sauce. Part two coming soon. Support the show Come on over to our revamped website and give our print offering a try: Take me to your wonderful words
Episode 39 - East Fife, Status Quo and the scent of Steven Gerrard
December 06, 2019 03:00 - 43 minutes - 30.1 MBA delve into the pages of Nutmeg magazine issue #14. Former Scotsman newspaper deputy editor Donald Walker joins Nutmeg editor Ally Palmer and host Daniel Gray for a discussion on East Fife legend Ernie McGarr, the allure of park football, David Murray’s bid for Ayr United and the amazing thighs of John McGinn. Includes poetry from Stephen Watt and magazine excerpts. Support the show Come on over to our revamped website and give our print offering a try: Take me to your wonderful words
Episode 38 - Music & Football 2
November 22, 2019 05:00 - 27 minutes - 18.8 MBChris Geddes, keyboardist with Belle and Sebastian, Douglas MacIntyre of the Creeping Bent record label and Mogwai guitarist Stuart Braithwaite chat to Daniel Gray in our second Music and Football podcast. Chitter-chatter about in-ground music, which footballers could be in bands and more. Support the show Come on over to our revamped website and give our print offering a try: Take me to your wonderful words
Episode 37 - Interview: Michael Grant
November 08, 2019 05:00 - 48 minutes - 33.3 MBMichael Grant, The Times newspaper’s Scottish Football Correspondent, chats to Daniel Gray. The Aberdeen fan talks about 1980s glory days, his sadness at the impending closure of Pittodrie, and life as a football writer then and now. Support the show Come on over to our revamped website and give our print offering a try: Take me to your wonderful words