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083 Gordon Robertson: Junior Cup final suits Yoker after shocking Petershill & 12 years at Clydebank
Down The Divisions - April 22, 2022 06:11 - 1 hourLAST weekend Gordon Robertson steered Yoker Athletic into their first Scottish Junior Cup final for 86 years in just his tenth game in charge. He might not have decided which suit he’ll wear for the final against Auchinleck Talbot – but things are clearly looking good for the Holm Park side. G...
082 Alex McDowall: Replacing the Junior Cup, bumper prize money, why the conferences don’t work, reopening SJFA membership & life at Gartcairn
Down The Divisions - April 15, 2022 15:48 - 1 hourIT'S the semi-finals of the Scottish Junior Cup this weekend as Auchinleck Talbot play Kirkintilloch Rob Roy and Petershill take on Yoker. But if Alex McDowall has his way there will only be one more season of the competition in its current guise. The chief operating officer at the Scottish Ju...
081 Ryan Caddis & Andy Bell: Making their mark at Craigmark, FIFA red tape, taekwando & going viral PLUS Jamie Nesbitt on double celebration with Thorniewood
Down The Divisions - April 08, 2022 19:35 - 1 hourAS a kid Ryan Caddis gave taekwondo the heave-ho to play football instead. After a successful career in the amateurs and juniors he and Andy Bell landed their first jobs as co-bosses of Craigmark Burntonians last year. Early on Ryan had to buy HIMSELF as a player. But it’s been a debut season...
080 Jamie McKim: Johnstone Burgh injustice in derby, promotion hopes & recruitment PLUS Adam Hopes on The Drum’s Conference C D-Day
Down The Divisions - April 01, 2022 20:08 - 1 hourJAMIE McKIM once joined a team as a player knowing he’d get less game time there – but he’d enjoy the training more. It’s something that’s stayed with him as he moved into the dugout. The Johnstone Burgh boss takes a break from trying to steer his side into the West of Scotland League’s second...
079 Andy Souter: Grounds for optimism at Lanark, wearing pinnies Stateside & a better system for kids being freed at the top level
Down The Divisions - March 11, 2022 17:22 - 1 hourLANARK UNITED have had to play their home games away from Moor Park after it was damaged during the recent storms. But there’s been plenty of grounds for optimism at the Yowes after they were taken over by a new management team. They still prop up the West of Scotland League’s Conference C – b...
078 Chris Cameron on reviving Neilston & the shock end to his playing career PLUS Sean Kenney on promotion for Ardeer
Down The Divisions - March 03, 2022 22:38 - 1 hourCHRIS CAMERON grew frustrated watching Neilston tumble down the tables when he was on the outside. Now he’s one of the men back on the inside determined to take The Farmer’s Boys back up. Chris shares the Brig O’Lea management duties with Derek Carson and joins us this week. He tells us how g...
077 Brian Blair on winning Div 4 after changing mentalities at Finnart PLUS Kennie Young on what happens next & should new teams join
Down The Divisions - February 25, 2022 16:21 - 1 hourFINNART became the first trophy winners in the West of Scotland League last week as they wrapped up the Division Four title. Their boss Brian Blair joins us on the show and tells us where he wants to take the club – and the work they’re doing to ensure it happens. We hear how he’s having to ch...
076 Craig Palmer: Getting Arthurlie up & running after learning to walk again plus the moaners and farters in the Dunterlie dressing room
Down The Divisions - February 18, 2022 15:56 - 59 minutesCRAIG PALMER had to learn to walk again after suffering a horror accident at work. But now he’s the player turned assistant manager who’s getting Arthurlie up and running again. The Barrhead side have played 20 league games this season – and incredibly they’ve won 19 and drawn the other. Crai...
075 Neil Schoneville: Following a Gow legend as boss, the death of the old centre-half and why Colin O’Neill made him cry
Down The Divisions - February 11, 2022 16:07 - 1 hourNEIL SCHONEVILLE was handed his first manager’s job last April after Lesmahagow boss Rab Irving moved upstairs following a 17-year association with the club. With just two players signed for the season, Neil had to work quickly to rebuild a squad which had drifted away after The Gow skipped the...
074 Newmains United takeover, Craig Menzies on joining Pollok, Paul’s team of the season so far and the question about next term’s Division Three.
Down The Divisions - February 04, 2022 10:38 - 59 minutesAfter Paul quit as co-manager at Newmains United there have been more developments at the club this week. Paul gives us the latest as one era ends at Victoria Park and another begins Craig Menzies also joins us to discuss his move to Premier League leaders Pollok at the age of 35 – and Southy’s...
073 Mark Daly: Spud on losing his chips at Wishaw, Paul’s reasons for quitting Newmains & Moff miffed at Bankies cup drama
Down The Divisions - January 28, 2022 14:00 - 1 hourTo most folks he’s known as Spud - and this week Mark Daly tells us why managing Wishaw became a bit of a hot potato. Mark quit the Beltane club in December after initially saying he wanted to leave six weeks earlier. He joins us on the show to lift the lid on why he fell out of love with the ...
072 Jimmy Quigley: becoming Renfrew boss after 21 years, winning & losing Scottish Cup on same day and a Big Mac breakfast to start his testimonial
Down The Divisions - October 29, 2021 20:24 - 1 hourAS a kid Jimmy Quigely helped paint the railings at Renfrew’s ground. Now, after a 21 year association as player and coach, he's the man in charge. Jimmy took over permanently from the long-serving Colin Clark at the start of the month after an interim spell. And he’s started on fire – winnin...
071 Brian Crawford: Football Manager to football manager at Larkhall, losing his job for scoring a winner & doing his cruciate after refusing to come off
Down The Divisions - October 22, 2021 17:32 - 1 hourBRIAN CRAWFORD went from playing Football Manager the game to – well – being a football manager. The Larkhall Thistle boss will never forget the chance he got to play in the juniors at 17. And that’s why he’ll never shy away from giving youth a chance. Brian tells us about life at the oldest ...
070 Alan Robertson: Bonnyton in with the big boys, club man at Killie & Boydy & Naisy PLUS Murdo MacKinnon on Pollok‘s double drama
Down The Divisions - October 08, 2021 17:02 - 1 hourALAN ROBERTSON is the man who reared the likes of Kris Boyd and Steven Naismith as Kilmarnock’s head of youth. But now he’s trying to get Bonnyton Thistle to grow up fast. After leaving the South of Scotland League for the West, they were immediately plunged into the top flight. It’s been a s...
069 Tony McInally Part 2 on tennis & fancy suits, Kennie Young on phases to the finish & Sean Kenney on fireworks at Ardeer
Down The Divisions - September 24, 2021 16:22 - 1 hourIT was 15 love to football when Tony McInally chose to go with it rather than tennis when he was 14. But then he fell out of love with the game in his early 20s and went and played amateur with his mates instead. Stepping down helped him step back up and he would go onto have a successful play...
068 Tony McInally Part 1: coal thieving in Cumnock, a year‘s ban for a first offence at Shotts & life at Pollok PLUS Mark Mackay‘s Best of the West
Down The Divisions - September 17, 2021 18:15 - 1 hourTONY McINALLY was the manager in waiting as a player who’s won most things he can in the dugout. Now he’s trying to take Cumnock back to where they belong. A win at Darvel last weekend showed just what he’s building at Townhead Park. Tony joins us on the show this week and in the first of two...
067 Peter Higgins: Royal Albert being made to pay the penalty and why he nearly quit after 30 years
Down The Divisions - September 10, 2021 20:01 - 1 hourROYAL ALBERT were the first club in Scottish football history to score a spotkick. But last week they were unhappy about a penalty of a different kind. The Lanarkshire-based outfit were hit with a £500 fine and docked three points for fielding an ineligible player. They admitted they had made...
066 Prof John McKendrick: refereeing where it started, warmups, red cards, Michael Palin & child poverty
Down The Divisions - September 03, 2021 21:16 - 1 hourJOHN McKENDRICK is a referee who got his break in the juniors before taking charge of over 300 senior games. But after retiring from top level football he wasn’t finished - and wanted to go back to where it all began. Now every weekend you’ll find John – Professor John to give him his full tit...
065 Mark Mackay: Vale of Clyde exit & early season departures plus his 13-second red card
Down The Divisions - August 20, 2021 20:00 - 1 hourVALE OF CLYDE still thought Mark Mackay could do it - but instead on Monday night their former boss was B&Qing it. There aren’t many jobs Mark didn't do during his four year spell bossing The Tin Pail. But last weekend he called it quits as manager. The club didn’t want him to go. But rather...
064 Lugar BT's Greg Gallagher & Andy Reid on their Rosebank revival, Greg's axe at Craigmark & serial winner Andy's lessons learned at Blackburn
Down The Divisions - July 23, 2021 17:34 - 1 hourGREG GALLAGHER and Andy Reid first got to know each other as kids in the primary school classroom. Now they’re determined to help Lugar Boswell Thistle get better marks on the pitch. They passed their first test after seeing off Saltcoats Victoria on day one of the West of Scotland League seas...
063 Keith Gibson on Harmony Row joining the senior ranks, David Gormley on building a squad in a week at Broomhill & Jamie McKenzie on leaving Lanark
Down The Divisions - July 16, 2021 17:17 - 1 hourTHIS weekend sees the big kick off in many of the leagues below the SPFL. One of the newest sides in the West of Scotland League is also one with a proud past. Harmony Row have made their name bringing through kids. But this summer they’ve added the final piece of the jigsaw by starting their ...
062 Thomas Devine: Hamilton Palace & his Forth love affair, relegated two hours after joining the management team and going it alone in the dugout
Down The Divisions - July 09, 2021 20:35 - 1 hourTHOMAS DEVINE’S love affair with Forth started in the Hamilton Palace nightclub. After nine years as a player and a spell as co-boss, he’s been the sole man in charge at Kingshill since last November. Thomas joins us on the show this week ahead of their league opener against Shotts on July 13....
062 Thomas Devine: Hamilton Palace & his Forth love affair plus being relegated two hours after moving onto the management team
Down The Divisions - July 09, 2021 20:35 - 1 hourTHOMAS DEVINE’S love affair with Forth started in the Hamilton Palace nightclub. After nine years as a player and a spell as co-boss, he’s been the sole man in charge at Kingshill since last November. Thomas joins us on the show this week ahead of their league opener against Shotts on July 13....
061 Chris Mackie Part 2: Regrets, motivated by Moet, a burger van move, hero to villain at St Anthony's & scoring in the Scottish PLUS Maybole's new club anthem
Down The Divisions - June 24, 2021 22:07 - 1 hourBY his own admission Chris Mackie took his playing career for granted. The Fauldhouse boss was a man of many clubs when he had the boots on. Chris told us about his hopes and aspirations for The Hoose in the first part of interview in episode 58. But this time we hear some frank talking as he...
060 James Orr: letting Cumbernauld Colts off the leash, buying a poodle to stay out the doghouse & being dropped because of his hair
Down The Divisions - June 18, 2021 16:35 - 1 hourJAMES ORR has had to buy his wife a miniature poodle to stop her moaning about his football. But now he’s looking forward to letting his Cumbernauld Colts side off the leash in the Lowland League this season. James joins us on the show this week and gives us the lowdown on things at Broadwood....
059 Sean Kenney: missing out on WoSFL then taking Kilbride Thistle to Ardeer plus why he hopes Billy Gilmour starts for Scotland
Down The Divisions - June 11, 2021 18:18 - 1 hourSEAN KENNEY couldn’t take his Kilbride Thistle side into the West of Scotland League - so he took them to Ardeer instead. Kenney had hoped to get Kilbride into the division being created for new teams. But when that didn’t happen he jumped at the chance to move to struggling Stevenston-based A...
058 Jamie McKenzie: managing at 25, plans for Lanark, unfinished business at Gartcairn & why he could have done more as a player
Down The Divisions - June 04, 2021 19:57 - 58 minutesJAMIE McKENZIE was just 25 when he was thrust into the dugout at Elgin. But he landed a manager of the month award just a few weeks later. While he’d return to focus on playing, it was enough to give him the bug for being a boss and so it wasn’t long before he was getting involved in coaching ...
057 Chris Mackie part 1: rebuilding Fauldhouse and why they should be heading west, not east
Down The Divisions - May 28, 2021 17:35 - 45 minutesCHRIS MACKIE took over at Fauldhouse a year ago – but has only managed two games in that time. A squad transformed by the man of many clubs as a player returned to training last week. They’re gearing up for their first season in the East of Scotland League after quitting the juniors at the end...
056 Dom McInally: Rossvale chairman on return to original ground & new sides entering WoSFL
Down The Divisions - May 21, 2021 15:24 - 54 minutesROSSVALE are on the move again – BACK to where it all began. The club have announced they’ll no longer play home games at Benburb’s New Tinto Park. Instead they’ll return to Petershill Park, where they made their debut at this level ten years ago. Chairman Dom McInally joins us this week to t...
055: Mick Kennedy on colts teams & Kieran McAnespie on attitude, World Cup 98 & Babestation
Down The Divisions - May 14, 2021 15:14 - 1 hourWE’RE reaching the business end of the season – and the Lowland League have already secured cash for their clubs for next term. Rangers and Celtic have agreed to stump up to allow their colt teams to enter the setup. The Lowland League say it’s just for one season but it’s a decision which has...
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