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This week Gavin & Owen analyse notable events from the Scottish League Cup, including a spot of Fife Justice administered to settle a dispute over a stray ball, talk through the fortunes of our clubs in Europe, pick our own 11s for Scotland v Russia and Belgium and turn our attention to a key early season clash in the Lowland League. 00:32 - League Cup including East Fife v Rangers and Motherwell v Hearts 15:25 - European results for Celtic and Rangers plus a focus on Aberdeen and news about women's Champions League 34:10 - Our selections for Scotland's upcoming European Championships qualifiers 50:36 - Match in focus this week is BSC Glasgow v Caledonian Braves in the Lowland League Are you Pure Fitbaw? Subscribe, rate and review for the stories, tactics, stats and rumours about football in Scotland, and beyond, for fans by fans. Follow www.twitter.com/PureFitbaw to join the community and read the stories on www.purefitbaw.com

On this week's show Gavin and Owen discuss a high scoring lower league game, all of the Scottish Premiership action, what Celtic should do with the Kieran Tierney fee and Scottish players in the English Premier League. 2:20 - Falkirk v Dumbarton. 8:00 - Rangers v Hibs 15:49 - St Johnstone v Livingston 19:55 - St Mirren v Aberdeen 27:11 - Hearts v Ross County 33:50 - Hamilton v Kilmarnock 38:40 - Motherwell v Celtic 45:30 - Tierney Millions (the goalkeeper, fullbacks and Scott Brown replacement Celtic should spend on) 56:40 - Scots in the EPL (ahead of the Belgium and Russia games we talk thru the Scottish players in the English Premier League) Are you Pure Fitbaw? Subscribe, rate and review for the stories, tactics, stats and rumours about football in Scotland, and beyond, for fans by fans. Follow www.twitter.com/PureFitbaw to join the community and read the stories on www.purefitbaw.com

Owen Brown 10:26 PM (12 minutes ago) to me Watching Through A Periscope As Scottish league action returns Gavin & Owen analyse and debate a bunch of matches, talking through stats, tactics and shocks. 00:50 - Celtic v St Johnstone 7:10 - Ross County v Hamilton Accies 11:24 - Hibs v St Mirren 15:30 - Livingston v Motherwell 21:35 - Kilmarnock v Rangers 28:50 - Aberdeen v Hearts 39:45 - Cove Rangers v Edinburgh City 44:40 A round up of Birmingham City breaking xG, reaction to the Oli McBurnie transfer, Scott McKenna’s transfer request and would Kieran Tierney be a good fit at Arsenal Are you Pure Fitbaw? Subscribe, rate and review for the stories, tactics, stats and rumours about football in Scotland, and beyond, for fans by fans. Follow www.twitter.com/PureFitbaw to join the community and read the stories on www.purefitbaw.com

On 'Keep Your Receipts', the 27th episode of the Pure Fitbaw podcast, Owen Brown and Gavin Miller predict where each team will finish in the 2019/20 Scottish Premiership. We also identify one area each team could improve while the transfer window is open and give a run down of the prizes available to you in our Fantasy Football Scotland league. 4:55 - Aberdeen 8:40 - Celtic 13:46 - Hamilton Accies 17:35 - Hearts 22:20 - Hibs 26:03 - Kilmarnock 30:12 - Livingston 35:06 - Motherwell 39:08 - Rangers 44:07 - Ross County 45:10 - St Johnstone 52:45 - St Mirren Are you Pure Fitbaw? Subscribe, rate, review to the podcast and send us your own predictions for this season to www.twitter.com/PureFitbaw and sign up to the Pure Fitbaw league by downloading the app at www.twitter.com/FantasyScotland and using pin code 02RIBDDH

On this bonus episode of the pod we discuss the cross border transfers between the EFL and The Scottish Premiership with Ali Maxwell from NTT20 Podcast ( https://twitter.com/ntt20pod?lang=en) as well as what to expect from Paul "Hecky" Heckingbottom at Hibs and where has it gone wrong for Jack Ross. Are you Pure Fitbaw? Subscribe, rate, review on Itunes, read our articles at www.PureFitbaw.com and follow us for opinion, news and discussions at www.twitter.com/PureFitbaw 02:31 -An insight into Paul Heckingbottom and Looking at Hibs transfers from the EFL - Doidge/James/Newell/Vela/Maxwell/Jackson 13:34 - Old firm raids on the EFL - Connell/Aribo/Edmundson 21:35 - Ali talks about the Scottish players in the EFL that he likes and his appreciation for McGinn and Fleck who are English Premiership bound. 24:46 - Jack Ross and what has been happening at Sunderland and some questions around performance and recruitment 29:49 - The Scottish cohort at Swansea and some love for Oli McBurnie's Instagram game.

On 'The Bootleg Zlatan', the 25th episode of the Pure Fitbaw podcast, co-hosts Gavin Miller and Owen Brown talk English Premier League centre forwards, new Scottish Premiership signings and take aim at xenophobia and clickbaitism in football media. Are you Pure Fitbaw? Subscribe, rate, review on Itunes, read our articles at www.PureFitbaw.com and follow us for opinion, news and discussions at www.twitter.com/PureFitbaw 01:30 - 10 EPL strikers. Gavin and Owen each pick five English Premier League centre forwards they are excited to watch in 2019/20 with a focus on stats and playing style. 22:15 - SPFL Scouting. We then scout some new Scottish Premiership signings giving our opinions on Cece Pepe, Aymen Souda, Jermaine Hylton, Sherriff Seedorf, Josh Vela, Korede Adedoyin & more as well some thoughts about tactical issues with attempts to build from the back at some of the bottom 6 teams. 46:02 - Xenophibia & Clickbaitism. Finally we air our concerns about the wind up content of some Scottish opinion co

Women's football in Scotland, the Scottish League Cup and transfers in the Scottish Championship are the focus for Gavin Miller and Owen Brown on the 24th episode of the Pure Fitbaw podcast. 07:15 - Women's Football Update: Owen talks through some detail about the Women's Under 19 European Championship which kicks off in Scotland this week and the domestic SWPL season which starts its second half on August 4th. We ask if Glasgow City, league winners 12 times in a row, are too dominant domestically and if this is an issue for the game? 15:39 - Women's Football Debate: We debate Easter Rd being used as the senior Scotland women's team's home stadium and talk about venues in the SWPL and the impact of those on the development of the sport. Next, we have a back and forth what can be done to attract more people to watch the women's game in Scotland. 37:30 - League Cup: We talk analyse Hearts v Dundee United & St Mirren v Dunfermline Athletic before talking through other notable results and performances 51:40

Champions League & Europa League qualifiers, attacking midfield squad congestion at Celtic & Rangers and young players to look out for in the Scottish 2019/20 season are the topics for Gavin Miller & Owen Brown on the 23rd episode, 'Send The Coefficient Gravy', of the Pure Fitbaw podcast. 00:45 - "How could you falter when you're the rock of Gilbratar?" Well Jay (https://open.spotify.com/track/34KUIBsIUiPV7oCIzSdDAU), we talk through the St Josephs v Rangers Europa League qualifier with Gavin's analysis of each goal and Owen's views on new players such as Sheyi Ojo and Joe Aribo to explain how the away win in Giibraltar was achieved. 16:50 - The Champions League qualifier between FK Sarajevo and Celtic gets taken apart like the target of a Sarajevan sliding tackle in the soaking rain. We discuss Mikey Johnston, Odsonne Edouard, new left back Boli Bolingoli and a surprise cameo from Lewis Morgan. 31:03 - We pick apart the squad congestion in attacking midfield roles at Celtic and Rangers.

On the 22nd episode of the Pure Fitbaw podcast co-hosts Owen Brown and Gavin Miller take a look at the 2019 summer transfer window: 04:00 - Busy Top Teams:Real Madrid’s need for shots and a retool, Dortmund buying Bundesliga experience, the congested midfield at Juventus and Atletico Madrid’s João Felix move & defensive rebuild. 22:45 - Scottish Interest:Valuing Kieran Tierney, thoughts on Weah to Lille, Oyo & Aribo to Rangers and John McGinn & Ryan Gauld rumours. 36:44 - Notable Transfers:We put the spotlight on Diawara, Fornals, Lafont, Promes & have a disagreement about the Cillesen/Neto swap. 43:35 - Teams To Watch:Gavin picks out VFL Wolfsburg (Glasner, Schlager, Mbabu) and Bologna (Sabatini, Orsolini, Pulgar) as teams to watch in the 19/20 season and we touch on Genk, Atleti & Southampton too. 54:00 - Old Elite CFs:As Aguero, Cavani, Suarez, Lewandowski & more age out who can replace them & will next summer be crazy if moves aren’t made now? Piatek, Werner, Icardi and more ge

Gav is joined with special guest Chris Samson from Sports Marketing Scotland as Owen laps up the Lisbon sun. Chris takes as through the rights and wrongs of marketing in Scotland and we cover the goings on this week.

On the twentieth episode of the Pure Fitbaw podcast Gavin Miller (www.twitter.com/PureFitbaw) and Owen Brown (www.twitter.com/OwenJamesBrown) talk about the stats, rumours, people and stories of football in Scotland and beyond. 1:35 - We let out some seethe straight after Scotland v Argentina with VAR, the rules, moaning fans & managers, our midfield & Shelly Kerr all under the microscope. 10:05 - Owen asks Gavin’s opinion on Kilmarnock’s appointment of Angelo Alessio. Interesting facts, possible loans & tactics and views on what an assistant manager actually does. 19:55 - We grade the Premiership Top 6 from A-F based on results, stats & squads. For once we give different marks & also disagree on how many goals Curtis Main scores next season. 55:55 - The David Turnbull saga rumbles on so we talk Norwich, aspirations as a starlet and more. Please subscribe, rate, review and tell a friend!

The 19th episode of the Pure Fitbaw podcast with Gavin Miller (www.twitter.com/PureFitbaw) and Owen Brown (www.twitter.com/OwenJamesBrown). Subscribe, rate and review please! 1:15 - We talk Scotland Women’s World Cup opener v England. Tactics, handballs and Owen’s all blue kit frustrations. 10:04 - Owen gets a bit critical about Steve Clarke’s first game in charge & Gavin pins the blame on someone for the Cypriot goal before we rejoice in 3 points. 23:40 - A discussion of Scotland’s surprising line up v Belgium, breakdowns of the goals & tactical issues against Hazard’s movement. 40:00 - Owen talks general takeaways from the two men’s games, touching on lack of call offs, some problem positions, desire for a smaller selection pool & hope for future. 49:22 - David Turnbull to Celtic. Will they won’t they drama rumbles on as we talk price, impact on both squads & the player’s strengths.

On this special, bonus episode of the Pure Fitbaw podcast Gavin Miller (www.twitter.com/PureFitbaw) and Owen Brown (www.twitter.com/OwenJamesBrown) talk about the 2019 Under 21 European Championships which kick off on the 16th of June. 02:40 - Gavin thinks that Fraser Hornby, top scorer in Scotland's qualification group for this tournament, has the best hair in the Scottish set up. So who has the second best hair and does it help you win football matches? 05:35 - Information about the tournament including eligibility rules, nations participating and Scottish connections before detail about the 2017 under 21 Euros 'Team of the Tournament', including a surprise at right back, and Owen's experience of watching it on holiday in Barcelona and falling in love with Dani Ceballos. 14:15 - Gavin talks, position by position, through his team of 11 players to look out for at the tournament including a hotly tipped Polish goalie who beat the xG gods to a crazy extent in a Serie A match this season and two players playi

On the seventeeth episode of the Pure Fitbaw podcast, with co-hosts Owen Brown (www.twitter.com/OwenJamesBrown) and Gavin Miller (www.twitter.com/PureFitbaw), details of all the football out there for you to watch in June and: 01:39 - After Andy Ruiz Jr shocked the boxing world we ask what was the upset of the Scottish football season? Expect the magic of the cup, watching games with your Granny and chat about swapping sportsmen from one sport to another. 10:50 - Gavin and Owen grade each of the bottom six (Dundee, St Mirren, Hamilton Accies, Livingston, Motherwell and St Johnstone ) in this season's Scottish Premiership from A to F based on league position, cup results, performances, stats and the state they've left their playing squad in. 44:32 - We talk about the Champions League and Europa League finals, celebrating the achievements of 'our Andy' and how the treatment by the media of Maurizio Sarri ties into treatment of the new or unknown in Scottish football. Please subscribe, review and rate and join o

In the 16th episode of the Pure Fitbaw podcast Gavin (www.twitter.com/PureFitbaw) and Owen (www.twitter.com/OwenJamesBrown) talk: 00:30 Our review of the Premiership playoff with discussion of the tactics, John Beaton’s House Rules, penalty shootout & the controversial act of celebrating victory. 15:40 Next up is the Scottish Cup final. Full backs, youth v experience and Odsonne Edouard on the agenda. 26:09 - Third in the running order is chat about Celtic’s job offer to Neil Lennon. 35:50 - Owen & Gavin react to Steve Clarke’s first ever Scotland squad. Please subscribe, review and rate!

On 'Kris Boyd's Foamy Remnants', the 15th episode of the Pure Fitbaw podcast, co-hosts Owen (@OwenJamesBrown) and Gavin (@PureFitbaw) discuss; 2:30 - Which SPFL player would u like to throw a milkshake at? 8:00 - Review of final Premiership fixtures of 18/19 touching on Turnbull, Johnston & more. 30:30 - Kilmarnock seal 3rd & European football. We chat positives & risks. 39:45 - Owen says ‘Yaaaaaaasssssss’ to Steve Clarke as we discuss his appointment, fixtures, style & squad. 48:10 - Scotland Women World Cup squad, Jamaica friendly & PF meet up. 52:45 - Our thoughts on Dundee United’s season, playing strengths & weaknesses ahead of play off v St Mirren. 63:00 - Pure Speculation with the best & worst rumours of the week in Scotland

Frenkie Goes To Motherwell (Ep 14) 1:40 - A recap of the relegation six pointer between St Mirren & Hamilton. 6:00 - Owen & Gavin give their thoughts on Rangers v Celtic including yet more Glen Kamara propaganda & questions over Neil Lennon getting the job. 15:30 - Owen ditches stats for tactics & outlines How To Beat Rangers 31:00 - Premiership wknd review with a focus on Aberdeen’s loss of Shinnie, Hearts’ poor form, Kenny Miller as Dundee player manager, Seny Dieng’s first clean sheet, Steve Clarke’s first smile of 2019, Heckingbottom’s honesty, Gavin’s hatred of Murray Davidson & the difference between Jake Hastie and Frenkie de Jong. 48:20 - St Johnstone are our club in focus. Selling Zander Clark, squad and season review and thoughts on next season.

That’s A Hostile Takeover. Pure Fitbaw episode 13 with Owen Brown (@owenjamesbrown) & Gavin Miller (@PureFitbaw) 1:03 - A look at the Championship survival by part-timers Alloa Athletic. For more about The Wasps’ season read this week’s PureFitbaw.com article. 5:55 - We discuss promotion & relegation play offs throughout the leagues, fixtures to look out for and our predictions. 11.25 - Jonatan Johansson’s exit from the Greenock Morton manager role (read more at PureFitbaw.com) & some potential replacements. 21:35 - We debate the PFA Scotland team of season & award winners. 37:34 - Rangers are our featured club this week & we review their season, talk about the squad & next season. Expect opinions, stats and player comparisons.

Pure Fitbaw 12: Jose’s Wild Eyes Are Gone Gavin Miller (www.twitter.com/PureFitbaw) and Owen Brown (ww.twitter.com/OwenJamesBrown) 00:40 - We recap the Premiership action with mentions for hat-trick hero Turnbull, Mullen’s screamer, Shaughnessy being dropped, Hearts’ young midfield, Aberdeen’s flatness & Celtic’s fullbacks. 22:30 - Celtic are our featured club this week with a focus on loan players, style changes under Lennon, Owen speculates about priorities for the club in the near future & Gavin asks what they can learn from Ajax. 54:30 - A look at football strips in the week that Rangers announced they would be wearing an Aberdeen top in away matches next season & Ayr United pulled a sexist attention seeking stunt. Also, Gavin calls for an end to third kits. 62:05 - We each pick a ‘not the Old Firm team of the season’. Send us your own pick!

In the eleventh episode of the Pure Fitbaw podcast, The Alex McLeish Sympathy Bandwagon, Gavin (www.twitter.com/PureFitbaw) and Owen (www.twitter.com/OwenJamesBrown) discuss: 00:33 - Scottish Premiership review. Our thoughts about recent action and results and what's to come for various teams and managers. 10:30 - Under the radar talent. We pick out Daryl Horgan, Glen Kamara, Alex Gorrin and Greg Taylor as some players that may not get the headlines but deserve praise. 27:00 - Livingston FC. We talk Livi's incredible season, highlighting results, stats and what to look out for in 19/20. 42:25 - Scottish Championship relegation fight. Thoughts on the state of play in this finely poised division including predictions! 48:45 - Scotland manager. Our takes on the favourites for the Scotland job, Owen reads out Malky McKay's texts, Gavin rubbishes the record of 'lazy progressive choice' Scott Gemmill & we suggest options you won't see on any bookie's list. Thanks for listening. Follow Pure Fitbaw on facebook/tw