Anyone's Game: Women's football podcast

Bonus episode: Celtic head coach Fran Alonso and Stirling University's Mariluz Sanchez

Every football career is unique – Celtic manager Fran Alonso and Stirling University player Mariluz Sanchez both found their way from Spain to Scotland.

In this feature for Anyone’s Game they tell their story and discuss the places that shaped their career.

They reflect on arriving in Scotland and the experiences they collected so far and explain how football here is different to football in Spain.

Alonso and Sanchez also share their views on how the women’s game is progressing in general and how they and their teams are currently dealing with the Covid-19 pandemic.

 

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Leanne Crichton part two: Scotland, the World Cup, and refereeing in women's football

Part two of Anyone’s Game’s podcast with Glasgow City’s Leanne Crichton focuses on her international career, where she earned 72 caps for Scotland.

Leanne talks passionately about the standard of refereeing in the women's game, how the 2019 Women's World Cup was used as a guinea pig, as well as how she managed to deal with setbacks such as the Argentina game.

She also draws up the comparison between Champions League nights with Glasgow City to representing her country at a major tournament.

Running the World: Celtic manager Fran Alonso and Stirling University's Mariluz Sanches

For this episode of Running the World, Anyone’s Game caught up with Stirling University player Mariluz Sanches and Celtic manager Fran Alonso to find out more about the differences between Spanish and Scottish football.

Rounding the episode off, our panellists put the spotlight on star players in the national leagues of Spain, Italy and Germany.

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Leanne Crichton part one: What next for Scotland, & Leanne's decision to retire

Anyone’s Game spoke to former Scotland international Leanne Crichton.

On part one of a three-part series with Leanne, she reflects on the European Championship campaign where Scotland missed out on a place at the finals in England, what happens next with the national team, and also her international retirement.

Coming soon: In part two, Leanne looks back on her 72 caps for Scotland representing the dark blue at the Euros and World Cup.

And then finally in part three Leanne delves into her club career experiences as well as some interesting untold stories from the training ground.

Rangers and Scotland's Lizzie Arnot: Part One

Rangers and Scotland forward Lizzie Arnot joins the Anyone's Game podcast to talk about her Scotland career, discussing topics such as her debut and the World Cup in 2019, and looks ahead to the double header with Cyprus and Portugal.

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Cyprus v Scotland: With Lizzie Arnot, Abbie Little and Ines Sampaio

Robbie Hanratty and Kenny Boag reconvene for the Anyone's Game podcast to preview Cyprus v Scotland. They are joined by Abbie Little, insights from the Cyprus FA and Portuguese journalist and friend of the podcast Ines Sampaio, plus an exclusive interview with Rangers and Scotland forward Lizzie Arnot.

 

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Running the World: Where we were and where we are

Introducing a brand podcast Running the World, Sandrine Wyrich, Alexandra Silverton and Salvatore Boemi bring you a new series dedicated to what's happening elsewhere in the world of women's football.

On episode one, ‘Where we were and where we are’, they are joined by Franziska Blendin, Ellen Hanisch and Sascha Düerkop from Legende Verloren as they discuss the origins of women's football in Germany and the issues it still has.

They also take a look at how the leagues are progressing in Italy and Spain.

Music by Lily Daigle.

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The new Scotland show: Portugal and Finland preview

Kenny Boag and Robbie Hanratty launch their new Scotland podcast ahead of the European Championship qualifiers with Portugal and Finland. 

The two are joined by Scotland legend Julie Fleeting, Portuguese journalist Ines Braga Sampaio, and Tartan Army diehard Hamish Husband.

They also hear from Scotland manager Shelley Kerr.

Tune in now for the most comprehensive preview of Scotland’s crucial European Championship qualifiers.

Late drama in three key SWPL clashes

Glasgow City move three points clear in the SWPL after a 3-2 win over Hibernian. Celtic win the first Old Firm game of the season with a late penalty away to Rangers. And Aberdeen's juggernaut continues in SWPL 2 after a last gasp winner at Hamilton.

All the reports and reaction from each of those three games with Andrew Southwick, Kenny Boag and Robbie Hanratty.

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Here's something a little different

We're trying something a little different this week at Anyone's Game.

We had reporters out and about at five SWPL games, and have put together reports and reaction.

The games covered were:-

Hibernian 0-1 Rangers

Celtic 1-0 Spartans

Glasgow Women 0-1 Aberdeen

Kilmarnock 1-2 Partick Thistle

Queen's Park 3-1 Dundee United

Hear from all 10 head coaches and our reporters' take on the games.

With Andrew Southwick, Gordon McColm, Kenny Boag and Robbie Hanratty.