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Andrew Miller is joined by South American football expert, Simon Edwards, to chat through all things Colombia. They delve into the effects COVID-19 had on the country and it's league. They touch on the 2014 World Cup heroics that saw a nation unified by optimism, and the disappointing downfall of the 1994 National team which was hyped up by Pelé himself. They also discuss Atlético Nacional's Copa Libertadores triumph and some of the best young South American talent coming through the ranks across the continent.

This week Gavin Miller (football recruitment consultant for MRKT Insights) and Owen Brown (football analytics writer seen at StatsBomb and Scouted Football) discuss the Champions League final, talk about the possible departure of Leo Messi from Barcelona (including whether he'd just be in Barry Hepburn's way if he went to the European champions) , analyse Dundee United  v Celtic and react to the Scotland squad. Please leave us a rating and review and share the podcast with your friends. We can be found at www.purefitbaw.com and on www.twitter.com/PureFitbaw, www.instagram.com/pure_fitbaw and www.facebook.con/PureFitbaw

Gav set Michael Bochel and Chris Samson from the Scottish Football Marketing Podcast a task. How would you improve the marketing of Club X? They discuss revenue generation, increasing attendances and engaging better with fans alongside a whole host of other ideas and areas that will guarantee to get your head scratching and ask "why isn't my club doing that already?"

This week Gavin Miller (football recruitment consultant for MRKT Insights) and Owen Brown (football analytics writer seen at StatsBomb and Scouted Football) discuss the goalless draw between Livingston and Rangers, the soon to be transfer of Lyndon Dykes to QPR and five of the best Scottish Premiership transfers so far this season. Please leave us a rating and review and share the podcast with your friends. We can be found at www.purefitbaw.com and on www.twitter.com/PureFitbaw, www.instagram.com/pure_fitbaw and www.facebook.con/PureFitbaw

Chris Samson and Andrew Miller speak to football writer, Karan Tejwani, all about Red Bull and the mark they've made on football. Karan's book on the topic, Wings of Change, is out in November and is available to pre-order now.

This week Gavin Miller (football recruitment consultant for MRKT Insights) and Owen Brown (football analytics writer seen at StatsBomb and Scouted Football) talk Champions League and Scottish Premiership.   We review the round of 16 second leg match between Manchester City and Real Madrid - asking if this game was a good example of tactical management overpowering man management? - before taking a look at Kilmarnock's draw at home to Celtic and the rest of the weekend's Scottish action before finishing with a look forward to Wednesday night's Champions League quarter final between Atalanta and PSG. Please leave us a rating and review and share the podcast with your friends. We can be found at www.purefitbaw.com and on www.twitter.com/PureFitbaw, www.instagram.com/pure_fitbaw and www.facebook.com/purefitbaw

Chris and Cammy return for season two of the Pure Championship Podcast! In this episode they discuss the fixture announcement for the 27-game 2020/21 Championship season and have a quick discussion on how the squads are shaping up so far.

With the return of the Scottish Premiership Gavin Miller (football recruitment consultant for MRKT Insights) and Owen Brown (football analytics writer seen at StatsBomb and Scouted Football) review each of the weekend's matches - picking out the key moments, highlighting good play and giving their opinion on all the goals and teams. How silly was Michael O'Halloran? Is there a better type of goal than a diving header? What went wrong earlier in a goal than just the final mistake? All these questions and more answered this week on the podcast with the unbiased Scottish voice celebrating the good, calling out the bad and giving you in-depth insight into football from the local park to the World Cup. Please leave us a rating and review and share the podcast with your friends. We can be found at www.purefitbaw.com and on www.twitter.com/PureFitbaw, www.instagram.com/pure_fitbaw and www.facebook.com/purefitbaw 

With just days before the Scottish Premiership 2020/21 season starts Owen Brown, Chris Samson and Gavin Miller discuss the SPFL’s handling of the lead up; the lack of a sponsor, the streaming service situation, foreign broadcast rights and the social media offering. Then we focus on the pitch highlighting two players at each club; a player who’ll be key to their team’s success and a boom or bust player at a critical point in their career. Join the Pure Fitbaw Fantasy Football Scotland game and compete against us for prizes including cash money. Go to www.twitter.com/PureFitbaw for all the details.

This week Gavin Miller and Owen Brown are joined by Chris Summersell (a UEFA B licensed coach previously with the English FA and Brighton & Hove Albion, newly resident in Scotland and also a consultant for MRKT Insights) to review the English Premier League season. We discussed standout Scots, Brendan Rodgers, champions Liverpool and more. Please consider subscribing, rating and reviewing the podcast and also follow our guest at www.twitter.com/ChrisSummersell 

The unbiased Scottish voice celebrating the good, calling out the bad and giving you in-depth insight into football from the local park to the World CupOn this week's Pure Fitbaw podcast Owen Brown and Gavin Miller give you the lowdown on each of the twelve teams left in this season's Champions League. From the Round of 16 ties still to be concluded to the single game knock out set up in Lisbon from the quarter final stage onwards we talk about the players to watch, the current form of each team and the key statistics.   Want to know more about dark horse Atalanta, get the stats that really evidence Barcelona's sterile season or hear who we tip to win the whole thing? Listen in now. Enjoy the show? Please subscribe, leave a review and tell a friend. Outro music in response to the CAS decision on Manchester City ;)

On this week's Pure Fitbaw podcast Owen Brown and Gavin Miller kick things off with a look at the signing of Laurent Robert's son, Thomas, to Airdrieonians FC which leads into a chat about other strange transfers in Scottish football  We then discuss all the transfers made so far this summer in the Scottish Premiership club and identify a key need for every club.  Enjoy the podcast? Consider leaving a rating and a review and tell a friend!

Gavin and Owen co-host the podcast for the first time in a while and, as well as discussing recent food and music discoveries, they get stuck into the Hearts and Dundee United managerial situations.A comprehensive run down of Daniel Stendel's tenure including views on the realities of his tactics, what the stats showed and what the future holds for Hearts is followed by a discussion of Robbie Neilson and his time at Dundee United.We also discuss the favourites for the vacant post at Tannadice and give our views on Malky McKay's contrition. 

Chris Samson, Gordon Sheach and Lewis Cumming continue their discussion around what Scottish football could look like off the pitch in a perfect world. In this part they go into what the clubs could do differently and discuss a few more examples of things they'd like to see become part of the game here.

Chris Samson is joined by Gordon Sheach and Lewis Cumming to dream of what Scottish football would be like off the pitch in a perfect world. In this first part they discuss what the unique selling point of Scottish football should be and how the SPFL should be structured in order to deliver on their task of promoting our beautiful game.

Gav, Owen and Chris scour the Scottish Premiership free agent list and pick out five players each who they hope stay in Scotland and join another club. Have a listen and let us know who you want your club to snap up.

Gav, Owen and Chris discuss whether they'd make any changes to the Scotland starting line up by the time 2022 rolls around and qualifying starts for the 2024 European Championships. Who's making your squad? Let us know @PureFitbaw on Twitter.

Chris speaks to the manager of United Soccer League (USL) side Indy Eleven, Scotsman Martin Rennie. They talk about his path to managing in America, which has taken him across the globe since doing his coaching badges in Scotland and playing for lower league clubs in the country.

Owen is joined by Chris and Cammy to chat all things Football Manager. They answer some listener questions and share their thoughts on some of the key aspects that make up the game, from tactics to training to keeping your players happy. Have a listen, share and leave us a review.

This week Owen and Gavin talk about the return of some live football to watch as German football is scheduled to (re) kick off this weekend. We each pick a team to support, get our resident expert’s views on players to look out for, talk about Lewandowski, Werner and Haaland before debating the best and wurst (sorry!) kits. If you enjoy the show please leave a review and share the episode with your followers and friends. Join us on Instagram, twitter and Facebook.