Episode 9 – Glory Days of Gold (Fixtures and Fittings with special guest Jonathan Smart)
Welcome to Episode 9 of Glory Days of Gold. This week’s episode is brought to you by Eugene Clarke on behalf of the Levenmouth Rail Campaign, Max McCarroll, and by a donation on behalf of the Levenmouth Children’s Clothing Bank.
Recorded across two continents, Glory Days of Gold brings you a regular dose of East Fife FC and Scottish football chat, with a splattering of interesting interviews, fun segments, and music thrown in along the way.
Our feature interview this week is with the man we all went to bed dreaming of a team of, the one and only Jonathan Smart.
Jay, sitting in his own East Fife jersey, chats to us about his five seasons with the club, his footballing career pre and post Bayview, the highs and lows, and the lots of laughs along the way. There’s some absolutely fantastic stories along the way and could we even see him back at Bayview in a managerial capacity some day? He reveals all!
Plus we find out if Jay’s Dundonian chum Bobby Linn fancies a chocolate digestive, I, Ludicrous feature in this week’s football music section Wavelength, we spotlight Dunfermline band Oskar Braves in the latest Have You Heard?, there’s another Who Are You? and more.
Here’s the rundown for the main segments from the episode:
04.58: Danny Swanson signs for the Fife!
13.55: Have You Heard? – Oskar Braves – Fall
19.07: Jonathan Smart interview
104.50: Anyone Fancy A Chocolate Digestive – Bobby Linn
107.47: Who Are You?
110.24: East Fife’s fixtures are out. How screwed over were we?
120.23: Wavelength – I, Ludicrous – The Highland League
127.08: Mailbag – what’s the best shout you’ve heard at a game?
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