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It's fourth edition in the El Diego franchise, as Maradona enters the fray. Nigeria and Greece add real quality to Group D and there's a European derby as World Champions Germany take on Spain.

It's the second instalment of our Euro '92 throwback series, where John Bleasdale looks at two sides who underperformed in the tournament – France and CIS, formerly known as Soviet Union and now Russia. He is joined by journalists Pierre-Etienne Minonzio of French newspaper L'Equippe and Russian correspondent for ESPN, Sky Sports and The Guardian amongst others Artur Petrosyan. France arrived in Sweden as one of the pre-tournament favourites having won all eight of their qualifiers, but Pierre explains that part of it was down to luck rather than design. He goes into tremendous detail as to why France performed so poorly at Euro '92, culminating in their exit at the hands of Denmark in the final group game. From an unfocussed group of players believing their path to the Final was mapped out, to an unfocussed manager in French legend Michel Platini, who announced pre-tournament he was leaving to focus on an ambassador role for the France '98 World Cup, it was a recipe for their disastrous early exit in the group stages. Soviet Union qualified for the Euros ahead of third place at the World Cup Italy, but the country split on 31 December 1991, casting doubt on the teams participation in the tournament. Artur explains how the Soviet president fought a case to allow the squad to compete under the guise of CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States). Artur then reveals that the squad were more motivated by money and not the pride of representing their country, which were a contribution to their performances. Despite getting draws against World Champions Germany and European Champions Netherlands, CIS crashed out of the tournament with a resounding 3-0 defeat by Scotland in the final game, and Artur admits they underestimated the Scots that night. He gives an insight into unhappy the Russian media were to the early exit, which to them was a surprise given they were beaten finalists in Euro '88. Music – “The Sesh” by PG Ciarletta (@PGCiarletta) Intro - Paul Mitchell (@pwmcomms) This podcast is sponsored by Supernova Terracewear, who are giving listeners of this podcast 10% off their next order. Visit www.supernovaterracewear.com and enter EURO92 in the discount code option when you checkout. We thank Supernova Terracewear for their continued support of the podcast. Remember you can get free shipping and 20% off any product at uk.manscaped.com with the code SFF20. #ad Thanks also to our other Fantasy Football Scotland prize sponsors: Surprise Shirts and Mind, Body and Sole UK. Tweet us @sffpodcast Instagram - sffpodcast Facebook - Scottish Football Forums Email - scottishfootballforumspodcast@gmail.com

It's the second instalment of our Euro '92 throwback series, where John Bleasdale looks at two sides who underperformed in the tournament – France and CIS, formerly known as Soviet Union and now Russia. He is joined by journalists Pierre-Etienne Minonzio of French newspaper L'Equippe and Russian correspondent for ESPN, Sky Sports and The Guardian amongst others Artur Petrosyan. France arrived in Sweden as one of the pre-tournament favourites having won all eight of their qualifiers, but Pierre explains that part of it was down to luck rather than design. He goes into tremendous detail as to why France performed so poorly at Euro '92, culminating in their exit at the hands of Denmark in the final group game. From an unfocussed group of players believing their path to the Final was mapped out, to an unfocussed manager in French legend Michel Platini, who announced pre-tournament he was leaving to focus on an ambassador role for the France '98 World Cup, it was a recipe for their disastrous early exit in the group stages. Soviet Union qualified for the Euros ahead of third place at the World Cup Italy, but the country split on 31 December 1991, casting doubt on the teams participation in the tournament. Artur explains how the Soviet president fought a case to allow the squad to compete under the guise of CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States). Artur then reveals that the squad were more motivated by money and not the pride of representing their country, which were a contribution to their performances. Despite getting draws against World Champions Germany and European Champions Netherlands, CIS crashed out of the tournament with a resounding 3-0 defeat by Scotland in the final game, and Artur admits they underestimated the Scots that night. He gives an insight into unhappy the Russian media were to the early exit, which to them was a surprise given they were beaten finalists in Euro '88. Music – “The Sesh” by PG Ciarletta (@PGCiarletta) Intro - Paul Mitchell (@pwmcomms) This podcast is sponsored by Supernova Terracewear, who are giving listeners of this podcast 10% off their next order. Visit www.supernovaterracewear.com and enter EURO92 in the discount code option when you checkout. We thank Supernova Terracewear for their continued support of the podcast. Remember you can get free shipping and 20% off any product at uk.manscaped.com with the code SFF20. #ad Thanks also to our other Fantasy Football Scotland prize sponsors: Surprise Shirts and Mind, Body and Sole UK. Tweet us @sffpodcast Instagram - sffpodcast Facebook - Scottish Football Forums Email - scottishfootballforumspodcast@gmail.com

It's been 30 years since Scotland's inaugural appearance at a European Championship Finals, and to commemorate the occasion, John Bleasdale takes a look at the fortunes of each side who participated at the tournament held in Sweden. He begins by assessing two of Scotland's heavyweight rivals in Group Two – defending European Champions Netherlands and reigning World Champions Germany, who reunified from the West and East split just shy of two years earlier. John is joined by Dutch international Bryan Roy, who started all of Netherlands' games at Euro '92 alongside Marco Van Basten and Dennis Bergkamp in attack. Bryan gives an in-depth view of the Dutch side from their qualifying campaign through to the finals, with the expectation being to defend their trophy. He recalls the pain and anguish of going out in the Semi Finals to eventual surprise winners Denmark. In part two, John is joined by podcaster for The Yellow Wall Podcast Matthias Suuck to assess the Germans campaign. Matthias picks the bones as to why the Germans had a mixed qualification campaign and how they stumbled their way to the final without looking overly impressive, which included a rather fortunate victory over Scotland. Having got through to the Final in Gothenburg, Matthias then summarises the shock that the World Champions then lost 2-0 to Denmark and missed out on adding the European Championship trophy to the World Cup won in Italy two years earlier. Music – “The Sesh” by PG Ciarletta (@PGCiarletta) Intro - Paul Mitchell (@pwmcomms) This podcast is sponsored by Supernova Terracewear, who are giving listeners of this podcast 10% off their next order. Visit www.supernovaterracewear.com and enter EURO92 in the discount code option when you checkout. We thank Supernova Terracewear for their continued support of the podcast. Remember you can get free shipping and 20% off any product at uk.manscaped.com with the code SFF20. #ad Thanks also to our other Fantasy Football Scotland prize sponsors: Surprise Shirts and Mind, Body and Sole UK. Tweet us @sffpodcast Instagram - sffpodcast Facebook - Scottish Football Forums Email - scottishfootballforumspodcast@gmail.com

It's been 30 years since Scotland's inaugural appearance at a European Championship Finals, and to commemorate the occasion, John Bleasdale takes a look at the fortunes of each side who participated at the tournament held in Sweden. He begins by assessing two of Scotland's heavyweight rivals in Group Two – defending European Champions Netherlands and reigning World Champions Germany, who reunified from the West and East split just shy of two years earlier. John is joined by Dutch international Bryan Roy, who started all of Netherlands' games at Euro '92 alongside Marco Van Basten and Dennis Bergkamp in attack. Bryan gives an in-depth view of the Dutch side from their qualifying campaign through to the finals, with the expectation being to defend their trophy. He recalls the pain and anguish of going out in the Semi Finals to eventual surprise winners Denmark. In part two, John is joined by podcaster for The Yellow Wall Podcast Matthias Suuck to assess the Germans campaign. Matthias picks the bones as to why the Germans had a mixed qualification campaign and how they stumbled their way to the final without looking overly impressive, which included a rather fortunate victory over Scotland. Having got through to the Final in Gothenburg, Matthias then summarises the shock that the World Champions then lost 2-0 to Denmark and missed out on adding the European Championship trophy to the World Cup won in Italy two years earlier. Music – “The Sesh” by PG Ciarletta (@PGCiarletta) Intro - Paul Mitchell (@pwmcomms) This podcast is sponsored by Supernova Terracewear, who are giving listeners of this podcast 10% off their next order. Visit www.supernovaterracewear.com and enter EURO92 in the discount code option when you checkout. We thank Supernova Terracewear for their continued support of the podcast. Remember you can get free shipping and 20% off any product at uk.manscaped.com with the code SFF20. #ad Thanks also to our other Fantasy Football Scotland prize sponsors: Surprise Shirts and Mind, Body and Sole UK. Tweet us @sffpodcast Instagram - sffpodcast Facebook - Scottish Football Forums Email - scottishfootballforumspodcast@gmail.com

The regular trio of the two John's and Krys are joined by Famous Tartan Army Magazine Editor Iain Emmerson. It's another throwback Thursday theme as the guys revisit Euro ‘92 and Euro ‘96, the two Finals that Scotland have played at. The ‘92 Finals saw Scotland, led by Andy Roxburgh, come away with plaudits following impressive performances in defeat to European Champions Holland and World Champions Germany, before comprehensively beating CIS. At Euro ‘96, Craig Brown's side wrote the latest chapter of the ever growing Glorious Failure novel by going out on goal difference. If only Gary McAllister hadn't missed at Wembley and Patrick Kluivert not scored a consolation for the Dutch. Let's just blame David Seaman! The podcast rounds up with the lads wishing for a return to tournament football and Iain promoting future editions of the magazine, which Good John has contributed to. We will send the link when it's out.

The regular trio of the two John's and Krys are joined by Famous Tartan Army Magazine Editor Iain Emmerson. It's another throwback Thursday theme as the guys revisit Euro ‘92 and Euro ‘96, the two Finals that Scotland have played at. The ‘92 Finals saw Scotland, led by Andy Roxburgh, come away with plaudits following impressive performances in defeat to European Champions Holland and World Champions Germany, before comprehensively beating CIS. At Euro ‘96, Craig Brown's side wrote the latest chapter of the ever growing Glorious Failure novel by going out on goal difference. If only Gary McAllister hadn't missed at Wembley and Patrick Kluivert not scored a consolation for the Dutch. Let's just blame David Seaman! The podcast rounds up with the lads wishing for a return to tournament football and Iain promoting future editions of the magazine, which Good John has contributed to. We will send the link when it's out.

Over the past 25 years, football has enhanced its status as the world's leading game, reaching into other branches of society, commerce and politics. Football, more than any other factor, has enveloped whole regions, people and nations. And the sport is represented by the best sporting event in the world which is the FIFA World Cup. The first competition for the cup was organized in 1930 and was won by Uruguay. The trophy cup awarded from 1930 to 1970 was the Jules Rimet Trophy named for the Frenchman who proposed the tournament. This cup was permanently awarded in 1970 to then three-time winner Brazil(1958, 1962, and 1970), and a new trophy called the FIFA World Cup was put up for competition. The latest cup was won by Germany in 2014 by beating Argentina in the extra time with a single goal scored by Mario Gotze. The 2018 World Cup has been full of surprises as goals and controversies were rampant during the group stages as well as the knock-out stage. The VAR system which has been introduced in FIFA World Cup for the first time has been full of controversies, yet successful. But the most shocking fact has been the fall of World Champions Germany in the group stage itself! The 2014 champions were swiftly followed by the 2010 champions Spain. Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi who share a mind-boggling 10 Ballon d'Or between themselves have also flown from Russia following their teams Portugal and Argentina's departure from the World Cup. The most-crowned champions Brazil were also shown a way out by underdogs Belgium leaving Brazilian star Neymar teary-eyed. With the semis on its way, check out the some of the craziest FIFA World Cup facts that you probably did not know!

On this Episode we pick our 23 man squads that we think will be on that plane to Russia in 2018. We discuss which England players will make Gareth Southgate's XI and how England faired against World Champions Germany.  And we also take a ganders at a few of the contenders for the World Cup in Russia and how their squads are shaping up.

The Social Club are On Fire! That's not normally a phrase you want to hear, but in this case, it's apt. The Social Club are in the studio to preview this month's European Championships as Northern Ireland prepare to travel France for their first major finals in 30 years. Messrs Bailie, Clarke, McIntosh and McLaughlin look at Michael O'Neill's squad for France and assess their chances of escaping a group that includes Poland, Ukraine and World Champions Germany. Who will play and it what formation, forms a key part of the discussion. The show also features an interview with star striker Kyle Lafferty. The panel also take a trip around Europe, assessing the other 23 countries in the tournament, including England, Wales, host nation France and holders Spain. Belfast man Conor McLaughlin tells us why he supports the Republic of Ireland and not Northern Ireland, while Keith Bailie gives his take on Europe's top international teams.

On to Group C now where the World Champions Germany will meet one of the home nations Northern Ireland. Remember to tune in to the other episodes for the low down on all the groups! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.