Scouted Football Podcast #84
I had the privilege of joining Scouted Football’s Joe Donnohue on the excellent Scouted Football Podcast in October 2021 to discuss Scottish players abroad. We ran the gambit from Aaron Hickey in Bologna to Jack Hendry in Brugge with a stop-over at Bayern Munich to chat about Liam Morrison and Barry Hepburn. Ryan Gauld of course featured as well. You can listen to the episode in full below or on Spotify, Acast etc.
Replacing Kevin Nisbet
Scottish Premiership clubs don’t often turn down multi-million-pound offers for one of their players. Observers lauded Hibernian’s hard-line stance when rejecting Birmingham City’s persistent bids for striker Kevin Nisbet in January, hailing it as a line in the sand for Scottish football, a sign that our clubs are finally demanding the value their top assets warrant…
Scouted Football Magazine & Podcast
In September 2021 I was fortunate enough to be asked to write a feature on Ryan Gauld’s career so far for volume XI of the excellent Scouted Football Handbook. If you’d like to read the article and get your hands on a copy of the handbook, which, aside from the aforementioned article, includes profiles and analysis on no less than 25 of the world’s top young footballers, then you can grab a copy at the link below.
Fraser Hornby’s Fit At Stade de Reims
Fraser Hornby has completed a surprise transfer to French side Stade de Reims. The towering striker has long been on the radar of many Scotland fans having impressed at youth level for both the national team and his former club Everton. So what can Reims expect from Hornby upon arrival in France and what, in turn, can Hornby expect from Reims?
The Watchlist
The Watchlist is Football From Afar’s curated list of overseas Scottish players. Below you will find details about the players, their respective clubs and leagues as well as a short update on each individual and their current progress and prospects. The is a living page which will be updated regularly; players will be added and removed if necessary. The Watchlist is not a comprehensive list of Scottish players abroad.
The Ryan Gauld Renaissance
Ryan Gauld was Scotland’s “Mini-Messi” according to the haphazard headlines in 2014 and after a breakout season, a blockbuster move to Portuguese giants Sporting Clube de Portugal followed. Now, some six years, four loan spells and a transfer down a division later, Gauld’s turbulent spell on the Iberian peninsula is finally coming good…
MLS Is Back: A Scottish Prespective
Major League Soccer is back but much like the rest of football, not as we know it. Empty, atmosphere-devoid stadia aside, MLS returns to our screens in an entirely different format this week with the #MLSIsBack tournament. A one-off, showcase event ahead of the restart of the 2020 MLS regular-season.