League Reconstruction

We're back with the first Glory Days of Gold episode of the new season, the East Fife and Scottish football podcast recorded across two continents.It's been a busy couple of months down Bayview way since our last episode. Players have moved on and new additions have come in to bolster the East Fife ranks, spearheaded by the return of prolific local goalscoring hero Nathan 'Fash' Austin. A fairly decent League Cup campaign. that saw three overall victories and two clean sheets raised hopes for the new league season to come, but Saturday's opening day home loss to Peterhead may have dampened some of those somewhat.Michael and Gordon chat about all that, look at some of the other happenings around Scottish League Two, delve into the rejection of more Colts teams in Scottish football and what needs to happen in terms of league reconstruction, and talk about some weird penalty shootouts.

Welcome to the third episode of your new favourite podcast - Glory Days of Gold. This episode is brought to you in partnership with Glenrothes-based joinery company KJK Installation. 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 and fun segments thrown in along the way. This week we bring you an interview with a man who has written himself into Bayview folklore, Gary Naysmith. Gary became part of an exclusive three-man club when he delivered a league championship in 2016, and with approaching a quarter of a century in the game in Scotland and England, he has many a good tale to tell. We chat with Gary about his time at East Fife, that championship winning season, the mess he came into, and whether he'd like to return to Bayview one day. Plus we look at the highlights and low points of his playing career with Hearts, Everton, Sheffield United, and Scotland, the injuries that plagued his career, and his managerial stint at Queen of the South. Plus we chat some more about league reconstruction, look at the latest East Fife news from the past week, find out if former East Fife player and coach, and current Dundee United assistant manager, Gordon Forrest fancies a chocolate digestive, and Glenrothes band The Newtown Grunts feature in this week's Wavelength. Here's the rundown for the main segments from the episode:06.10: East Fife News of the Week24.05: Gary Naysmith interview141.47: League reconstruction chat - the topic that will never go away157.37: Anyone Fancy A Chocolate Digestive - Gordon Forrest159.30: Mailbag - including listeners all-time East Fife XIs167.20: Wavelength - The Newtown Grunts - Everywhere She Goes You can download and/or listen to this, and all previous, episodes of the podcast on the following services:Apple Podcasts.Spotify

Paul McManus interview; East Fife and Scottish football chat