From "Woodchopper" to "The Pro Who Knows!" Hoffy comes clean on how it nearly didn't happen at Uddingston. A great story behind one of the legends on The Union

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Episode 16 - Paul Hoffman

The "Laddy Russell" did not disappoint. Regaling us with tales of feathering Ricky Elcock, walking out to bat in Tiger Feet, proing at "The Dale" and of course the infamous Aberdeen road trips, it's a great episode

Episode 17 - Bruce Russell

It took a while to get this one done. Worth the wait though as Tenners takes us through who would bat for his life, bowling to Sajid Ali and that last ball debacle in the Scottish Cup.

Episode 15 - Andy Tennant (Prestwick C.C.)

Winning the Counties Championship back in 1985 was a highlight for Jon Taylor. We relive those days and talk about that man Appleby from Ayrshire again, David Haggo, Neil Burnett, Bruce Patterson, Stanners, Andy Andrew Tennant, Gordon Webster, Bruce Russell, George McGuire, Peter Rhind all get a namecheck. It's a who's who of Scottish Cricket. And apparently, we were all Freddie Mercury in those days!

Episode 14 - Jon Taylor (Stirling)

We've scraped the bottom of the barrel and you'll have to put up with some witterings of our co-host as he regales us all with winning the league, leaving West and returning and then leaving West and coming back again, 12 years away and of course, Chris asks the $64,000 question - Was it better in his day?

Episode 13 - Johnny Williams (West)

Played with Billy back in the day. What I didn't know was that he made his Scotland debut at the grand old age of 32. We covered alot here - even the Mankads but forgot to ask him about the iconic 1979 photo of the Scottish Cup which hangs in the clubhouse. Grab a coffee and sit in for 45 mins of great chat.

SEASON 2 - Episode 12 - Billy McPate - Drumpelier

Probably one of the most successful Scottish players to have a go down south and make a real impact since Douggie Brown. He talks frankly about his time at Durham and Northants, being touted as a Lion, confidence, and change. It's one of our best. Enjoy

SEASON 2 - Episode 11 - Kyle Coetzer

He's been around the traps for such a long time. Fallen in and out of cricket from time to time, there are few batsmen out there as fluent and pleasing on the eye as Youngy. We go a bit deeper on this one. Enjoy!

SEASON 2 - Episode 10 - Ian Young

Episode 9 sees Riyaad Henry join The Shoe for some great chat. Coach Reed takes us through a sweep masterclass and we hear that there is some competition out there!

SEASON 2 - Episode 9 - Riyaad Henry (Ferguslie)

OTS gold this morning as we were subjected to a batting master class from Andrew Mark Reed and some great chat from Dumfries skipper Colin McCutcheon aka Chris McCutcheon. David Hinchliffe drops by to tell us how to make a cake and on the carpentry side of things, we ask Al Rawlinson how to make a desk as there's no cricket and the prospects are becoming bleaker by the week. This is Episode 8 of Out The Shoe

SEASON 2 - Episode 8 - Chris And Andrew From Dumfries

Lockdown and we are into week 5 and the prospects for play are not good. We had a chat this morning with Matthew Tweedie, the Stirling County Cricket Club skipper. He gave us his take on the upcoming season and a little bit about last season. We delved into teas, superstitions, and our own fielding disasters. Here is this week's show.

SEASON 2 - Episode 7 - Matthew Tweedie (Stirling County)

We have a natter with Greg McDougall. Maybe not our finest hour!

SEASON 2 - Episode 6 - Greg McDougall (Greenock)

We chat through the usual nonsense this time with Tom Fleet of Prestwick CC.

SEASON 2 - Episode 5 - Tom Fleet (Prestwick)

Here's this week's episode of "The Shoe". We talk about the possibilities of any cricket this season, those transfers and spending money on your club rather than getting a pro. We did it on Zoom and I am hoping that it comes across ok. We want to do more of this and hope to get one of the skippers on for a chat next Sunday. Have a good week till next week

SEASON 2 - Episode 4 - Covid-19

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SEASON 2 - Episode 3 - Clydesdale's Paddy Barbour

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