HeyJaredIt's the hope that kills you
A look back at historic football tournaments from the perspective of a couple of Scottish football fans.
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- Aug 1, 2026
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- Jul 5, 2026
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Series Curtain Call (Series 4, Ep 11) (opens the original)
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It has been an epic series, this one. 11 sprawling episodes that took us from tournament build up, to attending Scotland's opener in Boston and ultimately to the final in NYC where Spain outlasted Argentina in a final that will live mere minutes in the memory. Along the way, we saw Cape Verde capture everyone's imagination, Curacao snatch an unlikely equalizer against tournament blue bloods Germany and we saw Paraguay manage to...well, out Uruguay Uruguay. Throughout WC2026, the big stars shone.
Is this the worst world cup final in history?...Yes! (Series 4, Ep 10) (opens the original)
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For the love of all that's holy...why did we have to sit through that monstrosity of a match?! Ah that's right, to prove that Stevie can, in fact, pick a winner...back in your box Nick! We review our semi final predictions...terrible, we review the final itself...terrible, and we tee up the final episode in this series which will come in a few days where we'll reflect on the tournament as a whole and Stevie provides his, much anticipated, team of the tournament. We cannae wait!
Stevie's lost his crystal ball (Series 4, Ep 9) (opens the original)
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We review our predictions for the quarters and make some predictions for the semis. Now, when I say 'review', what I actually mean is Nick ruthlessly mocks me for my utter ineptitude when it comes to predicting the outcome of football matches. To get my own back, I've predicted Hearts will win the league next season. That's them, well and truly scuppered!
Does Guay mean cheat?! (series 4, Ep 8) (opens the original)
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We review our predictions for the round of 16 and make some fresh predictions for the quarter finals. Yes again, we fully expect Stevie will fall flat on his face when it comes to predicting scores and winners...however, he fully redeems himself with a lengthy rant about Galarza...apparently, the worst human being in history!
History of Football in Mexico (Series 3, Ep 4) (opens the original)
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In the final episode of our series exploring the origins of football across the 3 host nations of the 2026 World Cup, we turn our attention to Mexico. A country with a fantastic footballing heritage and we're delighted to share that the Scots had a fundamental role to play in that origin story.
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