🤝Nutmeg partners with leading Scottish women's football show

Introducing A Level Playing Field....

Hello Nutmeggers.

Today, we are very proud to announce Nutmeg’s partnership with A Level Playing Field — the leading podcast on Scottish women’s football.

The show is presented by Alison McConnell and Cheryl Smith, two of the best chroniclers of the Scottish women’s game across all media platforms.

A Level Playing Field features revealing interviews with the biggest names in the game, including Ballon d’Or Féminin nominee Caroline Weir and Scotland head coach Melissa Andreatta.

“Women’s football is rich with stories of resilience, strength, courage and determination,” says Alison.

That is reflected in some of the amazing conversations they have — and we think their form of storytelling is a perfect fit for Nutmeg’s audience.

You can follow them on all the socials — including Instagram, X and TikTok — and click the big red button to subscribe to the show.

Please keep scrolling for a message from the hosts ⬇️

Hello!

A Level Playing Field is a podcast hosted by Alison McConnell and Cheryl Smith which discusses Scottish women’s football. It is essentially a relaxed chat with a weekly guest or a look at major coming events in the game.

We have quickly turned around episodes on incidents such as the departure of Elena Sadiku from Celtic and we had Grant Scott on the podcast on the same afternoon he was confirmed as her replacement.

We have also had Caroline Weir on our podcast, arguably the most high-profile Scottish female player, as well as Scotland manager Melissa Andreatta. Leanne Crichton, the Rangers manager, has joined us as has Gary Holt and Cara Henderson from Partick Thistle, while Hibs midfielder Rachael Boyle was one of our first guests.

Award-winning journalist Hugh MacDonald spoke to us at length about his role in ensuring the founders of women’s football were given their place in the Scottish Hall of Fame. Maria McAneny, who recently celebrated her 100th Celtic appearance and scored her first competitive goals for Scotland has also been on our guest list.

Our aim is to replicate the kind of content we enjoy listening to and deviate from a formulaic ‘here are the scores from the weekend’ type of show. We are keen to let people tell their story and share a little bit about who they are and how they got to the position they are in.

It is a peek at what goes on behind the curtain. Melissa described her swift realisation after the elation of getting the Scotland job that she had to drive home and tell her partner — who had just landed her own dream job — that they had to uproot from Australia with a six-month-old baby. Caroline spoke of still feeling like a 15-year-old when she walks down Dunfermline High Street and the surrealness of seeing her image painted on a gable end. Hugh recalled realising that women’s football had been dreadfully dismissed and vowing to rectify it. Maria remembered the teacher who told her football was taking up too much of her time and she should be thinking of hanging up her boots.

There is an abundance of such tales within the Scottish game. We look forward to sharing them and introducing some of the topics that we feel warrant discussion. Women’s football is rich with stories of resilience, strength, courage and determination. Allow us to introduce you to some of them.

Thanks,

Alison and Cheryl