Hosted and produced by Callum McFadden. One to one interviews with players, managers and footballing personalities bringing you closer to the beautiful game. Notice: Any view or opinion expressed on the show by a guest is the view and opinion of the guest only unless stated otherwise.
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Henrik Larsson | Celtic, Barcelona, Man Utd and CL success
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Henrik Larsson joins Callum to talk about his career in football from humble beginnings at Hogaborgs to glittering spells with Celtic, Barcelona, Manchester United and home town club Helsingborg.
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Scott Brown | Celtic, Captaincy and Management
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Scott Brown discusses his illustrious career as a footballer in Scotland and his journey into management.
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Sven Goran Eriksson | Winning titles, Managing England and a life in football
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Sven joins Callum for an in depth interview about his career in the game from managing Beckham and Nedved to winning Serie A and managing England.
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Kris Boyd | The art of goalscoring and punditry
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Kris Boyd joins me to discuss his career in Scottish football and working on Sky alongside Chris Sutton and co.
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Craig and Callum talk all things Scotland - Craig’s role in taking the team to multiple major tournaments - and they look ahead to the national teams chances this summer. They also discuss the way forward for Scottish football in the technological age when it comes to producing more top class players.…
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Callum chats with Craig Brown about his playing days at Rangers, Dundee and others and they discuss the legendary footballer Alan Gilzean. They also discuss Craig’s unique route into management at Clyde where he twinned his role with being a primary school teacher, head teacher and then head lecturer for primary education at university level.…
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John McGovern | Cloughie and the European Cup
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John McGovern is a footballing icon. At the age of 19 he became the youngest player to play in all four divisions of the Football League. During his playing career he won promotion with Hartlepools United / Hartlepool, Derby County and Nottingham Forest. He won titles as English League champions with both Derby and Forest. At Forest he also won the…
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Jim joins Callum to talk about that night in Lisbon, playing under the great Jock Stein and alongside his fellow Lions and his success on and off the pitch...
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Sam Allardyce opens up about his career in football for club and country.
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Martin O’Neill | Forest, Celtic, Clough and Keane
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European Cup winner Martin O’Neill joins me to discuss his career in football.
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James Cooper | Manchester United, Manchester City and a career in broadcasting
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James Cooper spent 18 years working at Sky Sports News and became a familiar face amongst Manchester United and Manchester City fans as Sky’s Manchester football correspondent. He has many great tales from interviewing Sir Alex Ferguson, working at MUTV in ‘99 and the madness of transfer deadline day.…
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Frans Hoek | The Godfather of goalkeeping
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Frans is renowned in world football as an assistant to Johan Cruyff and then Louis van Gaal at club sides AFC Ajax, FC Barcelona, FC Bayern Munich and Manchester United, and the Netherlands national team. He has worked with goalkeepers including Edwin van der Sar, Stanley Menzo, Víctor Valdés, Vítor Baía, Pepe Reina, Robert Enke, Łukasz Fabiański, …
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James Richardson | Football Italia memories & anchoring the Champions League
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Broadcasting legend James Richardson joins Callum to discuss his career anchoring Italian football, the champions league and worlds strongest man.
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Simon Donnelly | Celtic, Smell the glove and Sheffield Wednesday
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Simon Donnelly joins Callum for a chat about his career in football from Celtic park to Firhill.
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Les Ferdinand | Newcastle, Spurs, Goals and QPR
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Sir Les Ferdinand joins Callum on our 250th show. He discusses his incredible career from non league to the premier league and the challenges facing the modern game.
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Jose Mourinho | The story of a modern day legend
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When Jose Mourinho realised as a teenager that he was never going to be a great player, he decided he was going to become the best coach in the world. From translator and assistant to Sir Bobby Robson at Barcelona to multiple league and Champions League-winning manager at Porto, Chelsea, Inter Milan, Real Madrid, Manchester United and Tottenham Hot…
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Adam Virgo | Celtic, Brighton and life after football
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Adam Virgo joins Callum for an honest chat about his career in football from Brighton to Celtic and his work with academy football and punditry following retirement.
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Kevin Gallacher | Dundee United, Jim McLean, Scotland, Blackburn, Walker and Dalglish
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Kevin joins Callum for a fascinating chat about his incredible career in the game.
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Gary Bailey | Man Utd, England and Kaizer Chiefs.
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Gary Bailey joins me to discuss his life in football from growing up in South Africa to becoming Manchester United number 1 and making an international career with England.
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Jaap Stam joins me to discuss his career, the new era at Manchester United and raising money for the Manchester United foundation.
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Lewis Morgan | Celtic, MLS & Scotland ambitions
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New York Red Bulls footballer Lewis Morgan talks about his career in football so far that has taken him to New York and Miami via Paisley and Glasgow.
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Brian Little | Aston Villa and my life in football
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Brian Little joins Callum. In his careers Brian managed Darlington, Leicester City, Aston Villa, Stoke City, West Bromwich Albion, Hull City, Tranmere Rovers, Wrexham, and Jersey. As a player, he was a versatile forward who spent his entire playing career at Aston Villa. He made one appearance at International level for England as a substitute agai…
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I spoke to Patrice Evra following the Manchester United legends game against Liverpool legends at Old Trafford.
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Eilidh Barbour joins Callum. Eilidh presents and reports for Premier League and FA Cup matches for BBC Final Score and is also Sky Sports SPFL Anchor.As a presenter, she regularly fronts Football Focus, Match of the Day 2, FA Cup draws and highlights as well as The Women’s Football Show for BBC. She is also the face of BBC's Golf coverage.…
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Lubo Moravcik | Celtic memories, Slovak success & life after football
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Lubo joins Callum to discuss his career at Celtic and playing across continental Europe and Japan. A fascinating insight into a footballer referred to by Celtic fans as a ‘Gift from God’.
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Ian Holloway | My Life in Football from Blackpool to Bristol Rovers
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Ian joins Callum for an in depth discussion about his career in football. He is at his very best in this interview as he reveals just how close he was to signing a certain Jamie Vardy...
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Kelvin Wilson | Celtic, Forest and marking Messi
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Former Celtic defender Kelvin Wilson joins me. He started his career with Notts County, before moving to Preston North End in 2006. Nottingham Forest signed him one year later for £300,000. He moved to Celtic in 2011 on a free transfer. On 9 August 2013, Wilson re-signed for Nottingham Forest for a fee of £2.5 million.…
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Rene Meulensteen | Utd, Ronaldo, Sir Alex and management
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Rene joins Callum to discuss what it was like working with Manchester United and Sir Alex Ferguson. The challenges of management and what it’s like working in both club football and international football.
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Paul Lambert | Dortmund, Celtic & Champions League success
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Paul Lambert is my latest guest. He played as a midfielder and won the Scottish Cup in 1987 with St Mirren as a 17-year-old, the UEFA Champions League with Borussia Dortmund and all the Scottish domestic honours with Celtic. In his international career, Lambert earned 40 caps for Scotland and played in the 1998 FIFA World Cup finals.…
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Ivo Pinto joins me. He opens up about playing in Portugal, Romania, Croatia, the Netherlands & in England. He has very fond memories of life @NorwichCityFC & training alongside @Cristiano.
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Roy Cavanagh | Manchester United through the decades.
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Roy Cavanagh - author of over 20 books with 6 on Manchester United - joins me for a fascinating chat on footballing nostalgia and Manchester United.
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Mixu Paatelainen | Ready for a return to football
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Mixu is my latest guest. He is a Finnish international and former manager Finland national team. He scored 18 goals in 70 appearances for the Finnish national team, which makes him Finland's all time thirteenth most capped player and fifth top goalscorer. He played in Scotland for Dundee United, Hibs and Aberdeen.…
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Dr. Erkut Söğüt is a player agent, lawyer, lecturer and author. He holds a doctorate in sports law.His clients include Mesut Özil, Kieran Gibbs, Kerem Aktürkoğlu, and he is well-known for having negotiated the biggest Premier League contract in history in January 2018 for his client. He also negotiated the biggest contract in Turkish football histo…
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David Hodgson | European Cup success and playing the game
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David Hodgson is our latest guest. He played for Middlesbrough, Liverpool, Norwich City, Sunderland and Sheffield Wednesday, as well as top division clubs FC Metz in France, Mazda in Japan, and Jerez Club Deportivo in Spain. During his two-year spell at Liverpool he helped them win the First Division twice. He made 49 appearances in total between 1…
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Mick Rathbone is an English former professional footballer who spent a number of years as part of the Everton medical team. He is currently physiotherapist for Salford City. He played 384 games in the Football League representing Birmingham City, Blackburn Rovers and Preston North End.
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Gordon returns to the show to discuss the release of his coaching memoir. Gordon Young: ‘Licence to Skill' follows the lifelong Well fan on his adventures in Scottish football, spells abroad, and all the pitches in between. ... Young also led Latvian side FK Liepaja to the Europa League qualifiers, and spent a year as Director of Coaching at Impact…
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Jim Proudfoot | Commentating on the biggest games
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Esteemed commentator Jim Proudfoot is our latest guest.
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Brian Easton | Hamilton, Saints and Burnley
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Brian Easton is our latest guest. He started his career with Hamilton, winning the Scottish First Division championship in 2008. He then transferred to Burnley in the Premier League before returning to Scotland. He won the Scottish Cup with St Johnstone in 2014.
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Peter Weatherson | From Shearer to Scottish football
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Morton legend Peter Weatherson is our latest guest. Peter is an English former professional footballer who mainly played as a striker for Greenock Morton. He also played for Newcastle Blue Star, Queen of the South and Annan Athletic.
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Jordan Rhodes is our latest guest. He plays as a striker for Championship club Huddersfield Town and the Scottish national team.
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John McMaster | Aberdeen, Fergie and Gothenburg
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John McMaster is our latest guest. He made 316 appearances (47 as substitute) and scored 20 goals for Aberdeen and secured multiple winners medals between 1974 and 1986, including the European Cup Winners' Cup in 1983, two Scottish League titles and three Scottish Cups. In November 2017, he was one of four inductees into the Aberdeen Hall of Fame.…
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Nick Montgomery | Management and memories of the Premier League
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Central Coast Mariners manager Nick Montgomery is our latest guest. He started his career with Sheffield United where he spent twelve years as a professional, making 399 appearances and faced the top stars of the Premier League.
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Stuart Findlay | MLS, Clarke, Scotland and Killie
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Stuart Findlay is our latest guest. Stuart plays as a centre-back for the Philadelphia Union in Major League Soccer, has played at Morton, Dumbarton, Celtic, Kilmarnock and the Scotland national team.
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Jackie McNamara | Celtic, Scotland and writing my autobiography
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Jackie McNamara is our latest guest. His new book is available now: from the glorious trophy-laden decade at Celtic including his time as club captain and his international caps to his dramatic departure in ’05 and subsequent spells with Wolves, Aberdeen, Falkirk and Partick Thistle. His book tells all - including his move into management - firstly…
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Dick Campbell is an icon of Scottish football. He is currently manager of Arbroath. He has managed in Scotland for 33 years and his management career includes successful lengthy spells at Brechin City and Forfar Athletic.
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Peter talks about his life in football at West Ham, Portsmouth and others as well as his friendship with Harry Redknapp.
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Our latest guest Gary Mills is an English football manager and former professional player. He played in the Premier League and Football League for Nottingham Forest winning the European Cup, Derby County, Notts County and Leicester City and managed in the Football League with Notts County and York City.…
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Darragh MacAnthony | The reality of owning a football club
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Darragh MacAnthony is our latest guest. He talks to Callum about: the reality of owning a football club, challenges posed by covid, potential of independent regulation & working with Barry Fry and Darren Ferguson.
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Brian Rice | Cloughie, Yogi and football management
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Brian Rice is our latest guest. Brian Rice is a Scottish football coach and former player. Rice played for Hibernian, Nottingham Forest under Brian Clough, Grimsby Town, West Bromwich Albion, Stoke City, Falkirk, Dunfermline Athletic, Clyde and Greenock Morton. He was the manager of Hamilton until August 2021 after many successful years working alo…
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