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The Football Show · 17 October 2026
"I cannot let these people down." Bernard Ponsonby and Peter Martin swap stories from being a journalist at STV in the 80s and 90s, and from Fergus McCann's Celtic: the expenses ("You'll have to spend a bit more"), Jim White and Gerry McNee ("No story, not getting on"), McCann buying Jim White's flat in Pollokshields and complaining about a "duff fridge", lunch at the Rogano ("two courses, £14"), "our two new employees", how Tommy Burns got Andreas Thom signed, and the share-issue queue down Kerrydale Street after losing to Raith Rovers. From Straight Talk, first published in June 2026.
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CHAPTERS
0:00 Peter's STV start: "Am I good enough to be here?"
0:42 Jim White and Gerry McNee: "good operators"
1:19 STV expenses: "You'll have to spend a bit more"
2:24 The Cabin in Whiteinch and the STV Christmas parties
3:10 Jim White, Arthur Montford and Alec Cameron
4:10 Gerry McNee: "No story, not getting on"
4:55 Fergus McCann and Jim White's "duff fridge"
5:32 Lunch at the Rogano: "two courses, £14"
6:33 "Our two new employees": Di Canio
7:18 Tommy Burns, Andreas Thom and "one thin dime"
8:13 The share issue: "I cannot let these people down"
9:07 The supermarket and Kunta Kinte
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