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The Football Show · 23 October 2026

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Celtic 1-2 Celta Vigo: Is Martin O'Neill guilty of making excuses for a Celtic team with a poor European record and their third consecutive European loss? Are there positives for Wouter Vrancken and Hearts as Scottish football's standing in Europe continues to plummet? Can Rangers bounce back after dropping points last week to Dundee?

"European football has parked Celtic." Tam McManus and Gordon Parks join Peter Martin after Celtic 1-2 Celta Vigo, a third European defeat in three ("scored three, conceded nine"). Is Martin O'Neill "defending the indefensible"? Peter says "he's been muzzled". Plus Colby Donovan and the back four, why "Celta Vigo had a younger team than Celtic last night", and whether the fans can get the board out.

Then Hearts in Turkey ("you're up against Mo Salah"), Hibs v Celtic, Motherwell v Hearts, Rangers v St Johnstone, Simo Valakari, Tam's pick for best manager in the league (Steven Pressley), Aberdeen v Dundee United, St Mirren v Dundee and Falkirk v Kilmarnock, with the panel's predictions. And Partick Thistle 4-1 Celtic in the 1971 League Cup final, 55 years on today, and a tribute to Giorgi Nemsadze.

Has European football parked Celtic? Who's the best manager in the league? Tell us below.

CHAPTERS
0:00 Tam McManus and Gordon Parks join Peter; Roughy's off ill
2:03 Celtic 1-2 Celta Vigo: "We're not fooled by a 7-1 hammering"
4:23 "Celtic are probably a Conference League team now"
6:25 Martin O'Neill: "defending the indefensible"
7:42 One under-21 played 90 minutes: Tony Docherty's warning
8:51 The 2-1: Donovan, Hassan, Nygren, Baur, McGregor
11:30 "European football has parked Celtic"
12:24 Three games, three scored, nine conceded
13:45 Can the fans get the board out?
14:08 Celta's passing, and Real Madrid at the Bernabéu
16:39 Should McGregor and O'Neill have gone in the summer?
18:25 Hibs v Celtic: Marink Reedijk and the captaincy
20:51 "Selling a Lada with no engine": Neil Doncaster
21:31 Trabzonspor 2-0 Hearts: any positives?
24:04 Motherwell v Hearts
27:18 Rangers v St Johnstone: back on track after Dens Park?
30:07 Simo Valakari's St Johnstone
32:37 Best manager in the league? Tam picks Steven Pressley
36:09 Aberdeen v Dundee United, and the all-Scottish XIs
37:26 Norway's homegrown rule
38:00 Aberdeen's virus, and Stephen Robinson
42:09 Jim Goodwin's Dundee United
43:31 St Mirren v Dundee: five defeats in a row
45:57 Falkirk v Kilmarnock
49:01 "Start as many fights as you can"
49:30 Partick Thistle 4-1 Celtic: the 1971 League Cup final, 55 years on
52:05 Giorgi Nemsadze
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