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22 October 2026
PSG v Barcelona was "like a game of basketball" – more teams, more games, more goals. Peter Martin, Hugh MacDonald and Gordon Parks on why the Champions League is producing football like never before, and how the game has changed. Plus: broadcasting money, the Premier League's wealthy owners and wh...
22 October 2026
Barry Smith pays tribute to Giorgi Nemsadze, the Dundee legend who has passed away at the age of 54. Join us as we remember his incredible career. From his arrival at the start of the millennium to becoming a beloved figure at the club, Giorgi Nemsadze was a player of immense quality. We reflect on...
21 October 2026
Giorgi Nemsadze has died aged 54. Peter Martin remembers the Dundee number 10 who was "absolutely majestic": a Georgian international who joined the Dark Blues at the start of the millennium alongside Claudio Caniggia, Zurab Khizanishvili, Fabián Caballero, Juan Sara and Barry Smith, was "an absolut...
21 October 2026
"It's not. It's a Scotland problem." Hugh MacDonald on sectarian chants in Scottish football: not just a Celtic and Rangers problem, something "you'll hear sectarian stuff at grounds throughout Scotland", why Celtic players name Tynecastle, and why the only way to deal with it is to police it, which...
21 October 2026
"I ran through a brick wall for him." Alex Rae on Steven Pressley, who he worked under at Falkirk: Dundee "sitting fourth in the league" when most expected a bottom-six team, despite "three cruciates", Elvis's post-match on creating "a culture", one of "the silliest hats ever", and the backroom staf...
19 October 2026
Dermot Desmond won't be chastened by 'lads in balaclavas' throwing tennis balls at St Andrews. Hugh MacDonald and The Journos discuss the ongoing divide at Celtic and argue that supporters groups are entitled to voice their displeasure. They say a nasty minority, involved in damaging away stands, ba...
19 October 2026
"A wee bit of arrogance about Hearts." Alan Rough, Alex Rae and Tam McManus join Peter Martin after Celtic 7-1 Hearts: did Hearts buy into the hype, Martin O'Neill's big calls (Osmand in, Høgh out, Durán through the middle), Kieran Tierney, and whether Celtic are the best team in the country by some...
18 October 2026
Will Scotland be independent in our lifetime? Bernard Ponsonby, former STV political editor, tells Peter Martin why "the constitutional debate hasn't gone away", why Holyrood in 1999 "was a revolution", why the Scotland Act needs a trigger for another vote, and why it won't happen while John Swinney...
18 October 2026
"There's a word for alternative facts. It's called lies." Bernard Ponsonby, former STV political editor, and Peter Martin on how politics became "an extension of the entertainment genre": Tony Benn at the Edinburgh Playhouse, Boris Johnson and Brexit ("it was always a game"), Liz Truss, Nigel Farage...
17 October 2026
Is facial recognition at football grounds a step too far? Hugh MacDonald and Gordon Parks join Peter Martin on the police suggestion, why "Civil liberties is a massive thing", stewards on minimum wage, rising police costs, and why "you're accountable for that seat". Plus Hugh's point that the big pr...
16 October 2026
"If he lasts a month, I'll be surprised." Alan Rough is back, with Gordon Parks and special guest Mark Corcoran, after Benfica 4-1 Celtic and Hearts 1-1 Nordsjaelland. Celtic's back four, Callum McGregor "growing old in an inept midfield", Kasper Høgh or Camilo Durán through the middle, Jhon Durán's...
15 October 2026
"I'm never going to ask supporters for patience." Four games without a win, and Motherwell manager Alfred Johansson says the fans are allowed to be angry when they lose. Defender Stephen O'Donnell goes further: if a player can't handle criticism from the stands, "I don't think you should be in this...
14 October 2026
Hugh MacDonald’s amazing claim on the Journos show that cocaine is a far bigger problem in football than alcohol. He suggests that not only is it incredibly popular with football fans at games, that he's allegedly heard that players take the drug recreationally. Transcript: The big problem we know...
12 October 2026
Roy Keane 'not having it' on Alex Ferguson reunion, says journalist who interviewed him - Peter Martin recalls a one-to-one interview with Roy Keane in which Keane flatly ruled out any reconciliation with Sir Alex Ferguson, likening it to reconciling with Mick McCarthy. He also shares a story of Fer...
12 October 2026
Scottish football gets just 3.8% of Sky Sports' total UK coverage - Gordon Park traces how the Sentanta vs Sky bidding war left Scottish football with a weaker deal once Sentanta collapsed, and why Scotland lacks the unique country TV deal that Scandinavian leagues enjoy. They cite a report putting...
12 October 2026
Peter Martin wonders if there could be a rift between the Celtic manager Martin O'Neill and Cameron Carter-Vickers, or if it is yet another injury that has sidelined the centre-half. Alex Rae reckons European games will take their toll on Celtic and Hearts. Tam McManus believes the honeymoon is over...
12 October 2026
11 October 2026
Celtic Civil War: Rumours Shaun Maloney Picks the Team, Not Martin O'Neill - The panel compares Celtic's current turmoil to Ally McCoist's Rangers press conferences, where McCoist felt like a diplomat avoiding the real issues. They discuss fans boycotting games, Callum McGregor fielding questions on...
10 October 2026
"We are the most football-attending nation in Europe." So why do Scandinavian leagues get bigger TV deals than the SPFL? Peter Martin, Tam McManus and Gordon Parks on the SPFL handing out more than 50 million pounds to its clubs: Neil Doncaster and the Sky deal, Setanta's collapse and going back to...
9 October 2026
Gordon Parks and Tam McManus can't see Martin O'Neill surviving the civil war at Celtic all the way through the season. Rangers can increase the pressure by going top of the table. Will Hearts' busy schedule take its toll? Peter Martin rules out any reconciliation between Roy Keane and Sir Alex Ferg...
8 October 2026
"It's a terrifying statement to make." Peter Martin, Hugh MacDonald and Gordon Parks pick apart Scotland's 2-1 defeat to Slovenia at Hampden, starting with Sebastien Pocognoli's post-match verdict: "we weren't high enough". A press with no triggers, Ben Gannon-Doak pinned at wing-back, Stephen Wels...
8 October 2026
"You can write him off." Peter Martin, Hugh MacDonald and Gordon Parks on who leads the line for Scotland after the 2-1 defeat to Slovenia. Lawrence Shankland is out of the picture, so is it James Wilson or Kieron Bowie? Oli McBurnie "grafted like hell, but he's not a goalscorer", and Bowie was lef...
8 October 2026
"Messi's PR has been terrific." The Journos on Lionel Messi's farewell for Argentina and why Cristiano Ronaldo's send-off will never feel the same. Messi has "created a deity element within Argentinian football", while Ronaldo is all "robotic excellence": "He is about self. Messi was about others."...
8 October 2026
"He set them up to fail." Gordon Parks on Sebastien Pocognoli after Scotland's 2-1 defeat to Slovenia: an out-of-work manager, selection issues he takes issue with, and a post-match comment about not pressing high enough that "scares me". Hugh MacDonald says the default answer from managers is alwa...
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