Open Goal - Football Show

Si Ferry Meets... Jackie McNamara - Celtic Career, Wolves, Aberdeen, Management & Sitcoms!

Si Ferry sits down with former Celtic captain, Jackie McNamara to discuss his long and illustrious career as he discusses his highs and lows with a few hilarious stories about the characters he's played with down the years.

Keeing the Ball on the Ground with Hugh Keevins

This week, Simon and Mark are joined by Scottish broadcasting stalwart, Hugh Keevins as the panel discuss whether VAR should be introduced to Scottish Football; the role of a football 'Hard Man' in the modern game; a preview of this weekend's Rangers v Celtic match and some old tales from Hugh on the characters he's met over the years covering the game in Scotland.

Si Ferry Meets...Alex Rae - Falkirk, Millwall, Sunderland, Wolves & Return to Rangers

Alex Rae sits down with Si Ferry to discuss the ups and downs and many funny moments from this thoroughly entertaining interview with the ex-Rangers man.

He chats us through his early release from his boyhood club as a youth player and his proceeding moves to the likes of Falkirk, Millwall, Sunderland and Wolves with some great tales about his former teammates including Teddy Sheringham, Nial Quinn and Paul Ince.

The conversation then moves onto his dream return to Rangers and the experiences of winning the league on a dramatic final day in 2005 and what it was like back living in Glasgow's goldfish bowl.

Keeping the Ball on The Ground with Kris Commons

This week Simon and Mark are joined by former Celtic Forward, Kris Commons as the boys discuss Scott Brown's International Retirement, Gary Neville's lambasting of Arsenal, Cup Final memories and new signing initiations!

Keeping the Ball on the Ground with Lee Miller

This week on Keeping the Ball on the ground we're joined by former Aberdeen, Dundee United, Boro and current Livingston striker Lee Miller.

Si Ferry Meets...Tony Watt - Dream Celtic Debut, Playing with Idols, Barca Goal, The Future

Si Ferry gets a blether with Scotland internationalist and former Celtic and Hearts striker, Tony Watt.

In a very open and honest interview, Tony talks about the many highs experienced in his career so far including his debut for Celtic, playing with and under some of his idols and of course his famous winner against Barcelona in the Champions league.

He also discusses some of the challenges he's faced in his time as a professional and his plans for the future as he looks to get back to playing regular football again in order to make the most of his gifted talent.

Keeping the Ball on the Ground with John Rankin

John Rankin joins the boys for this week's instalment of the Keeping the Ball on the Ground Podcast in association William Hill.

 

Si Ferry Meets...Alan Stubbs Ep 2 - John Barnes at Celtic, Cancer scare, Everton & Hibs Scottish Cup

In Part 2 of our chat with Alan Stubbs, the defender discusses the latter end of his Celtic career which saw frequent managerial changes between Dr Jo Venglos to John Barnes and Martin O'Neill.

Alan also provides a detailed insight into the difficulties he experienced during that time period after being diagnosed with cancer and tells us the full story of how he managed to fight his way back to full health to play professional football again.

The chat then moves onto his move back to his boyhood club, Everton as he talks us through some of the characters he played with including Gazza, Wayne Rooney and Open Goal favourite, Tommy Gravesen!

Finally, we take time to focus on his reign as Manager of Hibs which saw him navigate the club to the most famous victory in their history as they won the William Hill Scottish Cup for the first time in 114 years.

Si Ferry Meets...Alan Stubbs Episode 1 - Early Celtic Days with the 3 Amigos, Stopping the 10

Si Ferry sits down with a man who played a vital role in a defining era for Celtic as they began to challenge for Scotland's top honours again and managed to stop rival Rangers from winning 10 League Titles in a row.

In Part 1, Alan Stubbs talks us through those early years at Celtic and gives us an excellent insight into the characters he shared a dressing room with including Paolo Di Canio, Pierre Van Hooijdonk, Henrik Larsson, Tommy Johnson and many more as well as providing thorough detail into the iconic season when Celtic stopped the 10 in 1998.

Keeping the Ball on the Ground Ep 5 with Jim White - Transfer Deadline Day Special

This week we're joined by the King of the Transfer Deadline Day, Jim White who talks us through the ins and outs of his role in one of the stand out days in the footballing calendar, some of his most memorable days on-air and of course all the latest transfer news from the man himself!