Callum’s Football Broadcast
687 episodes - English - Latest episode: 9 months ago - ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsHosted 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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Episodes
Sven Goran Eriksson | Winning titles, Managing England and a life in football
January 11, 2024 14:02 - 1 hour - 65.5 MBSven 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.
Kris Boyd | The art of goalscoring and punditry
August 15, 2023 11:59 - 21 minutes - 19.7 MBKris Boyd joins me to discuss his career in Scottish football and working on Sky alongside Chris Sutton and co.
Craig Brown | Scotland Manager
June 26, 2023 17:40 - 1 hour - 81.5 MBCraig 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.
Craig Brown | Teaching and Gilzean
June 26, 2023 17:40 - 58 minutes - 54.3 MBCallum 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.
John McGovern | Cloughie and the European Cup
May 31, 2023 11:26 - 36 minutes - 34 MBJohn 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 UEFA Super Cup, two Football League Cups, the FA Charity Shield and the Anglo-Scottish Cup. He was Forest's club captain throughout this period of...
Jim Craig | Lisbon Lion
April 10, 2023 15:22 - 1 hour - 61.4 MBJim 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...
Sam Allardyce | My life in management
February 16, 2023 21:29 - 32 minutes - 30.5 MBSam Allardyce opens up about his career in football for club and country.
Martin O’Neill | Forest, Celtic, Clough and Keane
December 05, 2022 14:15 - 22 minutes - 20.6 MBEuropean Cup winner Martin O’Neill joins me to discuss his career in football.
James Cooper | Manchester United, Manchester City and a career in broadcasting
November 04, 2022 07:49 - 54 minutes - 50.1 MBJames 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.
Frans Hoek | The Godfather of goalkeeping
September 24, 2022 09:37 - 30 minutes - 28 MBFrans 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, Thomas Kraft, Michel Vorm and David de Gea.
James Richardson | Football Italia memories & anchoring the Champions League
September 10, 2022 22:41 - 53 minutes - 49.6 MBBroadcasting legend James Richardson joins Callum to discuss his career anchoring Italian football, the champions league and worlds strongest man.
Simon Donnelly | Celtic, Smell the glove and Sheffield Wednesday
September 02, 2022 16:45 - 56 minutes - 51.8 MBSimon Donnelly joins Callum for a chat about his career in football from Celtic park to Firhill.
Les Ferdinand | Newcastle, Spurs, Goals and QPR
August 27, 2022 12:36 - 52 minutes - 48.4 MBSir 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.
Jose Mourinho | The story of a modern day legend
August 19, 2022 06:53 - 1 hour - 75.2 MBWhen 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 Hotspur.
Adam Virgo | Celtic, Brighton and life after football
August 14, 2022 15:43 - 1 hour - 72.5 MBAdam 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.
Kevin Gallacher | Dundee United, Jim McLean, Scotland, Blackburn, Walker and Dalglish
August 05, 2022 21:15 - 1 hour - 78.3 MBKevin joins Callum for a fascinating chat about his incredible career in the game.
Gary Bailey | Man Utd, England and Kaizer Chiefs.
July 13, 2022 21:06 - 22 minutes - 21.2 MBGary 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.
Jaap Stam on the treble and Ten Hag
July 05, 2022 21:44 - 10 minutes - 9.66 MBJaap Stam joins me to discuss his career, the new era at Manchester United and raising money for the Manchester United foundation.
Lewis Morgan | Celtic, MLS & Scotland ambitions
June 30, 2022 10:58 - 11 minutes - 10.6 MBNew 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.
Brian Little | Aston Villa and my life in football
June 13, 2022 18:53 - 40 minutes - 37.6 MBBrian 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 against Wales in 1975.
Patrice Evra on CFB
May 22, 2022 11:40 - 4 minutes - 4.07 MBI spoke to Patrice Evra following the Manchester United legends game against Liverpool legends at Old Trafford.
Eilidh Barbour | Anchoring the game
May 21, 2022 09:13 - 46 minutes - 42.7 MBEilidh 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.
Lubo Moravcik | Celtic memories, Slovak success & life after football
May 11, 2022 07:46 - 36 minutes - 33.9 MBLubo 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’.
Ian Holloway | My Life in Football from Blackpool to Bristol Rovers
May 07, 2022 09:12 - 1 hour - 67.7 MBIan 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...
Kelvin Wilson | Celtic, Forest and marking Messi
April 12, 2022 07:20 - 22 minutes - 20.7 MBFormer 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.
Rene Meulensteen | Utd, Ronaldo, Sir Alex and management
April 06, 2022 17:04 - 1 hour - 59.3 MBRene 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.
Paul Lambert | Dortmund, Celtic & Champions League success
March 23, 2022 15:36 - 33 minutes - 31.2 MBPaul 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.
Ivo Pinto | Norwich, Ronaldo & Portugal
March 19, 2022 16:53 - 13 minutes - 12.6 MBIvo 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.
Roy Cavanagh | Manchester United through the decades.
March 16, 2022 16:45 - 42 minutes - 38.9 MBRoy Cavanagh - author of over 20 books with 6 on Manchester United - joins me for a fascinating chat on footballing nostalgia and Manchester United.
Mixu Paatelainen | Ready for a return to football
March 06, 2022 15:30 - 34 minutes - 32 MBMixu 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.
DR. ERKUT SÖGÜT | EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW
February 27, 2022 14:41 - 46 minutes - 43.4 MBDr. 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 history (on and off-the-pitch) with Özil’s move to Fenerbahce.
The best of Callum’s Football Broadcast
February 26, 2022 07:56 - 19 minutes - 18.2 MBA compilation of the best bits of the show over the last few years featuring Henrik Larsson Barry Ferguson Graeme Souness Harry Redknapp Stevie Nicol Kevin Day Chris Sutton & an exclusive live performance by The Howl and The Hum. Thank you for listening.
Henrik Larsson | Celtic, Barcelona, Man Utd and CL success
February 20, 2022 12:01 - 1 hour - 76.1 MBHenrik 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.
David Hodgson | European Cup success and playing the game
February 12, 2022 22:43 - 1 hour - 76.8 MBDavid 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 1982 and 1984.
Mick Rathbone | The Smell of Football
January 30, 2022 22:47 - 39 minutes - 37 MBMick 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.
Gordon Young | License to Skill
January 25, 2022 18:16 - 26 minutes - 24.5 MBGordon 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 Soccer in California, USA.
Jim Proudfoot | Commentating on the biggest games
January 19, 2022 17:43 - 1 hour - 61.9 MBEsteemed commentator Jim Proudfoot is our latest guest.
Brian Easton | Hamilton, Saints and Burnley
January 14, 2022 08:15 - 12 minutes - 11.5 MBBrian 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.
Peter Weatherson | From Shearer to Scottish football
January 12, 2022 22:54 - 15 minutes - 14.2 MBMorton 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.
Jordan Rhodes | Goals for club and country
January 09, 2022 14:42 - 9 minutes - 8.76 MBJordan Rhodes is our latest guest. He plays as a striker for Championship club Huddersfield Town and the Scottish national team.
John McMaster | Aberdeen, Fergie and Gothenburg
January 08, 2022 12:49 - 1 hour - 61.5 MBJohn 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.
Nick Montgomery | Management and memories of the Premier League
January 04, 2022 11:45 - 10 minutes - 10 MBCentral 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.
Stuart Findlay | MLS, Clarke, Scotland and Killie
January 02, 2022 16:32 - 11 minutes - 10.3 MBStuart 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.
Jackie McNamara | Celtic, Scotland and writing my autobiography
December 28, 2021 15:49 - 19 minutes - 17.9 MBJackie 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 with Thistle, then Dundee United before his time with York City.
Dick Campbell | My life in football
December 24, 2021 16:34 - 13 minutes - 12.8 MBDick 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.
Peter Storrie | Being a CEO and ‘Arry
December 23, 2021 10:21 - 34 minutes - 31.6 MBPeter talks about his life in football at West Ham, Portsmouth and others as well as his friendship with Harry Redknapp.
Gary Mills | European Cup winner
December 18, 2021 19:29 - 14 minutes - 13.2 MBOur 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.
Darragh MacAnthony | The reality of owning a football club
December 16, 2021 08:28 - 31 minutes - 29.1 MBDarragh 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.
Brian Rice | Cloughie, Yogi and football management
December 08, 2021 17:29 - 21 minutes - 20 MBBrian 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 alongside good friend John Hughes.
Andy Payton | From Turf Moor to Paradise
December 05, 2021 16:53 - 57 minutes - 53.3 MBAndy Payton is our latest guest. A striker, Payton played for seven professional clubs in England and Scotland, scoring 200 goals in over 500 appearances, and gaining the nickname the Padiham Predator.