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Callum’s Football Broadcast

Callum’s Football Broadcast

By Callum McFadden

Hosted 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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Alan Tonge | From Manchester United to a career in education

Callum’s Football BroadcastMay 03, 2021

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Sven Goran Eriksson | Winning titles, Managing England and a life in football

Sven Goran Eriksson | Winning titles, Managing England and a life in football

Sven 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.
Jan 11, 202401:10:44
Kris Boyd | The art of goalscoring and punditry

Kris Boyd | The art of goalscoring and punditry

Kris Boyd joins me to discuss his career in Scottish football and working on Sky alongside Chris Sutton and co.

Aug 15, 202321:14
Craig Brown | Scotland Manager

Craig Brown | Scotland Manager

Craig 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.
Jun 26, 202301:28:06
Craig Brown | Teaching and Gilzean

Craig Brown | Teaching and Gilzean

Callum 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.
Jun 26, 202358:38
John McGovern | Cloughie and the European Cup

John McGovern | Cloughie and the European Cup

John 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 success.

A hard working central midfield team-player, McGovern passed the ball comfortably with either foot. John Robertson said, "As far as I'm concerned John McGovern is what epitomises what every good side needs." McGovern played over 650 senior first team games during his playing career spanning 19 seasons.
May 31, 202336:44
Jim Craig | Lisbon Lion

Jim Craig | Lisbon Lion

Jim 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...
Apr 10, 202301:06:20
Sam Allardyce | My life in management

Sam Allardyce | My life in management

Sam Allardyce opens up about his career in football for club and country.
Feb 16, 202332:57
Martin O’Neill | Forest, Celtic, Clough and Keane

Martin O’Neill | Forest, Celtic, Clough and Keane

European Cup winner Martin O’Neill joins me to discuss his career in football.
Dec 05, 202222:17
James Cooper | Manchester United, Manchester City and a career in broadcasting

James Cooper | Manchester United, Manchester City and a career in broadcasting

James 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.
Nov 04, 202254:10
Frans Hoek | The Godfather of goalkeeping

Frans Hoek | The Godfather of goalkeeping

Frans 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.
Sep 24, 202230:14
James Richardson | Football Italia memories & anchoring the Champions League

James Richardson | Football Italia memories & anchoring the Champions League

Broadcasting legend James Richardson joins Callum to discuss his career anchoring Italian football, the champions league and worlds strongest man.
Sep 10, 202253:34
Simon Donnelly | Celtic, Smell the glove and Sheffield Wednesday

Simon Donnelly | Celtic, Smell the glove and Sheffield Wednesday

Simon Donnelly joins Callum for a chat about his career in football from Celtic park to Firhill.
Sep 02, 202256:01
Les Ferdinand | Newcastle, Spurs, Goals and QPR

Les Ferdinand | Newcastle, Spurs, Goals and QPR

Sir 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.
Aug 27, 202252:17
Jose Mourinho | The story of a modern day legend

Jose Mourinho | The story of a modern day legend

When 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.
Aug 19, 202201:21:15
Adam Virgo | Celtic, Brighton and life after football

Adam Virgo | Celtic, Brighton and life after football

Adam 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.
Aug 14, 202201:18:23
Kevin Gallacher | Dundee United, Jim McLean, Scotland, Blackburn, Walker and Dalglish

Kevin Gallacher | Dundee United, Jim McLean, Scotland, Blackburn, Walker and Dalglish

Kevin joins Callum for a fascinating chat about his incredible career in the game.
Aug 05, 202201:24:38
Gary Bailey | Man Utd, England and Kaizer Chiefs.

Gary Bailey | Man Utd, England and Kaizer Chiefs.

Gary 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.
Jul 13, 202222:53
Jaap Stam on the treble and Ten Hag

Jaap Stam on the treble and Ten Hag

Jaap Stam joins me to discuss his career, the new era at Manchester United and raising money for the Manchester United foundation.
Jul 05, 202210:26
Lewis Morgan | Celtic, MLS & Scotland ambitions

Lewis Morgan | Celtic, MLS & Scotland ambitions

New 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.
Jun 30, 202211:27
Brian Little | Aston Villa and my life in football

Brian Little | Aston Villa and my life in football

Brian 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.
Jun 13, 202240:39
Patrice Evra on CFB

Patrice Evra on CFB

I spoke to Patrice Evra following the Manchester United legends game against Liverpool legends at Old Trafford.
May 22, 202204:23
Eilidh Barbour | Anchoring the game

Eilidh Barbour | Anchoring the game

Eilidh 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.
May 21, 202246:05
Lubo Moravcik | Celtic memories, Slovak success & life after football

Lubo Moravcik | Celtic memories, Slovak success & life after football

Lubo 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’.
May 11, 202236:35
Ian Holloway | My Life in Football from Blackpool to Bristol Rovers

Ian Holloway | My Life in Football from Blackpool to Bristol Rovers

Ian 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...
May 07, 202201:13:09
Kelvin Wilson | Celtic, Forest and marking Messi

Kelvin Wilson | Celtic, Forest and marking Messi

Former 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.
Apr 12, 202222:24
Rene Meulensteen | Utd, Ronaldo, Sir Alex and management

Rene Meulensteen | Utd, Ronaldo, Sir Alex and management

Rene 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.
Apr 06, 202201:04:07
Paul Lambert | Dortmund, Celtic & Champions League success

Paul Lambert | Dortmund, Celtic & Champions League success

Paul 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.
Mar 23, 202233:43
Ivo Pinto | Norwich, Ronaldo & Portugal

Ivo Pinto | Norwich, Ronaldo & Portugal

Ivo 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.
Mar 19, 202213:37
Roy Cavanagh | Manchester United through the decades.

Roy Cavanagh | Manchester United through the decades.

Roy Cavanagh - author of over 20 books with 6 on Manchester United - joins me for a fascinating chat on footballing nostalgia and Manchester United.
Mar 16, 202242:04
Mixu Paatelainen | Ready for a return to football

Mixu Paatelainen | Ready for a return to football

Mixu 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.
Mar 06, 202234:32
DR. ERKUT SÖGÜT | EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW

DR. ERKUT SÖGÜT | EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW

Dr. 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.
Feb 27, 202246:55
The best of Callum’s Football Broadcast

The best of Callum’s Football Broadcast

A 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.
Feb 26, 202219:39
Henrik Larsson | Celtic, Barcelona, Man Utd and CL success

Henrik Larsson | Celtic, Barcelona, Man Utd and CL success

Henrik 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.
Feb 20, 202201:22:11
David Hodgson | European Cup success and playing the game

David Hodgson | European Cup success and playing the game

David 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.
Feb 12, 202201:22:57
Mick Rathbone | The Smell of Football

Mick Rathbone | The Smell of Football

Mick 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.
Jan 30, 202239:57
Gordon Young | License to Skill

Gordon Young | License to Skill

Gordon 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.
Jan 25, 202226:27
Jim Proudfoot | Commentating on the biggest games

Jim Proudfoot | Commentating on the biggest games

Esteemed commentator Jim Proudfoot is our latest guest.
Jan 19, 202201:06:53
Brian Easton | Hamilton, Saints and Burnley

Brian Easton | Hamilton, Saints and Burnley

Brian 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.
Jan 14, 202212:22
Peter Weatherson | From Shearer to Scottish football

Peter Weatherson | From Shearer to Scottish football

Morton 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.
Jan 12, 202215:22
Jordan Rhodes | Goals for club and country

Jordan Rhodes | Goals for club and country

Jordan Rhodes is our latest guest. He plays as a striker for Championship club Huddersfield Town and the Scottish national team.
Jan 09, 202209:28
John McMaster | Aberdeen, Fergie and Gothenburg

John McMaster | Aberdeen, Fergie and Gothenburg

John 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.
Jan 08, 202201:06:29
Nick Montgomery | Management and memories of the Premier League

Nick Montgomery | Management and memories of the Premier League

Central 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.
Jan 04, 202210:49
Stuart Findlay | MLS, Clarke, Scotland and Killie

Stuart Findlay | MLS, Clarke, Scotland and Killie

Stuart 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.
Jan 02, 202211:10
Jackie McNamara | Celtic, Scotland and writing my autobiography

Jackie McNamara | Celtic, Scotland and writing my autobiography

Jackie 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.
Dec 28, 202119:20
Dick Campbell | My life in football

Dick Campbell | My life in football

Dick 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.
Dec 24, 202113:48
Peter Storrie | Being a CEO and ‘Arry

Peter Storrie | Being a CEO and ‘Arry

Peter talks about his life in football at West Ham, Portsmouth and others as well as his friendship with Harry Redknapp.
Dec 23, 202134:10
Gary Mills | European Cup winner

Gary Mills | European Cup winner

Our 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.
Dec 18, 202114:13
Darragh MacAnthony | The reality of owning a football club

Darragh MacAnthony | The reality of owning a football club

Darragh 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.
Dec 16, 202131:25
Brian Rice | Cloughie, Yogi and football management

Brian Rice | Cloughie, Yogi and football management

Brian 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.
Dec 08, 202121:37
Andy Payton | From Turf Moor to Paradise

Andy Payton | From Turf Moor to Paradise

Andy 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.
Dec 05, 202157:33