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Open Goal - Football Show

Amazing Gordon Strachan Chat On Football & Life + Celtic 1-2 Hearts | Keeping The Ball On The Ground

Open Goal - Football Show

Fitba Media Ltd

Sports, Soccer, Football, News, Sports News

4.82.4K Ratings

🗓️ 9 December 2025

⏱️ 122 minutes

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Summary

What a show we have for you this week as former Scotland and Celtic Gaffer, Gordon Strachan sits down with Si Ferry, Slaney and Scott Allan to chat about his life and career in the game with brilliant anecdotes from his time Managing at Celtic Park and the National Team plus playing at World Cups under the likes of Jock Stein and his Manager at Aberdeen and Man United, Sir Alex Ferguson!


We also discuss the big news from the weekend's action as Wilfried Nancy lost his first game as Celtic Manager to top-of-the table Hearts and is there a revival on at Rangers as Miovski starts to finally get the goals in for Rangers!


And we can't have the former Scotland Manager on without discussing the National Team's World Cup draw as Steve Clarke's men have been pitted against Haiti, Morocco and Brazil in Boston & Miami!


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Transcript

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0:00.0

Yes, welcome King the Ball in Green.

0:05.0

Biggest name of the season, God Stratton. What are you doing here? You look confused. Exactly. What happened there? What actually happened there? Thank you so much, Chuck Raleigh. You meant that, didn't he? You gave me a scare. Yeah. Yeah, you did it. No, but you fitted in Broughton to the Hydro, didn't he?

0:38.6

I've actually driven a long way to come here, and I was like, myself, what have I done?

0:42.9

Really? Where's it all going to go? So you need to drive by Celtic Park to get here with you thinking. I used to be the Celtic manager now I'm doing this. That's right.

0:49.5

So, yeah.

0:51.4

Yeah, actually being the Celtic Manor seems a wee bit easier than being here at the moment.

0:56.1

But anyway, I'm going to...

0:57.0

What did you prefer Bratislava? yeah um yeah actually being the Celtic man iser seems a wee bit easier than being here at the

0:55.1

moment but anyway what did you prefer brattislava or this oh this is bert and brattislava oh

1:01.7

jesus christ this is bertin brattislava matter of fact as i said to you before on my tombstone it'll

1:07.1

have this is still far better and brattislava. So, when I was watching the game yesterday and, you know, I'm the type of myself. A pair of guys have got beat, but I've got the record. They get the worst defeat ever of a Celtic manager, first game. They brought it up, didn't they? Did they bring it up, didn't it? I thought they might do. No, as bad distracting as I said.

1:27.8

That's right, yeah.

1:28.8

Who was it, Saddam?

1:30.4

What was it, BBC? Was it BBC? Even Tom's time got it. They're probably editing that. That's what they did BBC. Scottish employers. And then what they say? It was a mistake, really? and you're still clumping about with things

1:42.7

and I'm like, oh it was a mistake, really?

1:45.0

Come on.

1:46.0

Rogers Red Dimp's got mentioned his own.

1:48.0

Oh, they did. really? And you're sitting clopming about with things and I'm like oh it was a mistake really come on Rogers red imps got mentioned his own oh did they I was there that yeah were you there were you playing as well I definitely I was no playing but I was there we went to that was that off the back a two week in Slovenia pre-season and that was the first game so we didn't even usually do preseason and you couldn't even get a game in 19? I ain't got a game, aye. Jesus, and that was the first game. So we didn't even... Usually do pre-season. And you can't even get a game in that team?

2:01.6

When you get a game, aye.

2:03.3

Jesus. That's worse than me.

2:05.1

He got offered to Red Imps, and Red Imps didn't want to my player. Right, you got a couple of you. Golly, can you remember size a young boy to Celtic? Yeah. can you talk to us about him, tell me a wee bit as a personality and as a player?

2:16.8

We were eight were up against infirmary and never put me on that. It tells you how bad it was.

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