Celtic’s crisis grows and drama in the Carabao Cup – Football Weekly

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🗓️ 18 December 2025

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Max Rushden is joined by Barry Glendenning, Sam Dalling, Jordan Jarrett-Bryan and BarcaJim to discuss Celtic’s alarming start under Wilfried Nancy, late drama in the Carabao Cup and look ahead to the weekend’s Premier League fixtures.. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/footballweeklypod

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0:00.0	This is The Guardian.
0:13.7	Hello and welcome to The Guardian Football Weekly.
0:15.7	It takes a lot for Fitbar to lead the pod, but Celtic have stumbled into a worse managerial appointment
0:20.2	and Rangers managed with Russell Martin. Four games is no time to judge anyone, but Wilfrid Nancy is the first Celtic manager in history to lose his first four games. The first time the club have lost four in a row since 1978. Where does that fit in the Venn diagram? Then to the Carrabow, Lewis Miley puts Newcastle past Fulham in the last minute. Ray and Turkey shines again for City while Chelsea see off a spirited Cardiff. There's a Premier League preview, Newcastle, Chelsea, Spurs, Liverpool and Villamann United standout. There's the Guardian's top 100 footballers, some belated half-and-half scarf excitement. Your questions, and that's today's Guardian Football Weekly. On the panel today, Barry Glenn Danny, welcome. Hi, Max. Hello, Jordan Jarrett, Brian. Morning, mate. Welcome, Sam Dalling. Hello, Max. And friend of the pod, host of the RGC podcast, Barcer Jim, Jim Burke, Celtic fan. Welcome, Jim. How you doing, Max, all day? Yeah. Yeah, how. Yeah. I'm speaking far too often these days.
1:12.3	You really are.
1:14.9	Do you know what?
1:16.2	I mean, okay, so Paul says Wilfrid Nancy discuss.
1:20.0	It's a fascinating story about sort of how he was appointed and how they've gone and the
1:26.2	timing of the appointment.
1:27.4	And we have touched on it in previous pods. But like I said, lost four in a row for the first time since 1978. My first thought was a stat from before I was born. Mull of Kintyre by wings was number one at this time, Jim. You lost 2.1 to Dundee United last night, which was Dundee United's first time they'd beaten Celtic in 11 years, their first win in eight.
1:46.7	So it's unlike the three previous defeats which have been difficult games, I guess.
1:50.6	And Celtic were unlucky in this game, I guess.
1:53.2	I think that's a very kind synopsis.
1:57.6	We didn't have a shot in target after the 13th minute max we started really well
2:02.7	with the first 10 minutes or so
2:04.6	we started really well
2:05.7	but then
2:07.2	it was more a case of
2:09.1	Dundee United been bad than us
2:10.7	been good and then at half time
2:12.6	Jim Goodwin got Dundee United in
2:14.5	sort of couple of tactical tweaks
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