Celtic v Hearts title-clinching debrief - is Scottish football at a turning point?
Scottish Football Podcast
BBC
3.6 • 793 Ratings
🗓️ 18 May 2026
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
Celtic are champions after a final-day decider - where now for Scottish football?
Pitch invasions, post-match statements, and simmering discontent, what does it all mean for the game as a whole? Will Celtic be able to find stability next season, or will their dysfunction continue? Fans are clamouring for change at the club - does this title merely paper over the cracks? It’s a World Cup summer, which will complicate their plans, and they need a permanent manager - are they about to give Martin O’Neill the job?
Can Hearts build on their impressive campaign, or was their title tilt a one-off? Tony Bloom's long-term vision for investing in Hearts is going about exactly as he expected so far... Will they be challenging for the title again next season? Will they be able to recruit as effectively this summer again - and have another go at winning the league?
With Andrew Petrie, former Celtic striker Cillian Sheridan, and The Scotsman's Mark Atkinson.
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| 0:32.1 | football from 5 live listen only on BBC Sound the dust has now settled on the most enthralling of premiership seasons. |
| 0:40.8 | So we're now for Scottish football. |
| 0:47.1 | Hello, I'm Andrew Petrie and this is the Scottish Football podcast, |
| 0:50.9 | with all the news, views and analysis you need on Monday the 18th of May. |
| 0:55.8 | Celtic are champions. Hearts just runners up. But why has this weekend left a bad taste in |
| 1:01.9 | the mouth for many supporters? Pitch invasions, post-match statements and simmering discontent. |
| 1:07.5 | What does it all mean for the game as a whole? |
| 1:09.6 | March denied at the last, but now there's a sad invasion of hundreds and thousands of supporters |
| 1:16.2 | onto the Celtic power pitch. Will Celtic be able to find stability next season, or will their |
| 1:22.0 | dysfunction continue? As the flamethrowers and the ticker tape go up into the Glasgow sky here in the East End, |
| 1:30.4 | perhaps the most unlikely of the 14 titles they've won out of the last 15 seasons. |
| 1:38.0 | And can hearts build on their impressive campaign, or was their title tilt just a one-off? |
| 1:44.5 | The Scottish Football Podcast from BBC Sports Scotland. |
| 1:50.7 | Well, I'm delighted to be joined by former Celtic striker, Killeen Sheridan, and the |
| 1:54.8 | Scotsman Sport editor, Mark Atkinson. Good morning, gents. I think we'll just get stuck right in |
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