Lewis Ferguson: Scotland not at the World Cup to 'make up the numbers'
Scottish Football Podcast
BBC
3.6 • 793 Ratings
🗓️ 31 January 2026
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
Liam McLeod sits down with Scotland midfielder Lewis Ferguson to discuss his football career at Aberdeen and Hamilton, life in Italy as Bologna captain, his World Cup hopes with Scotland and whether he or Scott McTominay scores the better overhead kick.
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| 0:41.3 | Right, Lewis, we can start with a few quick fires here, right? |
| 0:43.7 | No pressure or anything like that. |
| 0:46.2 | So your professional debut as a footballer, can you recall when it was and who it was against? |
| 0:55.0 | It was against Motherwell at Fur Park in the Scottish Cup. |
| 1:01.0 | And it would have been sometime in January. I don't know exactly which date I'll go for the 18th. |
| 1:07.0 | It was the 20th, but you're pretty close, but you're bang on with the game, spot on. |
| 1:11.6 | First Scotland cap? |
| 1:12.6 | That was Denmark away. |
| 1:16.6 | Would have been in September, 2022? |
| 1:21.6 | Yep, that's another spot on again. So far so good. |
| 1:25.6 | Right, so your only Scotland goal so far. |
| 1:30.3 | Hopefully there'll be many more. What about that one? |
| 1:33.3 | The Greece one. That was nice. Special moment. You always dreamer. |
| 1:37.3 | Robertson on the right angle of the box with the left foot. |
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