Monday Night Club: Clement gone and who makes the Champions League?

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🗓️ 24 February 2025

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

On this week’s Monday Night Club, the panel react to Rangers sacking Philippe Clement after 16 months in charge. What’s gone so wrong for him and where will Rangers turn next? Does the interim manager Barry Ferguson have the answer? BBC Scotland’s Tom English joins Chris Sutton, Rory Smith, Paul Robinson and Mark Chapman to react to the news of Clement’s departure. They also discuss who is in the hunt for Champions League spots – Chris has it all worked out with his system – but how will the likes of Nottingham Forest, Chelsea and Newcastle fare? And with news of discontent in France over referees, French football journalist Matt Spiro drops by – should matches be refereed by foreign officials?

TIME CODES:

00:50 – Philippe Clement out at Rangers 21:50 – Who makes the Champions League? 39:10 – Referees

5 Live/Sports Extra Commentaries This Week:

Wed 26 Feb 2000 England v Spain in UEFA Women’s Nations League, Fri 28 Feb 2000 Aston Villa v Cardiff in FA Cup, Sat 1 Mar 1215 Crystal Palace v Millwall in FA Cup, Sat 1 Mar 1215 Preston v Burnley in FA Cup on BBC Sport website, Sat 1 Mar 1500 Bournemouth v Wolves in FA Cup, Sat 1 Mar 1745 Man City v Plymouth in FA Cup, Sun 2 Mar 1345 Newcastle v Brighton in FA Cup, Mon 3 Mar 1930 Nottingham Forest v Ipswich in FA Cup.

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0:15.4	he fires the coach right there on the bus in front of all the team
0:19.1	so who was Vladimir Romanov?
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0:22.9	If you gave this storyline to a Hollywood filmmaker,
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0:29.6	and this is Romanov, Tsar of Hearts.
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0:40.3	The Football Daily Podcasts with Mark Chapman.
0:48.5	Welcome to the Monday Night Club.
0:50.5	Rory Smith, Chris Sutton and former England and Leeds goalkeeper Paul Robinson are with us.
0:55.1	We're going to start this week with Philip Clement sacking at Rangers.
0:58.7	His 16-month tenure ended with a 2-0 defeat at home by St. Mirren.
1:03.7	They are 13 points behind Celtic at the top of the Premiership and they're out of the Scottish Cup as well.
1:47.2	After that defeat at home to Queen Queens Park but they are still in the Europa League and yet even though they are still in the Europa League Chris no surprise that this has happened I don't think so as you mentioned the defeat Queens Park, a team who aren't doing particularly well in the Scottish Championship, he was always going to struggle to survive. That somehow he did do. But then when Celtic had left the door slightly ajar after getting beaten against Hibbs on Saturday lunchtime.
1:48.5	That's not ajar though, is it?
1:56.3	Well, I know, but Rangers, look, Celtic were always going to go on to win it unless there was a catastrophe. But Rangers still had the chance to close the gap to 10 points.
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