The SPFL weekend preview
Scottish Football Podcast
BBC
3.6 • 793 Ratings
🗓️ 23 January 2026
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
Previewing Sunday's massive showdown between league leaders Hearts and Celtic at Tynecastle, plus a look at all the weekend action across the fixtures. Join Charlotte Cohen, Joelle Murray, Rory Loy (and Rory's cat).
Can an injury-hit Hearts side survive the loss of Lawrence Shankland and Cammy Devlin? And do Celtic have enough left in the tank to recover from their midweek heroics against Bologna?
Rory argues that Celtic’s pedigree as champions keeps them firmly in the title hunt, while Joelle has been impressed by the Ibrox revival under Danny Röhl. She expects to see Rangers' new signings in action this weekend, but warns they still lack the clinical No.9 needed to secure silverware.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio Podcasts. |
| 0:05.7 | Hello, you're about to listen to a BBC podcast, and I'm Ed Gamble, host of another BBC podcast, The Traitors Uncloaked. |
| 0:12.7 | But my show is available only on BBC Sounds, just like Ellis and John's Saturday bonus episodes, |
| 0:18.2 | The Pop Top Ten podcast with Scott Mills and Rylan, and comedy specials |
| 0:22.2 | from the likes of Harriet Kemsley, Susie Ruffle and Rommashranganathan. |
| 0:26.0 | However, and maybe I'm biased, it's really all about the traitors uncoaked. |
| 0:30.3 | So for a whole bunch of exclusive scoops and podcasts, listen only on BBC Sounds. |
| 0:46.9 | Hello, I'm Charlotte Cohen, and this is the Scottish football podcast. |
| 0:50.9 | All the news, views and analysis you need on Friday the 23rd of January. |
| 0:55.0 | And Boyd, we have a Titanic clash for you this weekend. Head of goal! Magnuson makes it two to Hart! |
| 1:00.0 | Good chance for number three, which is Dickholm by Benjamin Negrin. |
| 1:05.0 | And that will absolutely seal the points. |
| 1:07.0 | Who's going to get the edge in the title race as Hart's host Celtic? |
| 1:10.0 | And are there murmurs of discontent in Leith as Hibbsface Falkirk? |
| 1:13.6 | I can't stand here and save if we deserve to win. |
| 1:16.6 | I can talk about chances we created, chances we missed. |
| 1:19.6 | The reality situation is we're out of the cup and that's not good enough for this football club. |
| 1:24.6 | Can David Gray's side get back to winning ways after Cup disappointment? the manager list take on the win list as Livingston visit Aberdeen? |
| 1:32.5 | I think they're reasonably relaxed about it. Whether it should be is a different matter, |
| 1:36.1 | but I mean they're interviewed, they're beginning to interview candidates now. I think |
| 1:38.7 | probably down to a short list of four or five. We've got all of the big talking points covered. |
| 1:43.9 | The Scottish Football Podcast. |
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