The SPFL weekend preview
Scottish Football Podcast
BBC
3.6 • 794 Ratings
🗓️ 9 January 2026
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
Looking ahead to the weekend fixtures. With Charlotte Cohen, Rory Loy and Joelle Murray. It's the return of Martin O'Neill... again. Motherwell travel to Easter Road and can new Killie boss Neil McCann get off to a winning start?
Transcript
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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 Cohn and this is the Scottish football podcast. |
| 0:50.9 | All the news, views and analysis you need on Friday the 9th of January. |
| 0:54.0 | And what a weekend of action we have in store for you? |
| 0:58.8 | Martin O'Neill is returning to Celtic as manager for the remainder of the season. |
| 1:05.0 | The 73-year-old stepped in for eight games in the wake of Brennan Rogers' exit in October, winning seven of those. |
| 1:10.0 | Martin O'Neill takes charge of Celtic as interim manager for the first time again, |
| 1:13.6 | and two of the most entertaining teams in the league go head to head at Easter Road. Big game, really, really big game for us and for Hibbs. |
| 1:17.6 | Two sides with a lot of momentum and a ground that's probably going to be lifted and with a great atmosphere. |
| 1:24.6 | Who will come out on top as Hibs host Motherwool? And there's another crucial match as new Kelly boss Neil McCann travels to Livingston. Looking ahead for the club, it's so important that we stay in the Premiership. That's up to me, Billy, the rest of the staff and the group of players in there to make sure that we start making that look more positive. We will fill you in on all of this weekend's action. |
| 1:47.1 | The Scottish Football Podcast from BBC Sports Scotland. |
| 1:54.2 | Alongside me this morning, Joelle Murray, newly appointed Hibs Women Head Coach. |
| 2:00.1 | Joelle, good morning. How's it going? |
| 2:02.7 | Yeah, good morning, Charlotte. |
| 2:04.7 | Yeah, it's definitely going. |
| 2:06.6 | And it has been for the last few weeks, even more than normal. |
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