WORLD CUP 2026: Scotland special - Craig Levein
The Game
The Times
3.2 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 29 May 2026
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
This is a one off special from our colleagues in Scotland who join former player and national team manager Craig Levein.
They look at what reaching a World Cup means to Scotland, and how the team might fare.
Scotland correspondent Michael Grant is joined by Mark Palmer and former Scotland international Craig Levein
In the run up to World Cup 2026 we will be releasing a series of specials.
Join us next week for our regular shows plus a special England preview with Jonny Northcroft, Martin Samuel and Hamzah Khalique-Loonat
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to the game football podcast from The Times and Sunday Times. |
| 0:04.5 | This is the first of our special World Cup preview shows. |
| 0:08.1 | I'm Tom Clark and I'm delighted to introduce a special podcast recorded by our colleagues in Scotland, |
| 0:13.4 | previewing their team's chances at this year's tournament, |
| 0:16.1 | discussing just what it means for Scotland to be going to a World Cup for the first time in nearly 30 years |
| 0:21.2 | and hearing from a former player and manager of the national team Craig Levine. |
| 0:26.1 | Craig joins our sports reporter Mark Palmer and our Scottish football correspondent Michael Grant. |
| 0:30.5 | Michael, over to you. |
| 0:42.3 | Hello and welcome to the first Times Scotland World Cup podcast. |
| 0:45.4 | It's been 28 years since we've had the chance to do this. |
| 0:46.5 | This room has been ready. |
| 0:48.2 | These guests have been sitting in these chairs. |
| 0:49.2 | I've been here. |
| 0:50.3 | This script has been done. |
| 0:52.0 | We've just waited for the team to deliver. |
| 0:53.3 | And it finally has. |
| 0:55.5 | My name is Michael Grant. I'm the Scottish football correspondent for The Times. I will be going to America to cover this tournament |
| 1:01.1 | Scotland's three at least games and I'll be joined by my colleague Matt Palmer who will be |
| 1:08.8 | with me for the games against Haiti and Morocco and Brazil. |
| 1:13.8 | And we're also delighted to have the special guest of our former Scotland player, |
| 1:20.0 | former Scotland manager, now a man who informs or amuses the nations on podcasts like these, |
| 1:26.2 | Craig Levine. |
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