Sam Allardyce opens up about his career in football for club and country.
European Cup winner Martin O'Neill joins me to discuss his career in football.
James Cooper spent 18 years working at Sky Sports News and became a familiar face amongst Manchester United and Manchester City fans as Sky's Manchester football correspondent. He has many great tales from interviewing Sir Alex Ferguson, working at MUTV in ‘99 and the madness of transfer deadline day.
Frans is renowned in world football as an assistant to Johan Cruyff and then Louis van Gaal at club sides AFC Ajax, FC Barcelona, FC Bayern Munich and Manchester United, and the Netherlands national team. He has worked with goalkeepers including Edwin van der Sar, Stanley Menzo, Víctor Valdés, Vítor Baía, Pepe Reina, Robert Enke, Łukasz Fabiański, Thomas Kraft, Michel Vorm and David de Gea.
Gary Bailey joins me to discuss his life in football from growing up in South Africa to becoming Manchester United number 1 and making an international career with England.
Jaap Stam joins me to discuss his career, the new era at Manchester United and raising money for the Manchester United foundation.
New York Red Bulls footballer Lewis Morgan talks about his career in football so far that has taken him to New York and Miami via Paisley and Glasgow.
I spoke to Patrice Evra following the Manchester United legends game against Liverpool legends at Old Trafford.
Former Celtic defender Kelvin Wilson joins me. He started his career with Notts County, before moving to Preston North End in 2006. Nottingham Forest signed him one year later for £300,000. He moved to Celtic in 2011 on a free transfer. On 9 August 2013, Wilson re-signed for Nottingham Forest for a fee of £2.5 million.
Paul Lambert is my latest guest. He played as a midfielder and won the Scottish Cup in 1987 with St Mirren as a 17-year-old, the UEFA Champions League with Borussia Dortmund and all the Scottish domestic honours with Celtic. In his international career, Lambert earned 40 caps for Scotland and played in the 1998 FIFA World Cup finals.
Ivo Pinto joins me. He opens up about playing in Portugal, Romania, Croatia, the Netherlands & in England. He has very fond memories of life @NorwichCityFC & training alongside @Cristiano.
Roy Cavanagh - author of over 20 books with 6 on Manchester United - joins me for a fascinating chat on footballing nostalgia and Manchester United.
Mixu is my latest guest. He is a Finnish international and former manager Finland national team. He scored 18 goals in 70 appearances for the Finnish national team, which makes him Finland's all time thirteenth most capped player and fifth top goalscorer. He played in Scotland for Dundee United, Hibs and Aberdeen.
Dr. Erkut Söğüt is a player agent, lawyer, lecturer and author. He holds a doctorate in sports law. His clients include Mesut Özil, Kieran Gibbs, Kerem Aktürkoğlu, and he is well-known for having negotiated the biggest Premier League contract in history in January 2018 for his client. He also negotiated the biggest contract in Turkish football history (on and off-the-pitch) with Özil's move to Fenerbahce.
David Hodgson is our latest guest. He played for Middlesbrough, Liverpool, Norwich City, Sunderland and Sheffield Wednesday, as well as top division clubs FC Metz in France, Mazda in Japan, and Jerez Club Deportivo in Spain. During his two-year spell at Liverpool he helped them win the First Division twice. He made 49 appearances in total between 1982 and 1984.
Mick Rathbone is an English former professional footballer who spent a number of years as part of the Everton medical team. He is currently physiotherapist for Salford City. He played 384 games in the Football League representing Birmingham City, Blackburn Rovers and Preston North End.
Gordon returns to the show to discuss the release of his coaching memoir. Gordon Young: ‘Licence to Skill' follows the lifelong Well fan on his adventures in Scottish football, spells abroad, and all the pitches in between. ... Young also led Latvian side FK Liepaja to the Europa League qualifiers, and spent a year as Director of Coaching at Impact Soccer in California, USA.
Esteemed commentator Jim Proudfoot is our latest guest.
Brian Easton is our latest guest. He started his career with Hamilton, winning the Scottish First Division championship in 2008. He then transferred to Burnley in the Premier League before returning to Scotland. He won the Scottish Cup with St Johnstone in 2014.
Morton legend Peter Weatherson is our latest guest. Peter is an English former professional footballer who mainly played as a striker for Greenock Morton. He also played for Newcastle Blue Star, Queen of the South and Annan Athletic.
Jordan Rhodes is our latest guest. He plays as a striker for Championship club Huddersfield Town and the Scottish national team.
John McMaster is our latest guest. He made 316 appearances (47 as substitute) and scored 20 goals for Aberdeen and secured multiple winners medals between 1974 and 1986, including the European Cup Winners' Cup in 1983, two Scottish League titles and three Scottish Cups. In November 2017, he was one of four inductees into the Aberdeen Hall of Fame.
Central Coast Mariners manager Nick Montgomery is our latest guest. He started his career with Sheffield United where he spent twelve years as a professional, making 399 appearances and faced the top stars of the Premier League.
Stuart Findlay is our latest guest. Stuart plays as a centre-back for the Philadelphia Union in Major League Soccer, has played at Morton, Dumbarton, Celtic, Kilmarnock and the Scotland national team.
Jackie McNamara is our latest guest. His new book is available now: from the glorious trophy-laden decade at Celtic including his time as club captain and his international caps to his dramatic departure in '05 and subsequent spells with Wolves, Aberdeen, Falkirk and Partick Thistle. His book tells all - including his move into management - firstly with Thistle, then Dundee United before his time with York City.
Dick Campbell is an icon of Scottish football. He is currently manager of Arbroath. He has managed in Scotland for 33 years and his management career includes successful lengthy spells at Brechin City and Forfar Athletic.
Peter talks about his life in football at West Ham, Portsmouth and others as well as his friendship with Harry Redknapp.
Our latest guest Gary Mills is an English football manager and former professional player. He played in the Premier League and Football League for Nottingham Forest winning the European Cup, Derby County, Notts County and Leicester City and managed in the Football League with Notts County and York City.
Darragh MacAnthony is our latest guest. He talks to Callum about: the reality of owning a football club, challenges posed by covid, potential of independent regulation & working with Barry Fry and Darren Ferguson.
Brian Rice is our latest guest. Brian Rice is a Scottish football coach and former player. Rice played for Hibernian, Nottingham Forest under Brian Clough, Grimsby Town, West Bromwich Albion, Stoke City, Falkirk, Dunfermline Athletic, Clyde and Greenock Morton. He was the manager of Hamilton until August 2021 after many successful years working alongside good friend John Hughes.
Andy Payton is our latest guest. A striker, Payton played for seven professional clubs in England and Scotland, scoring 200 goals in over 500 appearances, and gaining the nickname the Padiham Predator.
Jamie Hoyland joins us. Jamie made more than 400 appearances in the Football League and Premier League playing in midfield in the 1980s and 1990s. He then turned to coaching and was most recently academy manager at Sheffield United. His father Tommy Hoyland had also played for Sheffield United from 1949 to 1961.
Paul McCarthy is the executive Secretary of the Football Writers' Association. He joins Callum to discuss reporting on top level football for decades including a superb story about the most important story that he ever broke.
Shefki Kuqi is our latest guest. He spent most of his career in the English football league system, for clubs including Newcastle United, Sheffield Wednesday, Ipswich Town, Blackburn Rovers, Crystal Palace, Fulham, Swansea City and Oldham Athletic. He made over 500 career league appearances, scoring over 150 goals. Kuqi also represented the Finland national football team at international level, with eight goals from 62 appearances. His trademark goal celebration of bellyflopping onto the ground has led to his nickname of the "Flying Finn".
David Coles has been a goalkeeper coach for more than two decades, working with the likes of Southampton, Portsmouth, Bristol City and England. The players he's worked with during that time include David James, Dean Kiely, Asmir Begovic and Rob Green.
Theo Ten Caat joins Callum. Theo is a former Dutch professional football forward who played for FC Twente, BV Veendam, FC Groningen, Aberdeen and Vitesse Arnhem.
Iain Brunskill joins Callum. Iain Brunskill is National Coach at the Chinese FA's Technical Department. Iain began coaching as a community coach at the Liverpool academy moving on to work with all age groups from U6-U19. In 2008 he joined Blackburn Rovers as reserve team coach, progressing to first team coach, working with a series of coaches and managers including Sam Allardyce, Paul Ince, Paul Clement and Archie Knox.
Eilidh Barbour joins Callum. Eilidh presents and reports for Premier League and FA Cup matches for BBC Final Score and is also Sky Sports SPFL Anchor. As a presenter, she regularly fronts Football Focus, Match of the Day 2, FA Cup draws and highlights as well as The Women's Football Show for BBC. She is also the face of BBC's Golf coverage.
Manchester United under 23 manager Neil Wood joins Callum. Stretford-born Wood is a former Reserves captain at United and was part of the coaching team at Aston Villa before returning to Manchester United in his current role.
Adrian Bevington returns to the show. Adrian has worked with an array of clubs, national associations, owners and sports rights companies. He has particular expertise in football strategy, media and communications and looks at those factors within the game and much more.
Tommy Miller joins Callum. Tommy played under Roy Keane and Paolo Di Canio during a career that saw him play for Hartlepool United, Ipswich Town, Sunderland, Preston North End, Sheffield Wednesday, Huddersfield Town, Swindon Town, Bury and FC Halifax Town.
Andy Campbell joins Callum. Andy played for Middlesbrough, Cardiff City and Dunfermline Athletic in addition to several other clubs on loan. He is currently the manager of Middlesbrough Women.
Darren Pratley joins Callum. Darren has played for Fulham, Brentford, Swansea, Bolton and Charlton. He is now playing for Leyton Orient at the age of 36.
Sky Sports reporter and voice of The Premier League Years Guy Havord joins Callum. Guy has many fascinating tales from covering football at the highest level.
Brian Little joins Callum. In his careers Brian managed Darlington, Leicester City, Aston Villa, Stoke City, West Bromwich Albion, Hull City, Tranmere Rovers, Wrexham, and Jersey. As a player, he was a versatile forward who spent his entire playing career at Aston Villa. He made one appearance at International level for England as a substitute against Wales in 1975.
Callum is joined by Michael Reschke. Michael is a German director of football and head of European Football at Stellar. Michael has held senior positions at top Bundesliga clubs such as Bayer 04 Leverkusen, Bayern München, VfB Stuttgart and Schalke 04 Reschke started his career as youth coach of Viktoria Frechen and moved to Bayer 04 Leverkusen in 1979. In 1986 he coached the under-19 team of Leverkusen to win the German Championship.
Paul Heckingbottom joins Callum to discuss his career in management to date. He started his coaching career with Barnsley's development squad and, after a successful spell as caretaker manager in which the club won promotion and the EFL Trophy, he was appointed manager in 2016. In February 2018 he moved to Leeds United. Heckingbottom then managed Scottish Premiership club Hibernian and Gus most recent role was as interim manager of Sheffield United in the Premier League.
Rudi Vata joins Callum to discuss his extraordinary journey in football from seeking political asylum to playing for club and country at the top level.
Ian Taylor joins Callum. Ian had a fifteen-year career in the Football League and Premier League, scoring 103 goals in 577 league and cup competitions. He won the league cup with Aston Villa and played in European competition.
Thomas Grønnemark joins Callum. He is the throw in coach for Liverpool under Jurgen Klopp. He has also worked as a coach with teams, including Viborg, FC Midtjylland and Silkeborg. He held the Guinness World Record for the longest throw-in, and was a member of the Danish bobsled team for four years.
Tony Warner joins Callum. Tony notably played in the Premier League for Fulham, having also being contracted to Liverpool and Hull City without playing. He has also played in the Scottish Premier League for Celtic and Aberdeen and in the Football League with Swindon Town, Millwall, Cardiff City, Leeds United, Norwich City, Barnsley, Leicester City, Charlton Athletic, Scunthorpe United and Tranmere Rovers. At international level, he was capped twice by Trinidad and Tobago.
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