Open Goal - Football Show

We've got a great show for you this week as we're joined by Scotland International and Andy Halliday's current teammate at Motherwell, Stephen O'Donnell! SODs reviews the weekend's action with Celtic, Rangers and Aberdeen all winning and Hibs' troubles continuing at Easter Road.The Steelmen's right-back also chats about his career to date and gives some amazing insight into his experience at Euro 2020 with Scotland!

Celtic gave their hopes of Champions League progression a massive boost this week after beating RB Leipzig 3-1 in Match Day 4 of the competition! The lads review the game as well as look ahead to this weekend's SPFL Scottish Premiership fixtures.

Former Celtic and Aberdeen winger, Niall McGinn joins us for the show this week to look back on his former clubs' League Cup semi-final which saw a 6-0 demolition between Scotland's top 2 clubs at the minute. And of course we'll be speaking to Andy Halliday about his goal for Motherwell against his former club Rangers in the other semi-final as well as his celebration that followed!

What an interview we've got for you this week as Si Ferry sits down with Newcastle United cult hero, Kieron Dyer to discuss his career in a fascinating chat.Kieron talks us through coming through the school of hard knocks at Ipswich to being touted by the likes of football legends Sir Alex Ferguson and Ruud Gullit as the one of the most promising up and coming talents in the UK.We go into detail about life at Newcastle and experiencing the growing tensions between Alan Shearer & Gullit in his early days at the club to the glory days under Bobby Robson which saw the return of Champions League football to St James' Park.Kieron also chats about the infamous on-pitch fight between him and Lee Bowyer during the Graeme Souness era and what ultimately led to his departure from Newcastle which saw him join West Ham, QPR and Middlesbrough.Kieron also provides insight into his recent terrifying heath scare and his fight back to full fitness as he's now returned to the game as a coach at Chesterfield!

It was a big midweek card in the SPFL this week as Aberdeen passed another test in their unbeaten league run through defeating Philippe Clement's Rangers at Pittodrie to send them NINE points clear of the Ibrox side.The lads look back on all the action from the Scottish Premiership games and look ahead to the two big League Cup Semi-finals at Hampden this weekend between Celtic & Aberdeen and Motherwell vs Rangers!

We've got a fascinating show for you this week as we're joined by former Hearts Sporting Director, Joe Savage gives a detailed insight into his time at the club including the ups and downs involving Managerial sackings, player recruitment, fan pressure and much more.Si Ferry, Slaney and Andy Halliday also chat through the latest topics from the weekend's SPFL football as Aberdeen continue to keep the pace with Celtic at the top of the league ahead of their GIANT tie against Rangers at Pittodrie midweek!

It's been a long time coming but we can finally bring you one of our all-time Bucket List guests as Si Ferry sits down to interview the broadcasting LEGEND that is, Alan Brazil!As ever, Alan is in sensational form as he tells us some amazing and hilarious stories from his time as a player at the likes of Ipswich, Spurs and Manchester United as well as of course from leading the biggest sports breakfast show in the UK, talkSPORT!He chats chaotic days at Cheltenham Festival, asking how the deceased Bob Monkhouse's health is and even being sacked and brought back within a couple of weeks!Sit back and enjoy! This one definitely doesn't disappoint!

It was a massive result for Celtic in the Champions League after a big defensive performance saw them claim a vital point away from Home against Atalanta. The lads look back on the game and also look ahead to a huge Edinburgh Derby at the weekend with both Hibs and Hearts sitting in the bottom two positions in the league.Si, Andy Halliday, Derek Ferguson and Gordon Dalziel also discuss the recent struggles at Ibrox after Kilmarnock beat Rangers to see them fall further behind leaders Celtic and Aberdeen.

We've got an absolute cracker for you on this week's Keeping The Ball On The Ground as Si Ferry and Andy Halliday are joined by Open Goal favourite, Livingston boss David Martindale as well as his current assistant Brian 'Chipper' Rice AND his former assistant Marvin Bartley!Join us for a great laugh plus plenty of football chat from the weekend's dramatic SPFL card which saw Kilmarnock beat Rangers, Celtic and Aberdeen serving up a pulsating 2-2 draw at Celtic Park plus a sickening late defeat for Hibs at Tannadice ahead of the 1st Edinburgh Derby of the season against Hearts.