Hearts, Rangers & Celtic Return To Title Race + Scotland Boos Reaction | Right In The Coupon

About this episode

The episode discusses Scotland's recent friendly defeats, fan reactions, and previews upcoming SPFL matches.

Si Ferry, Slaney, James McFadden, Derek Ferguson and Gordon Dalziel reflect on Scotland's 2 friendly defeats against Japan and Ivory Coast and question whether the reaction of some fans to boo the Steve Clarke's side despite their qualification for the upcoming World Cup. The lads also look ahead to the return of the SPFL Scottish Premiership this weekend as Hearts and Celtic face huge away ties with Derek McInnes' team heading to Livingston and Martin O'Neill returning to Dundee to take on a make or break game at Dens Park. In Glasgow, can Dundee United cause another upset in the title race by taking points off Rangers at Ibrox? There's also a huge game at the bottom of the table with St Mirren taking on Aberdeen - who will get a much needed three points in the fight against relegation! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Hosts: Si Ferry, Slaney

Guests: James McFadden, Derek Ferguson, Gordon Dalziel

Topics covered

• Scotland football
• SPFL
• World Cup qualification
• Hearts
• Rangers
• Celtic
• Dundee United
• relegation battle

Keywords

• football
• soccer
• Scottish Premiership
• fan reactions

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Scotland, Japan, Ivory Coast, Glasgow

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