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Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0141 951 1025 It's time to talk football It's Clyde One Super Scoreboard Good evening and welcome to Clyde One Super Scoreboard. The World Cup officially kicks off tonight with Scotland's opener against Haiti this weekend, edging ever closer. But the domestic stories do not stop.
Martin O'Neill is officially announced as the Celtic manager on an initial one-year deal, but no mention of Sean Maloney or Mark Fotheringham yet.
Chapter 2: What are the latest updates on Martin O'Neill's appointment as Celtic manager?
And could Danny Roll be set to leave Rangers for RB Leipzig? I'm Andrew McLean. Joining me in the studio is former Scotland international John Spencer and Gordon DL.
Well, we're under two hours to the big kick-off, the World Cup 2026, Andrew, but our focus is certainly on two o'clock, early Sunday morning, Scotland's opening game. A game that I think everybody in the country fancies us to win and to get off to a good start. We're in a great position. I think we will qualify from the group stages for the first time ever.
but with still a lot of hard work to do, and quite rightly so. You're talking there domestically. Martin O'Neill confirmed as a Celtic manager for another year.
Chapter 3: What are the implications of Danny Rohl's potential move to RB Salzburg?
Bit of problems with the backroom staff, you've got to say. And big news come now to Rangers. Will they have a manager in place by the time pre-season starts?
John, you have been to a major tournament with Scotland. How will the players be feeling just a couple of days out from that first game?
Well, I think I've seen a couple of players talking on social media the last few days and they seem upbeat about it. Obviously, coming off a couple of good performances, they look ready. I think that you get there, you get to training camp, then you're doing the same routine every day. And I think it's just now the players will be looking forward to the first whistle and getting into the games.
Well this is Clyde One Super Scoreboard officially in World Cup mode we are back for two hours for the foreseeable I'll tell you a bit later on about the full schedule how you can listen to the games as they happen but tonight we are six until eight and of course we're going to be looking at Scotland that hatey game we're going to be looking back on
the pre-tournament friendlies and what they mean going forward we're going to ask you who should be playing in that game how confident you are we want to know all about your journey over to America have you got tickets we want to know all of that but there are big domestic stories to deal with as well as we mentioned Martin O'Neill
officially announced as the Celtic manager today is that a relief Celtic fans that that is finally done and dusted because we found out last week that he'd agreed a one-year deal an initial one-year deal but only today is it officially announced but stories this morning that Sean Maloney and Mark Fotheringham reportedly offered significant pay cuts and that's why they have not been part of any announcements so how are you feeling about that 01419511025
And Rangers fans, interested to hear your thoughts on the fact that Danny Rule, could he be on his way out to RB Salzburg as one of the Red Bull clubs? RB Salzburg in Austria, interested in taking him to Austria. So could that happen?
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Chapter 4: How are Scotland fans reacting to the upcoming World Cup?
Is that something you wouldn't mind happening? Is that something you don't want to happen? How's that going to play out? 01419511025 on the phones. Gordon DL, we have a lot to juggle over the next couple of hours.
Yeah, we thought that everything was just going to be focused on the World Cup and the build-up to Sunday, the opening game for Scotland, Andrew. But you know what Scottish football is. There's never a quiet moment. The interesting one for me, I know the Rangers manager's getting linked with a move away. I think that'll be a mixed bag with the Rangers supporters.
I think there'll be some quite happy if that move had to go through. But the one Celtic part for me, they bring in Martin O'Neill. who went on to win the double last year. Absolutely brilliant. Celtic fans are crying out for him.
Chapter 5: What are the expectations for Scotland's opening match against Haiti?
So you get the man in place. And then to the news to break today that his backroom staff are getting offered wage cuts. What is Celtic doing? Why are they running their club like this? All they're doing is putting more strain on their cell. Martin O'Neill's basically there as well to bring the supporters and the board together. This doesn't help the board at all.
You just wonder how this has got to play out because... If Martin O'Neill, who's probably in one of the strongest positions any Celtic manager's been in a long, long time, right, because Celtic are, and rightly so, desperate to keep him, surely when Martin O'Neill chaps that boardroom and walks in and says, that's my staff, they're the guys that helped me win the double.
I want them rewarded alongside me and we move forward for next year and that's put to bed 01419511025 on the phones whether you are a Celtic fan a Rangers fan big stories at your clubs today so I want to hear from you I want to hear from you Scotland fans as well ahead of the World Cup and why don't we get in the World Cup spirit shall we why don't we cross live to Boston Gabriel Antoniazzi is at the greatest bar in Boston and he can give us a bit of preview a bit of colour of what is happening over there
Yes, Andrew, welcome to the greatest bar here in central Boston. A big thank you to our host, the number one sports bar in New England. And what a city this is. It's 32 degrees outside. The sun is shining.
Chapter 6: How does the heat and humidity affect players in the World Cup?
As you say, we are less than two hours away from the big kickoff, as you can see on the massive screens behind me. starting it at home at the Azteca against South Africa. The world's biggest party is just a few hours away, and the tartan army are going to be right in the thick of it here in Boston.
Now, thousands of them have been arriving yesterday, thousands more arriving today, and many more to come heading into the weekend. There's plenty sitting in the downstairs level of this bar behind me, just hiding from that heat outside. But the tartan is starting to take over. The locals are really starting to sense this is going to be Scotland's town over the next 10 days or so.
And World Cup fever is really, really beginning to take over. Of course, there's a massive buzz among the fan base. We've seen that before at the two previous Euros, but something feels a little bit different. This time, Andrew, we've got the experience of those two competitions. It's not our first time. We know what to expect in these massive matches.
We played well in the two previous friendlies, scoring four goals in both of them. And perhaps crucially, it's that opening game.
Chapter 7: What are the key factors in Scotland's squad selection for the tournament?
There's no daunting task of Germany, the hosts, in the opening fixture it's Haiti the easiest game by far on paper the second lowest side in the tournament and what a platform a victory on Saturday night here Sunday morning back home would give Scotland here in the States and a chance to go on and make history and reach the knockout stages for the first ever time.
Now, we all know that the Scotland squad have been this side of the Atlantic since the end of May. They've been at Charlotte FC's training base in North Carolina for the past week. They are flying to Boston in a few hours' time. They're going to be staying here two nights in the Back Bay area at a hotel in the city.
They're going to be training at the New England Revolution Training Ground at 10 a.m. local time tomorrow. Then a few hours after that, we'll hear from Steve Clarke
and captain Andy Robertson so it's all starting to feel very real Andrew right for anyone watching on the live stream I know Gab said it is 32 degrees out there have you sweated through all your Scotland tops already why have you got a Mexico top on I know they're playing tonight but surely you should have a Scotland top on
Listen, I've only got two Scotland tops and they've got to last me the whole tournament because we're going to the final. So I've got to think, take my time. I've got Mexico today, Scotland tomorrow, Scotland over the weekend. I've got a Uruguay jersey up my sleeve as well for when they're playing.
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Chapter 8: How has the coaching staff's situation impacted Celtic's future?
We'll be down in Miami for that game. Perhaps in Norway as well. They're playing against Iraq on Tuesday here in Boston. So listen, there'll be plenty of jerseys coming from here in Boston.
You wonder, you get in a shop and say, I'll tell you what, give me the Norway strip, that's looking good. And stick the Mexico one in as well and they'll wear it. And the opening night of the World Cup 2026, promoting Scotland over there, talking about the Tartman Army and we see a Mexican.
I assume that we can't see his bottom half. There's got to be a kilt on there, surely, Gabs?
You don't want to see what's on the bottom half there. It's not a kilt, I can promise you that.
Well, thank you to Gabs in the greatest bar in Boston. Maybe you are listening in Boston and you want to get involved in the show. You can go, you can meet Gabriel, you can get on air, you can chat to us and we will head back there to hear from some of the Scotland fans that are over there. Not a bad gig, is it? Heading over there and lots of Scotland fans.
What a time it is for them to get over there and enjoy the sunshine, enjoy the football.
It's a brilliant city. I've been there a few times playing in Major League Soccer and coached in that city. Fox Bowl, brilliant big stadium. But as I say, for the pre-game, bars, etc, having pre-drinks, the Tartan Army are going to have a good time in that city, that's for sure.
Yeah, John, I think the biggest question will be for everyone now is, obviously, Gab's talked about the heat. You know, you've been over there, you've played there, you've coached over there. How hard is it to play in that heat?
I think that heat and humidity are really two different things. Anybody, you go on holiday and you're sitting by the pool and it's 80 degrees, you're jumping in at the pool, totally different. I've seen a few of the players saying, oh, we've came early, we've acclimated.
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