The Warm-Up by William Hill

Kris Boyd of Celtic? Sutty the Ger? Can you imagine a world where The Warm-Up hosts pulled on the shirts of their greatest rivals?  Both Kris and Chris Sutton are asked to contemplate playing for the other side in this month’s Mailbag, with Boydy looking for a certain Henrik Larsson to do his running.  Joined by James McFadden to answer your questions, the team also discuss football friends (and e...

Raised by Sir Bobby Robson and playing as one of the stars in a Trinidad and Tobago team which included a young Dwight Yorke, Russell Latapy was largely unknown when he first arrived in Scottish football in 1998.  Over the next decade with Hibernian, Rangers, Dundee United and Falkirk, the little playmaker would prove to be one of the Scottish game’s great entertainers and an inspirational talisma...

The Old Firm prepare to dance again this weekend – this time in the quarter finals of the Scottish Cup.  On a Warm-Up cup special, regular hosts Chris Sutton and Kris Boyd are joined by James McFadden to look ahead to the weekend’s ties.  For the second week running, Ibrox again provides the venue for the Glasgow derby and, as the team explain, this is turning out to be a bigger game for Rangers m...

Where does the William Hill Premiership stand after another extraordinary weekend and the latest Old Firm derby?  Joined by James McFadden for the latest Warm-Up, Kris Boyd and Chris Sutton discuss the weekend’s games, why “the strangest player in Scottish football” is currently playing in the Celtic midfield and the enigmatic Ranger who turns it on for the big matches.  The Warm-Up team also look...

If you ever needed evidence of the quality of the SPFL, today’s Winner Stays On delivers.  This month, the team debate the top Scottish players to have played in the SPFL - who have never played for one of the Old Firm clubs.   The team were spoiled for choice as they mulled over the SPFL era (post-2013) and picked out stars who have gone on to shine in the English Premiership, in Serie A and beyo...

The King has arrived on The Warm-Up, as Kenny Dalglish joins Kris Boyd, Steven Naismith and the man he signed for a British transfer record as this month’s big guest.  In a comprehensive interview, which starts with early days playing in youth teams in Glasgow and launching his career in Junior football, King Kenny talks about what drove him to become arguably the greatest player Scotland has prod...

The dust is still settling on Sunday’s dramatic, top of the table tussle at Tynecastle as the tightest Scottish title battle in recent memory intensifies.  On the latest Warm-Up Kris Boyd, Steven Naismith and Chris Sutton pick through the wreckage of Hearts 2 Celtic 2, discussing flashpoints and learnings from an enthralling encounter.   The team debate the red card call that turned the tide, disc...

It’s been over a month since St Mirren celebrated League Cup glory. And Chris Sutton is still waiting on his cheque and case of champers from his old Buddies.  Answering questions from Warm-Up viewers in the latest Mailbag, Chris reflects on the role he played as St Mirren’s Mr Motivator and is asked if he would still refuse to open his curtains if they were playing in his back garden.  In the lat...

As Celtic and Hearts prepare for their top of the table clash at Tynecastle, The Warm-Up assembles for a special edition examining one of the tightest title races in recent memory.  For this special show, Paul Hartley and Barrie McKay make their Warm-Up debuts alongside Charlie Adam, looking ahead to this weekend’s game and reflecting on their own experience of title run-ins.  Paul can speak from...

Who will emerge on top as The Warm-Up team rank The William Hill SPFL’s best foreign midfield imports? Who came, saw and conquered Scottish Football and who do Kris Boyd, Steven Naismith and Chris Sutton rank as the best? Playing in a winner stays on format the team carve up some of the biggest legends to have played in Scotland and share their own personal memories of the stars they loved watchin...

The Warm-Up team select the early frontrunners for this season’s William Hill Premiership Player of the Year award.  Playing in a winner-stays-on format Chris Sutton, Steven Naismith and Kris Boyd rank and rate their contenders.  With Hearts leading in the title race and Motherwell impressing under new manager Jens Berthel Askou, could this be a year when a winner emerges from a team outside of th...

How will a week of managerial changes impact on the WIlliam Hill Scottish Premiership title race – and relegation battle. There are new men in charge at Celtic and Kilmarnock, while Aberdeen’s hunt for a manager could unsettle the newly crowned League Cup winners, St Mirren. Sitting down for a special edition of The Warm-Up, brought to you by William Hill, Chris Sutton and Kris Boyd reflect on the...

Who is the best goalkeeper to play in Scotland in recent memory?  This is the question being answered and debated by Kris Boyd, Steven Naismith and Charlie Mulgrew.  Playing in a new ‘winner stays on’ format, The Warm-Up team pore over the records and rank the SPFL’s rocksteady keepers, several of whom they count as former team-mates and opponents.  How does Stefan Klos shape up against Allan McGr...

Chris Sutton, Kris Boyd and Steven Naismith assemble in the wake of Rangers’ decision to part company with CEO Patrick Stewart and Sporting Director, Kevin Thelwell.   The team discuss what this means for a club which has already made managerial changes this season.   In this special emergency podcast they also look to Celtic, their recent AGM and the work that needs to be done to repair relations...

Kris Boyd and Steven Naismith are joined by Rangers and England legend Terry Butcher for The Warm-Up's latest big interview.  Captain for club and country, Butcher goes back to his early days with Bobby Robson at Ipswich and charts the path that led him to Ibrox, where he became a key figure in the club’s nine-in-a-row run.  He reveals how his career could have taken him to Old Trafford and t...

Kris Boyd, Steven Naismith and Charlie Mulgrew answer your questions in the latest edition of The Warm-Up mailbag.  Sliding doors are on the agenda as the team reveals the very different directions their careers could have taken with some different choices.  Sticking with alternate realities, they also reflect on which SPFL managers they would have loved to have played under – past and present.  S...

It’s the morning after the big game at Hampden and Steven Naismith and Kris Boyd are joined by a special guest as Charlie Mulgrew steps in for Chris Sutton for The Warm-Up.  The team pick over the remains of the Scottish League Cup Final, covering the key flashpoints and moments.  Should Trusty have seen red for his intrusive thoughts? Did Aasgaard deserve to walk? Was it a penalty for Rangers? An...

Who is the undisputed Scottish football hard man?     From the silent assassins to the ones who played the man and the ball, the team go studs-up on the fearful foes and terrifying team-mates.     No stranger to going in hard on the pitch or the punditry studio, Kris Boyd, Steven Naismith and Chris Sutton rank Scottish football’s hard men.    The Warm-Up team debate the ingredients of a hard man a...

What is Chris Sutton’s biggest weakness?  Who was the goalkeeper who broke Kris Boyd’s heart?  What prompted Kris and Steven Naismith to admit ‘Celtic are the best team’?  And a viewer gets in touch with a story from the past. One Chris Sutton would rather forget...  Watch the latest edition of The William Hill Warm-Up mailbag where the team answer your questions on the latest developments within...

His time in Glasgow was brief, but brilliant.   Three decades on, Paul Elliott is still considered one of the best centre backs to grace Scottish football.   Joining Kris Boyd, Steven Naismith and Chris Sutton for The Warm-Up's latest big interview, the defender talks us through his career, starting from his early days in England with Charlton, Luton and Aston Villa.  A career cut short follo...

Russell Martin has been sacked as Rangers manager after just seven league games.  Kris Boyd and Chris Sutton bring you a special edition of The Warm-Up recorded hours after Russell Martin’s departure from Ibrox.  Chris and Kris discuss what went wrong for the Rangers manager and why his vision for the club imploded so quickly and so spectacularly, with just one win in his opening seven William Hil...

Sutton calls Full House on Boydy Bingo as our hosts feud over Old Firm and Edinburgh derby comparisons and put themselves in the frame to replace Brendan Rodgers as Celtic’s managerial Dream Team.  The Warm-Up team of Kris Boyd, Chris Sutton and Steven Naismith discuss Hearts under Derek McInnes, their progress so far this season and ask if new shareholder and Brighton & Hove Albion owner, Ton...

With Rangers failing to score in their UEFA Europa League defeat to Genk and Celtic wrestling with the question of what to do with a problem like Maeda, The Warm-Up asks which of the Old Firm sides will be the first to get their frontmen firing.    Will Daizen Maeda persevere up front for the Scottish champions or is it vital that Brendan Rodgers gets new signing Kelechi Iheanacho match fit and st...

In our new RANKED feature, Kris Boyd, Chris Sutton and Steven Naismith debate the biggest Premier League stars who crossed the border… and FLOPPED in Scotland.    Watch for 👇    The Bhoy from Brazil  Joey Barton’s time at Rangers  Rangers' UEFA Cup Final villain  Not so Keane on Roy  & a whole lot besides.    Join the conversation:     Give us your reactions in the comments as the lads w...

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