Callum’s Football Broadcast

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, wi...

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 C...

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.

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 Leve...

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 his most re...

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...

Mickey Thomas joins Callum. At club level, he played for Wrexham, Manchester United, Everton, Brighton & Hove Albion, Stoke City, Chelsea, West Bromwich Albion, Derby County, Shrewsbury Town and Leeds United. As a Welsh international, he made 51 appearances and scored four goals.

Simon Cox joins Callum. Simon most recently played as a striker for Western Sydney Wanderers and the Republic of Ireland national team. With the Republic of Ireland, he participated at UEFA Euro 2012. Cox began his career at Reading. He has also played for Brentford, Northampton Town, Swindon Town, West Bromwich Albion, Nottingham Forest and Bristol City. He then returned to Reading for two season...

George Sephton joins Callum. George is a stadium announcer, matchday DJ, and after dinner speaker, known primarily for his work at Anfield for home fixtures of Liverpool Football Club. He is popularly known as The Voice of Anfield, and is England's second longest-serving stadium announcer, behind Peter Gilham of Brentford.

Callum is joined by Kevin Kilbane who played for several English clubs, including Everton, West Bromwich Albion, Sunderland, Wigan Athletic, Huddersfield Town and Derby County (the last two on loan from Hull City) and Coventry City. He also Kilbane won 110 caps for the Republic of Ireland national team, fourth behind only Robbie Keane, Shay Given and John O'Shea as the most capped Irish player of...

Experienced Norwegian manager Åge Hareide joins Callum. Åge Hareide is the manager for Rosenborg BK, and most recently managing the Denmark national football team. In his playing career, he played for Hødd and Molde in Norway as well as Manchester City and Norwich City in England. Hareide was capped 50 times playing for Norway.

Graham Roberts joins Callum to discuss his career in football from Tottenham Hotspur (where he won the FA Cup and the UEFA Cup), Rangers (where he won the Scottish League and Scottish League Cup), Chelsea (where he won the Second Division) and West Bromwich Albion. He also talks about his experience of international football with England.