Campbell's Footballs

Crusaders legendary full back Billy Joe Burns joins me to discuss his time in the Irish League. On the show we discuss life at Linfield under David Jeffrey, delivering silverware and playing alongside icons such as Michael Gault, Jamie Mulgrew and Peter Thompson. We then move onto talking about all things Crusaders. What instigated Billy moving to the Shore Road? What is managerial life like under...

Crusaders icon and current Glenavon centre half Colin Coates joins me on Campbell's Footballs to discuss his time in the Irish League. We discuss starting out at the Crues, opening up against Chimney Corner before announcing himself on the scene during the 2009 Irish Cup final against Cliftonville. A key moment in Coates' journey came in Crusaders Setanta Cup final win over Derry City. On the show...

Adrian Clarke is my latest guest for this episode of Campbell's Footballs. On the show we talk about how he was influenced by the England team from 1990 including Chris Waddle and others. We then discuss life at the Gunners and how people like Ian Wright, Ray Parlour and John Hartson made him feel welcome at the club. We talk about moving from Arsenal to Southend and then Stevenage before discussi...

Former Watford and Brentford goalkeeper Richard Lee joins me for a short Monday morning episode of the Campbell's Footballs podcast. On the show we chat about Richard's time at the Hornets and the Bees and discuss his very successful podcast: The Goalkeeper's Union Podcast.

Declan Devine, the manager of Derry City Football Club, joins me for this latest episode of Campbell's Footballs. On the show we talk about Declan's playing days as a goalkeeper, as he enjoyed an interesting career in Northern and Southern Ireland. We then move onto life in management and his love affair with the Candystripes and his relationship with the current Republic of Ireland manager Stephe...

Jack Doherty is my latest guest in the Campbell's Footballs journey. On the show we talk about starting out in the League of Ireland at Waterford before moving to Ipswich in the summer of 2013. Hear more about his relationship with Tyrone Mings and Mick Mccarthy as well as his time at Portman Road. After a frustrating time with injuries we hear more about Jack's time at Limerick, Carrick United, m...

The Culter manager Lee Youngson joins me for this latest episode of Campbell's Footballs. On the show we discuss how Lee was inspired by Sir Alex Ferguson as well as how a serious injury put paid to his early chances of playing at a high level. We hear more about Lee's time managing at Lewis United as well as find out more about his love affair with winning silverware, including Scottish Cup succe...

2021 is a big year for the Scotland National Team and in this special episode of Campbell's Footballs, I sit down with Tartan Scarf's Gordon Sheach to discuss Scotland's chances at Euro 2020/21 as well as the upcoming World Cup Qualification campaign. We also discuss players to keep an eye on, the U21 side, the Women's team and Tartan Scarf website as a whole as well as chat about Gordon's best mo...

It's the first of a Valentine's Day double header as Ben Banks from Not The Old Firm joins me to discuss life as a journalist, how his footballing career didn't quite go as anticipated and more. Some great stories in here about interviewing Stephen Robinson, working under the guidance of Jane Lewis at the BBC and much more. In association with Toby Johnson and Rory Hope Music.

Curtis Allen joins me for this latest episode of Campbell's Footballs. In this episode we chat about how Curtis manages his life as a part time footballer and a full time teacher. We start off by discussing life at Bournemouth where guys like Brett Pittman made a big influence in his playing career. We then chat about life in the Irish League which includes time at Linfield and Lisburn before movi...

Former Coleraine and St Mirren midfielder Brad Lyons is my next guest here on Campbell's Footballs. We discuss Brad's time in Northern Ireland, under the in influence of Oran Kearney and some of his finest moments in a Bannsiders shirt. This includes the 2018 Irish Cup final and coming so close to winning the league title that same season. We then move onto discuss Brad's time in Scotland with St...

Glentoran goalkeeper and Gibraltar internationalist Dayle Coleing joins me on this latest episode of the podcast. We discuss starting out in the Gibraltar leagues before coming across to the UK to complete his studies. We then talk about joining Europa FC and playing in the Europa League. Gibraltar have recently been granted status to play international football and I chatted to Dayle about what i...

Only one show this week in town! Something a bit different as West Ham fan and PDC darts referee Russ Bray joins me for a special Campbell's Footballs podcast. We chat about life on the circuit, partnering Eric Bristow to Pairs success and once upon a time ending up in the Guinness World Book of Records. We then move onto discuss life as a referee, how it came about and some of the amazing moments...

Linfield full back Matthew Clarke joins me for this latest episode of Campbell's Footballs. On the show, we discuss starting out at Rangers where Matthew was part of the set youth set up there. We discuss relationships with first team players, following the Ibrox side and Matthew shares an interesting story featuring Ally McCoist and one about Senegalese player El Hadji Diouf. Matthew recalls how...

Larne full back Tomas Cosgrove joins me for Part 1 of an Irish League double bill this week on Campbell's Footballs. On the show we talk about Tomas' career starting out at Cliftonville, his relationship with Conor Devlin, Martin Donnelly and David McDaid and winning the Irish League title twice. Tomas chats to me about the quality of Joe Gormley and Liam Boyce as well as his memories of playing C...

Aberdeen FC Superfan and Spanish Football correspondent Graham Hunter joins me for an extra long special of #CampbellsFootballs. We discuss Graham's journey following the Dons, times under Sir Alex Ferguson and really go into depth about the club under Derek McInnes. We also talk aplenty about things off the pitch at the Dons and the community. We then chat about Graham's move to  Spain, what...

Next episode of #CampbellsFootballs out now with Maud Junior FC manager Kevin Park . Tune in for an excellent chat about battling adversity, life coaching in America, Buchanhaven Hearts and recent life as a Dad! Lots of chat about Rangers, Liverpool, Steven Gerrard and more too. Please share folks..one for the locals! 👍⚽

Former St Johnstone, Dunfermline and Livingston striker David Bingham joins me for this latest episode of Campbell's Footballs. On the show we talk about how David got into football in the first place, inspired by his Dad and much more. We talk about great memories at Forfar Athletic before moving to Dunfermline and playing with an array of talent at the Pars. A lot of our discussion is spent chat...

Season 3 continues and this latest episode sees me joined by the Telegraph football Writer JJ Bull. JJ was brought up in NE Scotland so we initially talk about his connections with myself up here! We then move onto talk about the Dons growing up and where they are at present under Derek Mcinnes. We go onto talk about moving to London and getting involved in journalism before discussing working on...

Welcome back! Welcome back! Welcome back!  The brand new series of Campbell's Footballs starts here and I am joined on this opening episode of Series 3 by the manager of Alloa Athletic Peter Grant. We kick off the show by talking about their cup exploits against Hearts and life adapting to COVID19. After this, we then jump into Peter's glittering career at Celtic where he played under the man...

The final show of Campbell's Footballs for 2020 and the final segment in my Irish League strikers trilogy special comes from the maestro of goals: Joe "The Goal" Gormley. We chat about an interesting year for the Cliftonville striker during lockdown in which he became a father. We then delve into Joe's playing days at Crumlin Star before his love affair with the Reds, his strike partnership with L...

Part 2 of the Irish League striker trilogy sees me chat to Linfield goal machine and legend Andy Waterworth. On the show we discuss: -lockdown life: yoga and golf - early days at Ards and Lisburn Distillery - almost signing for Aberdeen but choosing Hamilton Accies - homesickness and home to Glentoran - moving to Linfield - European ventures and creating history in cup finals - Irish FA and post f...

Larne striker David McDaid joins me for the first of an Irish League trilogy here on Campbell's Footballs. David has played at a range of NI league clubs as well as having great times at Derry City. On the show I talk to David about his time at the Candystripes as well as his journey in the Irish League and his aspirations for Larne this season. 

Cliftonville legend Barry Johnston joins me on Campbell's Footballs to discuss his time in football. 

Forfar Farmington manager Ryan McConville joins me for this latest episode of #CampbellsFootballs. On the show, we chat about being inspired by Stephen Robinson, the current Motherwell manager and Oran Kearney, the current Coleraine manager.  We then move onto chat about Ryan's connection with Linfield Ladies before learning more about his experiences travelling across South Africa, USA and C...