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Sacked in the Morning

BBC Radio Scotland

From transfer windows to formations, from man-management to getting the sack. Craig Levein and Amy Irons explore what it takes to survive as a football manager.

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36:55

David Robertson on Managing Abroad

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2021/12/08

What makes a manager want to go and coach in the most militarised zone in the world? Craig and Amy are joined by former Rangers, Aberdeen and Leeds United player David Robertson about managing Real Kashmir. Davie describes winter training Kashmir style, his struggles to sign players and just what happens when your owner forgets to book a bus to training. Plus Craig recounts his experiences of managing players from different cultures and one particular story about how a former manager dealt with a

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45:54

Phil Brown on getting sacked

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2021/12/01

Phil Brown has managed in every league in England which means unfortunately he has been sacked from every league in England. The former Hull City* gaffer joins Craig and Amy to share his experiences of getting the chop.What's it like getting sacked? Do you know that it's coming? And can you change the chairman's mind?Craig reveals what was said when he got the boot from Leicester, Phil tells us that he never believed he'd get the sack - and how quickly that belief was challenged and Amy shares her

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42:59

Terry Butcher on Captains

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2021/11/24

Captain Blood himself - former Motherwell, Inverness Caley Thistle and Hibernian manager plus former England Captain Terry Butcher joins Craig and Amy to discuss just what is needed to be a great leader on the pitch. The two former managers discuss the qualities you are looking for when picking a captain, Craig reveals why perhaps he only managed to captain the Scottish national side just the once and Terry talks about the honour when Sir Bobby Robson asked him to captain England at the World Cup in

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42:39

Mixu Paatelainen on International Management

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2021/11/17

Mixu Paatelainen and Craig Levein's management careers have a few parallels. Both started at Cowdenbeath FC, both managed Dundee United and both have managed their countries. So Mixu joined Craig and Amy back where it started, in the board room at Central Park, Cowdenbeath to take a look at the life of an international manager. We find out what a manager gets up to in between international fixtures, Mixu recalls the time he led Finland against the World Champions and Craig talks about the time a

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39:31

Paul Lambert on Referees

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2021/11/10

He led Wycombe Wanderers to a League Cup Semi Final against Chelsea and took Norwich City from League Two to 10th in the Premier League and we bet that he bawled and shouted at a fair few referees along the way. Paul Lambert joins Craig Levein and Amy Irons to take a look at the men in the middle. Do managers have any sympathy for the officials? Have they ever apologised for getting it wrong?Paul reveals what happened when he ran into the referees room to complain about an assistant ref, only to see

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45:18

Dick Campbell on Part-Time Management

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2021/11/03

Over 1500 matches in the dugout and 34years in the game Arbroath manager Dick Campbell has been there and done it. Currently the manager of the highest placed part-time team in Scotland he has worked wonders on one of the smallest budgets imaginable. Craig and Amy explore with Dick what it's like to manage a team on a shoestring. Craig reveals what changed about Cowdenbeath in the years between him being there as a player and starting there as a manager, Dick shares the words of wisdom Sir Alex

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44:22

Harry Redknapp on Transfers

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2021/10/27

A man who has been in football management since 1983, former Tottenham Hotspur, Portsmouth and Queens Park Rangers manager Harry Redknapp joins Amy Irons and Craig Levein to dive into the murky world of football transfers. Harry reveals which player refused to play because he was given the number 16 and which free transfer remains to this day the best bit of transfer business he did. Recorded in Tynecastle Park, home of Heart of Midlothian, Craig reveals the prank played on him in the dressing room

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44:09

Ian Holloway on the Media

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2021/10/20

The man who turned talking to the press into an art form, former Blackpool gaffer Ian Holloway joins Craig Levein and Amy Irons to discuss dealing with the media. Ian talks about the time when he invited a journalist into the dressing room to apologise to his defence, Craig reveals when a Scotland player leaked his team to the papers and Amy asks who said it, Ian Holloway or Ted Lasso.

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47:01

Tony Pulis on Man-management

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2021/10/13

The former Stoke City gaffer joins Craig Levein and Amy Irons to discuss what it takes to get the most out of a team of players. Including incredible stories about the time Ricardo Fuller left for a Jamaican international that didn’t exist, with Stoke’s biggest game of the season around the corner. Craig Levein reveals the time he tried to teach a player a lesson by locking him in a cupboard and we hear if managers ever intentionally set out to wind up their opposite number.

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Welcome to Sacked in the Morning

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2021/10/08

SACKED IN THE MORNING, YOU’RE GETTING SACKED IN THE MORNING What’s it like to hear that sung? Craig Levein & Amy Irons lift the lid on the stresses & joys of football management.

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