Open Goal - Football Show

It's Scottish Cup weekend with Neil Lennon's Dunfermline taking on Scottish Premiership side Falkirk in what's set to be a fiery Semi-Final!

Celtic and St Mirren take each other on at Hampden for the first time since Stephen Robinson's side triumphed over a shell shocked Wilfried Nancy. With Martin O'Neill and Craig McLeish in the dugouts this time - will we see a different outcome!

Si Ferry, Slaney, Derek Ferguson and Gordon Dalziel look ahead to the weekend's action!
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We've got a special location for the podcast this week as the boys record the show from the OVO Hydro, the venue for next month's Open Goa Live with Ally McCoist! The lads preview the show as well as discuss all the main talking points from the weekend's SPFL Scottish Premiership action!

We discuss the insane scenes from the 9-goal thriller at Falkirk as Rangers came back from 2-0 down to win 6-3 to keep them within 1 point of the top. Hearts overcame a tough challenge against Motherwell to secure a late 3-1 win to maintain their lead and Celtic edged past St Mirren 1-0 to keep their title hopes alive.
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The SPFL have announced their post-split fixtures and as ever, it's stirred up some vocal opinions among fans of the three teams leading the title race. Si Ferry, James McFadden, Derek Ferguson and Gordon Dalziel discuss the fixtures and who it might suit best between Hearts, Rangers and Celtic.

They also look ahead to another big weekend of SPFL Scottish Premiership action at the top and bottom of the table as we brace ourselves for another dramatic few days!
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Another weekend goes by where one of the top 3 teams in the SPFL Scottish Premiership title race blinked with league leaders Hearts dropping crucial points which leaves only 3 points between The Jambos, Rangers and Celtic!

Ian McCall returns to the show for another great laugh as well as analysis and discussion on the latest news coming out of the title race and the ongoing relegation battle with Stephen Robinson's Aberdeen suffering a damaging defeat to his old club St Mirren which sees them fall closer to the dreaded relegation play-off place!
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Si Ferry, Slaney, James McFadden, Derek Ferguson and Gordon Dalziel reflect on Scotland's 2 friendly defeats against Japan and Ivory Coast and question whether the reaction of some fans to boo the Steve Clarke's side despite their qualification for the upcoming World Cup.

The lads also look ahead to the return of the SPFL Scottish Premiership this weekend as Hearts and Celtic face huge away ties with Derek McInnes' team heading to Livingston and Martin O'Neill returning to Dundee to take on a make or break game at Dens Park. In Glasgow, can Dundee United cause another upset in the title race by taking points off Rangers at Ibrox?

There's also a huge game at the bottom of the table with St Mirren taking on Aberdeen - who will get a much needed three points in the fight against relegation!
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