The 4th Official Football Chats

Gary is back to preview this week's massive Champions League qualifier at Ibrox between Rangers and Servette in the company of Swiss football expert Craig King. You can follow Craig on Twitter here.
Craig provides some insight into the rise of Rangers opponents, their star men and tactical approach and the type of challenge that awaits Michael Beale's team, both at Ibrox and to come in the return leg in Geneva next midweek.
They also look ahead to Thursday's Europa Conference league qualifier between Hibernian and Luzern and discuss the overall state of Swiss sides competing in European competition this season.

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Gary Morris is joined by The Jags Foundation's Ian McKinnon, and Youtube content provider and Jags fan Blair McNally to look back on a turbulent 7 days in Maryhill.

In the aftermath of their agonising loss to Ross County in the Premiership playoffs last week, the Jags Foundation issued a statement shining light onto the worrying state of Thistle's finances.

Ian and Blair give their insight into the position - and why they both have cause for optimism going into the new season, for what will once again be a challenging Championship season for them to try and navigate through.

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In a special interview for The 4th Official, Gary Morris joined by 2022-23 Livingston players' Player Of The Year Joel Nouble to discuss his career and the season that's just finished.

On the pod, Joel speaks about his relationship with Davie Martindale, and his experience of joining Livingston, and the wind in Arbroath. He also talks about the astroturf at the Tony Macaroni and how it contributes to Livingston's good home record.
Joel talks about his footballing influences and his hopes for the new season and beyond.
A big thank you to Joel for his time and to Livingston FC for helping to set this interview up.

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Gary Morris and Will Reid are back to break down all the highlights from Rangers 3-1 win at Easter Road where James Tavernier stepped up to mark his 400th Rangers appearance with another wonderful free kick goal.

Ianis Hagi marked his return from injury hell with an emotional first goal in 16 months, and Todd Cantwell continued his excellent recent form with another goal in front of the travelling Rangers support.

Will was also in attendance at Ibrox today for the 4th Official as the Womens Premier League season ended in a tense climax.

In the end, Lauren Davidson's 92nd minute winner was enough to see Glasgow City crowned champions for the 16th time, snatching the title away from Celtic, and consigning Rangers to 3rd place in the league, and out of the European places for next season. Again it was a lack of quality in the final third that was Rangers ladies undoing, but Malky Thomson's side at least have a chance to make some amends with an Old Firm Scottish Cup Final on the horizon at Hampden next weekend.

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Gary Morris is joined by Martin Cassidy, CEO of Ref Support UK to discuss recent controversies involving match officials in Scotland and in the Premier League.

They speak about the contentious decisions of Kevin Clancy at the weekend, and whether or not Scottish refs would benefit from going professional to improve their level of performance.

Martin also speaks about the recent trend of match official confrontational behaviour - with the Mitrovic, Robertson and Fernandes incidents, and whether or not officials should have open mics as they do in rugby, or at least a platform to explain their decisions.

Finally, Martin also discusses accountability for the press and pundits, and whether or not programmes such as Sky Sports' Ref Watch actually hinder refereeing standards rather than aid them.

A very interesting and frank discussion, and we'd love to hear your thoughts. Martin has offered to come back onto T4O later in the year to follow up on this show. You can follow Refs Support UK on Twitter here.

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Gary Morris and Grant Sneddon bring a special 75 minute pod looking at the contributions of the 3 newest inductees into the Rangers Hall Of Fame.

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Following the epic conclusion to Qatar 2022, Gary Morris is again joined by Will Reid to discuss all the talking points from the World Cup Final, and look back on some of the highlights from the tournament.

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Gary is back alongside Ross McLeod to look at what's sitting on Michael Beale's desk.

The guys discuss the make up of his backroom team, academy development, fitness, contract renewals and the goalkeeping dilemma.

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