In this episode of The Huddle Breakdown Interview Alan and James sit down with Mike D’Auria, Executive Vice President of Sports Technology at Genius Sports and former Chief Commercial Officer at Second Spectrum.

Mike brings a rare blend of passion and cutting-edge data expertise, shaped by his time as a basketball standout at MIT and a decade of pioneering work in sports analytics.

We dive into how technology is transforming football (from expected goals to real-time digital twins), discuss the cultural lag in adoption, especially in Scotland, and explore how data can empower not just elite clubs but fans and grassroots sport as well.

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We’re hurtling through July and Celtic are back on the pitch. What’s not to love? Join Alan, James and Laura as they remember John Clark, take a look at the online anxiety over the transfer window and then analyse Brendan’s recent comments about new Celt, Hayato Inamura. Tune in!

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Welcome to part II of our crossover podcast with the team over at The Celtic Underground. Be sure to check out all the latest from the CU over at their Substack (as well as part I of this podcast), which can be found here:

https://thecelticunderground.substack.com/

In this section the gang continue the conversation on where the club sits strategically going into the new season.

Alan and James really enjoyed this one and we hope you do too.

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The new season is just around the corner. Join Martin, Alan & James as they discuss all the latest on our ins and outs. We also welcome Will Baber (@willbaber11) to the show for a deep dive on new signing Benjamin Nygren. Tune in!

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Join Martin, Alan and James as they get into all sorts on this week’s Extra Time podcast. How will KT impact the team tactically? Latest on the transfer ins and out and remembering the one and only John Clark. Poetry corner too.

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We are thrilled to bring you the next installment of The Huddle Breakdown Interview with renowned football journalist, Jonathan Wilson.

The interview covers a lot ground including:

• The Lisbon Lions and their historic importance in the evolution of football tactics

• His experience of Celtic in Seville

• When did things go wrong for Scottish football

• Wealth disparity in football

• The future of football journalism

Jonathan has written for The Independent, FourFourTwo magazine and The Sunday Telegraph and Sports Illustrated, and was football correspondent for the Financial Times from 2002 to 2006. He writes for The Guardian and UnHerd and is a columnist for World Soccer.

In 2011 he founded the quarterly football journal The Blizzard, which he edits.

His book, Inverting the Pyramid was shortlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year in 2008, and won 'Best Football Book' at the British Sports Book Awards in 2009. Nine of his other books have also been shortlisted for the award. Inverting the Pyramid also won the Premio Antonio Ghirelli and was shortlisted for the German football book of the year award.

His book, Angels with Dirty Faces, which covered the history of football in Argentina, won "Best Football Book" and "Best Historical Book" at the Polish Sports Book Awards (Sportowa Książka Roku) in 2018. The Names Heard Long Ago won "Best Foreign Football Book" at the awards in 2023.

He won FSA Football Writer of the Year in 2012, 2017, 2021 and 2024.

He currently writes at his Substack, Wilson’s World and co-hosts the Libero and It Was What It Was podcasts.

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Another week, another HBET. Join the team as they look at the European draws of other Scottish clubs and impacts on the coefficient, our two loanees in Austria and the latest on yet more transfer rumours swirling around the club.

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Join Alan, James and Laura as they take a look at the Club World Cup. Spoiler alert: they’re not thrilled. What does it mean for the future of the game? The team then discuss more Celtic transfer rumours with James taking a closer look at Hayato Inamura. Is there a method to the madness from Celtic this summer? Tune in!

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