Creepy BBC Scotland reporter broadcasts that he is clueless

Phil Goodlad introduced former Scotland women’s international goalkeeper Gemma Fay as ‘everybody’s favourite Easter bunny’ during a Good Friday podcast.

That sort of nudge nudge content might have been fine back in the seventies and eighties or on the SPORTSOUND LADS group chat but it isn’t the sort of comment that you hear being broadcast on 2025.

Goodlad is one of the dozens of staff at the BBC  that have never worked in the commercial sector, working in their own bubble and trying to appear relevant in a digital age where young people laugh at the notion of paying a licence to sustain the middle class club that is BBC employees.

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GOODLAD: Great to have you along this morning, I’m joined by Rory Loy, the former Dundee and Rangers striker, Rory ‘morning to you

LOY: Morning Phil

GOODLAD: And everybody’s, favourite, Easter Bunny, Gemma Fay, the former Scotland goalkeeper who will be rivalling Rory when it comes to dishing out the eggs of Scottish football this weekend, Gemma, morning to you

FAY: Your intro is getting worse and worse

GOODLAD: I’m going to blame the producer who writes this nonsense and I try to ignore it, quickly, are you both well?

Goodlad would never have introduced Loy as a favourite Easter Bunny but after the agony and pain of seeing his team defeated by Athletic Bilbao he was probably in need of being perked up.

At a media outlet that employs Tom English as their Chief Sports Writer standards are obviously very low but the bold Goodlad went on to explain many times how he had never seen a manager or coach pass written notes to players on the park.

The two guests were fairly shocked by this but tried to play down the ignorance and stpidity of their host.

The biggest issue from the note being passed around in Bilbao was that James Tavernier either couldn’t read or understand the message from Ferguson, a former Daily Record columnist.

Goodlad returned to this issue a few times during the 26 minute podcast.

At 2 minutes he started to bleat that a Celtic supporting neighbour was celebrating defeat for the club most favoured by BBC Scotland.

You know I find it as dispiriting as I find it amusing when I try to speak from a Scottish football point of view about this, about our teams being out. I met a Celtic fan in my street last night, I was putting out the bin, he seemed to be rather pleased. I find, and I know it is Scottish football and the rivalry but I think that we can all reflect on this morning, just on the fact that……. Rangers………. did so well to get to the quarter-finals, it was almost unbelievable Rory Loy but there is a sense of disappointment that they just didn’t make it into the last four.

Outside of Ibrox and media circles 95% of active Scottish football fans were delighted to see Ferguson’s team lose in Bilbao.

As well as their toxic management team and supporters the sycophantic media coverage from the BBC and others is plenty of reason to celebrate their defeat in Bilbao.

Showing his complete lack of football knowledge after 8 minutes 56 seconds

I raised eyebrows because I don’t think that I’ve ever seen it in the professional game before. Barry Ferguson, passing a note to James Tavernier, or getting a note onto his captain and then Tavernier having to come to open up the note and Ferguson seemed to explain to him what was on the sheet of paper. It seemed to just be a bit of confusion. I just wonder whether that just sums up Rangers season.

FAY: You are digging aren’t you?

GOODLAD: No I just have never seen information passed

FAY: We have

GOODLAD: Seen information passed to a player like that.

When you share an office with Kenny Macintyre, English, Alasdair Lamont, Steven Thompson and Jane Lewis your knowledge and understanding of football is bound to be limited.

Truffles the dog looks as amused as you would wearing bull horns @mmgeissler @BBCLauraMac @BBCSportScot @BBCRadioScot pic.twitter.com/hVu10OczFv

— Phil Goodlad (@bbcgoodlad) August 5, 2022