GLASGOW, SCOTLAND - MARCH 23: BBC Commentators Liam MacLeod and James McFadden during a UEFA Nations League 2024/25 League A/B Play-Off Second Leg match between Scotland and Greece at Hampden Park, on March 23, 2025, in Glasgow, Scotland. (Photo by Craig Foy/SNS Group via Getty Images)
Only BBC Scotland would employ Liam McLeod and allow him out in public.
In 20 years with the state broadcaster there hasn’t been the slightest interest in McLeod from any commercial operator. He knows where his bread is buttered.
TALENT FREE ZONE
With no obvious talent or ability he has found himself perfectly at home alongside Kenny Macintyre, Tom English, Steven Thompson, Jane Lewis and Chris McLaughlin.
If he needs the opinion of football guys he can turn to Billy Dodds, Neil McCann, Cammy Bell or Andy Halliday.
McLeod is part of the extensive BBC team in Rotterdam to cover Celtic’s match with Feyenoord. He will provide radio commentary while anyone interested will be watching TNT Sport.
There is no excuse for BBC Scotland to be on a Dutch jolly funded by tax payers.
A perfectly good job can be carried out in their Pacific Quay studio watching the pictures come in on television.
? Interim Celtic boss Martin O’Neill was involved in a rather awkward exchange as he appeared to take a dim view of a question at his press conference ? pic.twitter.com/MJ4Y9MNJ2j
— Scottish Sun Sport (@scotsunsport) November 26, 2025
STATS MAN MCLEOD
At the all-in media conference yesterday McLeod forgot that he was speaking to a football professional. In among others in the commercial sector that have to deliver results.
No one was interested in the number of corner kicks Feyenoord had when they played Celtic two years ago. Or the other trivial and useless stats that McLeod clings onto because he can’t understand what is happening in front of his eyes.
Without his stats pack McLeod has zero to offer. He demonstrated that yesterday with the opening question to O’Neill. The Celtic manager refused to play ball.
TRANSCRIPT
McLeod: Feyenoord, this is what you are here to talk about tonight. It’s a huge match for the club isn’t it. I will presume that you are wanting to ensure that when you do depart you will have left having picked up three points here?
O’Neill: Oh yeah, just as easy as that. It’s really very, very simple. You’re joking, aren’t you?
McLeod: No, no
O’Neill: I’m going to try and win the game, of course. It’s Feyenoord we are playing, it’ll be pretty difficult.
McLeod: They’ve lost their last three… matches… does… that … give…. you confidence that you can inflict some more
O’Neill: Our confidence will come from nothing to do with what they can’t do or will do. It comes from our own.
Liam McLeod asking a stupid question- well I never
— Adam Lovatt (@lovatt_adam) November 26, 2025
Tbf that’s a ridiculous question ?
— Ted Irvine (@TedIrvine3) November 26, 2025
It wasn’t awkward, sharpe witted as usual and made journalist sound exactly as he is …….
Stupid
?MON
— Aunty Mason (@AuntyMason) November 27, 2025
Interviewer Liam got the same response from Ange and same “who-is-this-fraud” reaction , asking ange if a European defeat was a catastrophe.
— Chungas (@Chungas96186423) November 26, 2025
Later on in the nine minute media conference McLeod got back onto firmer ground when he brought up Celtic beating Ajax in 2001 and whether O’Neill would be using that in his team talk. No. He won’t.
While McLeod was showing off that he knows that Ajax and Feyenoord play in the same country it has no bearing on tonight’s match.
O’Neill pointed out that that match was played before many of the Celtic team were born. Discussing Bobby Petta to Sebastian Tounekti or Yang Hyun-jun isn’t likely to inspire them into match winning performances.
NOTE: BBC Scotland are preparing to take a team of 50 presenters, pundits and technicians to follow Scotland at the World Cup.Â
McLeod, English, Macintyre and the rest are funded entirely by the BBC Licence fee
The jolly to end all jollys. Maybe a full team of ex rangers men knocking about poolside. Cammy bell, Hutton, Stuart mccall, doddsy, mcann, the ferguson brothers, big thomo, lovenkrands, a couple of ex gers from nations that we are drawn against maybe. Coisty and fletch dropping by the hotel to say hello and do some karaoke.
Listening to Liam mcleod teaming up with pat bonner and wullie Miller while celtic take a beating over the radio is doomsday stuff.
What a walloper. Nice to see Martin O’Neill taking him to school though. If he thought that was a bit of a savaging he’s lucky he didn’t ever try to put such dumbass questions to Gordon Strachan in his pomp – he would have left a human-shaped bag of mince where poor wee Liam stood.
Amazing how an old handshake can get you a job with BBC(brews best customer)
Because that’s were all these DOBs would be if it wasn’t for that.There is not even one would get a position with any other company,along with Village Idiot it’s going to be a great world cup
Heard Dougie donnelly going though his career highs on a bbc sportsound interview a few years back. His no1 highlight was going out to Canada for an end of season break with the full hun first team after they had won the league in the mid 90s. The jollys are nothing new!
When he commentates on any of our games
Brings up negative stats and keeps repeating them throughout the whole match
Voice trembles with excitement when the opposition are on the attack
Pure relief in his voice when we miss a good chance
Never heard of him…
He’s probably a Sevco fan from The Island of Lewis with a name like that…
The dinner will get cooked on a Saturday night…
And no boozing or shagging on the Sunday !
Tell you what!
I have a suggestion and a plan.
Get most of this incompetent and non-communicative board away from our club and put Martin in a powerful position with a top salary to be the face of the club. He is an expert communicator and acts well and reasonably to awkward situations. Surround him with other professional people and get rid of the majority of the present incumbents! Then peace will break out at Paradise.
When anyone classes McLeod from the BBC Scottish version as a commentator …we are in trouble . I’d much rather use the term ‘ mouth piece ‘ or even ‘ boring idiot ! ‘ Take your pick ?
McLeod’s every word displays an ingrained bias against Celtic.
Liam McCleod if his maw had cleaned or wiped herself right he wouldn’t be here.
Sorry, I’m failing to see how Liam McLoed asking if MON is hoping for 3 points against Feyenord is a stupid question and anti-Celtic. It’s a perfectly normal, frictionless question. I’m more disappointed with MON and his comments after the AGM regarding the behaviour of our fans and lack of “respect” as the board so gleefully display a lack of respect to us. To then quote Big Jock and mention what would he have thought of it all was completely wrong. If MON wanted to know what Big Jock would have thought he should watch interviews with Stein during the 60’s and he’ll know exactly what he would have thought and it wouldn’t be standing with the board. “Football without fans is nothing”.
And to think they let this guy near matches,that’s matches you strike not attend.
What got my goat in particular last night was the almost universal horrific pronunciation of Feyenoord last night.
Practically everybody pronouncing Feyenoord as FEYENOOOOOORD!
Liam McLeod wrong.
James McFadden wrong.
Kenny Macintyre wrong.
Billy Dodds wrong.
Rory Hamilton wrong.
Infuriating!