One from the ACSOM Archive: Bobby Petta with A Celtic State of Mind

Published: July 12, 2020, 3:14 p.m.

A Celtic State of Mind was named as the UK's Best Football Podcast at the prestigious Football Blogging Awards.

In this archive episode, Paul John Dykes chats to an ex-Celt from the late nineties and early noughties - Bobby Petta.

* Bobby discusses his early days as an enfant terrible in Dutch football;
* Playing alongside a young Henrik Larsson at Feyenoord;
* Teaming up with Tony Mowbray at Ipswich Town;
* Being approached by Kenny Dalglish at Celtic;
* Where it all went wrong for John Barnes;
* The curious case of Rafael Scheidt;
* Being revitalised under Martin O'Neill;
* Getting advice from Tommy Burns;
* The 6-2 game;
* Lubo's genius and Sutton's twisted humour;
* Returning to Amsterdam.

A Celtic State of Mind has gone from strength-to-strength over the last couple of years, and there are many more guests lined up in the weeks ahead from the world of sport, music, film, art, broadcasting, literature and politics.

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