BelTel Football

By: Belfast Telegraph
  • Summary

  • Join Keith Bailie and special guests including David Jeffrey and Steven Beacom as they discuss all the big talking points in Irish League football with unique takes and expert opinion. The panel will take a deep dive into the world of the Sports Direct Premiership, looking at upcoming games and discussing all the hot topics from across football in Northern Ireland.
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Episodes
  • "If Cliftonville go full time you've got to wonder just how big they can become?”- Investment consortium willing to put millions into Cliftonville
    Mar 12 2025
    It’s a red letter day for Joe Gormley as Cliftonville defeat Glentoran 1-0 in the BetMcLean Cup Final. Keith Bailie, Steven Beacom and David Jeffrey pour over the final as 14,000 turn out for the showpiece event. Unfortunately, the game was marred by crowd trouble in the second half with the PSNI set to investigate. Meanwhile, Cliftonville ponder outside investment, Loughgall part company with Dean Smith and the head of the Northern Ireland Football Fund is grilled at a Stormont committee meeting. The panel are also joined by new Northern Ireland striker Ronan Hale, who has been named in Michael O’Neill’s squad for this month’s double-header.

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    49 mins
  • ‘We won't be texting each other good luck before this final’: Cliftonville’s Jim Magilton and Glentoran’s Declan Devine face off before BetMcLean Cup decider
    Mar 5 2025
    The Belfast Telegraph’s Chief Sports Writer Steven Beacom took two well know football managers out for lunch, ahead of Sunday’s BetMcLean Cup Final. Cliftonville boss Jim Magilton and Glentoran gaffer Declan Devine join the panel ahead of the Windsor Park showdown for a very special edition of Bel Tel Football. Back in the studio, Keith Bailie and David Jeffrey preview the decider, and discuss Larne’s struggles and a dramatic weekend of Irish Cup action.

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    54 mins
  • ‘Scoring that goal was just surreal. It was an amazing feeling’: Glentoran’s Irish Cup hero Michael Halliday
    Feb 26 2025
    Glentoran hero Michael Halliday is the special guest on this week’s BelTel Football. He joins presenter Keith Bailie, Belfast Telegraph Chief Sportswriter Steven Beacom and Linfield legend David Jeffrey in the studio to discuss his goal-laden career. Michael reflects on that memorable day in 2001 when he scored the winner for Glentoran against David’s Linfield side in the Irish Cup Final. The current Bangor striker also looks ahead to this Friday’s Irish Cup Quarter-Final as the Seasiders take on his old club Glentoran at Clandeboye Park. The panel also discuss the fall-out from NIFL’s Storm Darragh U-turn, potential outside investment at Cliftonville, the Irish FA’s new National Training Centre and Northern Ireland’s dramatic 3-2 win over Bosnia in the Women’s Nations League.

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    51 mins

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