the Scottish Premiership is the highest supported League per head of population in the entirety of Europe Sky Sports set a four-year broadcast agreement with the spfl sky will be obligated to show at least 42 Scottish Premiership matches per season from the 24-25 season would you like a little bit of context yeah well I thought you might last month Sky agreed to deal with the efl the three leagues below the Premier League this deal will show nearly 1 000 matches per season the Scottish deal is worth 150 million the efl deal is worth nearly 1 billion
I've arrived in the capital of Scotland I'm here to watch History Celtic and meet up with Blair McNally Blair is going to tell us everything we need to know about the Scottish game the standard of football the quality of fans and more importantly is there a macaroni pie available [Music] there's just not enough cashmere in this place hips needed to beat Celtic in this match to have any chance of getting into Europe the last 18 times that hibs have played Celtic they had beat them zero times I was born in the year 2000 Rock DJ
by Robbie Williams was the official Scottish number one and the official Scottish number one club was Celtic in the 22 years I've been on this planet since Celtic have been at the top of the Scottish table 17 times including nine of the last ten [Music] Hibernian is actually 12 years older than Celtic and I'm gonna let Sam give you a little fact if it wasn't for hibs we wouldn't have Celtic the founder of Celtic was so impressed by what he saw with the Catholic Club in Edinburgh that he thought that Glasgow needed one as well
have enough time at the moment but we've seen a couple of years ago Rangers as well Rangers will come back and Rangers will have the time the Sky Sports Broadcast deal of Scotland how'd you feel about that the game has been undershot in this country I'm listening to the fans listen to the passenger look at this place it's packed out well not selling the game for enough [Music] [Applause] that night there were actually plenty of games I could have picked there were relegation battles hearts and hibs were both fighting to play in Europe but only
one match was on TV out of a possible six hearts and hips actually play each other tomorrow at time castle in an Edinburgh Derby that should be a feast upon the eyes but it's not on TV [Applause] it's kind of like a chicken and egg situation because we want money to be invested in the game but money won't be invested until there's more competition right but then there's not going to be more competition until other than teams get money the last time we've seen a team win the league was Alex Ferguson's Aberdeen in the 1980s
Celtic Rangers have propelled in Europe and they've just got stronger and stronger and stronger clubs like hibs clubs like hearts Aberdeen's very very hard for these teams to compete is it mostly Celtic outrageous fans in Scotland it's like Man United and Manchester too well it's too easy to just go I'm a celtico Rangers Fan maybe we will see a change soon I'm getting a little bit emotional because I really want another macaroni pie look at that dude over there waving his pie around if you can't beat them a second macaron okay oh [Applause] wow it
feels like the match has just begun oh no no five minutes after I'm seeing boys up so let's go back in front [Applause] Celtics are about the league very quickly but now they've had a player sent off for 23 minutes to go so if Hibernian don't step out and go for it when they really need to I don't know what to say to you but now here sent off I mean the drama what might say this guy's boss need to pay a little bit more money for these matches it's going to be very uh but
we don't get to see it I want to see to see screen don't you this is you look at rugby you watch rugby and they all the fans can sit on the screen having 10 men against 11 men could switch it to this red card is going to be vital yellow cards you know the size of the cup they've got very good players [Music] [Applause] the passion the warmth the history that surrounds every Scottish club people will fall in love but people cannot fall in love with stories that they have not read fantastic [Applause] [Applause]
you guys you're absolutely brilliant how you feeling yeah look at this look at the passion here this is incredible isn't it and it's so important that we talk about this but what's really important to me actually even more so if it's party thistle's mascot so scary it's done because of that is absolutely enthusiastic I'll let you move I can meet personally [Music] over in Glasgow 94. hubs play Hearts on Saturday whoever wins gets Europe can you win increases if it meant that the league became more popular and watched more by people outside of Scotland because
the Scottish population only goes so far come to our Scottish football game and make your mind up for yourself that's it only way I could possibly end this video is back talking about sunshine on Leaf I always loved that song Because I'm a big fan of The Proclaimers I should have been born in the 80s I know looks really okay [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] wow [Music] wow I knew the Hibernian rendition of sunshine only if I knew it was important I knew it was well respected I knew it was I thought of but I still
was not expecting that I don't think anything could have prepared me for that thank you so much
