Chick Young

Acting

Chick Young

Born

1951-05-04 (75)

Place of birth

Govan, Glasgow, Scotland, UK

Known for

Acting

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Charles "Chick" Young (born 4 May 1951) is a professional football pundit who regularly appears for BBC Scotland on Sportscene and Sportsound. He is known for his trademark laugh and speech patterns, which have made him a popular target for lampooning on the BBC Scotland sports comedy Only an Excuse?.

Known for

Pitch Invasion: How the Scottish and Irish Changed Football poster
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Exploring the seismic influence key players and managers from Scotland, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland had on English football between the 1960s and the start of the Premier League.

Pitch Invasion: How the Scottish and Irish Changed Football

2024

Icons of Football poster
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The incredible stories of how some of Scottish football’s biggest stars made their names on the pitch... and off it.

Icons of Football

2023

The Jim Baxter Story poster
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Documentary on Rangers legend Jim Baxter

The Jim Baxter Story

2001

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Documentary on Rangers legend Davie Cooper

Davie Cooper: The Moody Blue

2005

Walter: A Life in Football poster
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Documentary paying tribute to one of the most successful managers in the history of Scottish football, Walter Smith. A winner as manager for Rangers and Scotland, Walter Smith was a man whose character won respect across the hard tribal lines of our national game. Featuring rare archive, and told with interview contributions from the people who knew him best and who worked with him throughout his long and varied career, the programme explores the numerous successes at Rangers, his experiences as a manager when he headed south to Everton in the English Premiership, his leadership of the Scotland national men’s team and his sensational return to Rangers in 2007. Walter: A Life in Football follows the highs and lows of Smith’s career, exploring the characteristics that made players, fellow managers and supporters venerate him. He was genuinely loved and revered by many, including titans of the game such as Pep Guardiola and Sir Alex Ferguson.

Walter: A Life in Football

2021

One Team in Tallinn: 30 Years On poster
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In October 1996, it was full steam ahead for the Tartan Army on the way to the World Cup in France. However, when Scotland lined up to face Estonia in Tallinn, there was just one thing missing - the opposition.

One Team in Tallinn: 30 Years On

2026

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