"The people who run the club are just vile." GamesMaster legend Dominik Diamond is back in the UK after 17 years in Canada, and he's not holding back on Celtic. Dominik joins Peter Martin on Straight Talk ahead of his tour "Dominik Diamond Sings the Video Games": funny songs about retro games, stand-up and plenty of audience interaction. He talks about losing everything on an alpaca farm that had no alpacas, clawing his way back in Canadian radio, faith and family, and how a Pac-Man song in a Halifax blues club turned into a London show that sold out in 48 hours.

Then the football. How a Rangers-supporting boy from Arbroath became Celtic daft thanks to Romano Petrucci of Stranraer. Why Celtic are top of the league despite losing all four big games, two in Europe and two against Rangers, why Kasper is being played as a Chris Sutton target man, the board and Dermot Desmond, and why the banter years have been "brilliant for the rest of Scottish football". Plus Martin O'Neill ("I genuinely thought Martin was going to walk"), Seville 2003, naming his son after Henrik Larsson, and the priest who saved his night at the Nou Camp.

Dominik Diamond Sings the Video Games, Scottish dates:
Sun 4 Oct - The Smoking Goat, Ayr
Mon 5 Oct - The Stand Comedy Club, Glasgow
Tue 6 Oct - The Portcullis, Arbroath (fundraiser for the Arbroath FC Community Trust)
Tickets and info: https://www.dominikdiamond.net

Is Dominik right about the people running Celtic? Have your say below.

CHAPTERS
00:00 Dominik Diamond on Straight Talk: GamesMaster and 17 years in Canada
01:25 Bouncing back, and why Canada welcomes Scots
02:51 Faith, family and a remarkable wife
06:05 GamesMaster fame vs now: humility at 56
07:32 How "Dominik Diamond Sings the Video Games" was born
10:13 Jasper Carrott, and the Sonic the Hedgehog song
11:11 Audience interaction, kazoos and Canadian blues clubs
12:54 Can he handle Glasgow hecklers?
13:39 Arbroath homecoming for the Arbroath FC Community Trust
15:27 From Rangers fan to Celtic: the Stranraer story
18:01 Celtic's madness: "The people who run the club are just vile"
19:32 The banter years: "brilliant for the rest of Scottish football"
20:26 The last day against Hearts, watched from Canada
21:47 Martin O'Neill: "I genuinely thought Martin was going to walk"
22:41 Seville 2003 and the ticket gamble
24:05 Quickfire: Henrik Larsson, and a son named Charlie Henrik
25:16 The Barcelona story: lost tickets, a priest and the Nou Camp
26:54 Voice acting in horror game Black Tides: Dragon's Wake
27:59 Coming home? A bigger UK tour next spring
29:06 Tour dates: Blackpool, Ayr, The Stand Glasgow, Arbroath

Subscribe for more Straight Talk and Scottish football every day: @plzsoccer

Play PLZ Predictor - win a car or GBP 10,000: https://bit.ly/plzpredictor

Dominik Diamond Sings The Video Games Tickets:

Tuesday 29th September @ The Loading Bar, Stoke Newington, London. SOLD OUT
Friday 2nd October @ Arcade Club, Bury. https://booking.bookinghound.cloud/fe...
Saturday 3rd October @ PLAY Expo, Blackpool. https://www.playexpoblackpool.com/tic...
Sunday 4th October (Daytime) @ Forgotten Worlds, Stewarton. INFO COMING
Sunday 4th October (Evening) @ The Smoking Goat, Ayr. https://www.skiddle.com/whats-on/Ayr/...
Monday 5th October @ The Stand Comedy Club, Glasgow. https://www.thestand.co.uk/performanc...
Tuesday 6th October @ The Portcullis, Arbroath. https://ucplive.com/dom

#DominikDiamond #Celtic #GamesMaster #StraightTalk #PLZSoccer