We’re at Italia '90 where Kehlan and Gary talk about how we got there, playing in the world cup and Gary will be bringing us some of those incredible fan stories that happened along the way including some espionage in Hungary, the head of the FAI getting arrested and being in Sicily when their much loved hero, Toto Schillaci, scored.
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The '90s - The Decade of Crazy Finishes?
In this week's show Kehlan and Gary talk about the League of Ireland in the 1990s. A decade that saw some crazy last day league champions and leahue title playoffs. Plus shock cup winners like Bray Wanderers, Sligo Rovers and Galway United.
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This Football Life - Pat Byrne (Part 2)
We’re giving you the second part of our great interview with League of Ireland legend Pat Byrne where he talks about his footballing life including playing at Bohemians, Philadelphia Fury, Leicester City, one of the great all-time teams in Shamrock Rovers and managing Shelbourne to a league and FAI CUP.If you haven’t listened to part 1 you can go back and listen to that first, all about his early childhood and how he developed in the game.
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This Football Life - Pat Byrne (Part 1)
On this week's podcast Kehlan talks with one of the all time greats of the game. Pat Byrne’s journey in football has been varied from Ireland to the United States, to Leicester City and Hearts in Scotland and back home again to play. Success followed him almost everywhere he went. 6 League of Ireland titles, 4 FAI Cups, an English 2nd Division title as player and won the league and cup with Shelbourne and brought KilKenny City into the premier Division too as a manager. This is part 1 of 2 episodes with Pat, the 2nd part to be published in the coming days.
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A Coming of Age - Jack Charlton & Euro '88
On this week's show Kehlan an Gary look at the Rep. of Ireland football team as Jack Charlton is named the new manager and brings the country to its first ever major tournament, Euro 88'.We look at Jack Charlton getting the Ireland and how he beat Bob Paisley, yes that Bob Paisley from the great Liverpool team, to the job.We’ll look at how they made it to Euro 88, the players, the build up, what was it like to travel to it, getting around the tournament and what it meant after the tournament had finished.
Host Kehlan Kirwan and expert Gary Spain take a journey into the history of Irish football. From great players and famous national teams, to League of Ireland sides and individuals that graced the domestic league – they’ll bring some of the great stories of Irish football to you.
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