Green Shoots - A History of Irish Football

• This Football Life - Tom 'Bud' Aherne

  Coming up on this week’s podcast we are taking a look at one of our greatest ever footballers as we talk about the great Tom 'Bud' Aherne. We hear from Gary about Buds international career and him being a part some of the Rep. of Ireland’s greatest wins.Then I talk to William Foster from Hatters Heritage (www.hattersheritage.co.uk), a Luton Town FC historical charity, about his time at Lutin Town, the team where he spent the majority of his club football and where he worked, retired and died too.

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• Stavrevski's Many Broken Hearts - Rep of Ireland & Euro 2000 Qualifiers

  On this week's podcast Kehlan and Gary talk about Ireland's qualification campaign for Euro 2000. Drawn in a group with a the Balkans collection of FR Yugoslavia, Croatia, and Macedonia it was to be no easy group to qualify from. Once that old foe of Macedonia would change the fate of the campaign.

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• The Pride and Falls - The Story of Limerick Football (Part 3)

  Today we have the 3rd and final part of our journey through Limerick football. In this episode podcast Kehlan and Gary talk about them winning the FAI Cup in 1982, matters off the pitch come to a head with high court drama, and where to now for Limerick football?So the last time we left it Limerick had just won the league tile in the 79/80 season…

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• Heartbreak, Hooligans and Hand - The Story of Limerick Football (Part 2)

  We're in part 2 of our journey through Limerick football as we look at the period from 1960 through to 1980. In this episode we look at cup heartbreaks, hooligans in Limerick and Irish football and the coming of Eoin Hand as manager. We'll also be looking at Limerick winning finally winning the FAI Cup in 1971 and the last of Limerick's league titles in 1979/80.

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• Black and Blue - The Story of Limerick Football (Part 1)

  This week's episode is the start of a three episode journey into the story of Limerick football. From a garrison town in 1891 to Treaty United in 2022, Limerick has had a long and storied history with football. In this episode we look at the origins of football in the city from 1891 to becoming League of Ireland champions in 1960.

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