The Carlow Soccer Podcast

CK United are one game away from qualifying for the knockout stages after a hard fought win over Newbridge and we have all the reaction. New Oak kicked off the defence of their Nationalist Premier Division title in style, piling further misery onto newly promoted Slaney Rovers with a 7-0 win, we have reaction from both sides. 
We take a look at all the major Carlow League talking points so far and assess how the start of the season is going. Newly promoted St. Anne's are flying at the top of Division 2 with two wins from two and are looking to extend that when they face Crettyard B in a local derby, Harry chats to their manager and club Chairman, Cliff McDonagh. 
And as the O35's season came to an end there were two more cups up for grabs and we have all the reaction from both as Hanover completed their set of trophies adding the Mullins Cup to their league titles and D1 Cup that they've won over the last few years and Parkville denied Slaney a D2 league and cup double.

CK United manager Tom O'Connor chats after a tough midweek defeat down in Waterford. Bagenalstown racked up a big win to progress in Leinster on Sunday and we have all the reaction. The Nationalist Premier Division threw up an interesting encounter on Saturday night between two sides under new management who were heavily depleted over the summer with departures as Parkville got a big win to kick off their season against Pat's. In the penultimate week of O35's action, Harry has all the reaction as Slaney defeated St. Fiacc's in a play-off to clinch the D2 title and Moone beat Nurney to claim the D3 Cup. We also preview the last finals of the season.

We have all the reaction from a busy weekend for CK United with their men getting back to winning ways against Killarney and their women securing a Shield Quarter-Final spot. League soccer is back in Carlow and there was a huge upset as one of the title favourites Crettyard fell to defeat against a Killeshin side under new management in a local derby. As the Over 35's season draws to a close, we have reaction as Bagenalstown claimed a Division One League and Cup derby and we preview the upcoming Division 2 play-off and the Division 3 Cup final both taking place this Friday.

Harry brings you all the reaction from Cork as UCC rescue a late draw against CK United. We have reaction from the KCLR Carlow Shield and Plate finals. Aoife Kelly chats after winning the Women's FAI Cup final with Shelbourne. We also have the final Premier Division season previews as we chat to Slaney and Parkville.

On this week's episode we have all the post match reaction as CK United men stage a late comeback to rescue a 3-3 draw against Villa and keep their semi-final hopes, and CK United's women strike late to beat Kerry and keep their Quarter-Final hopes alive.
Athy Town B manager Rory FitzGerald sits down for a chat with Harry ahead of the KCLR Plate final this weekend to discuss the upcoming final and their path into getting a team together to compete in the Carlow League after a few years away. 
We also have all the post match reaction from Crettyard and Killeshin after big wins in the LFA Junior Cup.