• This Football Life - Tony Galvin (Part 2)
    Sep 4 2025

    On this week’s show we have part 2 of our interview with the great Tony Galvin where we talk about winning the UEFA cup with Spurs, especially at White Hart Lane, What was Jack Charlton really like as a manager?, and beating England at Euro '88.

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    49 mins
  • This Football Life - Tony Galvin (Part 1)
    Aug 28 2025

    On this week's Podcast Kehlan is talking with Tony Galvin has had a storied career in football. Playing with one of the great teams of the 80s in Tottenham Hotspur, winning two FA Cups and a UEFA Cup. He played for the Rep. of Ireland and playing in all of Ireland’s games in Euro ’88. He has a book as well talking about his and his brother football lives called Galvinised: The Footballing Tale of Brothers Chris and Tony Galvin.

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    49 mins
  • Belfast to Borisov - League of Ireland in the European Cup (Part 2)
    Aug 21 2025

    On this week's show Kehlan and Gary are back for Part 2 of our European Cup special talking about some famous nights for League of Ireland clubs in the European Cup/Champions League.

    Ties in this episode:

    Dundalk F.C. v Linfield -> Hibs -> Celtic

    Limerick F.C. v Real Madrid

    Athlone Town v KB

    Shamrock Rovers v Linfield

    Cork v Cwmbran

    St. Patrick's Athletic v Celtic

    Shelbourne F.C. v Sloga

    Bohemians F.C. v BATE Borisov

    Shelbourne F.C. in 2004

    Dundalk F.C. in 2016

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    49 mins
  • Belfast to Borisov - League of Ireland in the European Cup
    Aug 14 2025

    On this week's podcast it's part one of a two part look at League of Ireland clubs in the European Cup. We look at the glamour ties, the near misses and the wins that LOI clubs have had on their European journeys. On this episode we talk about:

    Shamrock Rovers v OGC Nice, 1959

    F.C. Zurich v Dundalk F.C., 1963

    Drumcondra F.C. v ASK Vowaerts Berlin, 1965

    Waterford F.C. v Manchester United, 1968

    Waterford F.C. v Glentoran F.C. -> Celtic F.C., 1970

    Bohemians F.C. v Rangers F.C., 1975

    Dundalk F.C. v PSV Eindhoven, 1976

    Bohemians F.C. v A.C. Omonia -> Dynamo Dresden, 1978

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    52 mins
  • The Greatest They Never Knew - The Patrick O'Connell Story
    Aug 8 2025

    The incredible story of Patrick O’Connell was for a long time lost. Buried in the layers of time that passes. But in Seville and Barcelona he’ll never be forgotten. He made winning trophies a habit and made players feel ten foot tall.

    This is the story of the first Irishman to captain Manchester United, To bring the first and only La Liga league title to Real Betis, and who resurrected FC Barcelona from ashes.

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    51 mins
  • Losers to Legends - Northern Ireland and the 1958 World Cup
    Jul 31 2025

    On this week's Green Shoots: a history of Irish football with Kehlan Kirwan and football historian Gary Spain they're looking at how Northern Ireland qualified for the 1958 World Cup and how they fared at the tournament in Sweden. From being a team that everybody beat to cementing they're place in Northern Ireland football history, this is the story of how a team became legends.

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    1 hr and 16 mins
  • This Football Life - Alfie Hale (Part 2)
    Jul 24 2025

    In part 2 of our interview with Alfie Hale we talk about his career at Waterford FC, management, plus we talk about academies, young players and board rooms too.

    Next week Gary is back and we’re going to be talking about N. Ireland’s qualification and journey to the 1958 World Cup. Some great stories in there so join us for that.

    Don’t forget to share the show on your own social media channels as well as liking, subscribing and turning on notifications to the show on whatever platform you listen to us on.

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    1 hr and 4 mins
  • This Football Life - Alfie Hale (Part 1)
    Jul 17 2025

    On this week's podcast Kehlan talks to League of Ireland legend Alfie Hale about his footballing life.

    Alfie has played for Waterford FC, Doncaster Rovers, Newport County, and Aston Villa and more. He has six league of Ireland titles (including being top goal scorer in a few of them as well) he’s won the league of Ireland as a manager and got Kilkenny City promoted to the premier division as champions of the first division.

    In Part one we talk about growing up playing football and what happened when he moved to England to play the game over there.

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    59 mins