Tales From The East Stand

We're back with the biggest news stories of the past couple of weeks - the TFTES 5-a-side draw, Prof's Golden Goal and Chris McCann's birthday. We also have reports on Drogheda and Ludogorets (x2), #Hoopermandela and a look ahead to tonight's FAI Cup tie against Bangor Celtic with Eddie Kearney and Adam Maher.

TFTES On Tour~! You'll be regaled with tales from St Julian's in Malta, where everything except the game was entertaining, and hear from eight Hoopers who made the trip in a new edition of the TFTES Hotline. Plus: Metodi Shumanov fills us in on Tuesday's Bulgarian opponents, the nouveau riche Ludogorets of Razgrad.

It's the Rory Gaffney show with two goals and two assists in Ballybofey and another great European night in Tallaght. Stadium manager Nicola Coffey has all the info you need on the construction of the new north stand, and Shaun McCarthy, a Hoop living in Malta for over 20 years, tells his story ahead of our journey there next week.

Gar is back to celebrate his own 200th episode in a show almost as long as your drive to Ballybofey this evening. There's the wins over Bohs and Pat's to dissect and a look ahead to the Hibernians tie next week, with former Rovers and Maltese international Luke Dimech before journalist Gianluca Lia gives us the lowdown on our Champions League opponents.

TFTES heads out to CityWest as 'Ooh Ah' Paul McGrath (not that one) fills in for Gary this week. We talk a poor performance in Dundalk, Paulie's lockdown wedding, his European away curse and his starting XI vs Bohs (after a few edits). There's an hour long interview with former Hoops left-back Richie Byrne from the 1 hour 8 minute mark.

We have a Champions League trip to Malta to plan and a Father's Day edition of the TFTES Hotline which sees eight Rovers Dads and their sons and daughters call in together.

Mid-season break shmid-season break. We squeeze out every last drop of news, there's a European draw preview with Pico Lopes and Dave Downey before the last hour, In Memoriam: Declan Keogh AKA Big Dec, a larger than life Rovers fan who was loved by so many around the league.

There's reaction from our 200th episode in Ringsend before the three games we have to catch up on, from the hill in UCD, to a shock defeat in Drogheda and then back to winning ways against Duffer and Joey's Shels. The last hour is an interview with members of the SRFC Media Team and some of the people behind 'Clear The Head', Barry McCarthy, Phillie 'Captain Hook eyebrows' Maguire and Graham Moran...

It's our 200th episode extravaganza~! This special show was recorded a couple of weeks ago in front of a live audience in the Irishtown House in Ringsend, the birthplace of Rovers. Everyone on our guest list is a local and they talk about what the Ringsend community means to them, beginning with current Rovers players Sean Kavanagh and Sean Gannon, who talk about growing up in the area, their care...

We talk that big win over Derry with a samba atmosphere and going back to college on a Thursday. There's news on next week's 200th episode and a musical edition of the TFTES Hotline, as Gary, Karl and some of our 7 callers attempt to write some original Rovers chewns.

We have the 3-1 wins over Finn Harps and Sligo to review before looking ahead to the big one against Derry. With three Tallaght games in the space of a week, there's two out of the ordinary but very home based interviews with ballpersons Riley and Faith, and the groundstaff, Billy Mullen and Ciaran Cornwall on what it takes to have the best pitch in the country.

The Sligo trip and the possibility of Bradser leaving for Lincoln is mostly on our mind this week but aside from that, it's the Joe Barnes Show~! A legendary Rovers fan who has been supporting the club for an astonishing 82 years, we celebrate Joe's birthday with his first interview on the podcast and by hearing from five of his friends about why they love him.

We've a lot of catching up to do, with our view on the three wins over Pat's, Dundalk and Bohs, who are falling apart again. Most of the last hour is an interview with Rovers' Community Officer Tony O'Neill.

The match reports are held off until next week as we have Sean Francis in studio, who tells us about starting out at Birmingham City and the English non-league, moving to Cobh and then onto Rovers in the mid 90s. We talk our many home venues in his seven years at the club, Rico, his strike partnership with Tony Grant, podium goal celebrations, Cup final days, derbies, dancing, coffee and...hair ge...

We talk Greener's rocket and the late win at Tolka Park on Friday, and, to mark 35 years since the loss of Milltown, there's a couple of interviews. First, Robbie Tormey and John Doyle tell us the origin story of the Milltown monument and how it was erected in 1998. The last hour and 25 minutes of the show is a chat with LOI legend and Rovers' 1985/86 Player of the Year Mick Neville, and Hoops fan...

The bogey bus made it home from Ballybofey with a 3-0 win and with Damien Duff's Shelbourne up next, there's a Tolka Park theme to this month's TFTES Hotline as 10 callers answer our questions about exercise, the nomadic years, jerseys, substitutions and superstitions.

A 2 and a half hour show, without a game to review? How? Well, we have SRFC TV commentary team Con Murphy and Graham Gartland: The Sequel, and TFTES In Memoriam: George Byrne. Con and Garts discuss everything except the Oscars, and from 1 hour 37 mins, there's tributes to 'Ringo', the legendary music critic and Rovers fan, from some of his closest friends - Martin Moore, Paul Donohoe, Ian O'Dohert...

We review a mad game with Sligo which Rovers nearly lost but also nearly won 7-2. No Starting XI and Predictions but there's the Member's Corner with Ciaran Kane.

Happy City. Rovers City. On this Paddy's Day morning, we talk the big derby win over Bohs on Friday and a rare scoreless draw in Dundalk on Monday. Plus there's an interview with former Hoops winger Ollie Cahill, who played in the first couple seasons at Tallaght during the twilight of his brilliant career.

We have the Richmond report and to look ahead to a massive derby this Friday, it's an all female fans edition of the TFTES Hotline. First up, from 14 minutes is Aifric Ní Mháille, Emma Donohue, Jean O'Brien, Jessica Meegan, Sharon Dunne and Fiona Carton dialing in. For Part 2, from the 1 hour 1 minute mark, we hear from Orla Stanford, Rebecca Dunne, Áine Gavin, Ali Armstrong, Karen Connolly, Kat...

Three games to catch up on with the home wins over UCD and Drogheda either side of the longest bogey bus of all time to Derry and back. Plus: Roddy reaction, Gar's week from hell and yes, Conor's Corner~! NB. Do not put whiskey in the kettle.

Today we celebrate the five year anniversary of the podcast with the one and only Roddy Collins, for 90 minutes of entertainment. Roddy talks playing for Rovers in the 80s, Ricky McEvoy in a Donegal disco, his boxing champion brother Steve and receiving death treats at Irish League clubs. He explains leaving Dublin City in a relegation battle to manage Rovers in 2004, the drinking culture at the c...

The football is back as Rovers capture the coveted Michael D Trophy Bowl. The Pat's penalty shootout and Green Ribbon beer launch take up most of our air time and then nine Rovers fans - two of them ex-players - call into the TFTES Hotline for their season predictions, Starting XI's, opening day memories and discuss UCD's worth to the league.

As we look ahead to Friday's President's Cup Final, our Player of the Year series continues with a three-time award winner. Barry Murphy, the former Hoops goalkeeper talks relegation, the First Division, the first season at Tallaght and returning to the club in 2013.

Hoops number 9 Aaron Greene is in the lair this week for an in-depth chat. In the first hour we round up all the latest news at the club before Greener arrives to tell us about the loss of Joey and the return of Jack, the group mentality, high standards in the dressing room and motivational tools, what it means to play for Rovers and his son playing in the academy. Hear about his favourite Rovers...