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Send us Fan Mail Join Conor and Jonny as they go back in time to 2003. Mick McCarthy has resigned as Ireland manager and the race to replace him is an odd podge of exotic French managers, former England captains and Irish legends. Leading the race is Brian Kerr but there is significant challenge from Peter Reid, King Kenny Dalglish, Kevin Moran and many others. Here we discuss the 'what ifs&a...

Send us Fan Mail Join Conor and Jonny for a slightly later episode this week as they reflect on a successful Kit Con expedition and, more importantly, a Classic Irish XI based entirely on the jerseys that Irish footballers wore from the Premier League era to the present day. Laugh, cry, and certainly disagree with our decisions but we are driven by fashion darling and make no apologies for it. Fol...

Send us Fan Mail Spending 43 million on reports. My my my. Join Conor and Jonny this week as they discuss the ill-fated 'Bertie Bowl'. In 1999 the FAI and Irish government began planning for a new football stadium, first Eircom Park and then the 'National Stadium'. The latter became known by another name, the 'Bertie Bowl.' Pushed forward by then Taoiseach Bertie Aher...

Send us Fan Mail Join a Conor-less podcast as Jonny and Paul from Kitcon discuss the upcoming Kit Con Éire event on April 16 in Dublin. The two boys discuss their favorite retro kits, the joys of collecting, and their shared passion over esoteric 90s footballers. Tickets still available for Kit Con at http://kitconeire.com/. We'll be back next week with more from the weird and wonderful of Ir...

Send us Fan Mail Oh my lucky stars and your lucky days! Join Conor and Jonny this week as they discuss the 2002/2003 season. Blockbuster doesn't even begin to describe it. On the domestic front, John O'Shea has a breakout season with Manchester United where he plays 30 odd League games and... oh yeah... nutmegs Luis Figo in the Champions League in the definition of tekkers. Elsewhere Ste...

Send us Fan Mail Join Conor and Johnny this week as they discuss Stan the Man! Steve Staunton is a former professional football player and manager from Ireland who is widely regarded as one of the best defenders of his generation. In this podcast, we delve into his career, from his early days at Liverpool to his time playing for Ireland on the international stage. We explore his World Cup records...

Send us Fan Mail Join Conor and Johnny this week as they discuss the history of penalty kicks and then Irishman who invented them! Willie McCrum from Milford Armagh proposed a penalty kick in 1890 to the English FA and, from there... history was made. This week our boys discuss the history of the penalty, the creation of the penalty shootout and Ireland's luck in shootouts. We also devote som...

Send us Fan Mail He played abroad before it was cool... Join Conor and Johnny this week as they delve into the career of Ireland striker David Connolly. Breaking out at Watford, where he played his first game at 16, Connolly was quickly thrown into the Ireland set up where he remained from 1996 to 2005. Quick, and with a keen eye for goal, Connolly was compared with everyone from George Best to Pa...

Send us Fan Mail At 18 years old Gary Breen declared that he wanted to captain Ireland. Fast forward a few years and the man is beloved by the Green Army! Join Conor and Jonny as they discuss of the hardest working, inspiration, and arguably unlucky Irish superstars in recent memory. Worked his way up from the lower leagues? Check. Had a dream and achieved it? Check. Should have joined Inter Milan...

Send us Fan Mail Who is Ireland's greatest-ever midfielder? We put it to the Twitter polls and the results did not disappoint... Johnny. The results did not disappoint Johnny as Roy Keane trampled over Liam Brady and John Giles. Listen as Conor makes an impassioned plea for Giles as Ireland's greatest-ever midfielder and the populist Johnny refuses to change his mind! Never a dull moment...

Send us Fan Mail The 2002 World Cup is in the review mirror as the boys go back. How far back? WAAAY back to one of Ireland's greatest ever players... Liam Brady. Learn how Brady forged his reputation at the Arsenal. How he nearly moved to Manchester United for a tidy little fee and, most importantly, how he led Arsenal to three FA Cup finals in year consecutive years (the results were a diff...

Send us Fan Mail It's time for the post-World Cup transfer window! Join Conor and Jonny as they discuss the winners and losers from Ireland's monumental 2002 World Cup run. Whose reputation... and price tag... was enhanced? Who lost momentum? And who went on to better things domestically and why. Join Conor and Jonny as they delve into wicked transfer rumours, THAT Gary Green link and th...

Send us Fan Mail Okay not a great start... at all. Spain have scored after eight minutes and our lack of pace is exposing Mick McCarthy's men. But fear not, the tide is beginning to turn and the Irish look dangerous in this 2002 knockout match. Will the Irish score? Will we go to extra time? Will we be killed by the ill-fated Golden Boy?  Join Conor and Jonny as they begin to discuss the high...

Send us Fan Mail Mick's men have made it to the knockout stages. This is it... Ireland's greatest chance of a proper run in the World Cup.  Standing in our way is a Spanish side featuring a baby-faced Iker Casillas and an immense combination of Raul and Morientes. But... fret now we have Robbie Keane and Damien Duff pulling up trees in the World Cup. Join Conor and Jonny as they begin to...

Send us Fan Mail COME ON YOU BOYS IN GREEN... COME ON YOU BOYS IN GREEN .... COME ON YOU BOYS ... COME ON YOU BOYS IN GREEN! Get on board, the Boys are on their way to the last 16 of the 2002 World Cup. Join Conor and Johnny this week as they discuss the Republic's last group match of the 2002 World Cup. For the first time in history, the Boys hold their fate in their own hands at a major tou...

Send us Fan Mail Join Conor and Johnny as they discuss one of Ireland's greatest ever World Cup victories... the 1-1 draw with Germany on 5 June 2002. There's only one Keano now baby! Robbie Keane goal machine saves the Republic against Germany and sets Ireland on course for the good times. Listen as we detail dodgy match commentary, Eamonn Dunphy's about-face and  the pace problems...

Send us Fan Mail Join Conor and Johnny as they dust off the Christmas hangovers to discuss Ireland's first group match at the 2002 World Cup. Daddy Roy has gone home to Ireland and Mick's men are seeking... nay SCRAMBLING to make a good impression on the world stage. In their way stand Cameroon - that year's African Nations Cup Champions and the winners of the 2000 Olympics in footb...

Send us Fan Mail I've got to get the water to the lads! Join Conor and Johnny as they discuss the Boys in Green at the 1994 World Cup in the United States of America (USA, USA, USA!). Was this a stellar performance from our boys? Yes and no. We got some great moments, and even better stories but, being honest, this was very much a last hurrah for Charlton's army. Here our boys discuss th...

Send us Fan Mail Join Conor and Johnny as they discuss the immediate aftermath of the Saipan saga. Daddy Roy has gone home to Ireland and the country is losing the run of itself. There's protests outside the FAI headquarters, bishops calling for a resolution and people camping out at Cork airport. Good times eh? Oh there's also the small matter of an underwhelming pre-tournament friendly...

Send us Fan Mail Join Conor and Johnny for part two on the most tumultuous episode in Irish sport history - Roy Keane storming out of the Irish set up on the eve of the 2002 World Cup. Here we talk about RTE tell all interviews, official reports into the FAI's shenanigans, and a definitive conclusion on who was to blame (okay maybe not...)  We use biographies, World Cup diaries and newspaper...

Send us Fan Mail Join Conor and Johnny this week as they discuss the most tumultuous episode in Irish sport history - Roy Keane storming out of the Irish set up on the eve of the 2002 World Cup. Here we talk about dodgy training facilities, journalists swooping each other's stories, dressing downs from player to manager and oh so much more. It's all one great big shame really isn't...

Send us Fan Mail Join Conor and Johnny this week as they discuss the long history of the 2002 Saipan saga. Unlike other outlets (cough cough) we begin with Keane's early career with the Republic of Ireland and show just how bloody troublesome his interactions with the FAI had been. Insult your captain in 1992? Check! Blamed for a training ground spat? Check! Playing under a Manager you fundam...

Send us Fan Mail The train has left the station... the die has been cast ... and the horse has bolted the stables folks! Join Conor and Johnny this week as they review the 2002 World Cup Squad. Who were the main winners and losers? What were the talking points and who were the players to watch? The Saipan Controversy is looming large but at the moment its all sunshine and rainbows. Learn about eac...