The Carlow Soccer Podcast

This week we have post match reaction as Hanover claim their first official win of the season, beating title contenders Bagenalstown in their bid to avoid relegation, and from Vale's victory over Mill in a tightly contest top of the table clash in the women's league. Killeshin manager Greg Sykula joins us to chat after his side beat New Oak on Friday night and ahead of their LFA Junior Cup clash w...

The Carlow Soccer Podcast returns for first podcast of 2026

In this special bonus episode, Harry catches up with CK United Chairman, Peter Harvey to discuss the news that broke on Friday that the club has been accepted into the new FAI National League.

Post match from a busy weekend as Pat's slip to a third successive defeat as they lost their local derby against Killeshin and New Oak maintained their 100% record to the season with a win over Bagenalstown. Paul Popa Dowling chats as Hanover finally secure their first win of the season, and ahead of the first cup final of the season as Pat's and New Oak go head to head in the KCLR Carlow Shield o...

Post match reaction from the weekend as St. Joseph's keep their position at the top of the Youths League with a big win over bottom of the table Baltinglass and reigning league champions St. Pat's suffer back to back losses as Davy Doyle's hat-trick saw New Oak come from behind twice to maintain their 100% record to the season. Also, Aoife Kelly chats after winning the Women's Colleges Premier fin...

All the post match reaction and analysis from a busy weekend as Burrin end their run of draws, beating the Premier Champions St. Pat's in their own backyard, and last season's runners-up, New Oak get dumped out of Leinster at the Last 64 with a 2-0 extra-time defeat of North End. And as Division 3 hots up, St. Joseph's manager Seamus Dooley chats about their season so far ahead of a crucial game a...

All the post-match reaction from a busy weekend across the league and after a busy season with Austin FC II, Peter Grogan stops by for a chat about his season and his experience at the club.

Freed from desire, na na na na na, the whole country is on a high after Troy Parrott sent Ireland to the World Cup play-offs, but despite Storm Claudia playing havoc with fixtures this weekend, there's still lots of Carlow Soccer content to sink your teeth into. Harry brings you post-match from the two Premier games to go ahead this weekend, as Killeshin and St. Fiacc’s drew 1-1 on Friday night an...

This week, Brian O'Reilly sits down for a candid chat about Calendar Football and gives us the lowdown of the exemption process after the FAI AGM last weekend. We have the post match reaction from the Graigue derby between St Fiacc’s and St Pat's, Paul Popa Dowling chats about a tough start to the Premier season for Hanover that sees them as the only team yet to get off the mark and rooted to the...

With the FAI sending out the details of the exemption from calendar football yesterday, we update you on those. We've all the post-match reaction from a busy weekend as Premier champions, St . Pat's get their first win of the season against Crettyard in a battle of the last two champions. St. Fiacc's beat previously unbeaten Crettyard in the youths, and after an unbeaten start to the Division 2, o...

As CK United win their first trophy in the club's history, Fran Egan and Leanne Delaney from the club discuss what it means to them, and we have all the post match analysis and reaction from the weekend as reigning champions, St. Pat's remain winless after two games, drawing with Killeshin on Friday night, St. Fiacc's get themselves back on track with a big win over Parkville and ten man Slaney be...

We've post match from the weekend's Division 2 clash between Castle Rangers and Wolfhill, Harry sits down with Cliff McDonagh and Eric Kenna from St. Anne's to chat about their unbeaten run so far this season and their journey to getting a first team back in the club after several years, and after a tough start to life in Division One after relegation from the Premier last season, Kilree manager M...

Harry was at Ferrycarrig Park on Saturday for Kylie Murphy's final ever game as she announced her retirement and managed to catch the woman herself for a quick chat afterwards, her teammate since day one, Lauren Dwyer pays tribute to her too. We've all the post match reaction from the final O35's cup final this week, as well as all the weekend's action including a goal fest on Saturday which saw t...

On this week's episode we chat to Burrin Celtic O35's management as they became just the second Division 3 side to do a treble after they won the Martin Mullins Memorial Seniors Cup. We've post match from New Oak and Crettyard in the opening match of the Nationalist Premier Division, and all the audio from last month's Ladies League Launch Night.

This week we have post match from the two O35's cup finals from the weekend, Castle Rangers manager Ciaran Brennan chats after winning the KCLR Plate and we preview the O35's Division 1 Cup final this weekend between Crettyard and Bagenalstown. 

I realised this was missing from the main podcast and I hate to let people down so here you go, the missing Crettyard post match reaction from Buds Maher. 

Post match from the Shield semi-final between Crettyard and New Oak and we preview the two O35's Cup finals taking place this weekend and the KCLR Plate final.

Carlow League Secretary Brian O'Reilly chats about the start of the new season, post-match reaction after New Oak's win over Evergreen in the LFA Senior Cup, Dolmen Celtic O35's coach Paul Connors chats ahead of their Last 16 match in Leinster against St. Fergus, and ahead of their KCLR Carlow Plate match against Slaney this weekend, Kilree Celtic manager Micko Salter chats.

Post-match from last weekend's shield match between New Oak and St. Fiacc’s and we preview this week's Shield matches.

Part 2 of our preview of the new season as we shine a spotlight on the lower divisions with audio from the launch night. And with all three Over 35's divisions coming down for decision over the last two weeks, Harry has all the reaction from the three clubs. 

All the gossip as Harry spoke to all the Premier managers at the launch of the new 2025/2026 league season. 

We've all the post match reaction as Crettyard came crashing out of the LFA O35's Cup with a heartbreaking late winner, and Thomas Doyle of the Grassroots Amateur Football Clubs of Ireland chats about the FAI's decision to allow leagues to apply for an exemption to calendar football and discusses some of the hard work that the committee put in to fight for the right of choice.

Hanover O35's manager Pa Dowling chats after their win in the local derby against New Oak in Division One which keeps them in the hunt for back to back league titles, Padraig Amond joins Harry for a chat all about his summer camps in Vale Wanderers and chats about life at Waterford and how he's adapting to life as captain, and after the breaking news on Friday that leagues will be able to apply fo...

With no soccer action this week, one of Carlow's top referees Nathan Bannon sits down with Harry to discuss all things refereeing. From his own achievements to date including an LFA Junior Cup final and a FAI Women's Amateur Shield final, to his own ambitions of refereeing in the League of Ireland, what it's like working with linesmen, the loneliness of the job, the abuse he and other referees hav...

We've all the post match reaction from last week’s top of the table clash in Division 1 of the O35's League as Bagenalstown edged past Hanover, and as they prepare to head to the US to play soccer in college, two of the Carlow League's brightest young stars join Harry for a chat; Jayden Kelly of St. Fiacc’s and Aaron Cunnigham-Burke of Hanover Harps chat ahead of their departures over the next few...