The COYGIG Pod

The COYGIG Pod is back after it's summer break and what better way to celebrate than a 0-9 win over Georgia! As ever, Kathleen McNamee and Karen Duggan have a full breakdown of the game, as well ad an in-depth preview of what to expect from this year's Euros which are kicking off next week! The COYGIG Pod on OTB Sports is in association with Cadbury FC, official snack partner to the Republic of Ir...

For the final episode of The COYGIG Pod before our summer break, Kathleen and Karen are joined by former Ireland captain and podcast favourite Emma Byrne to talk through the season that was in it's entirety. There's also the absolutely, 100% definitive Team of the Season and we give away the incredibly coveted COYGIG Awards for 2021/22! The COYGIG Pod on OTB Sports in association with Cadbury FC,...

Kathleen McNamee is joined by a COYGIG super-sub on this week's pod in the form of Pearl Slattery! Emma is back with the penultimate WSL Team of the Week and Ireland and London City Lioness's Rianna Jarrett also stops by for a chat! The COYGIG Pod on OTB Sports in association with Cadbury FC, official snack partner to the Republic of Irelands Women's National Team.

On this week's COYGIG Pod, Kathleen McNamee and Karen Duggan are joined by another WSL starlet on the verge of making big waves over in the UK, Jess Ziu! There's all your usual WSL analysis and for one week only it a Kathleen McNamee special with the Team of the Week! The COYGIG Pod on OTB Sports in association with Cadbury FC, official snack partner to the Republic of Irelands Women's National Te...

On this week's COYGIG Pod, Kathleen McNamee and Karen Duggan are joined by the star of last weekend's 1-1 draw with the Swedes, goalkeeper Courtney Brosnan. Emma Carroll also has a combined Arsenal/Chelsea XI off the back of their FA Cup semi-final, as well as full analysis, alongside the other tie between West Ham and Manchester City. The COYGIG Pod on OTB Sports in association with Cadbury FC, o...

What a time for Irish football, Ireland have held Sweden to a draw and Kathleen McNamee is back alongside Karen Duggan on The COYGIG Pod! They of course have a full breakdown of that fantastic 1-1 draw away in Gothenburg, Emma Carroll has the latest WSL Team of the Season (so far) and former Ireland manager and now FIFA Women's Football Technical Consultant, Sue Ronan also joins the pod! The COYGI...

Ruth Fahy is back alongside Karen Duggan for this week's COYGIG Pod where they're koined by Chris McElligott of the FAI's Football For All initiative. Emma Carroll also has the Team of the Week and there's all the WSL and WNL analysis you could ever want! The COYGIG Pod on OTB Sports in association with Cadbury FC, official snack partner to the Republic of Irelands Women's National Team.

This week on The COYGIG Pod, Karen Duggan and Pearl Slattery are joined by newly capped Ireland international and Shel's Chloe Mustaki. Having been through cancer treatment in early adulthood, an ACL tear at the start of 2020 further derailed her career, but now back in full health, she was finally able to put some of those struggles behind her and get her first cap last month at The Pinatar Cup....

On this week's COYGIG Pod, Karen Duggan and Pearl Slattery are joined by Ireland and Birmingham's Louise Quinn. Currently in a battle to avoid WSL relegation, she's had a busy first year with the Blues, coming directly into the side as captain upon signing. Having turned professional playing in Sweden many years ago and with almost a century of Ireland caps, she is taking it all in her stride, as...

Karen Duggan and Ruth Fahy are along for episode 17 of The COYGIG Pod to bring you all the action from last weekend's Women's National League here at home and the Women's Super League across the water. Emma Carroll will be along, as ever, with her WSL Team of the Week and after that, joining the pod all the way from Florida, Ireland’s 2021 PFA International Women’s Player of the Year – Heather Pay...

Things are a little different this week on The COYGIG Pod as Karen settles into the big chair with Ruthy Fahy in as a super-sub, while our Kathleen has to take some time off - so basically we're swapping all the Sligo talk for Galway talk... One person who is staying put in her role is Emma Carroll who has the first WSL Team of the Week after the international break! After that, a star of those re...

Directly in the wake of Ireland's successful third place play-off in the Pinatar Cup, episode 15 of The COYGIG Pod has full analysis and a very interesting chat with star of the newest Women's National League team, Emma Hansberry of Sligo Rovers and their CEO Colin Feehily to let us in on what exactly goes into setting up a new team in the league?! The COYGIG Pod on OTB Sports in association with...

On this week's COYGIG Pod, Kathleen McNamee and Karen Duggan are joined by a true stalwart of the Women's National League, Kylie Murphy. As well as discussing her choice to be a one-club-woman unlike so many, she also joined in on the COYGIG WNL season preview before it all kicks off in a few weeks and Karen doesn't let us mention it anymore... Emma Carroll is also of course along with her final T...

On this week's COYGIG Pod, Birmingham and Ireland's Harriet Scott joins Kathleen McNamee and Karen Duggan. She discusses their difficult loss to Leister at the weekend, why being in a relegation battle is more exciting than safe in the middle of the table and just how mental he life is right no balancing football with her 4th year medical studies! Emma Carroll is back with the Team of the Week aft...

For this week's COYGIG Pod, Kathleen McNamee and Karen Duggan were all set to have a WNL pre-season breakdown with Shels' Ciara Grant, but after her recent move to Rangers we've thrown that out the window. Instead, she lets us in on the how, when and most importantly why it all came about and what the WNL could learn to keep future generations closer to home. We've also let Emma Carroll run rogue...

This week on The COYGIG Pod Kathleen McNamee and Karen Duggan are joined by current Shelbourne captain and FAI Programme Coordinator for Women's Football Pearl Slattery, to discuss her role in the development of grassroots and more recently female specific participation, as well as the work going on behind the scenes in the very public FAI restructuring of the past year. Emma Carroll is also back...

On the 10th episode of The COYGIG Pod Kathleen McNamee and Karen Duggan are joined by elite referee Michelle O'Neill, who as well as putting up with Karen in the WNL, has also officiated in a number of high profile competitions, both male and female, including last summer's Toyko Olympics! There's also a full breakdown of the weekend's WSL action, as well as the significance of Arsenal's signing o...

For the first podcast of 2022 Kathleen McNamee and Karen Duggan are joined by Ireland and Aston Villa's Ruesha Littlejohn, someone who has been around more clubs than most, had to choose between representing Ireland or Scotland and has never been afraid to speak up, regardless of the consequences it has led to. There's also a full breakdown of the few WSL fixtures that did go ahead, including Birm...

Kathleen McNamee and Karen Duggan are joined by Ireland midfielder and hatrick scorer against Georgia in that incredible 11-0 win late last year, Denise O’Sullivan, for an in-depth career chat - from spending a childhood playing football with her huge family, turning down a scholarship to play with Bristol and ultimately moving stateside where she plays now with the North Carolina Courage.

Kathleen and Karen breakdown the limited weekend of fixtures that was, Emma has TOTW full of new faces and Ireland's all-time top goalscorer and all-round legend of the game Olivia O'Toole joins the pod to discuss how grassroots needs to be addressed, the potential that teams in her day could have had with the current facilities and also a little love-in for the all-conquering Barcelona. The #COYG...

On this week's COYGIG Kathleen and Karen reflect on the WSL's first week back after the international break, Emma returns with a TOTW and Ireland manager Vera Pauw joins Kathleen to discuss the qualifying campaign so far and the role of the WSL in the development of Irish women's football. The #COYGIG Pod on OTB Sports in association with @CadburyFC, official snack partner to the Republic of Irela...

On this week's COYGIG Pod, Kathleen McNamee and Karen Duggan are joined by Liverpool and Ireland's ever-growing star Leanne Kiernan. Emma Carroll has a special All-Time Irish WSL XI and there's also a full breakdown of Chelsea's dominant defeat of Arsenal in the FA Cup final in Wembley. The #COYGIG Pod on OTB Sports in association with @CadburyFC, official snack partner to the Republic of Ireland...

On this week's COYGIG Pod, Kathleen McNamee and Karen Duggan are joined by Liverpool and Ireland's ever-growing star Leanne Kiernan. Emma Carroll has a special All-Time Irish WSL XI and there's also a full breakdown of Chelsea's dominant defeat of Arsenal in the FA Cup final in Wembley. The #COYGIG Pod on OTB Sports in association with @CadburyFC, official snack partner to the Republic of Ireland...

Directly in the wake of Ireland's historic 11-0 win against the Georgians, Kathleen and Karen have full match analysis, reaction to the Ballon d'Or awards on Monday night and former Ireland captain Emma Byrne joins the pod to take a thorough look at the current issues in the development of Irish goalkeeping. The #COYGIG Pod on OTB Sports in association with @Cadbury FC, official snack partner to t...

Following a convincing victory in the FAI Women’s cup final, Kathleen McNamee and Karen Duggan discuss Wexford Youth’s performance as they ran out 3-1 winners. OTB's Emma Carroll swings by with the WSL team of the week, and the Republic of Ireland’s senior team assistant coach Tom Elmes discusses the growth of the women’s game, the need for players to get an education and challenging players to ge...