The Press Box

With no League of Ireland action last week or this, this week's Press Box is a special edition focusing on the career of Joe Gallen. Speaking with James at the start of May, Joe discusses his time at Oriel Park including the memorable promotion/relegation play-off victory over Waterford Utd and 'playing hard and drinking hard' under Dermot Keely. He also discusses his path into coaching, what he f...

In this week's episode of The Press Box, Craig and James look back on Dundalk's 1-0 win at home to St Patrick's Athletic which saw Stephen O'Donnell's side climb up to second in the league table. With the break now upon us, we reflect back on the first half of the season and discuss what, if any, business Dundalk need to do to ensure they build on their fantastic start to the campaign. All that, a...

In this week's episode of The Press Box James delivers a Father Ted-style monologue hitting back at all who questioned him when he called two away wins for Dundalk last weekend. We look back at those superb wins over Derry City and Finn Harps and ask whether Stephen O'Donnell's side are now in a title race following results elsewhere over the weekend? There's also a look ahead to this Friday's fin...

In this week's episode of The Press Box, Craig and James look back on Dundalk's come-from-behind 3-1 win over Bohemians on Friday night which saw Stephen O'Donnell's side return to third place in the SSE Airtricity League Premier Division table. There's also a look ahead to back to back games in the North West this weekend when Dundalk take on Derry City at the Ryan McBride Brandywell Stadium on F...

In this week's episode of The Press Box, Craig and James look back on Dundalk's 2-2 draw against UCD at the UCD Bowl on Friday night and discuss why the club are struggling to win away from Oriel Park. There's also a look ahead to this weekend's visit of Bohemians to Oriel and a chat about the return of a number of legends for the game, including Gino Lawless. The lads also discuss whether some of...

In this week's episode of The Press Box, Craig and James look back at the 4-1 Louth Derby victory over Drogheda Utd at Oriel Park on Friday night and ahead to this week's trip to face bottom of the table UCD at the UCD Bowl where Stephen O'Donnell's side will be hoping to clinch their first away win of the season. There's also an injury update on Dan Williams while Gerry Malone discusses why he fe...

In this week's episode of The Press Box, Craig and James reflect back on a dramatic win for Dundalk over Shelbourne with John Martin stealing the headlines with an 85th minute winner in a game which saw three red cards produced, including one for Shels boss Damien Duff. There's also a look ahead to this Friday's Louth Derby game against Drogheda Utd at Oriel Park with the question asked whether Ke...

In this week's episode of The Press Box, Craig and James look back on the 2-1 victory over Sligo Rovers on Good Friday and the 1-0 loss to Shamrock Rovers on Easter Monday and also look ahead to this weekend's visit of Shelbourne to Oriel Park. There's also a chat with Leicester-based Dundalk fan Gerry McNamee ahead of his return to Oriel Park for the first time in two-and-a-half years on Friday n...

In this week's episode of The Press Box, in association with Zoma, Craig and James look back on the 0-0 draw with St Patrick's Athletic at Richmond Park and assess how Dundalk have performed in the opening series of games and what they need to do to improve in the second series, which gets underway with an Easter weekend double header at home to Sligo Rovers on Friday and away to Shamrock Rovers o...

In a special episode of The Press Box, in association with Zoma, Craig and James sat down with former Dundalk FC defender Stephen McGuinness to discuss the club's memorable 2002 FAI Cup victory over Bohemians at Tolka Park when Garry Haylock's double secured what was the club's ninth Cup success. In a wide-ranging interview Stephen reveals that relegation before the final still haunts him 20 years...

In this week's episode of The Press Box, Craig and James look back on Dundalk's second win of the season against UCD and ahead to this Friday's crunch televised tie against St Patrick's Athletic where Stephen O'Donnell will be making his first return to Richmond Park since leaving Pat's after last November's FAI Cup final triumph. There's also a chat with 2002 FAI Cup-winning manager Martin Murray...

On this week's episode of The Press Box, James is joined by legendary former Dundalk goalkeeper Alan O'Neill to discuss his time at UCD, including helping the Students to a memorable and historic FAI Cup victory over Shamrock Rovers in 1984. With a continued debate over UCD's place in the league, Alan discusses the relevance of the Belfield side to the league and outlines the influence the late Dr...

In this week's episode of The Press Box, Craig and James look back on Dundalk's first defeat of the season away to Drogheda Utd at Head in the Game Park on Friday. There's also a lengthy debate about the incidents in and around the game and in the league in general this season. All that and more in this week's podcast.

In this week's episode of The Press Box, Craig and James look back on Dundalk's 1-1 draw away to Shelbourne on Friday night and the 0-0 stalemate with Shamrock Rovers in Oriel Park on Monday. The guys look at where the team can improve and there's plenty of praise for the youngsters who have stepped up this week, including goalkeeper Nathan Shepperd who produced some superb saves against the reign...

In this week's episode of The Press Box, Craig and James look back on Dundalk's 0-0 stalemate with Sligo Rovers on Saturday night where a poor surface prevented any real quality from shining through. There's also a look ahead to this weekend's double header away to Shelbourne at Tolka Park on Friday before the visit of Shamrock Rovers to Oriel Park on Monday. Lilywhite legend Dermot Keely also pop...

In a special edition of The Press Box, Craig and James are joined by Andy Burton to discuss his time at Dundalk FC in 2019. In a wide ranging interview Andy speaks publicly for the first time about what he tried to achieve at Oriel Park, his hurt at seeing the club's fall from grace since then and much more. There's also a look to the future as he discusses his new role in the GenZ Group agency an...

In this week's episode of The Press Box, Craig and James reflect on the 2-2 draw with Bohemians and the 3-0 win over Finn Harps that has left Stephen O'Donnell's side in second place in the table. There's also a look ahead to this Saturday's trip to face Sligo Rovers, the beginning of a new era in ladies football at the club and discussion on some of the top young prospects at the club, including...

Ahead of Friday's game with Bohemians at Dalymount Park, Craig and James sat down with former Gypsies boss Roddy Collins for a wide ranging discussion on his time as a player at Oriel Park, his memories of Tommy McConville and Barry Kehoe, why for him Turlough O'Connor is the best manager in League of Ireland history and why Stephen Kenny shouldn't be the Republic of Ireland senior team manager in...

In this week's episode of The Press Box, Craig and James look back on Dundalk's opening day draw with Derry City and reflect on the positives and negatives from that performance. James also outlines why Mark Connolly's goal and the threat from defenders could be so important this season while there's also a look ahead to this week's games against Bohemians and Finn Harps, as well as a lengthy deba...

In this week's episode of The Press Box in association with Zoma Branding, James catches up with Republic of Ireland international Jamie McGrath to discuss his recent move to Wigan Athletic, his breakthrough to the senior international setup in the last 12 months and, of courses, his trophy-laden three year spell at Dundalk. There's also a look ahead to the new campaign with RTÉ producer and Derry...

In this week's episode of The Press Box, former Lilywhite John Flanagan is a special guest as he looks forward to his and many people's first visit to Oriel Park in 2022 for this Friday's Malone Cup clash with Drogheda Utd. John gives his thoughts on the club's off-season transfer business, what he expects from Stephen O'Donnell and much more. Craig and James also weigh up what sort of side we wil...

In this week's episode of The Press Box, Craig and James reflect on Dundalk's 5-1 defeat to Bohemians in their second pre-season friendly and evaluate what lessons can be learnt from it. James also discusses recent articles with chairman Sean O'Connor, new recruit Mark Connolly and returnee John Mountney while there's a discussion on what to expect at Oriel Park when the new season returns next mo...

Recorded on the road home from Cork, Craig and James reflect on Dundalk's pre-season opener against Cobh Ramblers in Lotamore Park which saw Stephen O'Donnell mark his first game in charge with a 3-0 win courtesy of goals from Dan Williams and Patrick Hoban (2). With many making their first appearances in a Lilywhite shirt, find out who impressed as the side kicked-off their preparations for the l...

In this week's episode of The Press Box, Craig and James are joined by Dundalk FC supporter Frank Carolan of the 'Behind The Dugout' blog to look back on a crazy 2021. Some of the weird and wonderful moments from the past year are recalled while there's also a discussion on Cameron Yates' exit from Oriel Park amid reports he is set to retire from the game aged 22. All that, and more, on this week'...

It's a new year and there has been a lot of change at Oriel Park since The Press Box last recorded. In the last few months there has been a new head coach, a new chairman and new players, not to mention departures, rumours and even a small bit of controversy. Craig and James discuss all of these things as the countdown begins to the 2022 season.