The Score NI

Who will be booking their place in this year's Irish Cup final? We hear from each of the four remaining teams as they attempt to plot their way to the May showpiece. David McDaid (Ballymena Utd), Andy Ryan (Larne), Dean Shiels (Dungannon Swifts) and Chris Hegarty (Crusaders) help us to preview the games, offer perspective on their seasons so far, assess the post-split fixtures and share stories ab...

We step away from the top flight this week to speak to clubs who play in the Championship and Premier Intermediate League. Paul Harbinson joins us to discuss his first season at Dundela, we speak to Richard Clarke about a challenging campaign for Ballinamallard Utd and Barry Johnston reflects on life in the dugout at Lisburn Distillery.

Paddy McNally opens up about a nightmare start to the season and Portadown's mission to escape the drop, we chat to Conor McCloskey about his return from injury and ask if Glenavon's fortunes are turning in time for end of season run-in and Mark Patton reflects on Integrated College Dungannon's Schools Cup final win and tells us how Loughgall are handling their title charge. 

On this week's show Michael speaks to Northern Ireland boss Michael O'Neill about his squad selection for the Euro 2024 qualifiers, journalist Keith Bailie shares his thoughts on panel picked to face San Marino and Finland and helps us preview Sunday's League Cup Final and we're also joined by Crusaders' fan favourite Philip Lowry and Carrick Rangers winger Ben Tilney as we look ahead to their nex...

Jonny Frazer and Chris Ramsey join Michael to preview H&W Welders and Ballyclare Comrades ties in the Irish Cup respectively as they prepare to welcome Premiership opposition in the quarter finals of the competition. Then we turn attention to next weekend and the League Cup final between Linfield and Coleraine. From the Blues we chat to manager David Healy, defender Daniel Finlayson and midfie...

It is a 6-team tussle for the Gibson Cup. Joining us on this week's show we speak to Niall McGinn about his move to Glentoran, relationship with Rodney McAree and what he hopes to bring to the club. Ronan Hale has broken a club record already at Cliftonville, he opens up about a brilliant first season at Solitude and his aspirations for success in north Belfast plus Paul Heatley chats about hittin...

Larne legend Jeff Hughes opens up about announcing his retirement and reflects on a brilliant career, Ballymena United's Andy McGrory gives us a perspective on a challenging season that still has rewards in reach for the Sky Blues and Darren Mullen tells us that he hopes their Mid Ulster Cup success can spur on Newry City in their bid for Premiership survival.

Who will make it through to the quarter-finals of the Irish Cup? Joining us on the show we've guests from the top 3 tiers each hoping their side can get the job done. Irish League legend Michael Halliday is on to assess Bangor's chances of staging an upset over cup holders Crusaders, Colin Coates chats ahead of their mouth-watering clash with Coleraine and Ballyclare Comrades boss Stephen Small ta...

Rodney McAree reflects on taking over the manager's role from Mick McDermott at Glentoran, Johnny McMurray opens up about his decision to leave Crusaders and why Warrenpoint Town was his preferred destination plus Stuart King tells us about the milestone he is hoping to achieve with Carrick Rangers this season.

On this week's show we are joined by Jordan Forsythe of Crusaders who talks about his screamer on Saturday and their hopes to continue to climb the table, Paul McElroy discusses his move to Portadown and Newry City skipper Darren King assesses their progress in the Premiership ahead of their game with Glentoran.

In our first show of 2023, we are joined by Josh Carson (Coleraine), Matthew Ferguson (H&W Welders) and Tomas Cosgrove (Larne). 

It's our final show of 2022 and on it we preview the Steel and Sons Cup final with Dunmurry Rec manager Dan Thornton and Bangor boss Lee Feeney, we find out about how a club called Borussia Newtownabbey are using football to help people open up about their mental health and journalist Mark McIntosh joins us to assess the Premiership season at the half-way stage and make some big predictions for th...

With the weather playing havoc with the fixture list we decided to turn our attention to a misunderstood bunch in the football world - goalkeepers. Joining us to discuss their craft and shed a light on the highs and lows between the posts is Bam Neeson (Ballymacash Rangers), Conor Mitchell (Warrenpoint Town) and Dwayne Nelson (Dungannon Swifts). Plus we kick off the show by revealing who has won o...

Michael O'Neill joins us to discuss his decision to return as Northern Ireland manager, Keith Bailie offers a journalist's perspective on the news plus we talk to Ballymena Utd skipper Josh Kelly and Ards boss Matthew Tipton about their seasons so far.

Football is a numbers game and our guests this week, like us, are weighing them up. Jonny Addis is part of a Cliftonville team that are re-building defensive foundations as they accumulate clean sheets, Declan Caddell came out of retirement to make his 511th career appearance for Crusaders and Tony Gorman is a happier man after 3 points last weekend moved Dungannon Swifts 6 points clear of relegat...

Michael is joined by guests from all 3 tiers of the NI Football League, as he chats to returning Limavady Utd boss Paul Owens, Dundela ace Tony Kane and Carrick Rangers forward Emmett McGuckin.

NI international Sarah McFadden reflects on a remarkable year for women's football, which ended in victory for the Green and White Army against Italy in Belfast on Tuesday night and we chat Irish League with Linfield's Chris Shields and Larne boss Tiernan Lynch. 

Sean Ward reflects on 20 years in the Irish League as Glenavon prepare to face another of his former clubs, Daniel Hughes discusses Newry City's mission for Premiership survival after winning the Championship last season and Cliftonville assistant manager Declan O'Hara assesses their quest for silverware in this campaign and opens up about his relationship with Paddy McLaughlin.

The Premiership's top scorer Matthew Shevlin reflects on his blistering start to the season, Northern Ireland international Julie Nelson shares her thoughts on the introduction of the Nations League to the women's game and Bobby Burns discusses Glentoran's bid to stay grounded as everyone guns for them and pays tribute to his former coach Frankie Wilson, who passed away last week.

Michael heads to North Belfast for an exclusive hour-long interview with Crusaders boss Stephen Baxter.

The Premiership's current top 3 clubs are represented on this week's show with Lee Bonis (Larne), Aidan Wilson (Glentoran) and Jarlath O'Rourke (Crusaders) keeping Michael company on the programme.

Larne FC fans' favourite Tomas Cosgrove discusses the table-toppers start to the season ahead of their game against his former club Cliftonville, Linfield and Glentoran legends Michael Gault and Elliott Morris assess Friday night's derby match at Windsor Park and sports journalist Keith Bailie joins us to talk about the BetMcLean Cup draw, a change to the Irish Cup schedule and his thoughts on Nor...

On this week's show we speak to 3 guests on the right side of the results in the latest round of the League Cup. We are joined by Dungannon Swifts captain Ryan Mayse, Cliftonville forward Ronan Hale and Loughgall manager Dean Smith.

This week's show reflects the contrasting fortunes between youth and senior football in Northern Ireland. We discuss the success of Coleraine Youth, recording the first UEFA Youth League victory recorded by an Irish League side, with their manager Martin Smith and are also joined by Gerard Lyttle who this week guided Northern Ireland's U19s to the elite round of Euros qualifiers. We also reflect o...

On this week's show we have an in-depth chat with Ballymacash Rangers boss Lee Forsythe ahead of their PIL clash with Bangor, who have also enjoyed three wins from three. Queen's Park manager Owen Coyle helps us preview their SPFL Trust Trophy match with Cliftonville this weekend and we hear from Northern Ireland skipper Steven Davis and manager Ian Baraclough as they prepare to face Kosovo and Gr...