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The Boys We've Seen
This is a journey through Irish footballing history. Every week Conor and Johnny discuss a player or moment from the Republic of Ireland's history. Beginning with the 1992/1993 Premier League season, these two diehard fans have a simple purpose - to talk about every Irishman to grace the Premier League!
Episodes
163 episodes
The Boys Interview Lee Trundle
The Boys interview Swansea Legend, Soccer AM hero and one of our favorite ever footballers Lee Trundle. In this episode, Lee discusses his rise through the ranks, navigating fame and his years-long flirtation with an Ireland cap.
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The Stephen McPhail Episode
The Young Liam Brady according to George Graham. It was an incredible start and a wonderful resurrection for one of the classiest midfielders of his generation
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1:09:45
Best & Worst 2024 for Irish Players
Who had the best calendar year for club and country? And who had a year to forget?
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Paul Little on Dixie Dean's Time with Sligo Rovers
In the Shadow of Benbulben: Dixie Dean at Sligo Rovers is a romantic tale of divine intervention, uncanny timing and drama on and off the pitch. It's the tale of former Everton and England legend 'Dixie' Dean's four months with Sligo R...
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Christmas Bumper Episode: Tony Cascarino
Initially bought for a bag of of footballs and appeared 88 times for a country he believed he didn't qualify for... Ladies and Gentlemen this week we discuss the hardworking, mercurial, and at times deeply controversial Tony Cascarino. Beginnin...
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1:09:21
The Boys Interview Michael Fahey
Michael is the author of a wonderful book on 90s football, Don't Cry For Me, Next Door Neighbour: Five Nations, One Decade: A Nineties Football Journey. It gets two thumbs up from the pod! Please do buy Michael's book and give it a review.<...
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The Infamous Ireland-Northern Ireland 1993 Match
Somehow even worse than the 1995 Lansdowne Riot. Sectarian abuse, away fans told to stay at home and Jack Charlton giving it big licks against Billy Bingham...
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The Most Controversial Match in Irish History
In 1955 the Catholic Church attempted to cancel a Republic of Ireland friendly against Yugoslavia. This is a story about the Church's power, government overreach and, ultimately, ordinary people's defiance towards the Church.
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The Young Damien Duff
From the archive as Johnny and Conor continue to celebrate Duffer's successes at Shels the Boys discuss the early career of one of Ireland's best, and most exciting, players. Enjoy!
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The Boys Interview John Williams
John Williams is the author of the upcoming history of British football, Football in Wind and Rain: The British Game, published by Pitch Publishing. This is an all-encompassing and fascinating history of the Beautiful Game and its evolution. De...
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The Worst Irish Transfers of All Time
International break brings out the best, and worst of us. On Jake O'Brien's exclusion from the squad, many fans have blamed his move to Everton. Cutting Jake some slack, we look at some of the worst Irish transfers of all time
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The Clinton Morrison Episode
9 goals for the Republic and Crystal Palace's 4th highest goalscorer. More importantly, he once turned Steven Gerrard into a furious ball of rage
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1:07:53
How Many Great Players Have Ireland Produced?
Replay: As Johnny is away and Conor is snowed under with the return to University we go bac into the archive to discuss how many great footballers Ireland has produced.
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1:07:52
Worst Irish Managerial Starts?
In light of Heimir Hallgrímsson's first two matches we do a historical deep dive to show yes...sadly... it has always been this awful
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The Stephen Carr Episode
The great career renaissance since Paul McGrath? Captained Spurs, Newcastle and Birmingham, won two League Cups, two team of the year inclusions and forty plus Ireland caps. Are you not entertained?! Ladies and Gentlemen... Mr. Ste...
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1:23:55
The Saipan Movie and Best Irish Football Films
Welcome to Movie Corner/Casting Couch as we discuss the upcoming film about the 2002 Saipan controversy
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54:15
What Happened After Saipan?
Given the news that the infamous Saipan incident will be the subject of the film, we decided to revisit what happened immediately after Roy Keane walked out of the 2002 World Cup.
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