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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
154 episodes
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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49:10
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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1:02:24
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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58:52
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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48:57
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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44:00
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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1:08:47
A History of Irish Premiership Transfers
From the dawn to the 2010 season. Who were the impactful signings?
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41:55
How the FIFA Video Game Changed Football
Were you a Lounge player? Or a Pro-Evo head? What about the all-hallowed but rarely discussed This is Football Franchise? Join Conor and Johnny this week as they discuss the FIFA videogame franchise, how it changed football and not always, as w...
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1:10:10
The David Kelly Episode
9 goals in 26 games for the Republic of Ireland excluding 'THAT' goal against England in the infamous Lansdowne Riot match. This week Conor redeems himself as the Boys do a deep dive on striker David Kelly. Learn about his late start in footbal...
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1:11:51
Who is Heimir Hallgrímsson?
Join Conor and Johnny this week as they provide a deep dive on new Republic of Ireland manager Heimir Hallgrímsson. We explore the rise of the Icelandic National Team under his tenure, his so-so time at Al-Arabi and of course, his most recent j...
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48:57
The First Ever League of Ireland Season
Join Conor on a solo episode as we explore the first-ever League of Ireland season ... 1921/1922! This story has it all... nationalism... the War of Independence ... high-scoring games and terrible teams! Huzzah
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The Young Damien Duff
From the archive as Johnny recovers from a stag and Conor recovers from life. In light of Duffer's current successes at Shels the Boys discuss the early career of one of Ireland's best, and most exciting, players. Enjoy!
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1:02:24
Niall Quinn's Sunderland Fairy Tale Story
A late career surge with a big man/little man combo. We are in heaven
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45:59
Blue Moon: Niall Quinn's Chaotic Time at Man City
A Manchester City disco pant-wearing legend when they didn't have a pot to piss it. Fancy that...
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