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Keith Treacy, Richie Towell, Rachel Graham and Hungarian journalist Bence Bocsak join Raf Diallo as Ireland face Hungary in the World Cup qualifiers, Shelbourne, Shamrock Rovers and Athlone make European progress, Jack Byrne leaves for Dubai and Wexford win a trophy.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
On this week's the RTÉ Soccer Podcast, Anthony Pyne is joined by Graham Gartland, Barry Murphy, Alan Cawley and Rachel Graham as three League of Ireland clubs attempt to make really significant European breakthroughs.Shelbourne and Shamrock Rovers are in Conference League playoff action on Thursday, while Athlone Town are off to the Netherlands for the next stage of their journey in the women’s Champions League on Wednesday.We’ll also look ahead to Heimir Hallgrimsson’s Republic of Ireland squad announcement for the World Cup qualifiers against Hungary and Armenia in a couple of week’s time, and reflect on all of the domestic action in the men's and women's Premier Divisions.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Conan Byrne, Barry Murphy and Rachel Graham join John Kenny to review the weekend's cup ties and discuss some big upcoming European games for Irish clubs.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Anthony Pyne is joined by Richie Towell and David McMillan to pore over the weekend's action in the Men's SSE Airtricity Premier Division. Sligo Rovers were beaten by St Pat's after being on the receiving end of another controversial refereeing decision. There's some discussion about the ramifications of a bad call. Elsewhere Bohemians and Derry City both dropped points as Shamrock Rovers continue to sit pretty at the top seemingly in second gear. Can anyone prevent a title procession? The lads also look ahead to Shelbourne's enormous Europa League clash with Rijeka, as well as the Hoops' Conference League showdown against Ballkani.Rachel Graham drops by to reflect on the latest happenings in the Women's SSE Airtricity League Premier Division. Her Shelbourne side are top of the tree after Athlone Town drew with Bohs. Rachel discusses the weekend's big talking points and previews this weekend's Women's FAI Cup quarter-finals.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
On this week’s RTÉ Soccer Podcast, it’s a European party and League of Ireland clubs are invited.Alan Cawley and Keith Treacy reflect on Shamrock Rovers’ ominously improving form as they look to reclaim the Premier Division title and return to the league stage of the Conference League.Shelbourne are out of the Champions League but still have two swings at Europe to come, while St Pat’s are preparing for a glamour tie against Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s Besiktas.Meanwhile Athlone Town cruised into Round 2 of the Women’s Champions League qualifiers. Rachel Graham analyses their chances of keeping their run going.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Shelbourne's Rachel Graham joins Raf Diallo to look back on England's Euro 2025 final win over Spain, picks her player of the tournament and talks Athlone in the Champions League, while Richie Towell and Graham Gartland talk Evan Ferguson, Kevin Zefi, the LOI sides in Europe and Friday's results.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Richie Towell, Rachel Graham and Alan Cawley join Raf Diallo as Shelbourne, St Pat's and Shamrock Rovers face European first legs, Euro 2025 reaches the semi-final stage, Evan Ferguson looks set to sign for AS Roma and ahead of crucial LOI fixtures after the FAI Cup weekend.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Keith Treacy and Richie Towell join Raf Diallo to preview Shelbourne and St Pat's European second legs, talk Irish transfers including Evan Ferguson, Mark Travers and Aaron Connolly and react to the latest men's LOI action, while Rachel Graham talks Euro 2025 knockout stages and the weekend Women's Premier Division results.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Richie Towell and Paul Corry join Raf Diallo to preview Shelbourne v Linfield and St Pat's v Hegelmann and review the latest LOI action, while Shels' Rachel Graham talks Euro 2025 takeaways and the latest domestic developments.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Rachel Graham and Méabh De Búrca join Raf Diallo to preview Euro 2025, reflect on Ireland's defeats in the USA and discuss Ruesha Littlejohn's Shamrock Rovers exit, while Graham Gartland and Barry Murphy review the LOI weekend and talk Keith Andrews getting the Brentford job.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Alan Cawley and David McMillan join Raf Diallo to react to Damien Duff's Shelbourne exit, the European draw for LOI teams and the weekend's action including Bohemians' derby win over Shamrock Rovers, while Shels' Rachel Graham looks ahead to the two Ireland v USA games and details Saturday's league action.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Keith Treacy, Richie Towell, Rachel Graham and journalist Barry Landy join Raf Diallo. Among the talking points are Keith Andrews linked with the Brentford job, Drogheda's explusion from the UEFA Conference League, takeaways from Ireland's dull draw in Luxembourg and the COYGIG squad to face the USA next week.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Stephen Kelly and Richie Towell join Raf Diallo to analyse the Republic of Ireland's draw with Senegal and put the microscope over some of the individual displays, while also getting nostalgic about their tournament experiences at underage level, while Shelbourne's Rachel Graham talks the Girls in Green's win over Slovenia and gets ready to face Athlone in a top-of-the-table clash on Saturday.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Alan Cawley, Richie Towell, Shelbourne's Rachel Graham and RTÉ Sport's Anthony Pyne join Raf Diallo to talk LOI at the halfway point of 2025, Ireland WNT v Slovenia, a first-person view of PSG's Champions League final win, Liam Delap and COYBIG as well as building towards the Senegal friendly.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Shelbourne's Rachel Graham, Richie Towell and Graham Gartland join Raf Diallo this week to talk Katie McCabe's Champions League win, Ireland WNT's clash with Turkey, PSG v Inter in the men's Champions League final, LOI and the U17s World Cup draw.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Republic of Ireland Under-21 manager Jim Crawford speaks to Raf Diallo after naming his squad for the June friendlies against Croatia and the Qatar under-23s.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
As Heimir Hallgrimsson and Carla Ward reveal their latest Republic of Ireland squads, Raf Diallo is joined by Richie Towell, Rachel Graham, Barry Murphy and RTÉ Sport's Anthony Pyne. The weekend's LOI action is also discussed as well as Johnny Kenny's first Celtic goal and Katie McCabe and Arsenal's Champions League final.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Richie Towell, Paul Corry and Shelbourne's Rachel Graham join Raf Diallo this week to talk LOI, Heimir Hallgrimsson's next squad and footwear issues for women's footballers, while Anthony Pyne chats in depth to Ireland and Glasgow City striker Emily Whelan.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Conan Byrne, Richie Towell and Shelbourne's Rachel Graham join Raf Diallo this week. They review all of the domestic action and main stories including Louise Quinn's retirement spelling the end of an era for Ireland, and Colin Healy taking the Kerry FC reins, as well as previewing the Champions League action, namely Wednesday's live RTÉ game between PSG and Arsenal.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Keith Treacy, Richie Towell and Shelbourne's Rachel Graham join Raf Diallo on this week's episode, while Ireland and West Ham's Jess Ziu drops by to chat in depth about her career and injury recovery.Up for discussion this week is Marc Canham's impending FAI exit, the weekend's LOI action, Shamrock Rovers youngster Victor Ozhianvuna gaining interest from abroad and the men's and women's Champions League semis.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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